Spanish–English dictionary

burnout

(automotive) Use of the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary, causing the spinning tires to produce smoke and burn rubber.

buró

A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.

burócrata

An official who is part of a bureaucracy.

burocrático

Of or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats.

burqa

(strictly) An enveloping Central Asian garment which covers the whole body, incorporating a netted screen to cover the eyes, chiefly worn by women in fundamentalist denominations of Islam to observe sartorial hijab (the practice of wearing concealing clothing in front of adult men after the age of puberty).

burrada

(countable) An act that is stupid.

burricie

(uncountable) The property of being stupid.

burrico

A small donkey, especially when used as a pack animal or one that is feral and lives in the southwestern United States or northern Mexico.

burrito

A Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat and/or beans, cheese etc.

burro

(originally, US, informal, derogatory) A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.

burrucha

(countable, usually, in the plural) Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.

bus

(automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.

bus de cortesía

A transport service (such as a bus or train) that goes back and forth between two or more places.

busa

The abdomen (especially a fat one).

Busán

A metropolitan city of South Korea. It is the second largest city and the largest port city in Korea. It is also well known for its beaches and port.

busarda

The abdomen (especially a fat one).

busardo

Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail.

busca

(telecommunications) A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.

buscado

(law enforcement) Subject to immediate detainment by law enforcement authorities on sight.

buscador

One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.

buscadora

One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.

buscante

One who seeks.

buscapersonas

(telecommunications) A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.

buscapié

An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.

buscapleitos

An unscrupulous or unethical lawyer, especially one of lesser skill.

buscar

(by extension, ambitransitive) To uncover and bring to light by searching; usually to ferret out.

buscar a tientas

To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.

buscar el pelo en el huevo

(figurative) To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.

buscarle la quinta pata al gato

(figurative) To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.

buscarle las cosquillas

(informal, transitive) To annoy.

buscarle tres pies al gato

(figurative) To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.

buscarril

(rail) A self-propelled railway vehicle for passengers, similar to a bus.

buseca

The abdomen (especially a fat one).

busilis

A puzzle or difficulty.

buso

(stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.

búsqueda

The act of looking for something, especially for a job or flat.

búster

Something that boosts.

busto

A breast, one of a woman's breasts

bustona

Having large breasts.

butaca

A chair with supports for the arms or elbows.

Bután

A country in South Asia, in the Himalayas. Official name: Kingdom of Bhutan. Capital: Thimphu.

butano

(organic compound) A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C4H10, n-butane and 2-methylpropane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.

búzano

Someone who works underwater; a frogman.

buzo

Someone who works underwater; a frogman.

buzón

A box wherein objects can be deposited by one person for later collection by another.

bypasear

To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass.

bypass

A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture.

CA

(electricity) Initialism of alternating current (often used to indicate an alternating potential rather than a current).

cabal

In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.

cábala

(Judaism) A body of mystical Jewish teachings based on an esoteric reading of the Hebrew scriptures.

cabalar

(ambitransitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end.

cabalear

(ambitransitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end.

cabalero

Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.

cabalgada

(collective) A procession of riders, vehicles, ships, etc.

cabalgar

(slang, transitive, often, vulgar) To cause to have sex.

cabalgata

(collective) A procession of riders, vehicles, ships, etc.

cabalidad

The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness

cabalístico

Mysterious.

caballa

Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled,

caballear

(ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc. [from 8th c., transitive usage from 9th c.]

caballerescamente

In the manner or with the behavior of a gentleman; with social grace, politely.

caballeresco

Involving chivalry.

caballerete

(British, obsolete) A fop or dandy.

caballería

(military, usually, _, historical, uncountable) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.

caballeriza

A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.

caballero

Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.

caballerosamente

In the manner or with the behavior of a gentleman; with social grace, politely.

caballeroso

(of a man) Honourable, especially to women; gallant.

caballete

An upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist's canvas.

caballito

A child's toy consisting of a (usually wooden or cloth) horse's head mounted on a stick.

caballito inverso

(cycling) A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the bike is ridden on the front wheel.

caballito trasero

(cycling) A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the bike is ridden on the front wheel.

caballo

A powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria, classed as an illegal narcotic in most of the world. [from late 19th century]

caballo andaluz

A horse of a breed from the Iberian Peninsula, with long, thick mane and tail.

caballo breteador

A horse used primarily for manual labor; a draft horse.

caballo de fuerza

Metric horsepower, a metric unit approximately equal to 735.5 watts.

caballo de potencia

Metric horsepower, a metric unit approximately equal to 735.5 watts.

