Spanish–English dictionary

destilado

The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as tea or beer.

destilador

A device for distilling liquids.

destilar

To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.

destilería

A place where distillation takes place, especially the distillation of alcoholic spirits.

destinación

(countable) The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.

destinado

(with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to

destinado a morir

(dialectal, archaic, or, poetic) About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death.

destinamiento

(archaic) The act of destining or appointing.

destinar

(intransitive) To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive

destinatario

The person or organization to which something, such as a letter or message, is addressed or sent, for whom the item is intended.

destino

An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.

destitución

(countable, law, chiefly, US) The act of impeaching or charging a public official with misconduct, especially if serious, often with the aim of having the official dismissed from office.

destituido

(followed by the preposition "of") Lacking something; devoid.

destituir

(transitive, now, _, rare) To dismiss (someone, especially military personnel) from service.

destorcer

(transitive) To cause to become straight.

destornillador

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.

destornillar

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

destral

A small, light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.

destreza

skillfulness or ease of ability.

destripado

(not comparable) Eviscerated.

destripador

A murderer who kills and often mutilates victims with a blade or similar sharp weapon.

destripamiento

The act of disemboweling.

destripar

To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.

destripe

A document, review or comment that discloses the ending or some key surprise or twist in a story, or the internal rules controlling the behaviour of a video game, etc. [from 1970s]

destrísimo

Executed in the manner of a master; showing competence and skill; masterful.

destrizar

(transitive) To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.

destronamiento

Removal from a superior place in a hierarchy.

destronar

To depose; to forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy.

destrozado

(of a, person) Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.

destrozar

(archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]

destrucción

The act of destroying.

destructible

Able to be destroyed.

destructivo

Causing destruction; damaging.

destructor

That which destroys something.

destruible

Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed.

destruido

Destroyed, usually in an accident; damaged to the point of unusability.

destruidor

That which destroys something.

destruir

(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.

destupidor

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

desubicado

(colloquial, figurative) Out of touch with the experience of ordinary people.

desuniforme

Not uniform

desunir

(transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.

desusado

Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context.

desuscribirse

(intransitive) To cancel a subscription, especially to an online service.

desuso

Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition. [Mid 17th century]

desvaído

Vague or imprecise.

desvaírse

(intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.

desvalido

Unable to act without help; needing help; feeble.

desvalijar

(transitive) To loot or pillage.

desván

The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.

desvanecer

(transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.

desvanecerse

(intransitive) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.

desvanecido

Full of pride.

desvariar

(intransitive) To speak or write wildly or incoherently.

desvarío

(usually, in the plural) Wild, incoherent, or irrational talk.

desvelado

Not asleep; conscious.

desvellado

Destitute of hair.

desvencijado

Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect.

desventaja

(RPG, video games) An effect that makes a game character weaker; a negative status effect.

desventajoso

Causing damage or harm.

desventura

(uncountable) Bad luck.

desventurada

An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.

desventurado

Unhappy or unfortunate.

desvergonzadamente

In a brazen (shamelessly shocking and offensive) manner.

desvergonzado

Having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest, brazen; unable to feel disgrace.

desvergüenza

(uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity.

desvestido

Not wearing clothes; nude or naked; with the clothes removed; stripped.

desvestir

(transitive) To undress someone or something.

desvestirse

(intransitive) To undress oneself.

desviación

The act of deflecting or something deflected.

desviado

Characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.

desviamiento

The act of diverting.

desviante

Characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.

desviar

(transitive) To turn aside or away.

desviarse

(psychology) To redirect culpability to avoid it.

desvío

A diversion or deviation from one's original route.

desvioso

Cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank.

desvirgar

(transitive) To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.

desvirtuar

(transitive) To take credit or reputation from; to derogate; to defame or decry.

desvivir

(transitive, proscribed) To make unalive; to kill, especially oneself; to commit suicide.

desvivirse

(intransitive, proscribed) To die.

desyerbar

(transitive) To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area (especially grass).

detal

A retail sales company or salesman.

detallado

Detailing every action or occurrence completely.

detallar

(transitive) To explain in detail.

detalle

(countable) A part small enough to escape casual notice.

detalles

inside information, the story or truth.

detallismo

Attention to detail.

detallista

Characterized by attention to detail and thoroughness of treatment.

detección

The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.

detectable

That which can be detected, noticeable.

detectar

To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.

detective

(law enforcement) A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.

detención

A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.

detenedor

That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch (stopping mechanism), pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.

detener

(law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.

detener en pequeñeces

To stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.

detenerse

(transitive) To cause to come to a halt.

detenérsele la respiración

(intransitive) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded.

detenida

Someone who is detained, especially in custody or confinement.

detenido

A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.

detenido en tierra

(aviation, of an airman or aircraft) Not allowed to fly.

detenimiento

Complete immobility; a halt.

detentador

One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder.

detentar

To keep (something) in control or possession; to continue having (something); to keep back.

detergente

Any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant.

deterioración

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

deteriorar

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

deteriorarse

(ergative, figuratively) To render or to become weak and ineffective.

deterioro

The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

determinación

(countable) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.

determinado

Sure in one's mind, positive; absolutely confident in the truth of something.

determinante

(linear algebra) A scalar that encodes certain characteristics of a given transformation matrix; the unique scalar function over square matrices which is distributive over matrix multiplication, multilinear in the rows and columns, and takes the value 1 for the unit matrix; abbreviated as: det.

determinar

(obsolete, transitive) To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish.

determinista

(philosophy) Of, or relating to determinism.

determinístico

(philosophy) Of, or relating to determinism.

deterrente

Serving to deter, preventing something from happening.

deterrer

(transitive) To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.

detestable

(colloquial) Extremely bad; very unpleasant; used as an intensifier.

detestar

(transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

detonación

An explosion.

detonado por

sense 1

detonador

A device used to detonate an explosive device etc.

detonante

A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives.

detonar

(transitive) To cause to explode.

detonarse

(transitive) To cause to explode.

detractor

A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause.

detractora

One who hates.

detraedor

A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause.

detraer

To debase; to lower; to degrade.

detrás

Behind a vessel; having a bearing of 180 degrees from ahead.

detrás de

Behind.

detrimental

Causing damage or harm.

detrimento

Harm, hurt, damage.

detrito

Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.

detritos

Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.

detritus

Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.

Detroit

The largest city and former capital of Michigan, United States, a major port on the Detroit River, known as the traditional automotive center of the U.S. It is the county seat of Wayne County.

detur

A diversion or deviation from one's original route.

deuda

(finance) Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.

deudo

Close friend, spouse, or partner (for example on a hospital admission form), one of someone's close ones.

deudor

(economics) A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.

deudora

(economics) A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.

deudoso

Obligated, especially financially.

deuteragonista

(narratology) A secondary character; specifically, the second most important character (after the protagonist).

deuterio

(uncountable, isotope) An isotope of hydrogen with one proton and one neutron in each atom - 21H.

deuterón

(isotope) the nucleus of deuterium, consisting of a proton and a neutron

Deuteronomio

The fifth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fifth book in the Torah.

deutón

(isotope) the nucleus of deuterium, consisting of a proton and a neutron

devalar

(intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.