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Random House Word Menu by Stephen Glazier
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  • a cappella - Italian. sung without instrumental accompaniment
  • adios - Spanish. good-bye
  • aficionado - Spanish. fan, enthusiast
  • al dente - Italian. lit. to the tooth; firm to the bite, said esp. of food
  • alfresco - Italian. in the open air
  • amigo - Spanish. friend
  • arrivederci - Italian. good-bye, until we meet again
  • auto-da-fé - Portuguese. lit. act of faith; execution of condemned heretics after public declaration of judgment
  • bambino - Italian. baby, child
  • basta - Italian, Spanish. enough! stop it!
  • bodega - Spanish. wineshop; small market
  • buenos días - Spanish. hello, good day
  • caballero - Spanish. horseman, gentleman, cavalier
  • campesino - Spanish. farmer, peasant
  • cantina - Spanish. bar, café
  • caramba - Spanish. exclamation of amazement, anger, or dismay
  • che sarà sarà - Italian. what will be, will be
  • ciao - Italian. good-bye, see you later
  • cognoscenti - Italian. those in the know, esp. intellectuals
  • compañero - Spanish. male companion or partner
  • con mucho gusto - Spanish. with great pleasure
  • conquistador - Spanish. conqueror
  • desperado - Spanish. bold, reckless bandit or outlaw
  • diva - Italian. exalted female singer
  • dolce far niente - Italian. sweet inactivity
  • dolce vita - Italian. the good life
  • gaucho - Spanish. cowboy, mounted herdsman
  • gracias - Spanish. thank you
  • hacienda - Spanish. ranch
  • hombre - Spanish. man, fellow
  • inamorata - Italian. female sweetheart or lover
  • incognito - Italian. anonymously or in disguise
  • incommunicado - Spanish. isolated from any contact with others
  • junta - Spanish. usu. military council serving as government
  • machismo - Spanish. strong sense of masculinity and virility
  • maestro - Italian, Spanish. master, esp. of music
  • magnifico - Italian. great man
  • mañana - Spanish. tomorrow
  • mas o menos - Spanish. more or less
  • mucho - Spanish. much
  • olé - Spanish. shout of approval or encouragement
  • padre - Spanish. father, esp. clergyman
  • pecadillo - Spanish. minor offense, venial sin
  • pentimento - Italian. appearance of earlier stages or images, esp. in painting
  • per favore - Italian. please
  • por favor - Spanish. please
  • posada - Spanish. inn
  • prego - Italian. please
  • presto - Italian, Spanish. quickly, right away
  • prima donna - Italian. principal female, leading lady
  • pronto - Spanish. quickly, right away
  • que pasa? - Spanish. what’s happening?
  • que será será - Spanish. whatever will be will be
  • quién sabe? - Spanish. who knows?
  • salud - Spanish. to your health
  • señor - Spanish. sir, mister
  • señora - Spanish. married woman
  • señorita - Spanish. unmarried woman
  • siesta - Spanish. afternoon nap or rest
  • sotto voce - Italian. softly, under one’s voice
  • toro - Spanish. bull
  • vamos - Spanish. let’s go
  • vaya con dios - Spanish. God be with you
  • vertù - Italian. love of arts and fine things
  • virtuoso - Italian, Spanish. person skilled in one field, esp. a performer
  • viva - Spanish. exclamation of approval
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