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3 letter Spanish words
| Spanish 3 letter word | English translation |
|---|---|
| acá | hither, towards the speaker; here |
| ADN | DNA |
| AEC | BCE. Antes de la Era Común |
| AFI | Agencia Federal de Investigación of Mexico |
| AFI | Alfabeto Fonético Internacional; IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) |
| ahí | there: used to designate a place near the listener |
| ajá | aha |
| ají | chili |
| ajo | garlic |
| ajo | profanity |
| ala | wing |
| alá | come on! let's go! |
| alá | hey! |
| alá | wow! |
| Alá | Allah (God’s name in Islam) |
| aló | hello, commonly used when answering the telephone |
| ama | housekeeper, head maid |
| ama | lady of the house |
| ama | landlady |
| ama | mistress |
| ama | nursemaid, nanny |
| ama | proprietress |
| ama | wetnurse |
| amo | master |
| Ana | Anna (Biblical prophetess) |
| Ana | female given name, cognate to Ann |
| Ana | Hannah (Biblical figure) |
| anj | ankh |
| año | year |
| ARN | RNA, ribonucleic acid |
| aro | hoop |
| aro | large ring |
| aro | earring |
| asa | handle |
| así | like this; like that; as such; thus; so |
| ate | A kind of Mexican jelly candy made by cooking fruit pulp, usually from guava, quince, peach or prickly pear |
| aun | even |
| aún | still, yet |
| ave | bird |
| ave | fowl, poultry |
| ave | train From the acronym AVE (Alta Velocidad Española) meaning high speed train (written mostly all caps) |
| AXJ | Spanish political party: Acción por la Justicia |
| ayo | Person who takes care of children; tutor |
| bah | indicates disdain or unbelief |
| bar | Bar, pub |
| BCE | ECB |
| BCN | Baja California, a state of Mexico |
| BCN | Barcelona |
| bet | beth; the Hebrew letter ב |
| BID | Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Inter-American Development Bank |
| bit | bit (binary digit) |
| bla | blah (idle talk) |
| boa | (snake) |
| boj | box (tree), boxwood |
| bpd | abbreviation of barriles por día (barrels per day) |
| buf | expresses unpleasantness |
| cal | lime (calcium oxide) |
| Cam | Ham (son of Noah) |
| can | dog, hound |
| CAP | Comisión Administradora del Petróleo |
| cas | The fruit of a very tart species of guava |
| cas | The tree that bears those fruits, Psidium friedrichsthalium |
| CCD | Comisión Cristiana de Desarrollo |
| che | Name of the letter ch |
| CHE | Colegio Hondureño de Economistas |
| che | hey |
| che | Argentinian person |
| Che | A Spanish male surname |
| Cid | Rodrigo 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 |
| CNT | Confederación Nacional del Trabajo. An anarcho-syndicalist trades union sounded in Barcelona in 1911 |
| coa | low class or criminal jargon |
| col | cabbage |
| con | with |
| coz | kick (of an animal) |
| cuy | guinea pig |
| cuy | guinea pig meat (eaten especially in the Andes; see the Wikipedia article) |
| Dan | (Biblical character and tribe) |
| dar | + por to assume |
| dar | to grow |
| dar | to hit oneself against |
| dar | to occur |
| dar | to realize or notice something |
| dar | to surrender |
| dar | to consider |
| dar | to emit |
| dar | to encounter; to run into |
| dar | to give |
| dar | to give; to stretch |
| dar | to hand over |
| dar | to hit |
| dar | to hit upon |
| dar | to overlook |
| dar | to perform |
| dar | to produce |
| dar | to brag or boast about |
| DEA | Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (a tertiary education degree higher than a master's, but lower than a doctorate) |
| del | of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular) |
| DEP | descanse en paz |
| día | Period of daylight: day |
| día | Period of rotation of a planet: day (especially Earth's 24 hours day) |
| dls | dollars |
| don | A title of respect to a man, prefixed to Christian names |
| don | gift, present |
| don | gift, talent, knack |
| don | [obsolete] sir, master, lord |
| Don | A title of respect to a man, prefixed to Christian names (similar to English lord) |
| dos | two |
| dúo | duo (twosome, especially musicians) |
| dux | doge (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) |
| EAU | UAE |
| eco | echo |
| efe | Name of the letter f |
| ego | ego |
| eje | axis |
| ele | Name of the letter l |
| eme | Name of the letter m |
| emú | emu |
| ene | a huge amount of, lots of, many |
| ene | a lot |
| ene | the name of the letter n |
| eñe | Name of the letter ñ |
| eón | eon, eternity |
| epa | hey |
| era | era |
| era | threshing floor |
| era | tipple |
| ere | Name of the letter r |
| esa | feminine form of ese that |
| esa | alternative spelling of ésa That one |
| ésa | feminine form of ése that one |
| ese | that |
| ese | Name of the letter s |
| ese | hello |
| ese | alternative spelling of ése |
| ése | that one (near you) |
