Spanish Genealogical Word List

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This list contains Spanish words with their English translations. The words included here are those that you are likely to find in genealogical sources. If the word you are looking for is not on this list, please consult a Spanish-English dictionary. (See the "Additional Resources" section below.)

Spanish is a Romance language derived from Latin. It is the national language of Spain as well as of most Latin American countries. Spanish is spoken in many parts of the United States, in regions which once were part of Mexico as well as areas where Hispanic immigrants have settled.

Language Characteristics

Spanish words for persons, places, and things (nouns) are classified as masculine or feminine. El (the masculine form of the) is used with masculine words. La (the feminine form of the) is used with feminine words. Masculine words generally end in o, r, l, and ma. Feminine words generally end in a, ión, tad, dad, tud, and umbre. Nouns which end in or are masculine; an a is added to indicate the feminine version.

Most adjectives used to describe nouns are masculine or feminine. Adjectives which end in o are masculine. Feminine adjectives end in a. For example, the married son would be translated as el hijo casado, while the married daughter would be translated as la hija casada.

Variant Forms of Words

In Spanish, as in English, the forms of some words will vary according to how they are used in a sentence. Who—whose—whom or marry—marries— married are examples of words in English with variant forms. This word list gives the standard form of each Spanish word. As you read Spanish records, you will need to be aware that some words vary with usage.

Plural forms of Spanish words usually add s to the singular noun as well as to the article and adjective. Thus, el abuelo materno (the maternal grandparent) become los abuelos maternos (the maternal grandparents).

Abbreviations

The use of abbreviations is very common in Spanish handwriting. They can be used for words and names. To view some common abbreviations click on the following links:

Spanish Name Abbreviations

Script.BYU.edu Abbreviations Page

Alphabetical Order

Written Spanish uses three letters in addition to the 26 letters used in the English alphabet. These are ñ and the letter combinations ch and ll, which are considered single letters. The letter w, although not part of the Spanish alphabet, is included since it is found in a few names of foreign origin. The following list shows the letters in alphabetical order:

a, b, c, ch, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, ll, m, n, ñ, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z

This word list follows the standard English alphabetical order.

In Spanish indexes of surnames, it is important to note that prefixes (such as De la Torre) may be ignored in alphabetization. Be sure to search under both parts of a name, for example, De la Torre and Torre, de la.

Click on the words Spanish Alphabet Chart to download a chart showing the Spanish alphabet and illustrations showing how each letter might be written.

Accent Marks

Vowels in Spanish can carry an accent mark: á, é, í, ó, and ú. Accent marks do not affect alphabetical order.

Spelling

Although Spanish spelling was standardized in the mid-1700s, scribes usually spelled words the way they sounded. Generally, variations between old and modern spellings should not cause too much trouble for the researcher. In Spanish, the following variations are common:

ch  used for  c

e  used for  i

j  used for  g

j  used for  x

j  used for  i

y  used for  i

the addition or removal of an h

the doubling of letters

Examples:

chrisma excrebir lejítimo Méjico domjngo yndio Henrique religiosso

now written as now written as now written as now written as now written as now written as now written as now written as

crisma escribir legítimo México domingo indio Enrique religioso

Additional Resources

This word list includes only the words most commonly found in genealogical sources. For further help, use a Spanish-English dictionary. Several Spanish-English dictionaries are available at the Family History Library. These are in the European collection. The call numbers begin with 463.21.

The following dictionary may be helpful in your research:

• Cassell's Spanish-English, English-Spanish Dictionary. New York: Macmillan Publishers, 1978. (FHL book 463.21 C272c 1978.)

Additional dictionaries are listed in the Subject section of the FamilySearch Catalog under SPANISH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES. Most bookstores also carry inexpensive Spanish-English dictionaries.

