*lástima* _f._ pity; *dar ----* inspire with pity, make sorry
*le* him; you; to him; to you; to her; to it
*Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim,* German dramatist (1729-1781)
*letanía* _f._ litany (long prayer consisting of a series of invocations and responses. The best-known litanies are those addressed to the Virgin Mary, but there are also litanies of the Saints, litanies of the Holy Name, etc.); long list (of any sort)
*levantar* raise; *---- la cama* make the bed; *---- la tapa de los sesos* blow one's brains out; *--se* get up
*lija* _f._ dogfish; shark-skin (the dried skin is used for polishing woods and metals); sandpaper
*lindo* charming, lovely; neat; fine; *---- mozo* fine-looking young fellow
*lo* him; it; so; _with m. sing. adj._ *lo* _forms abstract noun_; *---- único* the only thing (_cf._ *---- mismo* the same thing; likewise); *---- que* that which, what; how much, how; *---- es* it is; it is so
*loco* crazy; *---- de atar* raving lunatic
*llamar* call; knock; attract; *hacer ----* have called
*llegar* arrive, reach; *---- a* (_with inf._) come
*llevar* carry; take; *---- a cabo* carry out, accomplish; *---- a los labios* raise to the lips; *----se* take with one; take away
*maestrante* _m._ member of a *maestranza* or riding club of Spanish noblemen
*maldito* cursed (_pp. of_ *maldecir*); (_in exclam._) confound, plague take (the); (_used to express strong negation_) little; none; *sin maldita la oposición* without any opposition whatever
*Mallorca* island of Majorca; *pan de ----* kind of rich coffee-cake
*manera* _f._ manner; *en gran ----* greatly
*mano* _f._ hand; *tener entre ----s* have in hand
*Martínez de la Rosa, Francisco* (1789-1862), Spanish statesman and writer banished by Ferdinand VII
*más* more; most; *los (las) ---- de* the majority of; *por ---- que* however much; *no ----* nothing more
*materia* _f._ matter; *entrar en ----* come to the point
*mayor* (_comp. of_ *grande*) greater; greatest; chief, main
*mayorazgo* _m._ entail; inheritance of oldest son
*medio* _m._ midst; means; middle; _adj._ half; *de ---- a ----* completely
*menester* _m._ necessity; *ser ----* be necessary
*menor* younger; smaller; *el ----* the youngest
*menos* less; least; *al ----, a lo ----, cuando ----, por lo ----*, at least; *a ---- que* unless