Spanish–English dictionary

anualmente

Once every year without fail, yearly

anuario

An annual publication; a book, periodical, journal, report, comic book, yearbook, etc., which is published serially once a year, which may or may not be in addition to regular weekly or monthly publication.

anuario escolar

(countable, US, education) A publication compiled by the graduating class of a high school or college, recording the year's events and containing photographs of students and faculty.

anubado

Covered with or characterised by clouds.

anubarrado

Covered with or characterised by clouds.

Anubis

(Egyptian god) In the mythology of ancient Egypt, the god of the dead and tombs, commonly depicted with the head of a jackal.

anublo

(plant disease) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.

anudar

(transitive) To knot or twist something.

anuencia

Voluntary agreement or permission.

anulación

(obsolete) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant, specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.

anulado

No longer planned or scheduled.

anulador

(commutative algebra, of an element (or subset) of an R-module M) That ideal of R whose elements yield zero when multiplied by the given element (or; by the elements of the given subset) of M.

anular

To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.

anularse

(mathematics) To become equal to zero.

anunciación

An act of announcing, or giving notice.

anunciador

One who makes announcements.

anunciamiento

An act of announcing, or giving notice.

anunciante

One who advertises.

anunciar

(transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly. [from 15th c.]

anunciarse

(ambitransitive) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.

anuncio

(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.

anuro

(batrachology) Of or relating to the order Anura.

anverso

Turned or facing toward the observer.

anzuelo

Anything which allures; something or someone used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something

aojar

To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.

aorta

(anatomy) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.

aórtico

Of or pertaining to the aorta or the aortic valve.

aovada

(botany, of leaves) With the broadest extremity near the base.

apabullado

Shocked, horrified by something unpleasant.

apabullante

Shocking; exceeding conventional behaviour; provocative. [from 18th c.]

apabullar

(intransitive, obsolete) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.

apacentar

(transitive) To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

apacentarse

(ambitransitive) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)

apache

The group of languages used by any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.

apacible

Unenthusiastic; lukewarm; skeptical.

apaciguamiento

The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace.

apaciguar

To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).

apagado

(of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness

apagar

(slang) To sing out, sing out loud.

apagarse

(figuratively, informal) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.

apagón

A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electrical power supply.

apaisado

(computing, printing, uncountable) a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides

apalabrar

(intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.

apalancamiento

A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot.

apalancar

(transitive) To force to move, usually with a crowbar; to prise.

apalear

To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

apalizar

(transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.

apalpar

(transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. [from 14th c.]

apañado

Nimble with hands or body; dexterous; skillful; adept.

apañaguarse

(intransitive) to act in concert with; to conspire

apanar

(cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).

apañárselas

(mostly, transitive) To manage despite the lack of.

apandar

(transitive, business, obsolete) To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).

apaniaguarse

(intransitive) to act in concert with; to conspire

apanicarse

To cause (someone) to feel panic; also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.

apaniguar

(transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.

apaniguarse

(intransitive) to act in concert with; to conspire

apaño

A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.

apapachar

(transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.

apapacho

A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug").

apapuchar

(transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.

apapuche

A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug").

aparador

A large window at the front of a shop, behind which items for sale are displayed.

aparar

(transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium). [from 16thc.]

aparataje

(collective) An assortment of tools and instruments.

aparato

A complex machine or instrument.

aparato dental

(orthodontics) A device worn on the teeth to straighten them.

aparato sexual

(by extension) Any sex organs, whether external or internal; body parts responsible for sexual reproduction or sexual stimulation.

aparatoso

(informal) Ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome.

aparcacoches

(US) A person employed to clean or park cars.

aparcamiento

The action of the verb to park.

aparcar

(transitive) To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.

apareado

A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and/or in biological research).

apareamiento

(zoology) Pairing of organisms for copulation.

aparearse

(intransitive) To copulate.

aparecer

(intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

aparecerse en

(transitive) To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).

aparecida

Someone who returns from a long absence.

aparecido

A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.

aparecimiento

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.

aparejado

Suitable; proper

aparejar

(transitive) To place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain.

aparejo

A system in which a rope, cable, or chain (the tackle) is passed over pulleys enclosed in two (or rarely more) blocks, one fixed and one attached to a load, which is used to gain mechanical advantage to lift or pull heavy loads.

aparejos

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

aparencial

Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.

aparentador

False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.

aparentar

To appear; to seem; to project a certain quality.

aparente

Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.

aparentemente

Seemingly; in appearance.

aparición

An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

apariencia

(legal) An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, lawsuit or other proceeding, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance

apariencial

Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.

apariencias

(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.

aparir

(intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

aparrado

(of a person or an animal) Sturdy; solidly built; heavy and compact.

apartadizo

Aloof; reserved; unsociable and unfriendly.

apartado

Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.

apartamento

(chiefly, North America, Australia, Philippines) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.

apartamento estudiantino

A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.

apartar

(transitive) To turn aside or away.

aparte

Excluded from consideration.

aparte de

Except for; besides, (postposition) apart.

aparte de esto

(conjunctive) In all other respects.

apartheid

To impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race.

apasionadamente

In a passionate manner.

apasionado

Fired with intense feeling.

apasionamiento

(American spelling) An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.

apastar

(transitive) To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

apatía

Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).

apático

Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion.

apatronado

(archaic) Obedient; compliant with someone else's orders or wishes.

apavorado

Full of something causing dread, whether

apeadero

A place where public transport buses stop to allow passengers to board or leave.

apear

(transitive, sometimes, figurative) To support or shore up something.

apearse

Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.

apechugar

(idiomatic) To accept or confront the unpleasant consequences of one's actions. [from 19th c.]

apechugar[se] con

(transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of. [from late 16th c.]

apedrear

(transitive) To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.

apegado

Fond of (used with to).

apegamiento

A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.

apegarse

(figurative, with preposition to) To be fond of, to feel strongly about and dependent on.

apego

The quality of being fond: liking something, foolishness; doting affection; propensity.

apelación

An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.

apelacional

That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.

apelante

(law) a litigant or party that is making an appeal in court

apelativo

(archaic, historical) A nickname.

apelatorio

That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.

apeligrar

To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.

apellido

(archaic, historical) A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname.

apellido de soltera

The original last name of a person, usually a woman, who has changed their last name upon marriage.

apelmazado

(of food) Having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach.

apelmazar

(transitive) To make more dense; to compress.

apelotonado

Containing a dense pack or mass of something; teeming.

apelotonarse

(intransitive) To press together or collect in numbers.

apena

Infrequently, rarely.

apenado

(chiefly, of someone in trouble and undergoing punishment for doing something wrong) Feeling shame or guilt.

apenar

(transitive) To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.

apenas

At the moment when; immediately (after); instantly; directly.

apéndice

(now, historical) A structure or annexe (especially one with a sloping roof) extending from the side of a building, sometimes as protection from the weather. [from 14th c.]

apendicectomía

(surgery) The surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix.

apendicitis

(pathology) inflammation of the vermiform appendix

apeo

An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.

apeonar

To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.

aperchar

(transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.

apercharse

(intransitive) To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.

apercibimiento

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

apercibo

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

aperción

An act or instance of making or becoming open.

apercollar

To request forcefully.

apergollar

(intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).