Spanish–English dictionary

aprestarse

(transitive, chiefly, reflexive) To prepare (oneself) for an action.

apresuradamente

In a hasty manner; quickly or hurriedly.

apresurado

(adjectival) Rushed, hurried; short of time.

apresurar

(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

apresurarse

(intransitive, poetic) To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.

apretado

Uncomfortably restricted in size or space, or financially.

apretar

To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.

apretón de manos

The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement.

apretujado

Containing a dense pack or mass of something; teeming.

apretujar

(ambitransitive) To fit into a tight place.

apriesa

In a hurried manner.

aprieto

(GUI) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.

aprisco

A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.

aprisionamiento

A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.

aprisionar

(transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.

aprobación

Endorsement; approval; acceptance; acquiescence.

aprobado

Having received approval.

aprobar

(transitive) To approve; to accept; to acquiesce to.

apropiación

An act or instance of appropriating.

apropiación indebida

(legal, business) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.

apropiadamente

In an appropriate manner; properly; suitably.

apropiado

Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.

aprovechado

Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle.

aprovechar

(intransitive) To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.

aprovecharse

(figurative) Followed by on: to prosper or thrive, especially at the expense of others.

aprovecharse de

(transitive, figurative) To exploit or victimize.

aprovechón

Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle.

aprovisionar

(transitive) To supply with provisions.

aprovisionarse

To have on hand for sale.

aproximación

(also, figuratively) An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near.

aproximadamente

Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.

aproximado

Approximate; close; on the right order of magnitude.

aproximar

(ambitransitive, figuratively) Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.

aproximarse

(intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.

aproximativo

Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.

aptamente

In an apt or suitable manner; fittingly; appropriately; suitably

aptitud

Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.

apto

Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.

apto para navegar

(nautical) Fit for service at sea.

apucuyarse

(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.

apuesta

A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).

apuesto

Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.

apuñalamiento

An incident in which a person is stabbed.

apuñalar

To strike with the fist.

apuñear

(transitive) To strike with one's fist.

apuñetear

(transitive) To strike with one's fist.

apuntador

(programming) A variable that holds the address of a memory location where a value can be stored.

apuntadora

(theater) The person who does the prompting.

apuntalar

To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.

apuntamento

(government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.

apuntar

(intransitive) To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive

apunte

A printed sheet such as a leaflet or pamphlet, or a worksheet, that is given out free of charge (usually by hand) for a certain use, for example as an advertisement or for information.

apuradamente

In a hurried manner.

apurado

(adjectival) Rushed, hurried; short of time.

apurar

(intransitive) To hurry.

apurarse

(intransitive) To do things quickly.

apuro

Serious danger.

apurruñar

(transitive) To cradle (e.g. a baby) in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth.

apurruñarse

(US, intransitive, transitive) To lie together snugly (with someone), in an intimate physical embrace; to snuggle.

aquejado

Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.

aquejar

(transitive) To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)

aquel

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

aquelarre

A formal group or assembly of witches.

aquella

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

aquello

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

aqueso mismo

(conjunctive, focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too. [from 14th c.]

aqueste

Relating to or being the second of two items.

aquesto

Relating to or being the second of two items.

aquí

(location) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.

aquiescencia

A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.

aquiescente

willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance

aquiescer

(intransitive, with in or to (or sometimes with)) To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object.

aquietar

(transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.

aquilatamiento

The process of removing dirt, toxins etc.

aquilatar

(transitive) To analyze or estimate the composition or value of (a metal, ore etc.). [from 15th c.]

Aquiles

(Greek mythology) A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp.

Ara

(constellation) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an altar.

árabe

Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.

arabesco

Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour (see also Arab as an adjective).

Arabia

A peninsula of West Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates.

arábigo

Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour (see also Arab as an adjective).

arácnido

Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders, mites, and scorpions, of the class Arachnida.

aracnofobia

An abnormal or irrational fear of arachnids, especially spiders.

arada

breaking of the ground into furrows

arado

(agriculture) A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.

arado cincel

A machine that mechanically tills the soil.

