Spanish–English dictionary

monitorear

To monitor; to track or record; to understand or follow.

monitorización

The carrying out of surveillance on, or continuous or regular observation of, an environment or people in order to detect signals, movements or changes of state or quality.

monitorizar

(transitive) To watch over; to guard.

monjil

Of or relating to monasteries or monks.

mono

(derogatory) An uncivilized person.

mono del viejo mundo

A member of the genus Cercopithecus of Old World monkeys, of sub-Saharan Africa, principally forests.

mono sabio

One who helps; an aide; assistant; auxiliary.

mono-

one, single, only

monocarril

a railroad system where the trains run on one rail

monociclo

(cycling) A pedal cycle that has only one wheel.

monóculo

A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.

monofónico

(of sound reproduction) having a single channel

monogamia

A form of sexual bonding involving a permanent pair bond between two beings.

monógamo

(narrowly) Being married to one person at a time.

monografía

(publishing) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.

monograma

A design or motif composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution; the letters are usually the initials of their names.

monolingüe

Knowing or using a single language; written or spoken in a single language.

monolito

(also, attributively) A large, single block of stone which is a natural feature; or a block of stone or other similar material used in architecture and sculpture, especially one carved into a monument in ancient times.

monólogo

(drama, authorship) A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.

moñona

A lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.

monono

Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.

monopatinaje

The act of riding on a skateboard.

monópode

A portable stand with one leg, used to support a camera or telescope.

monopolista

One who has, or attempts to acquire, a monopoly on something.

monopolizar

(transitive) To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.

Monopoly

(board games) A board game in which players use play money to buy and trade properties, with the objective of forcing opponents into bankruptcy.

monorraíl

a railroad system where the trains run on one rail

monorriel

a railroad system where the trains run on one rail

monos animados

(animation) A cartoon series.

monosabia

One who helps; an aide; assistant; auxiliary.

monosabio

One who helps; an aide; assistant; auxiliary.

monosilábico

Consisting of one syllable.

monosílabo

Consisting of one syllable.

monospastos

(engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).

monoteísmo

The belief in a single deity (one god or goddess); especially within an organized religion.

monotonía

Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.

monótono

(mathematics) Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.

monovolumen

A small van, especially (North America, Australia, NZ, Philippines) one primarily used for family transport.

monóxido

(chemistry) Any oxide containing a single oxygen atom in each molecule or formula unit.

monse

(colloquial) Uncool, uninteresting, or unfunny.

monsedad

(informal) The quality of being lame, pathetic or uncool.

monsefú

(colloquial) Uncool, uninteresting, or unfunny.

monseñor

(Roman Catholic) An ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope

monserga

Nonsense; senseless talk.

monsergas

A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade.

monstruo

A very evil person.

montacargas

A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.

montado

Planned, prepared.

montaje

The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.

Montana

A en given name, specifically from the name of the U.S. state.

montaña rusa

An amusement ride consisting of a train on a track that rises, falls, twists and turns.

montañero

(derogatory) A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor. [from 14th c.]

montañismo

The sport of climbing mountains.

montañista

A person who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure. [from 19th c.]

montano

(ecology) Of, inhabiting, or growing in mountain areas; specifically, the cool, moist upland slopes below the timberline. [from mid 19th c.]

montañoso

Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.

montante

The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).

montapieles

A person, in certain Native American mythologies, who can transform into any animal when wearing its pelt.

montar

(transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.

montaraz

Of an animal, wild but descended from domestic or captive ancestors; thus, in the wild, although not necessarily of the wild type.

montarse

(vulgar, slang, transitive, intransitive) To have sex (with).

montazgo

A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.

monte

(countable) An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit. [from 12th c.]

Montenegro

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Capital and largest city: Podgorica. Part of Yugoslavia until 2003, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.

montería

The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.

montería ilícita

Illegal procurement of protected wildlife such as fish, game, logging, or plant collecting.

montero

A person who drives game towards shooters in a hunting party, typically working in a group with other beaters.

Monterrey

A city, the capital of the state of Nuevo León, Mexico.

