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7 letter Spanish words
| Spanish 7 letter word | English translation |
|---|---|
| abacero | grocer |
| abacial | abbatial |
| abacora | swordfish (Xiphias gladius) |
| abadejo | pollock, pollack (fish related to cod) |
| abadesa | abbess |
| abajeño | coastal |
| abajeño | lowlander |
| abalear | to shoot |
| abanico | fan (hand-held device) |
| abarcar | to clasp |
| abarcar | to comprise, to make up, to contain, to include |
| abarcar | to embrace, to encompass |
| abarcar | to monopolize, to corner |
| abarcar | to take in |
| abarcar | to undertake, to embark upon |
| abarrar | to throw with force |
| abarraz | stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria) |
| abastar | to supply |
| abatido | abject, discouraged |
| abdicar | to abdicate, relinquish |
| abdomen | |
| abducir | to abduce, to abduct (draw away from the median axis of the body) |
| aberrar | to be wrong, to err |
| abertal | crackled, cracked |
| abierto | open |
| abismal | abysmal |
| abjasia | feminine form of abjasio |
| abjasio | Abkhaz |
| abjasio | Abkhaz person |
| abjasio | Abkhaz (language) |
| abjurar | to abjure |
| abnegar | to renounce |
| abogada | female lawyer |
| abogado | lawyer, solicitor, counsel |
| abollar | to dent |
| abollar | to emboss |
| abollar | to trample |
| abombar | to make round or convex |
| abombar | to stun |
| abonado | subscription |
| abordar | to accost, waylay |
| abordar | to address; to broach |
| abordar | to board |
| abortar | to abort; to have an abortion |
| Abraham | (Biblical character) |
| Abrahán | male given name, a variant of Abraham, the Spanish equivalent of Abraham |
| abrasar | to burn |
| abrasar | to parch |
| abrasar | to squander or waste money |
| abrazar | to hug, to embrace |
| abrevar | to give water to |
| abrevar | to irrigate |
| abridor | opener |
| abrigar | to cover |
| abrigar | to shelter |
| abrigar | to wrap up |
| abrirse | to flourish, prosper |
| abrogar | to abrogate (annul by an authoritative act) |
| abrumar | to crush, overcome, exhaust, overwhelm |
| abrupto | abrupt |
| abrupto | heavy |
| abrupto | steep |
| abrupto | violent |
| Absalón | male given name. Spanish equivalent of Absalom |
| absceso | abscess |
| abscisa | abscissa |
| absenta | absinthe |
| absorto | rapt |
| absurdo | absurd; ludicrous; ridiculous |
| absurdo | Something that is absurd or ridiculous |
| abultar | to bulge |
| abundar | to abound |
| Abundio | male given name. Spanish equivalent of Abundius |
| aburrir | to bore; to tire |
| abusivo | abusive |
| acabado | worn-out |
| acabado | A finish, a final process or coating applied to a surface |
| acaecer | to happen |
| acalifa | copperleaf |
| acallar | to quiet, hush or silence |
| acampar | to camp; to go camping |
| acceder | To accede, to agree, to concur |
| acceder | to access |
| accesar | To access something (e.g. the Internet) |
| acebibe | raisin |
| acechar | to lie in wait for, waylay |
| acechar | to spy |
| acéfalo | headless |
| acéfalo | leaderless |
| aceitar | to oil |
| acémila | mule; beast of burden |
| acemite | bran |
| aceptar | to accept |
| aceptar | to agree to |
| acequia | irrigation ditch |
| acercar | to bring close, approach |
| acercar | see acercarse |
| acerola | |
| acerola | , the fruit of the acerolo, Crataegus azarolus |
| acerolo | The azarole, a mediterranean shrub or small tree that produces the acerola, Crataegus azarolus |
| acertar | to be right |
| acertar | to hit upon |
| acetato | acetate |
| acético | acetic |
| acetilo | acetyl |
| acetona | acetone |
| achacar | to attribute (something to someone); to blame |
| achaque | default, failing |
| achaque | sickness, malady |
| achaque | subject, issue, topic |
| achaque | period; menstruation |
| achatar | to flatten |
| achicar | to bale out (a boat) |
| achicar | to humiliate, make someone feel small |
| achicar | to make smaller, reduce, minimize |
| achiote | annatto, achiote (all senses) |
| acicate | incentive, spur (anything that inspires or motivates) |
| acicate | spur (implement for prodding a horse) |
| acícula | needle (long, pointed leaf found on some conifers) |
| acierto | hit |
| acierto | success |
| aclamar | to acclaim or applaud |
| aclarar | to explain; to clarify |
| acogida | welcome, reception |
| acopiar | to gather |
| acoplar | to couple |
| acoplar | to adapt oneself |
| acordar | to agree |
| acordar | to reach agreement |
| acordar | to remember, recall |
| acordar | to decide, to arrange |
| acortar | to cut short |
| acossar | obsolete spelling of acosar |
| acostar | to land, put in, berth |
| acostar | to lay |
| acostar | to put to bed |
| acotado | enclosed, or fenced in |
| acritud | bitterness, acridness |
| actinio | actinium |
| actitud | attitude, disposition, policy |
| actitud | posture, pose, stance |
| activar | to activate |
| activar | to enable |
| activar | to stimulate |
| acuario | aquarium |
| acuciar | to encourage or urge on |
| acuerdo | agreement |
| acuerdo | compromise |
| acusado | accused |
| acusado | accused |
| adaguar | to give water to cattle |
| adaptar | to adapt, adjust |
| adaptar | to tailor |
| adarvar | to stun, to shock |
| adecuar | to adapt |
| Adelina | female given name, diminutive of Adela, equivalent to English Adeline |
| adenina | adenine |
| adentro | inside |
| aderezo | seasoning |
| adeudar | to debit, charge |
| adeudar | to owe |
| adherir | to adhere, stick |
| adición | addition |
| adición | check (in a restaurant, etc.) |
| adipato | adipate |
| adípico | adipic |
| aditivo | additive |
| adivina | feminine form of adivino |
| adivino | seer |
| adjunto | attached |
| admirar | to admire |
| admitir | to accept, to admit, to agree to, to concede |
| admitir | to admit, to let in |
| admitir | to permit, to allow |
| Adolpho | . |
| adoptar | to adopt |
| adoquín | paving stone, flagstone |
| adoquín | idiot, blockhead |
| adornar | to adorn |
| adosada | townhouse |
| adosado | Usually of houses and buildings: adjacent and touching, contiguous, attached |
| Adriana | female given name, cognate to English Adriana |
| Adriano | Hadrian (emperor) |
| Adriano | male given name, cognate to Adrian; more popular in the form Adrián |
| aductor | adductor |
| adueñar | to become a master of something |
| adueñar | to dominate a group |
| adultez | adulthood |
| advenir | to arrive |
| advenir | to happen |
| adverso | adverse |
| aerobio | aerobic |
| aerobio | aerobe |
| afamado | famous |
| afectar | to affect |
| afeitar | to shave |
| aferrar | to catch, to hook |
| aferrar | to seize |
| afición | hobby |
| afición | persistence, determination, zeal |
| afilado | sharp |
| afilado | cut, edge (of knives) |
| afilado | sharpening (of knives) |
| afiliar | to affiliate |
| afincar | to take up residence, settle |
| afirmar | to state |
| afligir | to afflict |
| aflojar | to loosen |
| aflorar | to emerge |
| aflorar | to sift |
| afónico | hoarse |
| afónico | without voice or sound |
| aforrar | to line, cover the inside |
| aforrar | to slap |
| afrenta | afront |
| afueras | outskirts |
| agachar | to lower |
| agachar | to bend down |
| agachar | to duck |
| Agapito | male given name |
| agarrar | to grab or take hold of |
| agencia | agency |
| agitado | hectic |
| agitado | rough (sea) |
| agitado | upset |
| agobiar | to annoy, to bother |
| agobiar | to overwhelm, to anguish |
| agobiar | to tire, fatigue |
| agolpar | to crowd together |
| agolpar | to knock together, bang about together |
| agónico | dying; near death |
| agotado | out of stock, sold out |
| agotado | tired, exhausted, worn out |
| agradar | to please |
| agrario | agrarian |
| agrario | agricultural |
| agravar | to aggravate |
| agravio | offense, grievance, wrongdoing |
| agredir | to assault, attack |
| agregar | to add, collect, aggregate, collate, gather |
| agresor | aggressor |
| agrupar | to group together |
| aguacil | dragonfly |
| aguador | water carrier |
| aguador | water seller |
| aguante | patience, tolerance |
| aguante | perseverance |
| aguante | resistance, strength |
| agudeza | sharpness |
| aguijar | to goad, to incite |
| aguijar | to hurry |
| aguijar | to urge on |
| aguijón | spur |
| aguijón | sting of an insect |
| aguijón | thorn of a plant |
| Aguilar | Spanish surname |
| agujero | hole |
| agujero | pincushion |
| Agustín | male given name |
| ahijado | godchild |
| ahincar | to hurry up |
| ahincar | to urge |
| ahondar | to delve deeply |
| ahondar | to deepen |
| ahorcar | to hang |
| ahorcar | to lynch |
| ahorita | now, right now |
| ahormar | to adjust |
| ahormar | to break in |
| ahormar | to fit, to shape, to mold |
| ahorrar | to save (to conserve or prevent the wasting of) |
| ahorrar | to save (to store for future use) |
| ahorros | savings |
| ahuecar | to hollow out |
| ahuitón | Coward |
| ahumado | smoked |
| ahumado | smoke-flavoured |
| ahumado | smoked, tinted (of glass) |
| ahuyama | pumpkin |
| aislado | isolated |
| ajedrea | savory (herb) |
| ajedrez | chess |
| ajolote | axolotl |
| ajolote | tadpole |
| ajuarar | to furnish |
| ajustar | to adjust |
| Alabama | |
| alabear | to warp |
| alacena | locker; wardrobe set in a wall |
| alacrán | scorpion |
| alambre | wire |
| alameda | avenue (with poplars) |
| alanina | alanine |
| alaraco | peevish, complaining, whining person |
| alaraco | complainer, whiner, crybaby |
| alargar | to lengthen |
| alargar | to stretch, to extend |
| alarido | clamor, shriek |
| alarmar | to alarm |
| albacea | testamentary executor, administrator |
| albanés | Albanian (from or native to Albania) |
| albanés | Albanian (pertaining to Albania) |
| albanés | an Albanian person (male) |
| albanés | the Albanian language |
| Albania | |
| albañil | mason, bricklayer |
| alberca | pool |
| alberca | swimming pool |
| albergo | burrow, den |
| albergo | shelter |
| Alberto | male given name, equivalent to Albert |
| alcaide | administrator of royal property |
| alcaide | commander of the defense of a castle |
| alcaide | warden; administrator of a prison |
| alcalde | an official such as an administrator, mayor, or judge (Spanish, Southwestern U.S.) |
| alcalde | mayor |
| alcance | reach, range, scope |
| alcázar | citadel, castle, fortified town |
| alcazuz | liquorice |
| alcista | upward, rising, bull-, bullish |
| alcohol | alcohol |
| alcohol | kohl, stibnite |
| alcohol | galena |
| aldeana | feminine form of aldeano |
| aldeano | rural |
| aldeano | rustic |
| aldeano | villager, countryman |
| alditol | alditol |
| aledaño | bordering |
| alefriz | mortise, rabbet (on the keel or stem) |
| alegato | allegation |
| alegato | argument |
| alegato | plea |
| alegrar | to be glad |
| alegrar | to be happy |
| alegrar | to make happy |
| alegría | joy, happiness |
| alejado | far, faraway, distant |
| aleluya | hallelujah |
| alemana | feminine form of alemán |
| alentar | to encourage, animate, inspirit |
| alergia | allergy |
| alertar | to alert |
| aletear | to flap one's wings (of a bird) |
| alfadía | bribe |
| alfajor | A popular candy in South America usually filled with dulce de leche |
| alfalfa | |
| alfanje | scimitar |
| alfanje | swordfish |
| alférez | second lieutenant, subaltern, ensign |
| alfiler | pin |
| Alfonso | male given name, equivalent to English Alfonso |
| alforja | saddlebag, knapsack |
| alforza | pleat (in clothing etc) |
| alforza | scar |
| Alfredo | male given name, equivalent to English Alfred |
| álgebra | algebra |
| algodón | cotton (plant) |
| algodón | cotton (textile fiber) |
| algodón | cotton wool |
| alguien | anyone, anybody |
| alguien | someone, somebody |
| algunas | Feminine plural of alguno; some (some people) |
| alhajar | to bejewel |
| alhajas | jewelry |
| alholva | fenugreek |
| aliáceo | garlicky; alliaceous |
| alianza | alliance |
| alianza | political coalition |
| alianza | wedding ring |
| alicate | pliers |
| alicina | allicin |
| alienar | to alienate |
| aliento | breath |
| alifara | meal as part of a business deal |
| alílico | allylic |
| alimaña | vermin |
| aliñado | seasoned |
| aliñado | spicy |
| alinear | to line up |
| alistar | to arrange |
| alistar | to enlist, to enroll |
| alistar | to list |
| alistar | to prepare |
| alistar | to recruit |
| aliviar | to lighten |
| aliviar | to relieve, alleviate, unburden |
| allanar | to break in (to enter by force) |
| allanar | to overcome |
| allanar | to smooth, to flatten |
| allanar | to subdue |
| allende | beyond |
| almacén | shop, store; grocer’s |
| almacén | storeroom |
| almacén | warehouse |
| Almería | Almería (both meanings) |
| almíbar | sugar water |
| almíbar | sweet syrup, made of sugar only |
| almidón | starch |
| alminar | minaret |
| alocado | zany |
| alógena | feminine form of alógeno |
| alógeno | alien, foreign |
| alógeno | allogenic |
| alógeno | foreigner |
| alondra | lark |
| Alondra | female given name, modern use of the vocabulary word alondra "lark" |
| alongar | to elongate, lengthen |
| alozima | allozyme |
| alqueno | alkene |
| alquino | alkyne |
| altavoz | loudspeaker |
| alterar | to get angry, upset |
| alterar | to alter or change |
| alterar | to upset |
| altillo | attic |
| altitud | altitude |
| altitud | height |
| altivez | haughtiness; arrogance |
| altrosa | altrose |
| alumbre | alum |
| alusión | allusion |
| alusivo | allusive |
| aluvión | alluvium |
| aluvión | tidal wave, avalanche, barrage (incredibly large amount) |
| Álvarez | Spanish surname |
| amainar | to abate; die down |
| amansar | to tame |
| amapola | poppy |
| amargar | to make bitter; embitter |
| amárico | Amharic (a Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia) |
| amarrar | to moor |
| amarrar | to tie |
| amasijo | mishmash, hodgepodge |
| amazona | amazon |
| ambages | circumlocution, ambages (indirect or roundabout ways of talking) |
| ambages | (indirect or roundabout routes or directions) |
| Amberes | Antwerp (province and city) |
| ambiguo | ambiguous |
| amenaza | threat |
| América | America |
| amianto | asbestos |
| amidina | amidine |
| amigote | crony |
| amilasa | amylase |
| amílico | amyl |
| amilosa | amylose |
| amistad | friendship |
| amnesia | amnesia |
| amoblar | to furnish |
| amoldar | to mold |
| amoroso | amorous |
| amoroso | tender |
| amparar | to safeguard |
| amperio | ampere |
| ampliar | to extend, expand, enlarge |
| ampolla | ampoule |
| ampolla | blister |
| ampolla | small bottle |
| amputar | to amputate |
| amuleto | amulet |
| anadear | to waddle |
| anáfora | anaphora |
| análogo | analogous |
| anaquel | shelf |
| anatema | anathema (ban or curse) |
| anchura | width, breadth |
| anciana | old female person |
| anciano | ancient |
| anciano | elderly |
| anciano | very old person |
| anclada | anchored |
| anclada | fastened; secured |
| anclado | anchored |
| anclado | fastened, secured |
| anclaje | anchorage |
| ancóneo | anconeus |
| andaluz | Andalusian |
| andaluz | Andalusian dialect |
| andaluz | Someone from Andalusia |
| andamio | scaffold |
| andorra | A female walking companion |
| Andorra | |
| Andrade | a surname |
| anémico | anemic |
| anémona | anemone |
| anexión | annexation (the act of annexing) |
| anfibio | amphibious, amphibian |
| anfibio | amphibian |
| anfíbol | amphibole |
| Ángeles | female given name |
| ángelus | Angelus |
| anginas | strep throat |
| angioma | angioma |
| angosto | narrow, reduced |
| anguila | eel |
| angular | angular |
| anhelar | to crave |
| anhelar | to gasp |
| anhelar | to pant |
| anhidro | anhydrous |
| Aniceto | male given name |
| anidado | nested |
| anilina | colouring, dye |
| anilina | aniline |
| anillar | to put into a ring shape |
| anillar | to ring (carve ring shapes or circular shapes) |
| anillar | to ring (put a ring on e.g. an animal) |
| animado | inspired |
| aniñado | girlyman, (effeminate boy) girl |
| anómalo | aberrant; atypical |
| anómero | anomer |
| anónimo | anonymous |
| anónimo | An anonymous document or letter |
| anormal | abnormal |
| anóxico | anoxic |
| ansioso | anxious |
| ansioso | eager |
| anteojo | lens |
| antever | to foresee |
| antifaz | a mask, that doesn't covers the whole face but only the eyes part and maybe the nose |
| antiguo | old; from before; former; ancient |
| antojar | to fancy, would like |
| antojar | to seem |
| Antonia | female given name, feminine form of Antonio |
| Antonio | male given name, cognate to Anthony |
| Antonio | The letter A in the Spanish phonetic alphabet |
| anuario | yearbook |
| anulado | annulled |
| anulado | cancelled |
| anuleno | annulene |
| anuncio | advertisement |
| anuncio | announcement |
| anuncio | notice |
| anzuelo | hook, fishhook |
| aoristo | aorist |
| aórtico | aortic |
| apachar | to crush, to mangle |
| apagado | faint, pale |
| apagado | (switched) off, shutdown |
| apalear | to beat up |
| aparato | apparatus, device, tool, instrument, appliance |
| aparato | phone |
| aparato | braces |
| aparcar | To park |
| aparear | to mate |
| aparejo | Elevation hoist |
| aparejo | fishing tackle |
| apartar | to separate or divide |
| apartar | to set aside |
| apático | apathetic |
| apelina | apelin |
| apenado | ashamed |
| apenado | sad, griefed, pained |
| apestar | to annoy |
| apestar | to cause a plague, disease |
| apestar | to corrupt, spoil |
| apestar | to nauseate |
| apestar | to stink |
| apetito | appetite |
| apículo | apiculus |
| aplacar | appease, placate |
| aplanar | to bulldoze |
| aplanar | to flatten |
| aplanar | to grade |
| aplauso | applause |
| aplazar | to postpone |
| aplazar | to flunk (fail) |
| aplicar | to smear. To put something above other thing or in cotact with other thing. Él aplicó la mermelada a la tostada - He spreads the mermelade on the toast. // Aplicó la pomada a la rodilla. - He smear the cream on the knee |
| aplicar | to use. El presidente aplicó medidas especiales. - The president used special measures |
| aplique | applique |
| aplique | wall light |
| aplomar | to plumb |
| apócope | apocope |
| aportar | to bring |
| aportar | to contribute |
| aportar | to provide |
| apósito | sticking plaster. band-aid. Elastoplast |
| apostar | to bet |
| apóstol | apostle |
| apoteca | drugstore, pharmacy |
| apoteca | mortgage |
| apotema | apothem |
| apremio | pressure, urge |
| apremio | court order |
| apresar | imprison |
| apresar | to seize, capture |
| apresto | preparation |
| apretar | To hold back |
| apretar | To hold on to something |
| apretar | To press someone with one's needs |
| apretar | To squeeze, constrict, or compress |
| apretón | conflict |
| apretón | grip, squeeze |
| apretón | pressure |
| aprieto | a push of a button |
| aprieto | predicament |
| aprisco | sheepfold |
| aprobar | to approve |
| aprobar | to pass (an exam) |
| aptitud | aptitude |
| apuesta | bet |
| apuesto | handsome, good-looking (person) |
| apuntar | to baste |
| apuntar | to bet, to put up money, to stake |
| apuntar | to fasten temporarily |
| apuntar | to hint, to suggest |
| apuntar | to mention, to mention in passing |
| apuntar | to note, to note down, to write down |
| apuntar | to outline, to sketch |
| apuntar | to patch, to darn, to sew, to mend |
| apuntar | to point |
| apuntar | to point, to aim |
| apuntar | to point to, to point at, to point out, to indicate |
| apuntar | to prompt, to cue, to whisper the answer |
| apuntar | to sharpen |
| apuntar | to tack |
| apuntar | to underline, to mark (text) |
| apurado | in a hurry |
| apurado | poor, needy, short |
| aquejar | to afflict |
| aquella | alternative spelling of aquélla That one |
| aquélla | feminine form of aquél that one (far from speaker and listener) |
| aquello | neuter form of aquél that (over there); it. |
| aquende | Over here, on this side |
| aquenio | achene |
| Aquiles | Achilles |
| arábigo | Arabic (of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour) |
| arábigo | Arabic (language) |
| Araceli | female given name |
| arañazo | A scratch. |
| arancel | tariff |
| arañita | diminutive form of araña; little spider |
| árbitra | referee, arbiter |
| árbitro | sports official (e.g. referee or umpire) |
| arbolar | to plant trees |
| arbolar | to raise or hoist a standard or flag |
| arbolar | to rear up |
| arbóreo | arboreal |
| arbori- | tree |
| arbusto | bush, shrub |
| arcaico | archaic |
| archivo | archive |
| archivo | file |
| arcilla | clay |
| ardilla | squirrel |
| arenero | sandbox |
| arenero | sand dealer, sand vendor |
| arenero | sand trap |
| arengar | to harangue |
| arenoso | sandy |
| arenque | herring |
| Arevalo | A surname |
| Argelia | Algeria (country) |
| argento | silver |
| argolla | large ring |
| argolla | staple |
| argolla | croquet |
| argucia | quibble, squabble |
| argucia | spuriousness |
| arietar | To ram (to strike with an implement) |
| Arizona | |
| Armando | male given name, cognate to English Herman via French Armand |
| armario | closet |
| armario | cupboard |
| armario | locker |
| armazón | assemblage |
| armazón | frame, framework |
| armazón | frame, skeleton |
| armazón | housing, armature |
| Armenia | |
| armenio | Armenian (of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, Armenians, the language or alphabet) |
| armenio | Armenian (person) |
| armería | armoury, armory |
| armería | gun shop |
| armonía | harmony |
| arpegio | arpeggio |
| arquear | to arch |
| arquero | archer |
| arquero | goalkeeper |
| arrasar | to devastate |
| arreglo | adjustment |
| arreglo | arrangement |
| arreglo | compromise |
| arreglo | grooming, personal care |
| arreglo | repair |
| arreglo | array |
| arresto | arrest |
| arrezuz | liquorice (plant, confection) |
| arribar | to arrive |
| arrimar | to draw near |
| arrobar | to enrapture |
| arrogar | to adopt |
| arrogar | to ascribe, arrogate |
| arrojar | to emit |
| arrojar | to erupt |
| arrojar | to fling or hurl |
| arrojar | to shed |
| arrojar | to yield |
| arromar | to make blunt, to make dull |
| arropar | to clothe |
| arrozal | paddy, rice paddy (field where rice is grown) |
| arrugar | to chicken out, back down, lose one's nerve |
| arrugar | to crease, to crumple |
| arrugar | to wrinkle |
| arrullo | coo |
| arsenal | arsenal |
| arteria | artery |
| artista | artist |
| asaltar | to assault, to assail, to attack |
| asaltar | to storm |
| asaltar | to strike suddenly (a thought, an illness, death, etc.) |
| asarona | asarone |
| asbesto | asbestos |
| ascenso | ascent |
| ascenso | promotion |
| asechar | to set a trap |
| asediar | to besiege |
| asentar | to settle (as in inhabit) |
| asentir | to nod, assent |
| aserrín | sawdust |
| asesina | feminine form of asesino; murderess |
| asesino | murderous |
| asesino | murderer |
| asesino | traitor |
| asestar | to aim |
| asestar | to shoot |
| asexual | asexual |
| asexual | asexual |
| asfalto | asphalt |
| asfixia | asphyxia |
| asidero | handle |
| asiento | seat |
| asignar | to assign |
| asilado | asylee |
| asinino | asinine |
| asinino | donkey (attributive) |
| asistir | to attend |
| asociar | to associate |
| asolear | to sun |
| asombro | amazement, astonishment |
| aspecto | appearance, look |
| aspecto | aspect |
| aspirar | to aspire, to desire to be |
| aspirar | to inhale |
| aspirar | to vacuum |
