Spanish–English dictionary

persimonio

The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).

persistencia

The property of being persistent.

persistente

an act of loitering or waiting.

persistentemente

In a persistent manner.

persistir

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

persona

The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc. [from 14th c.]

persona afeminada

(by extension, usually, pejorative) An effeminate man.

persona de fuera

One who is not part of a community or organization.

persona designada

a person who is appointed

persona en prácticas

A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.

persona non grata

A person who is not welcome, especially a diplomat in a foreign country.

personaje

(countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.

personal

(grammar) Limited by (i.e. inflected for) person or number. [from 19th c.]

personal insuficiente

In a shorthanded manner.

personalización

The act of customizing something.

personalizado

Made or done in a way adjusted to the needs of a specific person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.

personalizante

Relating to someone who makes custom-made products, especially clothing items.

personalizar

To build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications.

personificación

(internet, video games) A complex and dynamic digital representation of a person or being in the form of a digital model, used online as a simulation or emulation of a person, or as a person's online alter ego, in a virtual world, virtual chat room, or metaverse.

perspectiva

Realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.

perspectivas

Expectation for the future.

perspicacia

Power of acute observation and deduction

perspicaz

Intense; sensitive; sharp.

perspicuo

Clearly expressed, easy to understand; lucid.

persuadir

(transitive, now, rare, regional) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something). [from 16th c.]

persuasión

The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention of changing their mind or convincing them of a certain point of view, course of action etc. [from 14th c.]

persuasivamente

In a manner intended to convince or persuade.

persuasivo

Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.

persuasor

Able to be persuaded (convinced).

persuasorio

Able to persuade; convincing.

pertenecer

(intransitive, followed by to) To be part of, or the property of.

pertenecia

The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.

pertenencia

(uncountable) The feeling that one belongs.

pertenencias

(usually, in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.

Perth

A local government area in Western Australia; in full, the City of Perth.

pertinaz

Stubbornly resolute or tenacious.

pertinencia

The quality or condition of being appropriate.

pertinente

Suitable for application, relevant.

pertrecho

Military equipment, especially weapons and ammunition.

pertrechos

(in the plural) Equipment used for some specific task; gear. [from late 14th c.]

perturbación

A mental disorder, especially one of a minor or temporary character. [Early 19th century.]

perturbado

Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.

perturbador

(informal) Causing discomfort or repulsion due to strange or eccentric behavior.

perturbante

Causing disruption or unrest.

perturbar

(transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.

Perú

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru. Capital and largest city: Lima.

peruana

A person from Peru or of Peruvian descent.

peruano

Of, from, or pertaining to Peru or the Peruvian people.

pervadir

(transitive) To be in every part of; to spread through; to permeate.

pervasivo

Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.

perversidad

(uncountable) Deviation from moral normality; extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty. [from 15th c.]

perversión

The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.

perverso

Intending to harm; malevolent.

pervertido

(informal, pejorative) Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.

pervivencia

The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.

perviviente

One who survives, especially one who survives a traumatic experience.

pervivir

(informal, transitive) To overcome; to endure.

pesa rusa

A weight consisting of a cast iron ball with a single handle for gripping the weight during exercise.

pesadez

The state of being heavy; weight, weightiness, force of impact or gravity.

pesadilla

A feeling of oppression during sleep, sleep paralysis; night terrors, a nightmare.

pesadillesco

Resembling a nightmare.

pesado

One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.

pesadumbre

The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.

pesadura

The state of being heavy; weight, weightiness, force of impact or gravity.

pesadura excesiva

(uncountable, chiefly, transport, legal) An excess of weight.

pesadura excesivamente baja

(uncountable) The state or quality of being underweight.

