Spanish–English dictionary

hálito

(countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.

halitosis

(medicine, dentistry, informal) Breath that produces an unpleasant or foul-smelling odor when exhaled.

hall

A corridor; a hallway.

hallar

(intransitive) To come near to; to pass; to visit.

hallar la solución

(ambitransitive) To analyze or diagnose (a problem, or something faulty) to the point of determining a solution.

hallazgo

Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.

hallazgo de soluciones

The identification and resolution of problems, especially problems of a technical nature.

Halloween

The eve of All Hallows' Day; October 31st; celebrated (mostly in English-speaking countries) by children going door-to-door in costume and soliciting candy with menaces.

hallulla

(chiefly, North America, rare in Scotland and Guernsey) A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet.

halo

(religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.

halo-

sea, salt, salt water

halón

A sudden powerful pull.

haltera

A wide steel bar with premeasured weights affixed to either end, with the central span open for the hands of the weightlifter.

halterio

(entomology) A small knobbed structure in some two-winged insects, one of a pair that are flapped rapidly and function as accelerometers to maintain stability in flight.

halto

A cessation, either temporary or permanent.

Hama

A city in Syria.

hamaca

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

hamaca paraguaya

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

Hamás

A Palestinian Islamist militant group and political organization.

hambre

(figuratively) Sexual lust.

hambrear

(intransitive) To be in need of food.

hambriento

(figuratively) Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something.

hambrón

One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.

hambruna

(transitive, dated, obsolete) To cause or produce a scarcity in something.

Hamburgo

The second largest city in, and a state of, Germany.

hamburgués

A person from Hamburg.

hamburguesa

A person from Hamburg.

hamburguesa con queso

A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).

Hamlet

The eponymous main character of William Shakespeare's play, whose father's ghost, murdered by Hamlet's uncle, exhorts him to seek revenge.

hampa

A large criminal organization, or a group of such organizations, that deals in illegal goods and services.

hámster

In particular, a rodent of the species Mesocricetus auratus (the golden hamster) or of a species of the genera Cricetiscus and Phodopus (the dwarf hamsters), often kept as a pet or used in scientific research.

handball

(uncountable) A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.

hándicap

(sports) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.

hangar

A large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept.

hanguear

(dated, informal) To be unyielding; to hold out.

Hanói

The capital city of Vietnam.

Hanóver

The capital city of Lower Saxony, Germany.

Hanukkah

(Judaism) An eight-day Jewish festival, starting on the 25th day of Kislev, which commemorates the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem after the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek Syrians.

hao

An exclamation to get attention.

HAP

(organic chemistry) Initialism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.

haragán

Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.

haraganear

To be lazy, waste time.

harapiento

Wearing tattered clothes.

harapo

A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.

haraposo

Wearing tattered clothes.

harbar

(ambitransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.

Harbin

A prefecture-level city and subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang, in northeastern China.

hardware

(computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.

hárdwer

(computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.

harina

Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.

harina de avena

Meal made from rolled or round oats.

harina de maíz

Dried corn (maize) milled (ground) to a meal, especially a coarse one.

harmónica

A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.

harmoniosamente

In a harmonious manner; coordinately.

harmonizado

Brought into harmony; harmonized.

harmonizar

(intransitive) To be in harmonious agreement.

harnear

To put something through a riddle or sieve; to sieve; to sift.

Haroldo

A en given name.

harpa

(music, colloquial) Any musical instrument.

harrear

(by extension) To start moving or move faster; to get a move on.

hartado

Worn out, wearied, exhausted or lacking enthusiasm, due to age or experience.

hartar

(transitive) To fill to loathing; to surfeit.

hartarse

(intransitive, reflexive) To satisfy one's hunger; to stop being hungry.

harto

(degree) To an extreme degree.

hashtag

(Internet) A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign (#), used to label content. [from 2007]

hasta

In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.

hasta ahora

(idiomatic) Up to the present.

hasta aquí

(formal, also, law) Up to this or that time.

hasta el queque

Not in good health; not feeling well; somewhat ill

hasta este momento

(formal, also, law) Up to this or that time.

hasta la fecha

(idiomatic) Up to the present.

hasta la vista

Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.

hasta luego

Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.

hasta pronto

Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.

hasta que

Until, until the time that.

hastiado

(informal, idiomatic) Frustrated, annoyed, or tired, to the limit of one's endurance, especially by something that one has experienced for too long. [with with or (British English) of]

hastial

(architectural element) The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).

hastiar

To cause an intense dislike for something.

hastío

(countable) An instance or period of being bored; a bored state.

hat-trick

(by extension, sports) Three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc., such as three consecutive wins.

hatajo

An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.

hato

A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.

