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Racial Terminology

M


macho male
madrasta stepmother
madre mother
madrina godmother
maestro master, teacher
maíz corn
mano hand
mañana morning
mapa map
marido (a) husband (wife)
marina navy
marinero sailor
martes Tuesday
marzo March
más more
masculino (a) masculine
más joven youngest
más viejo (a) eldest
materno (a) maternal
matrimonio marriage
mayo May
mayor larger, elder
media noche midnight
médico doctor
mendigo (a) beggar
menonita Mennonite
menor smaller, younger
menos less
mercadería wares, goods
mercado market
mercante merchant
mes month
mestizo mixture of Spanish and Indian
mi my
miembro member
miércoles Wednesday
mil one thousand
milla mile
mina mine
minero miner
ministro minister
mío (a) my
mismo (a) same
mitad half
m.n. = more novo according to the new manner of dating (the Gregorian calendar)
molino mill
montaña mountain
monte hill
montero hunter
morada dwelling
morador (a) resident
morar to live (location)
morir to die
mozo (a) youth, young
muchacho (a) boy, (girl)
muchas veces often
mucho (a) many, very
mudo (a) dumb
muebles furniture, household
muerte death
muerto (a) deceased
mujer woman, wife
mulato (a) mulatto
municipio municipality

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