Spanish–English dictionary

quiebro

A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence

quien

Any person; anybody.

quiénes

(fused relative, archaic, or, marginal) Whoever, he who, they who.

quienquita

(uncomparable) It is hoped that; I hope; we hope. [from 18th c.]

quier

Introduces a disjunctive adverbial clause qualifying the main clause (with correlative or).

quiescente

Inactive, quiet, at rest.

quiete

(Australia, Britain, North America, Philippines, education) A time away from studying during the school day for a meal or recreation.

quieto

At rest, stationary, immobile, not moving.

quietud

Absence of sound; silence or hush.

quife

A kind of cannabis smoked in Morocco and Algeria, for narcotic or intoxicating effect.

quijada

One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

quijote

(botany) A particularly notable member of a plant species, such as one of great size.

quílice

An Ancient Greek drinking cup with a stem, two handles, and a broad, shallow body.

quillado

(mostly, in combination) Furnished with a keel.

quilo

A digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small intestine.

quilo-

(computing, deprecated) .

quilocaloría

A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories (small calories), used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1 calorie as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal.

quilogramo

In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg

quilombo

Fuss, ado.

quilombola

An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person. [from 17th c.]

quilómetro

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 103 metres. Symbol: km

quiltro

(dated, or, humorous) A contemptible or inferior dog.

quimera

(Greek mythology) A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.

química

Of or relating to chemistry.

químicamente

Using a chemical reaction, process, or operation.

químico

Of or relating to chemistry.

quimio-

Relating to or using chemicals or chemistry.

quimiosíntesis

the production of carbohydrates and other compounds from simple compounds such as carbon dioxide, using the oxidation of chemical nutrients as a source of energy rather than sunlight; it is limited to certain bacteria and fungi

quimono

A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.

quiñar

(transitive) To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.

quince

The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).

quinceavo

One of fifteen equal parts of a whole.

quincena

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, dated, _, in North America) A period of 2 weeks.

quinde

Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.

quingo

A curve.

quingombó

The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.

quinina

(pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid with the chemical formula C20H24N2O2, originally derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona), used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water, which presents as a bitter colourless powder; also, a drug containing quinine or a chemical compound derived from it. [from early 19th c.]

quinoa

A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.

quinqui

Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.

quinquillero

Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.

quinta

A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.

quintada

(US, Philippines) An initiation or behavior that involves humiliation, harassment or abuse, particularly in universities and in the military.

quintaesencia

A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.

quintaesencial

Of the nature of a quintessence (in all senses); being or relating to the ultimate essence of something.

quintar

(transitive, often with off) To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing.

quintilla

A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.

quintilliza

One of a group of five, particularly babies born from the same mother during the same birth.

quintillizo

One of a group of five, particularly babies born from the same mother during the same birth.

quintillón

(dated, British, Australia, long scale) A million quadrillion: 1 followed by 30 zeros, 1030.

quinto

One who is compulsorily enrolled, often into a military service; a draftee.

quinua

A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.

quiosco

A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc.

quiqui

A hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head.

quirófano

A room in a hospital used for performing surgical operations.

quiropráctica

(alternative medicine) A system of health care involving manipulation of the spinal column and other body structures, for the purpose of alleviating neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction.

quiropráctico

A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic.

quirúrgicamente

Relating to surgery; by means of surgery.

quirurgo

One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.

quisicosa

A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.

quisquilla

(uncountable) The flesh of such crustaceans.

quisquilloso

Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.

quiste

A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.

quístico

Of or pertaining to a cyst.

quitación

The process of removing or the fact of being removed.

quitado de la pena

Joyful, glad, taking pleasure in being alive; not depressed or sad.

quitamiento

The process of removing or the fact of being removed.

quitar

To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]

quitar el sombrero

(figurative) Used to express approval or praise: congratulations, kudos, well done! [with to]

quitar el sonido

(transitive) To turn off the sound of.

quitar hierro

(transitive) To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.

quitar importancia

(transitive) To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.

quitar las espinas

To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.

quitarse

(chiefly, clothing) To remove or take off (something worn on the body such as armour or clothing, or something carried).

quitasol

A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.

quite

(fencing) A simple defensive action designed to deflect an attack, performed with the forte of the blade.

