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3 letter Spanish words
Spanish 3 letter word | English translation |
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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 |