Spanish–English dictionary

sámara

The winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple.

samaritana

A native, or inhabitant of Samaria; especially one practising certain ethnoreligious traditions indigenous to that region.

samaritano

Of, or relating to Samaria or Samaritans.

samba

(dance) A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.

sambenitar

(transitive) To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata.

sambenito

(usually with “and ashes”, also, figurative) Garments worn as an act of penance.

sambuca

(musical instruments) An ancient form of triangular harp having a very sharp, shrill tone.

sami

(countable) Any of the languages of the Sami people.

Samoa

A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Samoa. Capital and largest city: Apia. Formerly Western Samoa, and, before that, German Samoa. It is distinct from American Samoa.

samoana

(countable) A person from Samoa or of Samoan descent.

samoano

Of, from, or pertaining to Samoa, the Samoan people or the Samoan language.

samovar

A metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea. Traditionally, the water is heated by hot coals or charcoal in a chimney-like tube which runs through the center of the urn. Today, it is more likely that the water is heated by an electric coil.

sample

(music) Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.

samplear

(transitive) To take or to test a sample or samples of.

sampleo

(music) Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.

Samu

A en given name.

Samuel

A en given name.

samurái

In feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo.

San

A title given to a saint, often prefixed to the person's name.

San Antonio

A large city, the county seat of Bexar County, Texas, United States.

saña

the desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty

sanador

One who heals, especially through faith.

sananica

Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.

sanar

(transitive) To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.

sanatorio

An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.

sanchina

A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.

sanción

A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army.

sancionar

(transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.

sanctuario

The consecrated (or sacred) area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar.

sandalia

(footwear) A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot

sandeces

(originally, US, informal) Nonsense; rubbish. [from 1920s]

sandez

(countable) A thing or event that is foolish, or an absurdity.

sandhi

(phonology) Any of a wide variety of phonological processes that occur at morpheme or word boundaries, such as the fusion of sounds across word boundaries and the alteration of sounds due to neighboring sounds or due to the grammatical function of adjacent words.

sandía

A plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruit.

sándwich

A weekend extended by one or more days off falling on a day or days immediately preceding or following it.

sanear

(transitive) To rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting.

sangrado

(printing) A narrow edge around a page layout, to be printed but cut off afterwards (added to allow for slight misalignment, especially with pictures that should run to the edge of the finished sheet).

sangrante

Covered in blood.

sangrar

(intransitive, of a person, animal or body part) To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.

sangre

(printing) A narrow edge around a page layout, to be printed but cut off afterwards (added to allow for slight misalignment, especially with pictures that should run to the edge of the finished sheet).

sangre cuajada

Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.

sangre de la herida

Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.

sangre vital

Blood that is needed for continued life; blood regarded as the seat of life.

sangría

(printing) A narrow edge around a page layout, to be printed but cut off afterwards (added to allow for slight misalignment, especially with pictures that should run to the edge of the finished sheet).

sangrientamente

In a bloody manner.

sangriento

Covered in blood.

sanguijuela

An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.

sanguinario

Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous.

sanguíneo

(literary) Having the colour of blood; blood red. [from late 14th c.]

sanguinolento

(of the eyes) Reddened and inflamed because of congested blood vessels.

sanguja

An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.

sanitario

Of or relating to health.

sanitizar

(transitive) To rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting.

sanjuanero

Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.

sano

Beneficial to bodily health.

sano y salvo

(idiomatic) Having come to no harm, especially after being exposed to danger.

sánscrito

A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism.

sansón

(by extension) Any very strong man.

Santa

A title given to a saint, often prefixed to the person's name.

santabárbara

(military) An ammunition storehouse.

santanita

Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.

santateresa

Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs.

santero

One who heals, especially through faith.

Santi

A en given name.

Santiago

A en given name derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive of other given names such as Jackson, Jacob, Jacqueline or Jonathan.

santiamén

A very short amount of time.

santidad

The state or condition of being holy.

santificado

Consecrated or sanctified; sacred, holy.

santificar

(transitive) To make holy, to sanctify.

santiguamiento

(Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross; sign of the cross.

santiguarse

(reflexive, to cross oneself) To make the sign of the cross over oneself.

Santo

A title given to a saint, often prefixed to the person's name.

santo grial

(figuratively) Anything that is highly sought-after but attained only through difficult endeavor.

santo y seña

(military, security) A word relayed to a person to gain admittance to a place or to gain access to information.

santuario

A place of safety or refuge.

santurrón

(derogatory) Hypocritically or self-righteously pious; sanctimonious; smugly morally superior.

santurronería

A hypocritical form of excessive piety, considered to be an affectation merely for public show.