| asquear | to disgust, to cause disgust |
| astilla | splinter |
| astucia | slyness, astuteness |
| asustar | to be scared, frightened |
| asustar | to scare |
| atacado | affronted |
| atadura | attachment, tying up |
| atadura | tie |
| atalaya | height |
| atalaya | watchtower |
| atarear | to devote oneself to a task or occupation |
| atarear | to task |
| atascar | to jam, obstruct |
| ataviar | to adorn |
| ataviar | to dress |
| ateísmo | atheism |
| ateísta | atheist |
| atender | to pay attention; to mind |
| atender | to care for (someone, especially the ill) |
| atender | to comply with (some rule) |
| atender | to pay attention to (something); to attend to (something) |
| atentar | to commit a violent or criminal attack, to strike |
| atenuar | to attenuate |
| atenuar | to extenuate |
| aterrar | to scare |
| aterrar | to stain with earth, dust or sand |
| atestar | to pack |
| atestar | to attest |
| atildar | to place a tilde over |
| atípico | atypical |
| atisbar | to spy on |
| atisbar | to watch, to observe |
| atómico | atomic |
| atónito | stunned, astonished |
| atontar | to stupefy |
| atracar | to assault |
| atracar | to berth |
| atracón | stuffing, pigging out (act of eating a lot) |
| atrapar | to capture |
| atrasar | to delay |
| atrever | to dare |
| atrofia | atrophy |
| atronar | to deafen; stun |
| atronar | to thunder |
| atuendo | attire, clothing, dress |
| atuendo | pomp, ostentation |
| aturdir | to stun, to daze, to dumbfound |
| audacia | audacity |
| auditar | to audit |
| augurar | to foretell |
| aullido | howl, howling, ook, yip, yelp, yap |
| aumento | increase |
| aumento | raise |
| Aurelia | female given name, cognate to the English Aurelia |
| Aurelio | male given name, cognate to Aurelius |
| aureola | halo (luminous disc around the heads of saints) |
| aureola | areola |
| aureola | corona |
| ausente | absent |
| austero | austere |
| Austria | |
| autismo | autism |
| autista | autistic |
| autista | autistic |
| autobús | bus, coach |
| autoría | authorship |
| autoría | responsibility |
| auxilio | aid, help |
| avanzar | to advance |
| avefría | lapwing (bird belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae) |
| avenate | gruel |
| avenida | avenue |
| aventón | hitchhiking |
| aventón | push |
| averiar | to break (breakdown) |
| averiar | to damage |
| avetoro | bittern (bird) |
| avezado | seasoned |
| aviador | aviator |
| avispón | hornet |
| avistar | to sight |
| avoceta | The avocet, a bird |
| ayatolá | Ayatollah |
| ayuntar | to join, to gather, compare juntar |
| ayuntar | to have sexual intercourse |
| azafata | stewardess |
| azafate | flat basket; tray |
| azafrán | saffron |
| azaroso | random |
| azaroso | unlucky, unfortunate |
| azolvar | to clog something, particularly a pipe or conduit |
| azucena | lily |
| Azucena | female given name, comparable to the English Lily |
| azufrar | to bleach |
| azufrar | to sulfur (to treat with sulfur) |
| azulado | bluish, blue colored |
| azulejo | blue colored |
| azulejo | indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea |
| azulejo | tile |
| azulejo | cornflower, Centaurea cyanus |
| azúmbar | spikenard |
| azúmbar | water plantain, Damasonium stellatum |
| azurita | Azurite: a soft, deep blue copper mineral |
| babilla | the stifle, or hind knee, of a quadruped |
| babucha | slipper |
| babuino | baboon |
| bacalao | cod |
| bachata | bachata |
| bachata | party |
| Badajoz | Badajoz (city) |
| Badajoz | Badajoz (province) |
| baguete | baguette (a variety of bread) |
| Bahamas | |
| Bahréin | Bahrain (country in the Middle East) |
| bailaor | flamenco dancer |
| bajamar | low tide |
| bajista | bear |
| bajista | bassist |
| balance | balance |
| balanza | balance, scale (device used to measure weight) |
| balanza | Libra |
| balanza | comparative estimate, judgment |
| baldear | to hose down, wash |
| baldear | to bail out |
| baldosa | tile, slab |
| ballena | baleen, whalebone |
| ballena | whale |
| balotar | to ballot |
| balotar | to vote |
| bálsamo | balsam |
| bálsamo | balsam (tree or shrub) |
| bambara | Bambara (language) |
| bambara | Bambara (people) |
| bañador | swimming costume, bathing costume |
| bañador | swimming trunks |
| bañarse | To bathe oneself |
| bancada | bench for government officials |
| bandada | flock (of birds) |
| bandada | shoal (of fish) |
| bandazo | swerve |
| bandeja | tray |
| bandera | banner |
| bandera | flag |
| bandida | feminine form of bandido |
| bandido | outlaw, bandit |
| bangaña | gourd |
| baniano | banyan |
| bañista | bather |
| baquiar | to train |
| barajar | to shuffle |
| baranda | balustrade |
| baranda | banister, handrail |
| baranda | railing |
| baratar | to barter |
| bárbara | feminine form of bárbaro |
| Bárbara | female given name, cognate to Barbara |
| bárbaro | barbaric |
| bárbaro | cool |
| bárbaro | enormous |
| bárbaro | stupendous |
| bárbaro | barbarian |
| barbero | barber |
| barbudo | bearded |
| barcaza | barge |
| barcito | small bar |
| bardana | burdock (any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium) |
| barraca | barrack |
| barraca | storage shed |
| barraca | tent, hut |
| barrena | drill, a tool for creating holes in a workpiece |
| barrena | tailspin |
| barreno | drill, a tool for creating holes in a workpiece |
| barrera | barrier |
| Barrera | Spanish surname |
| barrido | swept |
| barrido | sweep (act of sweeping) |
| barriga | belly, paunch |
| barrito | (elephant noise) trumpet |
| barroco | Baroque |
| barroso | muddy |
| barrote | bar, crossbeam |
| barrote | bolt |
| barullo | uproar |
| basalto | basalt (hard rock) |
| báscula | scale (device used to measure weight) |
| basidio | basidium |
| Basilio | male given name, cognate to English Basil |
| básquet | basketball |
| bastión | bastion, bulwark |
| basural | landfill, dump (place where waste or garbage is left) |
| batalla | battle |
| batatal | piece of land cultivating sweet potato |
| batería | drummer |
| batería | drums |
| batería | large battery |
| batidor | whisk |
| Batista | Spanish surname |
| bauprés | bowsprit |
| bautizo | baptism, christening |
| Baviera | Bavaria (confederate state (Land) of southwest Germany) |
| Beatriz | female given name, equivalent to Beatrice |
| becaria | feminine form of becario |
| becario | grant-holder, scholarship-holder |
| becerro | calf; young cow |
| beduino | bedouin |
| beduino | bedouin |
| begonia | begonia |
| béisbol | baseball (ballgame) |
| Bélgica | Belgium |
| bélgico | Belgian (from or native to Belgium) |
| bélgico | Belgian (pertaining to Belgium) |
| belleza | beauty |
| bellota | acorn (fruit of the oak) |
| benceno | benzene |
| bencina | gasoline |
| bendito | blessed |
| bengalí | Bengali |
| bengalí | Bengali (person) |
| bengalí | Bengali (language) |
| beninés | Beninese |
| beninés | Beninese |
| berilio | beryllium |
| berlina | a sedan |
| Bernabé | Barnabas |
| berrear | to bellow |
| besador | kisser |
| betaína | betaine, trimethylglycine |
| bianual | biennial |
| biberón | bottle (for a baby) |
| bíblico | biblical |
| biblio- | biblio- |
| bifenol | biphenol |
| bilioso | bilious |
| billete | banknote, bill (paper currency) |
| billete | ticket |
| bimotor | twin-engine |
| binomio | binomial |
| bióloga | (female) biologist |
| biólogo | biologist |
| biomasa | biomass |
| biónico | bionic |
| biopsia | biopsy |
| biótico | biotic |
| biotina | biotin |
| biotita | biotite |
| bipedal | bipedal |
| bipolar | bipolar |
| biquini | bikini |
| birmano | Burmese (pertaining to Burma) |
| birmano | Burmese (person) |
| birmano | Burmese (language) |
| birrete | biretta |
| bisagra | hinge |
| bisecar | to bisect |
| biselar | to bevel |
| bislama | Bislama (language) |
| bismuto | bismuth |
| bisonte | bison |
| bisturí | scalpel, bistoury |
| Bitinia | Bithynia |
| bizarro | dashing, brave, spirited, gallant |
| bizarro | generous, magnanimous, noble |
| bizarro | bizarre, strange, weird |
| biznaga | khella, toothpickweed (Ammi visnaga) |
| biznaga | A generic name for several species of small, prickly cacti, especially barrel cacti |
| blandir | to brandish |
| blindar | to shield |
| blofear | to bluff |
| bloqueo | blockade |
| bloqueo | blockage |
| bloqueo | freeze |
| bloqueo | locking |
| blujins | blue jeans |
| bobería | foolishness, something foolish |
| bocazas | big mouth, chatterbox (someone who talks too much) |
| bodegón | still life |
| bohemio | bohemian |
| bolardo | bollard (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) |
| bolardo | bollard |
| boletín | bulletin |
| boliche | small store, small shop |
| bolillo | bobbin |
| bolillo | type of bread |
| bolillo | Someone of Caucasian race |
| bolillo | bread roll |
| bolívar | bolívar |
| Bolivia | Bolivia |
| Bolonia | Bologna (city) |
| bolsear | to sponge, scrounge |
| bolsear | to pickpocket |
| bolsita | (small) bag |
| boludez | nonsense, bullshit (something that is stupid, dumb) |
| bombear | to bomb |
| bombear | to cheat |
| bombear | to pump |
| bombera | feminine form of bombero |
| bombero | firefighter |
| boniato | sweet potato |
| boquear | to gape |
| boquear | to gasp |
| boquear | to pronounce |
| boquear | to utter |
| boquete | gap, small opening |
| bordado | embroidered |
| bordado | embroidery |
| bordear | to border |
| boricua | Puerto Rican |
| boricua | Puerto Rican |
| borrado | deleted |
| borrado | delete, deletion key |
| borrado | deletion |
| borraja | borage |
| borrega | feminine form of borrego |
| borrego | A sheep around its second year of age |
| borrego | A woolly, white cloud reminiscent of a sheep |
| borrego | sheep (person) |
| borrico | A stubborn, lazy, or stupid person |
| borrico | donkey |
| borroso | blurry |
| bortsch | borscht |
| boscoso | woody, wooded |
| bostezo | yawn (the action of yawning) |
| botella | bottle |
| botones | bellboy |
| boyante | buoyant |
| boyante | prosperous |
| boysena | boysenberry |
| bracear | to stroke (while swimming) |
| bracero | labourer, farmhand, navvy |
| braille | Braille |
| bramido | roar |
| bravura | anger |
| brazada | stroke |
| brebaje | potion, concoction |
| Bretaña | Brittany, Bretagne |
| bribona | feminine form of bribón |
| brigada | brigade |
| brígido | dangerous, difficult |
| brígido | terrible |
| brillar | to shine |
| brincar | jump, frolic, bounce |
| brindar | to offer, provide |
| brindar | to toast, drink a toast to |
| brindis | toast (e.g., to one’s health) |
| briquet | lighter |
| brócoli | broccoli |
| bróculi | broccoli |
| bromear | to fool; to trick |
| bromear | to joke |
| bromuro | bromide (chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element) |
| brownie | |
| brújula | compass |
| Brújula | Pyxis (constellation) |
| budismo | Buddhism |
| budista | Buddhist |
| budista | Buddhist |
| buenazo | good-natured |
| bufanda | scarf |
| buharro | the scops owl, Otus scops |
| bulboso | bulbous (all senses) |
| bulevar | boulevard |
| búlgara | feminine form of búlgaro |
| búlgaro | Bulgarian (from or native to Bulgaria) |
| búlgaro | Bulgarian (pertaining to Bulgaria) |
| búlgaro | a Bulgarian |
| búlgaro | the Bulgarian language |
| bumerán | boomerang |
| búmeran | boomerang |
| buñuelo | beignet (type of donut) |
| burbuja | bubble |
| burbuja | bubble (period of intense speculation) |
| burbuja | excessive value due to speculation |
| burgués | bourgeois |
| burgués | bourgeois |
| Burundi | |
| butanés | Bhutanese |
| butanés | Bhutanese |
| butanol | butanol |
| caballa | mackerel |
| caballo | horse |
| caballo | knight |
| cabello | the hair on the head (mass noun as in English) |
| cabezal | head (of a mechanism) |
| cabezal | headrest (in a car); small pillow |
| cabezón | big-headed |
| cabezón | stubborn |
| cabezón | a big-headed or stubborn person |
| cabezón | A man with a large meatus and by extension an insistent individual |
| cabildo | A town council or other governing body at a local level |
| cabildo | An assembly or meeting held by such a governing body |
| cabildo | Body of churchmen that forms the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church |
| cabildo | The place where such an assembly is held; cabildo |
| cablear | To wire up; cable up |
| cabrear | to get sick and tired, to get bored, to get annoyed |
| cabrear | to get angry |
| cabrear | to annoy, bother, pester, to piss off, to make angry |
| cabrero | goatherd |
| cabrito | kid (young goat) |
| caçador | obsolete spelling of cazador |
| caçador | obsolete spelling of cazador |
| cacareo | cackling |
| cacareo | cock-a-doodle-doo |
| cacatúa | cockatoo |
| Cáceres | Cáceres |
| cacería | hunt, hunting |
| cachaca | female police officer, feminine form of cachaco |
| cachaco | elegant, educated |
| cachaco | police officer |
| cachear | to search |
| cachete | buttock, butt-cheek |
| cachete | cheek |
| cachete | smack |
| cachopo | An Asturian dish consisting of ham, cheese and other ingredients inside beef fillets. |
| cacique | cacique (bird) |
| cacique | chieftain (Indian chief in a tribe) |
| cacique | powerful person |
| cadalso | scaffold (elevated platform on which a criminal is executed) |
| cadáver | cadaver, corpse |
| caducar | to expire |
| caduceo | caduceus |
| cafeína | caffeine |
| cafetal | piece of land cultivating coffee |
| cafiche | pimp |
| cafiche | sponger, freeloader (especially of women) |
| caimito | The abiu, a tropical tree and its fruit |
| caimito | The star fruit |
| cajista | typesetter |
| cajuela | trunk, boot (of a car) |
| calamar | squid |
| calcado | In a fake manner, fakely |
| calcado | Facsimile, imitation, copy |
| cálcico | calcic |
| cálcico | calcium (attributive) |
| calcita | calcite |
| cálculo | arithmetic |
| cálculo | calculation |
| cálculo | calculus |
| cálculo | stone |
| Calcuta | Calcutta (capital of West Bengal) |
| caldear | to warm |
| caldera | boiler |
| caldera | cauldron |
| caldera | caldera |
| caldero | said of someone who like soups |
| caldero | vat, small cauldron |
| caldoso | liquidy (said of a broth) |
| caldoso | |
| calibre | calibre |
| calibre | calipers |
| caliche | salitre |
| caliche | saltpeter |
| calidad | quality (level of excellence) |
| calidez | warmth, warmness, heat |
| calilla | debt |
| calilla | annoyance, bother |
| calilla | thin and long cigar |
| calilla | annoying person |
| callado | quiet, silent |
| cállate | shut up! |
| calleja | narrow street |
| caloría | calorie |
| calzada | driveway |
| calzada | sidewalk |
| calzado | calced |
| calzado | footgear |
| Camacho | Spanish surname |
| camafeo | cameo (relief work) |
| camarón | shrimp |
| cambiar | to change, to modify |
| cambiar | to exchange |
| cambium | cambium |
| Camboya | Cambodia (country in Southeast Asia) |
| camelar | to love |
| camelar | to seduce |
| camelia | camellia |
| camello | camel |
| camello | pusher (drug dealer) |
| Camerún | Cameroon |
| camilla | stretcher, gurney |
| caminar | to go on |
| caminar | to stroll |
| caminar | to travel |
| caminar | to walk |
| camisón | nightdress |
| campana | a bell-shaped (or roughly) object or component (vg, the canopy of a parachute) |
| campana | bell |
| campaña | campaign |
| campaña | countryside |
| campeón | champion |
| campera | jacket |
| campiña | countryside |
| canalla | rabble, riff-raff |
| canalla | swine, rascal |
| canaria | feminine form of canario |
| canario | of, from or related to the Canary Islands |
| canario | canary (bird) |
| canario | person from the Canary Islands |
| canasta | A basket |
| canasta | canasta (card game) |
| canasta | basket, hoop |
| canasto | basket |
| cancela | lattice gate |
| canción | song |
| candado | lock, padlock |
| candela | candle |
| Cándida | female given name, female variant of Cándido |
| cándido | naive, candid |
| cándido | straightforward |
| Cándido | male given name, male variant of Cándida |
| cañería | drain |
| cañería | Length of tube, pipe or piping |
| canguro | babysitter |
| canguro | kangaroo |
| caníbal | cannibalistic |
| canilla | (chiefly) tibia, (rare) ulna, radius (for three cases, bones and surrounding soft tissues) |
| canilla | faucet |
| canjear | to exchange |
| cansado | boring |
| cansado | tired, sleepy |
| cantera | academy |
| cantera | quarry |
| cantera | talent, ingeniosity |
| cántico | canticle |
| cantina | cafeteria, canteen (staff restaurant) |
| cantina | saloon, speakeasy, bar |
| cantora | feminine form of cantor |
| caótico | chaotic |
| capataz | foreman |
| capicúa | palindromic number |
| capilar | capillary |
| capilar | hair (attributive) |
| capilar | capillary |
| capilla | chapel |
| capital | (important) |
| capital | (city) |
| capital | (finance) |
| capitán | captain |
| capitel | capital (uppermost part of a column) |
| capolar | to mince (meat) |
| caporal | foreman |
| cápsula | capsule |
| captura | capture |
| capucha | hood (headwear) |
| capucha | hoodie |
| capullo | cocoon |
| capullo | pod |
| carabao | a water-buffalo |
| caracol | snail |
| caramba | good grief; great Scott (an expression of shock, suprise or anger) |
| carbono | |
| carburo | carbide |
| cardio- | (forming words pertaining to the heart) |
| carecer | To lack, to be lacking (in) |
| carenar | to careen (to turn a ship on its side) |
| cargado | charged |
| cargado | loaded |
| caricia | caress |
| caridad | charity |
| Caridad | female given name |
| carisma | charisma |
| Carlota | female given name, equivalent to Charlotte |
| carmesí | crimson |
| carmesí | crimson |
| carnada | bait |
| carnero | mutton |
| carnero | sheep |
| carnero | sheepskin |
| carnoso | fleshy |
| carpeta | folder (an organizer that papers are kept in) |
| carpeta | lace dollies |
| carpeta | billiard cloth, gambling table cloth |
| carpeta | tablecloth |
| carpeta | folder, directory (virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored) |
| carpeta | hotel reception, reception desk at a hotel |
| carrera | (academic) course of study |
| carrera | (baseball) run |
| carrera | career |
| carrera | race |
| carrera | run; line of knit stitches which have unravelled |
| Carrera | a Spanish surname |
| carreta | cart, dray |
| carrete | bobbin |
| carrete | fishing reel |
| carrete | party (social gathering) |
| carrito | diminutive form of carro, small cart |
| carrizo | reed |
| carrizo | drinking straw |
| carroña | carrion |
| carroza | old-fashioned |
| carroza | carriage |
| carroza | hearse (vehicle for taking dead body to grave) |
| carroza | state carriage |
| cartera | A post of responsibility. A portfolio |
| cartera | handbag |
| cartera | wallet |
| cartero | postman |
| casarse | to marry, get married (literally, to get oneself married) |
| cascada | waterfall, cascade |
| cascado | past it, over the hill |
| cáscara | A peel or rind, as of a fruit |
| cáscara | A shell, as of an egg, snail, or bivalve |
| cascote | rubble (broken remains of an object) |
| caseína | casein |
| caserío | country house |
| caserío | hamlet |
| casilla | cabin |
| casilla | pigeonhole |
| casilla | text box |
| caspasa | caspase |
| castaña | chestnut |
| castaño | brown (chestnut colored) |
| castaño | chestnut (tree) |
| castigo | punishment |
| cásting | casting |
| castrar | to castrate |
| casucha | hovel |
| catalán | Catalan, Catalonian |
| catalán | Catalan (person) |
| catalán | Catalan; the language of Catalonia |
| catañol | A language blend of Catalan and Spanish |
| catarro | mucus |
| catarro | catarrh |
| catéter | catheter |
| Catoira | a small village of the Pontevedra province of Spain |
| catorce | fourteen |
| cauberi | lingonberry |
| Cáucaso | Caucasus |
| caución | bail, security deposit |
| cautela | caution, care |
| cautela | precaution |
| cautiva | (female) captive |
| cautivo | captive |
| cautivo | captive |
| caveola | caveola |
| caverna | cavern |
| cavidad | cavity |
| cavilar | to think (something) through; to reflect |
| cazador | hunting |
| cazador | hunter |
| cazuela | stewpot, casserole |
| cazuela | stew, (soup with meat and vegetables) |
| cebador | starter |
| cebador | primer |
| cebiche | a dish consisting of raw fish or meat |
| cebolla | onion |
| cebuana | feminine form of cebuano |
| cebuano | Cebuano |
| cebuano | Cebuano (language) |
| cebuano | Cebuano (person) |
| Cecilia | female given name, cognate to English Cecilia |
| cefalea | headache |
| ceguera | blindness |
| cejilla | capotasto |
| célebre | celebrated, famous |
| celeste | heavenly |
| celeste | pale blue, sky blue |
| celeste | pale blue, sky blue |
| celosía | jalousie |
| celular | cellular |
| celular | cell phone |
| cemento | cement (a powdered substance) |
| ceñidor | belt |
| ceñidor | girdle, sash |
| censura | censorship |
| censura | censure |
| centavo | cent (subunit of currency in US and other countries) |
| centeno | rye |
| céntimo | A former monetary subdivision, equivalent to a 1/100th of a Mozambican metica |
| céntimo | A former monetary subdivision, equivalent to a 1/100th of a Spanish peseta |
| céntimo | A monetary subdivision, equivalent to a 1/100th of a Bolivian peseta |
| céntimo | A monetary subdivision, equivalent to a 1/100th of a Costa Rican colón |
| céntimo | A monetary subdivision, equivalent to a 1/100th of a Peruvian nuevo sol |
| céntimo | A monetary subdivision, equivalent to a 1/100th of a Philippine peso |
| central | central |
| central | center |
| central | headquarter |
| centrar | to center |
| cepillo | brush |
| ceporro | nincompoop, buffoon, dimwit |
| Cerbero | Cerberus |
| cercano | near, nearby, close |
| Cerdeña | Sardinia |
| cerdita | diminutive form of cerda, a little pig |
| cerdito | diminutive form of cerdo, little pig |
| cerebro | nerd |
| cerebro | brain |
| cerilla | match (stick) |
| cerillo | match (stick) |
| cerrado | Shut; closed |
| cerrojo | bolt |
| cerrojo | very aggressive or defensive tactics |
| certeza | certainty |
| cerúleo | Having the color cerulean |
| cerúleo | The color cerulean |
| cerumen | earwax |
| cerveza | beer |
| cérvido | Cervid |
| cesante | dismissed, laid off, sacked (pertaining to a job or working) |
| cesante | unemployed |
| cesante | dismissed worker (worker who was laid off) |
| cesárea | Caesarean section |
| cesible | that which may be ceded |
| cetáceo | cetaceous |
| cetáceo | cetacean |
| cetrino | yellow-green; sallow |
| chabola | shanty; an old run-down house or shack |
| chacmol | A stylized, pre-Columbian Mesoamerican stone sculpture depicting a reclining male figure with the head raised and turned to one side, holding a small tray over the stomach |
| chalado | fool |
| chalado | nut (insane person) |
| chalaza | chalaza |
| chaleco | sweater, jumper |
| chaleco | vest, waistcoat |
| chalina | a scarf (clothing) |
| chalupa | fat girl |
| chalupa | a bowl-shaped fried tortilla stuffed with chopped meat, lettuce, cheese, etc |
| chalupa | two-man canoe |
| chalupa | shallop, sloop, launch (a kind of longboat) |
| chamaca | feminine form of chamaco |
| chamaco | A boy or teenager; a male youth |
| chambao | (Andalusian) An improvised beach tent |
| champán | champagne |
| chanchi | fab, awesome |
| chancho | dirty |
| chancho | pig |
| chancla | flip-flop |
| chancla | old shoe |
| chancla | slipper |
| chanclo | clog |
| chanclo | galosh |
