Spanish–English dictionary

bananero

The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa (but sometimes also including plants from Ensete), which has large, elongated leaves. [from 1697]

banano

The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa (but sometimes also including plants from Ensete), which has large, elongated leaves. [from 1697]

banano de montaña

Asimina, a genus of trees and shrubs native to eastern North America, especially common pawpaw (Asimina triloba).

bañar

(transitive, Commonwealth) To wash a person or animal in a bath.

bañarse

To bathe using a shower.

banasta

A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.

banasto

A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.

banca

(countable) A branch office of such an institution.

bancada

A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party.

bancal

(agriculture) A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.

bancar

(now, _, transitive, _, outside certain set patterns such as 'bear with'; formerly also, _, intransitive) To endure or withstand (hardship, scrutiny, etc.); to tolerate; to be patient (with).

bancarrota

(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.

banco

(countable) A branch office of such an institution.

banco de datos

(general) A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.

banco de iglesia

Any structure shaped like a church pew, such as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in a theatre; or a pen or sheepfold.

banda

A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.

banda ancha

(computing, slang) A data backbone, or broadband Internet access. [from 20th c.]

banda de rodadura

The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction. [from 1900s]

banda de rodamiento

The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction. [from 1900s]

banda de sonido

A narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures.

banda sónica

The sound (especially the music) component of a movie, video game, etc.

banda sonora

A pattern of variation in a road's surface designed to alert inattentive drivers to potential danger by causing a tactile vibration and audible rumbling if they veer out of their lane.

bandada

(collective) A small group of persons, especially of girls and women.

bandada formada en V

(archaic) A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.

bandazo

A sudden or unsteady movement.

bandeja

(cookware) An oven-proof metal tray used to hold foods in the oven.

bandera pirata

The traditional flag used on European and American pirate ships, and, more recently, by submarine crews, often pictured as a white skull and crossbones on a black field; the blackjack. [from early 18th c.]

bandera roja

(literally) A flag that is red, especially associated with leftist revolutionary ideologies.

bandida

One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.

bandido

One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.

bando

A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.

bandolero

One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.

bandoneón

A small Latin American accordion played with buttons which is frequently used in tango ensembles.

banear

(transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.

baneo

A prohibition.

báner

(Internet, television) A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content.

bañera

A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.

bañera de hidromasaje

A hot tub or whirlpool bath with underwater jets that massage the body.

bañero

A lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.

Bangkok

(exonym) The capital city of Thailand.

Bangladés

A country in South Asia. Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh. Capital: Dhaka.

Bangladesh

A country in South Asia. Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh. Capital: Dhaka.

baniano

A tropical Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, that has many aerial roots.

banjo

A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.

banner

(Internet, television) A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content.

baño

A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.

baño de damas

(polite, or, used by children) A woman: an adult female human.

baño de masas

(British) A public stroll by some celebrity to meet a group of people informally.

baño de sangre

Indiscriminate killing or slaughter; a massacre.

banqueta

A low stool for supporting the feet while seated.

banquete

A large celebratory meal; a feast.

banquetear

(transitive) To hold a feast in honor of (someone).

banquetearse

(intransitive) To partake in a feast, or large meal.

banquetero

A person or company hired to provide and serve food, usually for a large group and at a location separate from where the food is prepared.

banquillo

(sports) The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.

banquillo de los acusados

(law) Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.

banquisa

A low, flat mass of floating ice.

banshee

(Scotland, Ireland, , folklore) A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.

banyo

A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.

BAP

(nautical, military, initialism) The ship prefix for a ship from the navy of Peru.

baptismo

(Christianity) A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.

baptista

An adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity, which believes in the baptism of believers (sometimes only adults), as opposed to the baptism of infants.

baptizar

(Christianity) To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.

baquear

(intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.

baqueta

A stick used to play drums. [from 16th c.]

bar

(mathematics) The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.

bar cafetero

A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises.

barahúnda

A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.

barahustar

To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.

baraja

(cards) A pack or set of playing cards.

barajar

(intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

barajear

(ambitransitive) To put in a random order.

barajustar

To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.

barajustarse

(US, vulgar, slang) To hurry; to move quickly, especially to leave.

