Spanish–English dictionary

emancipado

Having been set free from someone's control, or from some constraint; at liberty, free.

emancipar

To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.

embabucar

(transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.

embadurnar

(intransitive, transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.

embaír

(transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.

embajada

An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations.

embalador

A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation

embalaje

(chiefly, transport) Scrap material, often wood, used to fill spaces to prevent the shifting of more valuable items during transport, or underneath large or heavy items to raise them slightly above the ground, in order to protect from chafing and wet.

embalar

(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

embalarse

(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

embaldosar

(transitive) To cover with tiles.

embaldosinar

(transitive) To cover with tiles.

embalsadero

An area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals but ill-suited for many agricultural purposes. (A type of wetland. Compare marsh, bog, fen.)

embalsamamiento

The work of an embalmer.

embalsar

(transitive) To block the flow of water.

embalse

A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.

embanderar

To furnish or deck out with flags.

embarazado

(of egglaying animals, now, chiefly, metaphorically) Pregnant.

embarazar

(transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.

embarazo

The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition.

embarazoso

Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.

embarcación a vela

(watercraft) A boat propelled by a sail.

embarcadero

(by extension) A place for a vessel to lie at anchor or to moor.

embarcar

(transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.

embarcarse

(transitive) To cover or enclose with bark.

embarco

The act of people getting aboard a ship aircraft, train, bus, etc.; embarkation.

embargar

(transitive, legal) To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments; used with on.

embargo

(legal) The legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent.

embarnecer

To experience a weight gain, to increase in weight.

embarque

The act of people getting aboard a ship aircraft, train, bus, etc.; embarkation.

embarrado

An electrical conductor that carries a large current, especially one that is part of a power distribution system; typically a thick strip, or a tube, of copper or aluminium.

embarrancar

(transitive) To run (something) aground on a beach.

embarrar

(transitive) To lock or bolt with a bar.

embarrilar

(transitive) To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

embarullar

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

embastar

(transitive) To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.

embastecer

To experience a weight gain, to increase in weight.

embaucador

A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster.

embaucar

(transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.

embebecer

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

embebecimiento

(uncountable) Entertainment.

embeber

(transitive) To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.

embebido

part of; firmly, or securely surrounded; lodged solidly into

embeleco

An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.

embeleñar

To attract and delight, to charm.

embelesado

Infatuated.

embelesador

Very beautiful or attractive.

embelesamiento

Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement.

embelesar

(figuratively) To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.

embellecer

(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.

embellecimiento

Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.

embestida

A fierce attack.

embestidura

(countable) An act or process of charging (as of a battery).

embestir

(military, transitive, and, intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.

emblanquecer

(transitive, figuratively) To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;

emblanquecerse

(intransitive) To grow or become white.

emblema

(internet, video games) A complex and dynamic digital representation of a person or being in the form of a digital model, used online as a simulation or emulation of a person, or as a person's online alter ego, in a virtual world, virtual chat room, or metaverse.

emblemático

Serving as, or relating to a symbol, emblem or illustration of a type.

embobado

Joyfully elated; overcome with excitement or happiness.

embobinar

(transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.

embocadura

(music) The use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument.

embocar

To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow.

embolado

Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.

embole

(countable) An instance or period of being bored; a bored state.

embolia

(pathology) An obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream.

embolismo

The insertion or intercalation of days into the calendar in order to correct the error arising from the difference between the civil year and the solar year.

émbolo

(pathology) An obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream.

embolsar

(billiards, snooker, pool) To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.

embonar

To augment or make something greater.

emboriado

Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.

emborrar

(transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.

emborrizar

(transitive) To cover with a coating of some material.

emborrizar con mishqui

(transitive) To coat with sugar.

emborronar

(transitive) To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.

emboscada

The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack or kill by surprise.

embotado

Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.

embotamiento

Mental lethargy or dullness.

embotar

To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.

embotarse

(intransitive) To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.

embotellamiento

(figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.

embotellar

(transitive) To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.

embotir

(transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.

embozamiento

present participle of muzzle

embozar

(transitive) To cover as with or like a cloak.

embozo

A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.

embramado

Sexually excited; randy, lustful.

embrazar

(transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.

embriagado

Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.

embriagante

Something which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent.

embriagarse

(intransitive, or, transitive) To drink to excess.

embriago

Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.

embriaguez

A drunken state.

embrional

Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.

émbroca

A soft, moist mass, usually wrapped in cloth and warmed, that is applied topically to a sore, aching or lesioned part of the body to soothe it.

embrocación

A soft, moist mass, usually wrapped in cloth and warmed, that is applied topically to a sore, aching or lesioned part of the body to soothe it.

embrollar

To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.

embrollo

(countable, slang) A fraud or sham; (uncountable) hypocrisy.

embromar

(transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick and make a fool of someone.

embrujado

Of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts.

embrujar

(transitive) To cast a spell upon.

embrutecimento

Mental lethargy or dullness.

embuchar

To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)

embudar

(intransitive) To proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel; to condense or narrow.

embudo

(figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.

embullador

Making a noise, especially a loud unpleasant sound

emburriar

(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.

embuste

Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

embustear

(intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.

embustera

A person who frequently lies; someone who tells a lie.

embustero

A person who lies or deceives.

embustir

(intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.

embutar

(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.

embutiar

(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.

embutido

Cooked, sliced meat served cold, as in a sandwich or a tray of finger food.

embutiente

Any of many food items used to stuff another.

embutir

(transitive) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.

eme

The name of the Latin-script letter M/m.

emendar

(transitive) To make better; improve.

emergencia

The arising of emergent structure in complex systems.

emergente

Becoming prominent; emergent; rising.

emerger

(intransitive) To come into view.

emérita

(often, postpositive) Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title.

emérito

(often, postpositive) Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title.

emersión

The arising of emergent structure in complex systems.

emesis

(pathology) The act or process of vomiting.

emigración

The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.

emigrante

Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.

emigrar

(intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.

Emilia

(historical) A historical region of Italy, approximately coterminous with modern Emilia-Romagna.

Emilio

A en given name.

eminencia

(education) A distinguished professorship at a university.

eminente

(of a person) Distinguished, important, noteworthy.

emir

A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.

emisaria

An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.

emisario

An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.

emisión

A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver.

emisor

That which emits something.

emisora

An organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting.

emitir

(transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.

emoción

A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.

emocionado

Having great enthusiasm, passion and energy.

emocional

Determined by strong emotion rather than purely logical reasoning.

emocionalmente

In an emotional manner; displaying emotion.

emocionante

stunningly beautiful; amazing

emocionar

(transitive) To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.

emoji

A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept, object, person, animal or place, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media. Or, by extension, any non-standard emoji-like image inserted inline in text, i.e. an image emoticon.

emolumento

An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder.

emolumentos

An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder.

emoticono

A graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication.

emotivo

Gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression).