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

almendra 16
almendra [Sp], almond.
almôço [Pg], lunch; brunch.
almud [Sp], a grain measure of capacity of varying content, equal in
Texas to about a peck.
almuerzo [Sp], breakfast; luncheon, the first substantial meal of the
day.
aloha [Hawa], love; hello; goodbye.
à loisir [Fr], at leisure; leisurely.
à l'ordinaire [Fr], in the ordinary manner; as usual.
alose [Fr], shad.
alouette [Fr], lark; skylark.
aloyau [Fr], sirloin or ribs of beef.
Άλφα και Ώμέ-γα [Gr; alpha kaì oméga], Alpha and Omega (the first
and last letters of the Greek alphabet); the beginning and the end.
al piacere [It], at pleasure: music.
al più [It], at most.
al solito [It], as usual.
al ta'am vay rayach ain leheetvakayach [Heb], one cannot argue about
taste and smell.
al tedesco [It], in the German manner.
al teestakel ba kankan ella berna sheyesh do [Heb], don't look at the
jug, but at what is in it; never judge a book by its cover.
alter ego [L], one's other self; bosom friend. —alter ego est amicus, a
friend is another self.
alter idem [L], another exactly the same.
alter ipse amicus [L], a friend is a second self.
alteri sic tibi [L], do to another as to thyself.
alterum alterius auxilio eget [L], one thing needs the help of another.
alterum tantum [L], as much again; twice as much.
Altesse [Fr], Highness (abbr. Alt.): title of nobility.
Alteza [Sp], Altezza [It], Highness: title of nobility.
altiora peto [L], I seek higher things.
altiplano [Sp], the high Andean plateau.
altmodisch [Ger], old-fashioned.
alto [Sp], a height; hill; in Texas, a hill, usually treeless.
alto-rilievo [It], high relief: sculp.
alt wird man wohl, wer aber klug? [Ger], we all grow old, but who
grows wise?
amabile [It], sweetly; gently: music.
amah [Pg ama], a children's nurse; wet nurse; also, a lady's maid or any
female servant, esp. in a European household.
à main armée [Fr], lit., with armed hand; by force of arms.
a malas lenguas, tijeras [Sp], for evil tongues—scissors.
à malin, malin et demi [Fr], to the evil, (be) evil and a half.
amande [Fr], almond.