| ése | the former |
| ése | dude, guy, pal, man |
| eso | neuter form of ése that |
| eta | eta; the Greek letter Η, η |
| Eva | female given name |
| Eva | Eve |
| evo | eternity |
| fan | fan |
| FAN | Fuerza Armada Nacional (National Armed Forces), the military of Venezuela |
| fax | fax |
| faz | (geometry) face (of a polyhedron or solid) |
| faz | face |
| feo | in poor condition |
| feo | ugly |
| feo | bad, gross, mean, nasty |
| fin | end |
| fin | purpose |
| Gad | Gad (Biblical character and tribe) |
| gas | gas |
| gen | gene |
| gil | naïve, innocent, dumb, dummy |
| gis | piece of chalk |
| gol | goal (in football) |
| haz | beam |
| haz | bundle |
| haz | face |
| haz | façade |
| hez | dregs, sediment |
| hez | scum |
| hez | excrement |
| hoy | today |
| hoz | sickle |
| huy | expression of pain, anguish, fright |
| ida | going |
| ida | march |
| IFE | Instituto Federal Electoral; the Mexican body for controlling elections |
| IMC | índice de masa corporal: BMI (body mass index) |
| IME | Industria Maquiladora de Exportación |
| ion | ion (atom bearing an electrical charge) |
| ión | ion |
| ira | ire, wrath |
| iro | A Mohawk hairstyle |
| IVA | VAT, value-added tax |
| lao | Lao (language) |
| lao | Lao (of or relating to Laos) |
| lao | Lao (person) |
| lao | Lao (person) |
| lao | Lao (ethnic group) |
| lao | Lao (language) |
| lar | home |
| las | the |
| las | Accusative of ellas |
| las | feminine plural pronoun |
| LCD | LCD (liquid crystal display) |
| Lea | female given name |
| Lea | Leah |
| Leo | Leo, the constellation |
| ley | law |
| ley | religion, credence, worship of a god |
| Lía | female given name |
| Lía | Leah [in modern versions of the Bible] |
| lid | fight |
| lid | lawsuit |
| lío | bundle |
| lío | huddle |
| lío | trouble |
| loa | praise |
| los | the |
| los | Accusative form of ellos or ustedes |
| los | Plural masculine or neuter pronoun, e.g. los que no hablan, "those who do not speak" |
| Lot | Lot (Biblical character) |
| lux | lux |
| luz | light |
| luz | lumen |
| Luz | female given name |
| mae | guy, man |
| mal | badly; poorly |
| mal | evil, harm; a bad thing or situation |
| mar | sea |
| mar | seaside |
| mas | but |
| mas | however |
| más | else |
| más | furthermore |
| más | in addition |
| más | more |
| más | most |
| MEH | Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda |
| mes | month |
| mía | feminine form of mío Mine, my |
| mía | feminine form of mío Mine |
| mil | thousand |
| mio | meow (sound of a cat) |
| mío | mine, my |
| mío | Mine |
| mol | mole (unit) |
| mur | mouse |
| mus | card game that is very popular in Spain |
| muy | very |
| ñau | meow, miaow |
| ñew | mew, meow, miaow |
| NLE | Nuevo León, a state of Mexico |
| Noe | A diminutive of the female given name Noelia |
| Noé | Noah |
| NOM | Norma Oficial Mexicana (Official Mexican Standard), each of a series of official, compulsory standards and regulations for diverse activities in Mexico |
| ñor | short for señor |
| nos | us (dative and accusative form of nosotros and nosotras) |
| oca | goose |
| oda | ode |
| OEA | Organización de los Estados Americanos: OAS |
| oír | to hear |
| oír | to hear |
| oír | to heed; to listen to |
| oír | to listen |
| ojo | look! watch out! |
| ojo | eye |
| ola | wave (on the surface of a liquid) |
| ola | sudden appearance of a large amount of something |
| olé | An expression of encouragement and approval |
| OMC | initialism of Organización Mundial de Comercio (WTO (World Trade Organisation)) |
| OMS | Organización Mundial de la Salud; WHO |
| ONG | NGO (non-governmental organisation) |
| ONU | initialism of Organización de las Naciones Unidas (UNO (United Nations Organization)) |
| ops | acknowledgment of a minor mistake, oops |
| oro | gold |
| oso | bear |
| oso | bear |
| oye | (exclamation) hey |
| pa' | apocopic form of para |
| paf | bang! |
| PAN | acronym of partido de avanzada nacional |
| PAN | acronym of partido acción nacional |
| pan | bread |
| par | even |
| par | pair |
| par | two equal non-collinear forces |
| paz | peace |
| Paz | female given name |
| Paz | Spanish surname derived from the given name, or from a nickname for a peaceful person |
| PCA | DYC; "damn yellow composite" |
| pez | pitch, tar |
| pez | fish (especially while alive) |
| PGR | (Mexico) La Procuraduría General de la República, The attorney general of Mexico |
| PIB | Producto Interno Bruto; gross domestic product, GDP |
| pie | foot |
| PIN | Proyecto de Identificación Nacional |
| pío | pious |
| Pío | male given name |
| pis | pee, wee |
| PNV | Basque Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Vasco in Spanish) |
| pop | popcorn |
| por | by |
| por | due to |
| por | for |
| por | through |
| por | over |
