Spanish words starting with J:
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Spanish word | meaning in English | features |
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j | The tenth letter of the Spanish alphabet | {letter} |
J | The tenth letter of the Spanish alphabet | {letter} |
ja | Representation of laughter, ha | {interj} |
jaba | crate (for transporting bottles or cans) | {f} |
jabalí | wild boar | {m} |
jabalina | javelin | {f} |
jabón | soap | {m} |
jabonar | to soap up; to lather | {vi} |
jabonar | to soap oneself up | {vt} |
jaboncillo | soapberry | {m} [Columbia] |
jabonera | soap dish | {f} |
jabonoso | soapy | {adj} |
jaca | mare | {f} |
jaca | pony | {f} |
jacal | hut, hovel, shack | {m} [Mexico] |
jacal | jacal | {m} [Mexico] |
jacalero | Of or pertaining to a jacal | {adj} |
jacalero | A person who lives in a jacal, hut, shack, etc | {m} |
Jacinta | female given name, feminine form of Jacinto, comparable to the English Hyacinth | {prop} |
jacinto | hyacinth | {m} |
Jacinto | Hyacinthus | {prop} [Greek mythology] |
Jacinto | male given name, comparable to the rare English Hyacinth | {prop} |
Jacob | Jacob | {prop} |
Jacobo | James, the brother of Jesus; also Santiago. | {prop} [biblical character] |
Jacobo | James, the son of Alpheus. | {prop} [biblical character] |
Jacobo | James, the son of Zebedee. | {prop} [biblical character] |
Jacobo | male given name of biblical origin; equivalent to Jacob or James | {prop} |
jactancia | boastfulness | {f} |
jactancia | bragging | {f} |
jactancioso | boastful | {adj} |
jactancioso | braggart | {m} |
jactarse | to brag; to boast | {v} |
jade | jade | {m} |
jadeante | panting, gasping | {adj} |
jadear | to gasp; to pant; to puff | {vi} |
jadeo | a pant; a gasp | {m} |
jadeo | labored breathing | {m} |
jadeo | panting; gasping | {m} |
jaez | harness | {m} |
jaez | sort; ilk | {m} |
Jafet | Japheth | {prop} |
jaguar | jaguar (Panthera onca) | {m} |
jaiba | crab | {f} |
Jaime | male given name, equivalent to James | {prop} |
jaja | haha | {interj} |
jajajá | Hahaha | {interj} |
ja ja ja | Ha ha ha | {interj} |
jajaja | Hahaha | {interj} |
jalao | sweet made from coconuts | {m} [Dominican Republic, ] |
Jalapa | A place name, a department of Guatemala and a city in Mexico | {prop} |
jalapeño | Of or pertaining to the city of Jalapa | {adj} |
jalapeño | An inhabitant or resident of Jalapa | {m} |
jalapeño | jalapeño (pepper) | {m} |
jalar | to hurry along; to get along | {vi} [familiar] |
jalar | to function properly; to be in working order | {vi} [Mexico, familiar] |
jalar | to pull (together) | {vi} |
jalar | to draw (in); to attract | {vt} [familiar] |
jalar | to pull | {vt} |
jalbegue | whitewash | {m} |
jalea | jelly, gelatine (substance) | {f} |
jalea | jelly, jello (dessert) | {f} |
jalear | to urge on; to encourage | {vt} |
jaleo | applause; cheering | {m} |
jaleo | confusion; hassle | {m} |
jaleo | ruckus; uproar | {m} |
jalisciense | Of or pertaining to the Mexican state of Jalisco | {adj} |
Jalisco | Jalisco | {prop} |
jalón | landmark | {m} |
jalón | milestone | {m} |
jalón | tug; pull; jerk | {m} |
jalonar | to mark | {v} |
jalonear | to tug | {v} |
jamacuco | flip; freakout (sudden alteration of the mood, losing the calm) | {m} [Spain, colloquial] |
jamaica | roselle | {f} |
Jamaica | Jamaica | {prop} |
jamaicano | Jamaican | {adj} |
jamaicano | Jamaican | {m} |
jamaiquino | Jamaican | {adj} |
jamaiquino | Jamaican | {m} |
jamba | jamb | {f} |
jambar | to gorge, to pig-out, to devour (stuff oneself with food) | {vp} [Mexico] |
jamelga | feminine form of jamelgo | {f} |
jamelgo | a skinny horse, typically one with poor temperament; a nag | {m} |
jamón | ham (meat) | {m} |
