Spanish–English dictionary

esputar

(ambitransitive) To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.

esputo

Viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing. [from 14th c.]

esqueje

(countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.

esquela

A brief notice of a person's death, especially one published in a newspaper or other publication; also (obsolete) , the section of a newspaper where notices of deaths are published.

esqueletado

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

esqueleto

A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods. [from 1680s]

esquema

A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.

esquena

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

esquí

One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.

esquiador

One who skis.

esquiadora

One who skis.

esquiar

(transitive) To travel over (a slope, etc.) on skis; to travel on skis at (a place), (especially as a sport).

esquiciar

(ambitransitive) To make a brief, basic drawing.

esquicio

A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines.

esquifar

(transitive) To furnish or equip with.

esquife

Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.

esquijama

One-piece adult loungewear jumpsuit.

esquila

A bell worn by cows; sometimes with an ornate strap.

esquilar

(transitive) To mount; to move upwards on.

esquilimoso

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

esquilmar

(transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money.

esquimal

In, of, or relating to the Eskimo languages.

esquina

A corner where two walls intersect.

esquinado

Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner.

esquinita

A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.

esquirla

A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.

esquirlas

(military) Any shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell, bomb, or landmine.

esquirol

A non-unionized worker hired to replace a striking union worker.

esquisto

Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated structure that allows easy division into slabs or slates.

esquivar

(ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.

esquivo

Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.

esquizofrénico

A person suffering from schizophrenia.

esquizoide

Characterized by social withdrawal and emotional coldness or flattened affectivity.

esta

The thing, item, etc. being indicated.

esta noche

During the evening of today.

esta tarde

During the evening of today.

estabilidad

The degree of stability.

estabilización

(uncountable) The process of stabilizing.

estabilizador

Any substance added to something in order to stabilize it, as for example a fuel additive that prolongs the shelf life of petrol.

estabilizarse

(intransitive) (of a varying quantity) To reach a stable level after a period of increase; to level off.

estable

Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.

establecer

(transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.

establecer comunicación

(intransitive) To perform a handshake; to shake hands.

establecer red

The process of meeting new people in a business or social context.

establecido

(Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.

establecimiento

A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.

establecimiento de nuevos contactos

The process of meeting new people in a business or social context.

establía

A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.

establir

(transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.

establo

A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.

estabular

(transitive) To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall.

estaca

A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.

estacada

(military) An enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts.

estacar

(transitive) To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.

estación

(US) A bus station or railway station.

estación de trabajo

(computing) A desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics.

estación turística

A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.

estacional

Of, related to, or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics.

estacionamiento

The action of the verb to park.

estacionar

(transitive) To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.

estada

A short stay somewhere.

estadía

(dated, or, legal) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. [Attested from (1350 to 1470) to the mid 18th century.]

estadio

An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for rodeos (North America) or circular area for bullfights (especially Hispanic America).

estadista

A man who is a leader in national or international affairs.

estadística

A single item in a statistical study.

estadísticamente

In a statistical way.

estadístico

Of or pertaining to statistics.

estado

(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 1.67 m.

estado civil

One of several discrete options describing a person's relationship with a significant other, such as single, married, divorced, widowed, civil union, domestic partnership, etc.

estado de ánimo

A mental or emotional state, composure.

estado del arte

The condition of scientific or technical knowledge, particularly the peak or highest level thereof, at a particular time. [from early 20th c.]

estado del asunto

The state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs.

estadounidense

Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people, or its culture.

estadunidense

A citizen or national of the United States of America.

estafa

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

estafador

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.

estafadora

A confidence trickster.

estafadoras

A confidence trickster.

estafadores

A confidence trickster.

estafar

(transitive, informal) To trick, lie or defraud, usually for personal gain.

estafeta

A person who delivers messages.

estafetero

An employee of the post office who delivers mail (post) to, and collects it from, a residence or business, or from public mailboxes.

estafilococo

A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections.

estalaje

A short stay somewhere.

estalinismo

The Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.

estallar

(intransitive) To begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition.

estallido

A sudden percussive noise.

estallo

An act or instance of bursting.

estambre

(botany) In flowering plants, a male reproductive structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament.

Estambul

A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).

estamento

(sociology, countable) A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three main classes: upper class, middle class and working class.

estamina

The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.

estampa

(legal) An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, lawsuit or other proceeding, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance

estampado

A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements. [from 16th c.]

estampar

To apply a pattern.

estampida

A wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by fright.

estancado

Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.

estancamiento

(uncountable, countable) The state or condition of being blocked.

estancar

(transitive) To cause to become stuck and unable to progress.

estancarse

(intransitive) To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful. [from 17th c.]

estancia

A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates. [from 18th c.]

estanco

A retail business selling newspapers, magazines, and stationery; a stationer.

estándar

Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.

estándar de comparación

A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.

estándard

Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.

estandardización

The process of complying (or evaluate by comparing) with a standard.

estandardizar

To make to conform to a standard.

estandarización

The process of complying (or evaluate by comparing) with a standard.

estandarizar

To make to conform to a standard.

estandarte

(by extension, figurative) A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.

estanear

(slang, transitive, intransitive) To act as a stan (for); to be an obsessive fan (of).

estanflación

(economics) Prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth, often with recession and high unemployment. [from 1965]

estaño

Any of various easily-melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.

estanque

An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.

estanquera

A person who sells tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, snuff and sundry items.

estanquero

A person who sells tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, snuff and sundry items.

estantal

(architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.

estante

(furniture) A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference.

estantería

A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.

estanza

(poetry) A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse.

estar

(auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.

estar a la bartola

To be lazy, waste time.

estar a la rueda de

To take advantage of the suction produced by a slipstream by travelling immediately behind the slipstream generator.

estar acostado

(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

estar al rojo vivo

To emit light as if heated.

estar alebrado

(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

estar aletargado

(intransitive) To be inactive or negligent.

estar allegados

An informal contract; a mutual agreement.

estar ansioso por

(slang, intransitive) To yearn; to be desperate. [(often) with for ‘something, especially drugs’]

estar apegado a

(figurative, with preposition to) To be fond of, to feel strongly about and dependent on.

estar con

(ambitransitive, also, figuratively) In the intransitive sense often followed by up: to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner.

estar con hipo

(intransitive) To produce a hiccup; have the hiccups.

estar cuajado

(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.

estar de acuerdo

(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.

estar de cuajado

(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.

estar de pie

(intransitive, copulative) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.

estar de relax

(transitive) To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.

estar deprimido

(intransitive) To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk.

estar echado

(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

estar en deuda

(intransitive) To have debt; to be in debt.

estar en su acuerdo

Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.

estar enamorado

(intransitive, transitive) To feel infatuation or unrequited love.

estar fuera de control

To move about wildly or violently.

estar informado

(intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.

estar loco por

(slang, intransitive) To yearn; to be desperate. [(often) with for ‘something, especially drugs’]

estar mal

(chiefly, predicative) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.

estar parado

(intransitive, copulative) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.

estar por las nubes

To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.

estar preocupado

(intransitive) To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.

estar que llega a

(informal, transitive, usually in present participle) To approach; to come close to.