| chancro | chancre |
| chándal | Athletic apparel consisting of a loose shirt and pants; a sweatsuit or warm-up suit |
| chantar | to stop |
| chapeau | Used to express appreciation |
| chapote | Texas persimmon; Mexican persimmon (Diospyros texana) |
| chapuza | odd job |
| charada | charade |
| charcha | trashy (of very poor quality, worthless) |
| charcha | fat |
| charlar | to chat |
| charqui | jerky (air-dried meat) |
| chascar | to click, snap |
| chasqui | One of the Inca's personal running messengers |
| chatear | to chat on the Internet |
| chatear | to chat |
| chayota | alternative form of chayote |
| chayote | chayote |
| chequeo | check |
| chequeo | checkpoint |
| chequeo | examination |
| Chequia | Czech Republic, Czechia (country in Europe) |
| chéster | Cheshire cheese |
| chévere | cool, awesome |
| chévere | hot dog |
| Chiapas | A state of Mexico |
| chicana | Chicano, Chicana |
| chicano | having Mexican descent and living in the United States |
| chicano | Chicano |
| chichón | joking |
| chichón | having large breasts |
| chichón | bump on the head |
| chiflar | To whistle |
| chiflar | To whistle at |
| chiismo | Shi'ism |
| chilate | A traditional Central American beverage consisting of chili, ground toasted corn and cacao |
| chileno | Chilean |
| chileno | Chilean |
| chillar | to creak |
| chillar | to shriek, to screech |
| chillar | to sizzle, to hiss |
| chilote | native to Chiloé island, in Southern Chile |
| chinche | bedbug |
| chinche | thumbtack |
| chingar | to break |
| chingar | to steal, to swipe |
| chingar | to work hard |
| chingón | Someone who likes to mess with people |
| chingón | Someone or something that is cool, awesome and very good |
| chingón | Someone who is very smart, intelligent and can do things quickly |
| chingue | skunk |
| chipote | bulge, lump |
| chipote | slap (blow with the hand) |
| chipote | bump on the head |
| chiripa | fluke (lucky or improbable occurrence) |
| chistar | to call attention |
| chistar | to speak, normally in negation |
| chivato | telltale, informer |
| chivera | goatee |
| chongos | A Mexican dessert made with milk, sugar and cinnamon. The milk is scalded and rennet is added to start the formation of curds, like when making cheese |
| chopito | A portion of small fried squid |
| chorizo | a type of sausage |
| chorizo | a thief |
| chorizo | a foolish person |
| chotear | to mock |
| chucrut | sauerkraut |
| chulear | to compliment, to show off |
| chuleta | divot |
| chuleta | chop |
| chupado | very easy |
| chupado | very skinny |
| chupete | pacifier |
| chupito | shot (small serving of drink) |
| cianato | cyanate |
| cianina | cyanin |
| cianuro | cyanide (chemistry) |
| ciclasa | cyclase |
| cíclico | cyclic |
| ciclina | cyclin |
| cíclope | cyclops |
| cielito | A Uruguayan dance |
| ciénaga | bog, swamp |
| ciencia | erudition, knowledge |
| ciencia | science |
| ciénega | marsh, swamp |
| cienmil | one hundred thousand |
| cigarra | cicada |
| cigarro | cigar |
| cigüeña | redstem filaree, Erodium cicutarium |
| cigüeña | stork (large wading bird) |
| cigüeña | The scavenger's daughter; a torture device |
| ciliado | Having cilia |
| ciliado | ciliate |
| cimbrar | to rock |
| cincado | zinced |
| cincado | zinc or zinc-compound coating |
| cíngaro | Romani, Gypsy |
| cíngaro | Rom, Gypsy |
| cinismo | cynicism |
| cintura | waist |
| circuir | to surround, to circle |
| círculo | circle |
| ciruela | plum |
| ciruelo | Plum tree |
| cirugía | surgery |
| cistina | cystine |
| citrato | citrate |
| cítrico | citric |
| civismo | civility |
| cizalla | shears, pair of shears, cutter |
| clarear | to clear |
| clásico | classic |
| Clásico | A match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, the two leading teams in the country |
| Claudia | female given name, feminine form of Claudio |
| Claudio | male given name, cognate to English Claude |
| clavado | dive |
| clavete | guitar pick, plectrum |
| clavete | tack (small nail) |
| clavija | dowel |
| clérigo | clergyman |
| clienta | feminine form of cliente |
| cliente | client |
| cliente | customer |
| clínica | medical clinic |
| clínico | clinical |
| cloqueo | cluck |
| clórico | chloric |
| cloruro | chloride |
| coágulo | blood clot |
| coágulo | clot |
| coartar | to limit |
| coautor | coauthor |
| cobalto | cobalt |
| cobarde | cowardly, craven |
| cobarde | coward |
| cobarde | weakling |
| cobijar | to take refuge |
| cobijar | to cover |
| cobijar | to protect |
| cobijar | to shelter |
| cobrado | charged |
| cobrizo | copper-colored |
| cochero | charioteer |
| cochero | coachman |
| cochino | dirty (as in an action done by a child like eating with dirty hands) |
| cochino | pervert |
| cochino | pig, hog |
| cocinar | To cook |
| cocotal | A grove of coconut palms |
| codicia | greed, avarice |
| codicia | lust |
| cofrade | brother (member of a guild or brotherhood) |
| cofrade | sister (member of a guild or sisterhood) |
| cognado | cognate (derived from the same roots) |
| cognado | cognate |
| cogollo | lettuce or other vegetable heart |
| cogollo | shoot |
| cogollo | top portion of a tree |
| cohecho | bribe |
| cohecho | bribing, bribery |
| cohibir | to restrain |
| coimear | to bribe |
| colador | colander |
| colador | sieve |
| colapso | collapse |
| colchón | mattress |
| colecta | collection, alms (collection of money for a certain purpose especially during a church service) |
| colegio | school |
| colegir | To infer or conclude, to gather |
| colgado | hanging |
| colgado | crazy |
| colibrí | hummingbird |
| colihue | a type of bamboo (chusquea coleou) |
| colilla | butt (remnant of a smoked cigarette) |
| coliseo | coliseum |
| colitis | colitis |
| colitis | diarrhea |
| colmado | full; copious |
| colmado | local general store that is often also a social gather point |
| colmado | limited corner store |
| colmena | beehive |
| colocar | to place |
| colocar | to put |
| colonia | colony |
| colonia | neighbourhood |
| Colonia | Cologne (city in Germany) |
| colorar | to dye, tint |
| colorar | to color |
| colorín | red haired |
| colorín | redhead, red haired person |
| colosal | colossal |
| coludir | to conspire; to be in cahoots |
| columna | A column; in architecture, a circular support |
| comadre | A very dear and honoured female friend. |
| comadre | gossip |
| comadre | midwife |
| comadre | The godmother of one's child. |
| comadre | The mother of one's godchild. |
| comadre | go-between |
| comando | commando |
| comarca | district |
| combate | combat |
| comedia | comedy (entertainment) |
| comedia | soap opera |
| comedia | comedy |
| comedor | cafeteria, canteen (staff restaurant) |
| comedor | dining room |
| comedor | eater (someone who eats) |
| comedor | eatery |
| comején | white ant; termite |
| cometer | to commit |
| cometer | to make (an error, etc) |
| comezón | itch, itching |
| comible | edible |
| comicio | comitia; political assembly |
| comicio | election |
| comilón | gluttonous |
| comilón | glutton (person who eats excessively) |
| comodín | dummy, placeholder |
| comodín | joker (in a game) |
| Comoras | Comoros |
| Comores | Comoros |
| complot | plot, conspiracy |
| comprar | to buy |
| cómputo | calculation |
| cóncavo | concave |
| cóncavo | cavity, concavity |
| concejo | council |
| conchín | conchiolin |
| conciso | concise |
| concuño | concuñado |
| condado | county |
| condado | shire, earldom |
| condena | sentence, punishment |
| condesa | countess |
| cóndilo | condyle |
| condoro | a shameful accident, mistake, slip, faux pas |
| confiar | to confide |
| confiar | to trust |
| confite | confection, sweetmeat |
| confort | comfort, ease |
| confuso | confused |
| congoja | anguish |
| congrio | conger eel |
| conmigo | with me |
| conocer | to know (a person), to be familiar with |
| conocer | to get to know, become acquainted (with) |
| consejo | counsel; advice |
| consigo | with himself, herself, itself |
| consomé | consommé |
| constar | to be constant, to be concrete, to be certain |
| constar | to be or seem evident, clear, obvious to someone |
| constar | to be written, to be on record |
| constar | to consist |
| consumo | consumption |
| contado | counted |
| contigo | with you (singular) |
| control | control of a machine |
| control | control or emotional restraint, self-control |
| control | control, or running of a business |
| control | remote control |
| convexo | convex |
| cónyuge | spouse, consort |
| cooptar | to co-opt |
| copioso | copious |
| copucha | gossip |
| copular | to copulate |
| coquera | feminine form of coquero |
| coquero | Pertaining to the cultivation of coca |
| coquero | A drug addict |
| coquero | A cultivator of coca |
| coquero | A cultivator of coconut palms |
| coquero | A seller of coconuts |
| coqueta | feminine form of coqueto |
| coqueto | flirtatious |
| coqueto | flirt (person who flirts) |
| corazón | emotions, kindness, spirit |
| corazón | heart (organ of the body) |
| corazón | the center of an object |
| corazón | heart |
| corbata | necktie, tie (piece of clothing) |
| corbeta | corvette |
| corcova | curvature |
| corcova | hump |
| cordado | chordate |
| cordado | chordate |
| cordero | lamb |
| cordial | cordial |
| Córdoba | Córdoba |
| cordura | prudence |
| cordura | reason |
| cordura | sanity |
| coreana | Korean (person from Korea) |
| coreano | Korean (relating to the Korean Peninsula) |
| coreano | Korean (language) |
| coreano | Korean (person from Korea) |
| cornada | A wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting |
| corneal | corneal |
| cornear | to gore (to pierce with the horns) |
| corneja | crow |
| cornejo | The cornel |
| corneta | horn (musical instrument) |
| córnico | Cornish |
| cornisa | cornice |
| cornisa | crown molding |
| cornisa | Top of a pedestal cornice on a building or room |
| cornudo | horned, deceived (husband, wife or partner) |
| cornudo | cuckold (deceived husband, wife or partner) |
| coronar | to crown |
| coronel | colonel |
| corpiño | bra; bodice |
| correos | post office |
| corrida | sprint, run, dash |
| corrida | A bullfight |
| corrida | outcrop |
| corroer | to corrode |
| cortado | adjusted, proportioned |
| cortado | ashamed |
| cortado | chopped |
| cortado | thickened, coagulated |
| cortado | choppy, disconnected |
| cortado | A coffee or espresso with a small amount of warm milk added |
| cortejo | courtship |
| corteza | The bark of a tree |
| corteza | The crust of a loaf of bread |
| corteza | The rind or peel of a fruit |
| cortina | curtain |
| coruñés | of or from La Coruña |
| coruñés | Someone from La Coruña |
| corvina | meagre |
| coscoja | holm oak, Quercus ilex |
| coscoja | kermes oak, Quercus coccifera |
| cosecha | harvest |
| cosecha | vintage (of wine) |
| cósmico | cosmic |
| costado | side |
| costear | to pay for; to finance |
| costera | coast |
| costera | slope |
| costero | coastal |
| costoso | costly, expensive |
| costura | needlework |
| costura | seam |
| cotatas | kotataberry |
| cotejar | to collate |
| cotilla | gossip |
| cotizar | to esteem or regard highly |
| cotizar | to pay or set a quota |
| cotizar | to quote or set a price |
| cotorra | A chatterbox |
| cotorra | A magpie |
| cotorra | A small parrot |
| cotorro | pretty, attractive |
| coulomb | coulomb |
| covacha | doghouse |
| covacha | junk room |
| covacha | small cave |
| covacha | small or poor dwelling; hovel |
| craneal | cranial (pertaining to the cranium) |
| crápula | crapula |
| crápula | drunkenness |
| creador | creator |
| crecido | grown |
| crédito | credit |
| crédulo | gullible |
| creíble | credible, believable |
| cremita | diminutive form of crema |
| cremoso | creamy |
| cretino | Affected by cretinism; cretinous |
| cretino | Stupid |
| cretino | An idiot |
| cretino | A person affected by cretinism |
| crianza | education |
| crianza | upbringing |
| criollo | creole |
| criollo | Latin American |
| criollo | Unmixed European-descended Latin American |
| criollo | creole |
| criollo | Latin American |
| criollo | Latin American of unmixed European descent |
| criptón | alternative spelling of kriptón |
| críquet | cricket (sport) |
| crispar | to irritate |
| cristal | crystal |
| cristal | glass, glassware |
| crítica | criticism |
| crítica | feminine form of crítico |
| crítico | critical |
| crítico | critic |
| Croacia | Croatia |
| cromita | chromite |
| crónica | chronicle |
| crónico | chronic |
| croquis | A sketch |
| crótalo | rattlesnake |
| cruasán | crescent (shape) |
| cruasán | croissant (a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent) |
| crucero | cruise |
| crucero | cruiser |
| crucial | crucial |
| cruento | bloody |
| cruzada | crusade |
| cruzado | crossed |
| cruzado | crusader |
| cuadrar | to conform |
| cuadrar | to please |
| cuadrar | to square |
| cuajada | A dessert from northern Spain. It consists of a thick-set yogurt made from sheep's milk, and is commonly flavored with honey |
| cuajada | milk curd |
| cuántas | (in interrogative forms) how many |
| cuantía | quantity |
| cuartel | barracks |
| cuartel | military headquarters |
| cuartel | quarters |
| cuática | scandal |
| cuático | A pretentious, annoying, and contemptuous, snob |
| cuático | curious, rare |
| cuático | exaggerated, scandalous |
| cubicar | to cube |
| cubicar | to determine the volume of something |
| cubismo | cubism |
| cubista | cubist, cubistic |
| cubista | cubist |
| cuboide | cuboid |
| cuchara | spoon |
| cudicia | obsolete form of codicia |
| cuidado | care |
| culebra | snake, serpent |
| culposo | wrongful |
| cultivo | culture (of bacteria) |
| cultivo | growing, cultivation |
| cultura | culture |
| cumplir | to complete |
| cumplir | to fulfil / fulfill |
| cuncuna | caterpillar (insect) |
| curable | curable |
| cúrcuma | turmeric (plant and spice) |
| curioso | curious (person) |
| curioso | interesting |
| curioso | strange |
| curruca | The lesser whitethroat. (Sylvia curruca) |
| cursiva | italics (letters in an italic typeface) |
| cursivo | italic |
| curtido | tanned |
| curtido | weather-beaten, leathery (of skin) |
| curtido | a cabbage salad |
| cúspide | peak; zenith |
| cutáneo | cutaneous |
| dáctilo | dactyl |
| dálmata | Dalmatian |
| dálmata | Dalmatian |
| dálmata | Dalmatian (language) |
| damasco | apricot |
| Daniela | female given name, feminine form of Daniel |
| Danubio | Danube |
| dársena | dock |
| davilar | to botch things up royally |
| debatir | to debate |
| deberes | homework |
| debitar | to debit |
| debutar | to debut |
| debutar | to lose one's virginity |
| decente | decent |
| dechado | example of something to copy |
| dechado | model of behaviour |
| decidir | to decide |
| deciduo | deciduous |
| declive | decline |
| decolar | to take off |
| decorar | to decorate |
| decorar | to recite |
| decreto | decree |
| dedicar | To dedicate |
| deducir | to deduce, to deduct, to infer |
| defecar | to defecate |
| defecto | default |
| defecto | defect |
| defecto | deficiency |
| defecto | fault |
| defecto | flaw |
| defensa | defense |
| defensa | retaining wall |
| defensa | bumper |
| defensa | back |
| déficit | deficit |
| déficit | shortage |
| definir | to define |
| deicida | deicidal |
| delante | in front of, forwards |
| delatar | to betray |
| delatar | to reveal, inform |
| delator | telltale |
| delator | betrayer, accuser |
| delator | informer |
| delegar | to delegate |
| deleite | delight, delectation |
| delgado | thin, skinny |
| Delgado | Spanish surname |
| delicia | delight |
| delicia | pleasure |
| delirar | to be delirious |
| delirio | delirium |
| demanda | demand |
| demasía | daring, boldness, audacity |
| demasía | excess |
| demasía | insolence, discourtesy |
| demente | crazy |
| demente | demented |
| demoler | to demolish |
| demonio | demon, devil |
| demorar | to delay |
| demorar | to linger |
| demorar | to postpone |
| demorar | to tarry |
| demudar | to change |
| demudar | to change |
| denegar | to deny |
| denegar | to refuse |
| denotar | to denote |
| denotar | to show |
| dentado | toothed |
| dentado | crenate |
| dentado | perforation |
| deparar | to provide with |
| deponer | to depose |
| deporte | sport |
| deprisa | quickly, hurriedly |
| depurar | to purify |
| derecha | right |
| derecho | correct, appropriate, right (correct) |
| derecho | right (direction), right-hand |
| derecho | straight, upright |
| derecho | duties, taxes, fees, charges |
| derecho | law |
| derecho | path, road |
| derecho | right (direction, entitlement) |
| derecho | right side |
| derivar | to derive |
| derogar | to abolish, to annul (a law) |
| derrama | allotment (of money to be paid by a group of people) |
| derrame | bleeding |
| derrame | leakage |
| derribo | demolition |
| derrito | a melting |
| derrota | defeat |
| desafío | challenge |
| desafío | provocation |
| desagüe | drainage, gutter |
| desaire | snub; slight |
| desamor | indifference |
| desarme | disarmament |
| desasir | to let go |
| desatar | to provoke, set off (especially suddenly) |
| desatar | to untie, undo, unfasten, unleash |
| desazón | disgust |
| desazón | displeasure |
| desazón | disquietness, uneasiness, restlessness |
| desazón | insipidity, insipidness |
| desazón | Soil that is unfit for farming |
| descaro | impudence; cheek; nerve |
| desdeño | disdain |
| desecho | debris |
| desecho | residue |
| desecho | waste |
| deseoso | desirous |
| desfile | parade |
| desidia | negligence, inertia |
| desidia | procrastination |
| desleal | disloyal |
| desleír | to dilute |
| desleír | to dissolve |
| desmayo | swoon |
| desmina | desmin |
| desnudo | bare |
| desnudo | dispossessed, destitute |
| desnudo | naked, nude, undressed |
| desnudo | plain, clear, manifest |
| desolar | to grieve |
| desolar | to desolate, destroy |
| desosar | to debone |
| desovar | to spawn, lay eggs |
| despido | dismissal |
| despido | layoff |
| despojo | pillage, plunder (action) |
| despojo | scourge |
| déspota | despot |
| después | later |
| después | next |
| después | after |
| destape | disclosure |
| destino | destination |
| destino | destiny, fate |
| destino | position, post |
| desunir | to divide |
| desvaír | to lose color, strength or intensity |
| desviar | to detour |
| detalle | detail |
| detener | to arrest |
| detener | to detain |
| detener | to stop, halt |
| detente | An amulet or talisman carried for protection against harm |
| detente | A painted or embroidered image of a saint carried over the heart to ward off danger or attack |
| detente | détente (period of history involving calming of tension between the USSR and the U.S.) |
| detonar | to detonate |
| detrito | debris, detritus |
| devanar | to coil, wind |
| develar | to unveil, to reveal |
| devenir | to happen |
| devorar | to devour |
| diadema | diadem, crown |
| diadema | halo |
| diadema | tiara (ornamental coronet) |
| diáfano | pellucid, transparent |
| diálogo | dialogue |
| díálogo | dialogue |
| diantre | bloody hell |
| diantre | devil |
| diarrea | diarrhea |
| diarrœa | rare spelling of diarrea |
| diazina | diazine |
| dibujar | to describe vividly |
| dibujar | to outline |
| dibujar | to sketch, to draw |
| dicción | diction |
| dichoso | blissful |
| dichoso | fortunate, lucky |
| dictado | dictation |
| diestro | right-handed |
| diestro | right, right-hand (direction) |
| diestro | skillful, dexterous, adroit |
| diestro | bullfighter |
| diezmar | to decimate |
| diezmar | to tithe (pay a tithe) |
| difamar | to defame |
| diferir | to defer |
| diferir | to differ |
| difícil | difficult |
| difunto | deceased |
| digamma | digamma; the Greek letter Ϝ, ϝ |
| digerir | to digest |
| digital | dealing with discrete values rather than a continuous spectrum of values |
| digital | dealing with the display of numerical values |
| digital | digital; having to do with the fingers or toes |
| digital | foxglove (plant, flower) |
| dilatar | to dilate |
| diluvio | deluge, downpour |
| dimetil | dimethyl |
| dimitir | to resign |
| dineína | dynein |
| dineral | mint (large amount of money) |
| Dioniso | Dionysus |
| dióxido | dioxide |
| dioxina | dioxin |
| diploma | diploma |
| díptero | dipteral |
| díptero | dipterous |
| díptero | dipteran |
| directa | high gear |
| directo | direct |
| dirigir | to address, direct to |
| dirigir | to direct |
| dirigir | to lead, guide, conduct |
| dirigir | to steer |
| dirimir | to cancel, void |
| dirimir | to resolve |
| díscolo | rebellious, disobedient |
| díscolo | disobeyer |
| disecar | to dissect |
| disecar | to dry, preserve (a plant) |
| disecar | to mount |
| disecar | to stuff (a dead animal for conservation) |
| diseñar | to design |
| diserto | skilled in speaking, eloquent |
| disfraz | costumes |
| disfraz | disguise |
| disímil | dissimilar |
| disipar | to dissipate |
| disparo | shot |
| disputa | dispute |
| divagar | to roam, to wander, to stray, to ramble |
| diverso | diverse |
| diverso | several |
| dividir | to divide |
| divinar | to divine, foretell |
| divinar | to guess |
| divisar | to perceive |
| doblete | cognate |
| doblete | doublet |
| doblete | double |
| doblete | dipole |
| docente | teaching |
| docente | lecturer |
| doctora | doctor (female) |
| dolerse | to complain |
| dolomía | dolomite |
| Dolores | female given name |
| Dolores | The letter D in the Spanish phonetic alphabet |
| domador | tamer; one who tames animals |
| domeñar | to subdue |
| domeñar | to tame, to domesticate |
| dominar | to dominate |
| Dominga | female given name |
| domingo | Sunday |
| Domingo | male given name, cognate to Dominic |
| dominio | control |
| dominio | mastery |
| dominio | power |
| dominio | rule, dominion |
| donante | donating |
| donante | donor |
| doquier | anywhere, wherever |
| dormido | sleeping |
| Dorotea | female given name, cognate to Dorothy |
| Drácula | Dracula |
| dragona | feminine form of dragón a female dragon |
| dragona | lanyard (a cord with a hook; once used to fire artillery) |
| drenaje | drainage |
| driblar | to dribble |
| dulcera | A dish, often of crystal, for storing or serving syrupy sweets, honey, etc |
| dulzura | sweetheart |
| dulzura | sweetness |
| duodeno | duodenum |
| duquesa | duchess (feminine form of duque) |
| durable | durable |
| Durango | A state of Mexico |
| durante | during |
| durante | for (as a duration) |
| durazno | peach |
| durazno | peach tree |
| ebúrneo | ivory (attributive) |
| ebúrneo | ivorylike |
| echarse | To give in, to yield |
| echarse | To lie (oneself) down |
| echarse | To sit on eggs |
| echazón | jetsam; articles thrown from a ship into the water |
| eclipse | disappearance |
| eclipse | eclipse |
| ecóloga | (female) ecologist |
| ecólogo | ecologist |
| ecuador | equator |
| Ecuador | Ecuador |
| edición | edition |
| editora | (female) editor |
| editora | publisher (company) |
| Edmundo | male given name |
| edredón | eiderdown |
| Eduardo | male given name, equivalent to Edward |
| educado | educated |
| educado | well-mannered, polite |
| efímero | ephemeral, shortlived |
| efusión | effusion, warmth |
| egipcia | (female) Egyptian |
| egipcio | Egyptian |
| egipcio | Egyptian (person) |
| egipcio | Egyptian (language) |
| egoísmo | egoism |