quizá

(as a pro-sentence) Perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement).

quizás

(modal auxiliary verb, defective) Expressing a present possibility; possibly. [from 13th c.]

quórum

The minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or supermajority.

rabadilla

(medical, formal) The final (bottom-most) fused vertebrae at the base of the spine, the tailbone.

rabanito

A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.

rábano

A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.

rábano blanco

An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.

rabear

To swing from side to side, as an animal's tail, or someone's head to express disagreement or disbelief.

rabia

A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to yell, say curse words, and/or physically harm or cause damage or destruction to things or attack or assault living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, or unfair or unjust treatment, or a situation not going the way one had desired or planned.

rabiante

Filled with unexpressed anger; in a state of being livid.

rabiar

(intransitive) To act or speak in heightened anger.

rabieta

An often childish display or fit of bad temper.

rabino

A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.

rabioso

Excessively nervous, excited, tense, angry, anxious, or upset; overemotional; very uneasy.

rabo

The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.

rabosa

(in particular) The red fox, a small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes) with red or silver fur.

raboso

(in particular) The red fox, a small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes) with red or silver fur.

rabotear

(transitive) To clip or cut off a section of an animal's tail; to practise a caudectomy.

rábula

(by extension) A legal layman who argues points of law.

racanear

(transitive, informal) To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.

rácano

Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.

racha

A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness.

racial

Of or relating to a race (or a people).

racialmente

Relating to race.

racimo

A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.

ración

A portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person or group.

racional

Logically sound; not self-contradictory or otherwise absurd.

racionalidad

The quality or state of being rational; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.

racionalismo

(philosophy) The theory that the reason is a source of knowledge independent of and superior to sense perception.

racionalización

(now, rare) The process or result of rationalizing, or expressing in rational terms.

racionalizar

(transitive, by extension) To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.

racionalmente

In a rational manner

racionamento

Controlled distribution of scarce resources such as food or fuel; used typically in wartime.

racionamiento

(US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.

racionar

(transitive) To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.

racismo

Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination.

racista

One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.

racord

Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.

radar

(uncountable) A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces.

radiactivo

(informal) Radioactive. [from the 20th c.]

radial

A usually hand-held grinder which uses a pair of internal gears to place the rotational axis of the grinding or cutting wheel perpendicular to that of the driving motor.

radiante

In a state of glowing excitement, ardent desire, or other strong emotion. [17th century.]

radiar

(often, literary, or, poetic) To make (someone or something) bright by shining light on them or it; to brighten, to illuminate.

radical

(also, attributive) Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding extremist or unorthodox views.

radicalmente

In a radical manner; fundamentally; very.

radicar

To occupy a place.

radicar en

(transitive) To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts). [from the earlier 15th c.]

radio

Radio or television broadcasts.

radio macuto

An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.

radioactivo

Exhibiting radioactivity.

radioaficionado

(radio) An amateur radio operator.

radioamador

(radio) An amateur radio operator.

radiodifusión

(business) The business or profession of radio and television.

radiología

(medicine) The specialty of medical imaging and its interpretation, originally and especially radiography#Noun but now including all imaging modalities, including ones that use no radiation#Noun (such as ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging).

radiólogo

A person who is skilled in or practices radiology.

radiorreceptor

(countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.

radioso

Radiating light and/or heat.

radiotransmisor

(countable) A device that can transmit radio signals.

radón

The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive noble gas.

raedura

The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]

raer

(transitive) To rub or wear off; erode. [First attested in the late 17th century.]

Rafa

A en given name.

ráfaga

An act or instance of bursting.

rafaila

(medical, formal) The final (bottom-most) fused vertebrae at the base of the spine, the tailbone.

rafting

The sport of guiding a raft while descending a river, especially through rapids known as white water rafting.

ragnarok

(Norse mythology) A series of future events culminating in a battle, fought between the Æsir and einherjar on one side, and the forces of Surtr, Loki, and Loki's children on the other, in which all of creation is burned down and almost all life is extinguished.

rai

An instance of riding.

raicearse

(transitive, proscribed) To make unalive; to kill, especially oneself; to commit suicide.

raíces

The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.

raid

A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).

raído

Of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect; scruffy.

raigón

The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.

raijo

A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.

raíl

The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.

Raimundo

A en given name.