Spanish–English dictionary

reflectante

That reflects, or redirects back to the source.

reflector

A reflector intended for pedestrians, runners, and motorized and non-motorized vehicles. It aids visibility of a person or vehicle as it reflects light from headlights of vehicles.

reflejar

(intransitive) To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface.

reflejar especularmente

(transitive) To reflect, as in a mirror.

reflejar espejadamente

(transitive) To reflect, as in a mirror.

reflejarse

(intransitive) To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface.

reflejo

The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.

reflexión

The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.

reflexionar

(transitive) To consider carefully; to weigh well in the mind.

reflexivo

That reflects, or redirects back to the source.

reflujo

The receding movement of the tide.

reforma

The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it

Reforma protestante

(historical) The religious movement initiated in the 16th century against the Roman Catholic Church.

reformar

(idiomatic) To renovate or to convert to a different use, particularly houses, offices, or rooms within them.

reformista

(political) Advocating reform of an institution or body.

reformular

(transitive) To say or write something with different wording.

reforzamiento

(uncountable) The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.

reforzar

(transitive, often, figurative) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.

refracción

(physics) The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.

refrán

An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.

refrasear

(transitive) To say or write something with different wording.

refregar

(transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.

refreír

To fry again.

refrenar

(transitive) To control or keep in check.

refrendar

(transitive) To do or say again (and again).

refrescamiento

The process of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour.

refrescante

Invigoratingly cool and refreshing.

refresco

(uncountable) Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate).

refresco de cola

(countable, uncountable, informal) Cola-based soft drink; (in particular) Coca-Cola.

refri

(informal) A refrigerator. [from 1920s]

refriega

A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.

refrigeración

The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it.

refrigerador

A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).

refrigeradora

A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).

refrigerante

A medium, usually fluid, used to draw heat from an object.

refrigerio

(usually, countable, usually, in the plural) That which refreshes, such as a light snack or drink.

refrito

Something reworked, or made up from old materials.

refuerzo

Something that boosts.

refugar

To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).

refugiada

(attributive, also, figurative) A person seeking refuge (as for shelter or protection), especially in a foreign country, out of fear or prospect of political, religious persecution, war, natural disaster, etc. [from 1680s]

refugiado

(attributive, also, figurative) A person seeking refuge (as for shelter or protection), especially in a foreign country, out of fear or prospect of political, religious persecution, war, natural disaster, etc. [from 1680s]

refugiarse

(transitive) To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.

refugio

(countable) Any place of shelter.

refulgencia

the quality of being refulgent; refulgency

refulgente

Resplendent, or shining brightly and radiantly.

refulgir

(chiefly, of eyes) To be bright with delight.

refundir

(transitive) To repeat with minor variation.

refunfuñadura

(onomatopoeia) A low thundering, rumbling or growling sound.

refunfuñar

(intransitive) To complain; to murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.

refunfuñón

One who is grumpy or irritable. [from the early 20th c]

refunfuñona

One who is grumpy or irritable. [from the early 20th c]

refutable

Able to be refuted, or shown to be false.

refutación

An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.

refutar

(transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

regadera

A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).

regal

(musical instruments) A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by brass beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the 16th and 17th centuries, and has been revived for the performance of music from those times.

regalar

(transitive) To give as a gift or donation.

regalicia

Licorice in confectionery form.

regalito

A snack food item designed to be given to pets.

regaliz

Licorice in confectionery form.

regalo

(countable) Something given liberally; a gift.

regalón

(of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.

regañada

(of a person) A harsh criticism.

regañar

(transitive) To punish, especially by corporal punishment.

regañera

(of a person) A harsh criticism.

regañina

(of a person) A harsh criticism.

regaño

A contorted facial expression, often expressing contempt or pain.

regar

(transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.

regata

(countable) A series of boat races, or sometimes a single race.

regate

(countable, sports) The act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it.

regatear

(transitive) To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade

regencia

A system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.

regentar

(transitive, stative) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.

regente

(Ireland, rare, obsolete) A member of a city council.

regentear

(transitive, stative) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.

reggae

(Rastafari, music genre, originally, dance) A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies.