| egoísta | egotistic, selfish |
| egoísta | egotist |
| egresar | to egress, to go out |
| ejemplo | example |
| ejemplo | instance |
| ejercer | to exercise (enforce) |
| elector | voter, elector |
| electro | electrum |
| elevado | high, elevated |
| elipsis | ellipsis |
| elogiar | to praise, eulogise |
| elusivo | elusive |
| elusivo | evasie |
| Emanuel | male given name, more common in the form Manuel |
| Emanuel | Immanuel |
| embalar | to pack |
| embalse | reservoir |
| embargo | distraint |
| embargo | embargo |
| embeber | to absorb, to soak up |
| emblema | emblem |
| embobar | to fascinate |
| embotar | to blunt |
| embrión | embryo |
| embutir | to cram, stuff |
| embutir | to force on, squeeze on |
| emerger | to emerge |
| emético | emetic |
| emético | emetic |
| emigrar | to emigrate |
| emirato | emirate (all senses) |
| emisión | emission |
| emisora | radio station |
| emoción | emotion |
| emotivo | emotional, emotive |
| emotivo | emotional person, emotionalist |
| empacar | to pack |
| empacar | to anger |
| empalar | to impale |
| empanar | to bread |
| empañar | to steam up, cloud over |
| empañar | to put a nappy/diaper on |
| empañar | to steam up |
| empapar | to drench |
| empatar | to tie, draw (to have the same score or position) |
| empatar | to connect, join |
| empatía | empathy |
| empeñar | to involve |
| empeñar | to pawn (to sell something to a pawn shop) |
| empeñar | to pledge |
| empeñar | to make an effort, to insist |
| empezar | to start, to begin |
| empiema | empyema |
| empinar | to erect |
| empinar | to lift |
| empinar | to set upright |
| empíreo | empyrean; celestial, heavenly |
| empíreo | the empyrean; heaven |
| empíreo | visible heavens, the sky |
| emplear | to hire |
| emplear | to use |
| empresa | company |
| empresa | enterprise |
| empresa | task, undertaking |
| empujar | to push |
| empujar | to shove |
| empujón | shove |
| empuñar | to clutch, grasp or brandish by the handle |
| empuñar | to obtain |
| encajar | to fit |
| encalar | to whitewash |
| encamar | to confine to a bed |
| encamar | to lay |
| encamar | to lie down in bed |
| encamar | to lay, to have sex with somebody |
| encanto | charm |
| encanto | spell |
| encarar | to confront |
| encargo | errand |
| encargo | order |
| encerar | to wax, polish |
| enchufe | electrical outlet |
| enchufe | socket, jack |
| enchufe | nexus, connections (connected group) |
| encinto | pregnant |
| enclave | enclave |
| encoger | to intimidate |
| encoger | to shrink |
| encolar | to glue |
| encomio | encomium; praise, commendation |
| enconar | to inflame or anger |
| endeble | feeble, infirm |
| endibia | endive |
| endivia | endive |
| endosar | to endorse |
| enemiga | female enemy |
| enemigo | adverse, hostile |
| enemigo | enemy |
| energía | energy |
| enervar | to enervate |
| enfadar | To anger |
| enfadar | To annoy |
| énfasis | emphasis |
| enfermo | sick, ill |
| enfilar | to take or travel along |
| enfocar | to focus |
| enfoque | focus |
| enfriar | to get cold |
| enfriar | to cool, to chill |
| engañar | To trick or deceive |
| engomar | to glue |
| engorro | nuisance |
| engreír | to make vain or conceited |
| engreír | to spoil |
| engrudo | paste (an adhesive paste) |
| enhilar | to thread |
| enjugar | to dry |
| enjugar | to wipe, to wipe off |
| enjugar | to eliminate, to wipe out |
| enjutar | to dry |
| enlatar | to can |
| enlazar | to link |
| enlodar | to cover with mud |
| enlosar | to pave with flagstones |
| enlucir | to plaster a wall or walls |
| enojado | angry, mad |
| enojado | annoyed |
| enolasa | enolase |
| enramar | to cover with branches |
| enredar | to entangle |
| Enrique | male given name . The Spanish equivalent of Henry |
| Enrique | The letter E in the Spanish phonetic alphabet |
| enrocar | to castle |
| enrolar | to recruit |
| enroque | castling |
| enrutar | to route |
| ensañar | to enjoy causing pain or discomfort |
| ensañar | to irritate |
| ensayar | to rehearse |
| ensello | kit, set |
| enseñar | to show |
| enseñar | to teach |
| enseres | appliance |
| enseres | belongings,possessions |
| enseres | gear, equipment |
| enseres | things |
| ensueño | daydream |
| ensueño | dream |
| éntasis | entasis |
| enterar | to find out |
| enterar | to inform |
| entidad | entity |
| entonar | to be in tune |
| entorno | surroundings |
| entrada | entrance |
| entrada | entry |
| entrada | starter (food) |
| entrada | ticket |
| entrada | computer port |
| entrada | entry |
| entraña | bowel |
| entrega | delivery |
| entrega | submission |
| envasar | to bottle |
| enviada | feminine form of enviado |
| enviado | delegate, envoy, emissary |
| envidia | envy |
| enyesar | to mix with plaster |
| enyesar | to plaster |
| epasote | alternative spelling of epazote |
| epazote | epazote |
| epiceno | common; epicine |
| epiceno | epicine; an epicene word (especially a noun) |
| epílogo | epilogue |
| epíteto | epithet |
| epítopo | epitope |
| epónimo | eponymous |
| epónimo | eponym |
| épsilon | epsilon; the Greek letter Ε, ε |
| equador | obsolete form of ecuador |
| equidad | equity |
| equidna | echidna |
| equipal | A ground-level seat used by Aztec rulers in the manner of a throne |
| equipal | A type of reed or wicker chair with a leather-sheathed seat and back |
| equipar | to equip |
| Eritrea | Eritrea |
| eritreo | Eritrean |
| eritreo | Eritrean |
| Ernesto | male given name, cognate to Ernest |
| erógeno | erogenous |
| erosión | erosion |
| erótica | eroticism |
| erótico | erotic |
| erróneo | erroneous |
| erróneo | fallacious |
| eructar | to belch, to burp |
| erudito | erudite, scholarly, learned |
| erudito | scholar, learned person |
| ervilla | pea |
| ervilla | vetch |
| esbelto | thin, slim, slender |
| esbirro | henchman |
| esbozar | sketch (to create a sketch) |
| escalar | to scale |
| escalón | grade, rank (in a hierarchy) |
| escalón | step (of a ladder, staircase) |
| escalón | step, stage |
| escamar | to remove the scales from |
| escamar | to frighten |
| escáner | scanner |
| escaños | seats |
| escapar | to escape |
| escaque | checkerboard |
| escasez | shortage, scarcity |
| escavar | to dig |
| Escitia | Scythia |
| esclava | bangle |
| esclava | (female) slave |
| esclavo | slave |
| esclusa | lock (of canal) |
| escobar | sweep (clean by sweeping) |
| escocer | to sting, to smart |
| escocés | Scottish (from or native to Scotland) |
| escocés | Scottish (pertaining to Scotland) |
| escocés | a Scotsman |
| escocés | the Scottish Gaelic language |
| Escocia | Scotland |
| escoger | to choose, select, pick |
| escolar | scholar; school |
| escollo | reef, shoal |
| escollo | pitfall, stumbling block |
| escolta | escort (body of armed men to attend a person) |
| escolta | shooting guard |
| escoplo | chisel |
| escorar | to list (as a boat) |
| escoria | scum |
| escoria | slag |
| escriba | scribe |
| escrito | Having stains or scratches resembling writing |
| escrito | written |
| escrito | A legal demand or allegation with regards to a cause or disagreement |
| escrito | A literary or scientific journal entry |
| escrito | An typescript, embossed or pressed manuscript or document |
| escrito | A ray with a pointed snout, white stomach, reddish-gray back, strewn with white, motted hazel, and black spots |
| escrito | writ |
| escroto | scrotum |
| escucha | listening |
| escucha | monitoring |
| escucha | tapping |
| escudar | to shield or block |
| escuela | school |
| escueto | Brief, succinct |
| escueto | Plain, simple: with no adornment, with no superfluous detail, without anything unnecessary |
| escupir | to spit |
| esencia | essence |
| esfinge | sphinx |
| esfumar | to fade out; to vanish |
| esfumar | to slip away (leave unnoticed) |
| esfumar | to soften; to tone down |
| esgrima | fencing |
| eslabón | link (of a chain) |
| eslogan | slogan |
| esmalte | enamel |
| esmalte | glaze (coating on pottery) |
| esmalte | nail polish, nail varnish |
| esnifar | to snort, To inhale |
| esófago | oesophagus |
| espacio | space |
| espadín | sprat |
| espalda | back |
| espalda | backstroke (swimming) |
| español | Spanish (from or native to Spain) |
| español | Spanish (pertaining to Spain or to the language) |
| español | Spaniard |
| español | the Spanish language |
| Esparta | Sparta |
| esparto | esparto |
| espasmo | spasm, jerk |
| especia | spice |
| especie | species |
| especie | type, sort, kind |
| esperar | to hope to (with subjunctive verb form) |
| esperar | to wait to |
| esperma | sperm (cell) |
| espesar | to thicken |
| espesor | density (of a fluid) |
| espesor | thickness |
| espetar | to blurt |
| espetar | to skewer |
| espicha | A cider-drinking party |
| espinal | spinal |
| espiral | spiral |
| espiral | spiral |
| espirar | to exhale |
| esponja | sponge (all senses) |
| esposar | to handcuff |
| esposas | feminine plural of esposo |
| esposas | handcuffs |
| espuela | spur (implement for purpose of prodding a horse) |
| espumar | to froth |
| espurio | false |
| espurio | spurious |
| esputar | to expectorate |
| esputar | to spit |
| esqueje | cutting |
| esquela | death announcement |
| esquela | note, letter |
| esquema | outline (a general description, a summarizing statement) |
| esquema | sketch |
| esquiar | to ski |
| esquina | corner |
| estable | stable |
| establo | stable (building for animals) |
| estacar | to stake |
| estacar | to stay immobile |
| estacar | to tie to a stake |
| estadía | stay, sojourn |
| estadio | stadium |
| estafar | to fraud |
| estafar | to swindle |
| estallo | burst |
| estampa | stamp |
| estanco | closed , sealed , watertight |
| estanco | (by extension) tobacconist |
| estanco | prohibition over free sale |
| estanco | shop or commercial outlet where controlled items, especially cigarettes, are sold |
| estante | existing, being |
| estante | permanent |
| estante | shelf |
| estatal | of, or relating to, the state (country) |
| estatua | statue |
| estatus | status |
| Esteban | male given name |
| Esteban | Stephen |
| estelar | extraordinary |
| estelar | stellar |
| estéreo | stereo |
| estéreo | stereo |
| estéreo | stereo sound |
| estéril | sterile, infertile |
| estibar | to load |
| estigma | stigma |
| estimar | to esteem |
| estimar | to estimate |
| estimar | to think, to believe |
| estirar | to extend |
| estirar | to stretch |
| estirón | stretch |
| estirón | yank, pull |
| estirpe | lineage |
| estival | estival |
| estival | summery |
| estofar | to stew |
| estoico | stoic |
| estoico | stoical |
| estoico | stoic |
| estonia | feminine form of estonio |
| Estonia | Estonia |
| estonio | Estonian (from or native to Estonia) |
| estonio | Estonian (pertaining to Estonia) |
| estonio | an Estonian |
| estonio | the Estonian language |
| estoque | rapier |
| estoque | the tip of a sword |
| estoque | gladiolus |
| estorbo | impediment |
| estorbo | nuisance |
| estorbo | obstacle |
| Estrada | Spanish surname |
| estrago | corruption |
| estrago | damage, destruction |
| estrato | layer; stratum |
| estreno | premiere |
| estriar | to striate |
| estribo | footrest |
| estribo | stirrup |
| estribo | spur |
| estrofa | stanza |
| estrofa | strophe |
| estuche | case for a single CD (such as a jewel case) |
| estuche | case (for delicate tools) |
| estuche | jewelry box |
| estudio | studio |
| estudio | study |
| estupor | astonishment |
| estupor | stupor |
| estupro | rape |
| estupro | statutory rape |
| eternal | eternal |
| etileno | ethylene, ethene |
| Etiopía | Ethiopia |
| etóloga | feminine form of etólogo |
| etólogo | ethologist |
| etrusco | Etruscan |
| etrusco | Etruscan (language) |
| Eufemia | female given name, cognate to English Euphemia |
| eufonía | euphony |
| euforia | euphoria |
| euforía | euphoria, bliss |
| Eugenia | female given name, cognate to English Eugenia |
| Eugenio | male given name, cognate to Eugene |
| eugenol | eugenol |
| Eulalia | female given name |
| Eurasia | Eurasia |
| eurillo | diminutive form of euro |
| europeo | European |
| europio | europium |
| euskera | of the Basque language |
| euskera | the Basque language |
| evacuar | to evacuate |
| evaluar | to evaluate |
| evasión | evasion |
| evasiva | escape; evasion |
| exaltar | to exalt |
| exánime | lifeless, exanimate |
| excavar | to excavate |
| exceder | to exceed |
| excepto | except |
| excitar | to excite |
| excluir | to exclude |
| excusar | to excuse |
| execrar | To execrate |
| exemplo | obsolete spelling of ejemplo |
| exhalar | to exhale |
| exhibir | to show |
| exhibir | to flash; to expose oneself (be nude in public) |
| exhumar | to exhume, to disinter |
| exiliar | to exile |
| eximido | exempted |
| existir | to exist |
| exitoso | successful |
| exógeno | exogenous |
| exordio | exordium, foreword, introduction |
| exótico | exotic |
| expedir | to issue, to publish (a document, etc) |
| expedir | to send, to expedite |
| expeler | to expel |
| experta | expert |
| experto | expert |
| experto | expert |
| expirar | to die, pass away |
| expirar | to end up, come to an end |
| expirar | to expire |
| exponer | to exhibit |
| éxtasis | ecstasy |
| extenso | extensive |
| externo | external |
| extinto | extinct |
| extraer | to extract |
| extraer | to take out |
| extraño | foreign |
| extraño | not belonging to, not possessed by, not property of |
| extraño | strange, rare, bizarre |
| extraño | suspicious |
| extraño | foreigner |
| extremo | extreme |
| exultar | to exult |
| eyectar | to eject |
| Fabiana | female given name, feminine form of Fabián |
| fábrica | factory |
| facción | faction |
| facción | trait, feature (physical constituent of the face) |
| fachada | façade of a building |
| fachosa | A person who often dresses very informally |
| fachoso | A person who often dresses very informally |
| fáctico | factual |
| factual | factual |
| factura | bill, invoice |
| Facunda | female given name |
| Facundo | male given name |
| falacia | fallacy |
| falange | phalange |
| falange | phalanx |
| falisco | Faliscan |
| falisco | Faliscan |
| fallido | failed, unsuccessful |
| falsear | to falsify |
| falsete | falsetto |
| familia | family (group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order) |
| familia | family (nuclear family) |
| fangoso | muddy (covered with mud) |
| fangoso | mudlike (similar to mud) |
| faradio | farad |
| fárfara | coltsfoot |
| faringe | pharynx |
| fármaco | medicine |
| fárrago | farrago, hodgepodge, mishmash |
| farrear | to party |
| farrear | to gamble away, waste, guzzle |
| fatigar | to fatigue, wear out, tire |
| fealdad | ugliness |
| febrero | February |
| fechado | dated (marked with a date) |
| fecundo | fertile |
| federal | federal |
| federar | to federate |
| féisbuc | |
| felonía | felony |
| felpudo | doormat |
| fenecer | to die, perish |
| fenecer | to end, conclude |
| fenecer | to end, finish, conclude |
| fenicio | Phoenician |
| fenicio | Phoenician person |
| fenicio | Phoenician language |
| fentión | fenthion |
| féretro | coffin |
| feriado | holiday (day on which a festival, etc, is traditionally observed) |
| Fermina | female given name |
| fermión | fermion |
| festivo | festive |
| festivo | holiday (day on which a festival, etc, is traditionally observed) |
| fetiche | fetish |
| fetidez | foul stench |
| fiambre | cold cuts, cold meat |
| fiambre | corpse |
| fibrina | fibrin |
| ficción | fiction |
| fichaje | signing |
| fichero | file (collection of papers) |
| fieltro | an article made of felt |
| fieltro | felt |
| fiereza | cruelty |
| fiereza | fierceness |
| figurar | to appear |
| fijarse | to notice (followed by en) |
| filtrar | to filter |
| filtrar | to leak (a secret) |
| finanza | finance |
| fingido | false, deceptive |
| firmado | signed (having a signature) |
| firmeza | firmness |
| fiyiano | Fijian |
| fiyiano | Fijian |
| flácido | flaccid |
| flacura | thinness |
| flagelo | A whip |
| flagelo | calamity, sorrow, affliction |
| flagelo | disaster |
| flagelo | flagellum |
| flamear | to burn, to blaze, to flame |
| flamear | to flutter, to wave (of boat sails) |
| flamear | to sterilize (by burning in alcohol) |
| flemoso | phlegmy |
| flexión | inflection (a change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function) |
| flexión | push-up |
| flexión | curl; exercise performed by flexing a joint on the exertion |
| flojear | to be lazy, to idle |
| flojear | to weaken |
| flojera | laziness |
| florear | to flower |
| florero | florist, flower vendor; one who sells flowers |
| florero | vase |
| florete | foil |
| Florida | Florida |
| florido | flowery |
| fluidez | fluency |
| fluidez | fluidity |
| fluvial | fluvial |
| foguear | to inure |
| foguear | to shoot a firearm with a blank |
| folclor | alternative form of folclore |
| folíolo | leaflet |
| follaje | foliage |
| folleto | pamphlet, brochure |
| fondant | fondant (confectionery) |
| fondear | to anchor |
| fondear | to sound |
| Fonseca | Spanish surname |
| footing | jogging (as a form of exercise), running |
| fórceps | forceps |
| forense | forensic |
| forense | forensic examiner |
| foresta | forest (dense collection of trees) |
| formato | format |
| fórmula | formula |
| forrado | wealthy; rolling in it |
| forraje | forage |
| fortuna | fortune |
| fortuna | luck |
| fortuna | wealth |
| forzado | far-fetched, unlikely |
| forzado | forced, forcible |
| forzado | convict |
| forzoso | obligatory, compulsory |
| fosfato | phosphate |
| fosfito | phosphite |
| fósforo | matchstick |
| fósforo | phosphorus |
| fovismo | fauvism |
| foxberi | lingonberry |
| foxista | of or relating to Vicente Fox Quesada, president of Mexico |
| fracaso | downfall, ruin, calamity, destruction |
| fracaso | failure, flop, abortiveness |
| fragata | frigate |
| fragoso | rocky, craggy |
| fragoso | rough, uneven |
| fraguar | to conceive of |
| fraguar | to forge |
| fraguar | to hatch |
| fraguar | to set |
| francés | French (as in French food, clothing, etc.) |
| francés | Frenchman, inhabitant of France |
| francés | The French language |
| Francia | France |
| Francia | The letter F in the Spanish phonetic alphabet |
| francio | francium |
| franela | flannel |
| franela | T-shirt |
| frasear | to phrase |
| frazada | blanket |
| fregona | dishwasher (person); kitchen maid |
| fregona | mop |
| frenazo | brake, braking (act of braking e.g. a vehicle) |
| frenesí | frenzy (state of wild activity or panic) |
| frígido | frigid |
| frívolo | frivolous |
| Froilán | male given name |
| frontal | frontal |
| frontal | frontal bone |
| frontal | frontalis, frontalis muscle |
| fruncir | to frown |
| fruncir | to pucker, wrinkle |
| fruncir | to gather |
| frutero | fruit bowl |
| frutero | fruit seller or salesman |
| ftálico | phthalic |
| Fuentes | Spanish surname |
| fugarse | to flee, to run away, to escape |
| fumador | smoker |
| función | function |
| función | showing |
| fúnebre | funereal (relating to a funeral) |
| funeral | funeral |
| funesto | baleful |
| funesto | dismal |
| funesto | fateful |
| furioso | furious, raging, relentless |
| furtivo | furtive |
| furtivo | poacher-like |
| furtivo | stealthy |
| furtivo | poacher |
| fusible | fusible |
| fusible | fuse (electrical component) |
| fusilar | to shoot |
| gabacha | a work shirt (usually short-sleeved and not tucked in), or a smock or apron worn by people such as kindergarten children, gardeners, doctors, physiotherapists, spa workers, chefs, or housekeepers |
| gabacho | Gallic, frenchified |
| gabacho | Pyrenean |
| gabacho | a villager from the Pyrenees |
| gabacho | foreigner, gringo |
| gabacho | a white American |
| gabacho | a Frenchman, a Frog |
| gabarra | barge, boat |
| gabonés | Gabonese |
| gabonés | Gabonese |
| Gabriel | Gabriel (Archangel). |
| Gabriel | male given name |
| gaélico | Gaelic (relating to the Gaels or their language) |
| gaitero | bagpiper |
| galaxia | galaxy |
| galería | gallery |
| galería | passage |
| Galicia | Galicia (region in Spain) |
| Galindo | Spanish surname |
| gallear | to show off |
| gallego | Galician |
| gallego | Galician |
| gallego | A Spanish person |
| gallera | cockfight arena |
| gallera | henhouse for gamecocks |
| galleta | cookie |
| gallina | hen |
| galopar | to gallop |
| ganable | winnable |
| ganador | winning |
| ganador | winner |
| ganarse | to earn (something) for oneself |
| ganglio | ganglion |
| gánster | gangster |
| garañón | A machoman; a sexually successful and virile man |
| garañón | An ass, camel, or horse that is a stud |
| garañón | A goat chosen to become a sire |
| garboso | jaunty, airy |
| garboso | magnanimous, generous |
| gárgara | gargle |
| gárgola | gargoyle |
| garrafa | carafe |
| garrote | club |
| garrote | garrote |
| gárrulo | garrulous |
| gaseosa | soda pop (US), soda (US), pop (US), fizzy drink (UK), soft drink (Aus), lemonade (Aus) |
| gaseoso | gaseous |
| gaseoso | gassy |
| gastado | hackneyed |
| gastado | used up |
| gastado | worn out |
| gatillo | trigger (of a gun) |
| gavilán | nib of a pen |
| gavilán | sparrow hawk |
| gavilán | ingrown toenail |
| gaviota | gull, seagull |
| gazmoño | prudish, sanctimonious |
| gemelos | binocular, opera glass |
| geminar | to geminate |
| general | general |
| general | general |
| generar | To create |
| generar | To generate |
| génesis | genesis |
| genital | genital |
| genital | genital |
| genovés | Genovese |
| gentuza | rabble, riffraff, the common people |
| genuino | genuine, sincere |
| geófago | geophagous; earth-eating |
| geólogo | geologist |
| Georgia | Georgia |
| Georgia | Georgia |
| gerente | manager |
| gestión | management |
| gestión | process |
| gestión | step |
| gigante | giant; gigantic |
| gigante | giant |
| gigatón | gigaton |
| gimoteo | whine, whining |
| ginebra | gin |
| Ginebra | Geneva |
| girasol | sunflower (flower) |
| giroide | gyrate |
| glacial | glacial |
| glacial | frigid, chilly, not cordial |
| glaciar | glacier |
| glamour | glamour (charm) |
| glasear | to glaze |
| glicina | glycine |
| glóbulo | blood cell |
| glóbulo | globule |
| gloriar | to glorify |
| glúcido | carbohydrate |
| glucosa | glucose |
| golpear | to hit |
| golpiza | beating, bashing |
| Gonzalo | male given name |
| Gonzalo | Spanish surname |
| gordito | diminutive form of gordo |
| gordura | fatness |
| gorgojo | grub |
| gorgojo | weevil |
| gorgojo | small person |
| górgoro | sip, small drink |
| gorjear | to chirp |
| gorrear | to cheat (on one's spouse or partner) |
| gorrear | to scrounge |
| gorrión | sparrow |
| gorrona | freeloader |
| gosipol | gossypol |
| gozador | funloving |
| gozador | sex-mad |
| grabado | recorded |
| grabado | An engraving |
| gracias | expression of thanks |
| gracias | thank you |
| Gracias | A colonial town in the Lempira department of Honduras |
| gradado | graded; having gradings or steps |
| gradual | gradual |
| gradual | gradual |
| graduar | to calibrate, adjust (an instrument) |
| graduar | to graduate |
| grafeno | graphene |
| gráfico | graphic |
| grafiti | graffiti |
| grafito | graphite |
| gramola | gramophone |
| gramola | jukebox |
| granada | hand grenade |
| granada | pomegranate |
| Granada | Granada |
| Granada | Grenada (caribbean country, city in Spain) |
