Spanish–English dictionary

Raimundo y todo el mundo

All people.

raite

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

raiteada

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

raitear

(ambitransitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger. [from 9th c., transitive usage from 19th c.]

raíz

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

raja

(informal) The space between the buttocks.

rajada

An act or instance of retracting.

rajado

Split, sundered, or divided.

rajadura

(uncountable, originally, LGBTQ slang) Subtle insults.

rajar

(transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.

rajar de

(transitive, figuratively) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.

Rajastán

A state in northwestern India, created in 1949 and replacing the former province of Rajputana. Capital: Jaipur. [from 20th c.]

rajón

(informal) Inclined to make (disapproving) judgments; judgmental.

ralea

A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.

ralear

(intransitive) To become thin or thinner.

ralentizar

(transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.

ralentizarse

(intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.

rallado

Produced by grating.

rallador

a tool with which one grates, especially foods such as cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump

ralladora

a tool with which one grates, especially foods such as cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump

ralladura

(countable) A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.

rallar

(transitive, cooking) To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.

rally

(motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.

ralo

(of a gas) Thin; of low density.

RAM

(electronics, computing) Acronym of random-access memory.

rama

A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.

ramadán

(Islam) The holy ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, during which Muslims fast between the break of dawn until sunset; they also refrain from drinking liquids, smoking and having sexual relations.

ramal

Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

ramalazo

The quality of being effeminate.

rambla

A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.

ramen

Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese style).

ramera

A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets.

ramificación

Something which develops from something else.

ramificar

(ambitransitive) To divide into branches or subdivisions.

ramilla

A small thin branch of a tree or bush.

ramillete

A small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs tied in a bundle, often presented as a gift; nosegays were originally intended to be put to the nose for the pleasant sensation or to mask unpleasant odours. [from 15th c.]

ramiro

(zoology, agriculture) A male sheep, typically uncastrated.

ramita

A bunch of cut flowers.

ramito

(metalworking, countable) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.

ramo

A bunch of cut flowers.

Ramón

A en given name.

ramonear

(intransitive, of an animal) To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees.

rampa

A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.

rampante

Excessively ambitious.

rampar

(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.

ramplón

Debased; uncouth; distasteful; obscene.

Ramsés

Name of several pharaohs of 19th and 20th dynasty of Ancient Egypt, 13th to 10th century BC.

rana

Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.

rana toro

A large species of toad, Aquarana catesbeiana (syn. Rana catesbeiana or Lithobates catesbeiana), found in North America.

ranacuajo

A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.

ranchera

Ellipsis of country music. [from 20th c.]

rancidez

The characteristic of being rancid.

rancio

(idiomatic) Old; aged.

random

(informal) Being (part of) a varied, unrelated, and apparently arbitrary collection of things; diverse, heterogeneous.

rangífero

(plural: reindeer) Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.

rango

The state of being pungent.

raní

The wife of a rajah.

rankear

(intransitive) To have a ranking.

rankeo

One’s relative placement in a list.

ranking

One’s relative placement in a list.

ranquear

(intransitive) To have a ranking.

ranqueo

One’s relative placement in a list.

ranquin

One’s relative placement in a list.

ranúnculo

Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the crowfoot.

ranura

A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.

ranurar

(transitive) To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.

rapado

A short haircut.

rapapolvo

An unloving succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving child; an earful; dressing down.

rapar

(transitive) To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.

rapé

A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.

rape común

An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius.

rapear

(ambitransitive) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.

rapera

(music) A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music.

rapero

(music) A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music.

rápidamente

Quickly, with great speed; within a short time [from 13th c.].

rapidez

Speed, haste or urgency.

rápido

Fast, quickly, swiftly.

raposa

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

raposo

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

raptar

(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.]

rapto

(Christianity) In some forms of fundamentalist Protestant eschatology, a prophesied sudden removal of Christian believers from the Earth before the Tribulation or simultaneous with the second coming of Jesus Christ.

raptor

One who abducts; a kidnapper. [mid 19th century]

Raquel

(biblical character) Younger daughter of Laban, sister to Leah, and second wife of Jacob.

raqueta

(US) A ramp or slip road on the right-hand side of the road, used for making left turns.

raquis

The main axis of a feather.

raquítico

(disease) Of or pertaining to, or affected by, rickets. [from 18th c.]

raquitismo

(pathology) A disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft or weak bones.

rara vez

Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often. [from 16th c.]

raramente

Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often. [from 16th c.]

rarefacción

A reduction in the density of a material, especially that of a fluid.

rareza

(uncountable) Strangeness.

raridad

A measure of the scarcity of an object.

rarificado

(of a gas) Thin; of low density.

rarito

(slang) Behaving or looking like a sexual pervert.

raro

Strangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way.

rasa

The weather, such as wind or rain.

rasca

(uncountable) A condition of low temperature.

rascacielos

(architecture) A very tall building with a large number of floors. [from 1880s]

rascadera

New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga.

rascar

To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.

rascón

Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.

rasgado

Torn, either partly or into separate pieces.

rasgadura

A tear or rip in some surface.

rasgar

(transitive) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst.

rasgo

Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).

rasgo característico

A characteristic trait or theme, especially in the way people or media present themselves.

rasgón

A hole or break caused by tearing.

rasguear

(ambitransitive) To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various strings simultaneously.

rasguñar

To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).

rasguño

(medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]

rasilla

(countable) A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.

rasión

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

rasmillo

A surface cut or abrasion.

raso

The weather, such as wind or rain.

raspadura

(medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]

raspar

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

raspón

(informal) Very minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip.

rasponazo

A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).

rasposo

Of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping.

rasquiña

A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.

rasta

A single strand of dreadlocks.

rastas

A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into matted strings.

rastra

A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.

rastreador

(computing) A computer program that monitors something.

rastreador web

(Internet) A software bot that autonomously follows connected paths such as links between web pages.

rastreadora

(finance) A tracker mortgage.

rastrear

(transitive) To watch; to dog, or keep track of.

rastrera

Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.

rastrero

Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.

rastrillo

An outdoor temporary market selling inexpensive antiques, curios, etc.

rastro

A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc. [Early 19th century.]

rastrojo

(countable, and, uncountable) The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.

rasurar

(intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means.

rata

(slang, African-American Vernacular English, pejorative) A person, especially a woman, from an urban neighborhood who overtly exhibits attributes associated with inner city life, especially in both behavior and appearance.

rata almizclada

A semiaquatic rodent of the tribe Ondatrini.

rata almizcleña

A semiaquatic rodent of the tribe Ondatrini.

rata almizclera

A semiaquatic rodent of the tribe Ondatrini.

rata de agua

Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the tribes Arvicolini, Ellobiusini, Clethrionomyini, Pliomyini, Phenacomyini and Prometheomyini.

ratatouille

A traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant.

ratear

(ambitransitive) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.

ratera

A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.

ratero

A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.

ratificar

(transitive) To give formal consent to; make officially valid, sign off on.

ratio

A number representing a comparison between two named things.

ratite

A member of a diverse group of mostly large, running, flightless birds that lack keels on their sternums, mostly extinct such as the elephant bird and moa, but including the extant cassowaries, emu, kiwi, ostrich, and rhea; formerly grouped together in the order Struthioniformes, and including the Paleognathae except the tinamous.

ratito

(historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.

rato

(colloquial) An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance. [from 18th c.]

ratón

Any small rodent of the genus Mus.

ratón de biblioteca

(figurative) An avid book reader.

ratona

Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).