Spanish–English dictionary

democratismo

The principles or spirit of a democracy; the ideology of democracy.

democratización

The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.

democratizar

(narrowly) To make democratic.

demodé

Of an object, outdated or no longer in vogue.

demográfico

Of or pertaining to demography.

demoler

To devour; to eat up

demolición

The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.

demoníaco

Pertaining to demons or evil spirits; demoniac.

demonio

(computing, Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.

demonio necrófago

(mythology) A demon said to feed on corpses.

demonio(s)

(sometimes, vulgar) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.

demonizar

(transitive, figuratively) To describe or represent as evil or diabolic, usually falsely.

demonstración

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

demonstrar

(transitive) To show how to use (something).

demora

A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

demorar

To put off until a later time; to defer.

demostración

A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.

demostrado

Having been proved; having proved its value or truth.

demostrar

(transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.

demover

(transitive) To lower the rank or status of.

demudar

(intransitive) To become something different.

Denali

The highest mountain peak in North America (the third most prominent peak after Mount Everest and Aconcagua), located in central Alaska.

denante

At an earlier time.

denegación

(psychology) A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.

denegar

To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.

dengue

An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.

denguear

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

denigración

The act of making black; a blackening or defamation.

denigrante

Degrading; that degrades.

denigrar

To debase; to lower; to degrade.

denodado

Courageous, daring.

denodarse

(intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).

denominación

Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.

denominado en

To express in a denomination (i.e., a monetary unit).

denominador

(arithmetic) The number or expression written below the line in a fraction (such as 2 in ½).

denominar

To name; to designate.

denostación

Something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another.

denostar

(slang) To put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour.

denotar

(transitive) To indicate; to mark.

densamente

In a dense manner.

denso

Thick; difficult to penetrate.

dentado

(botany) Having round or blunt teeth on its margin; scalloped.

dentadura postiza

An artificial replacement of one or more teeth.

dentejón

A bar or frame by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at their necks enabling them to pull a cart, plough, etc.; (by extension) a device attached to a single draught animal for the same purpose.

dentellar

To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

dentera

Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions). [from 13th c.]

dentición

(physiology) The eruption, through the gums, of the milk teeth; dentition.

dentífrico

Toothpaste or any other substance, such as powder, for cleaning the teeth.

dentista

A medical doctor who specializes in teeth.

dentistería

(uncountable) The field of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions of the teeth and oral cavity.

dentística

(uncountable) The field of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions of the teeth and oral cavity.

dentreño

A person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or institution.

dentrífico

A paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the teeth.

dentrífrico

A paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the teeth.

dentro

Inside, into, or within a building.

dentro de

Surrounded by; among; amidst.

dentro de poco

(chiefly, dated, or, dialect, including, South Midlands, Cornwall) Soon; next; in due time; as soon as it becomes convenient.

dentrotraer

(transitive) To put in between or into.

denuedo

Enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist, musician, or writer, in composing or performing.

denuesto

Something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another.

denuncia

(legal) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based.

denunciador

(law, UK, _, historic, otherwise, current) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.

denunciante

(law, UK, _, historic, otherwise, current) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.

denunciar

(transitive) To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.

deontología

Synonym of ethics (“the study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct”). [from c. 1826]

DEP

Initialism of requiescat in pace, requiescant in pace, or rest in peace (a blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace).

depa

(chiefly, North America, Australia, Philippines) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.

deparar

In waiting; in readiness.

departamental

Of or pertaining to a department.

departamento

(chiefly, North America, Australia, Philippines) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.

departamento de compras

(uncountable) The purchasing department of a company.

depauperar

(transitive) To make poor.

dependencia

The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.

depender

(intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of like independent does) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition

depender de

(Should we move, merge or split(+) this sense?) (intransitive, with on or upon) To depend on something.

dependiente

Having a biochemical addiction.

depilar

To remove all hair from skin so as to make it smooth.

depleción

The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.

