Spanish–English dictionary

arta

Any plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm (4") long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.

artal

Any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish, Filipino, and Latin American cuisine.

arte

The condition of scientific or technical knowledge, particularly the peak or highest level thereof, at a particular time. [from early 20th c.]

arte abstracto

(arts) An abstract work of art. [First attested in the early 20th century.]

artefacto

Something overly artful or artificial.

artejo

A natural prolongation or projection from a part of any organism.

Ártemis

(Greek god) The Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness; the daughter of Leto and Zeus; the sister of Apollo. (Compare Diana.)

Artemisa

(Greek god) The Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness; the daughter of Leto and Zeus; the sister of Apollo. (Compare Diana.)

arterial

Of or relating to an artery.

artero

(especially) Skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose; crafty, cunning.

artesanal

Made by hand or using the hands, as opposed to by mass production or using machinery.

artesanía

A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.

artesano

A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.

ártico

(geography) Pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet, characterised by extreme cold and an icy landscape. [from 16th c.]

articulable

Able to be bent or flexed or twisted without breaking.

articulación

(uncountable) The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.

articulado

(obsolete) Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

articular

(anatomy) Of, at, or relating to the joints of the body.

articularse

(anatomy, intransitive) To form a joint or connect by joints.

articulista

A regular writer of a column, such as in a magazine or newspaper.

artículo

An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.

artículo de consumo

(business) Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold. [from 15th c.]

artículo de opinión

A newspaper page containing signed articles by commentators expressing viewpoints that may not agree with those espoused by the editorial board, traditionally printed opposite the editorial page.

artículo defectuoso

Something that is rejected.

artículos personales

(countable, mostly, in the plural) Something physical that is owned.

artífice

One who is highly skilled at one's trade; an artisan or artificer.

artificialmente

In an artificial manner.

artificiar

(obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.

artificiero

A member of the military who specializes in manufacturing and repairing weapon systems.

artificio

A crafty but underhanded deception.

artillado

A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it.

artillería

An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.

artillero

(military) A soldier enlisted in an artillery unit or who uses artillery.

artilugio

A machine that is complicated and precarious.

artimaña

A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.

artista

One who performs for, or entertains, an audience.

artistaje

The act of imagining; make-believe.

artísticamente

In an artistic manner.

artolas

(medical, especially, _, historical, _, &, _) A stretcher mounted on a pack animal similarly or singly. [1878]

artritis

Inflammation of a joint or joints causing pain and/or disability, swelling and stiffness, and due to various causes such as infection, trauma, degenerative changes or metabolic disorders: any of several disease entities.

Arturo

(star) A bright yellow-orange star in the constellation Boötes; Alpha (α) Boötis. It is the fourth-brightest star in the night sky.

Aruba

An island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea.

aruco

A South American bird with a long, slender, horn-like ornament on its head and two sharp spurs on each wing, the horned screamer, Anhima cornuta.

arveja

(culinary) The edible seed of Pisum sativum.

arzobispado

(Christianity) A group of dioceses administered by an archbishop

arzobispo

A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)

ás

Used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs.

as bajo la manga

(idiom) A surprise advantage of which others are not aware.

asa

Used to form the names of enzymes.

asacar

(intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

asadero

(colloquial, figurative) Any area that is excessively hot.

asado

A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus.

asador

A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.

asaeteado

(transitive, figuratively) To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.

asaetear

(transitive) To traumatize or disturb; to torment, distress or vex.

asainetear

(transitive) To make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations.

asalmonado

Having a pale pinkish-orange colour.

asaltacunas

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

asaltante

Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally.

asaltar

(transitive) To attack with harsh words or violent force (also figuratively).

asalto

A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.

asana

A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.

asar

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

asarse

(intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.

asaz

Many things, much.

asbesto

(mineral) Any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate, used for fireproofing, electrical insulation, building materials, brake linings, chemical filters, suits, fireman's gloves, etc.

áscar

Armed forces.

