Spanish–English dictionary

victimar

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

victimaria

A person who commits murder.

victimario

(countable) A person who kills another.

victimización

An act that victimizes or exploits someone.

victimizar

(transitive) To make (someone) a victim or sacrifice.

victo

Something that provides support or nourishment.

Víctor

A en given name.

victorear

(ambitransitive) To applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts.

victoria

(uncountable) The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this.

victoria aplastante

A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.

victoriosamente

in a victorious manner; as part of a victory

victorioso

Being the winner in a contest, struggle, war, etc.

vid

The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.

vida

Animation; spirit; vivacity.

vida nocturna

Nocturnal activities, especially visiting nightclubs.

vida real

Life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment; often used in comparison to events depicted in drama.

vida silvestre

(often, attributive) undomesticated animals, especially mammals, birds, and fish, which live in the wild.

vida útil

(by extension) The length of time for which something exists or is current, valid, or usable.

vidal

A prisoner sentenced to life in prison.

videncia

(uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.

vidente

Of, relating to, or having clairvoyance.

vídeo

Television, a television show, or a movie.

vídeo bajo demanda

(uncountable) Abbreviation of video on demand.

video-

moving images, especially television

videobitácora

(Internet) A weblog using video as its primary presentation format. [from 21st c.]

videocasete

A type of videotape originally developed by the Japanese company JVC.

videocassette

A type of videotape originally developed by the Japanese company JVC.

videocinta

A type of videotape originally developed by the Japanese company JVC.

videograbar

to make a recording of something on videotape

vidriado

(ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.

vidriar

(transitive) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.

vidrio

(usually, uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).

vidrioso

Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact; crackly.

vieira

Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pectinoidea.

vieja

An Eastern European old woman. [from 1830s]

vieja chismosa

(derogatory) A woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody.

vieja verde

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

viejales

(informal, chiefly, North America, sometimes, mildly, derogatory) An old person, usually a male, typically a cranky old man.

viejecita

An Eastern European old woman. [from 1830s]

viejita

An Eastern European old woman. [from 1830s]

viejo

Not current.

viejuno

(figuratively, by extension) Old-fashioned, refusing to change or update.

Viena

A state of Austria, including the city, within the state of Lower Austria.

vienés

Of or relating to Vienna (the capital of Austria).

vienesa

An inhabitant or resident of Vienna.

Vienne

A left tributary of the Loire in southwest France, flowing through the departments of Corrèze, Creuse, Haute-Vienne, Charente, Vienne and Indre-et-Loire.

viento

(countable) Any of several musical wind instruments.

viento de levante

A personification of the wind from the east.

viento de popa

(nautical, of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course.

vientre

(obsolete) The fat surrounding the belly. [mid 16th c. – late 17th c.]

vientre de alquiler

The practice of being a surrogate mother.

vierme

A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter. [from 15th c.]

viernes

The sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Muslim Sabbath; it follows Thursday and precedes Saturday.

vierteaguas

(architectural element) The horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame.

Vietnam

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Capital: Hanoi.

vietnamita

Of or pertaining to Vietnam.

viga

Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".

vigencia

(uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.

vigésimo

The ordinal form of the number twenty.

vigía

An observation tower in which a lookout keeps watch over prisoners, or looks out for fires, etc.

vigil

Not asleep; conscious.

vigilancia

The quality of being alert or on the alert.

vigilante

Attentive; awake; on guard.

vigilantista

A person who acts outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.

vigilar

(transitive) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.

vigilia

The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]

vigor

(uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.

vigorar

(transitive) To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to.

vigorizante

Stimulating or invigorating.

vigorizar

(transitive) To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to.

vigorosamente

With intense energy, force or vigor

vigoroso

(of health, physique etc.) Vigorous; robust; hardy

vikingo

(historical) Scandinavian/Northern European seafarers, most familiarly raiders and pirates during the Viking age.

vil

Extremely dirty and unpleasant.

vilipendiar

(transitive, obsolete) To assault, attack.

villa

(UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.

villa miseria

An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings.

villancico

(music genre) A carol (song or hymn) whose lyrics are on the theme of Christmas.

villano

A low-bred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow, especially one that cannot be trusted with a lady.

villar

A small village or a group of houses.

villorrio

(idiomatic, usually, figurative) A remote place: somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc; any field of endeavor that figuratively resembles such a place.

