Spanish–English dictionary

ínsula

(by extension, in place names) A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, partially surrounded by water; a peninsula; a half-island.

insular

Of or being, pertaining to, situated on, or resembling an island or islands.

insularismo

Insular (withdrawn) behavior.

insularizar

To separate, detach, or isolate.

insulina

A polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism (in various animals including humans).

insulso

Lacking in taste or flavor.

insultante

Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.

insultar

(slang) To put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour.

insulto

(slang) An insult or put-down; an expression of disrespect.

insumir

(transitive) To enter data.

insumo

Data fed into a process with the intention of it shaping or affecting the output of that process.

insuperable

Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable

insurgente

Rebellious, opposing authority.

insurrección

(uncountable) The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.

insurrecto

A person who provokes or takes part in an insurrection.

insustituible

Incapable of being replaced, especially because of uniqueness or finiteness.

intachable

Without fault; free from defect or error.

intacto

Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied or otherwise damaged.

intangible

Incapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal.

integrado

Constructed as a nondetachable part of a larger structure.

integral

(mathematics) Of, pertaining to, or being an integer.

integrante

One who belongs to a group.

integridad

The whole; the complete or amount.

íntegro

Covering all aspects without exception.

intelecto

(uncountable) The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.

intelectual

(sometimes, derogatory) Intellectually stimulating, highly cultured, sophisticated.

intelectualidad

Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.

intelectualmente

In an intellectual manner.

inteligencia

Something clever, or done cleverly.

inteligente

Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.

inteligentemente

In an intelligent manner; cleverly.

inteligible

Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.

inteligiblemente

In an intelligible manner.

intelligentsia

(politics) The intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine.

intemperancia

Lack of moderation or temperance; excess.

intemperie

The weather, such as wind or rain.

intempestivo

At an inopportune time.

intemporal

Not decreasing over time in quality and appeal.

intención

Intention or plot.

intencionadamente

(idiomatic) By design, as opposed to by accident; intentionally; deliberately. [from 16th c.]

intencionado

(legal) Done with intent to commit a crime.

intencional

Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.

intencionalmente

In an intentional manner; on purpose.

intencionar

(ambitransitive, usually followed by particle "to" + verb, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon

intendente

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

intensamente

In an acute manner

intensidad

(uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.

intensidad sónica

the perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure, measured in sones or phons

intensificación

The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.

intensificar

(obsolete) To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to energize.

intensión

The quality of being intense.

intensísimo

(colloquial) Particularly intense; thrillingly dangerous or erratic; desirably violent in appearance; pleasing or "cool" due to intensity or danger.

intenso

(of a color or flavour) Highly saturated; rich.

intentar

(archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.

intentar hacer

To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.

intentar vender

To sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantities.

intento

Trial, attempt.

intentona

The action of trying at something. [1530]

interacción

(uncountable, by extension, about human emotional state) The feeling of being compelled, drawn in, connected to what is happening, interested in what will happen next.

interactivo

Interacting with or communicating with and reacting to each other; influencing or having an effect on each other; acting or capable of acting on each other or with the other.

interactuar

(intransitive) To act upon each other.

intercalar

(botany) of a meristem: situated between zones of permanent tissue, thus a shoot growing at the base of a leaf, in comparison with apical growth at the tip of a root or plant.

intercambiable

Freely substitutable; that may be swapped at will.

intercambiar

(transitive) To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.

intercambio

An act of exchanging or trading.

intercambio de pareja

(sex) An activity where couples engage in sexual activity with different partners, often in a group setting.

intercambio vial

(countable) A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway.

intercambio viario

(countable) A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway.

intercambios

(countable, uncountable) An act of interchanging.

interceder

To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.

interceptar

(transitive, computing) To handle an exception. [from 20thc.]

intercesión

A prayer to God on behalf of another person; especially, such a prayer offered by a heavenly saint on behalf of a mere mortal who has prayed to the saint for such help.

intercesor

A person who intercedes; a mediator; one who reconciles enemies, or pleads for another.

intercomunicador

An electronic communication system, especially one between rooms in a building.

interconectarse

(intransitive) To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement.

intercontinental

Taking place between two or more continents.

intercross

(sports) A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by scoring more goals within the allotted time.

interdependencia

The condition of being interdependent.

