Spanish–English dictionary

proclamación

(obsolete) A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto.

proclamar

To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.

proclive

Having a tendency, preference, likelihood, or disposition.

procomún

(figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.

procomunal

(figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.

procrastinación

The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.

procrastinador

One who procrastinates or is lazy; one who does not do their fair share or pull their own weight.

procrastinar

(transitive) To put off; to delay (something).

procrear

To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.

proctólogo

A doctor specializing in the colon, rectum, and anus; an expert in proctology.

proctor

(North America, Philippines) A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student; an invigilator.

procuración

(countable) The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.

procurador

(US, legal) An agent of the person giving him/her the power of attorney (for a specific purpose or for general purposes) to act on his or her behalf. The attorney-in-fact’s power and responsibilities depend on the specific powers granted in the power of attorney document.

procurador fiscal

A prosecuting attorney.

procuraduría

(uncountable) The purchasing department of a company.

procurar

(intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously. [from 16th c.]

procurrente

(geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.

prodigar

(transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.

prodigarse

(transitive) To visit often.

prodigio

An amazing or marvellous thing; a wonder. [from 17th c.]

prodigioso

Extraordinarily amazing.

pródigo

Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.

proditor

(by extension) One who betrays any confidence or trust.

producción

The transformation of raw materials into finished products, usually on a large scale.

producido

Refers to the actions, consequences, and repercussions which result from some prior stimulus or event.

producir

(transitive) To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce; to visit.

producir [un resultado]

(transitive) To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result). [from 19th c.]

productividad

The state of being productive, fertile, or efficient.

productivo

Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits.

producto

A distinct physical object.

producto principal

A basic or essential supply.

producto químico

(colloquial) An artificial chemical compound.

productos agrícolas

Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.

proejar

(transitive, or, intransitive, nautical) To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.

proemio

An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.

proeza

A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness.

profanación

An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.

profanar

To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.

profanidad

(uncountable) The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt.

profano

Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.

profecía

The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.

proferir

(transitive) To articulate, pronounce.

profesar

To convey, imply, or profess (often falsely or inaccurately). [(usually) with to (+ infinitive)]

profesión

An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.

profesión de fe

(obsolete) A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto.

profesional

(chiefly, music) A master in some art, especially a composer or conductor.

profesionalidad

The status, methods, character or standards expected of a professional or of a professional organization, such as reliability, discretion, evenhandedness, and fair play.

profesionalmente

In a professional manner.

profesionista

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

profesor

(US, Philippines, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.

profesora

(US, Philippines, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.

profesorado

(chiefly, North American, Philippines) The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.

profético

prophetic; speaking of fate.

proficiencia

Ability, skill, competence.

proficiente

Good at something; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.

proficuo

Being of advantage, beneficial.

profilaxis

(medicine) Prevention of, or protective treatment for, disease.

profligar

(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.

prófugo

(idiomatic) On the loose; roaming freely; not confined.

profundamente

(of sleeping) Deeply or soundly [from 13th c.].

profundidad

the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep

profundidades

The deepest or innermost part.

profundizar

(intransitive, sometimes followed by the prepositions on or upon) To expand/enlarge in detail.

profundizar [en]

(ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out

profundo

(in combination) Extending to a level or length equivalent to the stated thing.

profusión

abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia

profuso

abundant or generous to the point of excess; copious; volubly expressed.

progenie

The abstract link between a person and their ancestors.

progenitor

A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.

programa

A programme (bulletin, documentary, show, etc.) so transmitted.

programa de estudio[s]

(education, North America, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.

programa espía

(Internet) Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user. [from 1990s]

programa malicioso

(computing) Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.

programación

(computing) The act of writing a computer program.

programado

Planned; according to schedule.

programado mentalmente

(of humans and animals) Having made a belief or a pattern of behavior or a habit.

programador

(computing) A programmer (computer programmer).

programador de software

(computing) A software developer; a person or company who creates or modifies computer software.

programadora

(computing) One who writes computer programs.

programar

(computing) To write software programs.

progre

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see social justice,‎ warrior; a social justice activist.

progresar

To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten. [form 15th c.]

progresismo

A political ideology that favours progress towards better conditions in society.

progresista

One with liberal or progressive political beliefs.

progresivamente

In a progressive manner.

progresivo

One with liberal or progressive political beliefs.

progreso

A forward move; improvement or progression.

prohibición

A prohibition.

prohibido

Not allowed; specifically disallowed.

prohibir

(transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.

prójima

(biblical) A fellow human being.

projimidad

Affiliation or similarity.

prójimo

A kindred member of humanity.

prolación

An utterance.

prole

(countable, uncountable) The children in one family; offspring.

prolegómeno

An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.

prolegómenos

An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.

proletaria

A member of the proletariat.

proletario

Of or relating to the proletariat.

proletarizar

(transitive) To turn (a person or group) into proletariat.

proliferación

(uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.

proliferante

Rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly.

proliferar

(ambitransitive) To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.

prolífico

Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits.

prolijidad

Long-windedness, tiresome length, excess of words.

prolijo

Tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose.

prologar

(transitive) To introduce or make a comment before (the main point); to premise.

prólogo

An introduction; something that leads into the beginning of something.

prolongación

That which has been prolonged; an extension.

prolongado

an act of loitering or waiting.

prolongar

(transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.

promediar

(transitive) To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.

promedio

Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.

promesa

(insurance) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.

promesa legal

(legal) A form of bail; a promise made by the accused to the court that they will attend all required judicial proceedings and will not engage in further illegal activity or other prohibited conduct as set by the court.

promesa solemne

A solemn promise to do something.

prometedor

Of good omen; indicating future success.

Prometeo

(Greek god) The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft.

prometer

To make a solemn promise (to do something).

prometer (en matrimonio)

(archaic) Often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; specifically and chiefly, to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man; to affiance.

prometido

A man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended.

prominencia

A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.

prominente

(of a person) Distinguished, important, noteworthy.

prominentemente

In a prominent manner.

promiscuidad

The state or quality of being promiscuous.

promiscuo

(somewhat dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.

promo

(colloquial) Clipping of promotion.

promoción

The act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something.

promoción comercial

(originally, US) The promotion of goods for sale in a store, especially through advertising, attractive displays, discounts, etc.; also (generally) , the promotion of any goods or services for sale.

promocionar

To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote. [from 14th c.]

promontorio

Coastal land that juts into the sea.

promotor

A real estate developer; a person or company who prepares a parcel of land for sale, or creates structures on that land.

promotor fiscal

A prosecuting attorney.

promover

To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.

prompt

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

promulgación

The act of promulgating or announcing something, especially a proclamation announcing a new law.

promulgar

(transitive, legal) To make (a bill) into law.

prono

(figuratively) Predisposed, liable, inclined.

pronombre

(grammar) A type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective.

pronosticador

A person who forecasts.

pronosticar

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

pronóstico

An estimation of a future condition.

prontamente

In a prompt manner.

prontitud

Promptness; speed.

pronto

Used to urge someone to do something quickly.

prontuariar

(law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.

prontuario

A record of the past crimes of which someone has been convicted.

pronunciación

(uncountable) The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.

pronunciamiento

An official public announcement.

pronunciar

To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize.