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haber            to have (aux.)

Ah, bury the hatchet! Be we right or wrong,

We two have heard again love’s old sweet song.

hasta            until, all the way to

The pasta sitting on my plate

Was good until I overate.

helar            to freeze

It’s quite a lark, I found, to skate on ice,

But if you freeze your toes it’s not so nice.

hender            to split

End Eric’s urge to pose and prance

I laughed so hard I split my pants.

hermano            brother

The two little brothers just won’t get dressed.

They’ve got to learn that their ma knows best.

hilar            to spin

Bee, larcenous as ever, spun a yam

About a treasure buried in a barn.

hombre (m.)            man

This learned tome, brave man, relates your story;

But does not name the price you paid for glory.

hotel (m.)            hotel

Oh, tell me what unholy spell

Has drawn you to the Grand Hotel!

hueco            gap, hole

Wake, O master, lest there be no gap

Between your a.m. and your p.m. nap.

huerto            garden, orchard

Are you aware tomatoes crack and harden

If they are left unwatered in the garden?

hueso            bone

Don’t throw away so many scraps,

But scrape the bones to bait our traps.

huída            flight, escape

We the people think we’re right,

So all our foes should take to flight.

humano, -a            human

Look you, Ma, no human mind can know

Where stars are born or clouds and comets go.

húmedo, -a            humid, damp

Who may those intrepid fellows be

Who camp in humid caverns by the sea?