Numbers

The following list gives the cardinal (1, 2, 3, etc.) and the ordinal (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) versions of each number. In actual usage, days of the month are almost never written in ordinal form. Ordinal numbers end in o or a depending on the gender of the thing described. Ordinal numbers above 31 are rarely seen in genealogical sources.

Note: Numbers such as 16, 22, and 31 are compound numbers joined by y (and). These numbers can also be written as a single word:

16: 22: 31:

diez y seis veinte y dos treinta y uno

or or or

dieciseis veintidos treintiuno

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 101 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000

Cardinal un, uno, una dos tres cuatro cinco seis siete ocho nueve diez once doce trece catorce quince diez y sies diez y siete diez y ocho diez y nueve veinte veinte y uno veinte y dos veinte y tres veinte y cuatro veinte y cinco veinte y seis veinte y siete veinte y ocho veinte y nueve treinta treinta y uno cuarenta cincuenta sesenta setenta ochenta noventa ciento ciento uno doscientos trescientos cuatrocientos quinientos seiscientos setecientos ochocientos novecientos mil

Ordinal 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 40th 50th 60th 70th 80th 90th 100th 101th 200th 300th 400th 500th 600th 700th 800th 900th 1000th

primero(a) segundo tercero cuarto quinto sexto séptimo octavo nono, noveno décimo undécimo duodécimo décimotercero décimocuarto décimoquinto décimosexto décimoséptimo décimooctavo décimonono vigésimo vigésimo primero vigésimo segundo vigésimo tercero vigésimo cuarto vigésimo quinto vigésimo sexto vigésimo séptimo vigésimo octavo vigésimo nono trigésimo trigésimo primero cuadragésimo quincuagésimo sexagésimo septuagésimo octogésimo nonagésimo centésimo centésimo primo ducentésimo tricentésimo cuadringéntesimo quingentésimo sexcentésimo septingentésimo octingentésimo noningentésimo milésimo

Dates and Time

In Spanish records, dates are usually written out. Although English uses ordinal numbers, such as the tenth of July, or July 10th, in Spanish the cardinal numbers are almost always used for the days of the month: for example, el diez de Julio (the ten of July). The one exception is the first of the month, for which the ordinal number primero is almost always used instead of the cardinal number uno.

For example: A los veinte y tres dias de marzo del año de nuestro Señor de mil ochocientos y treinta y seis. (On the twenty-three day of the month of March in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty six.) To understand Spanish dates, use the following lists as well as the preceding “Numbers” section.

Months

English	Spanish	Abbreviation
January	enero	enro, eno
February	febrero	febo
March	marzo	mzo
April	abril	abl
May	mayo
June	junio
July	julio
August	agosto	ago, agto
September	septiembre	septe, 7bre
October	octubre	ote, otue, octue, 8bre
November	noviembre	novbre, 9bre
December	diciembre	dice, 10bre

Days of the Week

English	Spanish
Sunday	domingo
Monday	lunes
Tuesday	martes
Wednesday	miércoles
Thursday	jueves
Friday	viernes
Saturday	sábado

Key Words

To find and use specific types of Spanish records, you will need to know some key words in Spanish. This section gives key genealogical terms in English and the Spanish words with the same or similar meanings.

For example, in the first column you will find the English word marriage. In the second column you will find Spanish words with meanings such as marry, marriage, wedding, wedlock, unite, legitimate, joined, and other words used in Spanish records to indicate marriage. Variant endings of Spanish words are given in parentheses.

