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=borrar=, to erase, to obliterate, to rub out.
=boscaje=, _m._, cl.u.s.ter of trees, grove.
=bostezo=, _m._, yawn, yawning.
=bota=, _f._, boot; =---- de potro=, a crude kind of boot made from the hide covering the joints of the horse's hind legs; =---- granadera=, boot with a stiff cuff, worn by Napoleon's grenadiers.
=botafuego=, _m._, a very highly seasoned dish.
=botica=, _f._, drug-store.
=boudoir=, _m._ (_French_), small parlor. The resulting neologism =budoar= is now in current use.
=boveda=, _f._, vault, arch; =---- celeste=, sky.
=bovino, -a=, relating to cattle.
=boyero=, _m._, ox-driver; a South American bird.
=bozal=, _m._, muzzle; head-stall for a horse.
=bracero=, _m._, day laborer.
=bramido=, _m._, roar of wild beasts; bellowing.
=brasileno, -a=, Brazilian.
=bravio, -a=, ferocious, savage, wild, untamed.
=bravo, -a=, brave; savage, wild; also applied to beasts; =indio ----=, savage Indian.
=brazo=, _m._, arm; bracket.
=breva=, _f._, name applied to the first yearly crop of fruit from a fig-tree.
=brida=, _f._, bridle, reins.
=brinco=, _m._, leap, jump.
=brindar=, to drink one's health, to toast.
=brio=, _m._, strength, force, vigor; manliness, spirit, resolution, courage.
=brizna=, _f._, blade of gra.s.s.
=brocal=, _m._, curbstone of a well.
=broma=, _f._, joke.
=bronceado, -a=, bra.s.s-paved, brazen.
=brotar=, to gush, to flow _or_ rush out; to bud.
=brusco, -a=, rude, peevish, brusque.
=bruto, -a=, coa.r.s.e, rough, crude; =en ----=, in a crude state.
=bufete=, _m._, desk or writing-table; lawyer's office.
=buhonero=, _m._, peddler.
=buitre=, _m._, vulture.
=bullicioso, -a=, noisy, lively, restless, clamorous.
=buque=, _m._, vessel, s.h.i.+p; =---- mercante=, merchant s.h.i.+p.
=burgues, -esa=, common, not refined.
=burla=, _f._, mockery, abuse, sneer.
=burlon=, _m._, mocking-bird.
=busca=, _f._, search.
=butaca=, _f._, armchair; proscenium seat in a theater.
=cabalgadura=, _f._, the horse or mule one is riding.
=cabalgar=, to ride on horse-back.
=caballeriza=, _f._, stable.
=caballero=, _m._, knight, gentleman; =---- andante=, knight-errant.
=caballerosidad=, _f._, the condition or quality of being a gentleman.
=cabana=, _f._, shepherd's hut; (_Sp. A._) stock-breeding establishment.
=cabanero=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), stock-breeder.
=cabecera=, _f._, railroad terminal; head waters, source of a river.
=cabeza=, _f._, head; (_Sp. A._) pommel of a saddle.
=cabezada=, _f._, head-stall of a bridle.