Montevideo

The capital city of Uruguay.

monticulista

(baseball, softball) The player who delivers the ball to the batter.

montículo

A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.

monto

The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).

montón

(informal) A large amount.

Montserrat

An island and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean. Official name: Montserrat.

montuoso

(of a landscape) Abundant in hills; having many hills.

montura

An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on.

monumental

(figurative, also, attributive) A major event or discovery.

monumento

A notable location with historical, cultural, or geographical significance.

monumento conmemorativo

(chiefly, Christianity) A service of remembrance or commemoration. [from 15th c.]

mopa

An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.

mopear

(transitive) To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.

moqueadera

The act, or the sound of sniffling; the condition of having a runny or wet nose, as from a cold or allergies.

moqueante

Liable to run or drip.

moqueo

The act, or the sound of sniffling; the condition of having a runny or wet nose, as from a cold or allergies.

moquero

A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.

moqueta

A fabric used as a complete floor covering.

mora

Unpaid debt.

morada

(dated, or, legal) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. [Attested from (1350 to 1470) to the mid 18th century.]

morado

(countable) The fruit of this tree.

moradura

A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.

moral

(countable) The fruit of this tree.

moraleja

(of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.

moralidad

(uncountable) Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results.

morapio

An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.

morar

(transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th c.]

moratón

A periorbital hematoma; a visible bruise surrounding a person's eye; an assault causing such a bruise; the eye involved.

moratoria

(legal) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments. [from 19th c.]

mórbido

Obsessed with death or the gruesome.

morboso

(by extension) Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease. [from 1770s]

morciguillo

A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.

morcilla

A blood sausage made from minced pork, pork blood, cereal (oats or barley), and spices; eaten at breakfast and combined in starters and salads.

morcillón

Of a body part: containing a moderate amount of fat.

mordaz

(figurative) Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating.

mordaza

(automotive) The part of a disc brake that holds the brake pads.

mordedura

The act of biting.

mordedura de culebra

(countable) Either of a pair of lip piercings below the lower lip, resembling the fangs of a snake.

morder

(transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.

mordida

The act of biting.

mordida de serpiente

(countable) Either of a pair of lip piercings below the lower lip, resembling the fangs of a snake.

mordiente

Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.

mordiscar

(transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.

mordisco

The act of biting.

mordisco amoroso

(originally, US, slang) A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking. [from 1934]

mordisquear

(transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.

mordisqueo

An act of taking a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, especially with the front teeth; the bite or bites so taken.

morena

(geology) An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier.

moreno

(countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.

morera

(countable) The fruit of this tree.

morería

An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.)

moretear

(transitive) To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it; to contuse.

moretón

A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.

morfar

To ingest; to be ingested.

morfe

(uncountable, slang) Food.

Morfeo

(Greek god) The god and personification of dreams; according to the Roman poet Ovid, one of the sons of Somnus, the god of sleep.

morfi

(uncountable, slang) Food.

morfina

(biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.

morgue

A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.

moribundo

Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.

morilla

A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.

morillo

(usually, in plural) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side

morir

(intransitive, informal) To stop functioning.

morir de hambre

(intransitive) To die because of lack of food or of not eating.

morisqueta

(in expressions such as make a face) A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.

mormón

(sometimes, _, proscribed) Of, or pertaining to, the faith established by Joseph Smith, Jr.

moro

(historical) A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Amazigh origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.

morocho

(of a person) Having brown hair.

morón

(psychology, dated, originally) A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.

moroso

Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.

morral

A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books.

morrearse

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, colloquial) To kiss passionately.

morrena

(geology) Large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc.

morriña

The characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away.

morriñoso

Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.

morrión

(headwear) A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.

morro

A snout, the nose of an animal.

morrocotudo

(chiefly, Britain, humorous, slang) Massive; huge; very large. [from 1990s]

morrocoy

Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly, North America) or the order Testudines (chiefly, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India) , whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators.

morrudo

(informal) Having prominent lips.

morsa

(slang, pejorative) An overweight or obese person.

mortadela

A type of sausage; bologna.