jamón de York | York ham | {m} |
jamón serrano | A type of dry-cured ham from Spain | {m} [Spain] |
jamón york | ham (thinly-sliced soft ham) | {m} [Spain] |
jamón York | alternative form of jamón york | {m} |
jamonero | ham | {adj} [attributive] |
jamonero | A stand used to hold a ham (specifically, a jamón serrano) | {m} |
jamás | ever | {adv} |
jamás | never | {adv} |
Januká | Hanukkah | {prop} |
japchae | japchae | {m} |
Japhet | Japheth (son of Noah) | {prop} |
japón | Japanese | {adj} |
Japón | Japan | {prop} |
japonesa | feminine of japonés | {f} |
japonés | Of or relating to Japan, Japanese | {adj} |
japonés | A Japanese person | {m} |
japonés | The Japanese language | {prop} |
jaque | check | {m} [chess] |
jaqueca | headache; migraine | {f} |
jaque mate | checkmate, mate | {m} [chess] |
jaquetón | great white shark | {m} |
jaquir | to forsake, to abandon | {v} |
jarabe | juice | {m} |
jarabe | (liquid) remedy | {m} |
jarabe | syrup | {m} |
jarabe de maíz | corn syrup | {m} |
jarabe de palo | euphemism for paliza | {m} [Spain] |
jarana | a small guitar | {f} |
jarana | horseplay; fooling around | {f} [familiar] |
jarana | revelry | {f} [familiar] |
jaranear | to go on a spree | {v} |
jaranear | to party | {v} |
jaranero | fun-loving | {adj} |
jaranero | reveler | {m} |
jarcia | fishing tackle | {f} |
jarcia | the rigging of a ship or boat | {f} |
jardinería | gardening | {f} |
jardinero | outfielder | {m} [baseball] |
jardinero | gardener | {m} |
jardín | garden | {m} |
jardín botánico | botanical garden, botanic garden | {m} |
jaro | arum lily | {m} |
jarra | jug, pitcher | {f} |
jarra | stein, mug | {f} |
jarrete | back of the knee | {m} [anatomy] |
jarrete | hock | {m} |
jarrón | vase | {m} |
jarro | jug; pitcher | {m} |
jarro | stein; mug | {m} |
jaspe | jasper | {m} |
jaspeado | mottled | {adj} |
jaspeado | streaked; veined | {adj} |
jaspear | to speckle | {v} |
jaula | cage | {f} |
jaula | crate | {f} |
jauría | pack of hounds | {f} |
javanés | Javanese | {adj} |
javanés | Javanese | {m} |
Javier | male given name, male form of Javiera, cognate to English Xavier | {prop} |
Javiera | female given name, female form of Javier, cognate to Xavier | {prop} |
jazmín | jasmine | {m} |
jazz | jazz | {m} |
jazzista | jazz musician; jazzer | {mf} |
jazzístico | in a jazz manner, jazzy | {adj} |
jazzístico | related or belonging to jazz | {adj} |
jíbaro | rustic; rural | {adj} |
jábega | trawler | {f} |
júbilo | jubilation; joy | {m} |
jícama | jicama | {f} |
jícara | A small faience container used to serve hot chocolate or other hot beverages | {f} |
jícara | head | {f} [El Salvador, Nicaragua, colloquial] |
jícara | A small, woody container, typically made from the fruit of the calabash tree and used (especially in rural Mexico) to serve hot food in order to preserve its temprature | {f} [Latin America] |
jícara | calabash | {f} [Mexico, Central America] |
jícara | Part, or square, of a flat chocolate bar, which can be broken off easily (especially in Andalusia and Murcia) | {f} [Spain] |
jícaro | calabash | {m} [Mexico, Central America] |
jeans | jeans (trousers) | {m} |
jebe | alum | {m} |
jebe | rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) | {m} [Latin America] |
jebe | latex, rubber | {m} [Peru] |
jefa | (female) boss | {f} |
jefatura | headquarters | {f} |
jefatura | leadership | {f} |
jefe | boss; supervisor; manager | {m} |
jefe | chief; president; head; leader of a business, political party, or other organization | {m} |
jefe | colonel; major; rank between captain and general | {m} [military ranks] |
Jehová | Jehovah | {prop} |
jején | gnat | {m} |
jengibre | ginger | {m} |
jeque | sheik | {m} |
jerarca | leader; chief | {mf} |