regidor

(historical, Ancient Rome) An elected official who was responsible for the maintenance of public buildings, regulation of festivals, supervision of markets and the supply of grain and water.

régimen

(politics, religion, usually, uncountable) Organizational structure and governance, especially of a state or a religion.

régimen fiscal

A particular system of taxing people or companies

regimiento

(military) A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units. [from 16th c.]

regimiento de infantería

A regiment of infantry.

regio

Relating to a prince.

región

An air pocket.

regional

Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.

regir

To exercise (authority or influence) effectively.

registración

(countable, uncountable) The act of signing up or registering for something.

registrado

Having had one's name added to an official list or entered into a register

registrador

Agent noun of record; one who records.

registrar

To record in documents.

registrar derechos de autor

(transitive, intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.

registrarse

(transitive) To enter in a register; to enlist.

registro

(music) A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.

regla

The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.) [from 14th c.]

reglamentar

To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.

reglamentario

Of, relating to, enacted or regulated by a statute.

regleta

A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.

reglón

A ruler that measures one metre.

regocijar

To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.

regocijarse

To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.

regocijo

(uncountable) The condition of enjoying anything.

regodearse

To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.

regodeo

Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune.

regodeón

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

regordete

Of a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump, rounded, and soft.

regresar

(intransitive) Return to where one came from.

regresión

An action of regressing, a return to a previous state.

regreso a casa

Ellipsis of harvest homecoming, a traditional (street) party and/or dance near the start of the school year, at around fall mid-terms. It traditionally marks the start of harvest break, where students go home in autumn to harvest the crops on the family farms.

reguardo

Assessment, estimation, or regard; especially; favourable estimation or regard.

regulable

capable of being adjusted

regulación

(uncountable, business) The department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with.

regulador

A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.

regular

(transitive) To improve or rectify.

regularidad

(uncountable) The condition or quality of being regular

regularmente

With constant frequency or pattern.

regulatorio

Of or pertaining to regulation.

regurgitar

Something regurgitated; regurgitated matter.

regusto

The persistence of the taste of something no longer present.

rehabilitación

(British, Commonwealth, Irish) Therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage, ultrasound, heat, and exercise.

rehabilitar

(transitive) To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.

rehacer

To do again.

rehén

A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.

rehenchimiento

An additional helping of food or drink at reduced cost.

rehenchir

To fill up once again.

rehendija

An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.

rehilete

An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.

rehogar

(transitive) To cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat, allowing the food to brown and form a crust stopping it from sticking to the pan as it cooks.

rehollado

Trodden down.

rehuir

(ambitransitive) To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear.

rehús

Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.

rehusar

(transitive) To decline (a request or demand).

rehusarse

(transitive) To decline (a request or demand).

rehusarse a cooperar

(ambitransitive, informal) To refuse to answer or cooperate, especially in supplying information.

Reichstag

(historical) The lower chamber of the federal parliament of Germany until 1945; the building that housed it.

Reina

A en given name.

reinado

The dignity, rank, or office of a king; the state of being a king.

Reinaldo

A en given name, today more popular in the forms Reginald and Ronald. Modern use is partly transferred from the surname.

reinar

(intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.

reincidencia

Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past.

reincidente

A prisoner or an ex-prisoner

reincidir

(intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.

reineta

Any of various kinds of apple, mostly of French origin, characterized by russeting.

reiniciar

(computing, ergative) To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, commonly after a system failure.

reinicio

(computing) An instance of rebooting.

reinita

A nectar-feeding bird, Coereba flaveola, thought to be related to the Darwin's finches and the grassquits.

reino

(archaic, or, legal, &, rhetoric) A territory or state, as ruled by an absolute authority, especially by a king; a kingdom. [from ca. 1300]

Reino de Macedonia

(historical) An ancient Greek kingdom in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, located to the north of Thessaly, comprising the Greek city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings.

reinona

(LGBT slang, sometimes, derogatory) A homosexual man, especially one regarded as effeminate.

reinounidense

(historical) Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.

reinounidenses

The citizens or inhabitants of the United Kingdom.

reinstaurar

(transitive) To restore to a former position or rank.