Spanish–English dictionary

alardear

(intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

alardear de

(transitive) (used with "about" or "of") To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.

alargar

(transitive) To make longer, to extend the length of.

alargarse

(intransitive) To become longer.

alargue

(electronics, US) An electrical cord with a plug one end, and a single socket or a multi-port socket at the other end, used for powering one or more devices at a distance, too far from the wall outlet to be reached by the normal cords of the device or devices.

Alarico

A historic king of the Visigoths.

alaridar

(intransitive, also, figuratively) To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek.

alarido

A loud, intense shouting or wailing.

alarma

An alarm.

alarmante

Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.

alarmar

(transitive) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.

alarmarse

To cause (someone) to feel panic; also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.

alas

A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out

alaskeña

A native or resident of the state of Alaska in the United States of America.

alaskeño

Of or pertaining to Alaska, its people, or their culture.

alasqueña

A native or resident of the state of Alaska in the United States of America.

alasqueño

A native or resident of the state of Alaska in the United States of America.

alaste

Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid (that is, a high viscosity).

alastoso

Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid (that is, a high viscosity).

alazán

(especially, of horses) Of a reddish-brown colour.

alazana

A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.

alazor

A cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, family Asteraceae, now grown mainly for its oil.

alba

(Christianity, chiefly, _, Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism) A long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments.

albacea

(legal) A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority

albacora

A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius.

albahaca de gatos

Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.

albañal

A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.

albañar

A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.

albanés

Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language. [from 1593]

albanesa

Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language. [from 1593]

Albania

A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania. Capital and largest city: Tirana. [from ca. 1503]

albañil

A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.

albañilería

The art or occupation of a mason.

Albano

A en given name.

Albany

The capital city of the state of New York in the United States, and the county seat of Albany County, New York.

albar

Made from another white metal.

albarán

A bill; a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer indicating the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services that the seller has already provided the buyer with. An invoice indicates that, unless paid in advance, payment is due by the buyer to the seller, according to the agreed terms.

albarcoque

A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.

albarcoquero

The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca.

albaricoque

A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.

albaricoquero

The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca.

albariza

A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.

albarizo

Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.

albedrío

The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.

albérchigo

A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.

alberchiguero

The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca.

albercoque

A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.

albercoquero

The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca.

albergar

(transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.

alberge

A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.

albergero

The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca.

albergue

A place where homeless people can sleep for the night.

albero

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).

Alberta

A province in western Canada. Capital: Edmonton. Largest city: Calgary.

Alberto

A en given name.

albina

(countable) A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism.

albinegro

Having two or more colors, especially black and white.

Albino

A en given name.

Albión

(now, poetic) Great Britain (or sometimes just England or the British Isles).

albo

Made from another white metal.

albollón

A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.

albóndiga

(chiefly, US) Specifically, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.

albondiguilla

A ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and cooked.

albor

The light of dawn.

alborada

(music, poetry) A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning.

alborear

(ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.

alboreo

The change in color of the sky at dawn.

albornoz

A robe usually made of terrycloth intended to be worn when one is still damp from bathing or when there is no immediate need to dress fully.

alborotado

Angry, annoyed, bothered or worked up.

alborotador

(informal, chiefly, British, pejorative) An impetuous and reckless person who is difficult to control; a hothead.

alborotar

(transitive) To sensationalize or make grand claims.

alboroto

Noisy shouting or uproar.

alborozado

Enthusiastic; high-spirited.

alborozar

(transitive) To cause (something) to become more glad.

albufera

A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.

álbum

A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.

álbum de recortes

A book, similar to a notebook or journal, in which personal or family memorabilia and photos are collected and arranged.

albumen

The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.

Albuquerque

The largest city in New Mexico, United States; the county seat of Bernalillo County.

albur

A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae.

albura

(uncountable) The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree.

alburear

(intransitive) To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.

alburno

A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae.

alcabala

A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection.

alcachofa

(countable) A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.

alcachofera

(countable) A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.

alcahueta

Someone who finds suitable dates or marriage partners for other people.

alcahuete

One who encourages a bad habit in another (typically drug addiction) by their behavior.

alcahuetería

A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.

alcaide

A chief administrative officer of a prison.

alcalde

(Ireland, rare, obsolete) A member of a city council.

alcaldesa

(Ireland, rare, obsolete) A member of a city council.

álcali

(chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.

alcalinidad

(chemistry) The state of being, or the degree to which a thing is, alkaline.

alcance

(obsolete) A space within limits; an area.

alcance del oído

A distance from which sound is still audible.

alcándara

A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.

alcanfor

(organic compound) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy, also known as laurel camphor or common/ordinary camphor.

alcano

(organic compound) Any acyclic saturated hydrocarbon (methane, ethane, etc.).

alcantarilla

A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.

alcantarillado

A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.

alcanzable

Able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained.

alcanzamiento

The act of reaching out; the act of raising awareness.

alcanzar

(transitive) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).

alcaparra

The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.

alcaparro

The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.

alcartaz

(topology) A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point.

alcatifa

A partial covering for a floor. [1624]

alcatraz

Any of three species of large seabird in the genus Morus, of the family Sulidae. They have black and white bodies and long pointed wings, and hunt for fish by plunge diving and pursuing their prey underwater.

alcaucil

(countable) A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.

alcázar

Any Moorish fortress in Spain.

alcazuz

(countable) A plant of species Glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in North America, the related American licorice plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota.

alce

The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.

alcélafo

A type of grassland antelope, Alcelaphus buselaphus, native to parts of Africa.

alcista

(stock market, of the price of financial instruments) Characterized by rising value.

alcoba

A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.

alcohol

(usually, in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.

alcohol ilegal

(math, uncountable) A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.

alcohólica

(slang, pejorative) A drunkard, sot, alcoholic.

alcohólico

A person who is addicted to alcohol.

alcoholímetro

A specialized form of hydrometer used to measure the amount of alcohol in a liquid (such as beer).

alcoholismo

A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.

alcoholista

One who abuses alcohol.

alcoholizado

Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.

alcoholizar

To convert into alcohol by fermentation, or to increase the concentration of alcohol by rectification

alcor

A small hill.

alcorce

A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.

alcorque

(stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.

alcorza

(cooking) A sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar, often enriched with ingredients like butter, egg whites, or flavorings, typically used for baked goods.

alcorzar

To bypass a prescribed route so as to gain competitive advantage or to circumvent traffic signals or other rules of the road.

alcotán

Any of four species of small falcons in the genus Falco, especially Falco subbuteo.

alcotest

A device that measures alcohol in expired air so as to estimate the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood; used by traffic police in cases of suspected driving while under the influence of alcohol.

alcurnia

Birth to a noble or high-ranking family, or to someone of honorable descent.

alcuzcuz

A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina.

aldaba

(architectural elements) A knocker mounted on a door.

aldabada

(figuratively) An alert, reminder, or call to action caused by a dramatic event.

aldabear

(transitive) To call out one or more words.

aldabilla

A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.

aldabonazo

(figuratively) An alert, reminder, or call to action caused by a dramatic event.

aldea

A small village or a group of houses.

aldeana

A person who lives in, or comes from, a village.

aldeano

A person who lives in, or comes from, a village.

aldehuela

A small village or a group of houses.

ale

A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized.

aleación

A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.

aleatoriamente

In a random manner.

aleatorio

Depending on the throw of a die; random, arising by chance.

aleccionador

Conveying knowledge, information or instruction.

aleccionamiento

A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.

aleccionar

(transitive) To preach, to berate, to scold.