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9 letter Spanish words
| Spanish 9 letter word | English translation |
|---|---|
| aaleniano | Aalenian |
| aaleniano | Aalenian |
| abacalera | abaca worker (farmer, transporter, or salesman) |
| abacalero | abaca worker (farmer, transporter, or salesman) |
| abadernar | to fasten with short ropes |
| abalanzar | to pounce on, swoop down on |
| abalanzar | to propel |
| abalanzar | to balance, compensate |
| abamperio | abampere |
| abanación | abannation, banishment |
| abancalar | To terrace |
| abanderar | to lead a cause, rebellion, movement |
| abanderar | to register a boat under a particular nationality |
| abandonar | to abandon |
| abandonar | to leave |
| abarracar | to construct barracks |
| abarrotar | to bar |
| abarrotar | to pack |
| abarrotar | to stow cargo on a ship |
| abartarse | to go down in price |
| abastecer | to supply (with) |
| abciximab | abciximab |
| abdominal | |
| abdominal | sit-up |
| abducción | abduction (physiology: movement separating limb from axis) |
| abejarrón | bumblebee |
| abejaruco | bee-eater |
| aberrante | shocking, aberrant |
| abigarrar | to paint in many colors, make colorful paints |
| Abimelech | (Biblical character) |
| abismarse | to engulf |
| abismarse | to plunge into |
| abocetado | sketchy |
| abofetear | to slap |
| abolición | abolition |
| abombarse | to decompose |
| abordador | boarder |
| aborígene | aborigine |
| aborrecer | to abandon |
| aborrecer | to hate, detest |
| abortista | abortionist |
| abotagado | swollen |
| abovedado | vaulted |
| abrasador | scorching |
| abrasante | parching |
| abrasante | scorching |
| abrelatas | can-opener, tin-opener |
| abreviado | abridged |
| abrumador | exhausting, tiresome |
| abrumador | overwhelming |
| abscisión | abscission |
| absintina | absinthin |
| absorción | absorption |
| absorción | aspiration |
| abstracto | abstract |
| abstraído | distracted, absent-minded |
| abundante | affluent |
| abundante | plentiful, abundant |
| aburrirse | to become bored |
| abyeccíon | abjectness |
| abyeccíon | humiliation |
| académico | academic |
| académico | scholastic |
| académico | academician, academic |
| acairelar | to trim with fringe |
| acalicino | acalycine |
| acalorado | heated |
| acantáceo | acanthaceous |
| acantilar | to dredge |
| acantilar | to run a ship into trouble or onto rocks |
| acantonar | to accommodate |
| acantorar | to station |
| acariciar | to caress, fondle, stroke |
| acartonar | to weather, to erode |
| accedente | acceding |
| accesible | approachable, accessible |
| accesorio | accessory, secondary, additional, supplementary |
| accesorio | incidental |
| accesorio | irrelevant |
| accesorio | accessory equipment, appurtenance |
| accidente | accident |
| accidente | feature |
| acebuchal | Of or pertaining to the olive |
| acebuchal | olive grove |
| acechador | stalker |
| aceitunil | olive-colored, olive-green |
| acepillar | to brush |
| acepillar | to flatter, praise, compliment |
| acepillar | to smooth wood using a plane |
| aceptable | acceptable |
| acercarse | to get close, to approach |
| acetileno | acetylene |
| achicarse | to eat humble pie |
| achicarse | to get smaller, shrink |
| achicoria | chicory |
| acitronar | to fry until translucent, not golden nor crispy |
| aclimatar | to acclimate |
| acobardar | to be frightened, scared, daunted |
| acobardar | to daunt, to frighten, to scare |
| acolchado | padded, cushioned |
| acolchado | quilt, bed cover |
| acollador | lanyard |
| acomodado | accommodated |
| acomodado | suitable, fitting |
| acomodado | wealthy |
| acomodado | A person who had obtained his job by influence or recommendation, not for his own merits |
| acompañar | to accompany |
| acongojar | to cause or inflict suffering |
| aconsejar | to advise |
| acontecer | to happen, occur, come about |
| acoplarse | reflexive form of acoplar |
| acorazado | battleship |
| acordarse | Reflexive infinitive form of acordar (followed by de), to remember |
| acordonar | to cordon off |
| acorralar | to corral or corner |
| acostarse | to be in bed with |
| acostarse | to go to bed, to lie down |
| acotación | annotation |
| acreditar | to accredit |
| acreedora | feminine form of acreedor |
| acrimonia | acrimony |
| acrobacia | acrobatics |
| acrópolis | acropolis |
| activador | activating |
| activador | activator |
| actividad | activity |
| activismo | activism |
| activista | activist |
| actuación | act; acting |
| actuación | performance |
| acuantiar | To set the amount or quantity of |
| acuciante | urgent |
| acueducto | aqueduct |
| aculturar | to acculture and assimilate a different society's habits, especially a more developed one |
| acuminado | acuminate |
| acuñación | coining, minting |
| acurrucar | to tuck in. acurrucame: tuck me in |
| acurrucar | to wrap up |
| acusación | accusation |
| acusativo | accusative |
| Adalberto | male given name, an older form of Alberto ( = Albert) |
| adaptable | |
| adaptador | adapter |
| adecentar | to tidy; to clean up |
| adelantar | to advance |
| adelantar | to improve |
| adelantar | to outstrip |
| adelantar | to overtake (pass a more slowly moving object) |
| adelgazar | to lose weight |
| adelgazar | to make thin or slender |
| adelgazar | to refine, to purify |
| adenilato | adenylate |
| adenosina | adenosine |
| aderezado | favourable |
| adicional | additional |
| adicionar | to add (numbers) |
| adiestrar | to train |
| adinerado | affluent |
| adinerado | wealthy |
| adjetival | adjectival |
| adjudicar | to adjudge, assign, award, appropriate |
| admirable | |
| admirador | admirer |
| admisible | admissible |
| adolorido | painful, aching (afflicted or suffering with pain) |
| adoptable | adoptable |
| adoquinar | to pave |
| adoración | adoration |
| adormecer | To make numb |
| adormecer | To make sleepy, or lull |
| adscribir | to designate, to assign |
| adueñarse | to appropriate, to take ownership |
| aduladora | feminine form of adulador |
| adulterar | to adulterate |
| adulterio | adultery |
| adverbial | |
| adyacente | adjacent |
| aeródromo | airfield |
| aerofagia | aerophagy |
| aerolínea | airline |
| aerología | aerology |
| aeronauta | aeronaut, airman, pilot |
| aeroplano | aeroplane (airplane, a winged aircraft) |
| afectuoso | affectionate |
| afeitarse | to shave (oneself) |
| afeminado | effeminate |
| affidávit | affidavit |
| aflicción | affliction |
| aflicción | sorrow |
| afluencia | inflow, influx |
| afrentoso | insulting |
| afrikaans | Afrikaans (language) |
| afrikáans | Afrikaans (language) |
| agacharse | reflexive form of agachar |
| aganchado | , hooklike |
| agateador | treecreeper |
| agauchado | gaucho-like person |
| agigantar | to exaggerate |
| ágilmente | nimbly, agilely |
| agitación | restlessness, agitation |
| agitación | social or political unrest |
| agitadora | agitator |
| aglutinar | to agglutinate |
| aglutinar | to join; bring together |
| agnóstico | agnostic |
| agnóstico | agnostic |
| agraciado | attractive, good-looking |
| agraciado | lucky, fortunate |
| agraciado | winning |
| agraciado | winner; one who is fortunate |
| agradable | agreeable, pleasant |
| agradecer | to be grateful for |
| agradecer | to thank |
| agridulce | sweet and sour; bittersweet |
| agrietado | cracky, fissured (having lots of cracks) |
| agronomía | agronomy |
| aguachile | A watery chili-based broth |
| aguamanil | washbowl, wash stand |
| aguamanil | water jug, ewer |
| aguantera | Glove box; glove compartment; the passenger side storage compartment in an automobile |
| aguilucho | eaglet |
| aguilucho | hawk, kite |
| agüitarse | to become saddened |
| agujerear | to pierce or puncture |
| agusanado | worm-eaten |
| ahoritita | just now |
| ahoritita | right now |
| ahoritita | very soon |
| ahuehuete | Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum) |
| ahuyentar | to run away |
| ahuyentar | to chase away, drive away |
| aireación | aeration (the circulation of air) |
| ajiaceite | A liquid mixture of ground garlic and cooking oil |
| ajustable | adjustable |
| alacridad | alacrity |
| alambicar | to complicate excessively |
| alambicar | to distill |
| alambicar | to scrutinize, to examine closely |
| alambique | still (device for distilling liquids) |
| alambrada | wire fence |
| alambrado | wire net |
| alambrado | wiring |
| alambrado | wire fence |
| alargador | extension cord |
| alarmante | scary, frightening |
| alarmista | alarmed |
| albinismo | albinism |
| albóndiga | meatball |
| alborotar | to disturb, tease (provoke or disturb) |
| alborotar | to excite |
| alborotar | to infect, ballyhoo (make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion) |
| alborotar | to stir up, agitate |
| alcachofa | artichoke |
| alcahuete | gossip (person) |
| alcahuete | panderer |
| alcaldesa | feminine form of alcalde, female mayor |
| alcaldesa | The mayor's wife |
| alcaloide | alkaloid |
| alcandora | signal flare, beacon |
| alcaparra | caper (plant or fruit) |
| alcaparro | caper (plant) |
| alcaraván | stone curlew |
| alcaravea | caraway (plant, seed) |
| aldehuela | hamlet, small village |
| aleatorio | random, aleatory |
| alegación | allegation |
| alegórico | allegorical |
| alegranza | joyfulness, happiness |
| alegrarse | (reflexive form of alegrar) to be happy |
| Alejandra | female given name, cognate to Alexandra |
| Alejandro | male given name |
| alentarse | to gather up one's courage |
| aletargar | to make lethargic |
| alfarería | pottery workshop |
| alfarería | pottery craft |
| alferecía | infantile epilepsy |
| alfombrar | to carpet |
| alfóncigo | pistachio (nut) |
| alfóncigo | pistachio (tree) |
| alfónsigo | alternative form of alfóncigo |
| algarabía | Arabic |
| algarabía | gibberish |
| algarroba | carob (fruit) |
| algarrobo | carob tree |
| algoritmo | algorithm |
| aliciente | incentive |
| aliciente | lure |
| alifático | aliphatic |
| alimañero | A game warden also employed in eliminating invasive and pest species |
| alimentar | to feed |
| almacenar | to store, stock |
| almanaque | almanac |
| almártaga | headstall |
| almazuela | patchwork (cloth, quilt) |
| almendral | almond orchard (a place with many almond trees) |
| almendrar | to decorate something, usually a pastry or confection, with almonds |
| almirante | admiral |
| almofalla | encampment, encamped army |
| almofalla | host, army |
| almohadón | cushion (soft material in cloth bag) |
| almóndiga | alternative form of albóndiga |
| almuédano | muezzin, the person who calls the faithful to prayer in Islam |
| alocución | speech |
| alpinismo | mountaineering, alpinism |
| alquenilo | alkene |
| alquitara | still (device for distilling liquids) |
| alquitrán | tar, pitch |
| alrededor | surroundings |
| alrededor | around |
| alsaciano | Alsatian |
| alsaciano | Alsatian |
| altamente | highly |
| altanería | haughtiness; arrogance |
| alterable | alterable |
| altercado | altercation |
| altibajos | ups and downs |
| altiplano | a high plateau |
| altruismo | altruism |
| altruista | altruistic |
| altruista | altruist |
| alunizaje | moon landing |
| amacollar | to grow in clumps or tufts |
| amaestrar | to train, school, drill (an animal) |
| amaitinar | to spy on |
| amaitinar | to watch |
| amalgamar | amalgamate |
| amamantar | to nurse |
| amanerado | effeminate, camp |
| amanerado | mannered |
| amansador | tamer |
| amargarse | To go bitter, get bitter |
| ambicioso | ambitious |
| ambiental | environmental |
| ambientar | to provide an ambiance |
| ambigrama | ambigram |
| ambulante | travelling, ambulant |
| amenazado | threatened |
| americana | Cloth jacket with lapels and buttons, reaching below the hip |
| americana | feminine form of americano |
| americano | of the Americas |
| americano | of the United States |
| americano | a native of the Americas |
| americano | a native of the United States |
| americano | someone who became rich in America (continent) and returned to his country |
| amiloideo | amyloid |
| aminoacil | aminoacyl |
| amnistiar | to grant amnesty to |
| amoldable | Able to change or adapt; adaptable |
| amonestar | to warn; to reprimand; to admonish |
| amontonar | to pile up |
| amordazar | to gag |
| amordazar | to muzzle |
| amortizar | amortize |
| ampliable | expandable |
| ampolleta | light bulb |
| amueblado | furnished |
| amujerado | effeminate |
| amurallar | to wall |
| anabasina | anabasine |
| anacoreta | anchorite (one who lives in seclusion) |
| añadidura | addition |
| añadidura | Something that is added, especially something that a merchant gives to a buyer to complete the amount requested, or something extra given as a bonus; a gratuity, lagniappe |
| anaerobio | anaerobic |
| anaerobio | anaerobe |
| analítica | analytics |
| analítico | analytic |
| analógico | analogue |
| anárquico | anarchic |
| anástrofe | anastrophe |
| anatómico | anatomical |
| ancestral | ancestral |
| Andalucía | Andalusia |
| andamiaje | scaffolding |
| andorrana | feminine form of andorrano |
| andorrano | Andorran (from or native to Andorra) |
| andorrano | Andorran (pertaining to Andorra) |
| andorrano | Andorran (person from Andorra) |
| andrajoso | ragged, tattered |
| andrógeno | androgen |
| andrógino | androgynous |
| andrógino | hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic |
| andrógino | monoecious |
| andrógino | androgyne |
| andrógino | hermaphrodite |
| Andrómeda | Andromeda (constellation) |
| Andrómeda | Andromeda (galaxy) |
| Andrómeda | Andromeda (mythical daughter of Cepheus) |
| anestesia | anesthesia (insensitivity to pain) |
| anestesia | anesthetic |
| aneurisma | aneurysm |
| anexionar | to annex |
| anfíbraco | amphibrach |
| anfímacro | amphimacer |
| anfisbena | worm lizard |
| anfisbena | amphisbaena |
| anfitrión | host |
| anglicano | Anglican |
| anglicano | Anglican |
| anglófono | anglophone |
| anglófono | anglophone |
| angustiar | to anguish |
| anhelante | eager, longing |
| anhidrasa | anhydrase |
| anhidraso | anhydrous |
| anidación | nesting |
| animación | animation |
| animación | jauntiness; liveliness |
| animadora | feminine form of animador |
| animalito | diminutive form of animal, little animal |
| aniquilar | to annihilate |
| anochecer | dusk, nightfall |
| anochecer | to be somewhere by dark |
| anochecer | to become night, to get dark |
| anonimato | anonymity |
| anoréxico | anorexic |
| anoréxico | anorexic |
| anotación | annotation |
| anotación | record |
| antártico | meridional (of or in the south, southern) |
| antártico | Antarctic |
| Antártida | Antarctica |
| antebrazo | forearm |
| anteceder | to antecede or precede |
| antecesor | predecessor |
| antedatar | to antedate |
| antedecir | to foretell |
| antedicho | foretold |
| antefirma | A title placed before a signature |
| antemural | barbican, fortification |
| antenoche | the night before last |
| antepagar | to pay beforehand |
| antepecho | railing |
| antepecho | window sill |
| anteponer | to put or place in front of |
| anteponer | to prefer |
| antiácido | antiacid, antacid |
| antiaéreo | antiaircraft |
| antiátomo | antiatom |
| antibalas | bulletproof |
| anticipar | To bring forward; to advance |
| anticodón | anticodon |
| anticuado | antiquated; obsolete; outmoded; |
| antidroga | antidrug; against drugs |
| antiguano | Antiguan |
| antiguano | Antiguan |
| antihéroe | antihero |
| antillano | Antillean |
| antimonio | antimony |
| antipapal | antipapal |
| antipatía | antipathy |
| antirrobo | antitheft |
| antisuero | antivenom |
| antítesis | antithesis |
| antiviral | antiviral |
| antología | anthology |
| Antonieta | female given name, cognate to Antoinette |
| antraceno | anthracene |
| antracita | anthracite |
| anualidad | annuity |
| anulación | annulment |
| apacentar | To graze; to pasture |
| apaciguar | to pacify |
| apadrinar | to sponsor |
| apalancar | to hide, put out of sight |
| apalancar | to raise or open with a lever |
| apaniguar | to supply someone with food |
| apapachar | to cuddle |
| aparecido | appeared |
| aparentar | to appear, seem |
| aparentar | to pretend, feign |
| aparición | appearance (act of appearing) |
| aparición | appearance (a thing seen) |
| apartheid | apartheid (any policy of racial separation) |
| apartheid | apartheid (racial separation in South Africa from 1948 to 1990) |
| apasionar | become a fan |
| apasionar | to get excited |
| apelación | appeal |
| apelación | vocation |
| apellidar | to call by one's surname |
| apellidar | to name, to give a name or surname to |
| apercibir | to prepare |
| aperitivo | apéritif |
| aperitivo | appetizer |
| apetitoso | appetizing, tasty, savory |
| apetitoso | delicious |
| apicultor | beekeeper |
| aplicable | applicable |
| aplicador | applicator |
| aplicarse | to apply oneself |
| apoderado | guardian |
| apoenzima | apoenzyme |
| apoplejía | apoplexy |
| apoptosis | apoptosis |
| aposentar | to lodge, put up |
| apostador | bettor, punter (one who bets) |
| apostasía | apostasy |
| apóstrofe | apostrophe |
| apóstrofo | apostrophe (typographic character) |
| apoteosis | apotheosis |
| aprensión | apprehension; anxiety |
| aprensivo | apprehensive |
| apresurar | to hasten (to do something) |
| apresurar | to quicken |
| apretujar | to squash |
| apropiado | appropriate |
| apropiado | suitable |
| aproximar | to approximate |
| apuntador | pointing |
| apuntador | pointer |
| apuntador | prompter |
| apuntalar | to prop up |
| aquelarre | A Basque celebration of witches |
| aquelarre | A coven |
| aquelarre | A nocturnal group of witches and the devil |
| aquilatar | to assay; to analyze or examine |
| Aquisgrán | Aachen (city in North Rhine-Westphalia) |
| arabinosa | arabinose |
| aragonito | aragonite |
| Araucanía | One of the fifteen administrative regions of Chile |
| Araucanía | Araucania, the homeland of the Mapuche people in part of Patagonia (southern Chile and Argentina) |
| araucaria | Araucaria; a conifer tree of South America |
| arbitraje | arbitration |
| arbotante | flying buttress |
| archibebe | a sea-water wading bird, the common redshank |
| archivero | archivist |
| argentina | feminine form of argentino |
| Argentina | Argentina |
| argentino | Argentinian, Argentine |
| argentino | Argentinian (person) |
| argumento | argument |
| argumento | plot, story line |
| armadillo | armadillo |
| armamento | armament, weaponry, weapons, arms |
| armamento | equipment |
| aromatasa | aromatase |
| aromático | aromatic |
| arpillera | sackcloth |
| arquetipo | archetype |
| arracacha | A South American plant grown as a root vegetable, Arracacia xanthorrhiza |
| arracache | arracacha |
| arrachera | beef cut from the diaphragm |
| arrancada | An act of pulling away |
| arrancada | snatch |
| arrastrar | to drag |
| arrastrar | to drag along |
| arrastrar | to incite |
| arrastrar | to pull, tow |
| arrastrar | to put oneself out |
| arrebatar | to captivate (with beauty) |
| arrebatar | to snatch |
| arrebujar | to wrap up |
| arremeter | to attack |
| arrendajo | Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) |
| arrendajo | jay, jaybird |
| arrestado | arrested |
| arribista | social climber |
| arriesgar | to venture; to risk |
| arrogante | arrogant |
| arrogarse | To arrogate to oneself |
| arruinado | ruined |
| arseniato | arsenate |
| arseniuro | arsenide |
| artefacto | artefact |
| artesanal | artisanal |
| artesanía | handicraft, craftwork |
| articular | articular |
| articular | to articulate |
| artificio | artifact (man-made object) |
| artificio | artifice, trick |
| artificio | craft |
| artificio | skill |
| artillero | artilleryman |
| artillero | drunkard |
| artilugio | contraption, device |
| artístico | artistic |
| artrítico | arthritic |
| artrópodo | arthropod |
| arzobispo | archbishop |
| asaltante | raider, burglar |
| ascaridol | ascaridole |
| ascensión | ascension |
| Ascensión | female given name |
| ascetismo | asceticism |
| ascorbato | ascorbate |
| ascórbico | ascorbic |
| asechanza | a trap |
| asegurado | made certain |
| asequible | affordable |
| asequible | approachable |
| asesinado | murdered |
| asesinato | assassination |
| asesinato | murder, homicide |
| asiduidad | assiduity, assiduousness |
| asimetría | asymmetry |
