Spanish–English dictionary

hipoxia

(pathology) A condition in which tissues are deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen [from 1940s].

hipóxico

(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or suffering from hypoxia.

hippie

(1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that era) One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc.

hippy

(1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that era) One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc.

hipster

A person who is keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions. [from earlier 20th c.]

hiragana

(uncountable) The main syllabary for the Japanese language, used to represent native Japanese words, including particles, and when kanji is used, to represent verb and adjective endings.

hircocervo

A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.

hiriente

Harmful or painful; acerbic.

hirmar

(transitive) To make firm or strong; fix securely.

hirmarse

(intransitive) To become firm; stabilise.

hirviente

In a state of extreme volatility; about to boil over; boiling, bubbling.

hisopo

(Christianity) An implement, in the form of a brush or of a rod with a perforated container, for sprinkling holy water; a holy-water sprinkle.

hispana

(US, informal, nonstandard, collective, _, in the plural) People of Hispanic origin; one whose first language is Spanish.

hispánico

(colloquial) Of or relating to a Spanish-speaking people or culture, as in Latin America.

hispanismo

(linguistics) A Spanish-language item as it appears in another language.

hispano

(US, slang, offensive) A person from, or of descent from, any Spanish-speaking country.

hispanohablante

Spanish-speaking

hispanoparlante

Spanish-speaking

histerectomía

(surgery) The surgical procedure to remove all of or part of the uterus.

histeria

Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotions, in a wide range from joy to panic but usually including anxiety or fear.

histérica

Hysteria; a bout of hysteria.

histéricamente

In a hysterical manner; showing signs of hysteria.

historia

(countable, computing) A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.

historia clínica

(countable, medicine) A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.

historia de fondo

The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in, _, film, television) a character in a dramatic work.

historial

(countable, medicine) A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.

históricamente

In a historic manner; with reference to history or the historical record.

histórico

Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.

historietista

(comics) One who creates a cartoon or strip cartoon.

historiógrafa

A scholar who studies historiography.

historiógrafo

A scholar who studies historiography.

histriónico

(acting) An overacting or amateurish performer; an actor with an especially showy or exaggerated style.

hit

(baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.

hita

A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.

Hitchcock

A surname transferred from the given name.

hitita

A person of the Hittite Kingdom, a Bronze Age kingdom of Anatolia.

Hitler

Ellipsis of w:Adolf Hitler; Führer of the Nazi Party and chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945; particularly as the embodiment of Nazism.

hito

A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.

hito mayúsculo

Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.

hiyab

(countable) A traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women, covering the hair and neck.

hmm

Indicates thinking or pondering.

hmong

A people who live predominantly in the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, and (in diaspora) around the world.

hobbit

A member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet. [from 20th c.]

hobby

An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.

hocico

The protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws.

hocicón

(idiomatic, often, derogatory) A person who talks too much, especially by making exaggerated claims or by inappropriately revealing information.

hockey

(North America) Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.

hogaño

At the present time; in the current era. [from 14th c.]

hogar

An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.

hogareño

(of a place or object) Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social and comfortable.

hogaza

(also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking.

hogaza carnal

A dish of ground meat (usually made from ground beef, although lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used) formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.

hogaza cárnica

A dish of ground meat (usually made from ground beef, although lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used) formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.

hogaza carnosa

A dish of ground meat (usually made from ground beef, although lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used) formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.

hoguera

A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal.

Hogwarts

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a school for learning magic in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.

hoja

The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.

hoja de ruta

(informal, by extension) Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.

hoja de té

(uncountable) The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant; (countable) a variety of such leaves.

hojaldrado

Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.

hojear

(transitive) To turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random.

hojuela

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything

Hokkaido

The second largest island of Japan, capital Sapporo.

hola

A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.

Holanda

A traditional region of the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland.

holandés

Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.

holandesa

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.

holandeses

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.

holear

(transitive, metonymic) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.

holgado

Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.

holganza

(uncountable) The condition of enjoying anything.

holgazán

Agent noun of coast: one who coasts.

holgazanear

(US, Australia, slang, intransitive) To dawdle, lollygag; to waste time aimlessly or engage in idle activity or inactivity.

holgura

The height or width of a tunnel, bridge or other passage, or the distance between a vehicle and the walls or roof of such passage; a gap, headroom.

holi

A Hindu festival, held in the spring, during which people throw coloured powders at each other during noisy street celebrations.

holístico

Covering all aspects without exception.

hollado

(figuratively) Oppressed, persecuted or subjugated.

hollar

(transitive) To make tracks on or to leave in the form of tracks.

hollejo

The outer covering of a fruit or seed.

hollín

Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.