Aragón

An autonomous community in northeastern Spain. Capital: Zaragoza.

arambre

A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.

arameo

Referring to the Aramaic language, alphabet, culture or poetry.

araña de luces

A branched, often ornate, light fixture suspended from a ceiling.

arañar

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

arañazo

The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.

arancel

(in the plural) The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.

aranceles

(in the plural) The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.

arándano

Vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.

arándano americano

A shrub growing this fruit.

arándano rojo

(countable) The edible red berry of that shrub.

arandela

(botany) A structure surrounding a sporangium (or part of it) which shrinks and causes it to rupture for spore dispersal; specifically, in a fern: a structure around about two-thirds of the sporangium consisting of differentially thick-walled cells which dry and distort the sporangium; and in a moss: a complete ring of cells around the tip of the sporangium which dissolves to cause the tip to detach.

arañero

Any of various small passerine songbirds, especially of the family Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Parulidae (New World warblers).

arar

(archaic) To plough.

aras

(uncountable) Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).

árbitra

A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.

arbitrador

A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.

arbitraje

The act or process of arbitrating.

arbitraje de valores mercantiles

(finance) A market activity in which a security, commodity, currency or other tradable item is bought in one market and sold simultaneously in another, in order to profit from price differences between the markets.

arbitrar

To make a judgment (on a dispute) as an arbitrator or arbiter

arbitrariamente

In an arbitrary manner.

árbitro

A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.

árbol

The trees themselves cultivated in such an area.

árbol de la nuez moscada

An evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds.

árbol de mango

A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica.

arbol frutal

The trees themselves cultivated in such an area.

árbol muerto en pie

A dead tree that remains standing.

árbol va

Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.

arbolado

Covered in forest.

arboleda

A small forest with minimal undergrowth.

arboledo

(broadly) Land covered with woody vegetation.

arbolito

A young tree, larger than a seedling.

arbóreo

Of, relating to, or resembling a tree.

arboreto

A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.

arboretum

A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.

arborícola

Living in or among trees.

arboricultura

The branch of horticulture concerned with the planting, growth, and maintenance of trees.

arborizado

Covered in forest.

arbusto

(horticulture) A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.

arca

leading, leader

arcacil

(countable) A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.

arcada

(architecture) A row of arches.

Arcadia

(figurative) An ideal region of rural and idyllic contentment; a pastoral utopia.

arcaico

(geology) Of, or relating to the geologic eon from about 4,031 to 2,500 million years ago; comprises the Eoarchean, Paleoarchean, Mesoarchean and Neoarchean eras; marked by an atmosphere with little oxygen, the formation of the first continents and oceans and the emergence of simple life.

arcaizante

Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.

arcángel

A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).

arcano

Understood by only a few.

arcas

A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.

arce

A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.

arcediano

(Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) A senior administrative official in a diocese, just under the bishop, often in charge of an archdeaconry. As a title, it can be filled by either a deacon or priest.

arcén

(Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Zealand) A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.

Archibaldo

A en given name.

archidiácono

(Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) A senior administrative official in a diocese, just under the bishop, often in charge of an archdeaconry. As a title, it can be filled by either a deacon or priest.

archidiócesis

(Christianity) A group of dioceses administered by an archbishop

archiduque

(historical) The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

archiduquesa

A daughter or granddaughter of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, or the wife of a son or grandson of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary

archienemigo

A principal enemy.

archimandrita

(Eastern Orthodoxy) The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.

archimillonaria

A person whose net worth is multiple million dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency.

archimillonario

A person whose net worth is multiple million dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency.

archipiélago

(collective, geography) A group of islands.

archivador

A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages, etc.

archivar

(transitive) To place (something) into an archive.

archivera

One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.