| asistente | assistant |
| asombrado | astonished |
| asombroso | astonishing, amazing |
| aspartamo | aspartame |
| aspartato | aspartate |
| aspártico | aspartic |
| asperilla | woodruff |
| aspirante | aspiring |
| aspirante | aspirant |
| asqueroso | disgusting |
| asterisco | asterisk |
| asterismo | asterism, constellation (small group of stars) |
| asteroide | starlike, star-shaped |
| asteroide | asteroid |
| astillero | shipyard |
| astringir | to compel |
| astringir | to constrict |
| astrólogo | astrologer |
| astrónomo | astronomer |
| asturiana | (female) Asturian |
| asturiano | Asturian |
| asturiano | Asturian |
| asturiano | Asturian (language) |
| asustarse | reflexive form of asustar To be frightened |
| atarantar | to daze |
| atarazana | shipyard, dockyard |
| atardecer | late afternoon, sunset, dusk, evenfall, nightfall |
| atardecer | to draw towards evening, to grow late |
| atardecer | to get dark |
| atascarse | to stick, to become stuck |
| atemperar | to temper |
| atepocate | tadpole |
| aterrador | terrifying |
| aterrizar | to land (e.g. an airplane) |
| aterrizar | to come back to reality, to stop dreaming |
| atiborrar | to crowd |
| atiborrar | to stuff |
| atiborrar | to stuff oneself (with food) |
| atirantar | to tighten |
| atlántico | Atlantic |
| Atlántico | Atlantic Ocean |
| Atlántida | Atlantis |
| atletismo | athletics |
| atmosfera | alternative form of atmósfera |
| atmósfera | atmosphere |
| atracción | attraction |
| atractivo | attractive |
| atractivo | appeal, attractiveness, attraction |
| atraillar | to leash |
| atravesar | to cross, to traverse |
| atravesar | to pierce |
| atrayente | attractive |
| atreverse | (reflexive form of atrever) to dare |
| atribular | to afflict |
| atrocidad | atrocity |
| atronador | thunderous |
| attogramo | attogram |
| audiencia | audience |
| audioguía | audio guide |
| auditoría | audit |
| aumentado | augmented, increased |
| auricular | auricular |
| auricular | auricular (finger) |
| auricular | earpiece of a telephone |
| auricular | headphone |
| auscultar | to auscultate |
| auspiciar | to sponsor |
| auspicios | auspices (the patronage and protection of some entity) |
| Australia | |
| austriaco | Austrian (relating to Austria) |
| austriaco | Austrian (Austrian person) |
| austríaco | Austrian (relating to Austria) |
| austríaco | Austrian (Austrian person) |
| auténtico | authentic |
| auténtico | genuine |
| auténtico | true, real |
| autoclave | autoclave |
| autócrata | autocrat |
| autóctono | autochthonous |
| autóctono | autochthon |
| autoestop | hitchhiking |
| autógrafo | autograph |
| automotor | automotive |
| automóvil | An automobile; a car |
| autonomía | autonomy |
| autopista | motorway, freeway |
| autoridad | authority |
| autorizar | to authorize |
| autotomía | autotomy |
| autótrofa | feminine form of autótrofo |
| autótrofo | autotrophic |
| autótrofo | autotroph |
| autovalor | eigenvalue |
| avalancha | avalanche |
| avasallar | to subdue, to subjugate |
| avasallar | to subject |
| aventajar | to surpass |
| aventurar | to risk |
| aventurar | to venture (an opinion) |
| averiguar | to discover, find out |
| averiguar | to investigate |
| averiguar | to verify |
| avinagrar | to sour |
| avinagrar | to go/turn sour |
| avispilla | diminutive form of avispa |
| ayahuasca | a psychotropic concoction prepared from said vine |
| ayahuasca | ayahuasca |
| azafranar | to color saffron |
| azafranar | to mix with saffron |
| azucarera | sugar bowl |
| azucarera | sugar factory |
| azucarero | pertaining or related to sugar |
| azucarero | sugar bowl |
| Babilonia | Babylon |
| babilonio | Babylonian |
| bachiller | bachelor (person with bachelor degree) |
| bachiller | bachelor (university degree) |
| bachiller | graduate (person) |
| bachiller | graduate (school degree) |
| bacinilla | chamber pot |
| bádminton | badminton |
| bailarina | (female) dancer |
| bajamente | basely |
| balancear | to balance |
| balbucear | to lisp |
| balbucear | to mutter |
| balbucear | to prattle |
| balbucear | to stutter |
| balcánico | Balkan |
| baldaquín | baldachin |
| baleárico | Balearic |
| balística | ballistics (study of the motion of projectiles) |
| balístico | ballistic |
| ballenato | whale calf |
| ballenero | whaling (attributive) |
| ballenero | whaler |
| ballenero | whaling ship; whaler |
| balneario | seaside resort, bathing resort |
| balneario | spa |
| balonmano | handball |
| balsámico | balsamic |
| bambalina | backdrop |
| bambolear | to sway, to wobble |
| bambolear | to swing |
| banalidad | banality |
| bandoneón | bandoneon |
| Bangladés | Bangladesh |
| banquillo | bench |
| baquelita | Bakelite (a heat-resisting chemically inert resin) |
| Barcelona | The letter B in the Spanish phonetic alphabet |
| Barcelona | |
| bariónico | baryonic |
| barómetro | barometer |
| barquillo | ice cream cone |
| barricada | barricade (barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) |
| Bartolomé | Bartholomew, the apostle |
| Bartolomé | male given name |
| basamento | the base of a column or another structure |
| basilisco | basilisk |
| batallita | yarn, story |
| batamanta | Snuggie, sleeved blanket |
| bateadora | feminine form of bateador |
| baterista | drummer |
| bautismal | baptismal |
| belenismo | The art of making nativity scenes |
| belenista | nativity scene artist |
| bellísimo | superlative form of bello, very beautiful |
| bendición | blessing |
| beneficio | benefit |
| beneficio | profit |
| berenjena | aubergine, eggplant |
| bergantín | brig |
| bermellón | vermillion (color) |
| bermellón | vermillion (pigment) |
| bermudeño | Bermudian |
| bermudeño | Bermudian |
| berrinche | tantrum, skirmish |
| besuquear | to cover with kisses |
| betarraga | beet, beetroot |
| bicicleta | bicycle, pushbike, cycle |
| bicóncavo | biconcave |
| bienestar | well-being |
| bifosfato | biphosphate |
| bilateral | bilateral |
| billetera | wallet |
| billetito | diminutive form of billete |
| binocular | |
| binuclear | binuclear |
| biografía | biography |
| biológico | biologic |
| biometría | biometrics |
| bipartito | Divided into two; having two parts |
| bisabuelo | great-grandparent; great-grandfather (great-grandmother for the feminine form) |
| bisectriz | bisection |
| bisulfato | bisulfate |
| bisulfuro | bisulphide, bisulfide |
| bisutería | Fake jewellery, or costume jewellery |
| biyección | bijection |
| blancuzco | whitish |
| blanquear | to bleach |
| blanquear | to whiten; to turn white |
| blanquear | to whitewash |
| blanquear | to win without allowing rival to get points |
| blanquito | diminutive form of blanco |
| blasfemar | to blaspheme |
| blasfemia | blasphemy |
| blenorrea | gonorrhea |
| bluejeans | jeans (trousers) |
| bocacalle | turning (into a street) |
| bocadillo | sandwich |
| bocajarro | At point-blank |
| bocajarro | In a direct manner, without hesitation; to say something straight out |
| bocanadas | puff, whiff |
| bochinche | A mouthful of food, particularly that which has been masticated |
| bochinche | A tumultuous or riotous situation |
| bochinche | The sound or noise resulting from a group of people in an event or party. |
| bochinche | Gossip , particularly that which is malicious, spread deliberately with the intention to defame the victim and amuse others, or disseminated by a busybody or meddler |
| bochinche | A social gathering, particularly a lively one |
| bogavante | lobster (specifically the European lobster Homarus gammarus) |
| boicotear | to boycott |
| bolígrafo | A ballpoint pen |
| boliviano | Bolivian |
| boliviano | Bolivian |
| bombardeo | bombardment |
| bondadoso | kind |
| Bonifacio | male given name |
| borbollar | to bubble |
| borbotear | to bubble |
| borrachín | drunkard |
| borrachín | drunkard, alcoholic |
| borreguil | Pertaining or relating to sheep |
| borronear | to blot |
| bosquejar | sketch (to create a sketch) |
| botanista | botanist |
| botellazo | hit with a bottle |
| boticario | pharmacist |
| botulismo | botulism |
| boxeadora | female boxer |
| boxístico | Of or pertaining to boxing |
| brasileño | Brazilian |
| brasileño | Brazilian |
| brasilero | Brazilian |
| brasilero | Brazilian |
| brazalete | bracelet |
| breviario | breviary |
| breviario | compendium |
| bricolaje | bricolage |
| bricolaje | do-it-yourself handicraft |
| brillante | bright, brilliant, lustrous |
| brillante | excellent |
| británica | feminine form of británico |
| británico | British (from or native to Britain, in both the historical and modern senses) |
| británico | British (pertaining to Britain) |
| británico | A Briton |
| britónico | Brythonic |
| bromelina | bromelain |
| brujulear | to wander, walk aimlessly |
| brujulear | to infer, determine from context |
| buenísimo | superlative form of bueno |
| burbujear | to bubble |
| burguesía | bourgeoisie |
| burócrata | bureaucrat |
| buscavida | go-getter |
| butadieno | butadiene |
| butifarra | a sausage from Catalonia |
| cabalgada | cavalcade (all senses) |
| cabalgata | cavalcade |
| cabalgata | ride (on a horse) |
| caballero | cavalier |
| caballero | cowboy (more common in South America) |
| caballero | gentleman |
| caballero | horseman |
| caballero | knight |
| caballete | easel |
| caballete | ridge (of roof) |
| caballete | stand; kickstand (support) |
| caballete | trestle (of furniture) |
| caballete | bridge (of the nose) |
| caballete | keel (of a bird) |
| caballito | diminutive form of caballo, a little horse |
| cabellera | hair, head of hair |
| cabellera | tail (of a comet) |
| cabelludo | hairy |
| cabelludo | long-haired |
| cabelludo | shaggy |
| cabildear | to lobby |
| cabildera | feminine form of cabildero |
| cabildero | lobbyist |
| cabizbajo | dejected, gloomy |
| cabriolar | to prance; to caper |
| cabronazo | augmentative form of cabrón |
| cacahuate | peanut |
| cacahuete | peanut (plant, seed) |
| cacaotera | feminine form of cacaotero |
| cacaotero | A cultivator or dealer of cacao |
| cacaotero | cacao tree |
| cachalote | cachalot, sperm whale |
| cachemira | cashmere (fine, downy wool) |
| cachetada | slap in the face |
| cachetear | to slap (in the face) |
| cachicamo | armadillo |
| cachondeo | confusion |
| cachondeo | farce |
| cachondeo | joke; piss-take (The act of mocking someone; a type of satire or sarcasm) |
| cachureco | crooked, twisted |
| cachureco | deformed |
| cacofonía | cacophony |
| cadherina | cadherin |
| caducidad | caducity |
| caducidad | expiry date |
| caducidad | sell-by date |
| cafetería | cafeteria |
| cafichear | to sponge |
| çahumerio | alternative spelling of sahumerio |
| cajetilla | diminutive form of caja, a small box, especially a cigarette box |
| calabacín | zucchini |
| calabriar | to mix red and white wine |
| calamidad | calamity |
| caldereta | A type of stew, normally made with fish but also with other ingredients |
| caléndula | marigold |
| calentura | fever, calenture |
| calentura | horniness |
| calificar | to describe |
| calificar | to grade |
| calígrafa | feminine form of calígrafo |
| calígrafo | calligrapher, calligraphist |
| calimocho | A cocktail consisting of approximately 50% red wine and 50% cola-based soft drink |
| callecita | small street |
| callejero | related to the streets, street- |
| callejero | stray (animal living in the streets) |
| callejero | wanderer (within the city or town, often for binge or partying and other unproductive activities) |
| callejero | a person who often goes out home for unproductive activities |
| calumniar | to slander |
| cambiador | changing, exchanging |
| camboyana | feminine form of camboyano |
| camboyano | Cambodian |
| camboyano | Cambodian person |
| camboyano | Khmer (the national language of Cambodia) |
| camerunés | Cameroonian |
| camerunés | Cameroonian |
| camillero | An orderly; a hospital worker who performs non-medical patient care |
| camillero | stretcher-bearer |
| caminante | traveling |
| caminante | hiker, walker |
| caminante | traveler |
| camionero | related to trucks |
| camionero | trucker |
| camioneta | pick-up truck |
| camisería | A shop / store which primarily sells shirts. |
| campanada | peal, stroke of a bell |
| campanita | diminutive form of campana, small bell |
| campesina | feminine form of campesino |
| campesino | rural |
| campesino | farmer |
| campesino | peasant |
| campestre | country (attributive), cross-country, rural |
| campestre | rustic |
| camuflado | camouflaged |
| camuflaje | camouflage |
| canalizar | to channel |
| cañaveral | canebrake |
| cañaveral | reed field |
| cañaveral | sugar-cane plantation |
| cancelado | canceled |
| canceroso | cancerous |
| canciller | chancellor |
| candelero | candlestick |
| candidato | candidate |
| canjeable | exchangeable |
| cansancio | tiredness |
| Cantabria | A region in North Spain |
| cantaleta | nagging (repetitive wigging) |
| cantaleta | tedious refrain |
| cantatriz | female singer |
| cantautor | singer-songwriter |
| canterano | (of an athlete) One who comes from an academy; an academian |
| cantinero | bartender |
| canturreo | a crooning, a hum |
| canutillo | A dessert consisting of confectioner's cream rolled in pastry |
| capacidad | capacity, volume |
| capacitar | to train |
| Capadocia | Cappadocia (ancient region) |
| caparazón | caparison |
| caparazón | shell |
| capilaria | capillary |
| capitular | to capitulate |
| captación | capture, capturing |
| capuchino | cappuccino (coffee) |
| capuchino | Capuchin (monk) |
| capullete | diminutive form of capullo |
| carámbano | icicle |
| carambola | star fruit (fruit) |
| carambolo | The tree that bears the carambola |
| caramillo | shawm |
| carantoña | caress |
| carbarilo | carbaryl |
| carbonato | carbonate |
| carbonero | pollock |
| carbonero | tit (bird) |
| carbónico | carbonic |
| carboxilo | carboxyl |
| carcajada | A guffaw or cackle; a loud and hearty laugh |
| carcelera | feminine form of carcelero |
| carcelero | relating or pertaining to jail or prison |
| carcelero | jailer, warden, prison guard |
| carcomido | decayed |
| carcomido | dry-rotten |
| carcomido | consumed |
| cardamomo | cardamom |
| cardelino | European goldfinch |
| cariotipo | karyotype |
| carmínico | carminic |
| carnicera | feminine form of carnicero |
| carnicero | butcher |
| carnitina | carnitine |
| carnívoro | carnivorous |
| carnívoro | carnivore (meat-eating animal) |
| carquines | Karkin |
| carretear | to cart, to haul |
| carretear | to taxi |
| carretear | to party |
| carretera | highway |
| carroñero | scavenger |
| Cartagena | (city) |
| cartearse | To correspond (with); to exchange letters (with) |
| cartelera | billboard |
| cartelera | list of plays, programme |
| cartelera | notice |
| cartílago | cartilage (dense connective tissue) |
| caseinato | caseinate |
| casillero | lockers |
| casillero | pigeon hole |
| castañero | chestnut-seller |
| casteller | |
| castigado | grounded (confined to one's room for some misdemeanor) |
| castigado | punished |
| catacumba | catacomb |
| catafalco | Catafalque, catafalco |
| catálisis | catalysis |
| catalizar | To catalyze |
| catalogar | to catalogue |
| catapulta | catapult |
| catatonia | catatonia |
| categoría | category |
| catenaria | A catenary |
| catenaria | A catenary or system of overhead lines |
| catepsina | cathepsin |
| catolizar | to Catholicize |
| cauteloso | cautious |
| caveolina | caveolin |
| cebolleta | chive |
| cebolleta | spring onion |
| cebollino | chive |
| cebollino | spring onion |
| cebollita | pickled onion |
| ceilandés | Sri Lankan (literally "Ceylonese") |
| ceilandés | Sri Lankan (literally "Ceylonese") |
| celacanto | coelacanth |
| celebrado | celebrated |
| celeridad | rapidity, velocity |
| celestial | celestial |
| celiaquía | coeliac disease |
| celobiosa | cellobiose |
| celulitis | cellulitis |
| celuloide | celluloid |
| cenotafio | cenotaph |
| centellar | obsolete form of centellear to twinkle |
| centésimo | hundredth |
| centésimo | cent (one hundredth of a currency unit) for the Panamanian balboa and Uruguayan peso |
| centésimo | hundredth |
| centiárea | one-hundredth of an are; 1 square meter |
| centinela | sentinel, sentry, guard |
| centríolo | centriole |
| centurión | centurion |
| cenzontle | mockingbird |
| ceramista | potter |
| cerbatana | blowgun; blowpipe |
| cerbatana | peashooter |
| cerciorar | to make sure |
| cerciorar | to assure |
| cerefolio | chervil |
| ceremonia | ceremony |
| cerradura | lock |
| cerrajero | locksmith |
| cervecero | beer brewer |
| cervecita | diminutive form of cerveza |
| cetoácido | keto acid |
| chabacano | apricot |
| chamánico | shamanic |
| champiñón | (Agaricus bisporus) button mushroom |
| champiñón | mushroom |
| Champions | UEFA Champions League (football competition) |
| chamullar | to lie, to seduce or convince someone making use of lies |
| chamullar | to talk, chat |
| chamuscar | to scorch, to singe |
| chancleta | slipper (house shoe) |
| chancleta | accelerator (accelerator pedal) |
| chancleta | girl |
| chancleta | inept person |
| changarro | shop |
| chapalear | to clatter |
| chapalear | to splash |
| chapalear | to wade (in shallow water) |
| chapopote | asphalt |
| chapopote | tar |
| chapotear | dabble |
| chapotear | splatter |
| chapucero | shoddy |
| chapucero | dishonest |
| chapucero | sloppy worker |
| chapucero | swindler |
| charlatán | said of someone who talks frivolously |
| charlatán | charlatan, quack |
| chasquear | to crack a whip |
| chasquido | A whiping, crackling, clicking or similar sound |
| chasquido | The sound a dolphin makes |
| chayotera | chayote (plant) |
| chichigua | kite |
| Chihuahua | Chihuahua (state and city) |
| chilocuil | alternative form of chinicuil |
| chimpancé | chimpanzee |
| chinchoso | annoying, bothersome |
| chinchoso | grouchy, irritable, picky |
| chinicuil | The edible larva of the moth Hypopta agavis, used in traditional Mexican cuisine |
| chinocuil | alternative form of chinicuil |
| chipriota | Cypriot |
| chipriota | Cypriot |
| chiquilla | feminine form of chiquillo |
| chiquillo | kid (child) |
| chiquillo | kid (young person) |
| chiquitín | very small, very young |
| chiquitín | very young boy or girl |
| chiribita | daisy |
| chirimoya | The fruit of the chirimoyo, the cherimoya |
| chirimoyo | A South American fruit tree, Annona chermola, whose fruit is the chirimoya |
| chirriado | chirp, squeak, wheek, creak, chirrup, screak |
| chisparse | to escape |
| chistorra | chistorra |
| chocolate | chocolate (food made from cocoa beans; confectionery) |
| chocolate | hash |
| Chontales | Chontales |
| choricito | diminutive form of chorizo |
| chorreado | angry, sick and tired |
| chuchería | sweets, candy |
| chuchería | trifle (something of little importance) |
| chupetear | to suck at |
| churrería | churro shop, a place that sells churros |
| churumbel | child, boy |
| cianógeno | cyanogen |
| ciclónico | cyclonic |
| ciclotrón | cyclotron |
| cigarillo | cigarette |
| cincuenta | fifty |
| circonato | zirconate |
| circundar | to surround |
| citocromo | cytochrome |
| citología | cytology |
| ciudadana | feminine form of ciudadano |
| ciudadano | living in a city |
| ciudadano | of or relating to a city or its inhabitants |
| ciudadano | citizen |
| ciudadano | city-dweller |
| ciudadela | citadel |
| civilizar | to civilize |
| cladinosa | cladinose |
| claraboya | skylight |
| clarinete | clarinet |
| clarinete | clarinetist |
| clausurar | to close |
| clavetear | to nail |
| clavetear | to stud (to add a stud to) |
| clavícula | collarbone, clavicle |
| clemencia | mercy, clemency |
| clepsidra | clepsydra, water clock |
| clientela | clientele |
| climático | climactic |
| clonación | cloning |
| cloralosa | chloralose |
| clorofila | chlorophyll |
| clorofilo | chlorophyllous |
| coadyuvar | to collaborate |
| coadyuvar | to help achieve something |
| coalición | coalition |
| cobertizo | shed, shack |
| cobertura | cover |
| cobertura | coverage |
| cobertura | reception |
| cochayuyo | Edible alga (Durvillaea antarctica) |
| cochecito | diminutive form of coche |
| cochinada | Filth, a disgusting or obscene act, situation, quality, or state |
| cocodrilo | A crocodile or alligator |
| cocodrilo | A gunboat from the Spanish-American War, Spanish, 2nd Class |
