Spanish–English dictionary

excusado

A toilet that uses water to flush urine and feces through a pipe to another location, typically a sewer main in urban settings or a septic tank elsewhere.

excusalí

The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station or marine terminal.

excusar

(transitive) To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.

execrable

(colloquial) Extremely bad; very unpleasant; used as an intensifier.

execración

An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.

execrar

(sometimes, vulgar) To curse; put a curse upon.

exegesis

(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]

exegeta

(obsolete) Synonym of commentator, one who explains laws or scripture. [1440]

exento

Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.

exequir

To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually, after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.

exfoliación

(mineralogy) The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes; schistosity. [from 19th c.]

exfoliador

An agent or substance used for the process of exfoliation

exfoliante

An agent or substance used for the process of exfoliation

exfoliar

To remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation.

exhalación

The act or process of exhaling; breathing out

exhalar

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

exhaustar

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

exhaustear

(transitive) To tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy.

exhaustionar

(transitive) To tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy.

exhaustivo

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

exhausto

Very tired; zonked (out).

exhibición

A public showing; an exhibition.

exhibidor

Someone who exhibits something.

exhibir

(transitive) To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.

exhilaración

The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.

exhilarador

Refreshingly thrilling.

exhilarante

Refreshingly thrilling.

exhilarar

(transitive) To cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy, to elate.

exhortación

The act or practice of exhorting.

exhortar

To urge; to advise earnestly.

exhumación

The act of digging up that which has been buried.

exhumar

(transitive) To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.

exicial

Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.). [from 14th c.]

exida

A way out.

exiente

(not comparable) Going out, on its way out.

exigencia

An order.

exigente

Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding

exigir

To request forcefully.

exigüidad

The quality of being meagre or scanty.

exiguo

Scanty; meager.

exiliado

(countable) Someone who is banished from his home or country.

exiliar

(transitive) To send (someone or something) into exile.

exilio

(uncountable) The state of being banished from one's home or country.

eximido

Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.

eximir

(transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.

exir

(intransitive) To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.

existencia

The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.

existencialista

(philosophy) Of or relating to existentialism.

existencias

(operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.

existente

Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact. [from 14th c.]

existir

(now, usually, literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.

éxito

The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.

exitosamente

In a successful manner; with success; without failing.

exitoso

(Internet, of a website) Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.

éxitus

The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.

éxodo

A sudden departure of a large number of people.

exoesqueleto

(anatomy) A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.

exonerar

(transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

exonerar de

(transitive, legal) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.

exopaciente

(healthcare) A patient who receives treatment at a hospital or clinic but is not admitted overnight; a receiver of ambulatory care.

exorbitante

Exceeding proper limits; excessive or unduly high; extravagant.

exorcismo

The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.

exorcista

A person, especially a priest or priestess, who is a masterful practitioner in purification and exorcism to force out evil spirits and/or demons from a living being.

exordio

An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.

expandiente

Expansive; extensive

expandir

(intransitive, sometimes followed by the prepositions on or upon) To expand/enlarge in detail.

expansible

Able to be expanded.

expansión

The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.

expansivo

Gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression).

expatriado

Living outside of one's own country.

expatriar

(transitive) To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.

expatriarse

(intransitive) To withdraw from one’s native country.

expectación

The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.

expectante

Marked by expectation.

expectativa

(legal) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. [Late 16th century]

expectorar

To expel from the lungs, throat, stomach, etc. by coughing.

expedición

A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose

expedidor

(business) The party that provides merchandise for consignment sale.

expediente

A collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content.

expediente académico

(education) An official certified record of a student's academic performance throughtout their course of study, including all courses taken and grades received.

expediente criminal

The forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics.

expedir

(transitive) To send out; to put into circulation.

expeditar

(transitive) To accelerate the progress of.

expeler

(transitive) To eject abruptly; to throw out suddenly and swiftly.

expendeduría

An institution that dispenses medical supplies and advice.

expender

(transitive) To consume, exhaust (some resource).

expendible

An expendable person or object; usually used in the plural.

expendición

(uncountable, countable) Act of expending or paying out.

expendio

(uncountable, countable) Act of expending or paying out.

expensas

A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.

experiencia

The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.

experienciado

Having experience and skill in a subject.

experiencial

Of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience.

experienciar

(transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.

experimentación

The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.

experimentado

Having experience and skill in a subject.

experimental

Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment.

experimentar

(transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.

experimentar con

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

experimento

A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.

experta

One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient

experticia

Great skill or knowledge in a particular field or hobby.

expertise

Great skill or knowledge in a particular field or hobby.

experto

Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient

expiación

(theology, often with capitalized initial) The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.

expiración

An act, process, or instance of expiring.

expirar

(intransitive) To lapse and become invalid.

explanada

A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.

explanar

(transitive) To make something flat or flatter.

explayar

(intransitive, sometimes followed by the prepositions on or upon) To expand/enlarge in detail.

expletivo

Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.

explicación

A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.

explicaciones

A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.

explicar

(obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.

explicativo

Intended to serve as an explanation.

explícitamente

In an explicit manner.

explícito

Very specific, clear, or detailed. [from 1609]

exploit

(computing) A program or technique that exploits a vulnerability in other software.

exploración

The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.

explorador

One who explores something

exploradora

One who explores something

explorar

(transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.

explosión

An explosion.

explosivo

An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.

explotador

One who exploits.

explotadora

One who exploits.

explotar

(intransitive, figuratively) To spontaneously release pressure or tension.

expoliación

The act of stealing during a crisis such as a war, riot or natural disaster, when law enforcement is ineffective or absent.

expoliador

One who engages in a raid; a plunderer.

expoliar

(ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.

expolio

The spoils of war.

exponenciación

(mathematics, arithmetic) The process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors, where the exponent specifies the number of factors to multiply.

exponencialmente

(mathematics, sciences) In an exponential manner.

exponenciar

(transitive) To raise (a number or mathematical expression) to a power; to apply an exponent to a mathematical expression.

exponenciarse

(intransitive) To rise or increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike.

exponente

An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype. [from mid 16th c.]

exponer

(transitive) To demonstrate.

exportación

(uncountable) The act of exporting.

exportacional

Of or relating to exportation or exports.

exportador

Of or relating to exportation or exports.

exportadora

One who, or that which, exports: especially a person who or organization that exports or sells goods made in one country for delivery in another country.

exposición

A show or spectacle.

expósito

(usually followed by to) Open (especially to something), unconcealed and/or unprotected (and therefore vulnerable, susceptible).

expositor

A device, furniture or marketing-oriented bulk packaging for visual presentation for sales promotion.

expositora

Someone who exhibits something.

exposura

(uncountable) The condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected.

expremir

(transitive) To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.

expresamente

In an express or explicit manner; in a clear or specific manner.

expresar

To communicate; to make known; to portray.

expresar con señas

(transitive) To communicate using gestures to (someone). [from 16th c.]