English	Spanish
archive	archivo
baptism	bautismo, bauticé, bautizado (a), bautismo, crisma
birth	nacimiento, nació, nacido (a)
burial	entierro, sepultura, entierrado (a), sepultado (a)
Catholic church	Iglesia Católica
census	censo, padrón
child	niño (a), hijo (a), párvulo (a), expósito
christening	See baptism
church records	registros parroquiales
civil registry	Registro Civil
confirmation	confirmación, crisma
day	día
death	muerte, defunción, fallecimiento, óbito, muerto(a), difunto(a), fallecido(a)
father	padre
husband	esposo, marido, cónyuge
index	índice
marriage	matrimonio, casamiento, casé, casado (a)
military	militar, ejército
month	mes
morning	mañana
mother	madre
name, given	nombre de pila, nombre de bautismo
name, surname	nombre, apellido
parents	padres
parish	parroquia
wife	esposa, marida, mujer, cónyuge
year	año

Racial Terminology

In colonial Latin America, racial classification was often recorded in the Catholic parish registers and government documents, often with no degree of accuracy. The meaning of some of these terms may vary in some Spanish-speaking countries.

Classification	Racial Composition
Albarazado	Cambujo and Mulato
Albino	Spanish and Morisco
Allí te estás	Chamizo and Mestizo
Barcino	Albarazado and Mulato
Barnocino	Albarazado and Mestizo
Calpamulato	Zambaigo and Lobo
Cambujo	Indian (¾) and Negro (¼)
Cambur	Negro (½), Spanish (¼), and Indian (¼)
Castizo	In Puerto Rico: Mestizo and Spanish. In Guatemala: Spanish and Indian (1/128)
Chamizo	Coyote and Indian
Chino	In Peru: Mulato and Indian
Cholo	In Peru: Mestizo and Indian
Cimarrón	In Mexico and Guatemala: Negro (½), Spanish (¼), and Indian (¼)
Coyote	Spanish (½), Indian (3/8), and Negro (1/8)
Cuarteado	Spanish (½), Indian (¼), and Negro (¼)
Cuarterón	Spanish (¾) and Negro (¼)
Cuarterón de Chino	In Peru: Spanish and Chino
Cuarterón de Mestize	In Peru: Spanish and Mestizo
Cuarterón de Mulato	In Peru: Spanish and Mulato
Cuatrero	Indian (¾) and Spanish (¼)
Español	Spanish
Español Criollo	Colonial-born Spaniard
Indio	Indian
Jíbaro	Lobo and Indian
Ladino	Spanish (¾) and Indian (¼)
Lobo	Indian (¾) and Negro (¼)
Mestizo	Spanish (½) and Indian (½)
Moreno	Spanish (½), Indian (¼), and Negro (¼)
Morisco	Spanish and Mulato. In Spain: a baptized Moor
Mulato	Spanish (½) and Negro (½). In Chile and Colombia: can be Indian and Negro
Negro	African Black
Negro fino	Negro (¾) and Spanish (¼)
No te entiende	Tente en el aire and Mulato
No me toques	Mixture of Spanish, Indian, and Negro
Ochavado	Spanish (7/8) and Negro (1/8)
Pardo	Indian (½), Spanish (¼), and Negro (¼)
Prieto	Negro (7/8) and Spanish (1/8)
Quartarón	See Cuarterón
Quinterón	In Peru: Spanish and Cuarterón
Requinterón	In Peru: Spanish and Quinterón
Salta atrás	Spanish and Albino
Tente en el aire	Calpamulato and Cambujo
Torna atrás	No te entiende and Indian
Tresalvo	Spanish (¾) and Negro (¼)
Zambaigo	Spanish and Chino
Zambo	In Peru: Negro and Mulato. In Venezuela: Indian (½) and Negro (½)
Zambo de Indio	In Peru: Negro (½) and Indian (½)

General Word List

This general word list includes words commonly seen in genealogical sources. Numbers, months, and days of the week are listed both here and in separate sections prior to this list. Racial terminology is listed separately.

In this list, optional versions of Spanish words or variable endings (such as adjectives and some plural or feminine endings) are given in parentheses. Parentheses in the English column clarify the definition.

Click the letter below to get to the words starting with that letter.

