15,000 words and phrases from more than 50 languages and their

corregimiento 78
corregimiento [Sp], the office or jurisdiction of a corregidor; Spanish
magistracy.
corre lontano chi non torna mai [It], he runs far who never turns.
correo [Sp], post office. —en lista de correos, general delivery. —correo
aereo, air mail.
corrida de toros [Sp], bullfight.
corriente [Sp], this month (week, year); the present month (week, year):
abbr. cte.
corrigendum [L; pi. corrigenda], error to be corrected, as in a book.
corruptio optimi pessima [L], the corruption of the best is the worst;
"lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds": Shakespeare.
corruptissima re publica plurimae leges [L], in the most corrupt state
the most laws: Terence.
corso [It; pi. corsi], course; broad thoroughfare.
cortège [Fr], train of attendants; retinue; procession.
cortesías engendran cortesías [Sp], courtesy begets courtesy.
cortile [It; pi. cortili], enclosed courtyard.
cor unum, via una [L], one heart, one way.
corvée [Fr], unpaid labor due to a feudal lord; statute labor; duty
service; mil., fatigue duty or party; fig., extra duty.
coryphée [Fr], leading ballet dancer.
cosa ben fatta è fatta due volte [It], a thing well done is twice done.
cosa mala nunca muere [Sp], a bad thing never dies.
cosaque [Fr], cossack; fierce or brutal man.
cosecha [Sp], harvest; harvest time; crop.
così fan tutti [It], thus do they all; that is the way of the world. —così
fan tutte, that's the way all women behave.
cos ingeniorum [L], a whetstone for the wits.
cospetto! [It], confound it!
costumé [Fr; fern, costumée], in costume.
coteau [Fr; pi. coteaux], hillock; rising ground; in Canada and U.S.,
upland or ridge between two valleys.
côtelette [Fr], cutlet; chop. —côtelette de filet, loin chop. —côtelette
en papillote, cutlet cooked in a paper wrapper. See PAPILLOTE.
côtes de boeuf [Fr], ribs of beef.
cotillon [Fr], orig., petticoat, as worn by peasants; cotillion (dance and
music).
couci-couci [Fr], so-so; indifferently.
coulé [Fr], a slur: music.
coulée [Fr], bed of a deep stream, having inclined sides; arroyo: western
Canada & U.S.
couleur de rose [Fr], rose color; rose-colored; fig., bright side of things.
couleuvre [Fr], adder; fig., mortification; bitter pill. —avaler des couleuvres,
to swallow insults; pocket affronts.
couloir [Fr], steep gorge; Alpine gully.