Spanish–English dictionary

coche fúnebre

A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.

coche motor

(rail) A powered single railway vehicle designed for passenger transport, with a driver's cab in both ends; Not to be confused with motor coach/motorcar, which is a powered railway vehicle capable to haul a train.

coche restaurante

(US) A typically small restaurant, historically modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter with stools along one side and booths on the other.

cochear

(intransitive, sports) To train.

cochecito

(US, Canada, Australia) A seat or chair on wheels, pushed by somebody walking behind it, typically used for transporting babies and young children.

cochera

A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors. [from 1936]

cochero

A person who drives a chariot.

cochinilla

(countable) A scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, which lives on prickly pear cacti (genus Opuntia).

cochinilla de humedad

Any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp, dark places, such as under stones or bark.

cochino

(countable) Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.

cochiquera

An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.

cochitril

(slang) An undesirable place to live or visit.

cocho

(Western Hemisphere) Coarsely ground hominy which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the Southern United States.

cocido

(of food) Prepared by cooking.

cociente

A number representing a comparison between two named things.

cocimiento

A mixture prepared in such a way.

cocina

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, except in compounds) An appliance or utensil for cooking food.

cocinado

(of food) Prepared by cooking.

cocinador

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, except in compounds) An appliance or utensil for cooking food.

cocinar

(ambitransitive) To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.

cocinar a fuego lento

(transitive) To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point.

cocinar al vapor

(transitive, cooking) To cook with steam.

cocinar(se)

(ambitransitive) To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.

cocinera

(cooking) A person who prepares food.

cocinería

(uncountable) The style or genre of food preparation.

cocinero

(cooking) A person who prepares food.

cocktail

A mixed alcoholic beverage.

coco

A menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories.

cocodrilo

Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.

cocodrilo de las marismas

A large crocodile, Crocodylus palustris, of southwest Asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout.

cocorear

(intransitive, archaic) To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.

cocorronazo

(slang) An act of putting a person in a headlock and rubbing one's knuckles on the other person's head, often a playful gesture of affection when done lightly.

cocote

(anatomy) The back part of the neck.

cóctel

A mixed alcoholic beverage.

coctelero

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

coda

(music) A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.

codazo

A hit, strike, or blow with the elbow.

codear

(intransitive) To move through by pushing and shoving.

codearse

(intransitive) To spend time socially; keep company.

codeína

(pharmaceutical drug) An addictive alkaloid narcotic derived from opium and used as a hypnotic, analgesic and antitussive; often mixed with aspirin etc.

códex

An early manuscript book.

códice

An early manuscript book.

codicia

Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth

codiciado

Highly sought-after.

codiciar

(transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.

codicilo

(legal) An addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.

codicioso

Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring, greedy.

codificación

(computing) The way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text.

codificar

(cryptography) To encode.

código

(cryptography) A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.

código abierto

(software) The practice of providing open-source code for a product.

código postal

(UK, Irish) A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.

codito

(uncountable) A type of pasta in the form of short tubes, typically boiled and served in soup, with a sauce, or in melted cheese; a dish of this. [from 18th c.]

coditos

A type of pasta similar to macaroni.

codo

The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length.

codorniz

Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.

codos

A type of pasta similar to macaroni.

coeficiente

Cooperating.

coerción

The act of enforcing; compulsion.

coercitivo

Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.

coetáneo

Of the same age or era; contemporary.

coevo

Of the same age or era; contemporary.

coexistencia

The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.

coexistir

(intransitive, stative, of two or more things, people, concepts, etc.) To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.

cofa

A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached.

coffee maker

Any of several different types of kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee.

cofia

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

cofrades

(figuratively) The body of members, especially of a fraternal, religious or military order.

cofradía

(figuratively) The body of members, especially of a fraternal, religious or military order.

cofre

(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.

cofre pequeño

A long, rectangular trunk or similar container that lies flat on the floor, especially one used for personal belongings and kept at the foot of a bed, commonly used in barracks and dormitories.

cofrecito

A little box, e.g. for jewellery.

coger

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

coger a pelo

(ambitransitive, slang, sex) To have sex (with someone) without using a condom.