| codicioso | greedy |
| codificar | to codify |
| codificar | to encode |
| coexistir | to coexist |
| coherente | cogent |
| coherente | coherent |
| coincidir | to coincide |
| colaborar | to collaborate |
| colapsado | collapsed |
| colateral | collateral |
| colección | collection |
| colectivo | collective |
| colectivo | association |
| colectivo | public bus |
| colectora | collector |
| colegiala | school girl |
| colimense | Of or pertaining to the Mexican state of Colima |
| colmenero | beekeeper |
| colonista | colonist, settler |
| colonista | pilgrim |
| colonizar | to colonize |
| coloquial | colloquial |
| colorante | coloring |
| colorante | colorant |
| columnata | colonnade |
| columpiar | to swing |
| comadrear | to gossip |
| comadreja | weasel |
| comadrona | midwife |
| combativo | combative |
| combinado | combined |
| comercial | commercial |
| comercial | commercial |
| comerciar | to trade |
| comidilla | diminutive form of comida, an unappealing food, soylent |
| comidilla | talk of the town |
| comisaría | police station |
| comisario | commissioner |
| comisario | (police) inspector |
| comodidad | comfort |
| comodidad | convenience |
| comorense | Comorian |
| comorense | Comorian |
| compactar | to compress |
| companaje | cold cuts in a sandwich |
| compañera | feminine form of compañero (female) fellow, companion; (female) comrade; (female) colleague |
| compañero | colleague |
| compañero | comrade |
| compañero | fellow, companion |
| compañero | friend, buddy. |
| compartir | to share |
| compasión | compassion, sympathy |
| compasivo | compassionate |
| compensar | to compensate |
| complacer | concession |
| complacer | please |
| complacer | satisfy |
| completar | to complete |
| complicar | to complicate |
| comportar | to tolerate |
| comportar | to entail |
| comprable | buyable |
| comprador | buying |
| comprador | buyer |
| comprimir | to compress |
| comprobar | to check; to verify |
| comprobar | to prove |
| compuerta | hatch |
| compuerta | sluice |
| compuerta | weir |
| compuesta | a composite; a flower or plant in the sunflower family, Compositae |
| compuesto | compound, composite |
| compuesto | composite (non-prime) |
| comunicar | communicate |
| comunidad | community |
| comunismo | communism (philosophy) |
| comunista | communist, Communist |
| comunista | communist, Communist |
| concejala | councilwoman |
| concernir | to concern |
| concertar | to agree |
| concertar | to arrange |
| concesión | concession |
| concesión | dealership, vendor |
| concierto | concert |
| concierto | concerto |
| conciliar | Of or pertaining to a council |
| conciliar | councilor, member of a council |
| conciliar | to conciliate, to make calm |
| concordar | to agree |
| concordia | concord |
| concretar | to concrete |
| concretar | to explain |
| concretar | to specify |
| concretar | to thicken |
| concubina | concubine |
| conculcar | to violate, infringe |
| concuñado | one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law's brother; that is, one's sibling's spouse's brother (one's sister's husband's brother or one's brother's wife's brother). |
| concuñado | one's spouse's brother-in-law; that is, one's sister-in-law's husband (one's spouse's sister's husband), or, the brother of one spouse in relation to the siblings of the other spouse. |
| concurrir | to converge, co-occur |
| concursar | to compete |
| condenado | convicted |
| condenado | doomed |
| condensar | to condense |
| condición | condition |
| conductor | conductor (Something which can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound) |
| conductor | driver |
| conectado | connected |
| conejillo | diminutive form of conejo |
| conejillo | guinea pig |
| confesión | confession |
| confiable | trustworthy, reliable |
| confianza | confidence |
| confianza | trust |
| confirmar | to confirm (to accept something) |
| confiscar | to confiscate |
| conflicto | conflict |
| conformar | To be satisfied with, to make do with |
| conformar | to conform to |
| conformar | to form, constitute |
| confortar | to comfort or console |
| confundir | to confuse or confound |
| confusión | confusion |
| congelado | frozen |
| congeniar | to get along with |
| congénito | congenital |
| congoleño | Congolese (relating to either the Democratic Republic of the Congo or the Republic of the Congo) |
| congoleño | Congolese (either those from the DRC and the RoC) |
| congregar | to bring together; congregate |
| conjetura | guess |
| conllevar | to assist someone who is in trouble |
| conllevar | to entail |
| conmoción | commotion, agitation |
| conocedor | expert, specialist |
| conocedor | expert |
| conquista | conquest |
| consagrar | to consecrate |
| conseguir | to achieve |
| conseguir | to get or acquire |
| consejera | female adviser |
| consejera | female counsellor |
| consejero | adviser |
| consejero | counsellor |
| consentir | to consent |
| consentir | to endure |
| consentir | to pamper, indulge, spoil |
| conservar | to conserve |
| consignar | to consign |
| consistir | to consist of |
| consorcio | consortium, partnership |
| conspirar | to conspire |
| constante | constant |
| constante | constant |
| constatar | to verify |
| constipar | to catch a cold; congest |
| constipar | to close one's pores, preventing transpiration |
| construir | to build |
| construir | to construct |
| consuegra | feminine of consuegro: the mother-in-law of one's child |
| consuegro | co-father-in-law: the father-in-law of one's son or daughter; that is, the father of one's son- or daughter-in-law, or, the father of one spouse in relation to the parents of the other spouse. |
| consuegro | The relationship between people whose children marry each other; the parents of the bride vis-à-vis the parents of the groom |
| consulado | consulate |
| consultar | to consult |
| consumado | consummate; perfect |
| contactar | to contact |
| contadora | female accountant |
| contagiar | to infect |
| contender | to contend |
| contender | to contest |
| contenido | content |
| contentar | to please |
| contestar | to answer |
| contestar | to rejoin or reply |
| contienda | fight, dispute |
| continuar | to continue |
| contrario | contrary, opposite |
| contrario | opposed, against |
| contraste | contrast |
| contratar | to contract or hire |
| Contreras | Spanish surname |
| controlar | to control |
| contusión | contusion |
| convencer | to convince |
| convergir | to converge |
| conversar | to talk, converse |
| convertir | see convertirse |
| convertir | to convert |
| convertir | to transform |
| coordinar | to coordinate |
| coquetear | to flirt |
| coquetear | to tease |
| coralillo | coral snake |
| corcovear | to buck |
| coriónico | chorionic |
| corolario | corollary, corollarum |
| coronilla | crown (of the head) |
| corredora | feminine form of corredor |
| corregido | corrected |
| corretaje | brokerage |
| corretear | to ramble |
| corretear | to run around, run about |
| corretear | to persecute, chase |
| corriente | common, usual |
| corriente | current (fluid or electricity) |
| corromper | to bribe, to pervert |
| corromper | to corrupt |
| corromper | to rot |
| corrosión | corrosion |
| corrosivo | corrosive |
| corruptor | corrupter, misleader |
| corselete | A Spanish royal bodyguard in full armour |
| cortaúñas | nail clipper |
| coscorrón | noogie [US] |
| coscorrón | alcoholic beverage, usually tequila, served in a little thin glass with a little soda beverage whose content is drunk very quickly after hitting the glass against the table (glass is covered with a napkin and hands during this action to avoid liquid spill) |
| cosecante | cosecant |
| cosmético | cosmetic |
| cosquilla | tickle (the act of tickling) |
| costillar | rib (cut of meat enclosing rib bones) |
| costumbre | custom, tradition |
| costumbre | habit |
| costurera | female sewer |
| costurero | sewer (person who sews) |
| costurero | sewing box |
| cotidiano | quotidian |
| cotiledón | cotyledon |
| cotillear | to gossip |
| cotorrear | to chatter |
| Covadonga | A village in Asturias |
| Covadonga | female given name |
| coyopacle | A kind of medicinal plant |
| coyuntura | situation |
| creciente | crescent, of a waxing moon |
| creciente | increasing |
| cremáster | cremaster |
| cretácico | Cretaceous |
| Cretácico | the Cretaceous |
| criogenia | cryogenics |
| cristiano | Christian (of the Christian religion) |
| cristiano | Christian (member of the Christian religion) |
| Cristóbal | male given name, equivalent to Christopher |
| cromático | chromatic |
| cromático | chromatic scale |
| cromátida | chromatid |
| cromatina | chromatin |
| cromómero | chromomere |
| cromosoma | chromosome |
| crotonato | crotonate |
| crotoxina | crotoxin |
| crucifijo | crucifix |
| crujiente | crunchy, crispy |
| crustáceo | crustacean |
| cuadrante | quadrant |
| cuadroide | squaroid |
| cuantioso | abundant; copious |
| cuarentón | fortysomething |
| cuarteado | cut up |
| cuarteado | quartered |
| cuarterón | quadroon (person of one-quarter African descent) |
| cuartilla | cuartilla (money) |
| cuartilla | sheet of paper |
| cubrecama | bedspread |
| cucaracha | cockroach |
| cucharada | A spoonful, tablespoon: the quantity held in a tablespoon |
| cucharita | A teaspoon |
| cuchicheo | whisper, whispering |
| cuchitril | hovel |
| cucurucho | A cone made of paper, cardboard, or other material and used to contain candy, confections or other small items |
| cucurucho | An elongated paper cone draped in cloth and worn as a hood. Such a hood is traditionally worn by some participants of Holy Week processions in several Hispanic countries |
| cucurucho | The highest part of a tree, house, building, etc |
| cucurucho | hill |
| cucurucho | summit (of a hill or mountain) |
| cuidadoso | careful |
| culebrear | to meander |
| culebrear | to wiggle, to slither |
| culebrear | to zigzag |
| curandera | feminine form of curandero, female shaman |
| curandero | quack: one who practices medicine without authority |
| curandero | shaman, witch doctor |
| curcumina | curcumin |
| curiosear | to snoop |
| currículo | curriculum |
| currutaca | diarrhea |
| curtidora | tanner |
| custodiar | to guard |
| dactílico | dactylic |
| dalmático | Dalmatian |
| dalmático | Dalmatian (language) |
| daltónico | color blind |
| deambular | to wander |
| debianero | A user of Debian |
| debilidad | debility, weakness |
| debilitar | to weaken |
| debilucho | weakling |
| decagonal | |
| decagramo | decagram |
| decalitro | decalitre / decaliter |
| decámetro | decametre |
| decapitar | to decapitate |
| decatleta | decathlete |
| decelerar | to decelerate |
| decepción | disappointment |
| decidible | decidable |
| deciembre | obsolete spelling of diciembre |
| decigramo | decigram |
| decolorar | to bleach |
| decomisar | to confiscate |
| decorador | decorator |
| decrecido | decreased |
| decrépito | decrepit |
| dedicarse | reflexive form of dedicar To devote oneself |
| dedicarse | reflexive form of dedicar To engage oneself with (work) |
| deducción | deduction |
| defensiva | defensive |
| defensivo | defensive |
| deflación | deflation |
| deflactar | deflate |
| deflagrar | to deflagrate |
| deflexión | deflection, deflexion |
| defraudar | to defraud |
| defunción | decease, death |
| degenerar | to degenerate |
| delantero | forward |
| delantero | front |
| deletrear | to spell |
| deliberar | to deliberate |
| delicioso | delicious |
| delimitar | to delimit |
| delinquir | to be delinquent |
| delinquir | to commit a crime |
| delirante | delirious |
| deltoides | deltoid |
| demacrado | emaciated, gaunt, drawn, haggard |
| demasiado | too much, too many, excessive |
| demasiado | excessively, too, too much |
| demeritar | to discredit |
| demócrata | democrat |
| demoniaco | demonic |
| demoniaco | possessed (by a demon or spirit) |
| demoníaco | demonic |
| demoníaco | possessed (by a demon or spirit) |
| demostrar | to prove |
| demostrar | to show, to demonstrate |
| denominar | to name; to designate |
| dentadura | denture (artificial replacement of one or more teeth) |
| dentadura | teeth |
| denunciar | to accuse |
| denunciar | to denounce |
| deportivo | sportive |
| depositar | to deposit |
| depreciar | to depreciate |
| depresión | depression |
| depresión | depression (area of low air pressure) |
| depresivo | depressive |
| deprimido | depressed |
| derechazo | right-handed punch, forehand |
| derramado | spilt |
| derretido | extremely in love, lovesick |
| derretido | concrete |
| derrochar | to waste, squander |
| derrumbar | to demolish |
| desabejar | to remove or exterminate bees from |
| desabrido | bland, tasteless (lacking taste) |
| desacatar | to flout |
| desafuero | excess |
| desafuero | impeachment |
| desafuero | outrage, violence |
| desahijar | to separate young cattle from their mothers |
| desahogar | to relieve |
| desahogar | to violently express one's feelings; to vent; to rant |
| desaliñar | to dirty, to disorder |
| desalojar | to vacate |
| desalojar | to remove from, evict from |
| desangrar | to bleed |
| desanimar | to dishearten |
| desanudar | to untie |
| desarollo | development |
| desayunar | to have (for) breakfast |
| desbandar | to disband |
| desbastar | to smooth |
| desbordar | to overflow |
| desbordar | to exceed (especially expectations, one's patience) |
| desbordar | to overfill |
| descachar | to break |
| descachar | to lose one's horns |
| descachar | to put one's foot in it (make a mistake) |
| descachar | to dehorn |
| descalzar | to take off one's shoes |
| descalzar | to take off (a shoe) |
| descansar | To rest |
| descarado | impudent; brazen-faced |
| descargar | to download |
| descargar | to discharge |
| descargar | to fire, to discharge (a weapon) |
| descargar | to unload |
| descartar | to discard |
| descartar | to rule out |
| descender | to descend |
| descifrar | to decipher |
| descolgar | to show up, do or say something out of the blue |
| descolgar | to fall behind (in a race) |
| descolgar | to pick up (a telephone receiver) |
| descolgar | to unhang, let down, lower |
| descollar | to stand out, excel |
| descontar | discount |
| descorrer | to draw back (curtains) |
| descorrer | to slide open (a bolt, latch, etc.) |
| descortés | impolite, discourteous |
| describir | to describe |
| descubrir | to discover |
| descubrir | to invent |
| descubrir | to reveal |
| descuento | discount |
| descuidar | to neglect |
| descuidar | to relieve from care |
| desdeñoso | disdainful |
| desdoblar | to unfold |
| desempate | tiebreak; tiebreaker |
| desempeño | performance |
| desempleo | unemployment |
| desenfado | self-assurance, confidence |
| desengaño | disappointment |
| desengaño | Realization of the truth, especially after a period of deceit |
| desenlace | outcome |
| desenojar | to abandon or quell ones anger |
| deserción | desertion |
| desértico | desert; of or pertaining to the desert |
| desertora | feminine form of desertor |
| desfasado | old-fashioned, outdated |
| desflorar | to deflower |
| desfondar | To break (by causing the bottom of something to come out) |
| desforzar | to enjoy taking revenge |
| desforzar | to revenge |
| desganado | gumptionless, sluggish |
| desganado | hungerless |
| desganado | sad |
| desgarrar | to tear or rip |
| desgastar | to use up or wear out |
| desglosar | to itemize |
| desgracia | accident, disaster |
| desgracia | bad luck |
| desgracia | disgrace |
| desgracia | misfortune |
| desgranar | to shuck |
| desguazar | to destroy, cut into pieces |
| desguazar | to scrap (dispose at the scrapyard) |
| deshebrar | to shred, to tear to pieces |
| deshebrar | to unravel |
| deshonrar | to dishonor |
| deshuesar | to debone, to bone |
| deshuesar | to remove the pit from |
| desinflar | to deflate |
| deslindar | to delimit |
| desmañado | clumsy, awkward |
| desmandar | to go astray |
| desmandar | to overstep |
| desmandar | to countermand, rescind |
| desmarcar | to dissociate oneself from |
| desmarcar | to unmark (to remove marks) |
| desmayado | pale; dull |
| desmayado | weak; fainting |
| desmedido | excessive |
| desmentir | to belie; to give a false representation |
| desmentir | to refute |
| desmesura | excess |
| desmesura | lack of measuring or control |
| desmontar | to clear, to stub (cut a forest) |
| desmontar | to level off |
| desocupar | to vacate |
| despachar | (store) to attend or serve |
| despachar | to complete |
| despachar | to dismiss |
| despachar | to send or ship |
| despedida | farewell |
| despedida | farewell party |
| despedido | laid off, dismissed (employees) |
| despeinar | to take down the hair of |
| despejado | clear (free of clouds) |
| despejado | clear (free of obstacles) |
| despelote | A fracas or hot mess |
| despertar | Awakening |
| despertar | To awake |
| despertar | To wake |
| despertar | To wake up |
| despidida | farewell party |
| despierto | awake |
| despiezar | quarter |
| despiezar | take apart |
| despintar | to remove the paint from |
| despistar | to throw off track |
| desplazar | to displace |
| desplazar | to move |
| desplegar | to deploy, unfold |
| desplumar | to plunder, rob |
| desplumar | to pluck (remove feathers) |
| despolvar | to dust (to remove dust) |
| desposeer | to take away someone's possessions; to deprive |
| despótico | despotic |
| desprecio | scorn, contempt |
| despuntar | to blunt |
| desquitar | to take revenge, pay back |
| desquitar | to compensate |
| destacado | outstanding, notable |
| destellar | to sparkle |
| desterrar | to exile |
| destierro | exile |
| destierro | wilderness |
| destituir | to cashier (dismiss from service) |
| destituir | to dismiss, sack, lay off |
| destorcer | to untwist |
| destrabar | to remove obstacles or hindrances |
| destripar | to disembowel |
| destripar | to gut |
| destronar | to depose |
| destrozar | to destroy, to break |
| destruido | destroyed |
| desturcar | to be or go insane (i.e. "desturcado mental") |
| desturcar | to break, destroy |
| desvainar | to shell (remove the covering of a vegetable) |
| desvergue | party |
| desvestir | to undress |
| desvirgar | to deflower |
| detallado | detailed, intricate |
| detección | detection |
| detective | |
| detención | arrest |
| detención | detention |
| detención | stopping, halt |
| detenerse | reflexive form of detener To stop oneself |
| detonador | detonator |
| devastado | devastated (completely destroyed) |
| dextrorso | clockwise, deasil |
| deyección | defecation |
| deyección | ejecta |
| deyección | excrement |
| diabético | diabetic |
| diabólico | diabolic |
| diafragma | diaphragm |
| dialectal | dialectal |
| diametral | (relating to a diameter) |
| diaplejía | diparesis |
| diarreico | diarrheic |
| dibujador | drawer, sketcher |
| dibujante | drawing, sketching |
| dibujante | drawer, sketcher |
| dibujarse | to be outlined, to stand out |
| dibujarse | to be revealed, to take form |
| diciembre | December |
| dicotomía | dichotomy (all senses) |
| dictadura | dictatorship |
| didáctico | didactic |
| dieciocho | eighteen |
| dieciséis | sixteen |
| dietético | dietetic, dietary |
| diferendo | dispute |
| diferente | different |
| difosfato | diphosphate |
| difractar | to diffract |
| digestión | digestion |
| digestivo | digestive |
| digestivo | digestive |
| dilatador | dilating |
| dilatador | dilator |
| diletante | dilettante |
| diletante | dilettante |
| diligente | diligent, conscientious |
| dilucidar | to elucidate |
| dimensión | dimension |
| Dinamarca | Denmark |
| dinamitar | to dynamite |
| dinástico | dynastic |
| dipéptido | dipeptide |
| diplosoma | diplosome |
| dirección | address |
| dirección | direction |
| dirección | management, or running of a business or organisation |
| directiva | board of directors |
| directora | (female) director |
| directora | head (headmistress) |
| directriz | guideline |
| directriz | directrix |
| dirigente | leading, ruling |
| dirigente | managing |
| dirigente | leader |
| dirigible | dirigible |
| dirigirse | head (move in a specified direction), to go to |
| discernir | to distinguish, discern |
| discípulo | disciple |
| discípulo | pupil |
| discoteca | discotheque, club |
| discrepar | to disagree |
| disculpar | to excuse |
