This general word list includes words commonly seen in genealogical sources. Numbers, months, and days of the week are listed both here and in separate sections that follow this list. Racial terminology is listed separately.
In this list, optional versions of Spanish words or variable endings (such as adjectives and some plural or feminine endings) are given in parentheses. Parentheses in the English column clarify the definition.
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A
| a
|
to, in, into, on
|
| Aa.M. = abuela materna
|
maternal grandmother
|
| Aa.P. = abuela paterna
|
paternal grandmother
|
| abogado
|
lawyer
|
| abril
|
April
|
| absceso
|
abscess
|
| abuela
|
grandmother
|
| abuelo
|
grandfather
|
| abuelos
|
grandparents
|
| acre
|
acre
|
| acta
|
document, record
|
| acuerdo
|
agreement
|
| administración
|
administration
|
| adoptado (a)
|
adopted
|
| adulterio
|
adultery
|
| adúltero (a)
|
adulterer
|
| agosto
|
August
|
| agricultor
|
farmer
|
| ahí
|
there
|
| ahogamiento
|
drowning
|
| albacea
|
executor of estate
|
| albañil
|
stonemason
|
| alcalde
|
mayor
|
| aldea
|
village
|
| alemán (a)
|
German
|
| alfarero
|
potter
|
| algodón
|
cotton
|
| algún (o, a)
|
some, someone
|
| alma
|
soul, inhabitant
|
| alquiler, renta
|
rent
|
| alto (a)
|
high, tall
|
| altura
|
height
|
| allá
|
there
|
| allí
|
there
|
| amanuense
|
scribe, clerk
|
| amarillo (a)
|
yellow
|
| ambos (as)
|
both
|
| amigo (a)
|
friend
|
| amo
|
master, owner
|
| amonestaciones
|
marriage banns
|
| anciano (a)
|
elderly
|
| aniversario
|
anniversary
|
| antepasado (a)
|
ancestor
|
| anterior
|
former, previous
|
| antes
|
before
|
| antiguo (a)
|
old, ancient
|
| anual
|
annual
|
| anuario
|
yearbook
|
| año
|
year
|
| aparecer
|
to appear
|
| apellido
|
surname
|
| apéndice
|
appendix
|
| apodo
|
nickname
|
| apostólico (a)
|
apostolic
|
| aprendiz
|
apprentice
|
| aproximado (a)
|
approximate
|
| aquel (la)
|
that
|
| aquí
|
here
|
| árbol
|
tree
|
| árbol genealógico
|
genealogical tree
|
| archivo
|
archive
|
| arrendamiento
|
rent
|
| arzobispo
|
archbishop
|
| ascendiente
|
ancestor
|
| asilo
|
asylum, shelter
|
| asma
|
asthma
|
| aún
|
still
|
| auto de fé
|
sentence given by the Inquisition
|
| ayer
|
yesterday
|
| ayuntamiento
|
city hall, town government
|
| azúcar
|
sugar
|
| azul
|
blue
|
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