3 letter Spanish words

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3 letter Spanish words

Spanish 3 letter wordEnglish translation
acáhither, towards the speaker; here
ADNDNA
AECBCE. Antes de la Era Común
AFIAgencia Federal de Investigación of Mexico
AFIAlfabeto Fonético Internacional; IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)
ahíthere: used to designate a place near the listener
ajáaha
ajíchili
ajogarlic
ajoprofanity
alawing
alácome on! let's go!
aláhey!
aláwow!
AláAllah (God’s name in Islam)
alóhello, commonly used when answering the telephone
amahousekeeper, head maid
amalady of the house
amalandlady
amamistress
amanursemaid, nanny
amaproprietress
amawetnurse
amomaster
AnaAnna (Biblical prophetess)
Anafemale given name, cognate to Ann
AnaHannah (Biblical figure)
anjankh
añoyear
ARNRNA, ribonucleic acid
arohoop
arolarge ring
aroearring
asahandle
asílike this; like that; as such; thus; so
ateA kind of Mexican jelly candy made by cooking fruit pulp, usually from guava, quince, peach or prickly pear
auneven
aúnstill, yet
avebird
avefowl, poultry
avetrain From the acronym AVE (Alta Velocidad Española) meaning high speed train (written mostly all caps)
AXJSpanish political party: Acción por la Justicia
ayoPerson who takes care of children; tutor
bahindicates disdain or unbelief
barBar, pub
BCEECB
BCNBaja California, a state of Mexico
BCNBarcelona
betbeth; the Hebrew letter ב
BIDBanco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Inter-American Development Bank
bitbit (binary digit)
blablah (idle talk)
boa(snake)
bojbox (tree), boxwood
bpdabbreviation of barriles por día (barrels per day)
bufexpresses unpleasantness
callime (calcium oxide)
CamHam (son of Noah)
candog, hound
CAPComisión Administradora del Petróleo
casThe fruit of a very tart species of guava
casThe tree that bears those fruits, Psidium friedrichsthalium
CCDComisión Cristiana de Desarrollo
cheName of the letter ch
CHEColegio Hondureño de Economistas
chehey
cheArgentinian person
CheA Spanish male surname
CidRodrigo Díaz, better known as El Cid ("the Lord" or "the Master"). Also called just Cid or Campeador, a famous Castilian knight born in Vivar, Spain
CNTConfederación Nacional del Trabajo. An anarcho-syndicalist trades union sounded in Barcelona in 1911
coalow class or criminal jargon
colcabbage
conwith
cozkick (of an animal)
cuyguinea pig
cuyguinea pig meat (eaten especially in the Andes; see the Wikipedia article)
Dan(Biblical character and tribe)
dar+ por to assume
darto grow
darto hit oneself against
darto occur
darto realize or notice something
darto surrender
darto consider
darto emit
darto encounter; to run into
darto give
darto give; to stretch
darto hand over
darto hit
darto hit upon
darto overlook
darto perform
darto produce
darto brag or boast about
DEADiploma de Estudios Avanzados (a tertiary education degree higher than a master's, but lower than a doctorate)
delof the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular)
DEPdescanse en paz
díaPeriod of daylight: day
díaPeriod of rotation of a planet: day (especially Earth's 24 hours day)
dlsdollars
donA title of respect to a man, prefixed to Christian names
dongift, present
dongift, talent, knack
don[obsolete] sir, master, lord
DonA title of respect to a man, prefixed to Christian names (similar to English lord)
dostwo
dúoduo (twosome, especially musicians)
duxdoge (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa)
EAUUAE
