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Spanish to English History Translation Glossary

Spanish term English translation
ganaderías concejiles de granjería o de labor beef/dairy or draft cattle belonging to the town/village
garantizar el que fuese a las tareas agrícolas quien lo tuviera por conveniente ensured that whoever wanted to engage in agricultural activity could do so
garrote vil public garrotting
Gayano-justinianeo Gaius and Justinian
Entered by: liz askew
gelonos Gelonians
gentilidad gentilitas [in italics] (clan)
Entered by: Justin Peterson
geoglifos geoglyphs
Gitanos Gypsies
gizantes Gyzantes
glosador interpreter / exegete
Entered by: Simon Bruni
gorguz (small) lance or spear
graçiosamente asonadas set gracefully to music
Grafitero bilítero two-letter mark
Gran Proeza Great Achievement
gravitar to hold sway / to carry weight / to exercise influence
guarda guards/escorts
guardacantones corner spur stones; spur stones
Entered by: Roberto Rey
guarniciones en pasos elevados garrisons in mountain passes
guerra bipartidista bipartisan conflict
Entered by: Edward Tully
guerra de conquista war of conquest/aggression
Guerra del Francès (1808-1814) The Peninsular War (1808-1814)
guión del museo the museum's narrative (structure) / theme
hacían presa en los moros que podían saltear they would capture any Moslem/Moor they could get hold of
hacerse contra launched against
haces de caballeros cavalry units/regiments/troops
Entered by: Kate Major Patience
hato ganadero cattle ranch
Historia sabia y soñada Learned history and dreamed history
Huerta irrigated and cultivated land / horticultural area
huerta en paratas terraced garden
Huerto de los Jazmines The Jasmine Gardens
hueste entourage
Entered by: Edward Tully
ilustrado enlightened
Imágenes marianas alfonsíes Marian images in [from the] times of Alfonso X (Alfonsine Marian images)
impresos printed matter
Impuesto de millones millones (tax)
incansables guerreros guarecidos his untiring warriors sheltered
indigna de un siglo ilustrado unworthy of an enlightened century
Infanta de Castilla, Doña María Anna Vittoria the Infanta of Castile, Doña María Anna Vittoria
Entered by: Mónica Algazi
infanticida infanticide / child-killer
ingenio (Big, important) sugar cane mills
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