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padrasto stepfather
padre father, priest
padres parents
padrino godfather
padrinos godparents
padrón census, list of persons
pag. = página page
país country
palacio palace
panadero baker
para for, to
pardo (a) dark, mulatto
parentesco kinship
pariente relative
párroco priest
parroquia parish
parroquiano (a) parishioner
partera midwife
partida act, certificate
parto birth
párvulo (a) small child
pasado past
pastor pastor, minister, shepherd
paterno (a) paternal
patrimonio inheritance
patrón master, employer
pd. = padre father
penitenciaria penitentiary
periódico periodical, newspaper
permiso permission
pero but
pescador fisherman
peso weight
peste plague
pie foot
pierna leg
plaga plague
plata silver
plaza public square
plazo term
pleitos lawsuit, court action
población population, town, village
poblado town, village
polaco (a) Polish
por by, for
por qué why
porque because
portugués Portuguese
posada hostel, shelter
posadero innkeeper
preñada pregnant
presente present
primavera spring
primero (a) first
primo (a) cousin
prisión prison
proceso trial, lawsuit
profesión profession
profesor (a) teacher
progenitor progenitor
prole progeny
propiedad property, land
propietario proprietor, owner
protestante Protestant
protocolos notarial books
provincia province
próximo (a) next
pueblo town, village, people
puente bridge
puerto port
pulmón lung
pulmonia pneumonia

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