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* tenar de personas en el local. There were a hundred people in the hall. a centenares by hundreds Murieron las gentes a centenares. People died by the hundreds.
 * centenario centenary.
 * centeno rye.
 * centímetro centimeter.
 * céntimo cent [Sp].
 * centinela [m] sentry, guard. de centinela on sentry duty Está de centinela. He's on sentry duty.
 * central [adj; f] central. central eléctrica electric power plant, power house.
 * centro center Vivimos en el centro (de la ciudad). We live in the center of the city. $undefined$ business district, downtown Vamos al centro. Let's go downtown. $undefined$ club Hubo un baile en nuestro centro. There was a dance at our club.
 * ceñir [ III] to fit tightly Esta cinturón me ciñe demasiado. This belt fits me too tightly. ceñirse to confine or limit oneself Cíñase Ud. al asunto. Confine yourself to the facts.  No se ciña tanto en la curva. Don't hug the inside of the curve.
 * ceño mirar con ceño to frown.
 * ceñudo [adj] scowling, frowning Siempre está ceñudo. He's always scowling.
 * cepillar to brush Tengo que cepillar el sombrero. I have to brush my hat. $undefined$ to plane, make smooth Estas tablas no están bien cepilladas. These boards haven't been planed right.
 * cepillo brush (flat, with bristles on one side) ¿Dónde puedo comprar un cepillo? Where can I buy a brush? cepillo de cabeza hairbrush.  cepillo de carpintero carpenter's plane.  cepillo de dientes toothbrush.  cepillo de ropa clothes brush.
 * cera wax.
 * cerca fence La huerta tiene una cerca de madera. The garden has a wooden fence.
 * cerca de near (in place) La estación está cerca del hotel. The station's near the hotel. $undefined$ nearly, about, almost Son cerca de las once. It's about eleven o'clock. ° por aquí cerca near here, somewhere near here ¿Hay un buen restaurante por aquí cerca? Is there a good restaurant somewhere near here?
 * cercado fenced in, enclosed.
 * cercano near, close Viven en una casa cercana a la nuestra. They live in a house close to ours.
 * cercar to surround, fence in Cercaron la finca con alambrado. They fenced in the property with wire.
 * cerdo pig, hog; pork. chuletas de cerdo pork chops, cereal [adj; m] cereal.
 * ceremonia ceremony La ceremonia fué muy solemne. The ceremony was very impressive.
 * cereza cherry.
 * cerilla match Voy a comprar una caja de cerillas. I'm going to buy a box of matches.
 * cerillo match [Mex].
 * cero zero La temperatura está a cuarenta grados bajo cero. The temperature's forty below.
 * cerradura lock.
 * cerrar to close, shut Cierre Ud. la puerta, por favor. Please close the door. $undefined$ to seal Añade unas palabras antes de que yo cierre la carta. Add a few words before I seal the letter.
 * cerro hill Desde ese cerro hay muy buena vista. There's a very good view from that hill.
 * cerrojo bolt, latch.
 * certero Fué un disparo certero. It was a  shot.
 * certeza assurance, certainty Tengo la certeza de que vendrá. I'm certain he's coming.
 * certificado (see certificar) certificate ¿Necesita Ud. un certificado médico? Do you need a doctor's certificate? $undefined$ piece of registered mail.
 * certificar to register (a letter) Voy a certificar estas cartas. I'm going to register these letters.
 * cervecería bar, saloon.
 * cerveza beer, ale Vamos a tomar unos vasos de cerveza. Let's drink a few glasses of beer.
 * cesar to stop, cease El ruido no ha cesado en todo el día. The noise hasn't stopped all day. $undefined$ to dismiss, fire Ayer cesaron a siete empleados. Yesterday they fired seven employees.
 * césped [m] lawn, grass.
 * cesta basket Compraron una cesta de fruta. They bought a basket of fruit.
 * cesto large basket.
 * chabacano vulgar, in bad taste Siempre hace chistes chabacanos. He always tells vulgar jokes. $undefined$ [m] apricot [Mex].
 * chacra small farm [S.A.].
 * chal [m] shawl.