ecoecho
efeName of the letter f
egoego
ejeaxis
eleName of the letter l
emeName of the letter m
emúemu
enea huge amount of, lots of, many
enea lot
enethe name of the letter n
eñeName of the letter ñ
eóneon, eternity
epahey
eraera
erathreshing floor
eratipple
ereName of the letter r
esafeminine form of ese that
esaalternative spelling of ésa That one
ésafeminine form of ése that one
esethat
eseName of the letter s
esehello
esealternative spelling of ése
ésethat one (near you)
ésethe former
ésedude, guy, pal, man
esoneuter form of ése that
etaeta; the Greek letter Η, η
Evafemale given name
EvaEve
evoeternity
fanfan
FANFuerza Armada Nacional (National Armed Forces), the military of Venezuela
faxfax
faz(geometry) face (of a polyhedron or solid)
fazface
feoin poor condition
feougly
feobad, gross, mean, nasty
finend
finpurpose
GadGad (Biblical character and tribe)
gasgas
gengene
gilnaïve, innocent, dumb, dummy
gispiece of chalk
golgoal (in football)
hazbeam
hazbundle
hazface
hazfaçade
hezdregs, sediment
hezscum
hezexcrement
hoytoday
hozsickle
huyexpression of pain, anguish, fright
idagoing
idamarch
IFEInstituto Federal Electoral; the Mexican body for controlling elections
IMCíndice de masa corporal: BMI (body mass index)
IMEIndustria Maquiladora de Exportación
ionion (atom bearing an electrical charge)
iónion
iraire, wrath
iroA Mohawk hairstyle
IVAVAT, value-added tax
laoLao (language)
laoLao (of or relating to Laos)
laoLao (person)
laoLao (person)
laoLao (ethnic group)
laoLao (language)
larhome
lasthe
lasAccusative of ellas
lasfeminine plural pronoun
LCDLCD (liquid crystal display)
Leafemale given name
LeaLeah
LeoLeo, the constellation
leylaw
leyreligion, credence, worship of a god
Líafemale given name
LíaLeah [in modern versions of the Bible]
lidfight
lidlawsuit
líobundle
líohuddle
líotrouble
loapraise
losthe
losAccusative form of ellos or ustedes
losPlural masculine or neuter pronoun, e.g. los que no hablan, "those who do not speak"
LotLot (Biblical character)
luxlux
luzlight
luzlumen
Luzfemale given name
maeguy, man
malbadly; poorly
malevil, harm; a bad thing or situation
marsea
marseaside
masbut
mashowever
máselse
másfurthermore
másin addition
másmore
másmost
MEHMinisterio de Economía y Hacienda
mesmonth
míafeminine form of mío Mine, my
míafeminine form of mío Mine
milthousand
miomeow (sound of a cat)
míomine, my
míoMine
molmole (unit)
murmouse
muscard game that is very popular in Spain
muyvery
ñaumeow, miaow
ñewmew, meow, miaow
NLENuevo León, a state of Mexico
NoeA diminutive of the female given name Noelia
NoéNoah
NOMNorma Oficial Mexicana (Official Mexican Standard), each of a series of official, compulsory standards and regulations for diverse activities in Mexico
ñorshort for señor
nosus (dative and accusative form of nosotros and nosotras)
ocagoose
odaode
OEAOrganización de los Estados Americanos: OAS
oírto hear
oírto hear
oírto heed; to listen to
oírto listen
ojolook! watch out!
ojoeye
olawave (on the surface of a liquid)
olasudden appearance of a large amount of something
oléAn expression of encouragement and approval
OMCinitialism of Organización Mundial de Comercio (WTO (World Trade Organisation))
OMSOrganización Mundial de la Salud; WHO
ONGNGO (non-governmental organisation)
ONUinitialism of Organización de las Naciones Unidas (UNO (United Nations Organization))
opsacknowledgment of a minor mistake, oops
orogold
osobear
osobear
oye(exclamation) hey
pa'apocopic form of para
pafbang!
PANacronym of partido de avanzada nacional
PANacronym of partido acción nacional
panbread
pareven
parpair
partwo equal non-collinear forces
pazpeace
Pazfemale given name
PazSpanish surname derived from the given name, or from a nickname for a peaceful person
PCADYC; "damn yellow composite"
pezpitch, tar
pezfish (especially while alive)
PGR(Mexico) La Procuraduría General de la República, The attorney general of Mexico
PIBProducto Interno Bruto; gross domestic product, GDP
piefoot
PINProyecto de Identificación Nacional
píopious
Píomale given name
pispee, wee
PNVBasque Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Vasco in Spanish)
poppopcorn
porby
pordue to
porfor
porthrough
porover
posafter, behind
PPPPartido Popular Progresista
PRIPartido Revolucionario Institucional
propro, in favor of, for
psipsi; the Greek letter Ψ, ψ
púasharp point, prong, spike
púathorn
púaplectrum
PUCPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
PUDacronym of Partido Unificación Democrática
PUFFAQ
pumbang, pop, boom
punThe sound of flatulence
punThe sound of discharging a firearm
queif I were you
queindicating a reason, roughly because
queindicating desire or permission
quethan
quethat
quethe thing is
quethat; which
quethat; whom
quewho; that
quéwhat; which (interrogative only)
quéhow; what (comparative)
quéused to express an adjective; how [mostly not translated]
quéwhat (interrogative only)
RAERoyal Spanish Academy, based in Madrid, Spain, and the principal institute responsible for regulating the Spanish language
RAEThe authoritative dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy
RAPRégimen de Aportaciones Privadas
reafeminine form of reo
rednet, network
redtrap, snare
redweb, mesh
redWeb, Internet
reoAccused of a crime
reoFound guilty of a crime
reoA turn in a game
reodefendant (as in a trial)
reosea trout
resbeef
reshead of quadrupedal cattle or game
resbovine animal
reyking
reyking
RFAabbreviation of República Federal de Alemania (Federal Republic of Germany)
rhorho; the Greek letter Ρ, ρ
ríamouth of a river, estuary
RinRhine
ríoriver
robfruit syrup
rolrole
ronrum
SAGSecretaria de Agricultura y Ganadería (Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock Raising)
sahshah (king of Persia)
salsalt; table salt
salsalt
SanSaint (title)
sansan; the Greek letter M, ϻ
sanfinancial, temporal-savings scheme. The participants periodically contribute a quota to a communal pot that is given to one member, based on his/her turn amongst all the others
sedthirst
SemShem (son of Noah)
senA symbol of the trigonometric function sine
serA being, organism
serNature, essence
serValue, worth
serto be (essentially or identified as)
serto be (in the passive voice sense)
serto exist; to occur
siiiff
sijSikh
sijSikh
sinwithout
soldaylight (time between sunrise and sunset)
solsol (musical note)
solsun
solsunlight
solsunny side (of a place)
sonA musical composition in this form
sonAn Afro-Cuban musical form
sonA pleasant sound, tone
sorsister
SraMrs
sursouth
susYour
talsuch
tanso, as
tautauon (elementary particle)
tautau; the Greek letter Τ, τ
TCMabbreviation of tambien tambien como (In english, a.k.a.)
tezcomplexion
tíafeminine form of tío aunt; the sister of any of both parents
tíawoman
tictick (sound)
tictick, tic (movement)
tictick (written mark)
tíouncle; the brother or sibling of any of both parents
tíoFriend, mate, pal, old stick
tíoUnknown male person, dude, guy
TLCTratado de Libre Comercio
TMA“tristeza y muerte de agave”: a blight that has reduced the production of the agave grown to produce tequila
TOCtorno obsesivo-compulsivo
tosa cough
TQMte quiero mucho (I love you a lot)
TV3Televisio de Catalunya Catalan Public Television
TVETV España
Udsyou (formal, plural)
UNAUniversidad Nacional de Agricultura
unaFeminine of uno
unaFeminine of uno
uñaclaw; hoof; stinger
uñanail, fingernail, toenail
unoone
unoone
unoone
upsoops
uroaurochs (Bos primigenius)
usousage; habit
usouse
usowear (degradation)
uvagrape
uveName of the letter V in Spain. (To differentiate from the letter B which has same phoneme)
valapocopic form of valle valley
vavvav; the Hebrew letter ו
verto see
veztime, instance
víamethod
víaroad
víatrack, railroad track
víaway
víavia
vidvine, grapevine
vilmean
vipVIP
vosAn elevated form of you, either singular or plural
vosa form of you, singular
vozvoice
webweb (Internet)
weydude, guy, buddy
yakyak (bovine)
yenyen
yueThe Sinitic language which includes Cantonese
zartsar, czar
zasbang!
ZIPZona Industrial de Procesamiento (Exportación) or Zona Industrial para el Procesamiento de las Exportaciones
zoozoo
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