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=policromo, -a=, many-colored.
=polvo=, _m._, dust; toilet powder.
=polvora=, _f._, gunpowder.
=ponchera=, _f._, punchbowl.
=poncho=, _m._, oblong piece of woolen or cotton cloth with a slit in the middle to put the head through, used as an outer wrap by workingmen in certain countries of S. A.
=ponderar=, to heighten, to extol, to exaggerate.
=poner=, to put; to display; to take (_time_); _refl._, to become.
=por=, for, through, between, to, by, along, on account of, per, for the sake of, in behalf, by means of; about; =---- tanto= _or_ =---- ende=, for that, for so much; =---- mas que= _or_ =---- mucho que=, in vain; =---- aca= _or_ =---- alla=, here _or_ there; =---- si acaso=, if by chance; =---- entre=, through; =---- cuanto=, whereas; =---- tanto=, wherefore; =---- si=, by himself (herself or itself); =---- cierto=, indeed; =---- que=, why.
=porfiar=, to insist, to persist, to be stubborn.
=pororo=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), pop-corn.
=poroto=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), bean.
=porque=, because, for; _see_ =por que=.
=porte=, _m._, deportment; manner, air.
=porteno, -a= (_Sp. A._), applied to the native of a port, such as Buenos Aires or Valparaiso.
=portero=, _m._, gatekeeper; usher.
=porton=, _m._, a large door; (_Sp. A._) carriage and automobile entrance in private residences.
=posar=, to perch, to alight upon.
=poseer=, to hold, to possess, to own.
=postigo=, _m._, the division of a double door or the sash of a window and the wooden shutter which covers it.
=pote=, _m._, _see_ =olla podrida=. _Also_, a nickname applied to a pot-bellied person.
=potencia=, _f._, power; potency.
=potrero=, _m._, paddock; pasture ground.
=pozo=, _m._, well.
=practico=, _m._, marine _or_ river pilot.
=prado=, _m._, lawn, field, meadow; a piece of pasture ground.
=praticultura=, _f._, the scientific application of agricultural principles to the cultivation of pasture grounds and the breeding of cattle.
=precioso, -a=, beautiful, dainty; precious.
=preciso, -a=, necessary, requisite, needful.
=predecir=, to foretell.
=predilecto, -a=, the preferred one; the best loved.
=pregon=, _m._, advertis.e.m.e.nt by the town crier; cry.
=prenda=, _f._, a garment or ornament.
=prender=, to catch, to take hold of.
=presa=, _f._, a captive or prisoner; what has been seized; dike, dam.
=prescripcion=, _f._, order, command, disposition.
=presentacion=, _f._, introduction, presentation; appearance.
=presidio=, _m._, place of confinement; jail, prison.
=prestar=, to lend; =---- declaracion=, to declare under oath; _refl._, to lend one's self; to agree to anything.
=presumir de=, to presume, to boast.
=presunto, -a=, presumptive.
=pretender=, to pretend, to claim, to solicit; to attempt.
=pretil=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), open s.p.a.ce before a church; stone seat; railing of a bridge.
=preveo=, _see_ =prever=.
=prever=, to foresee, to foreknow.
=prevision=, _f._, foresight.
=prima=, _f._, government obligation whereby it guarantees the payment of a certain rate per cent on capital invested.
=primaveral=, young, fresh, springlike.
=primor=, _m._, beauty, dexterity, nicety, neatness of workmanship.
=principio=, _m._, beginning; principle; =al ----=, at or in the beginning.
=privado, -a=, own, personal, particular.
