Glossary - Page 2 of 5
(English version of “Noli Me Tangere”)
- calle
- Street.
- camisa
- 1. A loose, collarless shirt of transparent material worn by men outside the trousers. 2. A thin, transparent waist with flowing sleeves, worn by women.
- camote
- A variety of sweet potato.
- capitan
Captain,
a title used in addressing or referring to the gobernadorcillo or a former occupant of that office. - carambas
- A Spanish exclamation denoting surprise or displeasure.
- carbineer
- Internal-revenue guard.
- cedula
- Certificate of registration and receipt for poll-tax.
- chico
- The sapodilla plum.
- Civil Guard
- Internal quasi-military police force of Spanish officers and native soldiers.
- cochero
- Carriage driver: coachman.
- Consul
- A wealthy merchant; originally, a member of the Consulado, the tribunal, or corporation, controlling the galleon trade.
- cuadrillero
- Municipal guard.
- cuarto
- A copper coin, one hundred and sixty of which were equal in value to a silver peso.
- cuidao
Take care!
Look out!
A common exclamation, from the Spanish cuidado. - dálag
- The Philippine Ophiocephalus, the curious walking mudfish that abounds in the paddy-fields during the rainy season.
- dalaga
- Maiden, woman of marriageable age.
- dinding
- House-wall or partition of plaited bamboo wattle.
- director, directorcillo
- The town secretary and clerk of the gobernadorcillo.
- distinguido
- A person of rank serving as a private soldier but exempted from menial duties and in promotions preferred to others of equal merit.
- escribano
- Clerk of court and official notary.
- filibuster
- A native of the Philippines who was accused of advocating their separation from Spain.
- gobernadorcillo
Petty governor,
the principal municipal official. - gogo
- A climbing, woody vine whose macerated stems are used as soap;
soap-vine.
- guingón
- Dungaree, a coarse blue cotton cloth.
