Spanish–English dictionary

pornógrafo

One who is involved in the creation or dissemination of pornography. [from mid-19th c.]

poro

A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.

pororó

(chiefly, uncountable) A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.

poroso

Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.

poroto

Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.

porque

By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.

porque no

Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer to a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".

porque sí

Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer to a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".

porquería

(UK, Irish, pejorative, slang) The police.

porqueriza

An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.

porra

(military) A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office.

porrazo

(US, slang) An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.

porrero

(slang) A habitual user of cannabis.

porreta

(slang, derogatory) A person who smokes cannabis frequently, or to excess.

porrismo

A physical activity in which cheerleaders organize elements of dance, gymnastics, and tumbling for judgment or to cheer on a team.

porrista

(chiefly, US) A person, usually a young, attractive female, who encourages applause and cheers at a sports event, and wearing a specially-designed uniform in the official colors of the team he/she cheers for.

porro

(smoking, slang, US) A marijuana cigar.

porrón

A diving duck of temperate and cool Eurasia (Aythya ferina)

porrón albeola

A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola. [from 1850s]

porrón coronado

A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola. [from 1850s]

portabilidad

(software) The ability of a program (or software system) to execute properly on multiple hardware platforms.

portable

Able to be carried or easily moved.

portabrocas

(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

portacomidas

A container for transporting meals, especially lunch.

portada

(music) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.

portador

One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.

portador de féretro

One called upon to carry or bear the coffin or the casket at a funeral.

portador del féretro

One called upon to carry or bear the coffin or the casket at a funeral.

portadora

One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.

portafolio

A case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents. [from 1720s]

portafolios

A case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents. [from 1720s]

portal

(Christianity) A depiction—which may be pictorial, dramatic, or by means of figurines—of the birth of Jesus Christ in a manger, as described in the New Testament account.

portal web

(Internet) A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.

portalón

A passage through the side of a ship or an opening in the railing through which the ship may be boarded; (, also, in, later use) a jet bridge.

portañola

(historical) A slit in a castle wall; today, any similar window for shooting a ranged weapon or letting in light.

portaobjeto

(sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.

portaobjetos

(sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.

portapapeles

(computing) A buffer in memory where the user can store data temporarily while transferring it from one place within an application to another or between applications.

portar

(transitive) To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.

portarse

(intransitive) To act in a polite or proper way.

portarse mal

(intransitive, or, reflexive) To act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner.

portátil

(computing) A laptop computer.

portavaso

A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.

portavasos

A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.

portaviandas

A container for transporting meals, especially lunch.

portavoz

A person who speaks in support of something, or someone; proponent [from 18th c.]

portazgo

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.

porte

One's posture, demeanor, or manner.

porteador

A person who carries luggage and related objects.

portento

(countable) Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc.

portentoso

Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.

portera

(British) One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors.

portería

(sport) In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.

portero

(informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc. to decide who can enter, maintain order, and deal with patrons who cause trouble.

portero automático

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

portero de estrados

A doorkeeper in a courtroom.

pórtico

A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors. [from 1936]

portillo

A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.

portón

A doorlike structure outside a house.

Portsmouth

A city, unitary authority, and borough of Hampshire, in southern England.

Portugal

A country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Official name: Portuguese Republic. Capital and largest city: Lisbon.

portugués

A Portuguese speaker.

portuguesa

Of or pertaining to the people of Portugal or their culture.

porvenir

The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.

pos

Used to introduce a rhetorical question.

pos-

after; later.

posada

Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.

posadera

The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.

posaderas

The buttocks.

posadero

The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.

posador

Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.

posarse

(also, figuratively) Often followed by at, on, or upon: of something aloft: to descend and settle; to land, to lodge, to rest.

posavasos

A small square, circular or differently shaped cardboard mat, often with an advertisement for a brewery on it, that is used to rest one's glass on, and to protect the surface of a table or a bar in a pub.

posdata

(countable) An addendum to a letter, added after the author's signature.

pose

Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).

poseedor

A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.

poseer

(transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.

poseído

Obsessed (by an idea, threat, etc.).

Poseidón

(Greek god) The god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and horses; corresponds to the Roman god Neptune.

posero

One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.

posesión

Something that is owned.

posesión civil

Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own.

posesionarse otra vez

(transitive) To claim something back; to repossess.

posesiones

A territory under the rule of another country.

posesivo

Unwilling to yield possession of.

poseso

controlled by evil spirits.

posibilidad

(countable) An opportunity or possibility.

posibilitar

To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.

posible

Existing in possibility, not in actuality.

posiblemente

(modifying a verb) In the realm of possibility; indicates that the action may successfully be performed (is not impossible) regardless of any facts or circumstances known to, stated by or implied by the speaker that might limit the performance.

posibles

The ability and means required to accomplish some task.

posición

A particular point or place in physical space.

Posidón

(Greek god) The god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and horses; corresponds to the Roman god Neptune.

positividad

(uncountable) The condition of being positive (in all senses); positivism. Optimism.

positivista

Related to positivism, positivistic.

positivo

(algebra) positive; not negative

poso

The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.

posología

The administration of a medication etc, in a measured amount; dosing.

posoperatorio

Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.

posponer

(transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.

posse comitatus

(colloquial) A group of (especially young) people seen as constituting a peer group or band of associates; a gang, a group of friends. [from 20th c.]

post mortem

After death.

post-

after; later.

postal

Relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail.

postar

To assign to a station; to set; to place.

poste

A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.

poste de luz

The pole that holds up a light so it can illuminate a wide area, such as holds up a streetlight.

poste lumínico

The pole that holds up a light so it can illuminate a wide area, such as holds up a streetlight.

postear

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. [from 19th c.]

póster

A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.

postergación

A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

postergar

To put off until a later time; to defer.

posteridad

All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.

posterior

(comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).

posteriormente

At some unspecified time in the future.

postgraduado

Of studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course.

postigo

(architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.

postilla

A comment added to a text.

postizo

Spurious, artificial.

postnatal

After being born, of or pertaining to the period immediately after birth (of a baby).

postoperatorio

Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.

postponer

To put off until a later time; to defer.

postración

Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.

postrado

Lying flat, face-down.

postrado en cama

Confined to bed because of infirmity or illness.

postrar

To cause to lie down, to flatten.

postrarse

(intransitive) To be prone on the ground.

postre

A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.

postremero

Distant; remote in space.

postremo

Descending from a biological ancestor.

postremogénito

Born last in a family; youngest in a the family.

postrer

Distant; remote in space.

postreramente

(sequence) Used to mark the beginning of the last in a list of items or propositions.

postrero

Distant; remote in space.

postrimeramente

(sequence) Used to mark the beginning of the last in a list of items or propositions.

postrimero

Distant; remote in space.

postulado

A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.

postulante

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

postular

(intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" or "at" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).

postularse

(intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" or "at" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).

póstumamente

After death.

postura

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

postureador

One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.

postureadora

One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.

postureo

The assumption of an exaggerated pose or attitude.

posturero

One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.

postventa

(countable) A written guarantee, usually over a fixed period, provided to someone who buys a product or item, which states that certain repairs and/or replacement parts will be provided free of charge in case of damage or a defect.

pósum

Any of the marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands.

posverdad

The fact or state of being post-truth; a time period or situation in which facts have become less important than emotional persuasion.

potable

(of water) Safe to drink.