Vilma

A en given name, a contraction of Wilhelmina.

vilorta

(sports) A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by scoring more goals within the allotted time.

viña

A grape plantation, especially one used in the production of wine.

vinagrar

(transitive) To season or otherwise treat with vinegar.

vinagre

One who is grumpy or irritable. [from the early 20th c]

vinagrera

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.

vinagreta

(cooking) A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.

vinagrillo

A whip scorpion (arachnid of order Thelyphonida), which when threatened may eject a liquid containing acetic acid.

vinagrón

A whip scorpion (arachnid of order Thelyphonida), which when threatened may eject a liquid containing acetic acid.

vinca

Similar plants of genus Catharanthus.

vincha

A strip of fabric worn around the head.

vinculación

(uncountable) The act of connecting.

vinculado

Confined or restricted to a certain place.

vinculante

(of an agreement, contract, etc.) Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured.

vincular

(transitive) To couple.

vínculo

A binding agreement, a covenant.

vínculo afectivo

The act by which something is bonded or joined together.

vindicación

The act of vindicating or the state of being vindicated.

vindicar

To avenge; to get back at.

vindicativo

Having a tendency to seek revenge when wronged, vengeful.

viñedo

A grape plantation, especially one used in the production of wine.

viñeta

The symbol, typically a solid circle, that marks each item in a bulleted list.

vínico

Pertaining to or having the characteristics of wine.

viniente

Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.

vinilo

Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).

vino

An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.

vino clarete

(chiefly, UK) A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere.

vino de Oporto

A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.

vino peleón

(uncountable, UK, Irish, Commonwealth, informal) Cheap or inferior everyday wine.

vino tinto

Of a deep purple red color like that of Burgundy wine.

vinoso

Pertaining to or having the characteristics of wine.

viola

A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.

violáceo

Violet-colored.

violación

(legal) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.

violar

(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert [from around 1350 to 1470.]

violentamente

In a violent manner.

violentar

(intransitive) To enter a place by force or illicit means.

violento

(music) Faster or more intense than the regular style.

Violeta

A en given name.

violín

(string instrument) A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.

violinista

A person who plays the violin.

violoncelista

Someone who plays the cello.

violoncelo

A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.

violonchelista

Someone who plays the cello.

violonchelo

A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.

vip

Initialism of very important person.

Viqui

A en given name, also used as a formal given name.

virada

A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.

virago

A woman who is rough, loud, and aggressive.

viraje

A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.

virar

(automotive, transitive) To turn a corner or drive around a curve.

virgen

Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.

Virgilio

Pūblius Vergilius Marō (70–19 BCE), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid.

virginal

(usually, not comparable) In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.

virgíneo

Being or resembling a virgin.

virginiana

A native or resident of the state of Virginia in the United States of America.

virginiano

A native or resident of the state of Virginia in the United States of America.

virginidad

(uncountable) The condition of being a maiden; the time when one is a maiden or young girl.

Virgo

(zodiac constellations) : A constellation in the zodiac, imagined in the shape of a maiden, that contains the bright binary star Spica.

vírgula

(typography) The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.

virgulilla

A diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.

viril

Having qualities viewed as befitting a man; manful; courageous, resolute, noble.

virilidad

The self-concept of a man being with respect to his possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness; a man's sense or view of himself as being more or less manly.

viripotente

Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman). [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

virote

A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.

virrey

One who governs a country, province, or colony as the representative of a monarch.

virtuoso

Specifically, a musician (or other performer) with masterly ability, technique, or personal style. [from 18th c.]

viruela

(disease) An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.

virulencia

The state of being virulent.