| disculpar | to forgive |
| discurrir | to discourse |
| discurrir | to infer |
| discurrir | to invent |
| discurrir | to reason, think |
| discusión | argument |
| discusión | discussion |
| disección | dissection |
| diseminar | to disseminate |
| diseñador | designer |
| disensión | dissension; an act of dissent |
| disensión | a fight or altercation |
| disfrazar | to disguise (to change the appearance) |
| disfrutar | to enjoy |
| disgregar | to separate; disintegrate |
| disgustar | to disgust |
| disidente | dissident |
| disimular | to dissemble |
| disléxico | dyslexic |
| disléxico | dyslexic |
| disminuir | to decrease |
| dismutasa | dismutase |
| disparate | Great amount; a lot |
| disparate | nonsense (meaningless words or actions) |
| disparejo | bumpy |
| disparejo | disparate |
| disparejo | dissimilar |
| disparejo | inhomogeneous |
| disparejo | uneven |
| dispensar | to dispense |
| dispepsia | dyspepsia |
| dispersar | to disperse |
| disprosio | dysprosium |
| dispuesto | willing, ready |
| distancia | distance |
| distraído | distracted, absent-minded |
| distrofia | dystrophy |
| disturbar | to disrupt |
| disturbar | to perturb |
| disturbio | disturbance |
| diterpeno | diterpene |
| diurético | diuretic |
| diurético | diuretic |
| diversión | fun, entertainment, levity |
| divertido | amusing |
| divertido | entertaining |
| divertido | funny |
| divinador | diviner, foreteller |
| divinidad | deity |
| divinidad | divinity |
| divorciar | to divorce |
| docosanol | docosanol |
| doctorado | doctorate |
| doctrinal | doctrinal |
| documento | document |
| dogmático | dogmatic |
| doméstica | maid (female servant or cleaner) |
| doméstico | domestic |
| domicilio | address |
| domicilio | domicile |
| domicilio | residence |
| dominante | dominant |
| dominante | prevailing |
| dominante | ruling |
| Domínguez | Spanish surname |
| dominical | dominical (of or pertaining to Sunday) |
| dormilona | feminine form of dormilón Someone who sleeps a lot; sleepyhead |
| doxología | doxology |
| dramático | dramatic |
| droguería | drug store, pharmacy |
| druidismo | druidism |
| duodécimo | twelfth |
| duodécimo | twelfth |
| duraznero | peach tree |
| durmiente | sleeping |
| durmiente | sleeper |
| eclíptica | ecliptic |
| ecografía | echography |
| ecológico | ecological |
| económico | economic |
| económico | economical |
| ecuménico | ecumenic, ecumenical |
| editorial | editorial |
| editorial | editorial |
| editorial | publisher |
| educación | education |
| educación | manners, etiquette |
| educativo | educational |
| eficiente | efficient |
| egipciano | Egyptian |
| egipciano | Egyptian |
| einstenio | einsteinium |
| ejecución | execution |
| ejecutado | executed |
| ejecutiva | feminine form of ejecutivo |
| ejecutivo | executive |
| ejecutivo | executive |
| ejercicio | exercise |
| ejercitar | to exercise, practice |
| electoral | electoral |
| eléctrico | electric, electrical |
| electrodo | electrode |
| elegancia | elegance |
| elemental | elemental |
| elevación | elevation |
| elevación | lifting, raising |
| eliminado | deleted |
| eliminado | eliminated |
| elipsoide | ellipsoid |
| elocuente | eloquent |
| emancipar | to emancipate |
| embajador | ambassador |
| embarazar | to become pregnant |
| embarazar | to impregnate, make pregnant |
| embarazar | to incommode, annoy |
| embelesar | to captivate |
| emboscada | ambush |
| embriagar | to intoxicate, inebriate, get drunk |
| embrujado | bewitched |
| embustero | lying, mendacious |
| embustero | liar, deceiver |
| emigrante | emigrant |
| emigrante | emigrant |
| eminencia | eminence |
| emocional | emotional |
| emocionar | to touch or move emotionally |
| emoticono | emoticon |
| empacador | baler (machine) |
| empacador | baler, packer (profession) |
| empacarse | to pack up |
| empalmado | erect, hard |
| empapelar | to wallpaper |
| emparedar | to sandwich |
| emparedar | to wall in |
| emparejar | to pair or match up |
| emparejar | to trim |
| empecinar | to be stubborn, to insist |
| empecinar | to get (something) into one's head |
| empecinar | to smear with mud |
| emperador | emperor, empress |
| empirista | empiricist |
| empleador | employer |
| empoderar | to empower |
| emprender | to undertake |
| emulación | emulation |
| enaltecer | to praise |
| enamorado | in love |
| enamorado | lover (person in love) |
| enarbolar | to become enraged |
| enarbolar | to hoist |
| enarbolar | to hoist something threatening |
| enarbolar | to make a horse empine |
| enarbolar | to tree |
| enardecer | to inflame, light up, go aflame |
| encabezar | to lead, head |
| encadenar | to bind together, to connect |
| encadenar | to brace |
| encadenar | to chain |
| encadenar | to immobilize |
| encajonar | to crate or box up |
| encaminar | to be on the right track |
| encantado | bewitched |
| encantado | enchanted, pleased |
| encaramar | to raise |
| encarecer | to raise the price of |
| encargada | feminine form of encargado |
| encargado | chief executive |
| encargado | person in charge |
| encargado | representative |
| encendido | passionate |
| encendido | turned on, switched on |
| encendido | ignition |
| encerrado | pent, locked up |
| enchilada | A kind of spicy empanada sold in bakeries |
| enchilada | A meal consisting of rolled tortillas baked in a chile sauce, comes in several variations |
| enchufado | A person who had obtained his job by influence or recommendation, not for his own merits |
| encíclica | encyclical |
| enclenque | feeble, weak, delicate |
| enclenque | sickly, unhealthy (frequently ill) |
| encogerse | to crouch |
| encogerse | To shrink |
| encogerse | To shrug |
| encontrar | to meet |
| encontrar | to meet, bump into |
| encontrar | to be located |
| encontrar | to feel, be |
| encontrar | to find, encounter, come across |
| encontrar | to think, consider |
| encrespar | to curl (hair) |
| encrespar | to ripple |
| encriptar | to encrypt |
| encuadrar | to frame |
| encuentro | encounter, meeting |
| encuestar | to poll |
| encumbrar | to extol |
| enderezar | to straighten |
| endogamia | endogamy |
| endogamia | inbreeding |
| endorfina | endorphin |
| endotelio | endothelium |
| endurecer | to harden, make hard |
| enemistad | enmity, hostility |
| enemistar | to make enemies of |
| enfadarse | to become angry; to be angry |
| enfatizar | to emphasize |
| enfermera | (female) nurse |
| enfermero | nurse |
| enfermizo | sickly |
| enfrascar | to bottle, to put in a bottle |
| enfrentar | to confront |
| enfurecer | to infuriate, make irate |
| engalanar | adorn, decorate |
| enganchar | to get (someone) in one's clutches |
| enganchar | to hook |
| engatusar | to cajole |
| engendrar | to engender |
| engorroso | annoying |
| engranaje | gear |
| engranaje | gear wheel |
| engrillar | to shackle, to fetter |
| engrupido | fooled |
| engrupido | dupe (person who has been deceived) |
| enharinar | to flour |
| enjabonar | to lather |
| enjabonar | to soap |
| enjambrar | to swarm |
| enjugador | wiping |
| enjugador | clotheshorse |
| enjuiciar | to indict |
| enmaderar | To cover in wood |
| enmarañar | to tangle |
| enmohecer | to rust, mildew, go moldy |
| enmudecer | to go silent, to become mute |
| enrarecer | to rarefy (make rare) |
| Enriqueta | female given name, cognate to English Henrietta |
| enrojecer | to blush |
| enrojecer | to redden |
| ensamblar | to assemble |
| ensanchar | to expand |
| ensanchar | to widen |
| ensayista | essayist |
| enseguida | immediately |
| enseñable | teachable (capable of being taught) |
| enseñanza | teaching |
| enterrado | buried |
| entramado | framework, structure |
| entramado | Framework of ideas or opinions |
| entrampar | to entrap |
| entreacto | intermission, entr'acte |
| entregado | dedicated, devoted |
| entregado | delivered, submitted |
| entrenado | trained |
| entumecer | to numb |
| entumecer | to go numb |
| enturbiar | to confuse |
| envejecer | to get old |
| envenenar | to interpret maliciously |
| envenenar | to make bitter |
| envenenar | to poison |
| envidioso | envious |
| envoltura | case, sheath |
| envoltura | envelope |
| epicarpio | epicarp, exocarp |
| epicentro | epicentre, epicenter |
| epidémico | epidemic |
| epidídimo | epididymis |
| epiglotis | epiglottis |
| epigrafía | epigraphy, epigraphics |
| epilepsia | epilepsy |
| epimerasa | epimerase |
| episcopal | episcopal |
| episódico | episodic |
| epistolar | epistolary |
| equiparar | to consider equivalent, equate |
| equivaler | To be equivalent, to correspond |
| equivocar | to mistake, mix up |
| Ernestina | female given name, cognate to Ernestine |
| erosionar | to succumb to erosion; to erode |
| erradicar | to eradicate, eliminate |
| erudición | erudition, learning |
| escabeche | escabeche |
| escabeche | pickle (food preserved by pickling in vinegar) |
| escabroso | dangerous, nearly inconvenient or immoral |
| escabroso | rugged, jagged, rough, hard, in bad condition |
| escabroso | uneven, slippery, hazardous for walking |
| escalafón | ranking, hierarchy; an echelon |
| escaldado | scalded |
| escalonar | to alternate between; to stagger |
| escalpelo | scalpel |
| escamoteo | slight of hand, legerdemain |
| escanciar | to pour cider by raising the bottle over one's head and into the glass held tilted by one's waist. The pourer looks blankly forward, not at the bottle or at the glass. It is poured this way to allow air bubbles into the drink, and generally a few drops are spilt on the floor in the process |
| escándalo | scandal |
| escarchar | to frost |
| escarlata | scarlet (color) |
| escatimar | to use sparingly |
| escayolar | to put a plaster cast on |
| escenario | scenario |
| escenario | stage |
| escéptico | skeptical |
| escéptico | skeptic |
| esciencia | alternative form of ciencia |
| esclarajo | lighter |
| escobilla | brush |
| escombros | rubble |
| escondido | hidden |
| escondite | hideout, lair |
| escondite | hiding place |
| escondite | hide and seek game |
| escoplear | to chisel |
| escorarse | to rock, tilt |
| escorbuto | scurvy |
| escorpión | scorpion |
| escorpión | Scorpio; someone born under the Scorpio constellation |
| escotilla | hatch |
| escritora | feminine form of escritor |
| escritura | document, deed |
| escritura | writing |
| escrúpulo | qualm |
| escrúpulo | scruple |
| escuadrón | squadron |
| escuálido | feeble, weak |
| escuálido | skinny |
| escudería | The occupation of a squire |
| escudería | racing team |
| escudilla | bowl |
| escuincla | feminine form of escuincle |
| escuincle | street urchin |
| escuincle | kid, little boy |
| escuintla | feminine form of escuintle |
| Escuintla | A department of Guatemala |
| escuintle | alternative form of escuincle |
| escultura | sculpture (work of art created by sculpting) |
| escupidor | spitter (someone or something that spits) |
| esfenoide | sphenoid |
| esfenoide | the sphenoid bone |
| esfericón | sphericon |
| esfíngido | hawk moth |
| eslabonar | to join |
| Eslovenia | Slovenia |
| esmeralda | emerald |
| esmerarse | To painstakingly do something |
| esotérico | esoteric |
| espabilar | to wake up, get clever (become more aware) |
| espacioso | spacious |
| espagueti | spaghetti |
| espanglés | Spanglish |
| espantoso | horrible |
| esparceta | sainfoin |
| esparcido | candid |
| esparcido | festive, merry |
| espárrago | asparagus |
| esparsido | sparse, scattered |
| espartano | Spartan |
| espartano | spartan; austere, resolute |
| espartano | Spartan |
| espécimen | specimen |
| especular | to speculate |
| espejismo | A mirage |
| espejismo | wishful thinking |
| espejuelo | little mirror |
| esperanto | Esperanto |
| esperanza | hope |
| Esperanza | female given name, taken from Spanish esperanza |
| espinilla | pimple |
| espinilla | shinbone |
| espionaje | espionage |
| esplendor | splendour, splendor |
| espolvear | To sprinkle; to dust |
| esponjoso | foamy |
| esponjoso | spongy |
| esprintar | to sprint |
| esqueleto | frame (structural elements of a constructed object) |
| esqueleto | skeleton |
| esquiador | skier (someone who skis) |
| esquiraza | An ancient square-rigged cargo vessel |
| estadista | statesman, stateswoman |
| estafador | fraud, swindler (person) |
| estallido | explosion |
| estallido | outbreak |
| estampida | bang, crack (noise) |
| estampida | stampede, flight |
| estampido | crack, bang (noise) |
| estancado | blocked, deadlocked |
| estancado | (of water) stagnant |
| estandard | standard |
| estatmina | stathmin |
| estatúder | stadtholder |
| estearina | stearin |
| Estefanía | female given name, equivalent to English Stephanie |
| estepario | Pertaining to or hailing from the steppe |
| estepilla | white-leaved rock rose |
| esterilla | mat |
| esterlina | sterling |
| esteroide | steroid |
| estibonio | stibonium |
| estiércol | dung |
| estiércol | manure |
| estilista | distinguished writer |
| estilista | stylist, hair stylist |
| estimular | to stimulate |
| estipular | stipular |
| estipular | to stipulate |
| Estocolmo | Stockholm |
| estomacal | stomachic (of or relating to the stomach) |
| estoniano | alternative form of estonio |
| estoniano | alternative form of estonio |
| estoniano | alternative form of estonio |
| estornino | starling |
| estornudo | sneeze |
| estratega | strategist |
| estrechar | to narrow (make narrower) |
| estrechar | to strengthen (relations etc.) |
| estrechez | close friendship |
| estrechez | close relationship (kinship) |
| estrechez | narrowness |
| estrechez | trouble; a problematic situation |
| estrellar | to smash |
| estrépito | noise |
| estresado | stressed |
| estróbilo | strobilus, cone |
| estrógeno | estrogen |
| estroncio | strontium |
| estropajo | dishcloth |
| estropajo | loofah |
| estropajo | mop |
| estropajo | scourer, scrubbing brush |
| estropear | to ruin, to spoil |
| estruendo | racket, din, roar (loud noise) |
| estudiado | studied, learned |
| estudioso | studious, bookish (given to study) |
| estupendo | marvelous, fantastic, great |
| estupendo | stupendous |
| estupidez | stupidity, the property of being stupid |
| esvástica | swastika |
| eternidad | eternity |
| eternizar | To last for ever, to last an age, to drag on |
| eternizar | to eternalize |
| etiquetar | to label |
| etnicidad | ethnicity |
| eucalipto | eucalyptus |
| eucariota | eukaryote |
| eufemismo | euphemism |
| eugenesia | eugenics |
| euleriano | Eulerian |
| evangelio | gospel |
| evidencia | evidence |
| eviscerar | to eviscerate |
| evitación | avoidance (act of avoiding) |
| evocación | evocation |
| evolución | development |
| evolución | evolution |
| evolutivo | evolutionary |
| exacerbar | to exacerbate |
| exasperar | to exasperate |
| excedente | excessive |
| excedente | surplus |
| excedente | excess |
| excedente | surplus |
| excelente | excellent, brilliant |
| excepción | exception |
| exceptuar | to exclude, except |
| excitable | excitable |
| excitante | exciting |
| excitante | stimulating |
| exclusión | exclusion |
| exclusiva | exclusive interview or report |
| exclusivo | exclusive |
| excursión | excursion, trip |
| exigencia | demand |
| exigencia | requirement |
| existente | existent, existing |
| exorcismo | exorcism |
| exorcista | exorcist |
| exorcizar | to exorcise |
| exotóxico | exotoxic |
| exotoxina | exotoxin |
| expansión | expansion |
| expansivo | expansive |
| expansivo | extensive |
| expatriar | to expatriate, leave one's country |
| expiación | atonement; expiation |
| explícito | explicit |
| explosión | explosion |
| explosivo | explosive |
| explosivo | explosive |
| expresión | expression |
| expresivo | expressive |
| expropiar | to expropriate |
| exquisito | delicious |
| exquisito | exquisite |
| extendido | extended |
| extensión | extension |
| extensión | tract (an area) |
| extensivo | extensive |
| extinción | extinction |
| extinguir | to carry out (a task, etc.) |
| extinguir | to extinguish, to put out |
| extorsión | extortion |
| extrañeza | strangeness |
| extraviar | to mislay |
| extraviar | to go astray, to get lost |
| extremeño | Extremaduran |
| extremeño | Extremaduran |
| extremeño | the Extramaduran language |
| extrusión | extrusion |
| extrusivo | extrusive |
| extrusoma | extrusome |
| exudación | exudation |
| exulcerar | to chafe, to ulcerate the skin |
| exultante | exultant |
| facciones | features (physical constituents of the face) |
| facilidad | ease |
| facilidad | facility |
| facilitar | to make easier; facilitate |
| factorial | factorial |
| fallecido | departed |
| falsación | falsification |
| fanatismo | fanaticism |
| fanfarria | fanfare |
| fanfarria | braggart |
| fanfarrón | boastful |
| fanfarrón | swaggerer |
| fantasear | to fantasize |
| fantasmal | ghostly |
| fantasmal | phantasmal, imaginary |
| farándula | milieu and people related to theater or show business |
| farándula | nightlife milieu of celebrities |
| farfullar | to babble |
| farfullar | to stutter |
| fastidiar | to annoy, to bother |
| fastidiar | to cloy |
| fastidiar | to disappoint |
| fatalidad | misfortune |
| fatalismo | fatalism |
| favorable | favorable |
| favorecer | to favour |
| favorecer | to prefer |
| favorecer | to suit |
| Feliciana | female given name |
| Feliciano | male given name |
| felicidad | felicity, happiness |
| Felicidad | female given name, cognate to English Felicity or Latin Felicitas |
| felicitar | to congratulate |
| feminismo | feminism (the social theory or political movement) |
| feminista | feminist |
| feminista | feminist |
| fenogreco | fenugreek |
| fenología | phenology |
| fenomenal | phenomenal |
| fermentar | to ferment |
| Fernández | Spanish surname |
| ferocidad | ferocity |
| ferritina | ferritin |
| ferviente | ardent; fervent |
| fervoroso | fervent |
| fibrilina | fibrillin |
| ficcional | fictional |
| ficología | phycology |
| fidedigno | trustworthy, reliable |
| fidelidad | loyalty, fidelity |
| fidelizar | To loyalize |
| fielmente | faithfully |
| fijamente | firmly |
| filamento | filament |
| filiación | affiliation |
| filiación | filiation, lineage, ancestry |
| filiación | personal details |
| filicidio | filicide (killing of one's own son) |
| Filipinas | Philippines (Republic of the Philippines) |
| filmación | filming (making of a movie) |
| filogenia | phylogenetics |
| filología | philology |
| filosofal | philosophical, philosopher (related to philosophy or philosophers) |
| filosofar | to philosophize |
| filosofía | philosophy |
| finalidad | purpose |
| finalizar | to finalize, to finish |
| financiar | to finance |
| finiquito | settlement, severance pay |
| finlandés | Finnish (from or native to Finland) |
| finlandés | Finnish (pertaining to Finland) |
| finlandés | a Finn |
| finlandés | the Finnish language |
| Finlandia | Finland |
| fisgonear | to snoop |
| fisióloga | (female) physiologist |
| fisiólogo | physiologist |
| fisonomía | appearance |
| fisonomía | physical features |
| fitotomía | phytotomy |
| flamígero | flaming, blazing |
| flanquear | to flank |
| flautista | flautist |
| flemático | phlegmatic |
| flexionar | to bend (knees, legs) |
| flexionar | to flex (muscles) |
| flojonazo | One who is lazy |
| florecita | diminutive form of flor |
| Florencia | female given name, cognate to Florence |
| Florencia | Florence ( the city) |
| floridano | Floridian |
| floridano | Of or pertaining to Florida |
| flotación | flotation |
| fogosidad | Excessive enthusiasm or liveliness |
| folicular | follicular |
| follonero | shit stirrer |
| fonología | phonology (subfield of linguistics concerned with the way sounds function in languages) |
| fontanero | plumber |
| forastera | feminine form of forastero |
| forastero | foreign |
| forastero | foreigner |
| forastero | stranger |
| forcejear | to struggle |
| formación | alignment (ordered group of people) |
| formación | formation |
| formación | training, education |
| formatear | to format |
| forrajear | to forage |
| forrajero | forage |
| fortaleza | firmness |
| fortaleza | fortitude |
| fortaleza | fortress |
| fortaleza | strength |
| fosfatasa | phosphatase |
| fosfórico | phosphoric |
| fotocopia | photocopy |
| fotógrafo | photographer |
| fracasada | feminine form of fracasado |
| fracasado | failed, unsuccessful |