| pos | after, behind |
| PPP | Partido Popular Progresista |
| PRI | Partido Revolucionario Institucional |
| pro | pro, in favor of, for |
| psi | psi; the Greek letter Ψ, ψ |
| púa | sharp point, prong, spike |
| púa | thorn |
| púa | plectrum |
| PUC | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. |
| PUD | acronym of Partido Unificación Democrática |
| PUF | FAQ |
| pum | bang, pop, boom |
| pun | The sound of flatulence |
| pun | The sound of discharging a firearm |
| que | if I were you |
| que | indicating a reason, roughly because |
| que | indicating desire or permission |
| que | than |
| que | that |
| que | the thing is |
| que | that; which |
| que | that; whom |
| que | who; that |
| qué | what; which (interrogative only) |
| qué | how; what (comparative) |
| qué | used to express an adjective; how [mostly not translated] |
| qué | what (interrogative only) |
| RAE | Royal Spanish Academy, based in Madrid, Spain, and the principal institute responsible for regulating the Spanish language |
| RAE | The authoritative dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy |
| RAP | Régimen de Aportaciones Privadas |
| rea | feminine form of reo |
| red | net, network |
| red | trap, snare |
| red | web, mesh |
| red | Web, Internet |
| reo | Accused of a crime |
| reo | Found guilty of a crime |
| reo | A turn in a game |
| reo | defendant (as in a trial) |
| reo | sea trout |
| res | beef |
| res | head of quadrupedal cattle or game |
| res | bovine animal |
| rey | king |
| rey | king |
| RFA | abbreviation of República Federal de Alemania (Federal Republic of Germany) |
| rho | rho; the Greek letter Ρ, ρ |
| ría | mouth of a river, estuary |
| Rin | Rhine |
| río | river |
| rob | fruit syrup |
| rol | role |
| ron | rum |
| SAG | Secretaria de Agricultura y Ganadería (Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock Raising) |
| sah | shah (king of Persia) |
| sal | salt; table salt |
| sal | salt |
| San | Saint (title) |
| san | san; the Greek letter M, ϻ |
| san | financial, 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 |
| sed | thirst |
| Sem | Shem (son of Noah) |
| sen | A symbol of the trigonometric function sine |
| ser | A being, organism |
| ser | Nature, essence |
| ser | Value, worth |
| ser | to be (essentially or identified as) |
| ser | to be (in the passive voice sense) |
| ser | to exist; to occur |
| sii | iff |
| sij | Sikh |
| sij | Sikh |
| sin | without |
| sol | daylight (time between sunrise and sunset) |
| sol | sol (musical note) |
| sol | sun |
| sol | sunlight |
| sol | sunny side (of a place) |
| son | A musical composition in this form |
| son | An Afro-Cuban musical form |
| son | A pleasant sound, tone |
| sor | sister |
| Sra | Mrs |
| sur | south |
| sus | Your |
| tal | such |
| tan | so, as |
| tau | tauon (elementary particle) |
| tau | tau; the Greek letter Τ, τ |
| TCM | abbreviation of tambien tambien como (In english, a.k.a.) |
| tez | complexion |
| tía | feminine form of tío aunt; the sister of any of both parents |
| tía | woman |
| tic | tick (sound) |
| tic | tick, tic (movement) |
| tic | tick (written mark) |
| tío | uncle; the brother or sibling of any of both parents |
| tío | Friend, mate, pal, old stick |
| tío | Unknown male person, dude, guy |
| TLC | Tratado de Libre Comercio |
| TMA | “tristeza y muerte de agave”: a blight that has reduced the production of the agave grown to produce tequila |
| TOC | torno obsesivo-compulsivo |
| tos | a cough |
| TQM | te quiero mucho (I love you a lot) |
| TV3 | Televisio de Catalunya Catalan Public Television |
| TVE | TV España |
| Uds | you (formal, plural) |
| UNA | Universidad Nacional de Agricultura |
| una | Feminine of uno |
| una | Feminine of uno |
| uña | claw; hoof; stinger |
| uña | nail, fingernail, toenail |
| uno | one |
| uno | one |
| uno | one |
| ups | oops |
| uro | aurochs (Bos primigenius) |
| uso | usage; habit |
| uso | use |
| uso | wear (degradation) |
| uva | grape |
| uve | Name of the letter V in Spain. (To differentiate from the letter B which has same phoneme) |
| val | apocopic form of valle valley |
| vav | vav; the Hebrew letter ו |
| ver | to see |
| vez | time, instance |
| vía | method |
| vía | road |
| vía | track, railroad track |
| vía | way |
| vía | via |
| vid | vine, grapevine |
| vil | mean |
| vip | VIP |
| vos | An elevated form of you, either singular or plural |
| vos | a form of you, singular |
| voz | voice |
| web | web (Internet) |
| wey | dude, guy, buddy |
| yak | yak (bovine) |
| yen | yen |
| yue | The Sinitic language which includes Cantonese |
| zar | tsar, czar |
| zas | bang! |
| ZIP | Zona Industrial de Procesamiento (Exportación) or Zona Industrial para el Procesamiento de las Exportaciones |
| zoo | zoo |