áscari

A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.

ascendencia

Birth to a noble or high-ranking family, or to someone of honorable descent.

ascendente

Going up, physically or in quantity, rate, etc.

ascender

To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote. [from 14th c.]

ascendiente

The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.

Ascensión

(Christianity, specifically) The believed entry of Jesus Christ into heaven after his resurrection.

ascenso

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.

ascensor

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic, _, elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.

asceta

One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.

ascética

The principles and practices of an ascetic; extreme self-denial and austerity.

ascético

Of or relating to ascetics.

ascetismo

The principles and practices of an ascetic; extreme self-denial and austerity.

asco

An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.

asconder

(transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.

asconderse

(intransitive) To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.

ascórbico

Of or pertaining to ascorbic acid or its derivatives.

ascua

A piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal.

ascuas

The smoldering or glowing remains of a fire, smoldering ash.

aseador

(Scotland, Hong Kong) A caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles (the term caretaker is also used in Hong Kong, particularly in ESF and independent British schools).

asechanza

(figurative) A potential, unsuspected, hidden problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious.

asediado

Besieged; surrounded by enemy troops.

asediar

To besiege; to surround with troops.

asedio

(law enforcement) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.

asegundar

To do again.

aseguración

(insurance) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.

asegurado

Free from attack or danger; protected.

asegurador

(insurance) One who insures.

asegurador financiero

(finance) An entity undertaking to market newly issued securities.

aseguradora

A company that provides insurance policies.

aseguradora financiera

(finance) An entity undertaking to market newly issued securities.

aseguramiento

(figurative) Any attempt to forestall an unfavorable event.

aseguramiento financiero

The act of something being underwritten financially.

aseguranza

The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty; guarantee.

asegurar

(reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.

asegurarse

(intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition). [from 18th c.]

asegurarse de

To make oneself certain (of something, or that something is the case); to verify, to ascertain. [from 17th c.]

aseidad

(metaphysics, theology) Usually ascribed to deity: the attribute of being entirely self-derived, in contrast to being derived from or dependent on another; the quality of having within oneself the entire reason for one's being; utter independent self-existence and self-sustenance.

Asemblea Parlamentaria del Consejo de Europa

Acronym of w:Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

asemejar

Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.

asemejar a

(transitive) To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.

asemejarse a

(transitive) To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.

asendereado

Having experience and skill in a subject.

asenderear

(transitive, baseball) To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed.

asentación

(countable) An instance of excessive praise.

asentaderas

The buttocks.

asentamiento

(uncountable) The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.

asentarse

(intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position.

asentimiento

Agreement; act of agreeing.

asentir

(intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.

aseo

The quality of being tidy.

aseos

(US, Philippines, euphemism) A room containing a public toilet: a public lavatory.

aséptico

Very clean; aseptic.

asequible

Easy of access or approach. [from 1640s]

asequir

To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually, after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.

Aser

(biblical character) The eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.

aserción

Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.

aserradero

A machine, building or company used for cutting (milling) lumber, or (rarely) other hard materials such as stone.

aserrador

One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.

aserradora

One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.

aserraduras

The fine particles (dust) created by sawing wood or other material.

aserrín

(agriculture, horticulture) Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture.

aserruchado

Notched or cut like a saw.

asertado

Asserted but not proved.

asertar

(reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.

aserto

Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.

asesina

Someone who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public or political figure.

asesinar

To illegally kill (a person or persons) with intent, especially with predetermination

asesinato

The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.

asesino

Someone who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public or political figure.

asesino a sueldo

A hit man, especially being in some organization.

asesora del hogar

A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).

asesoramiento

(uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.

asesorar

(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.

asestar

(transitive) To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object

asestar una puñada

(transitive) To strike with one's fist.

asestarle

(transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.

aseveración

Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.

aseverar

(reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.

asexual

A person who does not experience sexual attraction; a person who lacks interest in or desire for sex.

asfaltado

Covered in pavement; having a hard surface, as of concrete or asphalt.

asfaltar

(transitive) To pave with asphalt.

asfalto

A sticky, black to brown and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid, composed almost entirely of bitumen with small mineral particles, that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits.

asfixiar

(transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.