jerarquía | hierarchy | {f} |
jerarquía | rank | {f} |
jerarquizar | to arrange hierarchically | {v} |
jerbo | gerbil | {m} |
jeremiada | jeremiad | {f} |
jerez | sherry | {m} |
Jerez | A city in Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain | {prop} |
Jerez | A city in Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain | {prop} |
jerga | jargon; slang | {f} |
jerga | straw pallet, coarse cotton fringe, (in New Mexican Spanish) any floor covering or mat | {f} |
jergón | straw mattress | {m} |
jerigonza | gibberish | {f} |
jeringa | syringe | {f} |
jeringar | give an enema | {v} |
jeringar | to syringe | {v} |
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 | {m} |
jeroglífico | hieroglyphic | {adj} |
jeroglífico | hieroglyphic | {m} |
jerárquico | hierarchical | {adj} |
jersey | sweater, pullover | {m} |
Jerusalén | Jerusalem | {prop} |
Jesús | bless you, gesundheit (said after a sneeze) | {interj} |
Jesús | Jesus | {prop} [Christianity] |
Jesús | male given name, traditionally popular in Spanish-speaking countries | {prop} |
Jesucristo | Jesus Christ | {prop} |
jesuita | Jesuit | {adj} |
jesuita | Jesuit | {mf} |
jeta | anger face | {f} [Mexico, colloquial] |
jeta | sleep (act) | {f} [Mexico, colloquial] |
jeta | snout | {f} |
jeta | face, mush, mug, scoundrel (impudent person) | {mf} [familiar] |
ji | chi; the Greek letter Χ, χ | {f} |
jibia | cuttlefish | {f} |
jilguero | European goldfinch | {m} |
jilote | corn silk | {m} [by extension, Mexico] |
jilote | Immature, green ear of maize | {m} [Central America, Mexico] |
Jiménez | Spanish surname | {prop} |
jinete | horseman, horsewoman, rider | {mf} |
jinetear | to ride horseback | {vi} |
jinetear | to break in a horse | {vt} |
jinetear | to ride; to perform | {vt} |
jingoísmo | jingoism | {m} |
jingoísta | jingoistic | {adj} |
jingoísta | jingoist | {m} |
Jinotega | Jinotega | {prop} |
jiote | rash | {m} [Mexico] |
jipijapa | Panama hat | {f} |
jira | picnic | {f} |
jirafa | boom microphone | {f} |
jirafa | giraffe | {f} |
jiráfido | Giraffid | {m} |
jirón | rag; shred | {m} |
jitomate | tomato | {m} [Mexico] |
JJOO | initialism of Juegos Olímpicos | {prop} |
jónica | feminine form of jónico | {f} |
jónico | Ionic | {adj} [architecture] |
jónico | Ionian; Ionic | {adj} |
jónico | Ionian | {m} |
jo | stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof) | {interj} |
jo | Used to express surprise, amazement, or confusion | {interj} |
Joaquina | female given name, a feminine form of Joaquín | {prop} |
Joaquín | male given name, cognate to Joachim | {prop} |
jocoque | strained yogurt | {m} [Mexico] |
jocosamente | jocularly | {adv} |
jocosidad | jocularity | {f} |
jocoso | jocular | {adj} |
jocote | mombin (fruit, tree) | {m} |
joder | to annoy, bug, bother | {v} |
joder | to damage, break | {v} |
joder | to put in a difficult situation | {v} |
joder | to suck; to blow | {v} |
jodido | difficult | {adj} [colloquial] |
jodido | screwed, crappy | {adj} [Mexico, vulgar] |
jodido | {adj} [Spain, vulgar] | |
jodido | screwed up | {adj} [Spain, vulgar] |
jodido | darned, crappy | {adj} [Spain, vulgar] |
jofaina | washbowl | {f} |
jogging | A form of exercise, running | {m} |
jolgorio | merrymaking | {m} |
jolines | Expresses surprise. cor! | {interj} |
jolines | Expresses anger, upset, or annoyance. Euphemism for joder. | {interj} [informal, euphemistic] |
jolín | Expresses surprise. cor! | {interj} |
jolín | Expresses anger, upset, or annoyance. Euphemism for joder. | {interj} [informal, euphemistic] |
Jonia | Ionia | {prop} [historical] |
jonrón | home run | {m} |
Jordania | Jordan (country) | {prop} |
jordano | Jordanian | {adj} |
jordano | Jordanian | {m} |
