bailar to dance
Buy larger shoes to dance in;
Buy smaller pants to prance in.
bajar to get off, descend
Dear old Abba hardly made a sound
When, tottering, he got off the merry-go-round.
bajo, -a low, short
—My score was low on the medical test.
—Bah! Home remedies work out best.
barba beard
A barbarous practice, greatly feared,
Is shaving off a convict’s beard.
basto, -a coarse, homespun
Bah! Stone tools are coarse and out of date,
So tell the salesman that he needn’t wait.
Give the babe air, make her drink water.
After all, boys, she’s somebody’s daughter.
bien fine, well
The season would be ending fine
If you would be my valentine.
bobo, -a foolish, silly
Bo, Bohemian party pooper,
Is foolish, but his grins are super.
bocado bite, mouthful
This drab oak, ah!, though stung by blight,
Still yields my horse a leafy bite.
bonito, -a pretty
—Is Rambo neat, or slightly nutty?
—He’s just a pretty piece of putty.
bueno, -a good
Though you, Bob, weigh no more than Jim,
Your good karate vanquished him.
buey (m.) ox, bull, steer
The subway must be on the rocks:
This train is powered by an ox.
Let’s end the futile search for “maybe’s”
and “perhapses,”
And plan what we can do when this
caboose collapses.
buscar to seek, look for
Bamboo scars are mostly not too serious.
But seek a doctor if you get delirious.