Spanish–English dictionary

peñasco

A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.

penca

The fleshy root of an animal's tail; specifically after clipping or cutting.

pencar

(intransitive, by extension) To work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task.

penco

An old, useless horse.

pendejadas

(informal, uncountable) Nonsensical talk or thinking.

pendejo

A stupid person.

pendejos

(slang, vulgar) A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's. [from 1745]

pendenciero

Given to struggling with others out of jealousy or discord.

pendiente

(architecture) An incline on the outer face of a built wall.

péndola

A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.

pendulación

travel between home and workplace

pendular

(intransitive, US, UK, Canada) To regularly travel from one's home to one's workplace or school, or vice versa.

pendularismo

travel between home and workplace

pendulear

(intransitive, US, UK, Canada) To regularly travel from one's home to one's workplace or school, or vice versa.

péndulo

(clocks, mechanics) A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks.

penetrable

Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced.

penetración

A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.

penetrante

(informal, idiomatic) Extremely loud (of sound).

penetrar

(transitive) To make a breach in.

Peng

A surname from Mandarin.

penicilina

(pharmaceutical drug) Any of a group of narrow-spectrum antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds or synthesized, that have a beta-lactam structure and are active against gram-positive bacteria and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases.

península

(geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.

penique

(historical) In the United Kingdom and Ireland and many other countries, a unit of currency worth 1⁄240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.

peñiscar

To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

peñisco

The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

penitencia

The condition of being penitent; a feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.

penitenciaría

A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

penitente

One under the direction of a confessor.

peñizcar

To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

peñizco

The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

peñizcón

The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

peñón

(Northern England) A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.

penoso

Burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious.

pensable

Capable of being conceived or imagined.

pensada

(chiefly, UK) An act of thinking; consideration (of something).

pensamiento

A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.

pensamiento crítico

The application of logical principles, rigorous standards of evidence, and careful reasoning to the analysis and discussion of claims, beliefs, and issues.

pensamiento de grupo

A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.

pensamiento silvestre

A common European wild flower, Viola tricolor; the wild pansy.

pensar

(intransitive) To intend.

pensar[lo] demasiado

To think or analyze too much.

pensar[lo] dos veces

To think or analyze too much.

pensativo

Absorbed in thought; contemplative

pensil

Suspended.

Pensilvania

A state of the United States. Capital: Harrisburg. Largest city: Philadelphia.

pensión

A private house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals.

pensión alimenticia

(legal, sometimes, pejorative) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.

pensionar

(transitive) To grant a pension to.

pensionista

Eligible to receive a pension.

penso[lo] de más

To think or analyze too much.

Pentágono

The headquarters of the United States Department of Defense.

pentagrama

The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.

penúltimo

(UK, in, _, US, _, usually, formal) Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.

penumbra

Darkness, dimness, or obscurity.

penuria

(figurative, uncountable) Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.

peón

A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.

peón agrícola

A person who works on, but does not own, a farm; an agricultural labourer / agricultural laborer.

peonía

A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.

peor

(for non-slang definitions)

peor enemigo

A principal enemy.

peor parte

The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.

peorar

(transitive) To make worse; to impair.

peorarse

(intransitive) To become worse; to get worse.

Pepe

(rare) : a diminutive of various female given names.

pepenador

Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.

pepenar

(transitive) Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.

pepinillo

A small cucumber, often pickled whole.

pepino

(vegetable) The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.

pepita

(countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.

Pepito

(rare) : a diminutive of various female given names.

pepla

A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.

pequeñez

A trifle; an insubstantial thing.

pequeñito

Very small.

pequeño

A term of endearment, especially toward a child.

pequeño empujón

A gentle push.

per se

(philosophy) As the principle of its own determination and positing itself.

pera

A tool for basting meat with fat or gravy.

perada

A fermented alcoholic beverage made from pears; somewhat analogous to cider.

peral

A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).

peraltar

(intransitive, aviation) To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.

peralte

The slope of a curved road created to minimize the effect of centrifugal force.

percance

An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder.

percanzar

(transitive) To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb. [from 14th c.]

percápita

Per person.

percatación

(countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.

percebe

A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.

percebimiento

(countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.

percentil

(statistics) Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.

perceptible

Capable of being perceived; discernible.

percha

A device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human shoulders.

perchero

A rack or stand with hooks or pegs for holding hats and coats, often placed near an entrance for temporary use

percibir

(transitive) To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.

percolación

The seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance.

percolar

(intransitive) (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed.

percollar

(transitive) To steal something from a shop or store during business hours, usually by means of hiding merchandise.

percusión

A strike upon an object causing such a noise.

percusionista

A trained musician who plays percussion instruments, as opposed to a drummer who lacks formal training.

percusiva

(phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound /ɾ/ in the standard American English pronunciation of body.

percusor

(firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.

percutivo

Characterized by percussion; caused by or related to the action of striking or pounding something.

percutor

(firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.

perdedor

A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.

perder

(intransitive) To lose liquid.

perder el norte

To cause to lose orientation or direction.

perder el tiempo

(Ireland, &, Scotland, slang) To meddle with or pass time without accomplishing anything meaningful.

perderse

(intransitive) To lose one's way.

perdición

(countable) A cause of misery or ruin.

pérdida

The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.

pérdida de memoria

Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.

perdido

(idiomatic) Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation.

perdigón

A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.

perdigón de hielo

(chiefly, United States) Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.

perdiz

(ornithology) Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.

perdón

(idiomatic, informal, by ellipsis) A polite formula used when one has not heard or understood what has been said, or to indicate surprise.

perdóname

(North America) Said, as though as a request to repeat information, in order to indicate disbelief or indignation.

perdonar

(transitive) To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.

perdonavidas

Possessing excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.

perdulario

Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.

perdurable

Able to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring.

perduración

The measure of a person's stamina or persistence.

perdurador

Long-lasting without significant alteration; continuing through time in the same relative state.

perdurante

Long-lasting without significant alteration; continuing through time in the same relative state.

perdurar

(intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.

perecear

(intransitive, figurative) To make a minimal effort; to continue to do something in a routine way, without initiative or effort.

perecedero

Liable to perish, especially naturally subject to quick decomposition or decay.

perecer

(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

perecible

Liable to perish, especially naturally subject to quick decomposition or decay.

perecimiento

(countable) Death.

peregrina

(playground games) A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground.

peregrinación

A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.

peregrinaje

A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.

peregrinar

(intransitive) To travel from place to place, or from one country to another, especially on foot; hence, to sojourn in foreign countries.

peregrino

One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.

peregueta

The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason.

perención

(legal) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.

perendengue

A small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery.

perenne

Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, for multiple years, or all the time.

perennifolio

Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.

perentoriedad

The quality or condition of being urgent.

perentorio

Positive in opinion or judgment; absolutely certain, overconfident, unwilling to hear any debate or argument (especially in a pejorative sense); dogmatic.

pereque

Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively

Pérez

A surname from Spanish [in turn originating as a patronymic].

pereza

The quality of being lazy

perezosa

A folding chair in which a wooden frame supports a length of canvas; traditionally used on the beach or onboard a liner.

perezosamente

In a lazy manner.

perezoso

A folding chair in which a wooden frame supports a length of canvas; traditionally used on the beach or onboard a liner.

perfección

The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.

perfeccionar

(transitive) To make small adjustments to (something) until it is optimal.

perfeccionismo

An unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection.

perfeccionista

(philosophy) Inclined or related to perfectionism.