A

Spanish	English
a	to, in, into, on
Aa.M. = abuela materna	maternal grandmother
Aa.P. = abuela paterna	paternal grandmother
abogado	lawyer
abril	April
absceso	abscess
abuela	grandmother
abuelo	grandfather
abuelos	grandparents
acre	acre
acta	document, record
acuerdo	agreement
administración	administration
adoptado (a)	adopted
adulterio	adultery
adúltero (a)	adulterer
agosto	August
agricultor	farmer
ahí	there
ahogamiento	drowning
albacea	executor of estate
albañil	stonemason
alcalde	mayor
aldea	village
alemán (a)	German
alfarero	potter
algodón	cotton
algún (o, a)	some, someone
alma	soul, inhabitant
alquiler, renta	rent
alto (a)	high, tall
altura	height
allá	there
allí	there
amanuense	scribe, clerk
amarillo (a)	yellow
ambos (as)	both
amigo (a)	friend
amo	master, owner
amonestaciones	marriage banns
anciano (a)	elderly
aniversario	anniversary
antepasado (a)	ancestor
anterior	former, previous
antes	before
antiguo (a)	old, ancient
anual	annual
anuario	yearbook
año	year
aparecer	to appear
apellido	surname
apéndice	appendix
apodo	nickname
apostólico (a)	apostolic
aprendiz	apprentice
aproximado (a)	approximate
aquel (la)	that
aquí	here
árbol	tree
árbol genealógico	genealogical tree
archivo	archive
arrendamiento	rent
arzobispo	archbishop
ascendiente	ancestor
asilo	asylum, shelter
asma	asthma
aún	still
auto de fé	sentence given by the Inquisition
ayer	yesterday
ayuntamiento	city hall, town government
azúcar	sugar
azul	blue

B

Spanish	English
bajo (a)	low
barco	ship
barrio	city ward
bautismo	baptism
bautizar	to baptize
bebé	baby
bendición	blessing
biblioteca	library
bien	good, well
bienes	property, goods, fee
bisabuela	great-grandmother
bisabuelo	great-grandfather
bisabuelos	great-grandparents
bisnieta	great-granddaughter
bisnieto	great-grandson
bisnietos	great-grandchildren
blanco (a)	white
boca	mouth
boda	marriage, wedding
brazo	arm
bueno (a)	good
búsqueda	research

C

Spanish	English
caballero	nobleman, 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

D

Spanish	English
data	date
de	of, from, belonging to
debilidad	weakness, disability
década	decade
décimo (a)	tenth
décimoctavo (a)	eighteenth
décimocuarto (a)	fourteenth
décimonono (a)	nineteenth
décimoquinto (a)	fifteenth
décimo séptimo (a)	seventeenth
décimosexto (a)	sixteenth
décimotercero (a)	thirteenth
declaración	declaration
declarado (a)	declared, stated
dedo	finger
defunción	death
dentición	teething
dentro	within
denuncia	accusation, denunciation
departamento	district, department
derecho	law
derrame	stroke
desacuerdo	disagreement
desavenencia	rift
descendiente	descendant
desconocido (a)	unknown
descripción	description
desde	since
después	after
detrás	after, behind
diario	daily
diarrea	diarrhea
diccionario	dictionary
diciembre	December
dicho (a)	stated, said, mentioned
diecinueve	nineteen
dieciocho	eighteen
dieciseis	sixteen
diecisiete	seventeen
diente	tooth
diez	ten
diezmo	tithing
difo. = difunto	deceased
difunto (a)	deceased
digno (a)	worthy
diócesis	Diocese
disenteria	dysentery
dispensa	exemption, permission
divorciado (a)	divorced
doce	twelve
documento	document
domicilio	dwelling
domingo	Sunday
don	Mr.
donación	donation
donde	where
doña	Mrs.
dos	two
doscientos	two hundred
d.s.p. = defunctus sine prole	died without issue
dueño (a)	owner
duodécimo	twelfth

