animado, -a, _adj. pp. of_ animar, animated, enlivened, heated, moved, encouraged, heightened.

animadversión, _f._, censure, reproof, hostility.

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ánimo, _m._, mind, thought, intention, spirit; recobrar el --, to recover one's senses; to come to oneself.

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ansia, _f._, anxiety, agony; eager desire, love, longing.

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ansiedad, _f._, anxiety; con --, anxiously.

antepecho, _m._, breastwork, balcony, balustrade.

anterior, former; la noche --, the night before.

antes, formerly, before, first, rather, once; -- de, before; -- de tiempo, prematurely; before it was ripe; -- que, before; rather than, sooner than; far from; las -- losas sepulcrales, the once sepulchral slabs.

antojarse, to have a fancy (_or_ desire) (_used only in the 3rd person sing., with_ me, te, le, etc.); antojábaseme, it seemed to me; I fancied.

añadidura, _f._; addition; por --, besides, in addition.

año, _m._, year; el -- que viene, next year; allá por los --s de mil trescientos y pico, back there in the year thirteen hundred and something.

apacible, placid, quiet, pleasant, peaceful, serene.

apaciguarse, to be (_or_ become) calm; to be appeased.

apagar, to put out, extinguish, quench; _refl._, to go out, die out, be extinguished; to become calm (_or_ silent).

apartar, to take away, remove, put aside, separate; -- la vista, to look away; _refl._, to depart, swerve.

apasionado, -a, _adj. pp. of_ apasionar, passionate.

apenas, hardly, barely; -- sí, hardly, barely; -- sí pudiera, I could scarcely.

apercibir, to prepare, get ready; to warn.

apiñado, -a, _adj. pp. of_ apiñar, pyramidal, heaped up, crowded, closely pressed, dense; --os grupos, dense crowds, closely packed groups; -as matas, tangled (_or_ dense) shrubbery (_or_ under-brush); -as olas, tossing waves.

apiñar, to heap up, press (_or_ crowd) together; to mass; _refl._, to a crowd.

aplastar, to flatten, crush, weigh down, smash, destroy.

aplauso, _m._, applause; _pl._, applause.

aplomo, _m._, assurance, self-possession.

aposentador, _m._, quartermaster; sargento --, quartermaster-sergeant.

apostarse, to post oneself, take up a position.

apoyado, -a, _adj. pp. of_ apoyar, supported, leaning.

apoyarse, to rest, be supported, support oneself, bear upon, lean (en, on, upon).

aprender, to learn; -- de memoria, to memorize, learn by heart.