| granate | garnet |
| granero | barn (farm building) |
| granero | granary |
| granito | granite |
| granizo | hailstone |
| granizo | hail |
| granuja | grains (especially of grape) |
| granuja | rabble, riffraff (group of rascals) |
| granuja | scoundrel, rascal, yob |
| grasoso | fatty, greasy |
| grávido | pregnant |
| gravoso | heavy |
| gravoso | onerous |
| graznar | to caw |
| graznar | to squawk |
| grillar | to sing, chirp; to make noise |
| grosero | rude, cheeky, fresh |
| grumete | crew (non-officer nautical personnel) |
| gruñido | oink |
| grupera | pillion |
| guácala | (Latin America) Ew! |
| guácala | (Latin America) Gross! |
| guácara | vomit |
| guadaña | scythe |
| guajira | feminine form of guajiro |
| guajiro | Wayuu |
| guajiro | peasant, farmer, rural person |
| guanaco | guanaco |
| guanajo | fool (moron) |
| guanajo | turkey (bird) |
| guandul | pigeon pea |
| guanero | relating to guano |
| guanina | guanine |
| guapito | diminutive form of guapo |
| guapito | diminutive form of guapo |
| guardar | to clean |
| guardar | to keep |
| guardar | to order |
| guardar | to put away |
| guardar | to save |
| guardia | custody |
| guardia | watch, guard duty, sentry duty |
| guardia | custodian, warden (male) |
| guarida | A cave, den, or thicket that an animal uses to hide |
| guarida | A popular or recurring hideout or lair |
| guarida | A shelter or safehouse |
| guarida | medicine, refuge |
| guarrón | augmentative form of guarro |
| guayaba | guava fruit |
| guayabo | guava tree |
| guincho | osprey |
| guindar | to hang up |
| guisado | stew |
| güisqui | whisky, whiskey |
| Gustavo | male given name, cognate to Gustav |
| gustoso | glad |
| gustoso | tasty, delicious |
| guyanés | Guyanese |
| guyanés | Guyanese |
| habitar | to live in/on; to inhabit |
| hábitat | habitat |
| hacinar | to stack |
| hackear | to hack |
| halagar | to flatter |
| halagar | to gratify |
| halagar | to please |
| halibut | halibut |
| haltera | barbell |
| hámster | hamster |
| hapteno | hapten |
| haragán | lazy (unwilling to work) |
| haragán | idler, loafer |
| hastiar | to bore |
| hastiar | to get tired of, to get sick and tired of |
| hatillo | bundle |
| hebilla | buckle |
| hechizo | artificial, fake |
| hechizo | apt, appropriate |
| hechizo | counterfeited, forged |
| hechizo | magic word, spell |
| hechizo | spell, enchantment (state of enchantment) |
| Hefesto | Hephaestus |
| helecho | fern |
| hemato- | haemato- |
| hendido | cracked, cleft (palate) |
| hendija | A small groove, slit or other indentation |
| heptano | heptane |
| heptosa | heptose |
| heredar | to inherit |
| herejía | heresy |
| hermana | feminine form of hermano, sister |
| hermano | brother |
| hermano | sibling |
| hermoso | beautiful |
| heroico | heroic |
| herrera | feminine form of herrero |
| Herrera | Spanish surname |
| herrero | blacksmith |
| herrete | aglet, aiglet |
| herrete | tag |
| hesitar | to hesitate |
| híbrido | hybrid |
| híbrido | hybrid |
| hidalgo | noble |
| hidalgo | noble, nobleman |
| Hidalgo | A state of Mexico |
| hidrato | hydrate |
| hidruro | hydride |
| hielera | cooler, portable icebox |
| higiene | hygiene |
| higrina | hygrine |
| higuera | fig tree |
| himenio | hymenium |
| hinchar | To fill someone with anger |
| hinchar | To inflate or fill with air or liquid |
| hinchar | To exaggerate a story |
| hiperón | hyperon |
| hipismo | horse racing |
| hisopar | to spray or sprinkle with an aspergillium |
| hispano | Hispano-American |
| hispano | Spanish |
| hispano | Spanish or Hispano-American and living in the United States |
| histona | histone |
| hocicón | bigmouth (who talks too much or says things which should not be said) |
| hoguera | bonfire |
| hoguera | campfire |
| holanda | A fine linen used for making shirts |
| holanda | A small sheet of paper used for serving pastries |
| Holanda | Holland, the Netherlands |
| hollejo | The skin or membrane covering some fruits and seeds, such as grapes, beans, etc |
| hombría | manhood |
| hombría | manliness |
| hondura | depth |
| honesto | honest |
| honrado | honest, truthful |
| honrado | honorable |
| honrado | honored |
| Horacio | Horace (poet) |
| Horacio | male given name, equivalent to English Horace |
| horario | timetable, schedule |
| hormiga | ant |
| hormona | hormone |
| hornada | baking |
| hornada | batch (quantity of baked goods made at one time) |
| hornear | to bake |
| hortera | tasteless, gaudy, tacky, cheesy |
| hortera | a wooden pot |
| hortera | a tasteless person |
| hortera | assistant in a shop |
| horxata | Obsolete spelling of horchata |
| huésped | guest |
| huésped | lodger |
| huestes | army |
| huesudo | bony; having many bones |
| huevada | thing |
| huevear | to mess around |
| huevear | to peeve, annoy |
| huevear | to fool around |
| huevona | feminine form of huevón |
| huincha | tape, ribbon |
| humedad | dampness |
| humedad | humidity |
| humedad | moisture |
| humilde | humble |
| húngara | A (female) person from Hungary: A Hungarian |
| húngaro | Hungarian (from or native to Hungary) |
| húngaro | Hungarian (pertaining to Hungary) |
| húngaro | a Hungarian (male) |
| húngaro | the Hungarian language |
| Hungría | Hungary |
| huracán | hurricane |
| husmear | to track by smell |
| ibérico | Iberian (of Iberia) |
| ibérico | Iberian (native of Iberia) |
| iceberg | iceberg |
| icónico | iconic |
| idílico | idyllic |
| idiotez | idiocy |
| iglesia | church |
| Ignacio | male given name, equivalent to Ignatius |
| ignorar | to disregard |
| ignorar | to ignore |
| igualar | to make equal |
| ilícito | illicit |
| ilógico | illogical |
| ilusión | hope, expectation |
| ilusión | illusion |
| ilusión | wishful thinking |
| ilusivo | illusive |
| ilustre | illustrious |
| imantar | to make magnetic; to magnetize |
| imbécil | dumb, having the properties of an imbecile |
| imbécil | moron, imbecile |
| impacto | impact |
| impedir | to impede, hinder |
| impeler | to propel |
| imperar | to be in command, to be emperor |
| imperar | to prevail |
| imperar | to reign, to rule |
| imperio | empire |
| imperio | an allegedly imperialistic country, in particular the USA |
| imponer | to enjoin |
| imponer | To impose, enforce |
| imponer | To impose, impress |
| importe | price, cost |
| importe | sum |
| impulso | drive, urge |
| impulso | impulse, pulse |
| imputar | to impute; to ascribe |
| incapaz | incapable, unable |
| incauto | dupe, gullible, unwary, naive |
| incesto | incest |
| incidir | to enter into, to incur |
| incidir | to have influence or affect on, to have bearing on |
| incitar | to incite |
| incivil | uncivil |
| incluir | to include, to enclose, to contain |
| incluso | enclosed, included |
| incluso | even |
| incluso | including |
| incubar | to incubate |
| inculto | ignorant |
| inculto | uncivilized |
| inculto | uncultivated |
| indagar | to investigate |
| indexar | to index |
| indiana | (textile) printed calico |
| Indiana | Indiana |
| indicar | to indicate |
| indicio | clue, hint |
| indicio | evidence |
| indicio | sign |
| indizar | to index |
| inducir | to induce |
| inducir | to lead |
| inédito | not published |
| inercia | inertia |
| infamia | infamy |
| infanta | princess |
| infante | foot soldier, infantryman |
| infante | infant |
| infarto | infarct, heart attack |
| infeliz | unfortunate |
| infeliz | unhappy |
| inferir | to infer |
| influir | to have influence on |
| influir | to influence |
| informe | misshapen |
| informe | shapeless, formless |
| informe | report |
| ingenio | genius |
| ingenio | mind |
| ingente | great, considerable, enormous |
| ingenua | feminine form of ingenuo |
| ingenuo | naive, ingenuous, candid, innocent |
| ingenuo | naif |
| ingerir | to ingest |
| inglesa | Englishwoman |
| ingreso | deposit |
| ingreso | entrance, ingress |
| ingreso | income |
| inhalar | to inhale |
| inhibir | to inhibit |
| inhumar | to bury or inter |
| inicial | initial |
| inicial | initial (first letter of a name or word) |
| iniciar | to begin; initiate |
| Iniesta | A Spanish surname |
| Íñiguez | Spanish surname |
| injerto | graft |
| injerto | grafting |
| injusto | unfair |
| inmenso | immense |
| inmerso | immersed |
| inmerso | submerged |
| inmolar | to immolate |
| inmoral | immoral |
| inmóvil | immobile |
| inmundo | filthy (of or pertaining to filth) |
| inmutar | to alter |
| innovar | to innovate |
| inodoro | odorless |
| inodoro | toilet |
| insecto | insect |
| insular | insular |
| insular | islander |
| insulso | insipid, bland |
| insulso | ungracious |
| insulto | insult |
| intacto | intact |
| íntegro | complete |
| íntegro | having integrity |
| íntegro | Integer (number) |
| intenso | intense, strong |
| intenso | intensive |
| intento | attempt |
| interés | interest (all senses) |
| interno | internal |
| interno | patient |
| interno | prisoner |
| intimar | to get close, to grow close |
| intimar | to inform |
| intriga | intrigue |
| intruso | intrusive |
| intruso | gatecrasher |
| intruso | intruder |
| intruso | nosy, busy body |
| intubar | to intubate (connect with tubes) |
| inulina | inulin |
| inundar | to inundate |
| Iñupiaq | Inupiaq |
| inusual | unusual |
| invadir | to invade |
| invasor | invasive |
| invasor | invader |
| invento | invention |
| inverso | inverted, reverse |
| inverso | opposite |
| invicto | invincible, unbeatable |
| invicto | unbeaten, undefeated |
| invitar | to invite |
| invocar | to invoke |
| ionizar | ionize |
| ípsilon | upsilon; the Greek letter Υ, υ |
| irlanda | A fabric of Irish wool |
| Irlanda | Ireland |
| irónico | ironic |
| irrigar | to irrigate |
| irritar | to excite |
| irritar | to irritate |
| irrogar | to cause harm or danger |
| Isidoro | male given name, cognate to English Isidore |
| isómero | isomer |
| isospín | isospin |
| isótono | isotone |
| isótopo | isotope |
| isozima | isoenzyme |
| israelí | Israeli (of or describing the country of Israel) |
| israelí | Israeli (person) |
| israelí | Israeli (person from Israel or of Israeli descent) |
| itacate | food provisions, rations |
| itálica | italic (typeface whose letters slant to the right) |
| iterbio | ytterbium |
| jabonar | to soap up; to lather |
| jabonar | to soap oneself up |
| Jacinta | female given name, feminine form of Jacinto, comparable to the English Hyacinth |
| jacinto | hyacinth |
| Jacinto | male given name, comparable to the rare English Hyacinth |
| Jacinto | Hyacinthus |
| Jalisco | Jalisco |
| jalonar | to mark |
| jamaica | roselle |
| Jamaica | Jamaica |
| jamelga | feminine form of jamelgo |
| jamelgo | a skinny horse, typically one with poor temperament; a nag |
| japchae | japchae |
| japonés | Of or relating to Japan, Japanese |
| japonés | A Japanese person |
| japonés | The Japanese language |
| jaqueca | headache; migraine |
| jarrete | hock |
| jarrete | back of the knee |
| jaspear | to speckle |
| javanés | Javanese |
| javanés | Javanese |
| Javiera | female given name, female form of Javier, cognate to Xavier |
| jerarca | leader; chief |
| jeringa | syringe |
| jesuita | Jesuit |
| jesuita | Jesuit |
| Jiménez | Spanish surname |
| Joaquín | male given name, cognate to Joachim |
| jocoque | strained yogurt |
| jofaina | washbowl |
| jogging | A form of exercise, running |
| jolines | Expresses surprise. cor! |
| jolines | Expresses anger, upset, or annoyance. Euphemism for joder. |
| jordano | Jordanian |
| jordano | Jordanian |
| jornada | arduous trail |
| jornada | day |
| jornada | day trip, especially a trip that must be completed in one day (due to lack of water en route) |
| jornada | short hike or journey |
| jornada | working day |
| jorobar | to be annoying |
| jorobar | to annoy |
| jorongo | full-length poncho |
| joyería | jewelry |
| joyería | jewelry shop / store |
| juanete | bunion |
| Juanita | female given name |
| Juanito | male given name |
| jubilar | to retire |
| jubilar | to get rid of |
| jubileo | jubilee |
| judaico | Jewish, Judaic |
| judería | Jewish neighborhood |
| judiego | Jewish; relating to Jews |
| jugable | playable |
| jugador | gambler |
| jugador | player |
| juguete | toy |
| Juliana | female given name |
| Julieta | female given name |
| Julieta | Juliet, the lover of Romeo |
| juntura | coupling (of train cars) |
| juntura | joint |
| Júpiter | Jupiter (god) |
| Júpiter | Jupiter (planet) |
| Júpiter | tin |
| jurista | jurist, lawyer |
| Jutiapa | A department of Guatemala |
| juvenil | juvenile |
| juvenil | teenage |
| juzgado | a court of law with a judge |
| juzgado | a place for adjudicated individuals |
| karaoke | karaoke |
| karaoke | fellatio |
| keniano | Kenyan |
| keniano | Kenyan |
| kieveño | Kievan |
| kilotón | kiloton |
| kirguís | Kyrgyz |
| kirguís | Kyrgyz |
| kotatas | kotataberry |
| kriptón | krypton |
| kumquat | kumquat |
| kuwaití | Kuwaiti |
| kuwaití | Kuwaiti |
| laboral | Of or pertaining to labor |
| laborar | to labor, to work |
| laboreo | working, tilling (of the soil, etc.) |
| labrada | A field that has been worked in preparation for planting |
| lacerar | to cut, to lacerate |
| lactasa | lactase |
| lactato | lactate |
| láctico | lactic |
| lactosa | lactose |
| ladilla | crab louse |
| ladrido | bark, yelp, yap, yip (short, loud, explosive utterance) |
| ladrona | female thief, robber |
| lagarto | lizard |
| lagosta | locust, lobster |
| lágrima | tear, teardrop |
| laicado | laity |
| lamento | wail |
| laminar | laminar |
| laminar | to laminate |
| lámpara | lamp |
| lámpara | torch, flashlight |
| lampiño | beardless |
| lampiño | hairless bodied |
| lampiño | having less or smaller body hair than other similar |
| lamprea | lamprey (a fish) |
| lancear | to spear |
| Landron | Spanish surname meaning long |
| languor | languor |
| lantano | lanthanum |
| lanteja | alternative spelling of lenteja |
| lanzada | lance thrust |
| lanzado | fearless, reckless |
| lanzado | very fast |
| lapidar | to stone (to throw stones at) |
| laquear | to lacquer |
| laringe | larynx |
| lascivo | lewd, lascivious |
| lasitud | lassitude, exhaustion |
| lástima | a pity |
| lastrar | to ballast |
| latente | latent |
| lateral | lateral, to the side |
| latinar | to speak Latin |
| latinar | to write in Latin |
| latitud | latitude |
| láudano | laudanum |
| laurear | to honor |
| lavable | washable |
| lavanda | lavender (color) |
| lavanda | lavender (plant and flower) |
| lavarse | to wash oneself |
| laxante | laxative |
| laxante | laxative |
| lealdad | obsolete form of lealtad |
| lealtad | loyalty |
| Leandro | male given name |
| Leandro | Leander |
| lebrato | leveret |
| lebruno | harelike |
| lección | lesson |
| lechera | milk churn |
| lechera | milkmaid |
| lechero | milky |
| lechero | milkman |
| lechoso | milky |
| lechuga | lettuce |
| lechuga | Expresses anger, upset, or annoyance. Euphemism for leche |
| lechuza | barn owl |
| lechuza | owl |
| lectina | lectin |
| lectura | reading |
| legible | legible |
| legrado | curettage |
| lejanía | distance, remoteness |
| lejanía | faraway place |
| lemario | index of entries in a linguist work (such as a dictionary) |
| lemming | lemming (rodent) |
| lempira | lempira |
| Lempira | One of the departments of Honduras |
| leñador | lumberjack |
| leñador | lumber seller |
| lenteja | lentil |
| leproso | leprous |
| leptina | leptin |
| letanía | litany |
| Leticia | female given name |
| Letonia | Latvia |
| letrado | educated; erudite |
| letrero | sign, signboard, signpost |
| letrina | latrine |
| leucina | leucine |
| levante | east |
| levante | East (wind), levanter |
| levedad | lightness; levity |
| levigar | to levigate, to make smooth |
| levitar | to levitate |
| leyenda | caption, footer (on a photo or illustration) |
| leyenda | legend, idol (famous and admired person) |
| leyenda | legend, inscription (on a coin or medal) |
| leyenda | legend, saga, traditional story |
| leyenda | life of a saint |
| leyenda | the act of reading |
| libanés | Lebanese (A person from Lebanon) |
| libanés | Lebanese (A person from Lebanon) |
| liberal | liberal |
| liberar | to liberate or to release or make it free |
| Liberia | Liberia |
| libreta | notebook |
| licitar | to bid |
| liderar | to lead |
| liendre | nit (egg of a louse) |
| lignina | lignin |
| Liliana | female given name, cognate to English Lilian |
| limitar | to border |
| limitar | to limit |
| limosna | alms |
| limosna | charity; charitable donation |
| limpiar | to clean |
| limpiar | to wash |
| linalol | linalool |
| Linares | Spanish surname |
| linchar | to lynch |
| lindano | lindane |
| linfoma | lymphoma |
| lingote | ingot |
| linóleo | linoleum |
| líquido | liquid |
| líquido | liquid |
| lisonja | flattering comment |
| listado | readied |
| listado | skipjack (official term) |
| listeza | cleverness |
| literal | literal |
| litigar | to litigate |
| litigio | litigation, lawsuit |
| litoral | coastal |
| litoral | coast; coastline |
| lituana | feminine form of lituano |
| lituano | Lithuanian (from or native to Lithuania) |
| lituano | Lithuanian (pertaining to Lithuania) |
| lituano | a Lithuanian |
| lituano | the Lithuanian language |
| liviano | light (not heavy) |
| livonio | the Livonian language |
| llamada | call |
| llamado | called |
| llamado | call |
| llamear | to blaze |
| llanero | (South America) plainsman, cowboy, llanero |
| llaneza | frankness |
| llaneza | plainness |
| llaneza | simplicity |
| llantén | plantain (plant of the genus Plantago) |
| llantén | Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) |
| llanura | plain |
| llavero | keyring |
| llegada | arrival |
| lleísmo | the practice of merging the sound of the Spanish letter ye ("y") into the sound of the digraph elle ("ll") |
| llenito | chubby; plump |
| llenito | diminutive form of lleno |
| llorona | (female) crybaby |
| lloroso | mournful, sad |
| lloroso | weeping |
| lobezno | a wolf cub, a wolfling |
| lobisón | werewolf |
| lóbrego | dark |
| lóbrego | gloomy |
| lóbrego | sad |
| locutor | announcer, newscaster, newsreader, commentator |
| logrado | successful |
| Logroño | Logroño |
| lombriz | A worm |
| Londres | London |
| loquear | to act foolishly |
| loquero | A psychologist or psychiatrist |
| Lorenza | female given name, feminine form of Lorenzo |
| Lorenzo | male given name, equivalent to Laurence |
| Lorenzo | The letter L in the Spanish phonetic alphabet |
| lotería | lottery |
| Lourdes | female given name |
| Lovaina | Leuven/Louvain (Belgian city) |
| lúbrico | lusty |
| lúbrico | slippery |
| lúbrico | lubricous, slimy |
| lúbrico | vicious |
| Lucerna | Lucerne (city) |
| Luciana | female given name, feminine form of Luciano |
| Luciano | Lucian, the Sophist |
| Luciano | male given name, cognate to Lucian |
| lucidez | lucidity, lucidness |
| Lucifer | Lucifer |
| ludista | Luddite |
| lúgubre | lugubrious, mournful, gloomy |
| Luisito | male given name |
| lujuria | excess |
| lujuria | lust |
| luminol | luminol |
| lupanar | brothel |
| lustrar | to polish |
| lutecio | lutetium |
| macabeo | Of, from, or pertaining to Macas (city in Ecuador) |
| macabeo | Of or pertaining to the Maccabees (Jewish liberation movement) |
| macabeo | henpecked, whipped |
| macabeo | A person from Macas (city in Ecuador) |
| macabeo | one who is henpecked or whipped |
| macabro | macabre |
| macerar | to macerate (soften in a liquid) |
| machaca | machada (insect) |
| machaca | machada (meat) |
| machete | machete |
| machete | mediocre method for obtaining somewhat accurate results; shortcut |
| macolla | Stems, flowers, tillers, etc. growing in a clump or tuft, as with bunchgrass |
| madrear | to look like one's mother |
| madrear | to damage, break or break down something |
| madreña | clog |
| madrina | godmother |
| madroño | Fruit of the strawberry tree |
| madroño | strawberry tree, Arbutus unedo |
| madurar | to mature |
| madurar | to ripen |
| madurez | maturity |
| maestra | (master) craftswoman |
| maestra | mistress |
| maestra | teacher (female) |
| maestro | expert, master |
| maestro | master |
| maestro | (master) craftsman, handyman, contractor, construction worker |
| maestro | teacher (male) |
| mafioso | Mafioso |
| magnate | magnate, tycoon |
| magneto | magneto |
| maizena | cornflour, cornstarch |
| malabar | Malayalam (language) |
| malaria | malaria |
| Malasia | Malaysia |
| malasio | Malaysian |
| malasio | Malaysian |
| maldito | cursed, damned |
| maldito | damn |
| maldivo | Maldivian |
| maldivo | Maldivian (person) |
| maletín | briefcase |
| malicia | malice |
| maligno | malicious |
| maligno | malignant |
| malpaís | akin to badlands, but of volcaniclastic origin |
| malpaís | karst |
| malsano | unhealthy |
| maltasa | maltase |
| maltesa | feminine form of maltés |
| maltosa | maltose |
| malvado | evil, wicked, mean, bad |
| mamario | mammary |
| mampara | panel, small movable screen |
| mamparo | bulkhead |
| Managua | Managua |
| mancebo | juvenile |
| mancebo | young servant, waiter |
| mancebo | youth |
| mancebo | bachelor |
| manchar | to spot, stain, mark |
| manchar | to sully (one's name, reputation, honour, etc.) |
| mandato | mandate |
| mandril | mandrill |
| manejar | to drive (a vehicle) |
| manejar | to handle |
| manejar | to manage |
| manglar | mangrove swamp |
| maníaco | maniac |
| maniquí | mannequin, dummy (life-size model of the human body) |
| maniquí | mannequin (person who models clothes) |
| manitas | diminutive form of mano |
| manitas | handyman |
| manitol | mannitol |
| manopla | gauntlet (glove) |
| manopla | mitten |
| manopla | baseball glove |
| mansión | estate |
| mansión | mansion |
| manteca | fat; butter; lard |
| Manuela | female given name, feminine form of Manuel |
| manzana | apple |
| manzana | city block |
| manzano | apple tree |
| mapache | raccoon (nocturnal omnivore living in Northern America) |
| mapuche | Mapuche |
| mapuche | Mapuche |
| maqueta | demo |
| maqueta | model (miniature representation of a physical object) |
| máquina | machine |
| marañón | cashew (fruit of the tree) |
| marañón | cashew (tree) |
| maranta | arrowroot |
| marasmo | marasmus |
| maratón | marathon |
| marbete | label |
| marbete | tag |
| marcado | marked, pronounced |
| Marcela | female given name, cognate to Marcella |
| Marcelo | male given name, equivalent to Marcellus |
| marchar | to function, work, run |
| marchar | to go, travel |
| marchar | to march |
| marchar | to leave |
| marcial | martial |
| Marcial | male given name, cognate to English Martial |
| mareado | dizzy |
| márfega | straw mattress |
| Mariana | female given name, cognate to the English Mariana |
| Mariano | male given name, cognate to Italian Mariano |
| maricón | coward |
| maricón | (effeminate boy) girl |
| maridar | to combine |
| maridar | to marry |
| marimba | marimba |
| marinar | to marinate, to marinade |
| marisco | edible shellfish or alga |
| marisma | saltwater marsh, tideland marsh |
| marmita | pressure cooker |
| marmosa | marmoset |
| marmota | marmot |
| marqués | marquess |
| Márquez | Spanish surname |
| marrano | pig |
| marrano | pig (disgusting person) |
| mártaga | headstall |
| Martina | female given name, cognate to English Martina |
| Martita | diminutive form of Marta |
| masacre | massacre |
