Spanish–English dictionary

compañería

The state of having or being a companion.

compañerismo

The state of having or being a companion.

compañero

A companion; a comrade.

compañero (de equipo)

One who is on the same team.

compañero (de trabajo)

Somebody with whom one works.

compañero de clase

A student who is in the same class at school.

compañero de cuarto

A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment.

compañero de curso

One who is taking the same academic course.

compañero de piso

A person with whom one shares a flat.

compañía

(legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.

compañía aérea

A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.

compañía de bomberos

A unit of firefighters and their equipment.

compañía de transportes

A person or company in the business of shipping freight.

compañón

Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.

comparable

(often with to) Able to be compared (to).

comparación

The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.

comparanza

The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.

comparar

(transitive, US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).

comparativo

(grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).

comparecencia

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.

comparecer

(intransitive) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.

comparón

Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.

comparsa

An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.

compartición

(computing) A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.

compartido

Used by multiple entities or for multiple purposes or in multiple ways.

compartimentar

(transitive) To separate something into different categories, or compartments.

compartimento

(countable) A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.

compartimiento

(countable) A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.

compartir

(transitive, obsolete) To share (in); to have in common, to partake of. [16th–19th c.]

compás

(music) A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar. [from 17th c.]

compasión

The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.

compasivo

Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).

compatibilidad

(telecommunication) the capability of two or more items or components of equipment or material to exist or function in the same system or environment without mutual interference.

compatriota

Somebody from one's own country.

compay

(chiefly, US, Canada, colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.

compeledor

very interesting; able to capture and hold one's attention

compeler

(archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.

compelidor

very interesting; able to capture and hold one's attention

compeliente

very interesting; able to capture and hold one's attention

compendiar

(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent. [First attested around 1350–1470]

compendio

(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

compenetración

A relationship of mutual trust and respect; a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well.

compensación

Compensation for an injury or loss; recompense; reparation.

compensador

(nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.

compensar

To compensate, to fill in, to catch up.

compersión

(neologism) Vicarious joy associated with seeing one's partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relation with another.

competencia

(military) The obligation imposed by law or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping an accurate record of property, documents, or funds.

competencia desleal

(economics, trading) Selling goods at less than their normal price, or even at a loss, especially in the export market as a means of securing a monopoly.

competente

(law) Legally qualified or competent. [First attested in the early 18th century.]

competer

Expressing figurative placement, burden, or attachment.

competición

(uncountable) The action of competing.

competidor

A person or organization against whom one is competing.

competir

(transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.

compilación

An anthology of previously released material linked together by theme or author, especially in book form.

compilar

(transitive, computing) To construct (software) by compiling its source code.

compinche

(Maritime English) A person far removed from the conversation.

complacer

To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.

complacido

Satisfied, pleased, contented.

complaciente

Willing to do what pleases others; obliging; agreeable.

complejizar

(chemistry, intransitive) To form a complex with another substance.

complejo

Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.

complejo vacacional

A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.

complejos paternos

(informal) A complex, especially in a girl or woman, originating from an unhealthy relationship with one's father, causing one to behave erratically in romantic relationships.

complementar

To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.

complementario

Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.

complementarse

To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.

complemento

Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.

completamente

Completely, wholly, or without exception.

completar

To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.

completez

The state or condition of being complete.

completitud

The state or condition of being complete.

completo

Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree. [first attested around 1400]

completud

The state or condition of being complete.

complexión

The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.

complicación

An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.

complicado

Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

complicar

(transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.

cómplice

(legal) Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal.

complicidad

The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.

complot

A private agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose; conspiracy.

complotado

Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.

complotar

(transitive, intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).

complotarse

(transitive, intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).

componenda

(countable) A less than perfect decision or solution; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact.

componente

A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.

componer

(sometimes, proscribed, usually in the passive) To compose; to constitute. [from the 17th c.]

componerse

To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.

comportamiento

One's posture, demeanor, or manner.

comportar

(intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.

comportarse

(imperative, originally, US) To behave in a mature manner; to avoid being childish.

comportarse mal

(intransitive, or, reflexive) To act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner.

comporte

One's posture, demeanor, or manner.

composición escrita

(publishing) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.

compositor

Especially, one who composes music.

compositora

Especially, one who composes music.

compost

The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer.

compostar

To produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer.

compostura

Calmness of mind or temperament.

compota

A dessert made of fruit cooked in sugary syrup.

compra

The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.

compra accionaria empresarial

(finance) The acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock.

comprador

A person who makes one or more purchases.

compradora

A person who makes one or more purchases.

comprar

(transitive, archaic) To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).

compras

Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies; the commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery store.

comprehender

(transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand. [from 16thc.]

comprehensión

A thorough understanding.

comprehensivamente

Generally; with everything considered.

comprehensivo

Of, related to, feeling, showing, or characterized by sympathy.

comprender

(transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.

comprensible

Able to be comprehended.

comprensiblemente

In an understandable manner.

comprensión

A thorough understanding.

comprensivamente

Generally; with everything considered.

comprensivo

Covering all aspects without exception.

compresa

(medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.

comprimido

(broadly) A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.

comprimir

(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

comprimirse

(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

comprobación

(countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.

comprobado

Having been proved; having proved its value or truth.

comprobante

A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.

comprobar

(transitive) To inspect; to examine.

comprometedor

That compromises somebody or something; incriminating.

comprometer

(transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.

comprometer en matrimonio

(archaic) Often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; specifically and chiefly, to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man; to affiance.

comprometerse

(ambitransitive) To bind by mutual agreement.

comprometida

One who is betrothed, i.e. a fiancé or fiancée.

comprometido

(usually with 'to') Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged for a bounden duty.

compromisario

A member of an electoral college; specifically (US) an official selected by a state as a member of the Electoral College to elect the president and vice president of the United States.

compromiso

Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.

compto

A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.

compuerta

(computing) A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.

compuesto

Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.

compulsar

(transitive) To certify by signature or oath.

compulsión

An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.

compulsivamente

In a compulsive manner; obsessively.

compulsivo

Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.

compunción

A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.

compungido

Having the emotion of dismay.

compungir

(transitive) To puncture; to break through.

compungirse

To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.

computación

The study of computers and their architecture, languages, and applications, in all aspects, as well as the mathematical structures that relate to computers and computation.

computación en la nube

(informal, computing) Computing services provided over the Internet (or the “cloud”), whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand.

computacional

Of or relating to computation.

computador

(now, rare, chiefly, historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes. [from 17th c.]

computador portátil

(computing) A laptop computer.

computadora

A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media. [from 20th c.]

computadora portátil

(computing) A laptop computer.

computar

(transitive) To reckon, calculate.