SAP

Initialism of parental alienation syndrome.

sapa

An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.

sape

(slang) An act of putting a person in a headlock and rubbing one's knuckles on the other person's head, often a playful gesture of affection when done lightly.

sapeado

Having ill luck.

sapiente

(formal, dated, except, poetic) Possessing discernment and wisdom; learned, wise.

sapiosexual

Sexually attracted to intellectual or mental qualities over appearance.

sapo

(informal) An informant or snitch.

saponáceo

Resembling soap.

Sapporo

The capital and largest city of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.

saque

(football, American football) The opening kick of each half of a game of football.

saque inicial

(football, American football) The opening kick of each half of a game of football.

saquear

(transitive) Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.

saqueo

The act of stealing during a crisis such as a war, riot or natural disaster, when law enforcement is ineffective or absent.

saquito

A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.

Sarai

A en given name

Sarajevo

The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built on the Miljacka river.

sarcasmo

(uncountable) Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.

sarcásticamente

In a sarcastic manner.

sarcástico

(figuratively) Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone. [from early 17th c.]

sarcófago

A stone coffin, often with its exterior inscribed, or decorated with sculpture.

sarda

A native or inhabitant of Sardinia, Italy.

sardinel

(British spelling) .

sardineta

A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.

sardo

Of, from or relating to Sardinia, Italy.

sarga

(weaving) A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving.

sargento

The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.

sari

The traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent; an outer garment consisting of a single length of cotton or silk, most often with one end wrapped around the waist to form a skirt, the other draped over the shoulder or head.

sarín

(toxicology, military) The nerve gas O-isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate, used as a chemical weapon.

sarna

(veterinary medicine) A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).

sarnoso

Afflicted, or looking as if afflicted, with mange.

sarpullido

(pathology) Inflammation of the skin.

sarraceno

Being or relating to a believer of Islam.

sarrio

Rupicapra pyrenaica, a goat-antelope that lives in the Pyrenees and the Apennine Mountains of central Italy.

sarro

A hard crust of calcium salts and food particles on the teeth, developing from plaque.

sarta

An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.

sartén

(cookware) A long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food.

sarteneja

The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.

Sascuache

(cryptozoology) A large hairy humanoid creature of western North America.

sashimi

A dish consisting of thin slices or pieces of raw fish or meat.

Saskatchewan

A prairie province in western Canada. Capital: Regina.

sastre

A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation] meaning "tailor".

Satán

(religion) The supreme evil spirit in the Abrahamic religions, who tempts humanity into sin; the Devil; (Theistic Satanism) the same figure, regarded as a deity to be revered and worshipped.

Satanás

(religion) The supreme evil spirit in the Abrahamic religions, who tempts humanity into sin; the Devil; (Theistic Satanism) the same figure, regarded as a deity to be revered and worshipped.

satélite

(informal, by extension of Moon) Any natural satellite of a planet.

satén

A type of cotton cloth with a shiny surface and dull back, woven using the technique that, when applied to silk or nylon, results in cloth called satin.

sátira

A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution; especially, a satirical one.

satiriasis

Excessive sexual desire, found in a man.

satírico

Of, pertaining to, or connected with satire.

satirizar

(transitive) To make a satire of; to mock.

satisfacción

The state or degree of being contented or satisfied.

satisfacción malévola

Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune.

satisfacer

(transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.

satisfaciente

Which causes fulfilment; emotionally or artistically satisfying.

satisfactoriamente

In a satisfactory manner, in a manner adequate to requirements.

satisfactorio

Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient.

satisfecho

(informal) Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.

satori

(Japanese mythology) A yokai having the form of a mind-reading monkey-like creature said to dwell in the mountains of the historical Japanese provinces of Hida and Mino (present-day Gifu Prefecture).

saturación

(art) The intensity or vividness of a colour.

saturar

(transitive) To be in every part of; to spread through; to permeate.

saturnina

(comparable) Of a person: having a tendency to be cold and gloomy

saturnino

(comparable) Of a person: having a tendency to be cold and gloomy

sauce

The wood of these trees.

sauce cabruno

A European willow, Salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood.

saúco

A small tree, Sambucus nigra, having white flowers in a cluster, and edible purple berries.

saudí

From, or pertaining to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Arabian people or language, or the House of Saud.

saudita

From, or pertaining to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Arabian people or language, or the House of Saud.

Saulo

(Christianity) The Hebrew name of Apostle Paul in the New Testament.

sauz

The wood of these trees.

savant

A person who is considered eminent because of their achievements.

savia

(uncountable) The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.

saxofón

A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.

saxófono

A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.

sayuela

A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the shoulders or (now especially) from the waist; a kind of slip, worn to make the skirt fuller, or for extra warmth.