| máscara | mask |
| mascota | A mascot; the animal that represents a team |
| mascota | A pet. |
| masilla | caulk, putty |
| matador | a slaughterer, a killer |
| matador | matador, a featured bullfighter at a bullfight event |
| matanza | a slaughter, a killing |
| matarse | to become galled, to become chafed, to get sores (said of horses) |
| matarse | to be killed, to meet one’s death |
| matarse | to kill oneself, to commit suicide |
| matarse | to wear oneself out |
| materia | matter |
| materia | subject |
| Matilde | female given name, cognate to English Matilda |
| matizar | To blend colours in an agreeable way |
| matizar | To clarify a concept. Be more specific |
| matraca | a pestering, plaguing |
| matraca | ratchet, wooden rattle |
| matrona | matron |
| matrona | midwife |
| maullar | To meow |
| mayoría | majority |
| mazapán | marzipan |
| mazorca | cob (such of corn) |
| mecapal | tumpline |
| mecedor | rocking (that rocks, swings) |
| mecedor | rocking chair |
| mecenas | patron, sponsor |
| mechero | lighter |
| medalla | medal |
| mediana | median |
| mediano | average |
| mediano | mediocre |
| mediano | medium |
| medible | measurable |
| medicar | to medicate |
| medidor | measuring |
| medidor | measurer |
| medidor | meter (device that measures things) |
| medimno | medimnus |
| meditar | to meditate |
| mejilla | cheek |
| mejorar | to improve |
| mejorar | to make better |
| mejoría | improvement, amelioration |
| Melilla | A Spanish enclave at the edge of Morocco |
| mellado | rough |
| mellizo | twin |
| melodía | melody |
| memoria | memory |
| mención | mention |
| mendiga | feminine form of mendigo |
| mendigo | beggar |
| Mendoza | Spanish surname |
| mengano | what's-his-name; so-and-so |
| menguar | to wane |
| meñique | tiny |
| meñique | little finger |
| menisco | A lens that is convex on one surface and concave on the other |
| menisco | A meniscus; curved surface of a liquid |
| menisco | meniscus, a part of the knee |
| mensaje | A message |
| mensaje | A speech |
| mensual | monthly |
| mentira | lie, trick, falsity |
| mercado | market |
| merecer | To deserve |
| meritar | to merit, to earn or deserve |
| merluza | Any of the fish in the genus Merluccius, all commonly called hakes in English; in Spain especially the European hake, Merluccius merluccius |
| mesteño | stray (animal) |
| mesteño | untamed, wild |
| mesteño | mustang (of horses) |
| mesteño | stray (animal) |
| mestizo | also of mixed indigenous (aboriginal) and colonial (European) descent |
| mestizo | Of mixed, Spanish and Native American heritage |
| mestizo | A person of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage |
| mestizo | A person whose ethnic heritage is of both aboriginal and colonial descent |
| mesurar | to temper |
| metanol | methanol |
| metazoo | metazoan |
| metazoo | metazoan |
| meteoro | meteor |
| metéoro | alternative form of meteoro |
| metiche | nosy, meddlesome |
| metiche | busybody |
| metraje | Distance measured in meters |
| métrico | metric |
| mezclar | to mix |
| Micaela | female given name, cognate to English Michaela |
| miedoso | fearful, timid, tremulous |
| mielina | myelin |
| mieludo | very sweet |
| mieludo | full of honey |
| mieludo | auto mechanic |
| miembro | limb |
| miembro | member |
| migraña | migraine |
| Miguela | female given name, a feminine form of Miguel |
| milagro | miracle |
| milenio | millennium |
| milicia | army |
| milicia | military service |
| milicia | militia |
| militar | military |
| militar | any person serving in the military |
| militar | soldier |
| militar | to participate actively in a political organization, especially in the military |
| millaje | mileage |
| milpiés | millipede |
| mineral | mineral |
| mineral | mineral |
| minería | mining |
| minoría | minority |
| miosina | myosin |
| mirador | An enclosed balcony, or bay window |
| mirador | A viewpoint or vantage point |
| mirarse | (reflexive form of mirar) to look at oneself |
| Mirella | female given name, variant of Mireia |
| miríada | myriad |
| mirilla | spyhole, peephole |
| mirtilo | bilberry |
| miseria | avarice, greed |
| miseria | misery |
| miseria | poverty |
| miseria | very small amount |
| mística | (female) mystic |
| místico | mystical |
| místico | mystic |
| mitigar | to mitigate, alleviate, allay, assuage, quench |
| mitigar | to soothe |
| mitosis | mitosis |
| mobbing | workplace bullying |
| mocedad | prank |
| mocedad | youth (stage of life) |
| mochila | backpack |
| modales | conduct, manners |
| modelar | to model |
| moderar | to moderate |
| moderno | modern |
| Modesta | , female variant of Modesto |
| modesto | modest, humble, unpretentious |
| Modesto | male given name, male variant of Modesta |
| modismo | idiom (linguistics) |
| modista | A tailor, fashion designer, or milliner |
| modisto | A tailor, fashion designer, or milliner |
| modular | modular |
| modular | to modulate |
| mofongo | A Caribbean dish of fried green plantains or yucca seasoned with garlic, olive oil and pork crackling, then mashed |
| mojarse | (reflexive form of mojar) to get wet |
| moldavo | Moldavian |
| moldavo | Moldavian |
| moldear | to mold |
| moldura | mold, molding |
| molesto | annoyed, vexed |
| molesto | annoying |
| molesto | uncomfortable |
| molicie | softness, tenderness |
| molleja | gizzard |
| molusco | molluscan |
| molusco | mollusc |
| momento | moment, instant |
| monarca | monarch |
| monismo | monism |
| monitor | coach, trainer |
| monitor | instructor, monitor |
| monitor | monitor (electronic device) |
| montaje | arrangement, orchestration |
| montaje | assembly |
| montaje | montage |
| montaje | editing |
| Montana | Montana |
| montaña | mountain |
| Montoya | Spanish surname |
| montura | assembling |
| montura | harness (gear used for riding) |
| montura | mount (animal used for riding) |
| montura | mounting |
| moquear | to have a runny nose |
| moquear | to run |
| moqueta | fitted carpet |
| moquete | A punch to the nose |
| moquito | booger |
| moráceo | moraceous |
| Morales | Spanish surname Derived from mora |
| morapio | red wine |
| moratón | bruise |
| mórbido | morbid |
| morboso | Causing sickness |
| morboso | morbid, sick |
| morboso | sickening |
| mordaza | clamp (tool) |
| mordaza | gag |
| mordida | bite |
| mordida | petty theft |
| mordida | bribe |
| mordido | bitten |
| Morelos | A state of Mexico |
| moretón | bruise |
| morfema | morpheme |
| morfina | morphine |
| morillo | andiron |
| moringa | moringa |
| morirse | to die |
| morrear | to snog |
| morrena | moraine |
| morriña | homesickness, nostalgia |
| morriña | murrain |
| morrión | morion (kind of helmet) |
| mortaja | shroud (dress for the dead) |
| mortero | mortar |
| mosaico | mosaic |
| mostaza | mustard |
| mostrar | to show |
| moteado | (having spots) spotted |
| moteado | mottled |
| motivar | to motivate |
| moverse | to be moved (by a performance, etc.) |
| moverse | to move |
| moverse | to work, to move in an agitated manner |
| movible | motile |
| movible | movable |
| mudanza | removal |
| mudarse | to change one's clothes |
| mudarse | (reflexive form of mudar) to move (change one's place of residence) |
| mudéjar | Mudéjar |
| mudéjar | Mudéjar |
| muebles | furniture |
| muestra | sample |
| muestra | sign |
| muestra | specimen |
| mujeril | effeminate, womanish |
| mujeril | womanly |
| muladar | corruption |
| muladar | trash heap |
| mundano | mundane |
| mundial | related to all the parts of the world; global |
| mundial | FIFA World Cup (short form of Copa mundial, and Campeonato mundial) |
| muralla | large wall built to protect cities or territories |
| muralla | wall |
| muramil | muramyl |
| mureína | peptidoglycan |
| músculo | muscle (organ) |
| músculo | muscle tissue |
| musical | musical |
| musical | musical |
| musitar | to murmur |
| mutante | mutant |
| mutante | mutant (all senses) |
| mutilar | to mutilate |
| nadador | swimmer |
| náhuatl | Nahuatl (attributive) |
| náhuatl | Nahuatl, any of several modern languages and dialects of the Nahuan (or Aztecan) language family |
| náhuatl | Nahuatl; Classical Nahuatl |
| nalgada | a hit given with the buttocks |
| nalgada | (archaic) a pig's pernil |
| nalgada | spanking, a beating on the bottom |
| Namibia | Namibia |
| namibio | Namibian |
| namibio | Namibian |
| Nápoles | Naples (city) |
| naranja | orange (fruit) |
| naranja | orange (color) |
| naranjo | orange tree |
| Narcisa | female given name, feminine form of Narciso. Name of a 19th century Peruvian saint |
| narciso | daffodil |
| Narciso | male given name, borne by several saints |
| Narciso | Narcissus |
| narizón | Having a large nose |
| Natalia | female given name |
| Natalio | male given name. The masculine form of Natalia |
| natilla | sour cream |
| natural | natural |
| náuseas | nausea, sickness, retching |
| náuseas | repugnance, disgust |
| náutica | sailing |
| náutico | nautical |
| nautilo | nautilus |
| Navarra | Navarre |
| navarro | Navarrese |
| navarro | Navarrese |
| Navarro | Spanish surname |
| navegar | to navigate, to sail |
| navegar | to surf, to navigate |
| Navidad | Christmas; the feast day celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ |
| Navidad | Nativity; the birth of Jesus Christ |
| Navidad | Christmastide, Christmas time, Christmas season, the time between Christmas and Epiphany |
| Nayarit | A state of Mexico |
| nazismo | Nazism |
| neblina | fog |
| neblina | haze |
| nefasto | disgraceful, loathsome |
| nefasto | ill-omened, ominous |
| negocio | business |
| negocio | deal |
| negocio | shop |
| negrita | darling, sweetheart |
| negrita | boldface, bold type |
| negrito | A person of African descent |
| negrura | blackness |
| negrura | darkness |
| nenúfar | water lily, white waterlily |
| neonazi | neo-Nazi |
| neonazi | neo-Nazi |
| nepalés | Nepali |
| nepalés | Nepali |
| Neptuno | Neptune |
| neuroma | neuroma |
| neurona | neuron; nerve cell |
| neutrón | neutron |
| nevasca | blizzard |
| Nicolás | male given name, cognate to Nicholas |
| Nigeria | Nigeria |
| ninguna | feminine form of ninguno; nobody, nothing |
| ninguno | no; none |
| ninguno | nobody; no-one |
| ninguno | none; neither |
| nirvana | nirvana |
| níspero | loquat |
| níspero | medlar |
| níspero | sapodilla |
| nitidez | clarity |
| nitrato | nitrate |
| nítrico | nitric |
| nitrilo | nitrile |
| nitrito | nitrite |
| nitroso | nitrous |
| nivelar | to balance |
| nivelar | to level out, to make even |
| nivelar | to survey |
| nobelio | nobelium |
| nobleza | nobility |
| nodriza | wet nurse |
| noguera | walnut (tree) |
| nombrar | to name |
| nominal | nominal |
| nominar | to nominate |
| ñoñería | dotage |
| noquear | to knock out |
| nórdico | Nordic (pertaining to Nordic languages) |
| nórdico | Norse (from or native to the Nordic lands) |
| nórdico | the Nordic group of languages |
| noreste | northeast |
| norteño | northern |
| norteño | northerner |
| noruega | feminine form of noruego |
| Noruega | Norway |
| noruego | Norwegian (from or native to Norway) |
| noruego | Norwegian (pertaining to Norway or the Norwegian language) |
| noruego | a Norwegian |
| noruego | the Norwegian language |
| notable | notable |
| notaría | office of a notary |
| notario | notary, lawyer, solicitor, counsel, attorney, barrister. |
| noticia | communication |
| noticia | message |
| novedad | novelty |
| novelar | to novelize; to make a novel out of |
| noventa | ninety |
| novicia | feminine form of novicio |
| novicio | novice |
| novillo | young ox, young bull |
| nublado | cloudy |
| nubloso | cloudy |
| nuclear | nuclear |
| nucleón | nucleon |
| nudillo | knuckle |
| nuestra | feminine form of nuestro Ours |
| nuestro | Ours, our, to us |
| nuestro | Ours |
| numerar | to calculate |
| numerar | to number |
| nupcial | nuptial (pertaining to wedding and marriage) |
| nupcias | wedding |
| obispal | episcopal |
| objetar | to object |
| objetor | conscientious objector |
| objetor | objector |
| obligar | to oblige, force, obligate |
| oblongo | oblong |
| obsceno | obscene |
| obscuro | obscure, dark |
| obtener | to obtain |
| ocarina | ocarina |
| ocasión | occasion |
| occiduo | Western, occidental |
| Oceanía | Oceania |
| ocelote | ocelot |
| ochenta | eighty |
| Octavio | male given name |
| octubre | October |
| ocultar | to hide |
| ocupado | busy |
| ocupado | occupied |
| ocurrir | to happen, to occur |
| ofender | to offend |
| ofertar | to offer |
| oficial | official |
| oficial | artisan |
| oficial | butcher |
| oficial | clerk, functionary |
| oficial | executioner |
| oficial | officer, official |
| oficial | office worker, skilled workman |
| oficiar | to officiate |
| oficina | laboratory |
| oficina | office |
| oficina | workshop |
| ofrecer | to offer |
| ofrenda | offering, sacrifice |
| ofuscar | to confuse |
| ofuscar | to obfuscate |
| okupado | squatted |
| olíbano | frankincense |
| olivino | olivine (family of minerals) |
| oloroso | odorous |
| oloroso | sweet (having a pleasant smell) |
| Oltenia | Oltenia |
| olvidar | to forget |
| ombligo | navel (remnant of umbilical cord) |
| ómicron | omicron; the Greek letter Ο, ο |
| omisión | omission |
| ómnibus | public bus |
| ondular | to wave |
| oneroso | onerous |
| ónfalos | omphalos |
| onírico | oneiric |
| opereta | operetta |
| opiáceo | opiate |
| opinión | opinion |
| opioide | opioid |
| opioide | opioid |
| oprimir | to oppress |
| oprimir | to press (e.g., a button or key on a telephone or keyboard) |
| oprobio | opprobrium |
| ópticas | feminine plural of óptico |
| ópticos | |
| optimar | to optimize |
| opuesto | contrary |
| opuesto | opposed |
| opuesto | opposite |
| oquedad | hollow, hollow space, cavity, hole |
| oquedad | insubstantiality of speech or talk |
| oración | clause |
| oración | oration |
| oración | prayer |
| oración | sentence |
| oráculo | oracle |
| oradora | feminine form of orador |
| orbital | orbital |
| orbitar | To orbit |
| ordalía | ordeal, trial |
| ordenar | to enjoin |
| ordenar | to order |
| ordenar | to sort |
| ordeñar | to milk |
| ordinal | ordinal |
| orégano | oregano, pot marjoram (Origanum vulgare) |
| orejera | blinder (for horses) |
| orejera | ear armour |
| orejera | earflap |
| orejera | earmuff |
| orejera | earpad |
| orejera | plug (jewellery for the ear) |
| orfebre | goldsmith |
| orgullo | pride |
| oriente | east |
| orillar | to skirt |
| oriundo | native to |
| oriundo | native |
| orureño | Of, from, or in the style of the Bolivian department (region) of Oruro |
| orvallo | drizzle |
| orzuelo | stye |
| oscilar | to oscillate |
| ósmosis | osmosis |
| ósmosis | osmosis |
| ostomía | ostomy |
| Oswaldo | male given name |
| otorgar | to award |
| otorgar | to grant |
| otredad | otherness |
| ovación | ovation |
| ovejera | feminine form of ovejero |
| ovejero | shepherd |
| ovillar | To roll into a ball |
| ovíparo | oviparous |
| oxácido | oxyacid |
| oxalato | oxalate |
| oxálico | oxalic |
| oxidasa | oxidase |
| oxígeno | oxygen |
| Pablito | male given name, diminutive form of Pablo |
| pachuco | slang (often considered low-class) |
| pachuco | flashy, flashily dressed |
| pachuco | uneducated person from the city who uses city slang |
| padecer | to suffer |
| padrino | godfather |
| padrino | sponsor (at a wedding, graduation, First Communion, etc.) |
| paisaje | countryside |
| paisaje | landscape (the view of an area of land) |
| paisano | a fellow countryman |
| paisano | a peasant (someone who lives in the countryside) |
| pajarón | absentminded, distracted |
| pajarón | a person, who pays no attention, an absentminded, distracted person, a daydreamer |
| pajilla | A drinking straw |
| palabra | word |
| palacio | mansion |
| palacio | palace |
| paladar | palate (roof of the mouth, and sense of taste) |
| paladio | palladium |
| palanca | diving board |
| palanca | joystick |
| palanca | lever |
| palanca | chip, chipped shot |
| palidez | paleness |
| palillo | chopstick (single eating utensil) |
| palillo | small stick |
| palmear | to clap |
| palmear | to slap on the back |
| palmera | palmier (biscuit) |
| palmera | palm (tropical tree) |
| palmito | heart of palm |
| palomar | dovecot, dovecote |
| palurdo | boring, uncouth, ignorant, unsophisticated, tasteless, illiterate, clumsy (related to peasants) |
| palurdo | hick, yokel (illeterate person, clumsy with no style or manners, an unskilled peasant) |
| panacea | panacea |
| panarra | bat (winged mammal) |
| panarra | simpleton |
| panceta | Cured bacon |
| pandear | to be inclined |
| pandear | to bend |
| pandear | to bulge out |
| pandero | tambourine |
| Pandora | Pandora |
| panista | Member of PAN, a Mexican political party |
| panocha | coarse brown sugar (Mexico) |
| panocha | corncob |
| panocha | ear of corn |
| panocha | pancake made of cornmeal and cheese (Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile) |
| panocha | panicle |
| pantano | moor |
| pantano | swamp |
| panteón | mausoleum |
| panteón | graveyard |
| pantera | panther |
| pañuelo | handkerchief |
| panyabí | Punjabi (language) |
| panzazo | hit, strike or shove (made using the belly) |
| panzazo | hit, strike (received in the belly) |
| papaína | papain |
| papaíto | diminutive form of papá; daddy |
| papeleo | paperwork |
| papilla | baby food |
| paquete | package |
| paquete | parcel |
| paquete | dimwit, moron |
| paquete | scrotum |
| Paquito | A diminutive and flattering form of Paco, or (via it) of the male given name Francisco |
| parador | hostel |
| parador | a kind of official luxury hotel |
| paraíso | heaven |
| paraíso | paradise |
| pararse | reflexive form of parar To situate oneself (standing) |
| pararse | reflexive form of parar To stand up |
| parasol | parasol |
| parasol | sunshade |
| parasol | umbrella (used to protect against the sun) |
| parchar | to patch |
| parchís | Ludo, a board game |
| parcial | partial, biased (not impartial) |
| parcial | partial (part of a whole) |
| pareada | A semi-detached house |
| parecer | appearance, seem |
| parecer | to seem |
| parecer | to strike (seem, appear, make an impression) |
| parecer | to believe (pronominal use) |
| parecer | to think (pronominal use) |
| paridad | parity |
| parking | car park (an area where cars may be parked) |
| parkour | parkour |
| parodia | parody |
| párpado | eyelid |
| parqueo | car park (an area where cars may be parked) |
| párrafo | paragraph |
| párroco | priest |
| partera | midwife |
| partida | departure |
| partida | match, lot |
| partido | broken |
| partido | hair parting or part |
| partido | party |
| partido | game, match (chiefly for soccer) |
| pasadía | field trip |
| pasante | intern, trainee |
| pascual | paschal |
| Pascual | male given name |
| pasillo | corridor |
| pasmado | absent-minded |
| pasmado | astounded, stunned |
| pasmado | with bated breath |
| pasmado | open-mouthed (fish) |
| pasmoso | astounding |
| pastura | pasture, grassland |
| patache | patache (boat) |
| patagio | patagium |
| patente | blatant, obvious |
| patente | clear, clear-cut |
| patente | patent |
| patente | patent (declaration issued by a government to an inventor) |
| patilla | sideburn |
| patilla | watermelon |
| patinar | To skate |
| patinar | To slip |
| patinar | To patine |
| patraña | boodle |
| patraña | fake |
| patraña | lie |
| Paulina | female given name |
| Paulito | male given name, diminutive form of Paulo |
| pecador | sinful |
| pecador | sinner |
| pechoño | churchy, overly sanctimonious, exaggeratedly pietistic |
| pechuga | poultry breast |
| pechuga | human chest or breast |
| pechuga | bird breast |
| pectato | pectate |
| pectina | pectin |
| pedante | pedantic |
| pedante | pedant (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning) |
| pedigrí | pedigree |
| pedorro | farter (someone or something that farts) |
| pegarse | to stick, to become attached, to adhere |
| pegarse | to take root |
| peinado | hairdo |
| peinado | hairstyle |
| pelarse | to fray (rope, wire) |
| pelarse | to have one's hair cut |
| pelarse | to lose one's hair; to go bald |
| pelarse | to peel (of skin, from the sun, etc.) |
| peldaño | step (of a staircase or ladder) |
| peligro | peril, danger |
| pelleja | animal skin, hide |
| pelleja | pelt |
| pellejo | skin, hide |
| pelotón | group, team |
| pelotón | heap, bunch |
| peluche | plush (textile) |
| peluche | soft toy, stuffed animal |
| pélvico | pelvic |
| penalti | penalty |
| peñasco | rock |
| pendeja | Degrading term to call a woman |
| pendeja | Dumb female woman or girl, idiot |
| pendeja | Feable minded female coward |
| pendeja | feminine form of pendejo |
| pendejo | A pubic hair |
| pendejo | punk (an adolescent who presumes to be an adult) |
| pendejo | young boy |
| pendejo | coward |
| péndola | pendulum |
| péndola | pen, quill |
| péndulo | pendulum |
| penique | penny |
| pensión | guesthouse |
| pensión | pension |
| pentano | pentane |
| pentosa | pentose |
| penuria | shortage, lack |
| pepenar | to pick up, to collect |
| pepenar | to scrounge |
| pepenar | to steal, loot |
| pepsina | pepsin |
| péptido | peptide |
| peptona | peptone |
| pequeño | small; little |
| Peralta | Spanish surname |
| peralto | altitude |
| percebe | barnacle |
| pérdida | leak |
| pérdida | loss |
| perdido | lost |
| perecer | to die, to perish |
| perecer | to long for |
| perejil | parsley |
| perenne | perennial |
| pérfido | perfidious |
| perfume | perfume |
| pérgola | pergola, arbor |
| pericia | skill |
| perilla | goatee |
| perilla | knob, doorknob |
| perineo | perineum |
| periodo | period |
| período | A woman’s period (menstrual cycle) |
| período | period (time) |
| perjuro | related to perjury |
| perjuro | perjury |
| permear | to permeate |
| permiso | excuse me, pardon |
| permiso | license |
| permiso | permission |
| pernera | leg (of a pair of trousers, shorts etc.) |
| perorar | to make a speech |
| perrear | to deceive |
| perrear | to dance reggaeton |
| perrera | kennel |
| perrita | diminutive form of perra, female doggy |
| perrito | doggy, diminutive form of perro |
| perrito | hot dog |
| perruno | doglike |
| perruno | dog |
| persona | person |
| pértiga | bar in the high jump |
| peruana | feminine form of peruano |
| peruano | Peruvian (from or native to Peru) |
| peruano | Peruvian (pertaining to Peru) |
| peruano | a Peruvian |
| pescado | fish that has been caught |
| pesebre | a confined space set apart for the feeding of animals |
| pesebre | manger |
| pesebre | Nativity Scene |
| pestaña | eyelash |
| pestaña | flange |
| pestaña | tab (navigational widget in a GUI) |
| pestiño | a type of small pancake |
| pestiño | a boring or annoying person |
| petanca | pétanque |
| petardo | a boring or annoying person |
| petardo | blowjob |
| petardo | firecracker (a firework) |
| petardo | joint |
| petardo | swindle |
| petardo | trash, rubbish |
| petardo | ugly woman |
| piadoso | pious |
| piadoso | pitiful |
| picador | someone who cuts sugar-cane |
| picador | someone who stabs or wounds |
| picante | (of food) hot and spicy |
| picante | vulgar, risque |
| Picasso | A surname |
| Picasso | Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist |
| picazón | itch, itching |
| picazón | rash |
| picrato | picrate |
| pícrico | picric |
| piélago | the open sea; pelagic waters |
| piélago | pond, reservoir |
| piélago | something vast, countless, innumerable |
| piélago | the sea |
| pigidio | pygidium |
| píldora | pill |
| pillaje | pillage |
| pilotar | to pilot |
| pinchar | to call up by telephone and suspend before a conversation is initiated in order to make receiver call back |
| pinchar | to flirt |
| pinchar | to get flirted |
| pinchar | to puncture, prick, pierce |
| pinchar | to sting |
| pinchar | to click |
| Píndaro | Pindar |
| Pinocho | Pinocchio |
| pintura | paint (colorant substance) |
| pintura | painting |
| piojoso | lousy (infested with lice) |
| pionero | pioneering |
| pionero | pioneer |
| piorrea | pyorrhea, pyorrhoea |
| pipiolo | kid (young person) |
| pipiolo | newbie, noob |
| piquete | injection |
| piquete | prick (in the skin) |
| piquete | shot, jab (with a syringe) |
| piquete | sting (bump in the skin made by an insect) |
| piquete | a small or medium amount of a strong alcoholic beverage (usually tequila, rum or brandy) poured in a non-alcoholic beverage, such as punch, coffee, juice, soda beverage, etc |
| piragua | pirogue |
| piragua | piragua |
| pirazol | pyrazole |
| pírrico | Pyrrhic |
| pirueta | pirouette |
| piscina | swimming pool |
| pistilo | pistil |
| pistola | pistol; gun |
| pitillo | drinking straw |
| pizarra | blackboard, chalkboard |
| pizarra | shale |
| pizarra | scoreboard |
| placebo | placebo |
| plácido | placid |
| plagiar | (americanismo) to capture, abduct, kidnap |
| plagiar | to plagiarize |
| plancha | an iron (for ironing clothes) |
| plancha | bellyflop |
| plancha | embarrassing mistake |
| plancha | grill (for cooking) |
| plancha | ironing |
| plancha | push-up (exercise) |
| plancha | slab |
| planear | to plan |
| planear | to plane, glide (fly unpowered, of a bird or plane) |
| planeta | planet |
| plantar | to plant |
| plasmar | to express, represent, give shape to |
| plátano | banana |
| plátano | plantain (the plant and fruit related to banana, not the Plantago genus) |
| plátano | sycamore, plane, a tree belonging to the Platanus family |
| plática | discussion; chat |
| platina | stage (of a microscope) |
| platina | platinum |
| platino | platinum |
| playera | t-shirt |
| playero | of the beach |
| plebeya | feminine form of plebeyo |
| plebeyo | commoner |
| plebeyo | plebeian |
| pléroma | pleroma |
| plétora | plethora (all senses) |
| pliegue | A fold or crease |
| plomero | plumber |
| plumaje | plumage (feathers) |
| plúmbeo | leaden (made of or resembling lead) |
| poblado | having people, populous, populated |
| poblado | settlement (village) |
| poblano | Of or pertaining to the Mexican state of Puebla |
| poblano | poblano (chile pepper) |
| pobreza | poverty |
| pocilga | pigsty |
| pocillo | bowl, dish |
| pocillo | small coffee cup, mug |
| podrido | rotten |
| poético | poetic |
| poetisa | poetess (female poet) |
| pogromo | pogrom |
| polaina | gaiter, spat |
| polenta | polenta |
| policía | police department, or police force |
| policía | police officer. Normally policeman |
| polilla | cause of progressive destruction |
| polilla | moth, grub, woodworm, bookworm |
| polinia | polynya |
| polista | polo player |
| pollito | young chicken |
| pollito | young child |
| polonés | Polish (from or native to Poland) |
| polonés | Polish (pertaining to Poland) |
| polonés | A piece of music imitative of Polish dances |
| Polonia | Poland |
| polonio | polonium |
| polvera | powder compact |
| pólvora | gunpowder |
| ponchar | to punch in/out (at work) |
| ponchar | to strike out |
| ponente | A proposer of a motion |
| ponente | A speaker at a meeting, or congress |
| ponerse | to become (used with adjective) |
| ponerse | to begin doing something |
| ponerse | to set (sun) |
| ponerse | reflexive form of poner, to put on, as in clothing |
| ponzoña | poison |
| ponzoña | venom |
| popular | popular |
| popurrí | potpourri (collection of various things) |
| popurrí | medley |
| poquito | diminutive |
| poquito | tiny, very small |
| porción | part (fraction of a whole) |
| porción | portion |
| porfiar | to insist, persist |
| porrazo | hit; whack |
| portada | main page (of a website) |
| portada | portal |
| portazo | door slam |
| porteño | Native to or inhabiting a port town |
| porteño | Native to or inhabiting the port town of Buenos Aires |
| porteño | A person native to or inhabiting the port town of Buenos Aires |
| portero | gatekeeper |
| portero | porter |
| portero | goalkeeper |
| pórtico | porch |
| pórtico | portico |
| posdata | post scriptum |
| poseído | possessed (controlled by evil spirits) |
| posesor | possessor |
| posible | possible |
| postizo | false, artificial |
| postizo | switch (whip) |
| postrar | to debilitate |
| póstumo | posthumous |
| postura | position |
| postura | posture, attitude |
| potable | potable |
| potarro | European flying squid (Todarodes sagittatus) |
| potasio | potassium |
| potente | powerful |
| potrero | enclosed pasture that is (overgrazed) common land |
| potrero | long mesa on the flank of a mountain |
| potrero | ranch or open range where horses are raised |
| potrero | wrangler (of horses) |
| pradera | pasture |
| preciso | necessary |
| preciso | precise |
| prefijo | [of an affix] prefixed |
| prefijo | area code |
| prefijo | prefix |
| premiar | to award (give a prize) |
| premier | premier (head of government) |
| preñado | pregnant |
| prendar | to charm |
| prender | to catch, to arrest |
| prender | to light, to ignite |
| prender | to turn on (light, machine etc.) |
| prensar | to press |
| presión | pressure |
| prestar | to give, pay (e.g., attention) |
| prestar | to lend |
| presura | persistence |
| presura | speed |
| presura | worry |
| presura | zeal, enthusiasm |
| primasa | primase |
| primera | first class |
| primera | lowest gear in an motor vehicle |
| primero | chief; fundamental |
| primero | first |
| primero | prime |
| primero | first |
| primero | One of the five bids in the card game of Primero, consisting of a combination of four cards in the hand |
| prisión | prison |
| privado | private |
| probado | proven, tried |
| probeta | test tube |
| proceso | process |
| proceso | lawsuit |
| proceso | trial |
| pródigo | lavish, prodigal |
| PROFECO | Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor, a Mexican government consumer protection organisation |
| profeta | prophet |
| prófugo | a draft dodger |
| prófugo | a fugitive |
| prójima | neighbor |
| prójimo | neighbour (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) |
| prolijo | overcareful |
| prolijo | prolix, tedious, particular |
| prolijo | troublesome |
| prolina | proline |
| prólogo | prelude |
| prólogo | prologue |
| promesa | promise |
| pronaos | pronaos |
| propano | propane |
| propina | tip (gratuity) |
| propino | propyne, methylacetylene |
| proveer | to appoint |
| proveer | to bestow, to give, to grant |
| proveer | to decide, to resolve, to settle |
| proveer | to provide, to supply, to equip, to furnish |
| proveer | to stock |
| proveer | to decide, to give a decision |
| próximo | near |
| próximo | next |
| psamoma | psammoma body |
| psicosa | psicose |
| público | public |
| público | audience |
| público | public |
| puchero | cooking pot |
| puchero | stew (soup) |
| puchito | A smaller, lesser person |
| puchito | A cigarette |
| puchito | A buddy |
| pudrido | putrid, rotten |
| pujante | booming, growing |
| pujanza | strength, might |
| pulgada | inch |
| pulidor | polish |
| pulidor | polisher |
| púlpito | pulpit (raised platform in church) |
| pulsado | A click |
| pulsera | bracelet |
| pulular | to teem |
| punción | piercing |
| punción | prick |
| puntada | stitch |
| puntaje | score (record of points) |
| puntear | to dot, to engrave |
| puntear | to pluck |
| puntear | to stitch |
| puntual | punctual, on time |
| puntuar | to punctuate |
| puntuar | to score or gain points |
| punzada | sting (injury) |
| punzada | sting (pain) |
| pupitre | A student desk |
| puridad | secretiveness, stealth |
| puridad | purity |
| púrpura | purple (colour) |
| púrpura | blood |
| púrpura | purple dye murex (Murex brandaris) |
| púrpura | thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura |
| pústula | pustule |
| quebrar | to break up |
| quebrar | to go broke; to become bankrupt |
| quebrar | to bend, flex or twist |
| quebrar | to break |
| quechua | Quechua |
| quedito | very quietly |
| quejido | groan |
| quejido | whimper; whine |
| quejido | yip, yap, yelp |
| quejigo | A small oak, or one that is not fully grown |
| quejigo | Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea) |
| quejoso | complaining |
| quejoso | whining; whimpering |
| quelite | Any of a number of plants eaten fresh as leaf vegetables or herbs |
| quemado | annoyed |
| quemado | burned out |
| quemado | burnt |
| querida | dear, honey, darling |
| querida | mistress |
| querido | dear |
| querido | lover |
| querido | sweetheart |
| querido | The letter Q in the Spanish phonetic alphabet |
| quesero | cheesemaker, cheeser, cheesemonger |
| queteno | ketene |
| quetona | ketone |
| quetzal | quetzal (bird) |
| quetzal | quetzal (monetary unit) |
| quiasmo | chiasmus |
| quiebra | bankruptcy |
| quiebra | crack |
| quiebra | ravine |
| quiénes | whom? (what person; object of a verb) |
| quietud | calm |
| quietud | stillness |
| quijada | jaw |
| quilate | karat, carat |
| quiltro | street, mixed-breed dog |
| quimera | chimera |
| quimera | chimera (something illusory or impossible to achieve) |
| química | chemistry |
| química | (female) chemist |
| químico | chemical |
| químico | chemist |
| quimono | kimono |
| quinasa | kinase |
| quinina | quinine |
| quinona | quinone |
| quinoto | a kumquat |
| quinqué | Argand lamp (a kind of oil burning lamp) |
| quintal | hundredweight |
| quintos | Spanish young boys of the village who are 18 years old |
| quiosco | kiosk |
| quiosco | newsstand |
| quiteño | from or pertaining to Quito |
| quiteño | a person from Quito |
| quitina | chitin |
| rabieta | tantrum |
| rabioso | enraged, furious |
| rabioso | rabid (affected with rabies) |
| racismo | racism |
| racista | racist |
| racista | racist |
| radical | radical |
| radical | radical |
| radicar | to be based on |
| radicar | to be located at/on |
| radicar | to root |
| Rafaela | A city in Argentina |
| Rafaela | female given name, feminine form of Rafael |
| Ramírez | Spanish surname |
| ramnosa | rhamnose |
| ramplón | generic, average |
| ranking | ranking |
| rapidez | speed |
| rapista | barber |
| rapsoda | rhapsode |
| rapsoda | poet, reciter |
| raqueta | racket |
| rasguño | scratch |
| rasurar | to rake (to use a rake to collect things together) |
| rasurar | to shave |
| razonar | to reason |
| Rdguez. | abbreviation of Rodríguez (a Spanish surname) |
| reabrir | to reopen |
| reactor | atomic reactor |
| reactor | chemical reactor |
| reactor | jet engine |
| reactor | rocket engine |
| realeza | royalty |
| realzar | to highlight |
| realzar | to raise; to heighten |
| rebajar | to reduce |
| rebanar | to slice |
| rebañar | To mop up (food or sauce, e.g. with bread) |
| rebasar | to overtake |
| rebasar | to surpass |
| rebatar | to snatch, to take violently |
| rebatir | to refute or contest |
| rebelar | to rebel |
| rebelde | rebel |
| rebelde | rebellious |
| rebelde | rebel |
| rebosar | to overflow |
| rebotar | to bounce, ricochet |
| rebozar | to batter |
| rebozar | to bread |
| rebozar | to cover, muffle |
| rebuzno | heehaw |
| recabar | to gather, safeguard, collect |
| recabar | to lobby, petition |
| recalar | to appear |
| recalar | to arrive |
| recarga | charge |
| recarga | filling |
| recarga | reloading |
| recetar | to prescribe |
| rechazo | rejection |
| recibir | to receive |
| recinto | area, site |
| recinto | enclosure (area) |
| recinto | pen |
| recitar | to recite |
| reclame | advertisement |
| reclame | publicity |
| reclamo | advertisement |
| reclamo | complaint |
| recluir | to imprison |
| recluir | to isolate |
| recluir | to shut away, lock away |
| recluso | prisoner |
| recluta | recruitment |
| recluta | recruit |
| recocer | to anneal |
| recocer | to cook or boil again |
| recocer | to overcook |
| recoger | to collect; to gather; to pick up something previously left behind |
| recorte | clipping |
| recorte | cut |
| recorte | snippet, scrap (cut from a newspaper or magazine) |
| recrear | to re-create |
| recudir | to come back |
| recudir | to pay |
| recurso | option, choice |
| recurso | resort, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety) |
| recurso | resource, means |
| recurso | writ |
| recurso | appeal |
| recusar | to recuse |
| redbanc | automated teller machine |
| redecir | to retell |
| redimir | to buy back, to redeem from pawn |
| redimir | to free, to exempt |
| redimir | to ransom, to liberate |
| redimir | to redeem |
| redimir | to save from, to free from, to deliver from |
| redimir | to win back, to reconquer |
| redonda | neighbourhood, region |
| redonda | pasture |
| redondo | round |
| reducir | to reduce |
| reducto | redoubt |
| reelina | reelin |
| referir | to relate |
| referir | to report |
| referir | to refer to |
| refinar | to refine |
| reflejo | reflection |
| reflejo | reflex |
| refreír | to over fry |
| refreír | to refry |
| refugio | a refuge |
| refugio | safety |
| refutar | to refute |
| regalar | To give, to hand over |
| regalar | To regale, entertain |
| regaliz | liquorice |
| regalón | indulged, pampered |
| regalón | prefered, favorite person or animal |
| regalón | favorite, darling (indulged person) |
| regañar | to gripe, complain, whine |
| regañar | to scold |
| regateo | act of bartering or haggling |
| regidor | Regidor |
| régimen | regime |
| regreso | return |
| reguera | irrigation ditch |
| reguero | irrigation ditch |
| reguero | trickle |
| regular | common, ordinary, middling, so-so |
| regular | fair, fairly good, average |
| regular | regular, steady, even |
| regular | regular |
| regular | to adjust |
| regular | to control |
| regular | to put in order |
| regular | to regulate |
| rehacer | to redo |
| rehogar | to fry lightly |
| rehusar | to refuse |
| reinado | reign |
| reinona | drag queen (slang: male homosexual) |
| rejilla | grating |
| rejilla | grill |
| rejilla | lattice |
| relajar | to relax |
| relatar | to relate |
| relatar | to report |
| relatar | to tell |
| relegar | to relegate (banish) |
| relevar | to take over for |
| relieve | relief (protrusion) |
| rellano | landing (of a staircase) |
| relleno | stuffed |
| relleno | stuffing |
| relucir | to glisten |
| remanso | backwater, still water (area of stagnant water) |
| remanso | quiet place |
| rematar | buy at an auction |
| rematar | to complete |
| rematar | to end, bring to an end, terminate |
| rematar | to finish off |
| rematar | to sell at an auction |
| rematar | to perish |
| remedar | to mimic |
| remedio | amendment (alteration or change for the better) |
| remedio | medicine |
| remedio | remedy, solution |
| remilgo | primness |
| remirar | to look at again |
| remitir | to refer |
| remitir | to remit |
| remitir | to send, transfer |
| remojar | to steep, to soak |
| remonta | a re-mount, a fresh horse to ride on |
| remonta | supply of saddle horses (from Southwestern U.S.) |
| remover | to dismiss |
| remover | to disturb, to upset |
| remover | to remove, to take away, to move |
| remover | to stir (a liquid) |
| renacer | to be reborn |
| renegar | to apostatize |
| renegar | to complain |
| renegar | to deny vigorously |
| renegar | to detest, abhor |
| renegar | to swear, blaspheme |
| renglón | line (of text or poetry) |
| renovar | to renovate |
| reparar | to notice, to realize, to become aware |
| reparar | to repair |
| reparar | to stop (make a halt) |
| reparto | allocation |
| reparto | cast |
| reparto | delivery (of something) |
| repasar | to review |
| repeler | to repel |
| repente | attack, upsurge |
| repente | sudden movement |
| repetir | to repeat oneself |
| repetir | to repeat; to take seconds (meal) |
| repicar | to chop up |
| repicar | to peal, to ring |
| repleto | replete; full |
| réplica | aftershock |
| réplica | replica |
| réplica | reply |
| réplica | retort (sharp or witty response) |
| repollo | cabbage |
| reponer | to reinstate, restore |
| reponer | to recover, recuperate |
| reponer | to revive |
| reponer | to replace |
| reposar | to repose |
| reposte | pantry |
| represa | dam |
| represa | damming |
| represa | repression |
| repujar | to emboss |
| repunte | recovery |
| reputar | to deem |
| resaber | to know completely or thoroughly |
| rescate | rescue |
| resecar | to desiccate |
| resecar | to resect |
| reseñar | to make a sketch, outline |
| reseñar | to review |
| reserva | a reserve |
| reserva | reservation in the sense of an arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance |
| resfrío | cold (illness) |
| residir | to live in; to reside |
| residuo | remainder |
| residuo | residue |
| resonar | to echo |
| resonar | to resonate |
| resorte | spring (device made of flexible material) |
| respeto | respect |
| respiro | breath |
| resumen | résumé, curriculum vitae |
| resumen | summary, abstract |
| resumir | to summarize |
| retablo | tableau |
| retador | challenging |
| retador | defiant |
| retener | to catch |
| retener | to hold |
| retener | to hold back |
| retener | to retain, keep |
| reteñir | to redye; to dye again |
| retirar | to remove |
| retirar | to withdraw |
| retomar | to retake |
| retoñar | to reappear |
| retoñar | to sprout, bud |
| retoque | retouching; touch up |
| retorno | return |
| retorta | retort (flask used in distillation) |
| retozar | to become aroused |
| retozar | to frolic, to cavort |
| retraer | to withdraw, to retract (something) |
| retraso | delay |
| retrato | portrait |
| retrete | toilet |
| reunido | gathered |
| reunión | meeting |
| revelar | to develop photographic film |
| revelar | to reveal |
| revenir | to return, revert |
| revenir | to go bad, spoil, turn sour (of food) |
| revenir | to shrink, reduce |
| reventa | resale |
| revisar | to revise |
| revista | magazine |
| revivir | to revive |
| revocar | to revoke |
| revuelo | commotion |
| revuelo | fluttering |
| rezagar | To leave behind |
| rezagar | to lag behind; fall behind |
| Ricarda | female given name, the feminine form of Ricardo ( Richard ) |
| Ricardo | male given name, equivalent to Richard |
| rigidez | rigidity |
| rigodón | rigadoon |
| riojano | Of or relating to La Rioja |
| ripeado | ripped (data storage) |
| riqueza | wealth |
| risible | risible, laughable |
| rítmico | rhythmic |
| rizoide | rhizoid |
| Roberto | male given name, cognate to Robert. Female equivalent: Roberta |
| roblizo | robust |
| roblizo | strong |
| rocalla | rocaille, rococo |
| rocalla | rocks, pebbles; rockery |
| Rodesia | Rhodesia |
| rodilla | knee |
| rodillo | inking roller, platen |
| rodillo | roller |
| rodillo | rolling pin |
| Rodolfo | male given name, cognate to Rudolph |
| Rodrigo | male given name, cognate to English Roderick |
| Rogelio | male given name, cognate to Roger |
| rollito | diminutive form of rollo |
| romance | Romance |
| romance | novel |
| romance | romance, love affair |
| rompope | A traditional, eggnog-like Mexican drink made with eggs, milk, sugar and vanilla flavoring |
| roquero | Related to rock music |
| roquero | rocker (someone passionate about rock music) |
| rorcual | rorqual (whale) |
| Rosalía | female given name, cognate to English Rosalie |
| rosario | rosary |
| Rosario | female given name |
| rosetón | rose window (circular window) |
| rostral | rostral |
| rotonda | rotunda |
| rotonda | roundabout |
| rotular | to entitle |
| rotular | to label, tag (especially with a rótulo) |
| rotundo | complete, precise |
| rotundo | emphatic |
| rotundo | resounding (success) |
| rotundo | rotund |
| rotundo | rotunda |
| roturar | To plow, rototill, rotovate |
| ruandés | Rwandan |
| ruandés | Rwandan |
| rubéola | rubella |
| rubidio | rubidium |
| ruidoso | loud, noisy |
| ruindad | smallness, lowliness |
| ruindad | vileness, despicableness |
| ruinoso | dilapidated |
| ruinoso | ruinous, disastrous (of a negotion) |
| Rumania | Romania |
| Rumanía | Romania (south-eastern European country) |
| rumbear | to party |
| rumbear | to dance rumba |
| rumboso | lavish, generous |
| rumboso | pompous |
| rumorar | to rumor |
| ruptura | breaking-off |
| ruptura | rupture |
| rústico | crude, clumsy |
| rústico | rustic |
| rústico | rustic |
| rutenio | ruthenium |
| sabedor | aware, informed |
| sablear | to scrounge |
| sabroso | agreeable; pleasant |
| sabroso | delicious; tasty |
| sabueso | bloodhound |
| sabueso | detective, sleuth |
| sacudir | to nod (the head, to give a positive response) |
| sacudir | to shake |
| sacudir | to shake off |
| sacudir | to shake (the head, to give a negative response) |
| sagrado | holy, sacred |
| Sajonia | Saxony |
| salario | salary |
| Salazar | Spanish surname |
| salinas | saltworks |
| Salinas | Spanish surname |
| salitre | saltpetre, nitre |
| salival | salivary |
| salivar | to salivate |
| salobre | salty |
| salobre | brackish |
| Salomón | male given name |
| Salomón | Solomon |
| salsera | A small bowl for serving salsa or other sauces |
| saltear | to pan fry |
| saltear | to skip (disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage)) |
| salubre | healthy, healthful, salubrious |
| saludar | to greet |
| salvado | bran |
| salvaje | savage |
| salvaje | stupid |
| salvaje | wild |
| salvaje | savage |
| samario | samarium |
| samoano | Samoan |
| samoano | Samoan (person) |
| samoano | Samoan (language) |
| samurái | samurai |
| Sánchez | Spanish surname |
| sanción | sanction |
| sándalo | sandalwood |
| sandiar | watermelon plot, watermelon patch |
| sangrar | bleed |
| sangría | sangria; a type of wine punch with cubed pieces of fruit and fruit soda |
| sangría | bloodletting |
| sangría | indentation |
| sanguja | leech (animal) |
| sanidad | health |
| Santana | Spanish surname |
| saquear | to plunder, to pillage |
| saquear | to sack |
| sarakof | A type of hat, resembling a safari helmet, worn by officers during the Mexican civil war |
| sardina | sardine |
| satanás | devil |
| Satanás | Satan (the Devil) |
| satinar | to make glossy |
| saturar | To saturate |
| Saturno | Saturn |
| saudita | Saudi |
| saudita | Saudi |
| saxofón | saxophone |
| sazonar | to season |
| sebáceo | sebaceous |
| secador | dryer |
| secador | hair dryer |
| secante | drying |
| secante | secant |
| secante | secant |
| secante | blotting paper |
| secarse | reflexive form of secar To dry oneself |
| sección | department |
| sección | piece, part |
| sección | section |
| secreto | secret |
| secreto | a secret |
| secreto | secrecy |
| secuela | sequel |
| secuela | sequela |
| secuoya | sequoia |
| sedante | sedative |
| seducir | to seduce |
| seguido | consecutive |
| segundo | second (after the first) |
| segundo | A second (time) |
| Segundo | male given name |
| selecto | select, exquisite |
| selenio | selenium |