| fracasado | loser, failure, flop |
| fracturar | to fracture |
| fragancia | fragrance, perfume, scent |
| fragmento | fragment |
| frambuesa | raspberry |
| frambueso | raspberry (plant) |
| Francisca | female given name, equivalent to Frances |
| Francisco | male given name, equivalent to Francis |
| franquear | to clear |
| franqueza | directness, outspokenness |
| frasquito | diminutive form of frasco |
| fraternal | fraternal |
| frecuente | frequent |
| fregadero | sink, kitchen sink |
| frenético | frenetic |
| fríamente | coldly |
| fricativo | fricative |
| friolento | sensitive to cold |
| fructuoso | fruitful |
| frugivoro | frugivorous |
| frustrado | unsuccessful; abortive |
| fulguroso | fulgurous |
| fulminato | fulminate |
| fulmínico | fulminic |
| fumigador | fumigator |
| funcional | functional |
| funcionar | to work, to function |
| fundación | foundation |
| fundadora | feminine form of fundador |
| fundíbulo | trebuchet |
| fundición | an alloy of iron and carbon |
| fundición | foundry, smelting plant |
| fundición | smelting, melting, casting |
| fundición | font |
| funeraria | funeral undertaker |
| funerario | funeral |
| furgoneta | a small van |
| fusiforme | fusiform |
| futilidad | futility |
| futurista | futurist |
| gadolinio | gadolinium |
| gafapasta | hipster |
| galáctico | galactic |
| galactosa | galactose |
| galantear | to court |
| galantear | to flirt with |
| galantear | to make love with |
| galerista | gallery owner |
| gallardía | gracefulness |
| gallardía | nobility |
| galletina | diminutive form of galleta |
| galletita | diminutive form of galleta; small cookie |
| gallinazo | turkey vulture |
| gallinazo | vulture |
| gallinero | henhouse, chicken coop |
| gallinero | kip (very untidy house or room) |
| gallinero | one who treats in hens |
| gallipavo | A turkey |
| ganadería | cattle raising |
| gandulear | to loaf |
| garrapata | tick (parasitic arachnid) |
| gasificar | to gasify |
| gasoducto | gas pipeline |
| gasómetro | Gasometer |
| gastritis | gastritis |
| gatillero | gunman |
| gaulteria | teaberry |
| gelignita | gelignite |
| generador | generating |
| generador | generator |
| genetista | geneticist |
| genitales | genitalia |
| genocidio | genocide |
| gentileza | kindness |
| gentualla | despicable person, lowlife, rabble |
| geodésico | geodetic |
| geofísico | geophysical |
| geofísico | geophysicist |
| geografía | geography |
| geológico | geologic |
| geometría | geometry (branch of mathematics) |
| georgiana | feminine form of georgiano |
| georgiano | Georgian (all senses) |
| georgiano | Georgian (all senses) |
| georgiano | Georgian (language) |
| gerencial | managerial; of or relating to management |
| geriatría | geriatrics |
| gerifalte | gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus |
| germánico | Germanic |
| Gertrudis | female given name, cognate to English Gertrude |
| gerundivo | The Latin gerundive |
| gestación | gestation; pregnancy |
| gestionar | to manage |
| gestionar | to negotiate |
| gestionar | to prosecute |
| Gibraltar | Gibraltar: overseas territory of the United Kingdom at the southern end of the Iberian peninsula |
| gigámetro | gigametre |
| gladiador | gladiator |
| glamoroso | glamorous |
| glamuroso | glamorous |
| glandular | glandular |
| glicérido | glyceride |
| glifosato | glyphosate |
| globulina | globulin |
| glotonear | to be gluttonous |
| glotonear | to gormandize |
| glucémico | glycemic |
| glucógeno | glycogen |
| glucósido | glycoside |
| glutamina | glutamine |
| glutenina | glutenin |
| golpeador | kicker; hitter (someone who kicks or hits) |
| golpecito | diminutive form of golpe |
| golpetear | to rattle |
| gorgotear | to gurgle |
| gorronear | to scrounge, sponge |
| grabación | recording (an activity or result) |
| grabadora | recorder |
| gradación | gradation |
| graduable | adjustable |
| graduador | graduator, gauger |
| grafitear | to graffiti |
| grafitera | feminine form of grafitero |
| grafitero | graffitist |
| grafómana | feminine form of grafómano |
| grafómano | One affected with or exhibiting graphomania |
| gramática | grammar (rules for speaking and writing a language) |
| gramático | grammatical |
| gramático | grammarian |
| gramófono | gramophone |
| granadino | Grenadian |
| granadino | Grenadian |
| grandioso | great |
| grandulón | giant, hulk (very tall person) |
| granizado | A semi-frozen soft drink, a typical summer drink, usually made with crushed ice and citric juice (the most popular being lemon juice, which is called: 'granizado de limón') |
| granuloma | granuloma |
| grapadora | stapler |
| grasiento | greasy |
| gratuidad | The quality of being free |
| guacamaya | macaw |
| guacamaya | Candle Bush (Senna alata) |
| guacamole | guacamole |
| guacarear | to vomit |
| Guadalupe | female given name However it is sometimes used as a male name. In some cases it is a family name that is passed down to the first born whether they are male or female |
| Guadalupe | Guadalupe (island off Baja California) |
| Guadalupe | Guadeloupe (overseas department of France) |
| guajolote | turkey (bird) |
| gualardón | Obsolete form of galardón |
| guanábana | soursop, custard apple (fruit) |
| guanábano | soursop tree |
| guapísimo | superlative form of guapo, very beautiful, gorgeous |
| guaraguao | red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) |
| guardería | nursery school |
| guarnecer | to garnish |
| Guatemala | A department of Guatemala |
| Guatemala | Guatemala |
| Guatemala | Guatemala City |
| guayabera | guayabera |
| guerrilla | guerrilla (small official or inofficial military troop) |
| guerrilla | guerrilla war |
| Guillermo | male given name, equivalent to English as William |
| Guillermo | Spanish surname denomination from Guillaume |
| guionista | screenwriter |
| guirnalda | garland |
| guirnalda | worm (something helical, especially the thread of a screw) |
| guirnalda | wreath |
| gustación | tasting, gustation |
| Gutiérrez | Spanish surname |
| habilidad | ability, skill |
| habilitar | to enable |
| habitante | inhabiting; said of something that inhabits |
| habitante | inhabitant |
| hacendado | landowner |
| hacendoso | house-proud |
| halagador | agreeable, pleasant |
| halagüeño | agreeable |
| halagüeño | charming |
| halagüeño | promising |
| halitosis | halitosis |
| haraquiri | hara-kiri (ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen) |
| hebdómada | A seven-year period |
| hebdómada | week |
| hechicera | feminine form of hechicero |
| hechicero | magician |
| hediondez | something that stinks |
| hediondez | stench, malodor |
| hedonismo | hedonism |
| hegeliano | Hegelian |
| hegemonía | hegemony |
| helenizar | to Hellenize |
| helicidad | helicity |
| helicoide | helicoid |
| helvético | Helvetian |
| hemofilia | haemophilia/hemophilia |
| hendedura | alternative form of hendidura |
| hendidura | cleft, groove, cleavage, indentation, slot, slit |
| heptatlón | heptathlon |
| heráldica | heraldry (the profession of devising and blazoning arms) |
| herbicida | herbicidal |
| herbicida | herbicide (substance used to kill plants) |
| herbívoro | herbivorous |
| herbívoro | herbivore |
| hermandad | brotherhood |
| hermanita | diminutive form of hermana Small sister |
| hermanito | diminutive form of hermano; little brother |
| hermético | hermetic |
| hermosura | beauty |
| Hernández | Spanish surname |
| herradura | horseshoe |
| herrumbre | rust |
| hertziano | Hertzian |
| hexagonal | hexagonal |
| hexagrama | hexagram |
| hidalguía | Dignity of being an hidalgo |
| hidrácido | hydracid |
| hidracina | hydrazine |
| hidrógeno | hydrogen |
| hidrolasa | hydrolase |
| hidrólogo | hydrologist |
| hidroxilo | hydroxyl |
| higiénico | hygienic |
| hijodalgo | alternative form of hidalgo |
| hilóquero | giant forest hog |
| hincharse | To become overwhelmed with anger |
| hincharse | To swell, to grow tight as a result of enlarging |
| hinchazón | swelling |
| hinduismo | Hinduism |
| hinduista | Hindu (attributive) |
| hinduista | Hindu |
| hipérbato | hyperbaton |
| hipérbola | hyperbola (geometric curve) |
| hipérbole | hyperbole (rhetorical device) |
| hipnótico | hypnotic, mesmerizing |
| hipnótico | hypnotic (a sleep-inducing drug) |
| hipocampo | hippocampus |
| hipocampo | hippocamp; hippocampus |
| hipocampo | sea horse |
| hipócrita | hypocritical |
| hipócrita | hypocrite (person practising hypocrisy) |
| hipódromo | hippodrome |
| hipódromo | racetrack |
| hipófisis | hypophysis |
| hipogrifo | hippogriff |
| hipótesis | hypothesis |
| hisopillo | savory (herb) |
| histamina | histamine |
| histérico | hysterical |
| histidina | histidine |
| historial | record (such as a person's criminal, work, or clinical record) |
| historiar | to depict (history), write down a history |
| histórico | historic |
| hojaldrar | To make into puff pastry |
| hojarasca | foliage |
| hojarasca | leaf litter |
| hojarasca | leaf storm |
| hojarasca | rubbish |
| holandesa | feminine form of holandés |
| holgazana | feminine form of holgazán |
| holgazana | feminine form of holgazán |
| holograma | hologram |
| homicidio | homicide |
| homicidio | manslaughter |
| homofobia | homophobia |
| homofonía | homophony |
| homogéneo | homogeneous |
| homologar | to standardize |
| homospora | homospore |
| hondureño | Honduran |
| hondureño | Honduran |
| honorable | honorable |
| honorario | honorary, fee |
| hopanoide | hopanoid |
| horaciano | Horatian |
| horizonte | horizon |
| hormigueo | tingling sensation |
| horóptera | horopter |
| horóscopo | horoscope (astrological forecast) |
| horquilla | fork (of a bicycle) |
| horquilla | hairpin, hairpin turn |
| horroroso | horrible |
| hortaliza | vegetable |
| Hortensia | female given name |
| horterada | vulgarity, insipidity, cheesiness (quality of bad taste) |
| hospedaje | lodging; accommodations |
| hostelero | Of or pertaining to an inn |
| hostelero | innkeeper |
| hotelería | catering (the catering trade) |
| hotelería | the hostel or hotel industry |
| hotentote | Hottentot (people and language) |
| huazontle | alternative form of huauzontle |
| Humahuaca | a small city in northern Argentina |
| humanidad | humanity |
| humanismo | humanism |
| humanizar | to humanize |
| humedecer | to dampen, moisten, wet, humidify |
| humillado | humiliated |
| humorismo | humor |
| icoságono | icosagon |
| ictericia | jaundice |
| ictiólogo | ichthyologist |
| idealista | idealistic |
| idealista | idealist |
| idealizar | to idealize [US], idealise [UK] |
| identidad | identity |
| ideograma | ideogram, ideograph |
| ideología | ideology |
| idiotismo | idiom |
| idiotismo | ignorance |
| idiotizar | to idiotize |
| idolatrar | to idolize |
| idoneidad | appropriateness |
| ignominia | ignominy |
| ignorante | ignorant |
| ilimitado | unlimited, boundless |
| iluminada | feminine form of iluminado |
| iluminado | lit, illuminated |
| iluminado | lighting, illumination, light |
| iluminado | visionary, seer, illuminist |
| ilusionar | to excite |
| ilustrado | member of the Enlightenment |
| imitación | imitation |
| imitadora | feminine form of imitador |
| impagable | priceless |
| impagable | unpayable, very expensive |
| imparable | unstoppable |
| imparcial | impartial |
| impasible | impassive |
| impavidez | cold-bloodedness |
| impavidez | fearlessness |
| impecable | impeccable |
| impecable | perfect |
| impetuoso | impetuous, rash |
| impetuoso | spirited, lively, vehement |
| implantar | to implant |
| implicado | implicated, involved |
| implícito | implicit; tacit |
| imponente | imposing, impressive |
| imposible | impossible |
| impotente | impotent, powerless, helpless |
| impotente | impotent |
| impreciso | imprecise, vague |
| impregnar | to impregnate |
| impresión | impression |
| impresión | |
| impresora | printer |
| impunidad | impunity |
| imputable | attributable; imputable |
| inanición | starvation, inanition |
| inarmonía | inharmonicity |
| inaugural | inaugural |
| inaugurar | to inaugurate |
| incendiar | to set fire to |
| incentivo | incentive, stimulus |
| incesante | incessant; ceaseless |
| incidente | incident |
| incinerar | to incinerate |
| inclusive | inclusive |
| inclusive | inclusively |
| incoación | Start, or commencement, or initiation |
| incógnito | incognito, anonymous, unknown (with a hidden or unknown identity) |
| incomodar | to inconvenience |
| increíble | incredible, unbelievable |
| incrustar | to embed |
| incumplir | to disobey (rules) |
| incumplir | to fail to complete |
| incunable | incunable, incunabulum |
| incursión | raid; incursion |
| indefenso | helpless, defenseless |
| indicador | indicator |
| indicador | indicator, trafficator |
| indigente | indigent |
| indigesto | indigestible |
| indigesto | suffering indigestion |
| indignado | Someone protesting the bankster occupation of the European Union |
| indirecta | hint |
| indirecta | insinuation |
| indirecto | indirect |
| individuo | individual |
| Indonesia | Indonesia |
| indonesio | Indonesian |
| indonesio | Indonesian |
| inducción | induction |
| indudable | indubitable, undoubtable |
| industria | industry |
| inestable | unstable |
| infalible | infallible |
| infección | infection |
| infectado | infected |
| infiltrar | to infiltrate |
| infinidad | infinity |
| inflación | inflation (expansion or increase in size) |
| inflexión | inflection (a change in the tone of voice) |
| inflexión | inflection (a turning away from a straight course) |
| influenza | influenza |
| informado | informed |
| infringir | to infringe |
| infusorio | infusoria |
| ingeniero | engineer |
| ingenioso | ingenious, artful |
| ingestión | ingestion |
| inhalador | inhalator |
| inherente | inherent |
| inhibidor | inhibitor |
| iniquidad | iniquity, injustice |
| inmediato | immediate |
| inmersión | immersion |
| inminente | imminent |
| inmunidad | immunity |
| inmunizar | to immunize |
| inmutable | immutable |
| inmutarse | to become disturbed, turn pale |
| inmutarse | reflexive form of inmutar |
| innegable | undeniable |
| innovador | innovative |
| inocencia | innocence |
| inocuidad | innocuity, innocuousness, harmlessness |
| inquietar | to upset |
| inquietud | inquietude, restlessness |
| inquilino | tenant farmer |
| inquilino | tenant, renter |
| inscribir | to inscribe |
| inseminar | to inseminate |
| insensato | senseless, crazy, foolish, insensate |
| insipidez | insipidity, insipidness, tastelessness, vapidity, blandness |
| insipidez | tameness |
| insolente | insolent, impudent, impertinent |
| inspector | inspector (male) |
| instancia | institution |
| instancia | request |
| instaurar | to establish |
| instituir | to institute |
| instituto | institute |
| integrasa | integrase |
| integrina | integrin |
| intelecto | intellect; faculty of knowing, reasoning, and understanding in general (uncountable) |
| intelecto | intellect; of a person in particular (countable) |
| intención | intention |
| intensivo | intensive |
| interesar | to interest |
| interfase | interphase |
| interfase | interphase |
| internado | boarding school |
| intervalo | intermission |
| intervalo | interval, gap, break |
| intervalo | recess |
| intervalo | interval |
| intervalo | interval |
| intestino | intestine |
| intimidad | intimacy |
| intimidad | privacy |
| intimidar | to intimidate |
| intitular | to title (give a title to a work) |
| intocable | untouchable |
| intocable | untouchable |
| intoxicar | to intoxicate |
| intrépido | adventurous |
| intrépido | bold |
| intrépido | fearless |
| intrigado | intrigued |
| intrincar | To confuse, to tangle, to complicate |
| intrusión | encroachment |
| intrusión | intrusion |
| intuición | intuition |
| intuitivo | intuitive |
| invalidar | to invalidate |
| invalidez | handicap |
| invalidez | invalidity |
| invectiva | invective. Insulting, abusive, or highly critical language |
| invención | fiction |
| invención | invention (something invented) |
| invención | invention (the act of inventing) |
| inventado | invented |
| inversión | inversion |
| inversión | investment |
| invidente | blind |
| invidente | blind person |
| invisible | invisible |
| involucro | involucre |
| inyección | injection |
| iodopsina | photopsin, iodopsin |
| ionosfera | ionosphere |
| irlandesa | feminine form of irlandés (Irishwoman) |
| irregular | irregular |
| irritable | irritable |
| irritante | abrasive |
| irundarra | Of or from Irun |
| irundarra | Someone from Irun |
| islamismo | Islamism |
| islamizar | to Islamicize |
| islándico | Icelandic (from or native to Iceland) |
| islándico | Icelandic (pertaining to Iceland) |
| isobutano | methylpropane |
| isoenzima | isoenzyme |
| isomerasa | isomerase |
| isometría | isometry |
| isopropil | isopropyl |
| isquémico | ischemic |
| israelita | Israelite |
| israelita | Israelite |
| iteración | iteration |
| izquierda | the left |
| izquierdo | crooked |
| izquierdo | left-handed |
| izquierdo | left; on the left side or toward the left; the opposite of right |
| jactancia | boastfulness |
| jactancia | bragging |
| jamaicano | Jamaican |
| jamaicano | Jamaican |
| jardinero | gardener |
| jardinero | outfielder |
| jerarquía | hierarchy |
| jerarquía | rank |
| jeremiada | jeremiad |
| jerigonza | gibberish |
| jeringoso | a Spanish kind of pig Latin, in which each syllable is followed by the letter 'p', followed by the same vowel as contained by that syllable |
| Jerusalén | Jerusalem |
| jingoísmo | jingoism |
| jingoísta | jingoistic |
| jingoísta | jingoist |
| jocosidad | jocularity |
| jornalero | day laborer |
| jovencita | diminutive form of joven |
| jovencito | diminutive form of joven |
| jubilarse | to rejoice |
| jubilarse | to retire |
| jugarreta | prank |
| jugosidad | juiciness |
| juguetear | to fiddle; to toy |
| juguetear | to play; to cavort |
| juguetero | toy vendor |
| junquillo | jonquil |
| juramento | an oath |
| juramento | a sworn statement |
| Jutlandia | Jutland (peninsula belonging to Denmark) |
| kalimotxo | A cocktail consisting of approximately 50% red wine and 50% cola-based soft drink |
| kilogramo | kilogram |
| kilólitro | kiloliter, kilolitre |
| kilómetro | kilometer |
| Kurdistán | Kurdistan |
| laberinto | labyrinth (maze) |
| laborismo | labour movement |
| laborista | Labour (of the Labour government) |
| laborista | Labour Party member or supporter |
| lacrimoso | lachrymose; of or relating to tears or weeping |
| lactancia | breastfeeding |
| lagartija | (small) lizard |
| lagomorfo | lagomorph, lagomorphic |
| lagomorfo | lagomorph |
| lagrimear | to water up; to cry easily |
| lameculos | toady, sycophant, brown noser |
| laminilla | lamella |
| landgrave | landgrave |
| languidez | languor |
| lanzadera | shuttle |
| lanzadora | (female) pitcher, in baseball |
| lastimado | hurt, injured |
| lastimoso | shameful, pitiful |
| latinismo | Latinism |
| laurencio | lawrencium |
| lavamanos | sink |
| lawrencio | alternative spelling of laurencio |
| lealmente | loyally |
| lebrastón | leveret |
| legalidad | legality |
| legalizar | to legalize |
| legalizar | to register (a vehicle) |
| legitimar | to legitimize |
| leptónico | leptonic |
| lesotense | relating to Lesotho |
| lesotense | Mosotho |
| leucémico | leukemic |
| leucémico | A person who has leukemia |
| leucocito | leukocyte |
| levemente | lightly |
| levemente | softly |
| levístico | lovage |
| liberador | liberator |
| liberiano | Liberian |
| liberiano | Liberian |
| libérrimo | absolute superlative of libre |
| licenciar | to license |
| licorería | liquor store |
| licuadora | blender |
| liderazgo | leadership |
| ligamento | ligament |
| limítrofe | neighboring, bordering |
| limosnear | to beg for alms |
| limpiador | cleaning |
| limpiador | cleaner (cleansing product) |
| limpiador | windscreen wiper (see limpiaparabrisas) |
| limpiarse | (reflexive form of limpiar) to clean oneself |
| linfático | lymphatic |
| linfocito | lymphocyte |
| lingüista | linguist |
| linoleato | linoleate |
| linoleico | linoleic |
| lisonjear | to delight; to please |
| lisonjear | to flatter; to wheedle; to fawn |
| lisonjear | to pay compliments to |
| lisonjero | complimentary |
| lisonjero | flattering, fawning |
| lisonjero | pleasing, agreeable |
| lisonjero | flatterer, fawner |
