Spanish–English dictionary

expresión

(obsolete) Superficial appearance; show; pretense.

expresivo

Of a colour: not muted or pale; bold, brilliant, vivid.

expreso

Free of ambiguity or doubt; easily understood.

exprimidor

A manual or electrical device used for rendering the juice of fruits or vegetables.

exprimidora

A manual or electrical device used for rendering the juice of fruits or vegetables.

exprimir

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

exprofeso

(idiomatic) By design, as opposed to by accident; intentionally; deliberately. [from 16th c.]

expropiar

(transitive) To surrender a claim to private property without material compensation; to deprive oneself of private propriety rights.

expuesto

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

expugnación

A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.

expugnar

(transitive) To make a breach in.

expulsar

(transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]

expulsión

The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.

expunger

(transitive) To erase or strike out.

expurgar

(transitive) To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.

exquisitez

Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement.

exquisito

Especially good or preferred.

extante

Still in existence; not having disappeared.

éxtasi

A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.

extasiado

(idiomatic) Made excessively emotional or excited, so that one goes too far.

extasiar

(transitive) To fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate or captivate.

éxtasis

(slang) The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form.

extático

Enthusiastic; high-spirited.

extemporáneo

With inadequate preparation or without advance thought; offhand.

extender

(transitive, intransitive) To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.

extenderse

(transitive) To discuss or explain (something) excessively or repeatedly; to harp on or overelaborate.

extendible

Capable of being extended.

extendidísimo

Rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly.

extendido

Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).

extendiente

Expansive; extensive

extendimiento

(ring theory, of an ideal in the domain of a ring homomorphism) The ideal in the codomain generated by the image of the given ideal under the given homomorphism.

extensamente

For a long time; extensively.

extensible

Capable of being extended.

extensión

(computer hardware, software) A software extension or hardware peripheral that provides additional functions or customization for a core application or system.

extensional

Expansive; extensive

extensivamente

In an extensive manner, widely.

extensivo

(figurative) Considerable in amount.

extenso

Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.

extenuador

Very tiring.

extenuante

Very tiring.

extenuar

(transitive) To weaken.

exterior

Relating to the outside parts or surface of something.

exteriormente

Externally or on the outside, or on the surface.

exterminador

Someone or something that exterminates.

exterminadora

Someone or something that exterminates.

exterminar

(transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.

externalización

The transfer of a business function to an external service provider.

externalizar

(chiefly, US, business, management, transitive) To transfer the management or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.

externamente

on the surface or the outside

externo

Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered.

extinción

The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.

extinguidor

One who, or that which, extinguishes something.

extinguir

(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.

extintor

That serves to extinguish

extirpación

(medicine, pathology) The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma.

extirpado

Pulled away from forcefully.

extirpar

(transitive) To surgically remove.

extorsión

The extortion of money or favors by threats of public accusation, critique, or exposure.

extorsionador

Someone who extorts; an extortioner.

extorsionadora

Someone who extorts; an extortioner.

extorsionar

(Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.

extorsionista

Someone who extorts; an extortioner.

extra

Supplemental or added to something.

extra de

In addition to.

extra-

Outside of, beyond.

extrabursátil

(finance) Involving direct interaction between two parties without an intermediary, and denoting any market where items such as stocks or currency are bought and sold by direct arrangement between counterparties, or through a private broker, rather than on a public stock exchange or other exchange.

extracción

The process of removing or the fact of being removed.

extracrecer

(transitive, often, figurative) To become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc.

extracto

An abridgement or summary of a longer publication. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

extracurricular

Outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment.

extradición

A formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government or jurisdiction is handed over to another government or jurisdiction for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence.

extraditar

(transitive) To remove a person from one state to another by legal process.

extraer

(transitive) To separate; to disengage. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

extraído

(obsolete) Derived; extracted. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the late 15th century.]

extrajudicial

(legal, of a punishment) Carried out without legal authority.

extralimitación

(also, figuratively) An act of extending or reaching over, especially if too far or too much; overextension.

extralimitarse

(idiomatic) To overstep a boundary, rule, or limit; to go too far or do something unacceptable.

