Spanish–English dictionary

afortunado

Happening by good luck or favorable chance.

afrecho

The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.

afrenta

An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.

afrentar

(transitive) To insult intentionally, especially openly.

afrentoso

Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.

África

The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.

africada

(phonetics) A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative.

africana

Of or pertaining to Africa.

africano

Of or pertaining to Africa.

afrikáner

A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language.

afro

hairstyle characterized by tightly curled locks and a rounded shape.

afro-

African

afrodisiaco

Arousing or intensifying sexual desire.

Afrodita

(Greek god) The goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea.

afrontamiento

(psychology) The process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict.

afrontar

(transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of. [from late 16th c.]

afruenta

An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.

afrutado

Containing fruit or fruit flavoring.

afuciar

(transitive, followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).

afuera

Specifically, away from home or one's usual place.

afueras

A more remote part of a town or city; the periphery, environs; a suburb.

afuereño

A person from a foreign country.

afuerino

A person from a foreign country.

afumado

Having inhabitants; lived in.

agachadiza

Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

agachar

(transitive) To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

agacharse

To bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position.

agachona

Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

agalla

(plant disease) A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by various pathogens, especially the burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, such as that of the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii).

agallas

(in the plural) Courage.

agallón

Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster. [from 14thc.]

Agamenón

(Greek mythology) One of the most distinguished heroes of Greek mythology. He is the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope and the brother of Menelaus. He is famous for rallying the Greeks in the Trojan War, yet infamous for the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia at the commencement of the war.

Agar

(biblical character) The Egyptian concubine of Abraham, mother of Ishmael.

agareno

Being or relating to a believer of Islam.

agarradera

A projection that one may hold onto for support, e.g. in mountain climbing.

agarradero

The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.

agarrado

(obsolete) A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch.

agarraollas

An insulated pad used for handling hot cooking utensils

agarrar

(ambitransitive) To give a French kiss, in its various senses.

agarrarse

(transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.

agarre

A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.

agarrón

A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.

agasajo

Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.

Ágata

A en given name.

agatodemonio

A benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).

agave

Any plant in the large, variable genus Agave: succulent plants, commonly armed with formidable prickles; they flower at maturity after several years, and generally die thereafter; large species, such as the maguey or century plant, (Agave americana), produce gigantic inflorescences. Several are of economic importance as sources of fibre such as sisal, and alcoholic beverages such as tequila.

agavilladora

(agriculture) A machine used in harvesting that ties cut stalks of grain into a bundle.

agazapado

implicit

agazaparse

(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.

agencia

An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.

agenciarse

(transitive) To obtain through deceitful or manipulative methods.

agenda

(computing) A computerized storage area for contact information such as e-mail addresses.

agendado

Planned; according to schedule.

agendar

(transitive) To plan (an activity or event) for a specific date or time.

agénero

Without an associated gender (in any sense); not having a particular gender.

agente

One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to act on behalf of or in behalf of another, such as to transact business for them.

agente de bolsa

A stockbroker.

agente de depósito de garantía

(legal) A person such as a trustee, escrow agent or garnishee, who holds money or assets under trust for another party in a contractual agreement or as part of a claim.

agente de policía

(police) A female police officer.

agente inmobiliaria

(UK, Ireland) A person or company that acts in the sale, purchase, lease or maintenance of land, property, real estate etc for another.

agente inmobiliario

(UK, Ireland) A person or company that acts in the sale, purchase, lease or maintenance of land, property, real estate etc for another.

agente provocador

A person who secretly disrupts a group's activities from within the group, particularly by encouraging or committing illegal acts to discredit the group or expose them to prosecution; an instigator, troublemaker.

agible

Able to be acted on; able to be used as the basis for taking action.

ágil

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move.

agilidad

(uncountable) The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion

agilizar

(transitive) To accelerate the progress of.

agitación

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

agitado

In a state of tremulous excitement, anticipation or confusion.

agitador

One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers.

agitadora

One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers.

agitar

(transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake. [from 16th c.]

agitarse

(transitive) To wave or swing vigorously

aglomeración

A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.

aglomerar

To collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun sense 1).

aglomerarse

(transitive, obsolete) To flock to; to crowd.

aglutinante

(grammar) Having words derived by combining parts, each with a separate meaning.

agnóstica

Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.

agnosticismo

The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.

agnóstico

Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.

agobiante

(figurative) Very busy with activity and confusion.

agobiar

(transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.

agolpado

Containing a dense pack or mass of something; teeming.

agolpamiento

The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.

agolpar

(transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.

agolparse

(intransitive) To press together or collect in numbers.

agonía

Extreme pain.

agonizante

Causing physical or mental agony.

agonizar

(intransitive) To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.

agora

Immediately; now; right away.

agorafobia

The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.

agorar

(ambitransitive) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.

agorero

A person who brings bad news.

agorismo

(politics, economics) A revolutionary political philosophy that advocates the creation of a voluntaryist society by means of counter-economics (i.e. black market).

agostar

(transitive) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat.

agosto

The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.

agotable

Capable of being exhausted.

agotado

Used up, expended; of which nothing is left.

agotador

Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding

agotamiento

A person who has the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest.

agotar

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

agotarse

(intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.

Agra

A large city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.

agraciadamente

In a graceful manner.

agraciado

Treated or regarded with partiality.

agraciar

(transitive) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.

agradabilidad

(uncountable) The state or quality of being pleasant.

agradable

Pleasant to the senses or the mind; pleasing, satisfying, palatable.

agradablemente

In an agreeable or pleasing manner

agradamiento

A like; a predilection.

agradar

(ambitransitive) To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.

agradecer

(transitive) To be grateful or thankful for.

agradecido

Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.

agradecimiento

The state of being grateful.

agrado

A like; a predilection.

agrafe

Something or someone that fastens.

agrafia

(uncountable) The inability to read and write.

ágrafo

Unable to read and write.

agramadera

(textiles) A tool used for breaking flax or hemp. [from 15th c.]

agramiza

A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching

agrandamiento

An act or instance of making something larger.

agrandar

(transitive) To make (something) larger.

agrario

Of, or relating to, the ownership, tenure and cultivation of land.

agravante

An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.

agravar

To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness. [from 16th c.]

agraviador

(law) A person who commits a tort.

agraviar

(transitive) To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). [from 17th c.]

agravio

The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.

agredir

(transitive) To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail.

agregado

Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.

agregar

(transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.

agregarse

(transitive) To come into the company of.

agresión

A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.

agresivamente

In an aggressive manner.

agresividad

(uncountable) The state or quality of being aggressive.

agresivo

Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage.

agresor

The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

agresora

The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

agreste

From or in the countryside, connected with it, or typical of it.

agriado

Made rancid by fermentation, etc.

agriar

(transitive) To make sour.

agriarse

(of foods and commodities) To spoil, rot, or otherwise become unusable due to age or storage conditions.

agrícola

Of or pertaining to agriculture.

agricultor

One who practices agriculture, a farmer, a gardener.

agricultora

One who practices agriculture, a farmer, a gardener.

agricultura

The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.

agridulce

Both bitter and sweet.

agrietado

(of skin) Dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface.

agrietamiento

The formation of cracks on a surface.

agrietar

(transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.

agrietarse

(transitive) To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.