| literario | literary |
| litógrafa | feminine form of litógrafo |
| litógrafo | lithographer |
| litúrgico | liturgical |
| Liubliana | Ljubljana (Capital city of Slovenia) |
| llamarada | flushing |
| llamarada | sudden flare-up, blaze |
| llamativa | flamboyant |
| llamativo | (said of food) dry; inducing thirst |
| llamativo | striking, showy |
| llameante | flaming, blazing |
| llevadero | entertaining |
| llevadero | tolerable |
| lloriqueo | whimper |
| lloriqueo | whining |
| llovedizo | leaky |
| lloviznar | to lightly rain; to drizzle |
| localidad | place, locality |
| localizar | to be located, localized |
| localizar | to find |
| localizar | to localize, locate |
| locamente | madly, crazily |
| locutorio | call shop |
| loganberi | loganberry |
| logaritmo | logarithm |
| logística | logistics |
| logístico | logistical |
| longaniza | pork sausage |
| luchadora | feminine form of luchador |
| lucrativo | lucrative, profitable |
| lujurioso | lustful |
| luminaria | altar lamp |
| luminaria | lamp, light |
| luminaria | vigil fire |
| luminaria | luminary, star, celebrity |
| Macedonia | Macedonia |
| macedonio | Macedonian |
| macedonio | Macedonian |
| machetazo | cut or hit with a machete |
| machetear | to chop with a machete |
| maderería | shop selling wood and wood products |
| madrastra | stepmother |
| madrearse | to turn sour |
| madrileño | Madrilenian; of or from Madrid |
| madrileño | Madrilenian; a person from Madrid |
| madrugada | dawn |
| madrugada | early hours of the morning, before dawn |
| madrugada | period of time between midnight and before the sunrise |
| magdalena | cupcake |
| magdalena | madeleine (cake) |
| Magdalena | female given name, cognate to Magdalene |
| magistral | magistral, magisterial |
| magmático | magmatic |
| magnánimo | magnanimous |
| magnético | magnetic |
| magnetita | magnetite |
| magnífico | magnificent |
| malagueño | of or from Malaga |
| malagueño | person from Malaga |
| malaquita | malachite |
| malayalam | Malayalam (language) |
| malcriada | feminine form of malcriado |
| malcriado | spoiled (having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering) |
| malcriado | One who is spoiled |
| maldición | curse |
| Maldonado | A city in Uruguay |
| Maldonado | Spanish surname |
| malgastar | to waste |
| malhadado | burdened with bad luck |
| malhechor | wrongdoer |
| malicioso | malicious |
| malnacido | disgusting, abominable (of a person or animal) |
| malogrado | unsuccessful; abortive |
| malparido | disgusting, abominable (of a person or animal) |
| maltratar | to mistreat |
| malvender | to sell for less than cost |
| malversar | to embezzle |
| mamotreto | A huge object |
| manantial | spring (water) |
| mancillar | to besmirch |
| mancuerna | dumbbell |
| mandíbula | jaw |
| mandolina | mandolin (musical instrument) |
| mandonear | to boss |
| manecilla | hand (of a clock) |
| manecilla | pointer, needle, arrow (of an instrument) |
| manganeso | manganese |
| mangonear | to be bossy |
| mangonear | to loiter |
| mangonear | to meddle |
| mangostán | The mangosteen |
| maniático | cranky, crazy |
| maniático | pedantic, fussy |
| maniático | maniac |
| manicomio | A medical facility for the treatment of mental health issues; an insane asylum |
| maniobrar | to maneuver |
| manipular | to manipulate |
| manirroto | spendthrift |
| manómetro | pressure gauge |
| mantecoso | buttery |
| mantecoso | mellow |
| mantenida | feminine form of mantenido |
| mantenido | Person sustained by alimony, kept |
| mantenido | a person who does want neither work nor study, either for laze or fun, being come of age and able, and is sustained by other (even parents) or a government without a merit (see huevón) |
| mantenido | freeloader |
| mantenido | kept man, kept woman |
| manutener | alternative form of mantener |
| manzanita | diminutive form of manzana |
| mapuchino | Chilean |
| mapuchino | indigenous man, most likely mapuches that look like a Chinese |
| maquillar | to apply makeup or cosmetics |
| maravilla | sunflower |
| maravilla | sunflower seed |
| maravilla | wonder, marvel |
| Marcelina | female given name |
| Marcelino | male given name |
| marcharse | reflexive form of marchar To leave, to go away |
| Marchihue | Marchihue |
| marchitar | to wilt |
| marfileño | Ivorian |
| marfileño | Ivorian |
| margajita | marcasite, white iron pyrites |
| margarita | daisy |
| margarita | margarita (cocktail) |
| Margarita | female given name, meaning Daisy, cognate to English Margaret |
| margaxita | alternative spelling of margajita |
| marginado | ostracized, cast out |
| marginado | outsider, outcast |
| marioneta | marionette, puppet |
| mariquita | ladybird (Commonwealth exc. Canada), ladybug (US, Canada) |
| mariscada | seafood platter |
| marmitako | A stew made with tuna, potatoes, onions, pepper and tomato |
| marmolado | marbled |
| Marruecos | Morocco (country) |
| marshalés | Marshallese |
| marshalés | Marshallese (person) |
| marshalés | Marshallese (language) |
| marsupial | marsupial |
| marsupial | marsupial |
| martillar | to hammer |
| martilleo | hammering |
| martinete | a type of Flamenco chant |
| martinete | black-crowned night heron (nycticorax nycticorax) |
| martinete | hammer (of a piano) |
| martinete | large forge hammer |
| masajista | massagist |
| masculino | masculine, male |
| mascullar | to mumble; to say through one's teeth |
| mastocito | mastocyte, mast cell |
| mastuerzo | cress (a plant, Lepidium sativum) |
| masturbar | to masturbate |
| matafuego | fire extinguisher |
| Matagalpa | Matagalpa |
| matricial | matrix |
| matrícula | matriculation |
| matrícula | number plate, license plate |
| matrícula | registration number |
| matutinas | feminine plural of matutino |
| mauritano | Mauritanian |
| mauritano | Mauritanian |
| maximizar | to maximise |
| mayéutico | maieutical |
| mayordomo | butler, majordomo |
| mayorista | wholesaler, wholesale dealer |
| mayúscula | upper case, uppercase |
| mayúscula | capital letter |
| mayúsculo | upper case, uppercase |
| mecanismo | mechanism |
| Mecayapan | The municipality of the same name |
| Mecayapan | The town of Mecayapan |
| mecenazgo | sponsorship, patronage |
| medallero | medal table |
| mediateca | library of tapes, videos and similar media; media library, hybrid library |
| mediático | media (attributive) |
| MediaWiki | MediaWiki, a wiki software |
| medicinal | medicinal |
| megafonía | tannoy, PA system |
| megámetro | megametre |
| meitnerio | meitnerium |
| mejorarse | to improve; get better; get well |
| Melbourne | Melbourne |
| melocotón | peach |
| melodioso | melodious |
| melomanía | melomania |
| membrillo | quince (fruit) |
| membrillo | quince (tree) |
| memorable | memorable |
| memorizar | to memorize |
| menarquia | menarche |
| mencionar | to mention |
| menestral | handicraftsman, craftsperson, craftsman (manual laborer) |
| menguante | decreasing, diminishing |
| menoscabo | deterioration, uglification |
| menoscabo | dishonor |
| menoscabo | Effect of diminishing, reduction |
| mensajera | feminine form of mensajero |
| mensajero | messenger |
| menstruar | to menstruate |
| mentirosa | feminine form of mentiroso |
| mentiroso | having lies |
| mentiroso | having the qualities of a liar |
| mentiroso | liar |
| meramente | purely |
| mercadera | feminine form of mercader |
| mercadera | feminine form of mercadero |
| mercadero | merchant |
| mercancía | ware, merchandise, goods |
| mercantil | mercantile |
| merecedor | deserving |
| meridiano | bright, luminous |
| meridiano | meridian, midday (attributive) |
| meridiano | meridian |
| meritorio | deserving, meritorious |
| mermelada | jam |
| mermelada | marmalade |
| mesopausa | mesopause |
| mesosfera | mesosphere |
| mesquital | alternative spelling of mezquital |
| mestizaje | A miscegenation, especially between Spaniards and natives of their former colonies |
| metalizar | to coat with metal |
| metalizar | to make metallic, to become metallic |
| meteórico | meteoric |
| meteorito | meteorite |
| metionina | methionine |
| metonimia | metonymy |
| metrónomo | metronome |
| metrópoli | metropolis |
| mexiqueño | Describing a native or inhabitant of Mexico City |
| mexiqueño | Native or inhabitant of Mexico City |
| mezclilla | denim |
| mezclilla | diminutive form of mezcla |
| mezquital | A mesquite grove |
| Michoacán | A state of Mexico |
| micología | mycology |
| microalga | microalga |
| micrófito | microphyte |
| micrófono | microphone |
| microonda | microwave (the electro-magnetic wave) |
| miércoles | Shoot! (euphemism for mierda) |
| miércoles | Wednesday |
| migración | migration |
| Miguelito | male given name, diminutive form of Miguel |
| milagroso | miraculous |
| milenario | millenary |
| milenario | millennial |
| milenario | thousand-year-old |
| miligramo | milligram |
| mililitro | millilitre (a unit of volume) |
| milímetro | millimeter |
| mimetizar | to disguise |
| mimetizar | to imitate |
| miniatura | miniature (painting or model) |
| minifalda | miniskirt |
| minimizar | to minimise |
| minimosca | light flyweight (boxing class) |
| Minnesota | Minnesota |
| Minotauro | Minotaur |
| minucioso | thorough, detailed |
| minúscula | lowercase letter |
| minúsculo | lower case, lowercase |
| miocardio | myocardium |
| miriápodo | myriapod |
| miriápodo | myriapod |
| miserable | miserable |
| miserable | poor |
| misionero | missionary |
| mismísimo | superlative form of mismo, (the) very |
| misoginia | misogyny |
| mitificar | to mystify |
| mitología | mythology (collection and study of myths) |
| mitomanía | mythomania |
| mochilero | backpacker |
| modalidad | modality |
| modelizar | to represent in the form of a model or template |
| moderador | moderating |
| moderador | moderator |
| modificar | to modify |
| molcajete | A small mortar, typically carved from vesicular basalt and used in traditional Mexican cuisine. |
| molecular | molecular |
| molibdeno | molybdenum |
| molondrón | okra |
| monarquía | monarchy |
| monegasca | feminine form of monegasco |
| monegasco | Monégasque (from or native to Monaco) |
| monegasco | Monégasque (pertaining to Monaco) |
| monegasco | a Monégasque |
| monetario | Related to the currency; monetary |
| monoamino | monoamine |
| monoamino | monoamine |
| monociclo | unicycle |
| monogamia | monogamy (all senses) |
| monopatín | skateboard |
| monoplaza | (of a vehicle) Having only one seat |
| monoplaza | A vehicle having only one seat |
| monopolio | monopoly |
| monoquini | monokini |
| montañoso | mountainous |
| montaraza | female ranger (i.e. guardian of a vast and wild estate) |
| montaraza | wife of a montaraz |
| Montblanc | Montblanc, a village in Tarragona, Spain |
| montículo | mound; monticule |
| montonazo | great bunch |
| monumento | monument |
| moralidad | morality |
| moralizar | to moralize |
| moratoria | moratorium |
| moratorio | moratory |
| mordedura | bite |
| mordiente | mordant |
| morelense | Of or pertaining to the Mexican state of Morelos |
| moribundo | moribund, nearing death |
| mortadela | baloney |
| mortadela | mortadella |
| mortandad | mortality (death on a large scale) |
| mortuorio | mortuary |
| moscovita | Muscovite |
| moscovita | Muscovite |
| mostoleño | of or from Móstoles |
| mostoleño | someone of or from Móstoles |
| mostrador | (shop) counter |
| motilidad | motility |
| motivador | motivating, encouraging |
| motivador | motivator |
| motocross | motocross |
| movilidad | mobility |
| movilizar | to activate |
| movilizar | to mobilize |
| muchísimo | superlative form of mucho |
| muchísimo | a lot, very much, superlative form of mucho |
| mueblería | furniture store |
| mugriento | filthy |
| mujercita | diminutive form of mujer |
| mujeriego | A womanizer |
| mujersita | diminutive form of mujer small child |
| mujersita | little woman |
| muletilla | stock phrase |
| muñequera | dollmaker |
| muñequera | wristband |
| muñequera | wrist pad |
| muñequero | dollmaker |
| municipal | municipal |
| municipio | municipality |
| muriático | muriatic, hydrochloric |
| musculado | muscly; muscular |
| nacatamal | A tamale filled with pork or chicken, rice, potatoes, herbs, spices, and other ingredients |
| naftaleno | naphthalene |
| naftalina | naphthalene |
| nanogramo | nanogram |
| nanómetro | nanometre |
| naranjita | diminutive form of naranja |
| narcótico | narcotic |
| narcótico | drug |
| naricilla | diminutive form of nariz |
| narración | narration, story |
| narradora | feminine form of narrador |
| narrativa | feminine form of narrativo |
| narrativa | narration |
| narrativa | narrative |
| narrativo | narrative |
| natividad | nativity or birth |
| Natividad | female given name |
| naufragar | fall, go down (to be defeated) |
| naufragar | to be shipwrecked |
| naufragar | to fail, founder |
| navegante | mariner, sailor |
| navegante | navigator |
| Navidades | The Christmas season; yuletide |
| necesario | necessary |
| necesidad | necessity |
| necesidad | need |
| necesitar | To need |
| nectarina | nectarine |
| nefología | nephology |
| nefrítico | nephritic |
| nefrólogo | nephrologist |
| neoleonés | Of or pertaining to the Mexican state of Nuevo León |
| neolítico | neolithic |
| neotérico | neoteric |
| nepotismo | nepotism |
| nervadura | rib (of a building, especially a vault) |
| nervadura | midrib, nerve (of a plant leaf) |
| neumático | neumatic |
| neumático | tire (of an automobile) |
| neuralgia | neuralgia |
| neurólogo | neurologist |
| neurótico | neurotic |
| neurótico | neurotic |
| neurótomo | neurotome |
| Nicaragua | Nicaragua |
| nictálope | nyctalopic |
| nidificar | to nidify; to build a nest |
| nigeriano | Nigerian |
| nigeriano | Nigerian |
| nihilista | nihilistic |
| nihilista | nihilist |
| ninfómana | nymphomaniac |
| ningunear | to disrespect, belittle |
| ningunear | to ignore, forget |
| nitrógeno | nitrogen |
| nomadismo | nomadism |
| normativo | normative |
| nostalgia | nostalgia |
| noticiero | news |
| noticiero | newsman, reporter |
| noticiero | newsreel |
| notificar | to notify, announce, inform, intimate, make known |
| notocorda | notochord |
| novelista | novelist |
| noviembre | November |
| novilunio | new moon |
| nubosidad | cloudiness |
| nucleolar | nucleolar |
| numerador | numerator |
| nutrición | nutrition |
| nutriente | nutrient |
| oaxaqueño | Of or pertaining to the Mexican state of Oaxaca |
| obediente | obedient |
| obituario | obituary |
| obliterar | to obliterate, to null, to erase |
| obnubilar | to daze |
| obsequiar | to present |
| obsidiana | obsidian |
| obstáculo | obstacle |
| obstinado | stubborn |
| ocasional | occasional |
| ocasionar | to cause |
| occidente | west, occident |
| occipital | occipital |
| occipital | (muscle) occipitalis |
| occipital | occipital bone |
| occipital | occipital lobe |
| ociosidad | idleness, inactivity |
| octagonal | octagonal |
| ocultarse | to be hidden |
| ocultarse | to hide |
| ocupación | occupation (all senses) |
| ocurrente | occurrent |
| ocurrente | saying, meaning, showing or doing unexpected things |
| odorífero | odorous, odoriferous |
| odorífero | smelly |
| ojialegre | laughing-eyed |
| ojimoreno | dark-eyed, brown-eyed |
| ojituerto | cross-eyed, cock-eyed |
| okupación | squatting |
| oleoducto | oil pipeline |
| olfatorio | olfactory |
| olimpiada | olympiad |
| olimpíada | olympiad |
| olimpíada | Olympics |
| olisquear | to sniff at |
| oncología | oncology (branch of medicine) |
| ontogenia | ontogeny |
| ontología | ontology |
| operación | operation |
| operadora | feminine form of operador, (female) operator |
| operativo | operative |
| operativo | operation |
| oposición | opposition |
| optimismo | optimism |
| optimista | optimistic |
| optimista | optimist |
| optimizar | to optimize |
| opulencia | opulence |
| oralmente | orally |
| orangután | orangutan |
| ordenador | computer |
| ordenanza | messenger |
| ordenanza | orderly |
| ordenanza | ordinance |
| ordinario | ordinary |
| organillo | street organ |
| organismo | corporate body |
| organismo | human body |
| organismo | organism, creature |
| organismo | organization, committee, body |
| organista | organist |
| organizar | to organize |
| orgulloso | proud |
| ornamento | ornament |
| orografía | orography (all senses) |
| orquestal | orchestral |
| orquestar | to orchestrate |
| orquestra | orchestra |
| ortodoxia | orthodoxy (all senses) |
| ortógrafa | feminine form of ortógrafo |
| ortógrafo | orthographer |
| ortopedia | orthopedics |
| oscurecer | to darken |
| oscuridad | darkness, obscurity |
| ostentoso | flashy; showy |
| osteofito | osteophyte |
| ostrogodo | Ostrogothic |
| ostrogodo | Ostrogoth |
| ovacionar | to hail (praise enthusiastically) |
| oviedista | A person connecting with Real Oviedo, a Spanish football team from the city of Oviedo |
| oxhídrico | oxyhydrogen |
| oxhidrilo | hydroxyl |
| oxidación | oxidation |
| oxidativo | oxidative |
| oxigenasa | oxygenase |
| oximetría | oximetry |
| oxitocina | oxytocin |
| paciencia | patience |
| pacificar | to pacify |
| pacifismo | pacifism |
| pacifista | pacifist |
| padrastro | hangnail |
| padrastro | stepfather |
| paganismo | paganism |
| paisanaje | collection of persons from the same original country/location |
| paisanito | diminutive form of paisano |
| pajaroneo | absent-mindedness |
| palabrota | offensive word, swear word, swear |
| palentino | From Palencia |
| palentino | Someone from Palencia |
| Palestina | Palestine |
| palestino | Palestinian |
| palestino | Palestinian |
| paliacate | a brightly colored scarf or handkerchief |
| palidecer | to pale, become pale |
| palmitato | palmitate |
| palmítico | palmitic |
| palmotear | to applaud |
| paludismo | malaria (disease) |
| pamplonés | From Pamplona |
| pamplonés | Someone from Pamplona |
| panadería | bakery |
| panalillo | sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima) |
| pañalillo | Little nappy (diminutive form of pañal) |
| pandeísmo | pandeism |
| pandeísta | pandeist |
| pandereta | tambourine |
| panecillo | diminutive form of pan |
| panelista | panelist |
| panqueque | crepe, pancake |
| panteísmo | pantheism |
| panteísta | pantheist |
| papelería | stationery shop / store |
| papelería | stationery |
| papillote | papillote |
| paradigma | paradigm |
| paraguayo | Paraguayan (from or native to Paraguay) |
| paraguayo | Paraguayan (pertaining to Paraguay) |
| paraguayo | Paraguayan |
| paragüero | umbrella stand |
| paragüita | a small umbrella or cocktail umbrella |
| paragüita | diminutive of paraguas |
| paralelar | parallel |
| parálisis | paralysis |
| paralizar | to paralyze |
| paramecio | paramecium |
| parámetro | parameter |
| paranoico | paranoid |
| paranoico | paranoid person |
| parapente | paragliding |
| parecerse | to be like, to resemble |
| parecerse | to look alike, to resemble one another |
| parentela | kinfolk, relatives, relations |
| pariguayo | 'nerd', party-watcher |
| parlotear | to gab, waffle, prattle |
| paroxismo | paroxysm |
| parpadear | to bat one's eyelids, to flutter the eyelids |
| parpadear | to blink (light or eyes) |
| parroquia | parish |
| partición | partition; effect of dividing or partitioning |
| partícula | particle |
| partitura | score |
| pasaporte | passport |
| pascuense | Pascuense |
| pascuense | Pascuense (language) |
| pascuense | Pascuense |
| pasividad | passivity |
| pasodoble | A certain kind of march (music) |
| pastelero | pastry cook, confectioner |
| pastelito | diminutive form of pastel, small cake |
| pastorear | to shepherd |
| Patagonia | Patagonia |
| patillaje | pinout |
| patinador | skating |
| patinador | skater |
| patogenia | pathogenesis |
| patología | pathology |
| patriarca | patriarch |
| patrullar | to patrol |
| paulatino | gradual |
| pavorreal | peacock |
| pecadillo | diminutive form of pecado; a peccadillo, minor sin |
| pechiazul | The bluethroat. A small bird |
| pechugona | feminine form of pechugón |
| pectinado | pectinate |
| pedagogía | pedagogy |
| pederasta | pederast |
| pediatría | pediatrics |
| pedigüeño | sponger |
| pedofilia | pedophilia |
| pedofobia | pedophobia |
| pedorrear | to fart |
| pedregoso | stony |
| pedúnculo | peduncle |
| pegamento | glue |