E

Spanish	English
eclesiástico (a)	ecclesiastical
edad	age
ejército	army, military
él	he
el	the (masculine)
ella	she
ellos	they
embarazada	pregnant
emigración	emigration
emigrante	emigrant
empleado (a)	employee
encomienda	patronage, land grant
enero	January
enfermedad	disease
entierrado (a)	buried
entierro	burial
entre	between, among
envejecido (a)	elderly
epidemia	epidemic
epilepsia	epilepsy
era	(I, you, he, she, it) was/were
éramos	(we) were
eran	(you, they) were
eras	(you) were
eres	(you) are
es	(you, he, she, it) are/is
escarlata	scarlet fever
esclavitud	slavery
esclavo	slave
escribiente	scribe
escuela	school
ese (esa)	that
esposo (a)	husband, spouse (spouse)
espurio (a)	illegitimate
está	(you, he, she, it) are/is
estación	season
estado	state, status
estamos	(we) are
están	(they, you) are
estar	to be
este	east
este (a, o)	this
estómago	stomach
estoy	(I) am
evangélico (a)	evangelical
expósito (a)	foundling
extracto	extract
extranjero (a)	foreigner
extraño (a)	stranger

F

Spanish	English
fábrica	factory
fallecer	to die
fallecido (a)	deceased
familia	family
fé	certificate, faith
febrero	February
fecha	date
feligrés (a)	parishioner, resident
feligresía	parish
femenino (a)	feminine
ferrocarril	railroad
feudo	fee
fichero	card file
fiebre tifoidea	typhoid fever
filiación	relationship, military register
finado (a)	deceased
firma	signature
flaqueza	weakness
floresta	forest, grove
fondos	funds
fortaleza	fortress, strength
francés (a)	French
frente	front, in front of
frontera	border
fue	(you, he, she, it) were/was
fuego	fire, hearth
fuente	fountain, source
fueron	(you, they) were
fui	(I) was
fuimos	(we) were
futuro	future

G

Spanish	English
gacetero	gazetteer
ganado	cattle
gemelo (a)	twin
gemelos (as)	twins
genealogía	genealogy
gente	people
gota	gout
grande	great, large
gremio	brotherhood, guild
gripe	influenza
guarda	guard, warden
guía	directory, guidebook

H

Spanish	English
h. = hijo	son
hacienda	estate, farm
hecho (a)	completed, done
hembra	female
hemorragia	bleeding
heráldica	heraldry
heredero (a)	heir
herencia	inheritance
hermana	sister
hermandad	fraternity
hermano	brother
hermanos	brothers, siblings
herrero	blacksmith
hidalgo	nobleman
hidropesía	dropsy
hija	daughter
hijastra	stepdaughter
hijastro	stepson, stepchild
hijo	on, child
hijodalgo	nobleman
hijos	sons, children
hinchazón	swelling
historia	history
h.l. = hijo legítimo	legitimate child
h.n. = hijo natural	illegitimate child
hogar	home
hoja	page
hoja de lámina	plate (book)
holandés (a)	Dutch
hombre	man, husband
honesto (a)	honest
hora	hour
hospedero	innkeeper
huérfano (a)	orphan

I

Spanish	English
I	and
i. = ilegítimo	illegitimate
ictericia	jaundice
idioma	language
iglesia	church
Iglesia Católica	Catholic Church
ilegítimo (a)	illegitimate
ill. = ilegítimo	illegitimate
impedimento	impediment
imperio	empire
impuesto	tax
incógnito (a)	unknown
índice	index
indígena	indigenous, native, Indian
indigente	indigent
información matrimonial	papers relating to a marriage, including banns, declarations, baptismal records, consents, etc.
infrascrito (a)	undersigned
inglés (a)	English
inmigración	immigration
inmigrante	immigrant
inmoble	real estate
inmueble	real estate
ino. = indio	Indian
intendente	mayor
intestado (a)	intestate
intestinos	intestines
invierno	winter
italiano (a)	Italian

