Spanish–English dictionary

romaza

Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.

rombo

A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.

Romeo

(fiction) One of the main characters of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: the ardent lover of Juliet.

romero

A shrub, Salvia rosmarinus (formerly Rosmarinus officinalis), that originates from Europe and Asia Minor and produces a fragrant herb used in cooking and perfumes.

romo

Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.

rompecabezas

A type of puzzle in which the aim is to reconstruct a picture that has been cut (originally, with a jigsaw) into many small interlocking pieces.

rompecorazones

A person, usually attractive, who flirts with or otherwise enamours another person, but does not reciprocate their love.

rompecuna

(North America, slang, derogatory) An older woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men, by implication a female “sexual predator”.

rompedor

A ceremony marking the commencement of construction of a road, bridge, or building.

rompehielos

(watercraft) A ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas.

rompehuelgas

A non-unionized worker hired to replace a striking union worker.

rompeolas

A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.

romper

(transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.

romperse

(intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.

rompible

Able to break or be broken.

rompope

A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy, or whisky; popular at Christmas.

rompopo

A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy, or whisky; popular at Christmas.

Rómulo

(Roman mythology) The legendary founder of Rome and the twin brother of Remus.

ron

(uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.

roña

Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.

Ronaldo

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

roncar

(ambitransitive) To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.

roncear

(automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).

roncha

A raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by a stroke of a rod or whip; a welt.

ronco

hoarse-voiced.

ronda

(transportation) A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.

rondar

Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost. [from before 1150]

rondín

A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.

rondó

(music, countable) A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.

rondón

(obsolete) Speed, full speed; impetuosity, force. [14th–17th c.]

roñoso

(obsolete) A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch.

ronquido

The act of snoring, and the noise produced.

ronronear

(intransitive, of a cat) To make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented or in certain other conditions.

ronroneo

The vibrating sound made by a cat in its throat when contented.

ronzar

To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.

rootear

To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.

ropa

Clothing.

ropa blanca

(uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.

ropa exterior

Clothing (such as a dress) worn over one's underwear.

ropa interior

Underwear or nightclothes (typically women's), especially when lacy or designed to be seductive.

ropa íntima

Underwear or nightclothes (typically women's), especially when lacy or designed to be seductive.

ropa sucia

That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered. [from c. 1930]

ropaje

An act or instance of putting clothes on.

ropero

A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture.

ropio de

Resembling, having some of the characteristics of (used to form adjectives from nouns).

Roque

A en given name, of mostly American usage.

roquear

(intransitive) To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.

roqueta

A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species:

Rosa

A en given name.

rosa mosqueta

A Eurasian rose (Rosa rubiginosa, syn. Rosa eglanteria), having prickly stems, fragrant leaves, pink flowers and red hips.

rosácea

(pathology) A chronic condition characterized by redness of the face.

rosáceo

Having a colour between red and white; pale red.

rosado

Having a colour between red and white; pale red.

rosal

A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.

Rosalía

A en given name.

Rosamunda

A en given name.

rosca

A miniature round loaf of bread, often accompanying a meal.

róseo

Having a colour between red and white; pale red.

roseta

A round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose.

rosigar

(ambitransitive) To bite something persistently, especially something tough.

rosillo

The color of such an animal.

rosquete

(typically, formal, distancing, or, dated) A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.

rosquilla

A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.

rosticería

A shop or restaurant selling food cooked in this manner.

rostisería

A shop or restaurant selling food cooked in this manner.

rostizar

(transitive, intransitive) To cook food on a barbecue; to smoke food over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels.

Rostov

A city in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia.

rostro

(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.

rostro de póker

(poker) An impassive facial expression cultivated to prevent other players from determining whether one's actions in the game are the result of a quality hand, or of bluffing.

rostro inescrutable

Any similar expression used to prevent giving away one's motives, feelings, or situation.

rotación

The reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence

rotación laboral

The frequency with which stock is replaced after being used or sold, workers leave and are replaced, a property changes hands, etc.

rotacional

Of, pertaining to or caused by rotation.

rotar

(rare) A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.

rotativo

(countable, metonym) The news organization that produces such a publication.

rotatorio

(finance) Relating to an account or line of credit where balances and credit roll over from one billing cycle to the next, such as a credit card.

