alarife: mason, master builder
albañil: mason
alcabala: sales tax
alcacer: barley field
alcalde: magistrate
alcalde de la hermandad: militia official
aldea: hamlet
alférez: ensign
alguacil: constable
alhóndiga: public granary
aljama: community of Jews or Moors
almojarifazgo: customs duties
aparejador: builder
arcediano: archdeacon
arcipreste: archpriest
arriero: muleteer
arroba: weight of twenty-five pounds
asiento: entry in a registry, site
audiencia: high court
ayuntamiento: city or town council
bachiller: holder of a bachelor's degree
baldío: uncultivated land
bando: faction, party
barbecho: harvest
bellota: acorns
berbí: cloth made from uncombed wool
berrocal: rocky land
bodegonero: tavern keeper
cabildo: council
cahiz: twelve fanegas
calero: lime burner
calle: street
cantero: stonecutter
cañada: sheep walk
capellán: chaplain
capellanla: chantry, chaplaincy
capilla: chapel
capitulaciones: charters, licenses
carnero: sheep
carretero: carter
casado: married person
casas principales: town house, urban palace
casilla: hut
cédula: royal ordinance
censo al quitar: redeemable mortgage
censo enfitéutico: lease (of agricultural land)
cerrajero: locksmith
ciudad: city
clérigo: cleric, priest
clérigo presbítero: priest ordained to say mass
clérigo vicario: vicar
cofradía: confraternity, lay brotherhood
colegio: college, academy
colmenar: apiary, hives
comendador: member of a military order
contador: accountant
coro: choir stalls
corona: 350 maravedís
corredor: gallery, arcade, corridor
corregidor: royal municipal administrator, magistrate
criadero: nursery, stockbreeding farm
criado: servant, retainer
cura: parish priest
curador: guardian
chancillería: royal chancery court
chantre: cantor
charca: pond
dehesa. pasture
depositario general: treasurer, trustee
deudo: relative
doctor: holder of a doctorate
ducado: 375 maravedís
ejido: municipal commons, grazing lands
encabezamiento: sales tax assessment
encomienda: grant of right to tribute from Indians of a designated area or jurisdiction
encomendero: holder of an encomienda
escribano: notary
escudero: squire
escudo: 400 maravedís
fanega: bushel
fanegada: measure of land (about 1 ½ acres); bushel
fiador: guarantor
fiel ejecutor: inspector
fiscal: treasurer or public prosecutor
fuero: set of privileges, town charter
hacienda: wealth, estate; treasury
heredad: estate
herrador: farrier, horseshoer
herrero: blacksmith
hidalgo: member of privileged, tax-exempt class
hidalguía: privileged status
hijo natural: illegitimate child
hipoteca: mortgage
hortelano: gardener
huerta, huerto: garden, orchard
información: testimonial
jornalero: day laborer (rural)
juez del rey: royal judge
juro: annuity on certain taxes or revenues
justicia real: royal magistrate
labrador: farmer
ladino: Spanish speaking
lavadero: place for washing wool
letrado: lawyer
licenciado: holder of a master's degree
lugar: hamlet, small village
macho: mule
maestrazgo: lands under the jurisdiction of one of the military orders
maravedí: basic unit of Spanish currency
mayoral: foreman
mayorazgo: entail, also heir to an entail
mayordomo: steward
médico: physician
mercader: merchant
merced: grant (of money, annuities, privileges)
mesón: inn
mestizo: person of Spanish and Indian parentage
molino: mill
montes: woodlands, low mountains
morisco : Spaniard of Moorish descent
mozo: lad, youth
obra pía: endowed charity
oficial: artisan
oidor: judge
olivar: olive grove
oposición: competitive examination
padrinos: godparents
padrón: census list of taxpayers
palomar: dovecote
pastor: shepherd
pechero: taxpayer
pelaire: wool carder
pellejero: wineskin maker
peón: laborer
peso: unit of currency in the Indies of varying value ("peso de oro" around 400 maravedís, "peso de plata" around 270 maravedís)
portada: entranceway
portales: arcades (of a plaza)
portero: doorkeeper
preceptor de gramática: Latin instructor
predicador: preacher
probanza: proof (evidence or testimony relating to a person's antecedents, activities, etc.)
procurador de causas: untitled lawyer
procurador general: solicitor, representative
propios: property held by a municipality
provisor: vicar general
pueblo: village, town
quintal: weight of 100 pounds
rastrojo: stubble
real: 34 maravedís
recuero: driver
regidor: councilman
regimiento: office of councilman
relator: secretary
religioso: member of a religious order
renta de yerba: rents of pasturage
repartimiento de indios: synonym for encomienda in Spanish America
repostero: wall hanging with coat of arms
república: commonwealth
retablo: altarpiece
ribera: riverside
señorío: lordship, jurisdiction
sesmero: representative
solar: foundation or lot
soltero: unmarried person
tendero: shopkeeper
teniente de corregidor: deputy of the corregidor
tercio y quinto: "third and fifth"; the major portion of an estate
término: jurisdiction or district
tierra: usually a city and its jurisdiction
tierra baldía: uncultivated land, crown land
tintorero: cloth dyer
tratante: trader, peddler
tundidor: cloth shearer
vecino: citizen
veedor: inspector
velarte: broadcloth
vicario: vicar
villa: town, city
viña: vineyard
zapatería: shoemaker's shop or trade
zapatero: shoemaker
zurrador: leather currier