Spanish–English dictionary

error dactilográfico

A typographical error. [from late 19th c.]

error de dedo

A typographical error. [from late 19th c.]

error tipográfico

A typographical error. [from late 19th c.]

eructar

(transitive) To cause someone (such as a baby) to burp.

erudición

Profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship.

erudito

Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.

erupción

An outbreak or surge in problems; a spate, string, or trend.

erupcionar

(intransitive) To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).

és

Used to form nouns meaning the jargon or language used by a particular profession or being or in a particular context.

es cierto que

(conjunctive) Signals a concession followed by a counterpoint usually headed by but.

es decir

(idiomatic, conjunctive) In the sense of.

es lo que hay

(idiomatic) That's life; expressing resignment to a situation or set of circumstances, usually without complaint

es más

(idiomatic) as far as that is concerned.

es mío

(informal) Used to claim this right.

es suficiente

Stop! Don't do that any more!

es-

Lacking (something); without (something). Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun.

esa

Used to form nouns meaning the jargon or language used by a particular profession or being or in a particular context.

esbarar

(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.

esbararse

(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.

esbelto

(of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.

esbozado

That suffices but requires additional work; provisional.

esbozar

(transitive) To write a first version; to make a preliminary sketch.

esbozo

(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.

escabechar

(transitive, ergative) To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.

escabechina

Indiscriminate killing or slaughter; a massacre.

escabel

A low stool for supporting the feet while seated.

escabiado

(of a person) Intoxicated by alcohol.

escabiador

A person who is addicted to alcohol.

escabiar

(slang, intransitive) To drink alcohol.

escabio

Given to or marked by the consumption of alcoholic drink.

escabroso

Covered with or full of bumps.

escabullarse

(intransitive) To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.

escabullir

(transitive, dated) To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner.

escabullirse

To leave without being noticed.

escafandrista

Someone who works underwater; a frogman.

escala

(North America, Australia) A break between stages of a journey.

escalada

(uncountable) The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.

escalador

Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).

escaladora

Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).

escalafón

(figuratively) The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder.

escalamiento

A deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict.

escálamo

A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars.

escalar

(intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.

escaldadura

A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.

escaldar

(transitive, cooking) To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.

escalera

A series of steps; a staircase.

escalera fija

A flight of stairs; a stairway.

escalera mecánica

A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.

escalera rodante

A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.

escalfar

(transitive) To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point.

escalfarse

(transitive) To cook (something) in simmering or very hot liquid (usually water; sometimes wine, broth, or otherwise).

escalfecerse

(transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.

escalinata

A flight of stairs; a stairway.

escalofriante

Causing mild fear.

escalofrío

A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.

escalofríos

(medicine) A feeling of being cold, a symptom of many conditions.

escalón

A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.

escalonar

(transitive, military) To form troops into an echelon.

escalpelo

A small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery, dissection and craftwork.

escama

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything

escamar

(transitive) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.

escamondar

(transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.

escamoso

Covered or abounding with scales.

escamotear

(ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)

escampar

(transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.

escamujar

(transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.

escanciador

The member of staff at a restaurant who keeps the wine cellar and advises the guests on a choice of wines; a wine steward / stewardess, a wine waiter / waitress / server.

escanciar

(intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.

escanda

A type of wheat, characterised by the presence of a single grain in each spikelet, that was cultivated in the Fertile Crescent and was one of the first grains to be domesticated; any subtype of said wheat, considered as a unit; in particular, the domesticated form.

escandalar

A room or set of rooms, particularly:

escandalera

A fuss, uproar, commotion or stir; hype; brouhaha, hullabaloo.

escandalizado

Shocked, horrified by something unpleasant.

escandalizar

(transitive) To cause great offense to (someone).

escandallo

(countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.

escándalo

Fuss, ado.

escandaloso

Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.

escandelar

A room or set of rooms, particularly:

escandinava

Someone from Scandinavia.

Escandinavia

the Nordic countries collectively

escandinavo

(of a language) Of or relating to the North Germanic family of languages to which Swedish, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.

escandir

(poetry, transitive) To read or mark so as to show a specific metre. [from 14th C.]

escanear

(computing, medicine, transitive) To create an image of something with the use of a scanner.

escaño

(government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.

escante

The act of destroying.

escantillar

(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.

escapada

A daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention.

escapar

(transitive) To go away from; to leave.

escapar para desposarse

(intransitive, of an unmarried person) To run away secretly for the purpose of getting married with one's intended spouse; to marry in a quick or private fashion, especially without a public period of engagement.

escaparate

A large window at the front of a shop, behind which items for sale are displayed.

escaparse

(intransitive) To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.

escapatoria

A means of escape.

escapatorio

The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.

escape

The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.

escaque

A pattern of squares of alternating colours.

escaqueado

Divided into a grid of squares of alternating colours or shades, or into light and dark patches.

escaquearse

(colloquial, by extension) To avoid the consequences of doing something by an easier method.

escaques

A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.

escarabaja

Wood intended to be burned, typically for heat.

escarabajear

(ambitransitive) To write or draw carelessly and in a hurry.

escarabajo

(UK, Australia, NZ) A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011).

escarabajo sagrado

A beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians.

escarabajo sanjuanero

Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.

escarabeido

Any species of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.

escarabeo

A symbol, seal, amulet, or gem fashioned to resemble the sacred beetle.

escaramujo

The fruit of a rose.

escaramuza

A skirmish, a hostile encounter.

escaramuzar

To engage in a minor battle or dispute.

escarbadientes

A small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth.

escarbar

(transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.

escarcear

(intransitive, figuratively) To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.

escarceo

An act of participation in an activity in a casual or superficial way.

escarceo amoroso

A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.

escarcha

A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.

escarchado

Having frost on it or in it.

escarchar

(intransitive) To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.

escardar

(transitive) To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area (especially grass).

escariador

A tool for boring a hole wider.

escariar

(transitive) To enlarge (a hole), especially using a reamer; to bore (a hole) wider.

escarificación

The process of breaking up earth with a harrow.

escarificador

A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.

escarificar

(transitive) To drag a harrow over; to break up with a harrow.

escarlata

Of a bright red colour.

escarlatina

Cloth of a scarlet color.

escarmentar

(transitive) To punish, especially by corporal punishment.

escarmiento

The act (action) or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent or teacher), especially when disappointed or dissatisfied with the behavior or actions of a child, student, or someone else being looked after.

escarnecer

(intransitive) To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision.

escarnecimiento

A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.

escarnio

(uncountable) Contempt or disdain.

escarpa

A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.

escarpado

Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features.

escarpadura

A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.

escarpe

A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.

escasez

(transitive, dated, obsolete) To cause or produce a scarcity in something.

escaso

Very uncommon; scarce.

escatimar

(idiomatic) To do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job; to do something poorly; to take inappropriate shortcuts.

escayola

A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.

escayolar

(medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.

escelerado

Morally corrupt.

escena

A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.

escena de alto riesgo

A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.

escena retrospectiva

(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.

escenario

An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.

escénico

having beautiful scenery; picturesque

escenificado

Intended for the stage as in a theater.

escenificar

(transitive) To produce on a stage, to perform a play.

escéptica

Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.

escéptico

One who consistently denies, criticizes, or doubts; a detractor.

esciencia jurídica

(legal) The theoretical study of law.

esciente

Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent. [from 14th c.]

Escila

A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirlpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily. The passage between Scylla and Charybdis was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying between Scylla and Charybdis signifies a great peril on either hand.