Spanish–English dictionary

enfatización

(figurative) An especially significant or interesting detail or event or period of time.

enfatizar

(transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).

enfermedad

(obsolete) An ailment; trouble; illness.

enfermedad mental

A mental disorder, especially one of a minor or temporary character. [Early 19th century.]

enfermera

A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:

enfermería

A place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse.

enfermero

A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:

enfermito

Sickly; sick; ill; unwell.

enfermizo

(medicine) Relating to, amounting to, or caused by a physical or mental disorder.

enfermo

Sickly; sick; ill; unwell.

enfermo mental

Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.

enfiestarse

(intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.

enflacar

(intransitive) To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.

enflaquecer

(intransitive) To become less heavy or obese.

enflaquecerse

(intransitive) To become less heavy or obese.

enfocar

(intransitive) To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive

enfocarse

(intransitive) To attend to something to the exclusion of all others. [with on]

enfoque

(figuratively) A manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.).

enforcar

(transitive) To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.

enforzamiento

The act of enforcing; compulsion.

enforzar

(obsolete) To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to energize.

enfrascado

Preoccupied with something to the exclusion of everything else.

enfrenar

(intransitive) To operate a brake or brakes.

enfrenarse de

(intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew [from 15th c.]

enfrentado

Fighting; contending; in conflict.

enfrentamiento

A skirmish, a hostile encounter.

enfrentar

(transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.

enfrentarse

(transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).

enfrente

In physical opposition to; in collision with.

enfrente de

In front of in space.

enfriar

(transitive) To lower the temperature of something; to cool.

enfriar con agua

(transitive, metallurgy) To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.

enfriar en agua

(transitive, metallurgy) To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.

enfriarse

(intransitive) To become cold.

enfrontar

(transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.

enfullar

(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.

enfundar

(transitive) To fit and attach a sleeve to an upper garment (e.g. to a shirt, blouse, sweater, jacket, coat, etc.) or to a folder.

enfurecer

(transitive) To fill with rage; to outrage; to provoke to frenzy; to make furious.

enfurruñado

(chiefly, British, Ottawa Valley) Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.

enfurruñarse

(intransitive) To express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.

engalgar

(transitive) To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.

engañabobos

A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster.

engañadizo

Easily deceived or duped; naive, easily cheated or fooled.

engañado

A person who has been deceived.

engañar

(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert [from around 1350 to 1470.]

engañar con [un] perfil falso

(Internet, slang, transitive) To create and operate a fake online profile to deceive (someone).

enganchado

Having a biochemical addiction.

enganchar

(transitive) To cause (someone) to become involved in something they are reluctant to do; to draw into something.

engañifa

A swindle in which the mark, or victim, is defrauded after his or her trust has been won.

engañifla

A swindle in which the mark, or victim, is defrauded after his or her trust has been won.

engaño

An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.

engañoso

Cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank.

engargolar

(transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.

engarnio

A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.

engastar

(obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.

engatar

(transitive) To trick or mislead.

engatusar

(transitive) To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.

engavetar

(intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.

engendrar

To cause; to produce; to bring forth.

engendrarse

(ergative, video games) To appear, or cause (something or someone) to appear, spontaneously in a game world at a particular place and time.

engendro

(figuratively) A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity. [from 16th c.]

englobante

Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.

englobar

(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.

engolfar

(transitive) To overwhelm.

engolliparse

(intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).

engordar

(transitive, obsolete) To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.

engorro

(countable, slang) Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.

engorroso

Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

engoznar

(transitive) To attach by, or equip with a hinge.

engranaje

A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.

engranar

(engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.

engrandar

(transitive) To make (something) larger.

engrandecer

(transitive) To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.).

engrapar

(transitive) To secure with a staple.

engrasar

(transitive) To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.

engreído

Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.

engreimiento

(uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris. [from 17th c.]

engrillar

(transitive) To shackle or bind up with fetters.

engrilletar

To place (a person or animal) in shackles (noun sense 1); to immobilize or restrain using shackles.

engrosar

(transitive, obsolete) To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.

engrosarse

(intransitive) To become thicker (in the sense of wider).

engrudar

(transitive) To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.

engrudo

One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.

engruesar

(transitive) To make thicker (in the sense of wider).

engrupido

A person who has been deceived.

engrupir

(transitive) To trick or mislead.

Enguerrán

A en given name, in modern use transferred back from the surname.

engullir

(transitive, colloquial) To drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action/without breathing; to chugalug. Usually chanted at the person who is drinking.

enharinar

(transitive) To apply flour to something; to cover with flour.

enhastiado

Made callous or cynically insensitive, by experience.

enhastiar

To fatigue, tire, or weary (someone or something).

enhebrar

(transitive) To put (items) on a string.

enhestar

To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.

enhiesto

(of body parts) Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation.

enhilar

(transitive) To pass a thread through the eye of a needle.

enhorabuena

The act of congratulating.

enhorcar

(transitive) To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.

enigma

A difficult choice or decision that must be made.

enigmático

Obscure or difficult to understand.

enjabonado

Covered in soap.

enjabonar

(transitive) To cover with lather.

enjambrar

(intransitive) To move as a swarm.

enjambre

A swarm of bees.

enjaquimar

To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.

enjaretado

(nautical, in the plural) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.

enjaretar

(transitive) To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit; to stick.

enjaular

(transitive) To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.

enjuagar

(transitive) To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.

enjuague

(cosmetics) A type of shampoo product that aims to improve the condition of the hair, especially after washing.

enjuague bucal

A liquid used to clean one's mouth.

enjugador

Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping.

enjugar

(transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.

enjuiciar

(transitive, law) To start criminal proceedings against.

enjundia

Substantiality; solidity; firmness.

enjundioso

Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm.

enjutador

Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping.

enjutar

(transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.

enjutez

(uncountable) A lack of moisture.

enjuto

Unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness: drawn, emaciated, haggard.

enlace

(chemistry) A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.

enlapado

(informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).

enlatado

The process of preserving food by heat processing in a sealed vessel (a jar or can).

enlatar

(transitive) To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.

enlazadura

A mechanical device that connects things.

enlazamiento

A mechanical device that connects things.

enlazar

(Internet, transitive) To connect (a smartphone) to a personal computer in order to give the computer access to the phone's Internet connection.

enlejiar

(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).

enlentecer

(transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.

enlistar

(transitive) To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.

enllentecerse

(intransitive) To become soft or softer

enlodar

(transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation.

enloquecedor

Leading to insanity.

enloquecer

To derange the intellect of; to render insane.

enlosado

Covered in pavement; having a hard surface, as of concrete or asphalt.

enlosar

(transitive) To pave with flagstones.

enlozado

An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.

enlucido

(uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings; render, stucco.

enmarañar

To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult.

enmarañarse

(intransitive) To become mixed together or intertwined.

enmarcar

(transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.

enmarrocar

(transitive) To apply handcuffs to someone.

enmascarado

Wearing a mask or masks.

enmascarar

(transitive) To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.

enmasillar

To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.

enmendación

In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.

enmendadura

In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.

enmendamiento

In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.

enmendar

(transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

enmicar

(transitive) To cover (something flat, usually paper) in adhesive protective plastic.

enmienda

In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.