| pelagatos | nobody (unimportant person) |
| peliagudo | difficult, tricky |
| peligroso | perilous, dangerous |
| pelirroja | feminine form of pelirrojo |
| pelirrojo | redheaded |
| pelirrojo | redhead |
| pellizcar | to pinch, nip |
| peluquera | feminine form of peluquero |
| peluquero | barber, hairdresser |
| pelusilla | diminutive form of pelusa, fluff |
| penalizar | to penalize |
| peñascoso | rocky, craggy |
| pendejada | bullshit (deceitful statement) |
| pendejear | To fool around; to procrastinate; to fritter aimlessly or distractedly |
| pendencia | quarrel, dispute, feud |
| pendiente | hanging |
| pendiente | pending |
| pendiente | slope (declivity) |
| pendiente | (hanging) earring |
| península | peninsula |
| penitente | a penitent |
| pensadora | (female) thinker |
| pensativo | pensive |
| pentáculo | pentacle |
| pentaedro | pentahedron |
| pentágono | pentagonal |
| pentágono | pentagon |
| Pentágono | The Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense |
| pentaleno | pentalene |
| pentatlón | pentathlon |
| penúltimo | penultimate |
| pepinillo | pickle (cucumber preserved in a solution) |
| peptidasa | peptidase |
| peptídico | peptidic |
| pequeñito | diminutive form of pequeño, very small |
| perceptor | recipient |
| percusión | percussion |
| perdedora | feminine form of perdedor |
| perdición | ruin, perdition |
| peregrina | female pilgrim |
| peregrino | foreign |
| peregrino | strange |
| peregrino | traveling, wandering |
| peregrino | pilgrim |
| peregrino | traveler |
| perfumado | scented, perfumed |
| pergamino | parchment |
| periantio | perianth |
| periferia | periphery |
| perifolio | chervil |
| perifollo | chervil |
| perihelio | perihelion |
| perímetro | perimeter |
| periódico | periodic |
| periódico | newspaper |
| peripecia | adventure |
| peripecia | incident |
| peripecia | peripeteia |
| periquera | cacophonous gibberish |
| periquera | flock of parakeets |
| periquito | budgerigar |
| peritoneo | peritoneum |
| perjuicio | detriment (the opposite of a benefit) |
| permeable | permeable |
| pernoctar | to spend the night |
| peronista | Peronist |
| peronista | Peronist |
| perpetrar | to carry out, to perpetrate |
| perpetuar | to perpetuate |
| perquirir | to investigate |
| perquirir | to seek out |
| Perséfone | Persephone |
| perseguir | to pursue |
| persistir | to persist |
| personaje | character in a film, book or other media |
| personaje | personage |
| personaje | personality |
| perspicaz | perceptive, perspicacious, insightful, shrewd |
| persuadir | to persuade |
| perturbar | to perturb |
| peruviana | feminine form of peruviano |
| peruviano | Peruvian (from or native to Peru) |
| peruviano | Peruvian (pertaining to Peru) |
| peruviano | a Peruvian |
| pervertir | to pervert, lead astray, garble, corrupt |
| pesadilla | nightmare |
| pescadero | fishmonger (person who sells fish) |
| pescadito | diminutive form of pescado, little fish |
| pescadora | (female) fisher |
| pescadora | fisherwoman |
| pesimismo | pessimism |
| pesimista | pessimistic |
| pesimista | pessimist |
| pespuntar | to backstitch |
| pestañear | to wink, blink |
| pesticida | pesticide |
| petámetro | petametre |
| petardear | to backfire |
| petirrojo | robin (Erithacus rubecula) |
| petrolera | oil company |
| petrolero | diesel (of vehicles powered with diesel fuel) |
| petrolero | oil, petrol (related to mineral oil) |
| petrolero | oil tanker |
| picadillo | minced meat |
| picadillo | salad (made of chopped food) |
| Pichilemo | Pichilemu (the Chilean city) |
| Pichilemu | Pichilemu |
| picogramo | picogram |
| pindárico | Pindaric |
| piquetear | to picket |
| piramidal | pyramidal (pyramid-shaped) |
| piramidal | triquetrum |
| piratería | piracy |
| piretrina | pyrethrin |
| piricuaco | (Nicaragua) (offensive) Sandinista soldier or combatant |
| piromanía | pyromania |
| pisaverde | fop, coxcomb, popinjay, dandy |
| pistolero | A gunman |
| pistolero | An armed bandit |
| plagiador | plagiarist; one who plagiarizes |
| plagiario | of or pertaining to plagiarism |
| plagiario | plagiarist |
| plantador | dibber, dibbler (person) |
| plantador | dibber, dibble (tool) |
| plantador | planter |
| plantilla | template |
| platinoso | platinous |
| platónico | Platonic |
| platónico | Platonist |
| plazoleta | a small town square |
| pleonasmo | pleonasm |
| pletórico | plethoric; overabundant |
| pletórico | plethoric |
| plusvalía | capital gain or capital gains |
| plutónico | plutonic |
| población | population |
| población | town, village |
| pobrecito | diminutive form of pobre; poor thing |
| polarizar | to polarize |
| poliaceno | acene |
| poliamina | polyamine |
| policiaco | Of the police or a detective |
| policíaco | Of the police or a detective, |
| policíaco | Related to the police |
| policromo | varicolored (US), varicoloured (UK) |
| poliéster | polyester |
| polifenol | polyphenol |
| poligamia | polygamy (all senses) |
| poligloto | alternative form of polígloto |
| polígloto | multilingual (written in multiple languages) |
| polígloto | polyglot (of a person, able to speak multiple language) |
| polígloto | A multilingual Christian Bible |
| polígloto | a polyglot (one who is able to speak multiple language) |
| polígrafo | polygraph |
| polinomio | polynomial |
| polisemia | polysemy |
| pollerudo | henpecked |
| pontífice | pontifex |
| pontífice | pontiff |
| ponzoñoso | poisonous, venomous, toxic |
| populista | populist |
| populista | populist |
| porcelana | porcelain |
| porfirina | porphyrin |
| porosidad | porosity |
| porquería | crap, trash |
| porquería | filth |
| portadora | feminine form of portador |
| portuense | from or pertaining to a port city |
| portugués | Portuguese (from or native to Portugal) |
| portugués | Portuguese (pertaining to Portugal) |
| portugués | Portuguese (language) |
| posavasos | coaster (used to prevent drinking vessels from leaving marks on a table) |
| postergar | to postpone |
| posterior | posterior, later |
| potencial | potential |
| potencial | conditional tense |
| potencial | potential |
| potenciar | to promote |
| practicar | to exercise |
| practicar | to practice |
| prebélico | antebellum |
| preciarse | to have self-pride; to value oneself |
| precisión | precision |
| precursor | precursory, preceding |
| precursor | precursor |
| predicado | predicate |
| predicado | predicate |
| preferido | favorite |
| pregonero | divulging |
| pregonero | proclaiming |
| pregonero | town crier |
| pregonero | auctioneer |
| preguntar | to ask |
| prejuicio | prejudice |
| premática | A law emanating from a competent Spanish authority, but technically differing from a royal decree or command in the formalities of its publication |
| prematuro | premature, early |
| prendedor | barrette |
| prendedor | button (a badge worn on clothes) |
| prenombre | praenomen |
| preocupar | to, worry, concern |
| preparado | prepared |
| preparado | preparation |
| presagiar | to presage |
| presbicia | presbyopia |
| presencia | appearance, look |
| presencia | presence |
| presentar | to present, to submit |
| presentir | to have a feeling, have an idea |
| preservar | to preserve |
| presionar | to pressure |
| presionar | to push, press |
| presionar | to urge |
| prestigio | prestige |
| presumido | arrogant, conceited |
| pretender | to intend |
| pretender | to pretend |
| pretender | to woo, to court |
| pretérito | Of things that have passed or occurred ongoing at some point in the past |
| pretérito | Of the preterite verb tense |
| pretérito | The preterite tense |
| previsión | prevision |
| priapismo | priapism |
| primavera | spring, the season |
| primerizo | first timer, newbie |
| primitiva | feminine form of primitivo |
| primitivo | original, initial, basic |
| primitivo | primitive |
| primitivo | Primitive man |
| primoroso | prime, excellent, ace (First in excellence, quality, or value) |
| principal | essential |
| principal | main, most important |
| principal | chief, boss |
| principio | beginning, start |
| principio | cause, origin |
| principio | principle |
| prioridad | priority |
| prioridad | right of way |
| priorizar | to prioritize (give something high priority) |
| privación | deprivation, privation, hardship |
| probadura | tasting, sampling |
| probadura | trial |
| procesado | processed (of products, food, modified through manufacture) |
| procesado | accused |
| procesión | procession (act of progressing or proceeding) |
| procesión | procession (group of people or things moving along in an orderly manner, especially religeous) |
| proclamar | to proclaim |
| producido | produced |
| productor | producer |
| profesión | calling, life task |
| profesión | profession |
| profesora | feminine form of profesor, (female) teacher |
| profético | prophetic |
| profetisa | prophetess |
| profusión | profusion, abundance |
| programar | to program |
| programar | to schedule |
| progresar | to progress |
| prohibido | forbidden |
| prolífico | prolific |
| prolongar | to prolong, drag out |
| promediar | to bisect |
| prometida | fiancée (woman engaged to be married) |
| prometido | promised |
| prometido | fiance (man engaged to be married) |
| promiscuo | mixed, ambiguous |
| promiscuo | promiscuous |
| promoción | promotion |
| promulgar | to promulgate |
| pronombre | a pronoun |
| propender | to incline |
| propiciar | to propitiate |
| propiedad | property, belongings, estate, ownership |
| propiedad | propriety |
| propileno | propene |
| propionil | propionyl |
| propóleos | propolis (glue-like substance) |
| propósito | purpose |
| propuesta | proposal |
| propulsar | to propel |
| propulsor | propulsive |
| propulsor | propellant |
| propulsor | propeller |
| propulsor | propulsion |
| prorrogar | to prolong, extend |
| proseguir | to continue |
| prosódico | prosodic |
| prosperar | to prosper |
| protector | protective |
| protector | A protector |
| protegido | protected |
| protestar | to protest |
| protocolo | conduct or etiquette rules |
| protocolo | protocol |
| prototipo | prototype (all senses) |
| proveedor | provider |
| proveedor | supplier |
| proverbio | proverb, saying |
| provincia | province |
| provisión | provision |
| proyectar | to project, to plan |
| proyectar | to shoot, to discharge |
| proyectil | projectile |
| proyector | projector |
| prudencia | caution, care, prudence |
| pseudogén | pseudogene |
| psicólogo | psychologist |
| psicópata | psycho killer |
| psicópata | psychopath |
| psicótico | psychotic |
| psilocina | psilocin |
| pteridina | pteridine |
| pueblucho | (small and unremarkable) village |
| puentismo | bungee jumping from a bridge |
| puerperio | puerperium |
| pugilista | pugilist, boxer |
| pulimento | polish |
| pulquería | An establishment where pulque is sold |
| pupusería | restaurant where pupusas are served or sold |
| purificar | to purify, refine |
| pustuloso | pustular |
| quebracho | a quebracho tree |
| quebranto | A break. |
| quebranto | A loss |
| quebranto | An affliction or grief |
| quejicoso | complaintive |
| quelación | chelation |
| quemadora | burner |
| quemadura | burn |
| queratina | keratin |
| querencia | an animal's lair |
| querencia | homesickness, nostalgia |
| querencia | the homing instinct of an animal |
| querencia | the bull's querencia |
| querendón | loving, affectionate |
| querendón | lover, paramour |
| queretano | Of or pertaining to the Mexican state of Querétaro |
| Querétaro | A state of Mexico |
| queroseno | kerosene |
| querúbico | cherubic |
| quimerico | chimeric |
| quimérico | chimeric |
| quinceavo | fifteenth |
| quincenal | twice a month |
| quingombó | okra |
| quinolina | quinoline |
| quíntuple | quintuple (having five parts or members) |
| quíntuplo | quintuple |
| quirófano | operating room |
| quitinoso | chitinous |
| rabilargo | long tailed |
| rabilargo | blue magpie |
| radiación | radiation |
| radiólogo | radiologist |
| ralladora | grater |
| ralladora | shredder |
| ramificar | To have branches |
| ramificar | To have ramifications or consequences |
| ramificar | To ramify |
| ranacuajo | tadpole (toad or frog larva) |
| ranchería | cottage (small rural settlement) |
| rapsódico | rhapsodic |
| raramente | rarely, seldom |
| raspadura | abrasion; scrape |
| rastrillo | market; see rastro |
| rastrillo | portcullis |
| rastrillo | rake |
| rastrillo | yard sale, rummage sale |
| rastrillo | non-electrical razor |
| ratificar | to ratify |
| Ratisbona | Regensburg (city in Germany) |
| ratoncito | a little mouse |
| razonable | reasonable |
| reactivar | to reactivate |
| reafirmar | to reaffirm |
| reajustar | to adjust |
| realinear | to realign |
| realmente | really, actually |
| rebobinar | to rewind |
| recabador | lobbyist |
| recepción | reception |
| receptivo | receptive |
| recetario | cookbook, recipe book |
| recetario | prescription pad |
| rechinado | chirp, squeak, wheek, creak, chirrup, screak |
| rechistar | To complain, grumble |
| rechoncho | squat; short and wide |
| recibidor | entrance hall |
| reciclaje | recycling |
| recíproco | reciprocal (done by each of two people towards the other) |
| recóndito | recondite, hidden |
| reconocer | To acknowledge |
| reconocer | To recognize |
| recopilar | to compile |
| recorrido | journey |
| recorrido | route |
| recuadrar | to draw a square around. to box in |
| recuperar | to recover |
| recursivo | recursive |
| redacción | drafting (a written work) |
| redacción | editing room |
| redecilla | hairnet |
| redecilla | netting; small net |
| redecilla | reticulum |
| redefinir | to redefine |
| redención | redemption |
| redirigir | to redirect |
| redondear | to round; to make round |
| reducción | reduction |
| reducidor | fence, middleman (for transactions of stolen goods) |
| reductasa | reductase |
| reexpedir | to reissue |
| referendo | referendum |
| referente | referring (as in referente a = referring to, regarding) |
| referente | referent |
| referirse | to refer to |
| refinería | refinery |
| reflación | reflation |
| reflexión | reflection |
| reflexivo | reflexive |
| refractar | to refract |
| refranero | collection of proverbs |
| refrendar | to endorse |
| refrescar | to refresh |
| refugiada | feminine form of refugiado |
| refugiado | related to refugees |
| refugiado | refugee |
| refutable | Something that can be refuted |
| regenerar | to regenerate |
| registrar | to examine, to inspect, to search |
| registrar | to register, to record |
| registrar | to check in |
| regocijar | to delight |
| regresivo | backwards |
| regulable | adjustable |
| regulador | regulator |
| Reikiavik | Reykjavik |
| reincidir | to backslide |
| reiniciar | to reboot |
| reiniciar | to recommence |
| reiniciar | to reset |
| relajante | relaxing |
| relámpago | flash, glance, sparkle |
| relámpago | lightning, bolt |
| relevante | significant, important |
| relicario | reliquary |
| religioso | religious |
| relinchar | to whinny, to neigh |
| relojería | clockmaking |
| relojería | clock shop |
| relumbrar | to shine |
| remanente | remaining |
| remanente | remainder |
| rematable | auctionable, able to yield profit |
| rematador | auctioneer |
| rememorar | to reminisce |
| remitente | sender (someone who sends) |
| remodelar | to remodel |
| remolacha | beet (Beta vulgaris) |
| remolacha | mangelwurzel |
| remolacha | red beet |
| remolacha | sugar beet |
| remoldear | to remold |
| remontado | A Northern Philippine's tribesman |
| remontado | Re-mounted, gone back to the hills or mountains (said of someone who has returned to the wild and left civilization.) |
| removedor | remover |
| remunerar | to remunerate |
| renacuajo | tadpole (toad or frog larva) |
| rencoroso | resentful; rancorous (full of rancor) |
| rendición | surrender |
| renovable | renewable |
| renovador | renewing, describing renewal |
| renunciar | to renounce |
| reordenar | To reorganize; to restructure |
| repatriar | to repatriate, return to one's country |
| repelente | repulsive, repelling |
| repelente | know-it-all |
| repelente | repellent |
| repentino | sudden |
| repetible | repeatable |
| reportaje | report |
| reportear | to report on |
| reportera | (female) reporter |
| reportero | reporter |
| repostero | pastry chef |
| reprender | to reprimand |
| reprensor | reprehender; one who reprehends |
| represión | repression |
| represivo | repressive |
| reprochar | to reproach |
| república | republic |
| repulsión | repulsion |
| repulsivo | repulsive, gross |
| repulsivo | repulsive |
| requebrar | to flatter, compliment |
| requerido | required, needed |
| requiebro | flattering comment |
| requisito | required, requisite |
| requisito | requirement |
| resbaloso | slippery |
| resbaloso | flirtatious |
| rescindir | to rescind |
| resemblar | to be similar, resemble |
| resentido | resentful, bitter (person) |
| reservado | discrete |
| reservado | private |
| reservado | reserved |
| resfriado | A cold |
| resfriado | The flu |
| residente | residing, domiciled, living, resident |
| residente | resident |
| resonante | resonant |
| resondrar | to tell off |
| resorcino | resorcinol, resorcin |
| respaldar | to support |
| respectar | to respect |
| respingar | to buck, balk (of an animal) |
| respingar | to dig in one's heels |
| respingar | to ride up, hike up (clothes) |
| responder | to answer, to reply |
| respuesta | reply, response, answer |
| resquicio | cleft, crack, slit, crevice (thin long opening) |
| resquicio | the opening between the door and doorjamb |
| resquicio | opportunity, chance |
| resquicio | rest, remainder |
| resquicio | trace |
| restallar | to crack |
| restallar | to crackle |
| restaurar | to restore |
| restituir | restore, bring back, return |
| restregar | to scour, rub hard, scrub |
| restregar | to rub in (irritatingly make a point) |
| resucitar | to resuscitate |
| resultado | result |
| retención | retention |
| reticente | reticent, reluctant |
| retirarse | to retreat |
| retorcido | kinky |
| retorcido | twisted |
| retraerse | to withdraw (oneself), to shrink back |
| retrasado | delayed, retarded |
| retrasado | retarded, moronic, dumb |
| retroceso | backtrack |
| retroceso | recoil |
| retroceso | retreat |
| reumático | rheumatic |
| revalidar | to confirm |
| revenirse | For baking products, to make bland and rubbery from humidity or heat |
| reverendo | reverend |
| revoltijo | jumble, mess, mishmash |
| rezumante | wet, humid |
| riachuelo | small stream, rivulet |
| ribosomal | ribosomal |
| ricamente | richly |
| ridiculez | ridiculousness |
| riquísimo | superlative form of rico |
| rivalidad | rivalry |
| rivalizar | to compete |
| rodaballo | turbot |
| rodesiano | Rhodesian |
| rodesiano | Rhodesian |
| rodillera | kneepad |
| rodillera | knee patch |
| rodillero | knee |
| rodopsina | rhodopsin |
| Rodríguez | Spanish surname |
| romancear | to translate into a Romance language |
| romanizar | to romanize |
| romántico | romantic |
| romboidal | rhomboidal |
| rompeolas | breakwater (construction in or around a harbour) |
| ronronear | to purr |
| rosquilla | doughnut |
| rotacismo | rhotacism |
| rotulador | marker, felt-tip (pen) |
| rudamente | tactlessly |
| rutinario | routine |
| sabandija | pest; bug; small reptile |
| sabiduría | learning; knowledge |
| sabiduría | wisdom |
| sabiendas | knowingly |
| sacabotas | bootjack |
| sacerdota | priestly |
| sacerdote | priest |
| sacrílego | sacrilegious |
| sacristán | sacristan |
| sacristán | sexton |
| sacristía | sacristy (room in a church) |
| safranina | safranin |
| sagacidad | sagacity; astuteness |
| sahumerio | incense |
| salacidad | salaciousness, salacity |
| salchicha | hotdog |
| salchicha | sausage |
| salinidad | salinity |
| salmodiar | to sing or chant psalms |
| salmorejo | A Cordoban soup consisting of tomato and bread |
| salpresar | to salt, to season or preserve with salt |
| saludable | healthy |
| salvación | salvation |
| sancionar | to sanction |
| sancochar | to parboil |
| sangrante | bloody |
| sanguíneo | akin (related by blood) |
| sanguíneo | sanguineous (related to blood) |
| sanitaria | feminine form of sanitario |
| sanitario | sanitary |
| sanitario | sanitary worker |
| sanitario | toilet |
| sánscrito | Sanskrit |
| sánscrito | Sanskrit |
