Spanish–English dictionary

cannoli

(mostly, in the plural) A tube of fried pastry, typical of Sicily, filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and flavorings, eaten as a dessert.

cannolo

(mostly, in the plural) A tube of fried pastry, typical of Sicily, filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and flavorings, eaten as a dessert.

caño

Such a cask of a certain size, holding one-eighth of what a tun#Noun holds. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)

canoa

(watercraft) A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.

cañón

A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.

cañonazo

The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery.

cañonera

(nautical) Any of the various types of small armed vessels.

cañonero

(military unit) An artillery soldier who maintains and operates (historical) a cannon, or (now) some other piece of heavy artillery.

canónigo

A type of clergymember serving a cathedral or collegiate church.

canonizar

(chiefly, Roman Catholicism) To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.

canonjía

The office of a canon; a benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.

canotier

(headwear) A straw hat, very stiff, with a flat brim and crown.

cansado

(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]

cansador

Tiresome after prolonged repetition.

cansancio

Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.

cansar

(transitive) To tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy.

cansarse

(intransitive) To become sleepy or weary.

cansino

That tires or tire.

cantadito

(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.

cantaleta

(linguistics) Any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause.

cantalupo

Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:

cantante

A person who sings, often professionally.

cantar

(transitive, intransitive, sports) To drop a ball or a baton etc. by accident.

cantar como los tiroleses

(transitive, and, intransitive) To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.

cántaro

(chiefly, _, historical) A large vessel, especially a thin-necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing and transporting wine and oil.

cantear

(transitive) To move (something) slowly and carefully.

cantera

(UK, education) A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control; a charter school.

Canterbury

A local government district with borough status of Kent, England, the City of Canterbury, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the city itself.

cántico

A chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text.

cantidad

The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).

cantidad suficiente

The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.

cantimplora

A water bottle, flask, or other vessel, typically used by a soldier or camper as a bottle for carrying water or liquor for drink.

cantina

(chiefly, US, Canada) A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.

cantinela

(sometimes, derogatory) A word drawn from, or imitative of, technical jargon, used more to impress others than to convey meaning.

cantinero

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

cantito

(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.

canto

A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.

canto a la tirolesa

A song incorporating yodelling.

canto de cuna

A cradlesong, a soothing song to calm children or lull them to sleep.

canto fúnebre

A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.

canto rodado

A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.

Cantón

Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, China.

cantonearse

(transitive) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.

cantonés

(uncountable) A dialect of the Cantonese language, spoken in Guangzhou (Canton), Hong Kong, Macau, and treated as the standard dialect of the Cantonese language.

cantonesa

(countable, chiefly, in the plural) An inhabitant of Canton; a person of Canton descent.

cantor

A priest who sings in a chantry.

cantor; cantante

One who chants or sings.

cantora

A person who sings, often professionally.

Cantórbery

A local government district with borough status of Kent, England, the City of Canterbury, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the city itself.

cantoría

The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.

cantueso

Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.

canturía

The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.

canturrear

To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

canturriar

To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

cantusar

To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

cantusear

To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

cánula

(medicine) A tube inserted into the body to drain or inject fluid.

canulear

(transitive, medicine) To insert a cannula into (a body part such as a cavity, organ, or vessel (especially a vein)).

canulizarse

(intransitive, anatomy, embryology) Of a body part: to assume the form of a thin tube.

canutillo

A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.

Canuto

(historical) A en given name used in England from the eleventh to the thirteenth century.

caolín

A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, paper-making, etc.

caos

A confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; a ridiculously chaotic situation; confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state.

caótico

Behaviorally erratic or uncontrollable, especially of a machine or mechanical process.

capa

A covering layer of anything.

capa pluvial

(liturgy) A long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass.

capa y espada

A kind of period adventure story with flashy action and a lighthearted tone.

capacidad

(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

capacitación

The act of gaining the trust of a child or vulnerable person in order to take advantage of or exploit them, especially sexually.

capacitado

Requiring special abilities or training.

capacitancia

(physics, uncountable) The property of an electric circuit or its element that permits it to store charge, defined as the ratio of stored charge to potential over that element or circuit (Q/V); SI unit: farad (F).

capacitar

To make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task.

capacitismo

(uncountable) Discrimination against people with disabilities in favor of those without. [from late 20th c.]

capacitista

Exhibiting or relating to ableism.

capacitor

(electronics) An electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.

capar

(transitive) To remove the testicles of a person or animal.

capar clase

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, informal) To avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk.

caparazón

The often ornamental coverings for an animal, especially a horse or an elephant.

capataz

(management) The leader of a work crew.

capaz

Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

capción

A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.

capcionar

To add captions to a text or illustration.

capear

(transitive) To cover with a coating of some material.