Róterdam

A city in South Holland, Netherlands.

roti

A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean.

roticería

A shop or restaurant selling food cooked in this manner.

rotisería

A shop or restaurant selling food cooked in this manner.

roto

(of a, bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.

rotonda

(chiefly, UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.

rótula

(anatomy) The flat, roundish bone in the knee.

rotulación

(uncountable) Signs, particularly those imparting commercial, directional, or road traffic information, taken collectively.

rotular

(transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).

rótulo con su nombre

A tag with one's name inscribed on it.

rotundamente

In a categorical manner.

rotundo

Stated with conviction.

rotura

The characteristic of being broken.

roturar

(transitive) To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops.

roul

The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.

Rousseau

(countable) A surname from French.

router

(telecommunications) Any device that directs packets of information using the equivalent of Open Systems Interconnection layer 3 (network layer) information. Most commonly used in reference to Internet Protocol routers.

roux

A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.

roya

A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus.

royo

Raw and not cooked, especially of something that should be, or is sometimes cooked.

roza

(architecture) A trench or channel or other encasement structure for encasing (archaically spelled enchasing) drainpipes or wiring; a hollow space in the wall of a building encasing ventilation ducts, chimney flues, wires, cables or plumbing.

rozar

(ambitransitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.

rozarse

To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.

roznar

(intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.

RSI

(accounting) Initialism of return on investment.

rúa

A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.

Ruán

The prefecture of the department of Seine-Maritime, and the capital of the region of Normandy, France, on the Seine River.

Ruanda

A country in East Africa.

ruar

(ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc. [from 8th c., transitive usage from 9th c.]

rúbeo

(of a, dog, or, its coat) Having a brown color.

rubescente

Somewhat red.

rubí

(horology) A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.

rubia roja

A dye made from the plant.

Rubicón

(historical) A small river in northeastern Italy which flowed into the Adriatic Sea marking the boundary between the Roman province of Gaul and the Roman heartland. Its crossing by Julius Caesar in 49 B.C.E. began a civil war.

rubicundo

(of a, dog, or, its coat) Having a brown color.

Rubio

A surname from Spanish.

rublo

The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria equal to 100 kopeks (Russian: копе́йка, Belarusian: капе́йка). The Russian ruble's symbol is ₽.

rubor

(uncountable, countable) A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks.

ruborizarse

(intransitive) To become red or pink in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, love, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.

rúbrica

(education) A set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback.

rubro

(countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.

ruca

A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species:

ruco

An old jaded horse.

rúcula

A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species:

ruda

Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines.

rudimental

Of or relating to one or more rudiments.

rudimentario

Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.

rudimentos

A superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject.

rudo

(figuratively) Sharp and stiff in character.

rueda

(automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.

rueda de correr

(historical) A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It was used principally as a means of prison discipline.

rueda del carro

The wheel of a cart.

rueda giratoria

(automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.

ruedecita

(automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.

ruedero

A person who builds and repairs wheels, especially wooden spoked ones.

ruedita

(automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.

ruedo

An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for rodeos (North America) or circular area for bullfights (especially Hispanic America).

ruego

The act of one who begs.

rufián

(derogatory) An untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person, especially one suspected of being a criminal.

rufianería

The practise of managing and hiring out prostitutes.

rufo

(of hair or fur) Of a reddish-brown color.

ruga

A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.

rugar

(transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.

rugarse

(intransitive) To undergo creasing; to form wrinkles.

rugbi

A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball; rugby football. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past the opponent's territory or by kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.

rugby

A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball; rugby football. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past the opponent's territory or by kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.

rugido

The cry of the lion.

rugir

(intransitive) To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.

rugoso

Not smooth; uneven.

ruibarbo

Any plant of the genus Rheum, especially Rheum rhabarbarum, having large leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks that are edible, in particular when cooked (although the leaves are mildly poisonous).

ruido

(uncountable) Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.

ruido metálico

A rattling metallic sound; a clang.

ruido sordo

The sound of such a blow; a thud.

ruidosamente

In a loud manner; at a high volume.