caballo de tiro

(American spelling) A horse used for muscular work other than carrying a rider and/or load, such as pulling a cart, plow, or log.

caballo de Troya

(figuratively) A subversive person or device placed within the ranks of the enemy.

caballo de vapor

Metric horsepower, a metric unit approximately equal to 735.5 watts.

caballo español

A horse of a breed from the Iberian Peninsula, with long, thick mane and tail.

caballo palomino

A horse with a golden-colored coat and a white or cream-colored mane and tail.

caballo trabajador

A horse used primarily for manual labor; a draft horse.

caballo troyano

(Greek mythology) The hollow wooden horse by which the Greeks allegedly gained access to Troy during the Trojan War.

caballuno

Of or relating to horses.

cabalmente

In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.

cabaña

(North American, AU) A shelter on a beach or at a swimming pool.

cábano

Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.

cabaré

Live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub; the genre of music associated with this form of entertainment, especially in early 20th century Europe.

cabaret

Live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub; the genre of music associated with this form of entertainment, especially in early 20th century Europe.

cabaretista

Someone who removes their clothing in a sexually provocative manner, especially as a form of paid entertainment.

cabarra

A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.

cabe

Next to; at the side of.

cabeceamiento

The act by which one nods.

cabecear

(intransitive) To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.

cabeceo

The act by which one nods.

cabecera

A large cushion or pillow, usually cylindrical in shape.

cabecero

A vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed.

cabecilla

A leader of a clan or tribe.

cabellado

Bearing one's own hair as grown and yet attached; neither bald nor hairless.

cabellar

(transitive) To put on clothing; to dress (oneself) in an article of personal attire.

cabellarse

(transitive) To put on clothing; to dress (oneself) in an article of personal attire.

cabello

(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.

cabelludo

Bearing one's own hair as grown and yet attached; neither bald nor hairless.

cabestrante

A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).

cabestrillo

A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.

cabestro

A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.

cabeza

The bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant such as a tulip, consisting of a shortened stem and many fleshy scale leaves, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.

cabeza cuadrada

(1950s, _, slang) A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends.

cabeza de chorlito

(originally, US, informal, derogatory) A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.

cabeza de familia

The primary income-earner in a household.

cabeza de jabalí

(chiefly, British) Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.

cabeza de playa

(by extension) An initial success that ensures the possibility of further advances in a project; a foothold.

cabeza de turco

(informal, derogatory) A person who is taken advantage of, especially by being cheated or blamed for something.

cabeza dura

Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence. (of a person)

cabeza hueca

(originally, US, informal, derogatory) A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.

cabezada

A sharp blow delivered by driving the head into an opponent or object, generally by lowering the head and charging forward or by rapidly tilting the head backward and then forward.

cabezadura

Stubborn; wilful.

cabezaje

An act of distributing or state of being distributed.

cabezal

A vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed.

cabezazo

A sharp blow delivered by driving the head into an opponent or object, generally by lowering the head and charging forward or by rapidly tilting the head backward and then forward.

cabezonería

The state of being stubborn.

cabezota

Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.

cabida

The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.

cabildear

(intransitive, transitive) To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.

cabildero

A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.

cabilla

(countable) A steel reinforcing bar in a reinforced concrete structure.

cabimiento

The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.

cabina

A boxlike room or enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person, such as a phone booth or polling booth.

cabizbajo

Deeply or seriously thoughtful.

cable

A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.

cableado

(architecture) The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded mouldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting.

cablegrama

A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.

cabo

(geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.

cabra

A female non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a female pet, especially a dog.

cabra loca

(slang) A crazy person.

cabreado

(informal, idiomatic) Frustrated, annoyed, or tired, to the limit of one's endurance, especially by something that one has experienced for too long. [with with or (British English) of]

cabrestante

(especially, nautical) A vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, typically surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for levers for turning it; used to apply force to cables, ropes, etc.

cabresto

A rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement.

cabria

A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.

cabrilla

Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters.

cabrillazo

A sudden movement out of a straight line, for example to avoid a collision.

cabrillear

Of a mass of bees: to move their abdomens in a coordinated manner so as to produce a shimmering wave effect, thought to deter predators.

cabrio

A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.

cabriola

A playful leap or jump.

cabriolé

An automobile with a retractable top.

cabriolet

An automobile with a retractable top.

cabrita

(slang) A sexually mature person below, or appearing to be below, the legal age of consent, who is regarded, usually by an adult, as being sexually attractive and/or seductive.

cabritas

(chiefly, uncountable) A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.

cabrito

An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and thrown in games of chance.