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C


caballero nobleman, knight, gentleman
cabeza head
cabildo town council
calle street
camino road
campesino (a) peasant
campo field
cáncer cancer
caña de azúcar sugarcane
capilla chapel
cara face
cárcel jail
carnicero butcher
carpintero carpenter
carretera road
casa house
casado (a) married
casamiento marriage
casar, casarse to marry
casta caste, racial lineage
castillo castle
catastro land census
catedral cathedral
católico (a) Catholic
catorce fourteen
cazador hunter
c.c. = casado con married to
cédula royal decree
cementerio cemetery
censo census
centenario centennial
cerca near, approximate
cerrajero locksmith
certificado certificate
cervecero brewer
ciego (a) blind
ciento one hundred
cinco five
cincuenta fifty
ciudad city
ciudadano (a) citizen
clérigo clergyman
c.m.c.=contrajó matrimonio con contracted marriage with
cofradía religious brotherhood, guild
cojo (a) lame
colina hill
colonia colony
colorado (a) red
comerciante merchant
comercio business, commerce
como as, how
comunión communion
con with
concejal councilman
concerniente concerning
concilio council
concilio tridentino Council of Trent
condado county
conocido (a) known, acquaintance
conocido (a) como known as
consanguinidad blood relationship, kinship
consejo council
consorte spouse, partner
constipación constipation
consumimiento consumption
contenido contents
contra against
contrayente contracting party in a marriage
conversión conversion
convulsión convulsion
cónyuge spouse
cordelero rope maker
corriente current
cosecha harvest
criada maid
criatura infant, child
cristiano (a) Christian
cuál which
cuándo when
cuarenta forty
cuarto room
cuarto (a) fourth
cuate twin
cuatro four
cuatrocientos four hundred
cuenta account
cumpleaños birthday
cuñada sister-in-law
cuñado brother-in-law
cura clergyman
curato parish
curia ecclesiastical tribunal
curtidor tanner
cuyo (a) whose

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