| sellado | sealed |
| semanal | weekly |
| sembrar | to plant (place a seed or plant in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow) |
| sembrar | to seed |
| semejar | to resemble |
| semilla | seed (of a plant) |
| senador | senator |
| señalar | to show, indicate |
| señalar | to signal |
| sendero | path |
| sendero | trail |
| Senegal | Senegal |
| señoría | authority |
| señoría | dominion |
| señoría | gentlemen |
| señoría | honor |
| señoría | lordship (title applied to a lord or judge) |
| señoría | prayer |
| señoría | worship |
| sensato | sensible |
| sensual | sensual |
| sensual | sensualist |
| sentada | sitting |
| sentado | seated |
| sentado | sensible, solid |
| sentado | settled, established |
| sentido | deeply felt, heartfelt |
| sentido | direction |
| sentido | feeling |
| sentido | meaning |
| sentido | sense |
| señuelo | lure, decoy |
| señuelo | shill |
| señuelo | stool pigeon |
| separar | to separate |
| septeto | septet |
| séptimo | seventh |
| séptimo | seventh |
| séquito | entourage, retinue |
| serafín | seraph (angel) |
| serenar | to soothe |
| serpina | serpin |
| serrano | mountain, mountainous |
| serrano | mountaineer |
| serrano | sea bass |
| serrano | Iberus gualterianus |
| sesenta | sixty |
| setenta | seventy |
| Sevilla | Seville |
| sexista | sexist |
| sexista | sexist |
| sexmero | The elected official of a sexmo |
| sexteto | sextet |
| sheriff | sheriff (all senses) |
| sialato | sialate |
| siálico | sialic |
| sicario | hitman (hired killer) |
| Sicilia | Sicily (island) |
| sicosis | alternative spelling of psicosis |
| sideral | sidereal |
| sidrina | diminutive form of sidra |
| siembra | seeding |
| siembra | sowing time |
| siembra | sown seed |
| siempre | always |
| sievert | sievert |
| sífilis | syphilis |
| silabar | To syllabify; to enunciate each syllable |
| silbada | A tweet |
| silbato | whistle (instrument) |
| silbato | whistle (sound) |
| silbido | whistling, whistle |
| silíceo | siliceous |
| silicio | silicon |
| silicón | silicon, silicone |
| silueta | silhouette |
| símbolo | symbol |
| similar | similar |
| simonía | simony |
| simplón | naive |
| simplón | plain |
| simular | to simulate |
| Sinaloa | A state of Mexico |
| sincero | sincere, honest |
| síncopa | syncope |
| síncope | syncope |
| síncope | syncope |
| síndico | receiver (person who acts as trustee for a bankrupt) |
| síndico | syndic |
| sintasa | synthase |
| síntoma | symptom |
| sinuoso | windy, winding |
| síquico | alternative spelling of psíquico |
| sísmico | seismic |
| sistema | system |
| situado | located |
| siútico | snobby |
| siútico | weird |
| siútico | arriviste |
| siútico | snob |
| smoking | tuxedo, dinner jacket |
| soborno | bribe |
| soborno | bribery |
| sobrina | niece |
| sobrino | nephew (niece for the feminine form) |
| socavar | to burrow |
| socavar | to undermine |
| socorro | help! |
| socorro | help, aid |
| sofisma | sophism |
| sofocar | to suffocate |
| sofreír | to fry lightly |
| sofrito | Cooking condiment made out of fried ingredients, normally onion and garlic |
| sóftbol | softball |
| solapar | to overlap |
| solapar | to cover up |
| solario | Variant of solárium |
| soldado | soldier |
| soleado | sunny |
| soledad | solitude |
| Soledad | female given name |
| solemne | solemn |
| solitón | soliton |
| solitud | solitude |
| sollozo | sob |
| soltera | bachelorette |
| soltero | single, unmarried |
| soltero | bachelor |
| soltero | bachelorette |
| soluble | soluble |
| Somalia | Somalia |
| sombrío | gloomy, dark |
| sombrío | shady, umbrageous |
| someter | to subdue, to quell, to conquer |
| someter | to subject to |
| someter | to submit, to put forward (an opinion) |
| someter | to subordinate, to put under the control of |
| soñador | dreaming |
| soñador | dreamer |
| sondear | to sound (to test with a probe) |
| sonreír | to smile |
| sonrisa | smile |
| sopanda | brace, crossbeam |
| sopanda | spring |
| sopesar | to evaluate |
| soplado | very clean |
| soplete | blowtorch |
| soplete | spray gun |
| soporte | mount, mounting |
| soporte | support, strut, pillar |
| soprano | soprano (pitch) |
| soprano | soprano (singer) |
| sorbato | sorbate |
| sórbico | sorbic |
| Sorbona | Sorbonne |
| sorbosa | sorbose |
| sordera | deafness |
| sórdido | greedy |
| sórdido | sordid, dirty |
| soriano | Of or pertaining to the province of Soria |
| soriano | Native or resident of Soria, a Spanish province |
| sortear | to avoid, come around (an obstacle or a danger), get round |
| sortear | to raffle off, draw lots |
| sortija | a Spanish guessing game |
| sortija | ring (round piece worn around the finger) |
| sorvete | drinking straw |
| sosegar | To calm |
| sosegar | To calm down |
| sosiego | calm, peace, serenity |
| soslayo | slanted |
| suaheli | Swahili (language) |
| suahili | Swahili (language) |
| suajili | Swahili (language) |
| subasta | auction |
| súbdita | feminine form of súbdito |
| súbdito | subject |
| súbdito | subject (citizen in a monarchy or person ruled over by another) |
| subfilo | subphylum |
| subjefe | assistant, subordinate |
| subjefe | sous-chef, assistant chef |
| subjeto | alternative form of sujeto |
| sublime | sublime |
| succión | suction |
| suceder | to come to pass |
| suceder | to happen, to befall, to occur |
| suceder | to succeed to, to follow |
| sucesor | succeeding |
| sucesor | successor |
| sucinto | succinct, brief, concise |
| sucitar | bring up |
| sucitar | provoke |
| sudanés | Sudanese |
| sudanés | Sudanese |
| sudario | shroud |
| sudeste | southeast |
| sugerir | to suggest |
| suicida | suicidal |
| suicida | suicide (person) |
| sujetar | to steady, hold, secure, attach, fasten |
| sujetar | to subject |
| sulfato | sulfate |
| sulfuro | sulfide |
| sumario | summary |
| sumario | summary |
| Sumeria | Sumer |
| sumerio | Sumerian |
| sumerio | Sumerian (language) |
| sumerio | Sumerian (person) |
| superar | to surpass |
| superyó | In psychoanalysis, Freud's concept of superego |
| súplica | plea (appeal, petition, entreaty) |
| suponer | to suppose, assume, or guess |
| supremo | supreme |
| supurar | to ooze |
| supurar | to produce pus |
| sureste | southeast |
| surfear | to surf |
| Surinam | Suriname |
| surtido | assorted |
| suspiro | sigh |
| susurro | whisper, murmur |
| suturar | to suture |
| swahili | Swahili (language) |
| tabaque | wicker basket |
| Tabasco | A state of Mexico |
| taberna | pub, tavern |
| tabique | Thin wall, or partition |
| tablero | board |
| tablero | checkerboard |
| tablero | counter |
| tablero | leaf (flat section used to extend a table) |
| tablero | long spine board |
| tablero | panel |
| tablero | petrel (bird) |
| tablero | switchboard |
| tableta | tablet computer |
| tableta | tablet, pill |
| tabular | tabular |
| tabular | to tabulate |
| taclear | to tackle |
| táctica | tactic |
| táctica | tactics |
| táctico | tactic |
| táctico | tactician |
| tafetán | taffeta |
| taimado | artful; sly; crafty |
| tajante | categorical |
| tajante | emphatic |
| talador | lumberjack |
| taladro | A drill; a tool for creating holes in a workpiece |
| talento | talent |
| talibán | Taliban (attributive) |
| talibán | member of the Taliban |
| taltuza | gopher |
| también | also, too |
| Támesis | the Thames river |
| tamizar | to purify, to remove defects from |
| tamizar | to strain, to sieve, to sift |
| tampoco | either (as well) |
| tampoco | neither; nor |
| tangana | ruckus; brawl |
| tántalo | tantalum |
| tantear | to estimate |
| tantear | to grope |
| tantear | to weigh up, to size up, to sound out |
| tanzano | Tanzanian |
| tanzano | Tanzanian |
| taoísmo | Daoism, Taoism |
| taoísta | Daoist |
| taoísta | Daoist |
| tapanco | loft, attic |
| taparse | To cover oneself for protection from the elements, etc |
| taparse | To cover oneself when naked |
| tapioca | tapioca |
| taponar | to plug |
| taquera | feminine form of taquero |
| taquero | cue rack |
| taquero | Someone who makes or sells tacos |
| taquito | a rolled-up taco |
| tarjeta | card |
| tarsero | tarsier |
| tártaro | Tatar |
| tártaro | tartaric acid |
| tártaro | Tatar (person) |
| tártaro | tartar |
| tártaro | hell |
| tártaro | Tatar (language) |
| tasador | assessor |
| tatemar | to roast, to grill |
| tatuado | tattooed |
| tatuaje | tattoo |
| taurina | taurine |
| taurino | having the Zodiac sign Taurus |
| taurino | taurine |
| taxista | taxi driver |
| teanina | theanine |
| teatral | theatrical |
| teclado | keyboard (of a typewriter, piano, computer, etc.) |
| teclear | to type in |
| técnica | feminine form of técnico |
| técnica | technique |
| técnico | technical |
| técnico | technician |
| tectita | tektite |
| tedioso | tedious, boring, boresome, tiresome |
| tejedor | weaver |
| telurio | tellurium |
| temario | program, agenda, syllabus |
| temblar | to tremble |
| temblor | earthquake; usually a light one |
| temblor | tremble, trembling |
| temible | fearsome |
| témpano | iceberg |
| tempero | seasonableness |
| templar | to temper |
| tenazas | pincers |
| tendero | shopkeeper |
| tendido | hanging |
| tendido | lying |
| tenedor | fork |
| tenería | tannery |
| tenista | tennis player |
| tensión | tension |
| Teodora | female given name, cognate to Theodora |
| Teodoro | male given name, cognate to Theodore |
| teólogo | theologian |
| teorema | theorem |
| teórico | theoretical |
| teórico | theorist |
| tequila | tequila |
| terafim | teraphim |
| terapia | therapy |
| terato- | terato- |
| teratón | teraton |
| tercera | a third (interval) |
| tercero | third |
| tercero | mediator |
| tercero | third party |
| terciar | to divide into thirds |
| térmica | thermal |
| térmico | thermal |
| término | end |
| termita | termite |
| termita | thermite |
| ternera | veal |
| ternero | calf; young cow |
| terneza | tenderness |
| ternura | tenderness |
| terpeno | terpene |
| terraza | sidewalk cafe |
| terraza | terrace |
| terrazo | land portrayed in a landscape |
| terreno | land |
| tesauro | thesaurus |
| testear | to test |
| testera | faceplate on a horse's bridle |
| testigo | witness |
| tetrosa | tetrose |
| textual | exact, precise |
| textual | textual |
| teyberi | tayberry |
| thinner | thinner, paint thinner |
| tibieza | tepidness, lukewarmness |
| tibieza | warmth (of character) |
| tiburón | shark |
| tigresa | tigress (female tiger) |
| tigriña | Tigrinya |
| timbrar | to postmark |
| timbrar | to ring, to make sound a ring |
| timbrar | to seal |
| timbrar | to stamp |
| timidez | shyness |
| timolol | timolol |
| timonel | cox |
| Timoteo | male given name |
| Timoteo | Timothy |
| tímpano | drum |
| tímpano | eardrum |
| tintero | inkwell |
| tintura | colouring, dye |
| tintura | dyeing (the process) |
| tiofeno | thiophene |
| tiovivo | carousel, merry-go-round (pleasure ride consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform affixed with various types of seats) |
| tirador | shooter, rifleman |
| tiranía | tyranny |
| tirante | strap |
| tiritar | to shiver |
| tiroteo | gunfight |
| tisular | tissular; of or pertaining to tissue |
| titanio | titanium |
| titilar | to quiver |
| titilar | to titillate |
| titilar | to twinkle |
| titular | titular |
| titular | headline |
| titular | to entitle |
| titular | to title |
| tobillo | ankle |
| tobogán | slide (toy for children) |
| tocador | dressing table |
| todavía | even, still |
| todavía | not yet (plus "no") |
| todavía | still, yet |
| togolés | Togolese |
| togolés | Togolese |
| tolerar | to endure |
| tolerar | to tolerate |
| tolueno | toluene |
| tomador | taker; receiver; retriever |
| tomador | pickpocket |
| tomillo | thyme |
| tongano | Tongan |
| tongano | Tongan |
| tontear | to flirt |
| tontina | tontine |
| topacio | topaz |
| topetar | to butt (to suddenly thrust with the head) |
| torcida | wick |
| torcido | cross-eyed |
| torcido | torqued |
| torcido | twisted; askew |
| torcido | unlucky |
| torcido | winding |
| torcido | twist or curl |
| tornado | tornado |
| tornear | to turn (as on a lathe) |
| toroide | toroid |
| toronja | grapefruit |
| torozón | annoyance |
| torozón | worry |
| torpedo | torpedo (fish) |
| torpedo | torpedo (weapon) |
| torpeza | awkwardness |
| torpeza | blunder |
| torreja | slice |
| torreja | french toast |
| tórsalo | torsalo |
| tortita | pancake |
| tórtola | turtle dove (bird) |
| tórtolo | lovebird (person) |
| tortuga | (de tierra) tortoise |
| tortuga | (marina, acuática) turtle |
| tortura | torture |
| torunda | swab |
| tostada | a slice of toast |
| trabajo | work |
| trabajo | work |
| traceur | traceur |
| tractor | tractor |
| tráfago | tiring activities, work |
| tráfago | traffic |
| tráfago | hustle, bustle |
| tráfico | traffic |
| tráfico | smuggle |
| trágico | tragic, distressful |
| trágico | tragic |
| traidor | traitorous |
| traidor | unpredictable |
| traidor | traitor |
| traílla | leash |
| trámite | procedure, step |
| tramoya | racket, scam, scheme |
| tramoya | The stage machinery, or a piece thereof |
| trancar | to lock |
| transar | to compromise |
| tranvía | tram |
| trapear | to mop |
| tráquea | throat, windpipe |
| trasero | back, back-side, rear-side, posterior |
| tratado | treaty |
| trebejo | chess piece |
| trebejo | toy |
| trebejo | diversion, pastime |
| trebejo | joke, jest |
| trebejo | tool, utensil, instrument |
| treinta | thirty |
| trentón | thirtysomething |
| trenzar | To plait; to braid |
| trépano | drill bit |
| triario | triarius |
| tríceps | triceps |
| Trieste | Trieste (town) |
| trillar | to thresh |
| trillón | a quintillion; 1018 |
| Tristán | male given name, cognate to English Tristan |
| triunfo | triumph |
| trivial | trivial |
| trocito | diminutive form of trozo, small piece |
| trófico | trophic |
| trombón | trombone |
| tronera | pocket of pool table |
| tronera | small window; porthole |
| tropero | cowboy |
| trópico | Of, or relating to tropes and their use |
| trópico | tropic |
| trópico | tropics |
| troyano | Trojan |
| trueque | barter |
| truncar | to truncate, to cut off |
| tsunami | tsunami |
| tubería | tubing, piping |
| tubular | tubular |
| tuétano | marrowbone |
| tuétano | marrow, bone marrow |
| tuitear | to tweet |
| tulipán | a tulip |
| tullido | crippled |
| tullido | paralyzed |
| tullido | cripple, handicapped person |
| tumbado | lying down |
| tumbona | lounger (chair), sun-lounger, recliner, easy chair, deckchair, beach chair |
| tumoral | tumoral |
| tunante | loafing |
| tunante | tricky, deceptive |
| tunante | crook |
| tunante | loafer |
| turbina | turbine |
| turismo | tourism |
| turista | tourist |
| Turquía | Turkey (country at intersection of Europe and Asia) |
| Ucrania | Ukraine |
| ucranio | (of a person) Ukrainian |
| ugandés | Ugandan |
| ugandés | Ugandan |
| ukelele | ukulele |
| ulcerar | to fester |
| ulcerar | to ulcerate |
| ultimar | to finalize; to complete |
| ultimar | to kill |
| ultraje | insult, offense |
| ululato | hoot |
| ululato | wail |
| unánime | unanimous |
| unísono | unison, unisonous |
| unísono | unison |
| ununbio | ununbium |
| uracilo | uracil |
| uranilo | uranyl |
| uretral | urethral |
| urgente | urgent |
| uridina | uridine |
| urólogo | urologist |
| Uruguay | Uruguay |
| usencia | second person; your Excellency; you (singular) |
| usencia | second person; your reverence; you (singular) |
| ustedes | you (plural) |
| usuario | user |
| usurero | usurer, loan shark (someone lending money at exorbitant rates of interest) |
| usurpar | To usurp |
| uterino | uterine |
| utópico | utopian |
| Utrecht | Utrecht, a city in the Netherlands |
| Utrecht | Utrecht, a province of the Netherlands |
| vacante | vacant; empty |
| vacante | vacancy; opening (as for a job) |
| vacilar | to enjoy (colloquial, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, and Guatemala) |
| vacilar | to hesitate, waver |
| vacilar | to spy on |
| vacunar | to vaccinate |
| vacuola | vacuole |
| vaguear | to lounge |
| vaguear | to wander |
| vainica | green pea |
| vainica | hemstitch |
| vainita | diminutive form of vaina, small green bean |
| vajilla | dishes, dishware |
| valerse | to make use of |
| validar | to validate |
| validez | validity |
| valioso | valuable |
| valorar | to appraise |
| válvula | valve |
| vampira | A female vampire |
| vampiro | vampire |
| vanadio | vanadium |
| vándalo | hooligan; lout; thug; yob, yobbo |
| vándalo | vandal |
| vanidad | nonsense |
| vanidad | pomp |
| vanidad | vanity |
| Vanuatu | Vanuatu |
| vaquera | cowgirl |
| vaquero | cowboy |
| vaquero | cowboy |
| variado | diverse |
| varices | varicose veins |
| varilla | spoke |
| varonil | masculine |
| vasallo | vassal |
| Vásquez | Spanish surname |
| vástago | offspring |
| vástago | shoot of a plant |
| vecinal | local |
| vecinal | neighbourly |
| vecinal | neighbour |
| vegetal | vegetal |
| vegetal | vegetable |
| vegetar | to vegetate |
| velador | candlestick |
| velador | nightstand |
| velarte | broadcloth, fine cloth |
| Velasco | Spanish surname |
| velloso | fluffy |
| velloso | hairy |
| velluda | Hairy woman. Usually referring to excess of arm, chest, or pubic hair (not head hair) |
| velludo | hairy-bodied |
| velludo | felt, velvet |
| velorio | wake (for the dead) |
| vencido | defeated, beaten |
| vencido | expired |
| vendaje | bandage, dressing (for a wound or injury) |
| Venecia | Venice |
| venerar | to venerate |
| venéreo | venereal |
| ventaja | advantage |
| ventaja | benefit |
| ventana | a small gap or opening |
| ventana | nostril |
| ventana | window |
| ventoso | windy, breezy |
| verbena | verbena |
| verdear | to turn green |
| verdoso | greenish |
| verdugo | executioner, hangman |
| verdura | greenness, verdancy |
| verdura | vegetable |
| Vermont | Vermont |
| verraco | boar (male pig) |
| verraco | megalithic sculpture of a pig or other quadruped |
| verruga | wart, verruca |
| versado | versed, knowledgeable, skilled |
| versión | cover version |
| versión | version |
| vértice | vertex |
| vértigo | vertigo |
| vestido | dressed |
| vestido | dress |
| viajero | travelling |
| viajero | traveller, traveler |
| viático | viaticum |
| viburno | viburnum |
| Vicenta | female given name, feminine form of Vicente ( =Vincent) |
| Vicente | male given name, cognate to English Vincent |
| vicioso | profligate |
| vicioso | vicious |
| víctima | victim |
| vidriar | to glaze |
| viejita | diminutive form of vieja |
| viejujo | superlative form of viejo, an old person; old fart, geezer, cheeser |
| vienesa | female Viennese (female inhabitant or resident of Vienna) |
| vienesa | wiener, hot dog (sausage) |
| vientre | abdomen |
| vientre | belly |
| viernes | Friday |
| Vietnam | Vietnam |
| vigente | current, in use |
| vigente | (for a commercial offer, price or promotion) suitable in time |
| vigente | in force (legal) |
| vigente | in shelf life |
| vigilar | to watch over |
| vigilia | eve (day before another specified) |
| vigilia | night shift |
| vigilia | (religion) fast, abstinence |
| vigilia | vigil |
| vigilia | wakefulness, being awake |
| vigilia | watchfulness |
| vikinga | feminine form of vikingo |
| vikingo | viking |
| vikingo | Viking (One of the Scandinavian seafaring warriors) |
| villano | peasant |
| villano | rude, bad-mannered |
| vilorta | the sport of lacrosse |
| viñador | winegrower |
| vinagre | vinegar |
| vínculo | tie, bond (strong connection between people or groups of people) |
| vintage | vintage |
| violeta | violet |
| violeta | violet (plant) |
| violeta | violet (colour); purple |
| Violeta | female given name |
| vírgula | a small stick or rod |
| vírgula | a thin line or stripe |
| virtual | virtual |
| viruela | smallpox |
| viruela | Any of the fluid-filled blisters caused by smallpox |
| víscera | viscus |
| viscoso | viscous |
| visible | visible |
| visillo | net curtain |
| visitar | to visit |
| víspera | eve |
| vistazo | glance |
| vistazo | look |
| vistoso | gaudy, showy, flashy |
| vitáceo | Of or pertaining to plants in the genus Vitis; vines and grapevines |
| vitrina | display cabinet |
| vitrina | showcase |
| vitrina | vitrine |
| vitrina | window, shop window |
| víveres | army food rations |
| víveres | Starchy foods including roots and plantains |
| Vizcaya | Biscay |
| vocablo | word, term |
| vocerío | outcry, uproar |
| volador | flying |
| volando | In flight |
| volante | flying |
| volante | loose |
| volante | flyer |
| volante | shuttlecock |
| volante | steering wheel |
| voltaje | voltage |
| voltear | to turn |
| voluble | Easily turned around |
| voluble | Of inconstant character |
| voluble | voluble (sense 4) |
| volumen | volume |
| vomitar | to vomit, to be sick |
| vórtice | vortex |
| votante | voting |
| votante | voter |
| vuestra | feminine form of vuestro Yours, your, to you |
| vuestra | feminine form of vuestro Yours |
| vuestro | Yours, your, to you |
| vuestro | Yours |
| waflera | waffle iron |
| wólfram | alternative form of wolframio |
| Wyoming | Wyoming |
| xantano | xanthan, xanthan gum |
| xantato | xanthate |
| xántico | xanthic |
| xantina | xanthine |
| xilitol | xylitol |
| Xiquena | A castle in Lorca, in the region of Murcia, Spain |
| Xiquena | The letter X in the Spanish phonetic alphabet |
| Xóchitl | female given name |
| yaacabó | A bird of South America |
| yámbico | iambic |
| yardaje | yardage |
| Yesenia | female given name used since 1970 |
| yiffear | to yiff |
| yodurar | to iodize |
| yogurín | jack the lad |
| yogurín | toy boy |
| Yolanda | female given name |
| Yucatán | Yucatán (peninsula or state) |
| yugular | jugular |
| yugular | jugular |
| yugular | to cut off |
| yugular | to cut someone's throat |
| Zabulón | Zebulun (Biblical character and tribe) |
| zacatal | grassland, pasture |
| zafacón | wastebasket |
| zaherir | to criticize severely |
| zaherir | to wound |
| zahones | chaps |
| zaireño | Zairian |
| zaireño | Zairian |
| zampoña | pan flute |
| zancada | step; stride; pace |
| zancuda | wading bird (aves zancudas) |
| zancudo | long-legged |
| zancudo | mosquito |
| zángano | drone bee |
| zángano | idler, loafer |
| zángano | sponger, scrounger |
| zanjero | An official in charge of water supplies |
| zapallo | pumpkin, gourd |
| zapallo | zucchini, courgette |
| zapping | channel hopping, channel surfing |
| zaratán | breast cancer |
| zarista | czarist |
| zarista | czarist |
| zarpazo | a hit with a claw or paw |
| zarpazo | clawing action |
| zarpazo | thud |
| zeatina | zeatin |
| zelador | zealot, zealotist |
| Zemfira | A transliteration of the Russian female given name Земфира |
| zepelín | zeppelin |
| zigurat | ziggurat |
| zodiaco | zodiac |
| zodíaco | zodiac |
| zoólogo | zoologist |
| zoquete | blockhead; oaf |
| zorrita | diminutive form of zorra |
| zozobra | anxiety; worry |
| zumacal | sumach plantation |
| zumacar | sumach plantation |
| zumaque | sumac |
| zumbido | buzz, hum (a buzzing or humming noise) |
| zumillo | cuckoo pint, Arum italicum |
| zumillo | dragon arum, Dracunculus vulgaris |
| zumillo | friar's cowl, Arisarum vulgare |
| zuquini | (irregular) zucchini |
| zurdazo | left-handed punch, backhand |
| zurriar | to buzz, whirr |
| zurrona | loose woman, tramp |
| zurullo | turd |