Spanish–English dictionary

voluntariado

The act of voluntarily giving time and labor for charity or community service.

voluntariamente

In a voluntary manner.

voluntariar

(transitive, informal) To offer the services of (someone else) to do something.

voluntariarse

(intransitive) To enlist oneself as a volunteer.

voluntariedad

The state of being willing

voluntarioso

Ready to do something, particularly something that requires change or effort; not objecting.

voluptuosidad

(uncountable) Sexual enjoyment.

voluptuoso

Sexually appealing; seductive.

voluta

(music, lutherie) The part of a violin or similar stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs.

volutas

(architectural element) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.

volver

(transitive) To be proper for; to beseem. [from 13th c.]

volver a acontecer

Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly.

volver a emitir

To broadcast again.

volver a salir adelante

(intransitive, followed by "from" to show what caused the bad feeling) To get better, to regain health or prosperity.

volver adicto

(transitive) To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted. [from 17th c.]

volver en sí

(intransitive, idiomatic) To recover consciousness after fainting etc.

volver loco

To derange the intellect of; to render insane.

volverse

(copulative) To become, or cause oneself to become.

volverse adicto

(transitive) To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted. [from 17th c.]

vombátido

Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.

vomitar

(colloquial, ambitransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.

vomitivo

(colloquial, countable) A drug that induces vomiting.

vómito

(colloquial, uncountable) vomit.

Vondín

The first reindeer of Santa Claus.

vorágine

(dated or archaicizing, figuratively) Violent agitation, tumult.

vorar

(intransitive, reflexive) To stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily and in large quantities. [with on]

voraz

Fierce, intense, vehement.

vórtice

(figuratively) Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre.

vortiginoso

Of or pertaining to a vortex; containing vortices; moving in a vortex. [from 17th c.]

vos

The individual or group spoken or written to.

vosear

(transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun you (in the past, especially to use you rather than thou, when you was considered more formal).

voso

Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).

vosotras

Used before epithets, describing the person being addressed, for emphasis.

vosotros

(object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.) [from 13th c.]

vosotros mismos

(emphatic) You (plural), used to intensify the subject as the group addressed.

votación

The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.

votante

A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.

votar

(intransitive) To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election.

votivo

Dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge.

voto

A nearly extinct Finno-Ugric language spoken in Ingria.

voucher

A piece of paper or other token that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.

voyerista

A person who derives sexual pleasure from observing other people engaging in some intimate or sexual activity; one who engages in voyeurism.

voyeur

A person who watches another without the other's permission and usually without the other's knowledge, especially for the purpose of deriving sexual pleasure from the sight of the other.

voz

(countable) A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.

vudú

Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.

vuelco

The act or result of overturning something; an upset.

vuelo

An act of flying.

vuelta

(uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.

vuelta a nacer

A person or thing reborn.

vuelta al pasado

A reversion to an earlier stage of development.

vueltas

(uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.

vuelto

(uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.

vuelto a nacer

A person or thing reborn.

vuestro

Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).

vulcanio

Of or relating to fire.

vulgar

(euphemism) Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic through clear and direct expressions. [from 1971]

vulgaridad

Abusive language.

vulgarismo

A colloquial word or phrase; a common spoken expression.

vulnerabilidad

(computing) A program or technique that exploits a vulnerability in other software.

vulnerabilidade

(uncountable) The state of being vulnerable; susceptibility to attack or injury, either physical or emotional; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.

vulnerable

Likely to be affected by something.

vulneración

A violation or breach, as of a law.

vulnerar

(transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).

vulpécula

A female fox.

vulpeja

A female fox.

vulva

(anatomy) The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vestibule/vulvar opening.

wacha

Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.

wachacarros

A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

waffle

(countable) A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.

wafle

(countable) A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.

wálter

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

wampum

(uncountable) Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping; (countable, archaic) one such bead.

wanabi

(informal, derogatory, often, attributive) Someone who wishes to be someone or do something, but lacks the qualifications or talent; an overeager amateur; an aspirant.

wantán

(chiefly, US) Specifically, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.

wantón

A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables.

was

A message sent via WhatsApp.

wasabi

A pungent green Japanese condiment made from the plant Eutrema japonicum (syn. Wasabia japonica).

wasap

A message sent via WhatsApp.

wasapear

(transitive) To contact (someone) via WhatsApp.

