caballito del diablo: damselfly
cabana de teito (Gal. Ast.) : traditional mountain hut with stone walls and thatched roof
cabaña : hut
cabazo : hórreo in Galicia
cabeceiro (Gal.) : small hórreo
cabezón (reg) : tadpole
cabiñera (Arag) : livestock path
cabo : cape
Cabo Touriñan in Galicia, the westernmost point of Spain, Canaries aside.
cabra montés : Spanish ibex : Capra pyrenaica
cacería : hunting party
cachorro : cub; pup
cacimba : rock pool
cagarrutero : dropping
cala : cove
calamón común : purple swamp-hen : Porphyrio porphyrio
calandria : calandra lark : Melanocorypha calandra
caleta : cove; creek
caliza : limestone
camachuelo carminoso : common rosefinch : Carpodacus erythrinus
camachuelo común : common bullfinch : Pyrrhula pyrrhula
camachuelo trompetero : trumpeter finch : Bucanetes githagineus
camada : litter (animals)
cambera (Cant): road for cows and carts
camino de herradura :
camino de sirga : tow path
campa (tierra campa) : treeless land suitable only for cereals; meadow (Gal.)
campiña : countryside
campo : field; countryside
Campoo (Cant-Cabuérniga): wild mounatin pasture.(Yes, it's got 2 o's)
can (Cat.) : (farm) house of. Can Miquel. Miquel's House
canario : canary : Serinus canaria
canastera común : collared pratincole : Glareola pratincola
canchal : scree; crag
cancho : large crag
canelón : large icicle
cantedero : lekking ground (capercaillie)
cantera : quarry
cantil : cliff edge
canto : stone; large pebble
canto redondo : large pebble
cantu (Ast.) : summit
cañada : drover's road ; gully; ravine Cañadas Reales the network of drover's paths across Spain
cañaveral : reedbed
cañizal : reedbed
caño : water channel; narrow river
cañón : gorge; canyon
cap (Cat.) : cape, as in Cap de Creus
caparazón : shell
cárabo común : tawny owl ( Strix aluco )
caracol : snail :
carámbano : icicle
caranzana : breed of large Basque sheep.
carbayeda (Ast.) : oakwood
carbón vegetal : charcoal
carboneo : charcoal burning
carbonera : charcoal heapxxx
carbonero común : great tit : Parus major
carbonero garrapinos : coal tit : Parus ater
carbonero palustre : marsh tit : Parus palustris
carbonero/a : charcoal maker
cárcava : hollow produced by flash flooding
carraca : european roller : Coracias garrulus
carrerada (Cat.) : drover's road
carricerín cejudo : aquatic warbler : Acrocephalus paludicola
carricerín común : sedge warbler : Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
carricerín real : moustached warbler : Acrocephalus melanopogon
carricero agrícola : paddyfield warbler : Acrocephalus agricola
carricero común : reed warbler : Acrocephalus scirpaceus
carricero tordal : great reed warbler : Acrocephalus arundinaceus
carroña : carrion
carroñero : referring to animal which feeds on carrion
casa de labranza (Cant+Ast.) : farmhouse
casa de pagés (Cat.) : Catalan farmhouse
cascada : waterfall
cascajo : uncountable noun for pebbles; small stone fragments
caserío : Basque and Navarran farmhouse
casina : breed of Asturian cow with a reddish hide and black rings around its eyes. Also known as Asturiana de la Montaña. Currently endangered. In theory, provides milk for casina cheese. :
castro : iron age hill fort
cataratas : falls
caza : hunting.
caza furtiva : poaching
caza mayor : big game. In Spain – deer, boar, etc
caza menor : “small” game such as partridge, quail and rabbit
cazador : hunter
cazador furtivo : poacher
cebo : bait
cedro : cedar :
celada (Arag.) : doline
cellisca : blizzard
cembrio (León): part of a mountain swept clear by wind during times of snow, so making it easy for people to walk.
cenagal : bog; mire
cencerro : cow bell
cepa : vine stem; vine stock; grapevine
cepo : trap; snare
cerceta carretona : garganey : Anas querquedula
cerceta común : common teal : Anas crecca
cerceta pardilla : marbled duck : Marmaronetta angustirostris
cerda: sow
cerdas: bristles
cernícalo patirrojo : red-footed falcon : Falco vespertinus
cernícalo primilla : lesser kestrel : Falco naumanni
cernícalo vulgar : common kestrel : Falco tinnunculus
cernidillo : light drizzle
cerrajón : steep, high cerro .
cerrejón : small cerro .
cerro : isolated hill
cervato : fawn
chagartesa (Ast) : lizard :
chapapote : A colloquial word adopted from Galician to denote the globs of solid fuel washed up on Galicia 's beaches as a result of the Prestige oil spill. Any similar glutunous spills from now on.
chaparrón : shower
charca : large pool
charco : pool ; puddle
charrán ártico : arctic tern : Sterna paradisaea
charrán bengalí : lesser crested tern : Sterna bengalensis
charrán común : common tern : Sterna hirundo
charrán patinegro : sandwich tern : Sterna sandvicensis
charrán rosado : roseate tern : Sterna dougallii
charrancito común : little tern : Sterna albifrons
cheirona (Ast.) : scree
china : small stone or pebble
chocha perdiz : woodcock : Scolopax rusticola
chochín : wren : Troglodytes troglodytes
chon (Cant): pig
chorlitejo chico : little ringed plover : Charadrius dubius
chorlitejo grande : great ringed plover : Charadrius hiaticula
chorlitejo patinegro : kentish plover : Charadrius alexandrinus
chorlito carambolo : dotterel : Charadrius morinellus
chorlito dorado europeo : european golden plover : Pluvialis apricaria
chorlito gris : grey plover : Pluvialis squatarola
chorrera : fast-flowing stream; rapids; waterfall
chortal : boggy pool resulting from upwelling of spring
chotacabras gris : european nightjar : Caprimulgus europaeus
chotacabras pardo : red-necked nightjar : Caprimulgus ruficollis
chova piquigualda : yellow-billed chough : Pyrrhocorax graculus
chova piquirroja : red-billed chough : Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
choza : wooden thatched hut
chubasco : blustery shower
chumbera: prickly pear
churra (lebrijana) : breed of woolly sheep
ciempiés : centipede
ciénaga : swamp
cieno : river/lagoon mud
cierva : dow
ciervo en brama : rutting stag
ciervo rojo: red deer : Cervus elaphus
