Spanish–English dictionary

escindida

(algebra, of a short exact sequence) Having the middle object (group, module, etc.) equal to the direct sum of the others.

escindidas

(algebra, of a short exact sequence) Having the middle object (group, module, etc.) equal to the direct sum of the others.

escindido

(algebra, of a short exact sequence) Having the middle object (group, module, etc.) equal to the direct sum of the others.

escindidos

(algebra, of a short exact sequence) Having the middle object (group, module, etc.) equal to the direct sum of the others.

escindir

(transitive, literally) To sever by chopping or as if by chopping.

escintilar

(intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light.

escisión

The act of division, separation, cutting, cleaving, or severing; cleavage.

esclafar

(transitive) To violently break something into pieces.

esclarecer

(by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.

esclarecido

(of a person) Distinguished, important, noteworthy.

esclarecimiento

The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from impurities via the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.

esclava

A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.

esclava cimarrona

An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person. [from 17th c.]

esclavista

An overseer of slaves at work; a person who puts slaves to work.

esclavitud

The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.

esclavización

The act of enslaving or the state of being a slave; bondage

esclavizar

(transitive) To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall.

esclavo

A slave.

esclavo cimarrón

An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person. [from 17th c.]

esclera

(anatomy) The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.

esclerodermia

(medicine) A chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by hardening the skin or other organs through excessive deposits of collagen.

esclerosis

(pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery; the appearance of hardenings, indurations, lesions, nodules.

esclerótica

(anatomy) The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.

esclusa

A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.

escoba

(countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.

escobilla

An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.

escobilla de dientes

A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.

escobillón

(countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.

escocedura

Injury or wear caused by friction.

escocer

(transitive, figurative) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

escocer(se)

(intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

escocés

A person born in or native to Scotland.

escocesa

A person born in or native to Scotland.

escoceses

(dated) The people of Scotland.

escocherar

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

Escocia

A constituent country of the United Kingdom, located in northwest Europe to the north of England.

escocimiento

Injury or wear caused by friction.

escofia

A decorative covering or ornament worn on the head.

escofina

A coarse file or filelike tool, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.

escofinar

(intransitive) To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.

escogencia

One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.

escoger

(transitive) To mention, specify.

escogida

One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.

escogido

picked; selected

escogido personalmente

(figurative) Selected with great care or by insiders or an individual.

escolán

A boy chorister.

escolanía

A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.

escolano

A boy chorister.

escolar

A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

escolarización

The record of such enrolling; registration.

escolarizar

(transitive) To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).

escolasar

To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain.

escolasear

To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain.

escolaso

An activity characterized by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance, usually with money wagered on the outcome.

escolástico

(philosophy) Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism

escolimoso

(informal, of a person) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.

escoliosis

(pathology) The abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.

escollar

(intransitive) To be unsuccessful.

escollera

A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.

escollo

The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss. [from 16th c.]

escolopendra

Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.

escolta

A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting someone.

escoltar

To attend to in order to guard and protect; to accompany as a safeguard (for the person escorted or for others); to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to

escombra

Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.

escombro

Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.

escombros

Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.

escón

A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.

esconder

(transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

esconderse

(intransitive) To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.

escondido

Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.

escondite

(Wicca) A permanent circle or temple used to meet for rituals and to store religious items, often a mundane location.

escondite inglés

A children's game in which the players have to stand still without moving while being looked at.

escondredijo

A place to hide.

escondrijo

A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.

escopeta

A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.

escoplo

A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.

escora

(nautical) An inclination to one side; a tilt.

escorar

(chiefly, nautical) To incline to one side; to tilt. [from 16th c.]

escorbuto

(uncountable, disease) A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C, leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes; (countable, obsolete) an occurrence of this disease.

escoria

Slag from a metal furnace.

escoriar

(transitive) To rub or wear off; erode. [First attested in the late 17th century.]

escorpiano

Someone with a Scorpio star sign

Escorpio

(astrology) The zodiac sign for the scorpion, ruled by Mars and covering October 23 - November 22 (tropical astrology) or November 16 - December 15 (sidereal astrology).

Escorpión

(constellation) A constellation of the zodiac, roughly shaped like a scorpion. Its brightest star is the red giant Antares.

escorrentía

That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.

escota

(nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.

escotadura

The line formed by the edge of an article of clothing that surrounds the neck, especially as seen at the front.

escote

The line formed by the edge of an article of clothing that surrounds the neck, especially as seen at the front.

escotilla

A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.

escotillón

A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.

escoutismo

The Scout Movement.

escozor

Injury or wear caused by friction.

escrachar

(intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.

escrepa

Someone or something that buffs (polishes and makes shiny).

escriba

Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.

escribanía

A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.

escribano

Any of various songbirds of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.

escribiente

One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

escribir

(chiefly, US, sometimes, proscribed) To create a work as its author.

escribir a máquina

To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.

escribir con mayúscula inicial

(transitive) In writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case.

escribir en mayúsculas

(transitive) In writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case.

escriño

A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.

escripia

A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.

escripto

Written down on paper, etc.

escriptor

A person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themselves as "the writer".

escriptora

A person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themselves as "the writer".

escriptura

(linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.

escrito

(countable) A writing; a written document.

escrito de acusación

(legal) The official legal document outlining the charges concerned; bill of indictment. [from 16th c.]

escrito manuscrito

Text that was written by hand.

escritor

The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.

escritor fantasma

A professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person; one who writes on behalf of someone else, often for a celebrity.

escritora

The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.

escritorio

(chiefly, British) A desk, usually with a cover and compartments that are located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath, and often used for storing papers.

escritura

(legal) A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before a witness; sometimes required for certain legal activities, such as the transfer of certain kinds of property.

escritural

Of, relating to, or in accordance with scripture.

escriturar

(transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).

escrituras

(legal) A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before a witness; sometimes required for certain legal activities, such as the transfer of certain kinds of property.

escroto

(anatomy) The sac of skin and muscle that contains the testicles in most placental (boreoeutherian) mammals.

escrudiñar

(transitive, idiomatic) To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.

escrupulizar

(intransitive) To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.

escrúpulo

(now, negative polarity) A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. [from 17th c.]

escrupulosamente

In a careful manner, with scruple; done with careful attention to detail.

escrutar

(intransitive) To amount to, to number in total.

escrutinio

Studying something carefully; a careful study.

escuadra

(UK) A flat triangular piece of plastic or other material, having corners of precise angles, used in technical drawing

escuadrón

A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.

escuálido

Lean or thin, scrawny.

escuamiforme

Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.

escucha

Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.

escuchador

Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.

escuchante

Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.

escuchar

(transitive) To receive information about; to come to learn of. [from 10th c.]

escudado

provided with a shield

escudero

A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.

escudero armífero

A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.

escudo

(obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.

escudriñamiento

Intense study of someone or something.

escudriñar

(transitive, idiomatic) To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.

escudriño

Intense study of someone or something.

escuela

Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.

escuela de artes aplicadas

(Canada) A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.

escuela de ciencias aplicadas

(Canada) A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.

escuela técnica

(Canada) A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.

escuela universitaria

(chiefly, US) An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.

escueto

Concise; taking few words. [from 15th c.]

escuintle

A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age.

esculcar

(transitive) To search an area thoroughly.

esculco

An attempt to find something.