Capella

(star) A bright double star in the constellation Auriga; Alpha (α) Aurigae.

capellán

A member of a religious body who is (often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.

caperuzo

Having or showing skill; skillful.

capi

(informal) Contraction of captain used as a title.

capicúa

A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.

capilla

(UK) A place of worship of a denomination not in conformity with the Church of England, usually Protestant.

capiller

(UK) A lay officer of the Church of England who handles the secular affairs of the parish.

capillero

(UK) A lay officer of the Church of England who handles the secular affairs of the parish.

capirotazo

(fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.

capirote

Sylvia atricapilla, an Old World warbler.

capirotear

To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.

capitación

An act of distributing or state of being distributed.

capital

(slang, dated) used as an expression of approval, satisfaction, or delight.

capitalismo

(politics, economic liberalism) A socio-economic system based on private property rights, including the private ownership of resources or capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.

capitalista

Supporting or endorsing capitalism.

capitán

(nautical) The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.

capitana

(nautical, military) The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.

capitanear

(intransitive) To act as captain

capitel

(countable, architectural element) The uppermost part of a column.

Capitolino

The building in Washington, D.C., in which both houses of the Congress of the United States meet.

capitolio

(US) Any building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets.

Capitolio de los Estados Unidos

The building in Washington, D.C., in which both houses of the Congress of the United States meet.

capitulación

The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.

capitular

(intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply. [from the end of the 17th c.]

capítulo

Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law)

capó

(Australia, British, NZ, South Africa, Commonwealth, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car, also known as a hood in chiefly Canada and the US.

capoeira

(uncountable) A martial art developed in Brazil, involving complex acrobatic maneuvers and flowing movements.

capota

A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.

cappa

The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet.

capricho

An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.

caprichoso

Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.

Capricornio

(astrology) The zodiac sign for the goat, ruled by Saturn and covering December 22 – January 20 (tropical astrology) or January 15 – February 14 (sidereal astrology).

Capricornus

(constellation) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a goat.

cápsula

The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.

cápsula de escape

(mostly, scifi) Any small, secondary, emergency-use vehicle used to evacuate from the main vehicle during times of danger.

captación

Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.

captar

To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.

captener

(transitive) To protect an environment, heritage, etc.

captivación

The act of captivating or the state of being captivated.

captivado

Fascinated; captivated.

captivante

Very beautiful or attractive.

captivar

(figuratively) To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.

captiverio

The state of being captive.

captividad

The state of being captive.

captivo

Held prisoner; not free; confined.

captor

One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone.

captora

One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone.

captura

The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.

capturar

To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.

capucha

A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.

capuchera

A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.

capuchino

A member of an order of Roman Catholic friars.

capul

(chiefly, _, US, Philippines) Hair hanging over the forehead.

capullo

(UK, Ireland, , slang, vulgar) The glans penis.

capuz

The act or instance of dunking, particularly in basketball.

capuzar

(transitive) To submerge briefly in a liquid.

caqui

The orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature.

caquistocracia

(political science) Government under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens. [from 1829.]

cara

(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.

cara a cara

In person; directly; in the physical presence of somebody.

cara de póquer

(poker) An impassive facial expression cultivated to prevent other players from determining whether one's actions in the game are the result of a quality hand, or of bluffing.

cárabe

A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight. [from 15th c.]

carabina

A rifle with a short barrel.

cárabo

A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.

Caracas

The capital city of Venezuela.

carachupa

Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, families Dasypodidae and Chlamyphoridae in the order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America.

caracol

(uncountable) A dish, commonly associated with French cuisine, consisting of edible snails.