Spanish–English dictionary

fijadalgo

(historical) A woman of the nobility.

fijador

Something or someone that fastens.

fijar

(transitive) To attach.

Fiji

A country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Suva.

fijo

(chiefly, Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.

fijo que

(sentence adverb) Certainly, undoubtedly.

fijodalgo

(chiefly, _, historical) A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK, _, law) an armigerous man ranking below a knight.

fila

A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a grid pattern.

fila india

A single file of soldiers; (by extension) any single file.

filamento

A fine thread or wire.

filantropía

(chiefly, _, uncountable) Benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of humankind.

filantrópico

Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind

filar

(transitive) To make loose.

filarmónico

(music) Appreciative of music, but especially to its performance; devoted to music.

filástica

Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.

filete

(nautical) A long, narrow strip, originally of wood but now also of fibreglass, metal, etc., used for various purposes aboard a ship; especially one attached to a mast or spar for protection, one holding down the edge of a tarpaulin covering a hatch to prevent water from entering the hatch, one inserted in a pocket sewn on a sail to keep it flat, or one from which a hammock is suspended.

Filete Stroganoff

A dish of sautéed pieces of beef (or a substitute) served in a sauce with sour cream.

filfa

A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.

filia

(pathology) Used to form nouns meaning abnormal liking or tendency (for something), e.g. paraphilia.

filiación

The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.

filial

Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.

filias

(chiefly, in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).

filibustero

(historical) A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.

filigrana

A translucent design impressed on the surface of paper and visible when the paper is held to the light.

filin

(smoking, slang, US) A marijuana cigar.

filípica

(by extension) Any tirade or declamation full of bitter condemnation.

filipina

Of or pertaining to female inhabitants of the Philippines.

Filipinas

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Philippines. Capital: Manila.

filipino

A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.

filistea

(historical) A non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia, a region in the southwest Levant in the Middle East.

filisteo

(historical) A non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia, a region in the southwest Levant in the Middle East.

film

A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.

filmación

The action of the verb to film.

filmar

(ambitransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.

filme

(photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.

filo

Forming nouns and adjectives meaning "loving", "friendly", or "friend".

filófago

(biology) A herbivore that eats mostly foliage.

filogenia

(biology, systematics) The study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms, through computational methods that focus on observed heritable traits.

filoginia

Love or fondness for women.

filóloga

A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.

filología

(philosophy, rare) Love and study of learning and literature, broadly speaking.

filológico

(linguistics) Pertaining to historical linguistics.

filólogo

A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.

Filomena

A en given name.

filón

(mining) A vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a fissure.

filoso

Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.

filosofar

To ponder or reason out philosophically.

filosóficamente

In a philosophical manner.

filosófico

Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.

filtración

The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.

filtrar

(transitive) To sort, sift, or isolate.

filtrarse

(intransitive) To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.

filudo

Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough.

filván

A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.

fin

An end or conclusion.

fin de semana

The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday.

final

Pertaining to the finish or ending of a series of events; occurring at the end or after all others.

final en vilo

(narratology) An ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense.

finalista

A university student during the period of sitting their final examinations (whether or not in their final year of study).

finalización

A termination or conclusion.

finalizador

Something which ends another thing.

finalizar

(intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.

finalmente

In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.

financiación

Money provided as funds.

financiado

Having received financial support; paid for.

financiamiento

Money provided as funds.

financiar

(transitive) To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.

financieramente

In terms of finance or money.

financiero

Related to finances.

finanza

The science of management of money and other assets.

finca

An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership. [from 18th c.]

finca de caza

(British) A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.

finchar

(transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.

finde

The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday.

finés

Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.

fineza

The quality of being delicate.

finger

A passage through the side of a ship or an opening in the railing through which the ship may be boarded; (, also, in, later use) a jet bridge.

fingidamente tímido

Pretending shyness or modesty, especially in an insincere or flirtatious way.

fingido

Used in a manner intended to deceive; pretended; simulated.

fingidor

(informal) A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.

fingir

(transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. [from 16th c.]

finidad

Related through marriage.

finiquitar

To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.

finiquito

The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.

finir

(transitive) To finish, terminate.

finito

Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.

finitud

The state or quality of being finite.

finlandés

A national of Finland.

finlandesa

A national of Finland.

