Spanish–English dictionary

tétano

(pathology, usually, uncountable) A serious and often fatal disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani, found in soil and the intestines and faeces of animals.

tétanos

(pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.

tetar

(intransitive) To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat. [from 11th c.]

tete

An artificial nipple (definition 1) used for bottle-feeding infants. [from 17th c.]

tetelque

(of questions, etc.) Difficult or demanding.

tetera

(euphemism) a public lavatory, particularly (dated, _, US, _, gay, _, slang) as a meeting place for gay men.

tetería

A cafe or restaurant that serves tea, usually with light food.

tetica

(colloquial, slang) A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.

tetilla

(anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted. [from 16th c.]

tetina

An artificial nipple (definition 1) used for bottle-feeding infants. [from 17th c.]

tetón

(mechanics) A protrusion; frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.

tetona

Having large breasts.

tetrabrik

A type of plasticized carton for milk, juice and other drinks, originally in the form of a tetrahedron but now primarily in the form of a rectangular cuboid.

tetración

(arithmetic) The arithmetic operator consisting of repeated exponentiation, by analogy with exponentiation being repeated multiplication and multiplication being repeated addition, ^ba denoting a to the power of a to the power of \ldots to the power of a, in which a appears b times.

tetraónino

(countable) Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles. [from 1530s]

tetrapléjico

One who suffers from quadriplegia.

tétrico

Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.

Tetris

A puzzle video game in which falling tetrominoes must be manipulated to form complete lines, which are then cleared from the grid.

tetuda

Having large breasts.

teul

A person from Spain or of Spanish descent.

teutón

A member of any Germanic-language-speaking people, especially a German.

teutona

A member of any Germanic-language-speaking people, especially a German.

texano

Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of the U.S. state of Texas.

Texas

A state in the south-central region of the United States. Capital: Austin. Largest city: Houston.

textal

A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.

textear

(intransitive) To send and receive text messages.

texto

(printing, dated) A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.

textualmente

With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.

tez

appearance

Thaïs

A en given name.

thane

(historical) A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron.

thema

A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.

theta

The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ.

thing

(chiefly, historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.

Thor

(Norse mythology, and, paganism) A hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind.

thorn

A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).

thriller

(film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play, film.

ti

(now, chiefly, archaic, literary) Objective and reflexive case of thou. [from 8th c.]

ti misma

(reflexive pronoun) Your own self (singular).

ti mismo

(reflexive pronoun) Your own self (singular).

Tianjin

A direct-administered municipality and major city in northern China, between Beijing and the Bohai Bay.

tiara

An ornamental coronet.

Tíber

The river that flows through Rome in Italy.

Tiberio

(historical) A en given name of mostly historical use, in particular, the praenomen of the second Roman emperor Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, reigning 14-37 C.E..

tibetano

Pertaining to Tibet, the Tibetan people, culture, or language.

tibia

The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: w:Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

tibio

(temperature) Between warm and cool.

tic

A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.

tichate

(collective) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose.

ticket

A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.

tictac

A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.

tictaquear

To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands of an analog clock.

ticte

(pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).

tiempo

(culinary) A stage of a meal.

tiempo aire

The chargeable use of a mobile phone, either in minutes or in units dependent on the use or traffic.

tiempo atmosférico

The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.

tiempo como aprendiz

The condition of, or the time served by, an apprentice.

tiempo de guerra

(often, attributive) A period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.

tiempo de más

(uncountable) Working time outside of one's regular hours.

tiempo de paz

The period of time when a nation or people is at peace, not fighting a war.

tiempo en antena

The duration during which a radio or television program (or part of one) is transmitted.

tiempo extra

(sports, countable, US) An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.

tiempo facturable

The chargeable use of a mobile phone, either in minutes or in units dependent on the use or traffic.

tiempo gramatical

(linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.

tiempo inactivo

A period of time when work or other activity is less intense or stops.

tiempo libre

Time when one is not working.

tiempo muerto

A period of time when work or other activity is less intense or stops.

tiempo pasado

(grammar) The past tense.

tienda

An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.

tienda de empeñamiento

The business premises of a pawnbroker; where loans are made, with personal property as security

tienda de ultramarinos

A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.

tienda minorista

A retail sales company or salesman.

tiendita

(New Zealand) A corner store, superette or minimart.

tienta

(surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc. [from 15th c.]

tiento

Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing. [from early 19th c.]

tiernamente

In a gentle manner; to a gentle degree.

tierno

Loving, affectionate, heartfelt

Tierra

The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.

tierra baja

An area which is considered particularly low or lower than surrounding areas.

tierra blanda

Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.

tierra natal

One's country of birth.