deplecionar

(ambitransitive) To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

depletar

(ambitransitive) To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

depletear

(ambitransitive) To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

depleto

Used up, expended; of which nothing is left.

deplorable

Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched.

deplorar

(transitive) To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.

deponente

(grammar, of a verb) Having an active meaning, but conjugating as though it were being used with a different voice (such as the passive).

deponer

(transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).

deportación

The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.

deportado

A deported person.

deportar

(transitive) To evict, especially from a country.

deportarse

(ambitransitive, reflexive, dated) To amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; in particular, to cavort or gambol.

deporte

(countable, uncountable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.

deportista

(countable) A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.

deportivas

(US, Atlantic Canada, Australia, New Zealand) An athletic shoe with a soft, rubber sole. A trainer.

deportividad

The behaviour exhibited in playing sports, either good or bad.

deportivo

(of clothing or utensils) Designed for informal or everyday use.

deposición

The act or process of voiding feces from the bowels.

depositar

(transitive) To put into a bank.

depositaria

A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper.

depositario

A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper.

depósito

(military) A place for the storage, servicing, or upgrade of military hardware.

depósito de cadáveres

A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.

depósito municipal

(UK) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.

depravación

(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.

depravado

(informal, pejorative) Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.

deprecación

The act of one who begs.

deprecar

(transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.

depreciación

Depreciation.

depredador

Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other non-plant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.

depredar

(ambitransitive) To prey upon something.

depresión

(meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.

depresiones

(countable) Mental depression.

depresivo

Causing depression; dispiriting.

deprimente

Causing depression or sadness.

deprimido

(informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.

deprimir

(transitive) To lessen; to dull; to make less intense (said of emotions and non-physical things).

deprisa

Rapidly; with speed; fast.

depuración

The process of removing dirt, toxins etc.

depurar

(transitive) To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.

derbi

Any of several annual horse races.

derecera

(mining, chiefly, historical) A dynamite fuse made with a small quantity of dynamite powder along its length, so that the spark travels quickly and at a specific known rate.

derecha

The right side or direction.

derechera

(mining, chiefly, historical) A dynamite fuse made with a small quantity of dynamite powder along its length, so that the spark travels quickly and at a specific known rate.

derechista

(politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.

derecho

(legal) The theoretical study of law.

derecho a sufragio

The right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage.

derecho de autor

(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.

derecho de copia

(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.

derecho de retención

(legal) A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.

derecho de sufragio

The right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage.

derecho de voto

The right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage.

derechos de aduana

(in the plural) The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.

derechos de autor

(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.

derechos humanos

(US) Those rights which are guaranteed protection by the US Constitution and are considered to be unquestionable, deserved by all people under all circumstances, especially without regard to race, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender, and disability.

derechura

(now, _, rare) The fact or quality of being right or correct; correctness of opinion or judgement. [from 15th c.]

derelicto

Given up by the guardian or owner; abandoned, forsaken.

deriva

The drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction.

derivación

(mathematics, calculus) The process of application of the derivative operator to a function, yielding another function called the derived function of the first.

derivada

(mathematics, calculus) The process of application of the derivative operator to a function, yielding another function called the derived function of the first.

derivado

Something which develops from something else.

derivar

(mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.

dermatitis

(pathology) Inflammation of the skin.

dermatoesqueleto

(anatomy) A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.

dermatóloga

A person who is skilled in, professes or practices dermatology.

dermatólogo

A person who is skilled in, professes or practices dermatology.

derogar

(transitive, law) To annul (as a law, decree, ordinance, etc.) by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or their successor; to repeal.[First attested in the early 16th century.]

derogatorio

(legal, of a, clause in a testament) Being or pertaining to a derogatory clause.

derrabar

(transitive) To clip or cut off a section of an animal's tail; to practise a caudectomy.

derrama

An act of washing or cleaning the inside of something.

derramamiento

The sudden outward flowing of a large amount of something.

derramamiento de sangre

(literally) The shedding or spilling of blood.