coger con

(transitive, , intransitive, US, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse (with).

coger de bobo

(transitive, informal) To fool someone; to take advantage of someone.

coger por banda

(transitive) To accost or intercept unexpectedly.

coger por sorpresa

(transitive, figurative, informal) To catch off guard; to take by surprise.

cogérsela con papel de fumar

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

cogida

(vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.

cogitación

(uncountable) The process of cogitating; contemplation, deliberation, reflection, meditation.

cogitar

(intransitive) To meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.

cognado

(linguistics) Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.

cognición

The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.

cognitivamente

Relating to thinking (cognition).

cognitivo

Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.

cognocer

(transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.

cognociente

Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent. [from 14th c.]

cognombre

(archaic, historical) A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname.

cognomen

(archaic, historical) A nickname.

cognominar

(transitive) To give a nickname to (a person or thing).

cognoscente

Sapient; self-aware.

cognoscitivo

Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.

cogollo

(usually uncountable, slang) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the "bud"), or marijuana generally.

cogorza

A state of being drunk.

cogotazo

A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.

cogote

(anatomy) The back part of the neck.

coguilera

Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.

cogulla

A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it.

cohecho

The act of giving an illegal payment (a bribe) to a person in an official position as a means of influencing their decisions.

cohen

A Jewish priest: direct male descendant of the Biblical high priest Aaron, brother of Moses.

coherente

(logic) Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.

cohesionar

(intransitive) To stick together physically, by adhesion.

cohesivo

Having cohesion.

cohete

A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft. [from 20th c.]

cohibido

Uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease.

cohonestar

(transitive, US, informal, computer science) To make compatible.

cohorte

A group of people supporting the same thing or person.

coima

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

coincidir

(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.

coir

The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.

coito

(formal, now, also, humorous) Sexual intercourse, especially involving penile–vaginal penetration.

cojear

(intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.

cojera

An impediment to walking due to the feet or legs.

cojín

A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support.

cojinete

(engineering) A bearing assembly which uses spherical bearing balls as the rolling elements.

cojo

(informal) Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.

cojón

(vulgar, slang, chiefly plural) A testicle, often used in the plural form.

cojones

(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.

cojonudo

(vulgar, colloquial) Tough and courageous; having balls.

cok

(uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.

coke

(countable, uncountable, informal) Cola-based soft drink; (in particular) Coca-Cola.

col

Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).

col forrajera

A Mediterranean variety of kale, Brassica oleracea var. acephala.

col rizada

An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)

cola

(countable, uncountable, informal) Cola-based soft drink; (in particular) Coca-Cola.

cola de caballo

(botany) Any of various simple vascular plants, of the order Equisetales, that have hollow stems and produce spores.

cola de pescado

A form of gelatine obtained from the air bladder of the sturgeon and certain other fish, used as an adhesive and as a clarifying agent for wine and beer.

cola de un animal

(heraldry) An animal's tail. [from 16th c.]

colaboración

(uncountable) The act of collaborating.

colaboración con el enemigo

The crime of betraying one’s own country.

colaboracionismo

The crime of betraying one’s own country.

colaboracionista

A person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy.

colaborador

A person who works with others towards a common goal.

colaborar

(intransitive) To work or act together, especially for a common purpose or benefit.

colacionar

(transitive, figuratively) To begin discussion about (something).

colada

A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.

coladero

A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.

colado

(slang) A person who enters some event without a ticket or invitation, either by stealth or by deception.

colador

A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.

colágeno

(biochemistry) The main structural protein in the extracellular matrix of the connective tissues of many animals.

colapez

A form of gelatine obtained from the air bladder of the sturgeon and certain other fish, used as an adhesive and as a clarifying agent for wine and beer.

colapiscis

A form of gelatine obtained from the air bladder of the sturgeon and certain other fish, used as an adhesive and as a clarifying agent for wine and beer.

colapsar

(intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.

colapsar[se]

(intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.

colapso

The act of collapsing.

colapsoso

Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.

colar

(transitive, intransitive) To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.

colarse

To attend a social event without having been invited, or without having paid.

colateral

(anatomy) A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.