Tierra Nueva

A large island off the coast of eastern Canada, which, along with Labrador, has composed the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador since 1949, and the Dominion of Newfoundland, before it.

tierras altas

A high area; land that is higher than surrounding areas.

tierras baldías

(geomorphology) An arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks.

tierras yermas

(geomorphology) An arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks.

tieso

(coarse, slang) An erect penis. [from mid-20th c.]

tiesto

(automotive, slang) An old, worn-out car. From a stereotypical one backfiring, making banging noises.

tifo

(pathology) Any of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.

tifón

(meteorology) A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.

tifus

(pathology) Any of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.

tigre

A carnivorous spotted large cat native to South and Central America, Panthera onca.

tigresa

A female tiger; a she-tiger.

Tigris

A river in Southwest Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq. It forms the eastern edge of classical Mesopotamia. It unites with the Euphrates River to form the Shatt al-Arab before flowing into the Persian Gulf.

tijera

(rare) One blade on a pair of scissors.

tijeras

(countable, usually, construed as plural) A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.

tijereta

Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera that have elongated bodies, large membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings and a pair of large pincers protruding from the rear of the abdomen.

Tijuana

The largest city in Baja California, Mexico, by the American border with San Diego.

tildar

(transitive) To stigmatize, label (someone).

tilde

(orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.

tile

Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.

tilo

(US) Any of several trees of the genus Tilia; the lindens, especially Tilia americana, the American basswood.

timado

A low-pitched hum or buzz.

timador

A charlatan, huckster, grifter, swindler, a scoundrel.

timar

(transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.

timbac

(American football) A brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play.

timbear

To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain.

timbeo

An activity characterized by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance, usually with money wagered on the outcome.

timberiche

(pejorative) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.

timbero

One who plays at a game of chance, who gambles.

timbiriche

A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.

timbrar

(ambitransitive) To contact by telephone.

timbre

A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.

timidez

In a diffident manner; without confidence in oneself.

tímido

Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.

timo

(transitive, US, slang) To obtain illegally, as by con game. [from early 20th c.]

timón

(nautical) The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).

timonear

To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.

timonel

In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.

timonera

An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.

timonero

In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.

timorato

Tending to fear; timid.

tímpano

(anatomy) A thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus.

tímpanos

(musical instruments) A large percussion instrument with a drumhead that is stretched over a hemispherical metal bowl.

tina

A large container for holding water in which a person may bathe (take a bath).

tinamú

Any of the birds belonging to the South American family Tinamidae, the only family in the order Tinamiformes. They are related to the ratites, together with which they form the superorder Paleognathae.

tincar

To have a desire for something, or to do something.

tincazo

(fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.

tingar

To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.

tingladillo

(nautical, mostly, attributive) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.

tinglado

A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.

tinícalo

Any of several small fish, mostly in families Atherinidae and Atherinopsidae, both in order Atheriniformes, that are characterized by bright, silvery scales.

tinieblas

(uncountable) Gloom; gloominess; depression.

tinnitus

(otolaryngology, pathology) The experience of auditory sensations, such as a ringing or pulsating sound, occurring in the absence of any external stimulus.

tinta

A slight coloring.

tintar

(transitive, intransitive) To shade, to color.

tinte

A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.

tinterillo

(by extension) A legal layman who argues points of law.

tintineo

The sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.

tinto

Coffee served as a beverage without cream or milk.

tintorera

A long blue shark, resembling a great white shark but smaller, of the species Prionace glauca.

tintorero

One who dyes, especially one who dyes cloth etc. as an occupation.

tintura

A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.

tinturar

(ambitransitive) To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

tío

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street. [From 1847]

tiovivo

A carousel; a pleasure ride, typically found at fairs and amusement parks, consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform on which various seats are fixed, frequently shaped like horses or other animals.

tipeador

A person who types, a clerical worker who writes letters, etc., using a typewriter.

tipear

To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.

tipeo

The act of typing on a keyboard.

tipi

A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.

tipiadora

A device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper.