Spanish–English dictionary

displicencia

Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).

displicente

Unimpressed with something because of overfamiliarity.

disponer

(transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.

disponibilidad

(chiefly, uncountable) The quality of being available.

disponible

Available to be used; at one's disposal.

disposición

The manner of being arranged.

dispositivo

Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.

dispuesto

(dated) Willing; ready to agree or consent.

disputa

(slang, uncountable, or, countable, plural beefs) A grudge; dislike (of something or someone); lack of faith or trust (in something or someone); a reason for a dislike or grudge. (often + with)

disputable

Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.

disputación

An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.

disputar

(intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.

disputarse

(intransitive) To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.

disputilla

A minor fight or argument.

disquete

(computing, dated) A floppy disk.

disquisición

(generally, _, uncountable) The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect.

disrumpir

(transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.

disruptivo

Causing disruption or unrest.

distal

(anatomy, geology) Remote from the point of attachment or origin.

distancia

(military) The amount of space between soldiers or cavalry riders marching or standing in a rank; also, the amount of space between such ranks.

distancia pendular

The route, time or distance of that journey.

distanciamiento

The process of becoming or making distant.

distanciar

(intransitive) To part; to stop associating.

distanciarse

To set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something.

distante

Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.

distar

At a stated distance in time or space.

distender

(intransitive) To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell

distensión

The act of distending.

distinción

(specifically) A feature that causes someone or something to stand out as being better; a mark of honour, rank, eminence or excellence; the quality of being distinguished.

distinguible

Able, or easily able to be distinguished.

distinguida clientela

The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits.

distinguido

Fashionably distinguished or elegant; having an air of superiority.

distinguidor

That serves to distinguish.

distinguiente

That serves to distinguish.

distinguir

(transitive) To discern; to manage to see, hear etc. [from 16th c.]

distinguirse

(intransitive) To be much better than others.

distintamente

In a distinct manner.

distintivo

Characteristic, typical.

distinto

Not the same; exhibiting a difference.

distintos

Having a broad range (of different elements).

distópico

Of or pertaining to a dystopia.

distorsionado

(statistics, of information) Biased, distorted

distorsionador

That distorts.

distorsionar

(transitive) To bring something out of shape, to misshape.

distracción

The act of diverting.

distraer

(transitive) To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (someone) with pleasing emotions.

distraído

(comparable) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied. [First attested in the early 18th century.]

distrés

Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.

distresante

Causing distress; upsetting; distressful.

distresar

To cause strain or anxiety to someone.

distribución

The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.

distribuidor

One who issues, emits, or publishes.

distribuidor vial

A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted.

distribuir

(transitive) To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.

distributario

(hydrology) A stream of water (either natural or artificial) that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel.

distrito

An administrative division of an area.

distrito policial

(US, law enforcement) A subdivision of a city under the jurisdiction of a specific group of police; the police station situated in that district.

disturbante

Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.

disturbar

(transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.

disturbio

A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.

disturbios

A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.

disuadir

(transitive) To prevent something from happening.

disuasión

the act or an instance of dissuading

disuasivo

Serving to deter, preventing something from happening.

disuasor

Serving to deter, preventing something from happening.

disuasorio

Serving to deter, preventing something from happening.

disyuntiva

A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.

dita

(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.

ditén

Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris), a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.

ditirambo

A raucous and ardent choral hymn sung in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus.

diurético

(medicine, pharmacology) Increasing the amount or frequency of urination.

diurno

Happening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.

divagación

(generally, _, uncountable) The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect.

divagar

(intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.

divagatorio

Marked by digression; rambling

Divali

(Hinduism) An annual festival of light, observed during several days in October and November.

divergencia

(automotive) An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle, either positive (toe in), meaning the wheels are closer together at the front than at the back, or negative (toe out), the other way round.

diversidad

The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.

diversificación

The act, or the result, of diversifying.

diversificar

(transitive) To make (something) diverse or varied in form or quality; to give variety to (something) to distinguish by numerous aspects or differences.

diversión

(countable) An activity that is entertaining or amusing, such as dancing, gunning, or fishing.

diverso

Not the same; different, dissimilar, distinct.

diversos

Having a broad range (of different elements).

divertido

Entertaining.

divertimento

(uncountable) Entertainment.

divertimiento

(uncountable) Entertainment.

divertir

(transitive) To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny.

divertirse

(intransitive) To play or do something amusing.

dividendo

(accounting, economics) Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.

dividida

Divided.

divididas

Divided.

dividido

Divided.

divididos

Divided.

dividir

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

dividir en mitades

(transitive) To divide into two halves.

dividir en zonas

(transitive) To divide into or assign to sections or areas.

divieso

A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.

divinación

(uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.

divinar

(transitive) To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.

divinatorio

Pertaining to divination.

divinidad

The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.

divino

Having the characteristics of a god.

divirtiente

Entertaining.

divisa

Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.

divisar

(transitive) To see, especially from afar; to discover (a distant or obscure object) by the eye; to espy; to discern or detect.

divisible exacto

(mathematics) In a manner that leaves no remainder.

división

(biology) The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis. [from 19th c.]

divisivo

Having a quality that divides or separates.

divisoria

(hydrology) The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.

divorciada

A divorced person.

divorciado

A divorced person.

divorciarse

(intransitive) To obtain a legal divorce.

divulgación

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

divulgar

(transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.

Diwali

(Hinduism) An annual festival of light, observed during several days in October and November.

dizque

According to someone's allegation.

djinn

(Arabic culture) A human-like spiritual or immaterial being, as opposed to al-ins (people), often invisible but able to manifest in form and also inhabit people or animals; origin of the genie of Western literature, film etc.

do

(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.

dobladillo

(sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.

doblado

(Of something that is usually straight) Folded, dented.

doblador

One who, or that which, bends.

dobladora

One who, or that which, bends.

doblaje

(film) The replacement of a voice part in a film or animation, particularly with a translation, revoicing.

doblamiento

An act of folding.

doblar

(transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.

doblar la apuesta

(gambling, intransitive) To double one's wager, particularly, the name of a specific doubling bet allowed in blackjack.

doblarse

(intransitive) To become curved.

doble

Of twice the quantity.

doble cara

(poker) An impassive facial expression cultivated to prevent other players from determining whether one's actions in the game are the result of a quality hand, or of bluffing.

doble lenguaje

Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.

doble sentido

A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.

doblegable

Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.

doblegadura

A curve.

doblegamiento

A curve.

doblegar

(transitive) To force to submit.

doblemente

(usually, of relative importance, of degree, quantity or measure) In a double manner; with twice the severity or degree.

dobles

(basketball) A violation committed by progressing while holding the ball instead of dribbling it.

doblete

(association football) Two goals scored by one player in a game.

dobletear

To work on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night.

doblez

(obsolete) A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut.

doce

The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.

doceavo

One of twelve equal parts of a whole.

docencia

The profession of educating people; the activity that a teacher does when he/she teaches.

docente

A teacher or lecturer at some universities (in central Europe, etc.)

dócil

Liable to be brought to account, to a charge or claim; responsible; accountable; answerable.

docto

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

doctor

A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.

doctora

A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.

doctorado

The highest degree awarded by a university faculty.

doctorar

(transitive) To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.