baraka

Desirable or beneficial fortune.

barandal

The handrail on the side of a staircase.

barandilla

The handrail on the side of a staircase.

barata

(retail) A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices, usually in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise; sometimes as a closeout.

baratero

A person holding the stakes of bettors, with the responsibility of delivering the pot to the winner of the bet.

baratija

A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.

baratillero

(Britain, archaic) A person who sells or trades in trinkets or items of low value.

barato

Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.

baratura

(of a person) The state#Noun or character trait of being cheap#Adjective (stingy).

baraustar

(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

barba

(ornithology) One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.

barba de chivo

A beard trimmed to grow only at the center of the chin.

barba de unos días

(countable, and, uncountable) Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.

barba incipiente

(informal) A beard growth that is visible late in the day on the face of a man who was clean-shaven in the morning.

barbacana

A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town.

barbacoa

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

barbado

Having a beard; involving a beard.

Barbados

An island and country in the Caribbean.

Barbanegra

The archetypal pirate, who lived in the 17th and 18th centuries.

barbar

(intransitive, obsolete) To grow hair on the chin and jaw.

Bárbara

A en given name.

barbárico

of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth

bárbaro

Relating to people, countries, or customs perceived as uncivilized or inferior.

barbas de ballena

(physiology, uncountable) keratinous material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale (Mysticeti), which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry.

barbechada

(agriculture, uncountable) Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.

barbechar

(transitive) To make land fallow for agricultural purposes.

barbechera

A place with no remaining resources; a desert.

barbecho

(agriculture, uncountable) Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.

barbería

(countable) The place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut.

barbero

A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.

Barbie

A tall, slender female fashion doll.

barbilampiño

(ornithology) Lacking a beard (a defined patch of feathers below the beak).

barbilla

The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.

barbiquejo

(nautical) A strong rope or chain rigging running from the end of the bowsprit to the ship's stem or cutwater.

barbita

(countable, and, uncountable) Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.

barbo

(biology) Whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish, including catfish, carp, goatfish, sturgeon, and some types of shark.

barboquejo

(nautical) A strong rope or chain rigging running from the end of the bowsprit to the ship's stem or cutwater.

barboso

Rough with bristly hair; shaggy.

barbudo

Any of numerous arboreal birds of the families Capitonidae, Lybiidae, and Megalaimidae, within the order Piciformes.

Barca

(historical) Former name of Marj: a city in Libya (in the former Roman province of Libya Superior/Libya Pentapolitana).

barcaza

(watercraft) A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.

Barcelona

The capital city of Catalonia, Spain.

barcia

The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

barcino

Brindled; diversified in color.

barco

(nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule

barco a remos

(US) A small open boat propelled by oars (by rowing).

barco de arrastre

A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.

barco de línea

(nautical) A ship of the line.

barco de vapor

A boat or vessel propelled by steam power.

barco fluvial

A watercraft designed for operating on rivers.

barco lineal

(nautical) A ship of the line.

barco pirata

An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.

barco transoceánico de pasajeros

A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner.

barda

(figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.

bardana

Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.

bardo

A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.

bardo budista

(Tibetan, _, Buddhism) The state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation.

Baréin

An archipelago, island, and country in West Asia in the Persian Gulf. Official name: Kingdom of Bahrain. Capital: Manama.

bareto

(UK, Australia, NZ, slang) A public house, pub.

Bari

A metropolitan city of Apulia, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Bari.

bario

The chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.

barista

A person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers.

barman

One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

barn

(nuclear physics) A unit of surface area equal to 10−28 square metres.

barnacla

A black and white species of bird within the family Anatidae from the northern hemisphere, Branta leucopsis.

barnacla nené

The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.

barniz

A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.

barnizador

A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.

barnizadora

A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.

barnizar

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

barón

A baron of beef, a cut made up of a double sirloin.

baronesa

A woman holding a baronial title in her own right; a female ruler of a barony.

barquear

(intransitive) To travel by boat.

barquero

A sailor on a small vessel (boat), particularly its captain.

barquilla

The car or basket of a hot-air balloon, airship, zeppelin, etc.

barquillo

A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.