| santuario | sanctuary, shrine |
| sapiencia | wisdom |
| sarampión | measles |
| sarcófago | sarcophagus |
| sarcófago | sepulcher |
| sardónico | sardonic |
| sarmentar | to gather pruned vine-shoots |
| sartenazo | A hit with a saucepan |
| sastrería | tailor's (shop) |
| satelital | related to satellites |
| satirizar | to satirize, lampoon |
| saturnino | pertaining to the planet Saturn |
| saturnino | saturnine, melancholy |
| seaborgio | seaborgium |
| Sebastián | male given name, cognate to English Sebastian |
| secamanos | hand dryer |
| seccionar | to section |
| secreción | secretion |
| secretina | secretin |
| secuencia | sequence |
| secuestro | kidnapping |
| sedicioso | seditious, factious, mutinous |
| sedimento | sediment |
| seducción | seduction |
| seductora | feminine form of seductor |
| segoviano | Segovian |
| segoviano | Segovian |
| seguidora | feminine form of seguidor |
| seguridad | safety |
| seguridad | security |
| seguridad | self-confidence |
| selección | choice |
| selección | selection |
| selectivo | selective, choosy |
| seleniuro | selenide |
| semanario | weekly |
| semanario | weekly (newspaper or periodical issued every week) |
| semanario | allowance (money given to a child) |
| semántica | semantics |
| semántico | semantic |
| semblante | countenance; appearance |
| sembrador | seeding |
| sembrador | seeder |
| sembrador | seeding machine |
| semejante | similar |
| semejante | such |
| semejante | what a + noun |
| semejanza | similarity |
| semiárido | semiarid |
| semifinal | semifinal |
| seminario | seminar |
| semióloga | feminine form of semiólogo |
| semiólogo | semiologist, semiotician |
| semiótica | semiotics |
| semiótico | semiotic |
| semirural | semirural |
| señalizar | to signpost, to install signs |
| sencillez | simplicity |
| senegalés | Senegalese |
| senegalés | Senegalese |
| sensación | sensation |
| sensitiva | mimosa (sensitive plant) - Mimosa pudica |
| sensitivo | sensitive |
| sensitivo | sentient |
| sensorial | sensorial |
| sentadero | seat |
| sentencia | sentence |
| sentencia | sentence |
| separador | bookmark |
| separador | divider |
| separarse | to separate |
| sepultura | A hole made in the Earth to bury a corpse |
| sepultura | A place where something is buried |
| sepultura | grave |
| sepultura | The act or state of burial |
| serenidad | serenity |
| sermonear | to sermonize |
| serpentón | serpent (musical instrument) |
| serpiente | snake, serpent |
| serruchar | to saw into pieces |
| servicial | attentive |
| servicial | helpful |
| servicial | kind |
| seudónimo | A pseudonym |
| severidad | severity |
| sevillano | Sevillian |
| sevillano | Sevillian |
| sexología | sexology |
| siberiana | feminine form of siberiano |
| siberiano | Siberian |
| sibilante | sibilant, hissing |
| sibilante | a sibilant |
| siciliano | Sicilian |
| siciliano | Sicilian (language) |
| siciliano | Sicilian (people) |
| sicodelia | alternative spelling of psicodelia |
| sicología | alternative spelling of psicología |
| sicopatía | alternative form of psicopatía |
| siguiente | following |
| siguiente | next |
| silabario | primer (textbook) |
| silabario | syllabary |
| silenciar | to silence |
| silvestre | rustic |
| silvestre | uncultivated |
| silvestre | wild |
| simbiosis | symbiosis |
| simbólico | symbolic |
| simétrico | symmetrical |
| similitud | similarity, similitude |
| simpático | nice, pleasant, likable |
| simpósium | Variant form of simposio |
| simulacro | idea, fantasy (an idea resulting from fantasy) |
| simulacro | image, simulacrum (especially of someone or something sacred) |
| simulacro | imitation, simulation |
| simulador | simulated |
| simulador | simulating |
| simulador | malingerer |
| simulador | pretender |
| simulador | simulator |
| sindicato | labor union |
| sindicato | syndicate |
| sindicato | trade union |
| sinfónico | symphonic |
| siniestra | left hand |
| siniestro | left, left-hand (direction) |
| siniestro | malicious, evil |
| siniestro | sinister |
| siniestro | unhappy |
| siniestro | accident, catastrophe, disaster |
| sintetasa | synthetase |
| sintético | synthetic |
| sintoísmo | Shinto (religion) |
| sintoísta | Shintoist |
| sintoísta | Shintoist |
| siquiatra | alternative spelling of psiquiatra |
| sirvienta | maid, (female) servant |
| sirviente | servant |
| sismóloga | feminine form of sismólogo |
| sismólogo | seismologist |
| sistémico | systemic |
| sistólico | systolic |
| situación | situation |
| snowcross | snocross |
| soberanía | sovereignty |
| sobrecama | blanket |
| sobrecama | coverlet, bedspread |
| sobrepeso | overweight |
| sobreseer | to stay, to prolong |
| sobreseer | to dismiss a case or motion |
| sobretodo | overalls |
| sobriedad | sobriety, temperance |
| sociólogo | sociologist |
| sociópata | sociopath |
| socrático | Socratic |
| sodomizar | to sodomize |
| sofocante | stifling |
| sofocante | suffocating |
| solamente | only, alone, merely |
| soldadura | soldering |
| soldadura | welding |
| solenoide | solenoid |
| solicitar | to ask for, to solicit |
| solicitar | to request |
| solicitar | to attract |
| solicitud | application |
| solicitud | solicitation |
| solicitud | survey |
| solidario | solidary |
| solitario | lonely |
| solomillo | sirloin (cut of beef) |
| solsticio | solstice |
| solterona | spinster, old maid (A woman who has never been married, especially one past the normal marrying age according to social traditions) |
| solventar | to solve, settle |
| sombrilla | parasol |
| sombrilla | sunshade |
| somnífero | soporific |
| somnífero | soporific, sleeping pill |
| sonámbulo | somnambulist, sleepwalker |
| sonorense | Of or pertaining to the Mexican state of Sonora |
| sonoridad | sound |
| sonriente | smiling |
| sordomudo | deaf and dumb; deaf-mute |
| sordomudo | deaf-mute |
| sospechar | to suspect |
| sostenido | supported |
| sostenido | sustainable |
| sostenido | sustained |
| sostenido | sharp |
| soviético | soviet |
| spanglish | Spanglish |
| subcomité | subcommittee |
| subhúmedo | subhumid |
| subjetivo | subjective |
| submarino | submarine |
| submarino | submarine |
| subnormal | subnormal |
| subseguir | to follow next, be subsequent |
| subsidiar | to subsidize |
| subsistir | to subsist |
| substraer | subtract (to remove or reduce) |
| subtítulo | subtitle |
| subunidad | subunit |
| suburbano | suburban |
| suburbano | inhabitant of a suburb |
| succinato | succinate |
| succínico | succinic |
| succionar | to suck up |
| sucedáneo | substitute |
| sucedáneo | substitute |
| sucesorio | successional |
| sucralosa | sucralose |
| Sudáfrica | South Africa |
| sufrútice | subshrub, suffrutex |
| sugestión | suggestion |
| sugestivo | suggestive |
| sujetador | bra, brassiere |
| sujetador | clip, pin (for hair, papers etc.) |
| sujetador | fastener |
| sulfonato | sulfonate |
| sulfónico | sulfonic |
| sulfóxido | sulfoxide |
| sulfuroso | sulfurous |
| sultanato | sultanate |
| sumamente | extremely |
| sumamente | highly |
| sumamente | most |
| supeditar | to subordinate |
| superable | superable |
| superávit | surplus |
| superfilo | superphylum |
| superfluo | superfluous |
| superiora | mother superior |
| superliga | superleague |
| supernova | supernova |
| supinador | supinator; muscle that causes supination |
| suplantar | to supplant |
| supresión | deletion |
| supresión | suppression |
| surinamés | Surinamese |
| surinamés | Surinamese |
| suscribir | to subscribe |
| suspender | to flunk, to fail to pass an exam or class |
| suspender | to suspend |
| sustancia | substance |
| sustentar | to sustain |
| sustituir | to replace |
| sustituto | substitute |
| tabletear | to rattle |
| tabulador | tabulator |
| taciturno | taciturn, quiet, silent |
| taekwondo | taekwondo |
| tailandés | Thai |
| tailandés | Thai |
| Tailandia | Thailand (Country in Southeast Asia) |
| talentoso | talented |
| talmúdico | Talmudic |
| talonario | checkbook or other booklet with part that can be torn off leaving a stub |
| tamarindo | A candy made of tamarind fruit |
| tamarindo | tamarind (fruit) |
| tamarindo | tamarind (tree) |
| tambalear | to reel |
| tambalear | to stagger |
| tambalear | to wobble |
| tamborear | to drum (to knock successively) |
| tanatorio | funeral home |
| tapacubos | hubcap |
| tapadillo | falsehood, bluff |
| tarántula | tarantula |
| Tarragona | Tarragona (city) |
| Tarragona | Tarragona (province) |
| Tarragona | The letter T in the Spanish phonetic alphabet |
| tartaleta | tart; tartlet |
| tartamudo | stuttering |
| tartamudo | stutter |
| tartárico | tartaric |
| taumatina | thaumatin |
| taxonomía | taxonomy |
| tectónica | tectonics |
| tectónico | tectonic |
| telefonía | telephony |
| telégrafo | telegraph (apparatus for communicating between distant points) |
| telégrafo | telegraphy |
| telegrama | telegram |
| telepatía | telepathy |
| televisar | to televise |
| televisor | television |
| temerario | reckless, rash |
| temeridad | recklessness, fearlessness, temerity |
| tempestad | tempest, storm |
| templanza | temperance, moderation, sobriety |
| templario | pertaining to the Knights Templar |
| templario | Templar |
| temporada | season, period, span of time |
| tenacidad | tenacity |
| tendedero | clotheslines, clotheshorse (device or place on which laundry is hung out to dry) |
| tendencia | tendency |
| tenebroso | tenebrous |
| Tennessee | Tennessee |
| tentación | temptation |
| tentáculo | tentacle |
| tentativa | attempt, trial, experiment |
| tentativa | endeavor |
| tentativo | tentative |
| teocracia | theocracy |
| teogónico | theogonic |
| teológico | theologic |
| tepalcate | potsherd |
| teporinco | alternative form of teporingo |
| teporingo | volcano rabbit |
| tequilazo | augmentative form of tequila |
| tequilazo | (small amount of alcohol) A tequila shot |
| tequilero | Of or pertaining to tequila |
| tequilero | tequilero |
| terámetro | terametre |
| terapeuta | therapist |
| terciario | tertiary |
| terciario | Tertiary |
| terminado | finished |
| terquedad | obstinacy |
| terracota | terracotta |
| terraplén | embankment; fill (on a hillside, etc.) |
| terráqueo | earthling, terraqueous |
| terregoso | Full of clods or lumps of earth |
| terremoto | earthquake |
| terrestre | earthling |
| terrestre | earthly |
| terrestre | terrestrial |
| terrícola | Earthling |
| testarudo | stubborn, obstinate |
| testiguar | to testify, bear witness |
| tetraceno | tetracene |
| tetraedro | tetrahedron |
| tetrazina | tetrazine |
| tetróxido | tetroxide |
| tianguera | feminine form of tianguero |
| tianguero | A vendor located in a tianguis; a marketeer |
| tilacoide | thylakoid |
| Timișoara | Timișoara |
| timorense | East Timorese |
| timorense | East Timorese |
| tinieblas | darkness |
| tintinear | to jingle |
| tipificar | to classify, typify, categorize |
| tiragomas | slingshot |
| tiranizar | to bully |
| tiranizar | to tyrannize |
| tlacuache | opossum |
| tlapalero | hardware dealer, the owner or employee of a tlapalería (hardware store or paint store) |
| tolerable | tolerable |
| tolerante | tolerant |
| toluidina | toluidine |
| topógrafa | feminine form of topógrafo |
| topógrafo | topographer |
| topolecto | topolect |
| topología | topology |
| toquetear | to handle; fiddle (with) |
| toquetear | to touch up |
| torpedear | to torpedo |
| torpedero | torpedo boat |
| torpedero | torpedo bomber |
| torpedero | shortstop |
| tosferina | whooping cough |
| tosquedad | crudeness |
| tostadora | toaster |
| totalidad | whole |
| totalizar | to totalize |
| totemismo | totemism |
| totoposte | alternative form of totopo |
| toxicidad | toxicity |
| trabajito | diminutive form of trabajo |
| trabajoso | laborious, arduous |
| tradición | tradition |
| traducido | translated |
| traductor | translating |
| traductor | translator |
| trajebaño | one-piece swimsuit |
| trampolín | trampoline |
| trampolín | trampoline |
| trampolín | springboard |
| tranquilo | calm, peaceful, tranquil |
| tranquilo | relax! |
| transecto | transect |
| tránsfuga | deserter |
| tránsfuga | fugitive |
| tránsfuga | turncoat, traitor |
| transitar | to travel, transit |
| trascurso | alternative form of transcurso |
| traserito | diminutive form of trasero |
| trasferir | alternative form of transferir |
| trasfondo | background |
| trasladar | to copy, to transcribe |
| trasladar | to move |
| trasladar | to transfer |
| trasladar | to translate |
| trasladar | to transmit |
| traslapar | to overlap |
| trasmitir | alternative form of transmitir |
| trasmutar | alternative form of transmutar |
| traspasar | to overstep (limits) |
| traspasar | to penetrate |
| traspasar | to pierce |
| traspasar | to transfer |
| traspasar | to violate (rules, laws etc) |
| traspatio | backyard |
| traspirar | alternative form of transpirar |
| trasponer | alternative form of transponer |
| trasporte | alternative form of transporte |
| trastocar | to upset, unsettle |
| trastorno | disturbance, disorder |
| trasvasar | alternative form of transvasar |
| trasverso | alternative form of transverso |
| travesaño | rung of a ladder |
| travesaño | crossbeam |
| travesaño | crossbar |
| travesura | prank |
| trehalasa | trehalase |
| trehalosa | trehalose |
| triángulo | control arm |
| triángulo | triangle |
| triángulo | triangle |
| triatleta | triathlete |
| triclosán | triclosan |
| tricornio | tri-corn hat |
| tricótomo | trichotomous |
| trigésimo | thirtieth |
| trigésimo | thirtieth |
| trilingüe | trilingual |
| trimestre | trimester |
| trinchera | trench, ditch |
| triplicar | to triplicate; to do something three times |
| tripulado | manned, crewed |
| triquetro | triquetrous |
| trocánter | trochanter |
| trombosis | thrombosis |
| tronquito | little trunk |
| tropezoso | falling, stumbling |
| troponina | troponin |
| tubérculo | tubercle |
| tungsteno | tungsten (chemical element) |
| turcomano | Turkoman (Turkmen) |
| turcomano | Turkoman (Turkmen) |
| turístico | touristic |
| turmalina | tourmaline |
| tuvaluano | Tuvaluan |
| tuvaluano | Tuvaluan |
| ubicación | position; location |
| ubicuidad | ubiquity |
| ucraniano | Ukrainian |
| ucraniano | Ukrainian person |
| ucraniano | Ukrainian language |
| ultimátum | ultimatum |
| unicornio | unicorn |
| uniformar | to standardize |
| universal | universal |
| ununoctio | ununoctium (chemical element) |
| urbanidad | politeness; urbanity |
| urbanismo | city planning |
| urbanizar | to develop (land for building houses) |
| urbanizar | to urbanize |
| urológico | urologic, urological |
| usufructo | usufruct |
| usurpador | usurper |
| utensilio | utensil; tool; implement |
| útilmente | usefully |
| vagabunda | feminine form of vagabundo |
| vagabundo | roaming |
| vagabundo | stray |
| vagabundo | vagabond |
| vagabundo | vagrant |
| vagamente | vaguely |
| Valentina | female given name, feminine form of Valentín |
| vallecano | From or of Vallecas, a neighbourhood of Madrid |
| vallecano | From or of Valle, a department of Honduras |
| vallenato | vallenato |
| valorizar | to give or add value to |
| valorizar | to value, to appraise |
| valproato | valproate |
| valproico | valproic |
| valquiria | Valkyrie |
| vampiresa | vampiress |
| vampirito | diminutive form of vampiro |
| vanamente | vainly |
| vandálico | vandalic |
| vaporizar | to vaporize |
| variación | variation |
| vasallage | alternative spelling of vasallaje; vassalage |
| vasallaje | vassalage |
| vascuence | of the Basque language |
| vascuence | the Basque language |
| vastísimo | superlative form of vasto |
| vaticinar | to predict, to vaticinate |
| vaticinio | prediction |
| vectorial | vectorial |
| veganismo | veganism |
| vehemente | vehement |
| veinteavo | twentieth (portion of a whole) |
| veinteavo | twentieth (portion of a whole) |
| veintidós | twenty-two |
| veintiuno | twenty-one |
| vejatorio | vexatious |
| velatorio | wake (for the dead) |
| veleidoso | fickle |
| velocidad | speed |
| velocidad | gear |
| velocidad | velocity |
| velocista | sprinter |
| vencedora | (female) conquerer |
| vendedora | saleswoman |
| Venezuela | Venezuela |
| vengadora | avenger |
| vengativo | vengeful (wanting vengeance) |
| ventajoso | advantageous, profitable, favorable |
| ventolera | gale, strong blast of wind |
| ventolera | pinwheel |
| ventosear | to fart (break wind) |
| venturina | aventurine |
| veracidad | veracity |
| veraniego | pertaining to the summer |
| veraniego | trivial |
| verborrea | verbiage |
| verdadero | honest |
| verdadero | true; real |
| verdadero | a person who tells the truth |
| verdolaga | purslane, a plant of species Portulaca oleracea |
| verdulero | greengrocer, fruiterer |
| verdurita | diminutive form of verdura |
| veredicto | verdict |
| vergajazo | blow from a whip or lash |
| vergajazo | whip, lash |
| vergüenza | embarrassment |
| vergüenza | shame |
| vericueto | difficult mountain trail |
| vericueto | difficult terrain |
| vericueto | meander |
| verificar | to verify, check |
| verosímil | plausible |
| versículo | verse (in the Bible) |
| versionar | to cover (make a cover version) |
| vertebral | vertebral |
| vertedero | landfill, dump (place where waste or garbage is left) |
| vertedero | weir |
| vertiente | slope |
| vestíbulo | hall |
| vestíbulo | vestibule |
| vestuario | clothing |
| vestuario | wardrobe |
| viacrucis | alternative spelling of vía crucis |
| viborezno | viperous (of or pertaining to a viper) |
| viborezno | snakelet, especially a young viper |
| vibración | vibration |
| viceversa | vice versa, the other way round |
| vidriería | glaziery, glazier's shop, glazier's workshop |
| viejecito | diminutive form of viejo, little old man, gramps, grams, granny, big mama, cheeser |
| vigilante | watchful, alert, wakeful |
| vigilante | guard, watchman |
| vimentina | vimentin |
| vinculina | vinculin |
| violación | rape |
| violación | violation |
| violadora | feminine form of violador |
| violencia | violence |
| violentar | to break open |
| virilidad | virility |
| virología | virology |
| virusoide | virusoid |
| visfatina | visfatin |
| visionado | performance of a movie |
| visionado | viewing |
| visitante | visitor |
| vitalicio | lifelong, life, for life (extending for the entire duration of life) |
| vitalidad | vitality |
| vitalismo | vitalism (the doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically) |
| vituperar | to vituperate against |
| vivacidad | jauntiness |
| vivacidad | liveliness |
| vivaquear | to bivouac; to set up camp |
| vivificar | comfort, console |
| vivificar | vivify |
| vocalista | vocalist |
| vocalizar | to vocalize |
| vociferar | to vociferate |
| volcánico | fiery, passionate |
| volcánico | volcanic |
| volframio | alternative spelling of wolframio |
| voracidad | voracity |
| waterpolo | water polo (sport) |
| whiskería | whisky bar |
| wikificar | to wikify (to adapt text to a wiki) |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsin |
| wolframio | tungsten; wolfram |
| xantófila | xanthophyll |
| xenofobia | xenophobia |
| xocoatole | soured atole |
| Xutixtiox | An archaeological site in Sacapulas (El Quiché, Guatemala). |
| yaguareté | jaguar |
| yibutiano | Djiboutian |
| yibutiano | Djiboutian |
| yihadismo | jihadism |
| yodopsina | photopsin, iodopsin |
| yugoslavo | Yugoslavian |
| yugoslavo | Yugoslavian |
| Zacatecas | A state of Mexico |
| zacatuche | volcano rabbit |
| zalamería | sweet-talk; flattery |
| zamacueca | (Puerto Rico) hypocrite |
| zamacueca | a folk dance and the music that goes with it |
| zambullir | to dive |
| zanahoria | carrot |
| zancajear | to rush from one place to another |
| zanganear | to drone |
| zanganear | to loaf |
| zapatería | cobbler; shoemaker's |
| zapatería | shoe factory; shoestore |
| zapatilla | cleat |
| zapatilla | slipper (house shoe) |
| zapatilla | sneaker |
| zarandear | to shake, to jiggle |
| zarandear | to sift, to sieve |
| zarigüeya | opossum |
| zarzamora | blackberry |
| zarzamora | blackberry bush; bramble |
| zigomorfo | zygomorphic (having bilateral symmetry) |
| zompantli | In some Mesoamerican civilizations, a wooden rack or palisade used for the public display of human skulls |
| zoografía | zoography |
| zoológico | zoological |
| zoológico | zoo |