J

Spanish	English
jardinero	gardener
jesuita	Jesuit
jornalero	journeyman
jubilado	retired
judío (a)	Jewish
jueves	Thursday
julio	July
junio	June
junto	together
jurado	juryman
juros	annuities, pensions

L

Spanish	English
l., leg. = legítimo	legitimate
la	the (feminine)
labrador	farmer, peasant
ladrillero	brick mason, bricklayer
lago	lake
lechero	dairyman
legajo	bundle of related documents
legal	legal
legítimo (a)	legitimate
lengua	language, tongue
levante	east
ley	law
liberto (a)	freed slave
libro	book
licencia	permission
lícito (a)	legal
limosna	alms
limpieza de sangre	purity of blood, indicating pure Catholic ancestry
lugar	place
lunes	Monday

M

Spanish	English
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

N

Spanish	English
n. = nació, nacido	born
n. = nombre	name
nac. = nacido	born
nacer	to be born
nacido (a)	born
nacido (a) muerto (a)	stillborn
nacimiento	birth
nariz	nose
natural	natural, illegitimate
natural de	native of
nave	ship
navio	ship
negocio	business
negro (a)	black
nene	baby
nieta	granddaughter
nieto	grandson
nietos	grandchildren
ningún (o, a)	none, not one
niño (a)	child
no	no
no. = número	number
noble	noble
nobleza	nobility
noche	night
nombre	name
nombre de pila	given or Christian name
nono (a)	ninth
norte	north
nosotros	we
notario	notary
novecientos	nine hundred
noveno (a)	ninth
noventa	ninety
novia	bride, fiancée
noviembre	November
novio	groom, fiancé
novios	betrothed
nuera	daughter-in-law
nuestro (a)	our
nueve	nine
nuevo (a)	new
num. = número	number
número	number
nunca	never
nupcias	marriage, wedding

O

Spanish	English
o	or
obispado	bishopric
obispo	bishop
óbito	death
obligación	obligation
obrero	worker, laborer
observaciones	comments, marginal notes
occidente	west
octavo (a)	eighth
octubre	October
ochenta	eighty
ocho	eight
ochocientos	eight hundred
oeste	west
oferta	offering
oficio	office
ojo	eye
óleo	oil
once	eleven
onomástico (a)	onomastic (referring to names)
operario	worker, laborer
oración	prayer
oreja	ear
orfanato	orphanage
oriente	east
original de	native of
oro	gold
o.s.p. = obiit sine prole	died without issue
otoño	autumn
otro (a)	other, another

P

padrasto padre padres padrino padrinos padrón pag. = página país palacio panadero para pardo (a) parentesco pariente párroco parroquia parroquiano (a) partera partida parto párvulo (a) pasado pastor paterno (a) patrimonio patrón pd. = padre penitenciaria periódico permiso pero pescador peso peste pie pierna plaga plata plaza plazo pleitos población poblado polaco (a) por por qué porque portugués posada posadero preñada presente primavera primero (a) primo (a) prisión proceso profesión profesor (a) progenitor prole propiedad propietario protestante protocolos provincia próximo (a) pueblo puente puerto pulmón pulmonia

stepfather father, priest parents godfather godparents census, list of persons page country palace baker for, to dark, mulatto kinship relative priest parish parishioner midwife act, certificate birth small child past pastor, minister, shepherd paternal inheritance master, employer father penitentiary periodical, newspaper permission but fisherman weight plague foot leg plague silver public square term lawsuit, court action population, town, village town, village Polish by, for why because Portuguese hostel, shelter innkeeper pregnant present spring first cousin prison trial, lawsuit profession teacher progenitor progeny property, land proprietor, owner Protestant notarial books province next town, village, people bridge port lung pneumonia

