[193] All Spanish words in the text are explained when first used. The list below includes contemporary measurements, with both metric and Imperial equivalents, although only metric conversions are given in the text. The rest of the list consists of a selection of the more commonly used words.
 
 

acostamíento	feudal retaining fee, normally cash
actas	minutes of council or chapter
aduana	customs
alcabala	sales-tax
alcalde	senior magistrate
alcalde de la Real Casa y Corte	magistrate of the royal household
alférez	standard-bearer
alfoz	territory governed by a city
alguacil (mayor)	(chief) constable
alhóndiga	grain market
almojarifazgo	customs duty
almotacén	official in charge of weights and measures
aranzada	land-measure, primarily for non-arable land; in Córdoba, 36.7 ares (o.g acres)
arrendador	tenant- or tax-farmer
arroba	measure of weight: 11.5 kg or 25 lbs; or capacity: 18.25 lit, or 32 pints
azumbre	liquid measure: 2 lit, or 3.5 pints
Bachiller (Bach.)	University bachelor's degree
barbechos	fallow land
caballero	knight
cabildo	chapter or council
cahiz	grain measure: 6.66 Hl or 19 bushels
cántara	liquid measure: 16 lit, or 3.5 gals.
ciudad	city or large town
concejo	council
converso	convert, generally from Judaism to Christianity
corregidor	chief royal magistrate in a town
cortijo	farmstead
dehesa	enclosed land
Doctor (Dr)	University doctor's degree
encabezamiento	method of collecting alcabala (see ch. 3)
escribano	notary or scribe
fanega	dry measure: 55.5 lit, or 1.6 bushels; or a measure  of land-area: in Córdoba, 61.2 ares or 1.5 acres
fiador	guarantor
fiel	subordinate municipal official
Hermandad (Santa)	Brotherhood (Holy)
hidalgo	nobleman
huerta	irrigated land
jurado	parish representative on council
labrador	tenant-farmer
Licenciado (Lic.)	University licentiate's (M.A.) degree
lugar	small centre of population
mayordomo	steward
montazgo	tax on use of pasture
monte	high ground
oficio acrecentado	office above the legal number
padrón	tax-list
partidor	allocator of lands for the Crown
pecho	direct tax
peón	foot-soldier
pesquisa	investigation
portazgo	tax on internal trade
pragmatic	royal legal provision in written form on a specific issue
regidor	member of town council
regimiento	office of regidor, or the regidores as a body
repartimiento	allocation or distribution
renunciación	resignation
ruedo	cultivated land surrounding a centre of population
señorío	lordship
servicio	direct tax
tercias reales	two-ninths of Church tithe, granted to Crown
término	boundary or territory
tierra	land or territory
tributo	royal tax
vasallo	vassal
vecino	citizen
veedor	overseer
veinticuatro	member of city council
velas	patrols
villa	town
yugada	yoke, as a land-measure; variable in area, but in the order of 32 hectares or 80 acres