Spanish–English dictionary

potar

(colloquial, ambitransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.

potasa

The water-soluble part of wood ash, used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer (chemically speaking, an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts).

potasio

A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element (symbol K) with an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. The symbol is derived from the Latin kalium.

pote

A projectile component containing colored or screening smoke or riot control agent composition.

potencia

(countable, uncountable) Power, strength, force, or influence held by a person or group.

potenciador

Something that boosts.

potencial

Existing in possibility, not in actuality.

potencializar

To augment or make something greater.

potencialmente

In a manner showing much potential; with the possibility of happening in a given way.

potenciar

To enable or provide the impetus for.

potentado

A rich or powerful person; a magnate, nabob.

potente

Capable of either physical or coercive force; powerful.

potestad

(countable, law, politics) the legal authority to deal with a matter.

potingue

(medicine) A viscous aqueous oil or fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)

poto

(slang, childish, euphemistic) The buttocks.

potra

A young female horse.

potranca

A young female horse.

potranco

A young male horse.

potrero

(also, figuratively) A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals.

potrillo

A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.

potro

A young male horse.

poyete

(government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.

poyo

(government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.

poza

Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.

pozo

(mining) A shaft or excavation.

pozo ciego

An underground pit where sewage is held.

pozo de la escalera

A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase.

pozo de la nieve

A deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice or snow; sometimes also used to store food at low temperature.

pozo de nieve

A deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice or snow; sometimes also used to store food at low temperature.

pozo de visita

A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.

pozo negro

An underground pit where sewage is held.

pozo registral

A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.

PP

(often, pejorative) Someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin, especially a dog.

práctica

A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade.

practicador

One who practises.

prácticamente

Very nearly; everything short of. Most often precedes a verb or adjective.

practicando

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

practicanta

A person who practices a profession or art, especially law or medicine.

practicante

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

practicar

(ambitransitive) To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater.

practicar furtivismo

(ambitransitive) To take game or fish illegally.

prácticas

A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade.

practicidad

(uncountable) The state of being practical or feasible.

práctico

Easy to use, useful.

pradera

An area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation.

prado

A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.

Praga

The capital city of the Czech Republic; the former capital of Czechoslovakia; the former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

pragmático

(idiomatic) Hardheaded, stubborn.

praguense

The capital city of the Czech Republic; the former capital of Czechoslovakia; the former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

PRE

A horse of a breed from the Iberian Peninsula, with long, thick mane and tail.

pre-

Before; earlier in time; beforehand.

preámbulo

An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.

prebélico

Of the time period prior to a war.

prebenda

In some cultures, a sum of money or other valuables paid by a bridegroom or on his behalf to the family of the bride.

preboste

A mayor: the chief magistrate of a town, particularly (Scotland) the head of a burgh or (historical) the former chiefs of various towns in France, Flanders, or (by extension) other Continental European countries.

precalentar

(transitive) to heat beforehand or in advance, to heat something in preparation for further action

precariedad

A state of being uncertain or unstable.

precario

(comparable) Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous.

precaución

A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided.

precaucionarse

(transitive, rare) To take precaution against.

precautorio

Serving to caution or warn; admonitory

precavida

Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty

precavidamente

In a cautious manner.

precavido

Carefully aware of all circumstances; considerate of all that is pertinent.

precedencia

The state of preceding in importance or priority.

precedente

Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.

preceder

(figurative) To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald.

preceptiva

A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.

precepto

An order to do something.

preceptuar

(ambitransitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.

preces

The specific words or methods used for praying.

precesión

(countable, uncountable) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.

precintar

(transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.

precinto

A type of fastener, especially for binding several electronic cables or wires together.

precio de la sangre

(historical, especially in Germanic, _, legal) Compensation thus determined and paid; a reparative payment.

precios

The level at which a price is set.

preciosidad

(uncountable) The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.

precioso

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.

precipicio

A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.

precipitación

(meteorology) The amount of rain that falls on a single occasion

precipitadamente

In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

precipitado

Hasty; rash; quick; sudden

precipitar

(transitive) To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.

precipitarse

(idiomatic) To act or begin too soon or without due caution.

precipitoso

Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.

precisamente

(manner) In a precise manner; exactly.

precisar

(intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of like independent does) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition

precisión

The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness

preciso

Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty

preclaro

(of a person) Distinguished, important, noteworthy.

precluir

(transitive) To remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.

precocidad

The condition of being precocious

precognición

(parapsychology) Knowledge of the future; understanding of something in advance, especially as a form of supernatural or extrasensory perception. [from 15th c.]

preconcebido

(of an opinion or notion) Conceived beforehand: formed ahead of time.

preconcepción

An opinion formed before obtaining adequate evidence, especially as the result of bias or prejudice.

preconcepto

An opinion formed before obtaining adequate evidence, especially as the result of bias or prejudice.

precoz

At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.

precuela

(narratology) In a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor, especially the original narrative or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative work with at least one sequel.

precursor

A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.

predador

Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other non-plant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.

predar

(ambitransitive) To prey upon something.

predecesor

An ancestor.

predecible

Able to be predicted.

predecir

To estimate how something will be in the future.

predestinación

(theology) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.

predestinar

(transitive) To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.

predeterminado

(Internet, of threads on a bulletin board) Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.

prediabetes

The state in which blood glucose levels are above normal but have not reached those of diabetes.

prédica

(countable) A formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.

predicador

Someone who preaches a worldview, philosophy, or religion, especially someone who preaches the gospel and especially a clergyman or clergywoman. In a religious context, usually used only to refer to Protestant Christian clergy.

predicamento

A definite class, state or condition.

predicar

(transitive) To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly.

predicción

A statement of what will happen in the future.

predictible

Able to be predicted.

predictivo

Useful in predicting.

predilección

(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.

predilecciones

(chiefly, in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).

predio

An area or land used for building on or planting on. [from 1550s]

predisposición

A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.

predispuesto

Subject; susceptible; prone.

predominancia

The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.

predominante

Superior in frequency or dominant.

predominar

(intransitive) To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.

predominio

The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.

preduntar

(transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).

preeminencia

The status of being preeminent, dominant or ascendant.

preeminente

Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important. [from 15th c.]

preemptivo

Of or relating to preemption.

preescolar

(North America, Australia, India) The elementary school grade before first grade.

preestrenar

(computing, transitive) To show something in advance, a facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.

preestreno

A short collection of clips edited together to advertise a film, television show, etc.; a trailer.

prefacio

(cinematography, television) A piece of text appearing on screen as a subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, describing dialogue (and sometimes other sound) for viewers who cannot hear.

prefatorio

Serving as a preface or prelude; introductory, preliminary. [from 1670s]

prefectura

(historical, Ancient Rome) A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon

prefectural

Of, pertaining to or at the level of a prefecture.

preferencial

Of or relating to the showing or giving of preference.

preferencias

(chiefly, in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).

preferente

Of or relating to the showing or giving of preference.

preferible

Better than some other option; preferred.

preferiblemente

In preference; by choice; in a preferable manner.

preferir

To look upon fondly; to prefer.

prefiguración

(literature, usually, uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.

prefigurar

(transitive) To presage, or suggest something in advance. [from 16th c.]

prefrontal

Of, pertaining to or situated in the anterior part of the frontal lobe.

pregonar

(transitive, figurative, modern usage) To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).

pregonero

An individual who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, accepting bids to find the best price for the vendor.

pregraduado

Of, relating to, or being an undergraduate.

pregunta

(computing) A sequence of characters that is displayed to indicate that a computer is ready to receive input.

preguntadera

The action of asking questions; a survey; an inquiry.

preguntar

(transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).