Pésaj

The one-day Biblical feast or festival (not a holy day) that begins at twilight at the beginning of the fourteenth day of the first month (Abib 14 / Nisan 14), during which the first-born sons of the Israelites were passed over while those of the Egyptians were killed; this feast day is then immediately followed by the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15 to 21; the first and seventh days are holy days or annual or yearly Sabbaths).

pesaje

The process of determining a competitor's body weight prior to an event, especially to ensure it is within the weight restrictions.

pésame

(countable, usually, in the plural) An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died.

pesante

That weighs or burdens.

pesantez

The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.

pesar

Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.

pesar más que

(transitive) To exceed in weight or mass.

pesario

(medicine) A vaginal suppository.

pesaroso

(of a person) Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.

pesas

A weight training implement consisting of a short bar with weight counterpoised on each end.

pesca

(uncountable) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.

pesca a la cacea

A fishing technique in which one or more baited fishing lines are dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trawling, which drags a net#Noun.

pesca al curricán

A fishing technique in which one or more baited fishing lines are dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trawling, which drags a net#Noun.

pesca con caña

A form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport.

pesca de arrastre

A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trolling, which drags (one or more) lines.

pesca furtiva

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

pescadera

(British) A person who sells fish.

pescadero

(British) A person who sells fish.

pescadilla

One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merluccius, and allies.

pescadito

(childish) .

pescado

(archaic, or, loosely) Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.

pescado de abril

The first day in April, when tricks and practical jokes are traditionally played

pescado seco

A cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt.

pescador

A person who fishes with a hook and line.

pescador con caña

Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes, which have an outgrowth they wiggle to lure and catch their prey.

pescador furtivo

A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild.

pescadora

A person who fishes with a hook and line.

pescar

(transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape). [from 13thc.]

pescar al arrastre

(ambitransitive) To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl.

pescar arrastreramente

(ambitransitive) To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl.

pescar con anzuelo

(intransitive) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.

pescar con caña

(intransitive) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.

pescar con red barredera

(ambitransitive) To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl.

pescar furtivamente

(ambitransitive) To take game or fish illegally.

pesce

(archaic, or, loosely) Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.

pescozada

A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.

pescozón

A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.

pescuezo

(anatomy) The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.

pese a ello

(conjunctive) In spite of what preceded; yet.

pesebre

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.

pesimista

(stock market, of the price of financial instruments) Characterized by or expecting falling prices.

pésimo

(informal) Bad in quality, awful, terrible.

peso

(dated, except, UK, dialectal, and, US) The force exerted by an object due to gravitation; weight.

pésol

(culinary) The edible seed of Pisum sativum.

pesor

The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.

pesquera

A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.

pesquería

(countable) A fishery, a place for catching fish.

pesquisa

The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

pesquisa judicial

A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death

pesquisar

(transitive) To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.

pestaña

(anatomy, dermatology) One of the hairs which grows along the edge of eyelids.

pestañear

(idiomatic) To signal or feign by fluttering one's eyelids, as romantic interest.

pestañina

A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes.

peste

(now, _, rare) A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague.

pesticida

Of, pertaining to, or effective as a pesticide.

pestilencia

(now, _, rare) A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague.

pestillo

A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.

pestiño

One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.

pesto

A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually pecorino).

pesudo

Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.

petaca

A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.

pétalo

(botany) One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.

petar

(intransitive, informal) To stop functioning.

petardear

(of a reciprocating engine, intransitive) To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.

petardo

One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.

petición

A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.

peticionar

(transitive) To make a petition to (a sovereign or political authority).

peticionario

One who applies for something; one who makes a request; a petitioner.

peticote

A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the shoulders or (now especially) from the waist; a kind of slip, worn to make the skirt fuller, or for extra warmth.

petimetre

A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.

petirrojo

A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.

petiso

(of a person) Of comparatively small height.

petisuis

A flirtatious, impudent, or pert young woman.

peto

(sports) A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities.

petral

A piece of horse tack designed to prevent the saddle slipping backwards.

pétreo

Constructed of stone.

petricor

The distinctive scent, caused by geosmin, which accompanies the first rain after a long, warm, dry spell.

Petrogrado

A region of Saint Petersburg city, Saint Petersburg, Northwest Russia district, European Russia, Russia.

petróleo

Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.

petulante

Childishly irritable.

petunia

A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.

peyorar

(transitive) To make worse; to impair.

peyorativo

Lessening the worth of (a person, etc); expressing derogation; insulting.

peyote

A small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) found from southwest United States to central Mexico that produces buttonlike tubercles that can be chewed for their psychedelic effect, primarily from the drug mescaline.