Spanish–English dictionary

desaseado

(by extension) Disorderly or untidy in appearance.

desasir

(ambitransitive) To release or loosen from something that binds, entangles, holds, or interlocks.

desasnar

To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.

desasosegado

Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.

desasosegar

(transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in.

desasosegarse

(ambitransitive) To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.

desasosiego

The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.

desastrado

Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby.

desastre

Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.

desastroso

(figurative) Extremely bad; terrible.

desatar

(ambitransitive) To release or loosen from something that binds, entangles, holds, or interlocks.

desatarse

(intransitive) To begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition.

desatascador

A substance, usually a liquid, used to clean drains by unclogging material lodged inside them.

desatascar

(transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.

desatención

The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about something.

desatencionar

(transitive) To ignore; to pay no attention to.

desatender

(intransitive) To let steam escape through a passage provided for the purpose.

desatentadamente

Done without care or attention; inattentively.

desatentado

Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes. [from 16thc.]

desatentar

To disturb; to bother or unsettle.

desatento

Absent in mind; often preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]

desatinado

(chiefly, British Isles) Insane; crazy, mentally deranged.

desatino

A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.

desatorador

A device that is used to remove blockages from the drain of a basin or tub, by suction.

desatornillador

A hand tool or power tool which engages with the head of a screw and allows torque to be applied to turn the screw, thus driving it in or loosening it.

desatornillar

(transitive) To loosen a screw or thing by turning it.

desatrancar

(transitive) To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.

desavenencia

(uncountable) A condition of not agreeing or concurring.

desaventajado

Not advantageous.

desayunar

(dated) To eat breakfast; to eat the first meal of the day after a night of not eating or to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food.

desayuno

The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

desazón

An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.

desazonado

Not pleased or happy with something.

desazonar

(transitive) To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly.

desbancar

To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.

desbandada

A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to move in the same direction at the same time, especially in consequence of a panic.

desbandar

(ambitransitive) To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.

desbarahúste

(uncountable) A confused disordered jumble of things.

desbarajustado

Scattered with a disorderly mixture of objects that occupies space; littered.

desbarajuste

(uncountable) A confused disordered jumble of things.

desbaratar

(transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.

desbarbado

(ornithology) Lacking a beard (a defined patch of feathers below the beak).

desbarrancar

To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.

desbarrar

(intransitive) To speak or write wildly or incoherently.

desbloquear

(transitive) To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.

desbocado

Tending to use obscene or offensive language; to have a foul mouth.

desbocarse

To move about wildly or violently.

desbordamiento

The spillage resultant from overflowing.

desbordar

(intransitive, usually, with with) To have a superabundance of (something).

desbravar

To turn an animal into a beast of burden.

descabellado

(informal) Characterized by excess or the utmost folly; ridiculous; impractical.

descabellar

To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.

descabezamiento

An instance of a person being beheaded.

descabezar

(transitive) To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.

descabullarse

(intransitive) To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.

descabullarse para matrimoniarse

(intransitive, of an unmarried person) To run away secretly for the purpose of getting married with one's intended spouse; to marry in a quick or private fashion, especially without a public period of engagement.

descabullirse

(intransitive) To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.

descacharrante

Very funny; causing great merriment and laughter.

descaecer

(intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.

descaecimiento

A deterioration of condition; loss of status, quality, strength, or fortune.

descafeinado

(informal) A decaffeinated coffee, tea, or soft drink.

descalabro

An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).

descalcificar

To remove scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc.

descalificación

A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army.

descalificar

(transitive) To make ineligible for something.

descalificativo

Insulting, ridiculing.

descalzaperros

A fuss, uproar, commotion or stir; hype; brouhaha, hullabaloo.

descalzo

Wearing nothing on the feet.

descamar

(colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.

descaminarse

(intransitive) To wander from company or outside proper limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray.

descampado

An unused area of land in an urban area (not built, not a farm, not a park).

descampar

(transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.

descansar

(intransitive) To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.

descansillo

A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.

descanso

(sports) The interval between the two halves of a sports match.

descapotable

An automobile with a retractable top.

descarado

(figurative) Shameless and undisguised.

descarapelar

(colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.

descarga

(electricity) The act of releasing an accumulated charge.

descargado

(of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.

descargamiento

Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.

descargar

To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.

descargar la cisterna

(transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.

descargo

An argument in support or justification of something.

descargo de responsabilidad

A public disavowal, as of responsibility, pretensions, claims, opinions, etc.

descarnado

(film, literature) Intense and starkly realistic; depicting harsh reality, especially violence.

descarnar

To remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.

descaro

(figurative, informal, uncountable) Impudence.

descarriar

(transitive) To cause to come off the tracks.

descarriarse

(colloquial, especially, Southern US, and, Midwest US, of a person) To go bad; to turn toward immorality or crime.

descarrilar

(transitive) To cause to come off the tracks.

descartable

That is designed to be discarded rather than reused, refilled or repaired.

descartar

(transitive) To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).

descascar

(transitive, intransitive, slang) To fool; to hoax.

descascarillar

To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.

descatalogar

(transitive) To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.

descendencia

The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.

descender

(intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.

descendiente

Descending from a biological ancestor.

descendimiento fluvial

The sport of guiding a raft while descending a river, especially through rapids known as white water rafting.

descensión fluvial

The sport of guiding a raft while descending a river, especially through rapids known as white water rafting.

descenso

An instance of descending; act of coming down.

descenso de ríos

The sport of guiding a raft while descending a river, especially through rapids known as white water rafting.

descentralizado

not centralized; having no center or several centers

descepar

To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.

descerrajar

(intransitive) To enter a place by force or illicit means.

descerramiento

(legal) The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing.

descharchar

(military) To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.

deschavetado

(slang) Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane; kookish.

desciframiento

The analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost.

descifrar

(transitive) To convert a code or cipher to plain text.

desclasificar

to remove the classification from; to lift the restrictions on

descobijar

To remove a cover from.

descoco

(figurative, informal, uncountable) Impudence.

descodificador

A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal

descodificar

To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.

descolar

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

descollante

Exceptionally good; distinguished from others by its superiority.

descoloramiento

The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance.

descolorar

(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).

descolorido

Of color, discolored by impurities.

descomponer

(transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

descomponerse

(transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

descomposición

(ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.

descompostura

(countable) A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.

descomprimir

(transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.

descompuesto

Non-functional; not functioning properly.

descomunal

Extremely large or on a great scale.

descomunión

The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.

desconcertado

Thoroughly confused, puzzled

desconcertante

Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.

desconcertar

To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle. [from 17th c.]

desconchado

A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.

desconchar

(transitive) To break small pieces from.

desconcierto

The state of being bewildered.

desconectado

(of an, electronic connection) Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.

desconectar

(transitive, US, regional, Southern US) To turn off or switch off (an electrical device).

desconfía

Cautious, suspicious, wary, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns.

desconfiado

(archaic) Lacking confidence in others; distrustful.

desconfianza

Lack of trust or confidence.

desconfiar

To put no trust in; to have no confidence in.

desconforme

Characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.

desconfortante

(informal) Causing discomfort or repulsion due to strange or eccentric behavior.

descongelación

The melting of ice, snow, or other frozen or congealed matter; the transformation of ice or the like into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost

descongelar

(transitive) To remove frost from.

desconocedor

(usually, with to or of) Lacking awareness; unmindful; unaware, unconscious of.

desconocer

(transitive) To refuse to have any relation to; to disown.

desconocida

A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.

desconocido

A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.

desconsideración

The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about something.