Holocausto

(historical, broadly) The systematic mass murder (democide) of somewhere between eleven and fourteen million people, namely six million Jews and from five to eight million others (including Romanis, Slavs, homosexuals, and people with physical and mental disabilities), perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II.

holográfico

In the form of a hologram or holograph.

holograma

A three-dimensional image of an object created by holography.

hombrada

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

hombre

The genus Homo.

hombre de las cavernas

An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.

hombre de negocios

A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.

hombre de paja

(by extension) Someone in a nominal position of leadership who has little to no actual power.

hombre del espacio

(informal, childish) An astronaut, often a male astronaut.

hombre del saco

A menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories.

hombre fuerte

A forceful or brutal person, usually a ruler or tyrant.

hombre lobo

(mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.

hombre muerto

(informal) Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case, especially someone who is bound to die soon.

hombre musculoso

(bodybuilding) A man with developed muscles.

hombre nival

A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth).

hombre penetrador

(LGBT slang) A person who penetrates or has a preference for penetrating during intercourse.

hombre prehistórico

An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.

hombre rana

A diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one in scuba gear).

hombres

Men collectively, as opposed to all women.

hombría

The self-concept of a man being with respect to his possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness; a man's sense or view of himself as being more or less manly.

hombro

(anatomy) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.

hombruno

Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.

homelet

A dish made with beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring, flipped over to cook on both sides, and sometimes filled or topped with other foodstuffs, for example cheese or chives.

homenaje

An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.

homeopático

Of or pertaining to homeopathy.

homeostasis

(physiology) The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a state of dynamic constancy; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a stable temperature.

homicida

(countable) A person who kills another.

homicidio

(countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.

homicidio involuntario

(law) The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger; considered less culpable than murder, but more culpable than justifiable homicide.

homilía

(Christianity) A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter.

hominoide

A primate of the superfamily Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.

hominoideo

A primate of the superfamily Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.

homo-

Same, identical.

homocausto

(rare) The persecution of homosexuals which occurred in Nazi Germany, when seen as constituting systematic destruction of them.

homocigótico

Of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele

homófoba

One who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in general; one who exhibits homophobia.

homofobia

Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against homosexuals, or LGBTQ people in general. [from 1971]

homofóbica

One who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in general; one who exhibits homophobia.

homofóbico

One who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in general; one who exhibits homophobia.

homófobo

One who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in general; one who exhibits homophobia.

homófona

(semantics) A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.

homófono

(semantics) A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.

homogeneizar

To make homogeneous, to blend or puree.

homogenizar

To make homogeneous, to blend or puree.

homógrafo

A word that is spelled the same as another word, usually having a different etymology.

homóloga

One who or that which has corresponding functions or characteristics.

homologación

The giving of credentials.

homologar

(transitive) To acknowledge the existence or legality of; to treat as valid or worthy of consideration.

homólogo

One who or that which has corresponding functions or characteristics.

homónima

A person with the same name as another.

homónimo

(broadly) A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both).

homosexual

(colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.

homosexualidad

Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially, _, offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males. [1897]

homosexualismo

Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially, _, offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males. [1897]

homúnculo

A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm.

honda

(weapon) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other.

hondear

(nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.

hondo

Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively.

hondonada

A sunken area on a surface.

hondura

the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep

Honduras

A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Honduras. Capital: Tegucigalpa.

honestamente

(manner) In an honest manner.

honestidad

(uncountable, countable) The act, quality, or condition of being honest.

honesto

(of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.

hongo

A hard round black felt hat with a narrow brim, formerly worn by men.

Honolulú

A port on Oahu Island, the capital city of the state of Hawaii in the United States of America.

honor

(uncountable) Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).

honorario

An additional monetary payment charged for a service or good, especially one that is minor compared to the underlying cost.

honorífico

Showing or conferring honour and respect.

honradez

(uncountable, countable) The act, quality, or condition of being honest.