Washington

A placename:

wata

(uncountable) An inorganic compound (of molecular formula H2O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.

wáter

(NZ) A small secondary lavatory having a fixture used for urination and defecation and sink but no bathtub or shower.

watio

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W

watt

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W

WC

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) Initialism of water closet: a lavatory; a toilet.

web

(Internet) A collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and reside on the same server.

web híbrida

(Internet) A Web application that combines data or functionality from more than one source.

webcam

(computing, photography) A video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a computer network, originally the World Wide Web.

weber

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux; the flux linking a circuit of one turn that produces an electromotive force of one volt when reduced uniformly to zero in one second. Symbol: Wb.

webinar

An interactive seminar conducted via Internet. Usually a live presentation, lecture or workshop that happens in real time, as users participate through text-based chat, voice, video, or file-sharing.

webinario

An interactive seminar conducted via Internet. Usually a live presentation, lecture or workshop that happens in real time, as users participate through text-based chat, voice, video, or file-sharing.

website

(Internet) A collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and reside on the same server.

weldear

(transitive) To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination.

Wellington

(card games) In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.

wergild

(historical, especially in Germanic, _, legal) Compensation thus determined and paid; a reparative payment.

western

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whatsapp

A message sent via WhatsApp.

whatsappear

(transitive) To contact (someone) via WhatsApp.

whisky

(photography) Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling.

wiccano

Of or pertaining to the neo-pagan religion of Wicca.

widget

(computing, GUI) Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.

wigwam

A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States.

Wii

(video games) A video game system released worldwide by Nintendo in 2006, noted for its unique motion-based control system.

Wikcionario

A particular version of this dictionary project, written in a certain language, such as the English-language Wiktionary (often known simply as the English Wiktionary).

wiki

A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it.

Wikipedia

A free-content, multilingual, online encyclopedia and wiki run by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Wilfredo

A en given name, popular in the U.K. in the early twentieth century.

Wiltshire

An inland county of England bordered by Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset, Oxfordshire, Hampshire and Berkshire.

wincha

A strip of fabric worn around the head.

Wisconsin

A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States.

wiski

(Ireland, US, England) A drink of whiskey.

wisteria

Any of several woody climbing vines, of the genus Wisteria, native to the East Asian countries of China, Korea, and Japan and the eastern United States.

witherita

(mineral) A yellow-grey mineral form of barium carbonate, BaCO3

wok

(cookware) A large, round-bottomed cooking pan used in East Asian cooking.

wokiar

To prepare oriental cuisine using a wok.

Wolfgang

A German en given name.

wolframio

A rare metallic chemical element (symbol W, from Latin wolframium) with an atomic number of 74.

wombat

Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.

won ton

A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables.

wontón

A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables.

woofer

A loudspeaker that produces low-frequency sound.

Worms

An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

wrap

A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.

Wyoming

A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Cheyenne.

Xbox

(video games, trademark) Any of the home consoles in Microsoft's Xbox product line, especially the original Xbox.

xenía

(classical studies) The concept of hospitality to strangers.

xenofilia

An attraction to or love of foreign people, manners or culture.

xenofobia

A fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners.

xenófobico

Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.

xenófobo

One who hates or fears strangers or foreigners.

xenón

The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology.

xi

The 14th letter of Classical and Modern Greek. The 15th in Ancient and Old Greek.

xilófono

(percussion instrument) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.

xinene

The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.

xoy

(disease) A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.

y

(now, colloquial, or, literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.

y [[sigs.]]

and the following (pages, paragraphs etc.)

y no

And not.

y otras

And others; to complete a list, especially of persons, as authors of a published work.

y otros

And others; to complete a list, especially of persons, as authors of a published work.

y pico

(not comparable, in combination with a number) About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number).

y punto

(colloquial) Used to emphasize the end of an important statement or point when speaking to show something is not up for discussion or debate.

y... por igual

Including both of (used with and).

ya

(in negative or interrogative constructions) From a given time onwards; longer, again.

ya lo siento

Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.

ya mencionado

Previously mentioned.

ya que

Considered to be, in relation to something else; in the relation (specified).

ya sea

Introduces a disjunctive adverbial clause qualifying the main clause (with correlative or).

ya sea...o

Introduces the first of two (or occasionally more) options or possibilities, the second (or last) of which is introduced by “or”.

yac

An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.