interdependiente

Mutually dependent; reliant on one another.

interdicho

Not allowed; specifically disallowed.

interés

(informal) A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication.

interés compuesto

(banking, finance) Interest, as on a loan or a bank account, that is calculated on the total on the principal plus accumulated unpaid interest.

interés personal

A stake, often financial, in a particular outcome.

interesado

Having or showing interest (attention or curiosity).

interesado económico

(business) A person or organisation with a legitimate interest (a stake) in a given situation, action or enterprise.

interesante

Tending to engage attention or interest; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.

interesantemente

In an interesting way.

interesar

(transitive, intransitive) To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).

intereses creados

An exceptionally strong interest in protecting or promoting something to one's own advantage.

interestatal

(chiefly, US, and, Australia) Crossing states (usually provincial state, but also e.g. multinational sense).

interfase

(chemistry, physics) A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.

interferencia

The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.

interferir

(intransitive) to obstruct, hinder, or interfere

interferir intencionalmente

To block or confuse a radio or radar signal by transmitting a more-powerful signal on the same frequency.

intergaláctico

(astronomy) Occurring between galaxies.

interiano

Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland.

ínterim

A transitional or temporary period between other events.

ínterin

A transitional or temporary period between other events.

interino

Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.

interior

Situated in, or designed to be used in, or carried on within, the interior of a building.

interiorano

Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland.

interiores

Underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel.

interiormente

In an internal manner; within or inside of external limits; in an inner part or situation.

interjección

(grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.

interjeccionar

(transitive) To insert something between other things.

interjeccionarse

(intransitive) To interpose oneself; to intervene.

interjectar

(transitive) To insert something between other things.

interjectarse

(intransitive) To interpose oneself; to intervene.

interletrado

(typography) A consistent adjustment of space between individual letters; letterspacing.

interletraje

(typography) The adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs in a typeface.

interlínea

A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.

interlocución

Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.

intermediación

(uncountable) Intervention; interposition.

intermediador

An agent acting as a mediator between sides to facilitate agreement or cooperation.

intermediante

An agent acting as a mediator between sides to facilitate agreement or cooperation.

intermediar

(intransitive) To mediate, to be an intermediate.

intermediaria

An agent acting as a mediator between sides to facilitate agreement or cooperation.

intermediario

A mediator between a buyer and seller.

intermedio

Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range.

interminable

Having no end.

intermisión

A break, especially between two performances or sessions, such as at a concert, play, seminar, or religious assembly.

intermitente

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, automotive ) A turn signal; each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which indicate a turn is being made to left or right, or a lane change etc.

intermitentemente

Stopping or starting at intervals.

interna

Living on the premises; usually said of a household employee or a domestic partner.

internacional

(politics) A transnational organization of political parties of similar ideology.

internacionalmente

In an international manner.

internado

A boarding school building where boarders live during term time.

internalizar

To obtain goods or services by insourcing.

internamente

In an internal manner; within or inside of external limits; in an inner part or situation.

internauta

(dated) A designer, operator, or technically capable professional user of the Internet.

internáutico

Available over, or delivered from, the Internet.

internet

The global, decentralized network of computers which communicate with one another using the Internet protocol suite, which now forms a vital part of global communication, content sharing, and information exchange systems.

internista

(medicine) A physician who specialises in internal medicine.

interno

Situated in, or designed to be used in, or carried on within, the interior of a building.

interperie

The weather, such as wind or rain.

interpersonal

Between two or more people.

interpertase

(ergative) To substitute a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one; used to introduce an emendation of a text.

interplanetario

Existing or occurring between planets.

interpolación

(mathematics, science) The process of estimating the value of a function at a point from its values at nearby points.

interponer

(transitive) To insert something (or oneself) between other things.

interponerse

(intransitive) to obstruct, hinder, or interfere

interposición

The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.

interpresa

(military, by extension) An attack, not necessarily physical.

interpretación

An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work. [from 19th c.]

interpretar

(transitive) To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning of (something, usually language).

intérprete

(computing) A program that converts commands into machine language in real time rather than compiling it in advance. [1954]

interracial

Between or among two or more different races.

interregno

The period of time between the end of a sovereign or political leader's reign and the accession of another.

interrelación

The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce a new effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.

interrogación

A question put; an inquiry.