Hawái

(specifically) An island of Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States. The largest of the Hawaiian Islands.

hawaiana

(usually, in the plural, Australia) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.

hawaiano

The Hawaiian language.

hay que admitir que

(conjunctive) Signals a concession followed by a counterpoint usually headed by but.

haya

A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.

hayal

A wood largely populated with beech trees.

hayedo

A wood largely populated with beech trees.

haz

(countable) A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.

hazaña

A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness.

hazmerreír

(idiomatic) An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke.

hdp

(countable, vulgar, slang) Initialism of son of a bitch.

he ahí

Lo, there it is; see here; ta-da; presto; behold!

he aquí

(archaic, _, except in the phrase lo and behold) look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).

hebdomadario

(Roman Catholicism) A member of a chapter or convent whose week it is to officiate in the choir and perform other services, which, on extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors.

hebilla

A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else.

hebra

A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn.

hebreo

Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.

Hebreos

(biblical) The nineteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to the Hebrews.

hebrero

The short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or addition of leap days.

Hébridas

The islands off the west coast of Scotland, divided into the Inner Hebrides and the Outer Hebrides.

Hécate

(Greek mythology) A powerful goddess of magic, crossroads, fire, light, the moon, and the underworld. Her Roman counterpart is Trivia.

hecatombe

(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, historical) A great public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen; also, a great number of animals reserved for such a sacrifice.

heces

The feces thus produced.

hechicera

A follower of Wicca.

hechicero

Enchanting.

hechizado

Under a magic spell (cast by a charm); bewitched.

hechizar

(transitive) To cast a spell upon.

hechizero

A follower of Wicca.

hechizo

Made at home.

hecho

(countable) A formal or official record of something done.

hecho a mano

Made by hand; manufactured manually.

hecho a retales

Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches.

hecho en casa

Made at home.

hecho por

Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.

hecho sí mismo

Do-it-yourself.

hecho unos zorros

(UK, Irish, South Africa, colloquial) Broken, inoperative.

hechos de sangre

(literally) The shedding or spilling of blood.

hechura

(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

héctico

(obsolete) Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin.

heder

(intransitive) To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.

hediondez

The quality of being fetid

hediondo

Disgusting, repulsive; causing disgust.

hedonismo

(ethics, uncountable) The philosophical belief that happiness, particularly sensual pleasure, is the highest good in life.

hedonista

Someone devoted to hedonism.

hedonístico

Devoted to pleasure

hedor

The quality of being fetid

Heduviges

A en given name.

Heduvigis

A en given name.

Hefesto

(Greek god) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.

Hefestos

(Greek god) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.

Hegel

A surname from German, notably borne by the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.

hegemonía

(formal) Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.

Heidelberg

A city and urban district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany; the administrative seat of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district, Baden-Württemberg.

Hela

(religion, Norse mythology) The goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead, a daughter of Loki by the jotun Angrboða.

helada

A period of intensely cold weather.

heladera

A machine used to make homemade ice cream.

heladerita

An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.

helado

(by extension, chiefly, hyperbole) Very cold

helado (de agua)

(chiefly, _, US, Canada) Frozen fruit juice, flavored sugar water, or the like, on a stick, of a size to be one serving.

helado napolitano

(dated) Describing a variety of ice cream made with eggs as well as cream.

helar

(intransitive) To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.

helarse

(intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.

Hele

(Greek mythology) A daughter of king Athamas, who, together with her brother Phrixus, fled from their stepmother Ino to Colchis on a golden ram. On their way, she fell from its back and was drowned in the strait called, after her, Hellespont.

helecho

(uncountable, countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.

Helena

(Greek mythology) The daughter of Zeus and Leda, considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world; her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War.

helero

(geology) A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.

helez

Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.

helicar

(informal) To travel or transport by helicopter.