Spanish–English dictionary

pretender

(ambitransitive, usually followed by particle "to" + verb, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon

pretendidamente

According to someone's allegation.

pretendiente

A claimant to a throne or the office of a ruler; originally in a neutral sense, but now always applied to a claimant who is held to have no just title.

pretensión

A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.

pretensioso

Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.

pretenso

(countable, or, uncountable) The action of pretending; false or simulated show or appearance; false or hypocritical assertion or representation.

preterir

(transitive) To leave out or exclude.

pretérito

(grammar) The past tense.

pretermitir

(transitive) To intentionally disregard (something), to ignore; to neglect or omit. [from 15th c.]

pretextado

Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.

pretextar

To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.

pretexto

A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.

pretil

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

pretina

(baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.

pretsel

(culinary) A toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot.

pretzel

(culinary) A toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot.

prevalecer

(intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence, or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.

prevaleciente

Predominant; of greatest force.

prevalencia

(law) The supersession of a conflicting law from a lower jurisdiction by an overlapping law from a higher jurisdiction.

prevalente

Superior in frequency or dominant.

prevaricación

(legal) Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official and causing damage.

prevaricato

(legal) Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official and causing damage.

prevenible

Capable of being prevented.

prevenir

(transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.

preventiva

Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty

preventivo

Of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution.

prever

(transitive) To know of (something) before it happens; to expect.

previa

(sex) The acts at the beginning of a (usually human) sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal.

previamente

(formal, temporal) Before now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point.

previo

Most recent, latest, last so far.

previsible

able to be foreseen or anticipated

previsión

The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.

previsto

Planned; according to schedule.

previsualización

(computing) A facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.

previsualizar

(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.

Príamo

(Greek mythology) The king of Troy during the Iliad

priesa

Speed, haste or urgency.

prima

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

primacía

(law) The supersession of a conflicting law from a lower jurisdiction by an overlapping law from a higher jurisdiction.

primado

(zoology) A mammal of the order Primates, including apes (which include humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos.

primal

An animal that is between one and two years old; one that is in its second year (but not yet two full years old).

primaria

Relating to an elementary school.

primariamente

(focus) Of a primary or central nature, first and foremost.

primarias

(political science) A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party, or the first round of a two-round election.

primario

First in importance, degree, or rank.

primate

(derogatory) An uncivilized person.

primavera

A New World passerine bird; Turdus migratorius.

primer

Of or belonging to a first family.

primer acto

(theater) The first act in a variety show or concert.

primer plano

(photography) A photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale, and occupies most or all of the frame.

primer premio

A large cash prize or money.

primera

First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun.

primera clase

Excellent; first-rate.

primera piedra

Such a stone used ceremonially, often inscribed with the architect's and owner's names, dates and other details.

primeramente

Before anything else; firstly.

primeras

(informal) The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.

primerizo

Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.

primero

Of or belonging to a first family.

primevo

Belonging to the first ages.

primicia

Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.

primigenio

Being the first in time or in history.

primitivismo

The quality or state of being primitive.

primitivo

Primitive.

primo

(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.

primo carnal

(obsolete, _, except in set terms) Being born to one’s blood aunt or uncle, a first (cousin).

primogénita

The first child to be born to a parent or family.

primogénito

The first child to be born to a parent or family.

primor

Close attention; concern; responsibility.

primordial

Of the highest importance.

primordio

(now, _, rare) The earliest stage of something.

primorear

(transitive, intransitive, especially, of a, person) To produce music using a musical instrument.

prímula

A flowering plant of the genus Primula.

princesa

A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.]

principal

Principal; primary.

principalmente

(focus) Especially or primarily; above all.

príncipe

The (male) ruler or head of a principality. [from 14th c.]

principesco

Relating to a prince.

principiante

Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.

principiar

(ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.

principio

(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.

principios

Based on, having, or manifesting principles

pringada

(slang, sometimes, derogatory) Someone weak and unimportant, a wimp.

pringado

A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life.

pringar

(transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.

Pringle

An individual potato snack of the Pringles brand.

pringor

(uncountable) Any liquid resembling juice.

pringoso

Like fat; greasy.

pringue

Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.

prion

(molecular biology) A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.

prior

In an abbey, the person ranking just after the abbot, appointed as his deputy; a prior claustral.

priora

The head of a priory, or some other minor or smaller monastery; a prior conventual.

priorato

A monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress.

priorazgo

A monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress.

prioridad

(informal) The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.

prioritario

Of the highest importance.

priorización

The process of assigning priorities to things or tasks.

priorizar

(transitive) To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.

prisa

Speed, haste or urgency.

Priscila

A en given name of biblical origin.

prisión

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.

prisionero

One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.

prismático

Of or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms.

prismáticos

A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes.

prístino

Being the first in time or in history.

privacidad

(uncountable) The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.

privación

(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.

privadamente

In a private manner.

privado

Deprived of, stripped of, robbed of.

privar

(transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off. [First attested around 1150–1350]

privativo

Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner or licensee of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.

privatización

The transfer of a company or organization from government to private ownership and control.

privatizar

(economics) To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry.

privilegiado

Having special privileges.

privilegio

A privilege or possession held or claimed exclusively by a certain person, group or class.

pro bono

(legal, medicine) Without charging a fee, done without fee, generally for clients or patients of limited means.

pro bono público

(legal, medicine) Without charging a fee, done without fee, generally for clients or patients of limited means.

proa

(nautical) The front of a boat or ship.

proactivo

Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty

probabilidad

(countable) The probability of something happening.

probable

(predicative, with to-infinitive) Likely.

probablemente

In all likelihood.

probado

Having been proved; having proved its value or truth.

probador

A room or enclosure, e.g. in a clothes shop, where people try on clothes they are interested in buying.

probana

A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.

probar

(intransitive, informal, UK, Australia) To make an attempt; to try.

probar, tratar

(archaic, intransitive) To try, attempt (to do something). [14th–19th c.]

probatura

A challenge, trial.

probidad

Integrity, especially of the quality of having strong moral principles; decency and honesty.

probiótico

Describing any dietary supplement that contains live bacteria for therapeutic purposes.

problema

A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.

problemas

Difficulty in doing something.

problemas con papá

(informal) A complex, especially in a girl or woman, originating from an unhealthy relationship with one's father, causing one to behave erratically in romantic relationships.

problemas paternales

(informal) A complex, especially in a girl or woman, originating from an unhealthy relationship with one's father, causing one to behave erratically in romantic relationships.

problemática

A problem or difficulty in a particular field of study.

problemático

Given to troublemaking.

probóscide

(anatomy) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.

procaz

(of people or behaviour) Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.

procedencia

One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.

proceder

One's posture, demeanor, or manner.

procedimiento

A plan; a set of intended actions, through which one intends to achieve a goal.

proceloso

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; also, of a place: frequently experiencing tempests; (very) stormy.

prócer

(geology) An elevated land area or a hill.

procesador

A device which processes, which changes something (a computer processor, food processor, etc.).

procesal

Of or relating to a process, especially to the methodological study of processes in social science.

procesamiento

(computing, linguistics) An act of parsing; a parsing.

procesamiento por lotes

(computing) A set of data to be processed at one time.

procesar

(computing, ambitransitive) To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.

proceso

(legal) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.

proceso judicial

(legal) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.

proceso ligero

(computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.