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implantar
(transitive) To fix firmly or set securely or deeply.
implante
(medicine) Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis, particularly breast implants.
implar
To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
implementación
An implementation, or putting into use, of something.
implementar
(computing) To install, test and implement a computer system or application.
implemento
An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially:
implicación
Logical consequence.
implicar
(transitive, usually with in) To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.
implicatura
(pragmatics) An implied meaning that does not semantically entail.
implícitamente
In an implicit or implied manner.
implícito
Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed.
implorar
To beg or request for (something).
implosión
The action of imploding.
implosionar
(transitive) To cause to collapse or burst inward violently.
impoluto
Not sullied.
imponente
Magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity.
imponer
(transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.
imponer aranceles
(transitive) To levy a duty on (something).
impopular
Lacking popularity.
importador
One who, or that which, imports: especially a person or company importing goods into a country.
importancia
Relevance; a relationship or connection.
importante
Having relevant and crucial value; having import.
importantemente
In an important manner.
importar
(transitive, intransitive) To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).
importe
The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
importunar
(transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
imposibilidad
(uncountable) The quality of being impossible.
imposibilitar
(transitive) To remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.
imposible
Not possible; not able to be done or happen.
imposición
The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
imposta
(architecture) A cornice.
impostado
(Of people) Insincere
impostor
(internet) Someone who creates a false profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.
impostora
Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.
impostura
The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition
impotencia
The state of being helpless.
impotente
Lacking help; powerless.
imprecado
Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.
imprecar
(transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
impreciso
Difficult to make precise.
impredecibilidad
(uncountable) The quality of being unpredictable.
impredecible
Unable to be predicted.
impregnable
Capable of being impregnated; impregnatable.
impregnar
In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.
impremeditado
Performed, but not planned or thought out in advance; extemporaneous, but not unintentional.
impremir
(transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.
imprescindible
Desired; desirable; of choice.
impresión
Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.
impresionable
Being easily influenced (especially of young people).
impresionado
strongly affected, especially favourably
impresionante
stunningly beautiful; amazing
impresionantemente
In an impressive manner; forcibly.
impresivo
Appealing.
impreso
(of information or a document) Written on paper by hand in noncursive script.
impresor
One who makes prints.
impresora
(printing) The operator of a printing press or the owner of a printing business; (metonymy) any printing business.
imprevisibilidad
(uncountable) The quality of being unpredictable.
imprevisión
Lack of care; the state or quality of being careless.
imprevisto
Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional. [from 16th c.]
imprimar
To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
imprimir
(transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.
improbable
Not likely to be true.
improbablemente
In an improbable manner; without probability.
improcedente
Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place.
impronta
The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
improntar
To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
improperio
(slang) An insult or put-down; an expression of disrespect.
impropiamente
In an improper manner; not properly.
impropiedad
(uncountable) The condition of being improper.
impropio
Not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners; indecent or immodest.
impropriamente
In an improper manner; not properly.
impropriedad
(uncountable) The condition of being improper.
improprio
Not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners; indecent or immodest.
impróvido
Completely without; having none of.
improvisación
A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
improvisar
To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
imprudencia
Lack of care; the state or quality of being careless.
imprudente
Outlandish; foolish; silly.
impudencia
The quality of being impudent, not showing due respect.
impudente
Bold and spirited, often towards someone in authority; cheeky; impudent; saucy. [from 1799]
impudicia
Impudent language, conduct or behavior.
impúdico
Having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest, brazen; unable to feel disgrace.
impuesto
The price of (an individual) thing; cost. [from 16th c.]
impugnación
The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.
impugnar
(legal, transitive) To make a formal objection to a juror.
impulsado
Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.
impulsar
(transitive) To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.
impulsión
The act of furthering or helping forward; assistance towards something desired.
impulsivamente
In an impulsive manner; with force; by impulse.
impulsivo
Making arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner.
impulso
A push from behind or below, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.
impulsor
A factor contributing to something; a cause.
impureza
A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
impurificar
To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
impuro
Not pure
imputabilidad
The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.
imputable
Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.
imputación
(theology) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another.
imputar
(transitive) To attribute (a cause or characteristic) to someone or something.
in
Free from; devoid of; without.
in vitro
In an artificial environment outside the living organism.
in-
in, into, towards, within.
inacabado
Not finished.
inaccesibilidad
The quality or state of being inaccessible; inaccessibleness.
inaccesible
Not able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient.
inacción
Lack of action or activity or labor
inacentuado
(of a vowel) not stressed or accentuated
inaceptable
(idiomatic) Of a person or their behaviour: outside the bounds of what is acceptable, or regarded as good judgment, morality, ethics, etc.
inactividad
The state of being idle; inactivity.
inactivo
Not active, temporarily or permanently.
inadaptado
Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
inadecuación
The state of being inadequate.
inadecuadamente
Perversely, improperly.
inadecuado
(informal) Ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome.
inadmisible
Not admissible, especially that cannot be admitted as evidence at a trial.
inadmitir
(transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
inadulterado
Pure; not mixed or adulterated with anything.
inadvertencia
An omission; something that is left out, missed, or forgotten.
inagotable
Impossible to exhaust; unlimited.
inaguantable
Not sufferable; very difficult or impossible to endure; intolerable, unbearable.
inalámbrico
Having no cord; especially using batteries instead of mains electricity. [1905]
inalcanzable
That cannot be achieved (or only with great difficulty).
inamovible
incapable of being physically moved; fixed
inane
Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.
inanición
(medicine) A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food, or water or a physiological inability to utilize them, with resulting weakness.
inánime
dead; having lost life
inapelable
(legal) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
inaplicable
Not applicable; that does not apply or cannot be applied; unsuitable or irrelevant.
inaprensible
Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
inapropiado
(Internet slang, sarcastic) Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it.
inapto
Not fit; not having the correct requirements.
inasumible
Not possible; not able to be done or happen.
inatención
Lack of attention, or failure to pay attention
inatractivo
Not handsome or beautiful or appealing.
inatrapable
(baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
inatrayente
Not handsome or beautiful or appealing.
inaudible
Unable to be heard or not loud enough to be heard.
inaudiblemente
Not loudly; nearly inaudibly.
inaudito
Shocking; exceeding conventional behaviour; provocative. [from 18th c.]
inauguración
The act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.
inaugurar
To initiate or usher in (something, as a (significant) course of action, development, organization, or period of time) with a formal ceremony or in a ceremonious manner; also (loosely) , to begin or commence (something); to start.
inca
A member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who established an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest.
incandescente
Emitting light as a result of being heated.
incansable
Extremely persistent and untiring.
incansablemente
In a tireless manner; without tiring, flagging, or ceasing.
incapacidad
(countable, law) Lack of legal qualification to do something; legal incapacity or incompetency.
incapacitado
Rendered unable to act; restricted from taking action.
incapacitar
(chiefly, of a person) To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
incapaz
Unable to act without help; needing help; feeble.
incarnado
(originally) Of the pale pink or pale red colour of flesh; carnation.

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