Spanish–English dictionary

especializado

(archaic) Accustomed; usual.

especialmente

(focus) Especially or primarily; above all.

especiar

To heat and spice something, such as wine.

especificación

An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.

especificado

Thoroughly explained.

específicamente

Specifically; that is to say.

especificar

(transitive, idiomatic) To specify, especially in detail.

especificidades

(in the plural) The details; particulars.

específico

Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular.

espécimen

An individual instance that represents a class; an example.

espécimen raro

(biology, botany, zoology, countable) A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.

especioso

Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.

espectable

Well known.

espectacular

Amazing or worthy of special notice.

espectacularidad

The quality or skill of giving an engaging or compelling performance; a stage presence.

espectacularmente

In a spectacular manner, extraordinarily, amazingly.

espectaculismo

The quality or skill of giving an engaging or compelling performance; a stage presence.

espectáculo

A show or spectacle.

espectáculo peligroso

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

espectador

A person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer, witness, or spectator.

espectadora

Someone who views a spectacle; an onlooker or spectator.

espectral

Of, or pertaining to, spectres; ghostly.

espectro

A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.

espectrómetro

(analytical chemistry) An optical instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances; typically it will plot a graph of absorption versus wavelength or frequency, and the patterns produced are used to identify the substances present, and their internal structure.

especulación

(formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.

especulador

(pejorative) One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent-seeker.

especular

(transitive) To reflect, as in a mirror.

especulativo

Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.

espejado

Containing mirrors.

espejar

(transitive) to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly.

espejarse

(transitive) To reflect, as in a mirror.

espejear

(transitive) To reflect, as in a mirror.

espejismo

A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.

espejo

A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.

espejuelos

(dated) A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.

espeleo

(uncountable) The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.

espelta

A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.

espeluznante

Causing mild fear.

espeluznantemente

In an eerie manner.

espeluzno

The act of shivering.

espera

(obsolete) Act of waiting; delay. [Attested from (1150 to 1350) to the early 17th century.]

esperador

Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting.

esperadora

Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting.

esperando

Awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation.

Esperanza

(rare) A en given name.

esperanzadamente

In a hopeful manner. [from 17th c.]

esperanzado

feeling hope

esperanzador

Giving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious.

esperanzarse

(idiomatic) To become enthusiastic about something that is not yet guaranteed to happen.

esperar

(intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [mid-12th–mid-17th c.]

esperarse

(transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.

esperma

(uncountable, slang) Semen; the generative substance of male animals.

espermatozoide

(countable) The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.

esperpento

A displeasing sight; something prominently ugly or unsightly.

espesar

(transitive) To make thicker (in the sense of more viscous).

espesarse

(intransitive) To become thicker (in the sense of more viscous).

espescuezar

To cut a narrow opening.

espeso

Thick; difficult to penetrate.

espesura

(uncountable) The property of being thick (in dimension).

espetar

To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.

espía

(espionage) A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).

espiar

(intransitive, dated) To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.

espichar

(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

espicharla

(slang) To die.

espiche

A conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.

espiga

A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.

espigado

(informal) A tall, thin person.

espigador

One who gleans.

espigadora

One who gleans.

espigar

(intransitive) To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain does.

espigón

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

espín

(quantum mechanics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.

espina

A bone of a fish; a fishbone.

espina dorsal

(countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.

espinaca

A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.

espinal

(anatomy, zootomy) Of or relating to the spine.

espinazo

Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate.

espingarda

(historical) An ancient military engine for launching stones and arrows by means of a spring.

espinilla

(countable, medicine) A type of comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.

espino

The hawthorn bush or its blossoms.

espino albar

Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches

espino blanco

Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches

espinoso

(slang, US, dated) Dangerous; difficult.

espinudo

Covered with sharp points.

espionaje

The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means.

espiración

The act or process of exhaling; breathing out

espiráculo

A hole in any surface that allows air or other gases to pass, especially an opening in the surface of a frozen lake etc.

espiral

Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.

espirar

(intransitive) To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.

espiritismo

A philosophical doctrine, established in France in the mid nineteenth century, postulating that humans are essentially immortal spirits that temporarily inhabit physical bodies, and may have influence on the physical world.

espíritu

A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.

espíritu de la época

The spirit of the age; the taste, outlook, and spirit characteristic of a period.

espíritu deportivo

The behaviour exhibited in playing sports, either good or bad.

espíritu emprendedor

The quality of being an entrepreneur.

espíritu empresarial

The quality of being an entrepreneur.

espíritu familiar

(witchcraft) An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form.

espiritual

Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.

espiritualidad

Concern for that which is unseen and intangible, as opposed to physical or mundane.

espiritualmente

In a manner affecting, relating or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.

espita

The plug of a faucet, tap or cock.

espitar

(transitive) To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.

esplácnico

(medicine) Of, in, near or pertaining to the viscera or intestines.

espléndidamente

Pleasantly; satisfactorily. [from 18th c.]

espléndido

Having exceptional merit.

esplendor

The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.

esplénico

(biology) Related to the spleen.

espliego

Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.

espoilear

(transitive) To prematurely reveal major events or the ending of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing ahead of time as a spoiler.

espóiler

A document, review or comment that discloses the ending or some key surprise or twist in a story, or the internal rules controlling the behaviour of a video game, etc. [from 1970s]

espolada

A jab given with the spurs.

espolazo

A jab given with the spurs.

espolear

(transitive) To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.

espoleta

(manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator.

espolín

A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.

espolón

(nautical) A protruding part of the foremost section of a sailing ship.

espolonear

(transitive) To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.

espolvorear

(transitive) To spray or cover (something) with fine powder or liquid, to sprinkle.

esponjado

Formed of a mass of small, tight, wiry curls; unruly or extending in all directions.

esponjar

To shake or arrange (a pillow etc) so as to be fatter or more evenly distributed

espónsor

A person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, media program, etc., usually in exchange for advertising.

esponsorizar

(transitive) To be a sponsor for.

espontáneamente

Right away, immediately, without thinking about it.

espontaneidad

(uncountable) The quality of being spontaneous.

espontáneo

Without planning or thinking ahead.

espora

A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.

esporádicamente

At an occasional, infrequent, or irregular frequency.

esporádico

Stopping and starting, occurring, or presenting at intervals; coming after a particular time span.

espores

(US, Atlantic Canada, Australia, New Zealand) An athletic shoe with a soft, rubber sole. A trainer.

esporo

A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.

esposado

Recently married.

esposar

(transitive) To apply handcuffs to someone.

esposas

A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.

esposo

A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.

espray

(countable) A pressurized container; an atomizer.

espresso

A concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground coffee.

esprey

A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.

espreyar

(transitive) To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.

esprín

(nautical) A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.

esprintar

(ambitransitive) To run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period.

esprínter

One who sprints.

espuela

The small spiked wheel on the end of a spur.

espuma

A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:

espuma de jabón

(countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.

espuma jabonosa

(countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.

espuma saponácea

(countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.

espumante

(specifically, of a beverage) Containing dissolved gas (usually carbon dioxide); fizzy.

espumar

(intransitive) To form or emit foam.

espumillón

A thin, shiny foil for ornamental purposes which is of a material made of metal or resembling metal; especially, narrow glittering strips of such a material, often strung on to thread, and traditionally at Christmastime draped on Christmas trees, hung from balustrades or ceilings, or wrapped around objects as a decoration.

espumoso

Full of foam.

espurio

Not real; false, fraudulent.