extramarital

Occurring outside marriage.

extramatrimonial

Occurring outside marriage.

extraña

A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.

extrañamente

In a peculiar manner; strangely; unusually.

extrañamente divertido

Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.

extrañar

(transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret; to feel sadness at the absence of somebody or something.

extrañeza

The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise.

extranjera

(sometimes, derogatory) A mischievous or suspicious foreigner.

extranjerismo

(countable) A trait, custom, phrase or characteristic typical of a foreign country or language.

extranjero

(sometimes, derogatory) A mischievous or suspicious foreigner.

extranjis

(rare, Scotland) Countries or lands abroad. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]

extraño

Strangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way.

extraordinariamente

In an amazing manner; in a way that causes amazement; wonderfully.

extraordinario

Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.

extrarradio

The area surrounding a city or town; suburb.

extrasensorial

Of or relating to extrasensory perception.

extrasensorio

Of or relating to extrasensory perception.

extraterrestre

Pertaining to extraterrestrial life; typical of an extraterrestrial creature.

extraterritorial

Located in the sea away from the coast.

extravagancia

Prodigality, as of anger, love, expression, imagination, or demands.

extravagante

Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.

extraviado

In a wrong or unknown and wrongly-motivated direction.

extraviar

(transitive) To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay.

extraviarse

(intransitive) To wander from company or outside proper limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray.

extravío

An act of wandering off or going astray.

extremadamente

To a great or unusual degree, extent, etc.; extremely

extremado

The most extreme; greatest, ultimate.

extremar

(transitive) To make as large as possible.

extremarse

(intransitive, figurative, by extension) To significantly increase a risk, investment, or other commitment; to respond to a challenge (e.g. to an opinion) by reinforcing or extending one's position rather than moderating it. [with on ‘something’]

extremarse la nota

(intransitive, or, reflexive) To act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner.

extremidad

An external body part that projects from the body.

extremismo

Extreme ideas or actions, primarily in politics or religion.

extremista

(political) A person who holds extreme views, especially one who advocates such views; a radical or fanatic.

extremo

The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.

extrínseco

External; separable from the thing itself; inessential.

extrovertido

(informal, _, psychology) Of or characteristic of the personality of an extrovert: outgoing, sociable.

extrudido

Expanded polystyrene foam, such as is used in cups and packaging.

extrusión

A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.

extrusionado

Expanded polystyrene foam, such as is used in cups and packaging.

extrusivo

(geology, of igneous rock) Extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava.

exuberancia

(uncountable) The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness.

exuberante

(literary, of things that grow) Abundant, luxuriant.

exudación

An oozing, gentle flowing, or seepage, as of water through sand or earth.

exudado

An oozing, gentle flowing, or seepage, as of water through sand or earth.

exudar

(transitive) To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.

exultación

The act of exulting; great joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight

exultante

Extremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased, euphoric.

exultar

(intransitive) To rejoice; to be very happy, especially in triumph; to triumph (over).

ey

An exclamation to get attention.

eyaculación

(specifically) A reflex in human beings and other mammals in response to sexual stimulation involving the forcible ejection from the urethra of, in males, semen; and, in females, vaginal fluid.

eyección

The act of ejecting.

eyectar

(transitive) To throw out or remove forcefully.

eyectarse

(, usually, _, intransitive) To forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule.

ez

(non-productive) Used to form nouns of state, condition or quality.

eza

(non-productive) Used to form nouns of state, condition or quality.

FA

(medicine) Clipping of atrial fibrillation or auricular fibrillation.

Fabián

(rare) A en given name.

fabla

A certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest.

fablar

(intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.

fábrica

A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. [from 17th c.]

fabricación

(uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture

fabricado

Constructed or assembled.

fabricante

Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.

fabricar

(transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.

fabril

Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.

fabriquero

A person or company that manufactures.

fabro

One who is highly skilled at one's trade; an artisan or artificer.

fábula

A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.

fabular

(intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.

fabulista

A person who writes or tells fables.

fabulosamente

In a fabulous manner.

fabuloso

Of or relating to fable, myth or legend.

facción

A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.