Finlandia

A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.

fino

Consisting of especially minute particulates; made up of particularly small pieces.

finoli

Prim and fussy; too precise; overparticular.

finolis

Prim and fussy; too precise; overparticular.

finta

(often, military) A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.

fintar

(by analogy) To frighten, deter, or deceive with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate or gain some advantage.

fintear

(by analogy) To frighten, deter, or deceive with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate or gain some advantage.

fiordo

A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.

firewall

(computer security) The software that monitors traffic in and out of a private network or a personal computer and allows or blocks such traffic depending on its perceived threat.

firma

(legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.

firmamento

(usually, uncountable, literary, poetic, also, figuratively) The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.

firmante

One who signs or has signed something.

firmar

To sign a document jointly with another person, sometimes as an endorsement.

firme

(said of people and their conviction) Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.

firmemente

In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound [from 10th c.].

firmeza

The state of being firm

firmware

(computing, software) Software that is intended for such embedded computer applications.

fiscal

(American, law) The title of the local public official who represents the government in the prosecution of alleged criminals.

fiscalía

(legal) In many countries, a legal body and institution, usually part of the state apparatus, empowered to perform prosecution. Prosecutor's Office. See Prosecutor.

fisga

(US, figurative) A mild verbal insult.

fisgar

To make fun of, especially by mimicking; to taunt.

fisgón

Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.

fisgonear

(by extension, ambitransitive) To uncover and bring to light by searching; usually to ferret out.

fishin

The act of circumventing security with an alias.

fisible

(physics) Capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction.

física

A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.

fisicalidad

Physical attributes.

físicamente

In a physical manner.

fisicidad

Physical attributes.

físico

(business) Buildings and property for the conduct of business, particularly in the sale of retail goods to the general public. (Used to contrast an Internet-based sales operation that lacks customer-oriented store fronts and a "traditional" one for which most capital investment might be in the building infrastructure.) [from mid-1990s]

físil

(physics) Capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction.

fisiognomía

The art or pseudoscience of deducing the predominant temper and other characteristic qualities of the mind from the outward appearance, especially from the features of the face.

fisiognómica

The art or pseudoscience of deducing the predominant temper and other characteristic qualities of the mind from the outward appearance, especially from the features of the face.

fisiología

A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.

fisiológico

Of, or relating to physiology.

fisionable

(physics) Capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction.

fisionar

(transitive) To cause to undergo fission.

fisionomía

(obsolete) Superficial appearance; show; pretense.

fisiquear

(intransitive, slang) To flaunt one's superiority; to show off.

fisonomía

(obsolete) Superficial appearance; show; pretense.

fisura

A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.

fito

(automotive, road transport) A numbered milepost or sign along a highway, or some other road, used to determine the location of a motor vehicle.

fitología

(uncountable) A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.

fitoplancton

Plankton, especially those small in size, that obtain energy by photosynthesis.

fíu

Used to express relief of tension, fatigue, or surprise.

fixado

(psychology) attached to someone or something in a neurotic or pathological manner

fixar

(transitive) To make something fixed and stable; to fix.

fixtura

(legal) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.

fixture

(sports, chiefly, British, Commonwealth, Irish) A scheduled match.

Fiyi

A country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Suva.

flabelo

A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.

fláccido

Flabby; lacking firmness or muscle tone.

flácido

Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.

flaco

(of hair) Straight and flat; thin and limp. (Often associated with being greasy.)

flaco favor

Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.

flacucho

Thin, malnourished, and weak.

flacura

The state or quality of being thin.

flagelar

(transitive) To whip or scourge.

flagelo

(biology) In protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed organelle used for locomotion or feeding.

flagrante

Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.

flaite

(UK, MLE, Ireland, derogatory, offensive ) A working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle.