Spanish–English dictionary

cubierta tejida

A padded or knit covering put on an item to keep it warm, especially a teapot or egg.

cubierto

Covered with a thin layer.

cubiertos

(chiefly, UK) Eating or serving utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons.

cubil

A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.

cúbit

(quantum computing) A quantum bit; the basic unit of quantum information described by a superposition of two states; a quantum bit in a quantum computer capable of being in a state of superposition; A binary qudit.

cubito

Any object more or less in the form of a cube.

cubo

Any object more or less in the form of a cube.

cubrecama

The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket.

cubrefuego

Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.

cubrelecho

(British, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada) A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down) and usually an additional washable cover, used instead of blankets; often called a comforter or quilt, especially in US English.

cubrición

(architecture) The external covering at the top of a building.

cubrir

(transitive) To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something.

cubrir con capote

(agriculture) To apply mulch.

cubrir con manitllo

(agriculture) To apply mulch.

cucar

To encourage or stimulate.

cucaracha

A contemptible or devious being.

cucarachero

Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).

cucha

A house or shelter for a dog.

cuchador

An eating utensil shaped like a spoon, the bowl of which is divided into tines like those of a fork, and so has the function of both implements; some sporks have a serrated edge so they can also function as a knife.

cuchara

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cuchara de albañil

A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.

cuchara de postre

(rare) An item of cutlery; a spoon, larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon, used for eating dessert.

cuchara de sopa

A spoon for eating soup, typically smaller than a tablespoon and larger than a dessert spoon, characterised by having a round bowl rather than the usual oval bowl of other types of spoon.

cuchara sopera

A spoon for eating soup, typically smaller than a tablespoon and larger than a dessert spoon, characterised by having a round bowl rather than the usual oval bowl of other types of spoon.

cucharada

The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.

cucharada de té

A unit of measure, equivalent to one-third of a tablespoon or roughly five milliliters.

cucharadita

A small spoon used to stir the contents of a cup or glass.

cucharazo

The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.

cucharear

To serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon.

cucharilla

(fishing) An oblong, concave lure, usually of metal or shell, shaped like the bowl of a spoon.

cucharón

A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, for dipping into and ladling out liquids; a ladle or scoop.

cuchilla

The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.

cuchilla de panadero

A kitchen tool for scoring bread dough before baking.

cuchillada

An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.

cuchillera

One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery.

cuchillero

One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery.

cuchillo

(mathematics) An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)

cuchillo automático

A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.

cuchitril

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.

cuchucientos

(slang, hyperbole) An unspecified large number (of).

cuchufleta

A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.

cuchumil

(slang, hyperbole) An unspecified large number (of).

cuclilla

(exercise) Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.

cuclillas

A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.

cuclillo

A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.

cuco

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

cucú

(informal) Mentally senile.

cuculí

(countable) One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.

cucurucho

(topology) A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point.

cucuy

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

cudicia

A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.

cuelgue

(computer) The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.

cuello

(figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.

cuello de botella

The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.

cuello uterino

(now, specifically) The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.

cuello volcánico

(US) An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.

cuenca

(hydrology) A topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet; a watershed.

cuenco

A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.

cuenta

(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]

cuenta atrás

(astronautics) A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle.

cuenta regresiva

(astronautics) A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle.

cuentachistes

An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes.

cuentakilómetros

(British) The odometer of a motor vehicle.

cuentazo

(informal) An outrageous or blatant lie.

cuentero

One who tattles (reports others' wrongdoings), often a child seeking attention.

cuentista

A person who relates stories through one medium or another to an audience.

cuento

(long scale, and, short scale) The cardinal number 1 000 000: 106; a thousand thousand.

cuentos

A complaint or noise; a scene.

cuerda

(nautical) A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.

cuerda floja

A tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground.

cuerdear

(transitive) To make such an exclamation.

cuerdo

Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.

cuereada

(uncountable, originally, LGBTQ slang) Subtle insults.

cuerito

A flat piece of material, often of metal and often an annulus, placed beneath a nut or at some joint, to distribute pressure, alleviate friction, provide directionally differentiated friction (e.g. making the nut turn counter-clockwise only with difficulty), or prevent leakage.

cuerno

A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.

cuerno de chivo

Any of a number of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, including several members of the genus Kallstroemia and the species Tribulus terrestris, native to warm temperate and tropical regions.

cuerno de la abundancia

An edible mushroom.

cuernos

The characteristic of being unfaithful; infidelity; disloyalty.

cuero

An outer garment for the upper body made of furry animal hides.

cuero cabelludo

The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.

cuerpo

The dead body of any animal with flesh; the dead body of a vertebrate; a carcass.

cuerpo del esternón

(anatomy) The center part of the sternum.

cuerpo docente

(chiefly, North American, Philippines) The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.

cuerva

A cold drink, originating in Spain, consisting of red or white wine, brandy or sherry, fruit juice, sugar and soda water and garnished with orange and other fruit.

cuervo

Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.

cuesco

The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.

cueshte

Crushed, or reduced to small particles.

cuesta

An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

cuesta abajo

Down a slope.

cuestión

(countable, sometimes, _, noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.

cuestión batallona

A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife.

cuestionable

Of dubious respectability or morality.

cuestionamiento

The action of asking questions; a survey; an inquiry.

cuestionar

(transitive) To dispute (something); to contest.

cuestionario

A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey.

cueva

A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.

cuidado

Used to warn someone to proceed with caution.

cuidado infantil

(countable) A place where young children are supervised while away from their parents or guardians.

cuidador

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities.

cuidadosamente

With care; attentively, circumspectly.

cuidadoso

Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous.

cuidapalos

(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.

cuidar

(intransitive) (with for) To look after or look out for.

cuidar de

(transitive) To deal with, handle.

cuidar de los niños

(ambitransitive) To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.

cuilío

(informal) A police officer or prison guard.

cuillar

(intransitive) Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.

cuillo

The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.

cuilta

A bed covering consisting of two layers of fabric stitched together, with insulation between, often having a decorative design.

cuir

(LGBTQ, sometimes, offensive) Not exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is not represented by the gender binary.

cuita

Dung from a sea bird or from a bat.

cuitarse

(ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.

cuitear

(transitive) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.

cuja

The framework that supports a bed; the rigid structural components of a bed, excluding the mattress, box spring, etc; bedframe.

culada

The collision of a ship with ground beneath the surface of the water.

culantro

(US) The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.

culata

(firearms) The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber. [from 16th c.]

culeado

(originally, North America, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.

culear

(vulgar, slang, usually of a man, ambitransitive) To have sexual intercourse (with).

culebra

A hog-nosed snake, of genus Heterodon of harmless colubrid snakes found in North America

culebrear

(intransitive) To follow or move in a winding route.

culebreo

(countable) An unsteady back and forth motion.

culebrilla

(disease, informal) Herpes zoster, caused by Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus.

culebrina

A kind of handgun.

culeca

A female bird in the condition to incubate eggs; a broody hen, duck, etc.

cúler

An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.

culi

An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.

culín

The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.

culinaria

(uncountable) The style or genre of food preparation.

culinario

Relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking.

culminar

(idiomatic) To rapidly reach a turning point or climax.

culo

(euphemism) The buttocks or anus. [1794]

culpa

(computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.

culpa mía

An instance of mea culpa; an apology.

culpabilidad

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.

culpabilización

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.

culpabilizar

(transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).

culpable

Of hunting dogs: unable to find the scent.

culpablemente

(manner) In a way suggesting suspicion.

culpado

(rare) Rejected; cast off as worthless.

culpar

(transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).

culposo

unlawful or illegal

cultivación

The art or act of cultivating (improvement of land for or by agriculture), as:

cultivado

Artificially developed.

cultivador

A machine that mechanically tills the soil.

cultivar

To propagate or grow (plants) in an effort to give (them) certain qualities.

cultivo

(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.

culto

(uncountable, countable, as bare noun) Christian worship held at a church; service. [from 10th c.]

cultoso

Learned in the ways of civilized society; civilized; refined.

cultura

Devotion of time or attention to the improvement of (something)