Q

que quien quince quinientos quinto (a) quizás

that, what who, whom fifteen five hundred fifth maybe

R

rancho real rebusca reconocimiento regidor registro civil registros registros civiles reina reino religión renta residencia residente retirado (a) retiramiento retrato rey rezo río rito rojo (a) rostro ruso (a)

ranch royal research recognition, acknowledgment alderman, prefect civil registry records, registers civil records, vital records queen kingdom religion rent residence resident retired retirement portrait king prayer river rite red face Russian

S

s. = señor sábado sacerdote sacristán sagrado (a) sala san sangradura santo (a) santos óleos sarampión sastre segundo (a) seis seiscientos semana separado (a) septiembre séptimo (a) sepulcro sepultado (a) sepultura ser servicio sesenta setecientos setenta sexo sexto (a) sí si siempre sierra siete siglo sirviente sitio sn. = san sobre sobrenombre sobreviviente sobrina sobrino sociedad solar soldado solemnemente solo soltero (a) somos son sordo (a) soy su (suyo, suya) sud sueco (a) suegra suegro suizo (a) sur

sir, mister Saturday priest sexton sacred, holy room saint bleeding holy, sacred, saint holy oil measles tailor second six six hundred week separate September seventh grave, sepulchre buried grave, sepulchre to be service, donations sixty seven hundred seventy sex, gender sixth yes if, whether always mountain range seven century servant place, site saint about, above, concerning surname, nickname surviving niece nephew society manor house soldier solemnly only single (we) are (they, you) are deaf (I) am your, his, her, their south Swedish mother-in-law father-in-law Swiss south

T

talabartero tal vez también tarde tejedor temprano tenemos tener tengo tercero (a) terreno testamento testigo testimonio tía tiempo tiene tienen tintorero tío título todavía todos (as) tomo tonelero tos tos ferina trabajador trece treinta treinta y uno tres trescientos tribunal trigésimo (a) trigésimo primero (a) trigo tuberculosis tumba tumor tutela tutelas

leather worker maybe also afternoon, late weaver early (we) have to have (I) have third tract of land, field will witness testimony aunt time (you, he, she, it) has (you, they) have dyer uncle title still all, everyone volume cooper cough whooping cough worker, laborer thirteen thirty thirty-one three three hundred court thirtieth thirty-first wheat tuberculosis tomb, grave tumor guardianship records of orphans

U

último (a) un (uno, una) undécimo (a)

last one eleventh

V

valle varón vecindad vecino (a) veinte veinte y cinco, veinte y cuatro veinte y dos veinte y nueve veinte y ocho veinte y seis veinte y siete veinte y tres veinte y uno veinticinco veinticuatro veintidos veintinueve veintiocho veintiseis veintisiete veintitres veintiuno velación vender verano verde vez viejo (a) viernes vigésimo vigésimo cuarto (a) vigésimo nono (a) vigésimo octavo (a) vigésimo primero (a) vigésimo quinto (a) vigésimo segundo (a) vigésimo séptimo (a) vigésimo sexto (a) vigésimo tercero (a) villa viña viñedo viruelas viudo (a) vivir vivo (a) volumen

valley male neighborhood neighbor, citizen twenty twenty-five twenty-four twenty-two twenty-nine twenty-eight twenty-six twenty-seven twenty-three twenty-one twenty-five twenty-four twenty-two twenty-nine twenty-eight twenty-six twenty-seven twenty-three twenty-one veiling ceremony of bride and groom to sell summer green time, turn, occasion elderly Friday twentieth twenty-fourth twenty-ninth twenty-eighth twenty-first twenty-fifth twenty-second twenty-seventh twenty-sixth twenty-third village, town vineyard vineyard smallpox widower, widow to live alive volume

Y

y yerno yo

and son-in-law I

Z

zapatero

shoemaker

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• Spain, Cadastre of the Marquis of Ensenada (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Spain, Cadiz Passports (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Spain Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Spain, Consular Records of Spaniard Emigrants (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Spain Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)
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