Jordán | Jordan, Guimaras, a city in Philippines | {prop} |
Jordán | Jordan [river] | {prop} |
jorge | cockchafer | {m} |
Jorge | male given name, equivalent to the English George | {prop} |
jornada | arduous trail | {f} |
jornada | day | {f} |
jornada | day trip, especially a trip that must be completed in one day (due to lack of water en route) | {f} |
jornada | short hike or journey | {f} |
jornada | working day | {f} |
jornal | A day's pay | {m} |
jornalero | day laborer | {m} |
joroba | pain in the neck | {f} [colloquial] |
joroba | trunk, boot (of a car) | {f} [Costa Rica] |
joroba | hump | {f} |
jorobada | feminine form of jorobado | {f} |
jorobado | humpbacked | {adj} |
jorobado | humpback | {m} |
jorobar | to be annoying | {vi} |
jorobar | to annoy | {vt} |
jorongo | full-length poncho | {m} [Mexico] |
José | Joseph, father of Jesus | {prop} [biblical character] |
José | Joseph, son of Jacob (Israel) | {prop} [biblical character] |
José | male given name cognate to Joseph | {prop} |
José | The letter J in the Spanish phonetic alphabet | {prop} |
Josefa | female given name, feminine form of José ( =Joseph) | {prop} |
Josefina | female given name, cognate to Josephine | {prop} |
José María | male given name | {prop} |
Josué | Joshua | {prop} [biblical character] |
Josué | male given name | {prop} |
jota | a jack in a deck of cards | {f} |
jota | jota (Iberian folk dance) | {f} |
jota | jota (music to which a jota is danced) | {f} |
jota | jot; iota | {f} |
jota | gay male | {f} [Mexico] |
jota | the name of the letter j | {f} |
jote | seeking out sexual liaisons, especially in a very studied manner with no intent of commitment | {adj} [Chile, colloquial, pejorative] |
jote | alcoholic drink consisting of wine and cola | {m} [Chile] |
jote | turkey vulture | {m} [Chile, Argentina] |
jote | vulture | {m} [Chile, Argentina] |
jotear | To flirt with or woo someone, often with the intent of making a sexual conquest | {v} [Chile, colloquial] |
jotería | An effeminate or gay action, or saying, sentence, voice, accent, gesture, or posture (does not apply for masculine women) | {f} |
jotito | diminutive form of joto small child | {m} |
jotito | (effeminate boy) girl, | {m} |
joven | young, youthful | {adj} |
joven | youth, young person | {mf} |
jovencita | diminutive form of joven | {f} |
jovencito | diminutive form of joven | {m} |
jovenzuelo | youngster | {m} |
jovial | cheerful, jovial | {adj} |
jovial | Jovian | {adj} |
jovialidad | cheerfulness; joviality | {f} |
jovialmente | jovially | {adv} |
joya | gem; treasure | {f} |
joya | jewel | {f} |
joya | jewellery, jewelry | {f} |
joyel | Small jewel | {m} |
joyería | jewelry | {f} |
joyería | jewelry shop / store | {f} |
joyería de fantasía | costume jewellery | {f} |
joyero | goldsmith | {m} |
joyero | jeweler | {m} |
Júpiter | tin | {prop} [alchemy] |
Júpiter | Jupiter (god) | {prop} |
Júpiter | Jupiter (planet) | {prop} |
Juº | abbreviation of Juan | {abbr} [obsolete] |
Juan | John (Biblical character) | {prop} |
Juan | male given name | {prop} |
Juan | One of the Gospel books of the New Testament | {prop} |
Juana | female given name; equivalent to Jane | {prop} |
Juana | Joanna (Biblical figure) | {prop} |
Juan Bautista | John the Baptist | {prop} |
juanete | bunion | {m} |
Juanfran | male given name | {prop} |
Juanita | female given name | {prop} |
Juanito | male given name | {prop} |
Juano | male given name | {prop} |
jubilación | pension | {f} |
jubilación | retirement | {f} |
jubilado | retired | {adj} |
jubilado | retired person | {m} |
jubilar | to get rid of | {v} [colloquial] |
jubilar | to retire | {v} |
jubilarse | to rejoice | {v} |
jubilarse | to retire | {v} |
jubileo | jubilee | {m} |
jubilosamente | jubilantly | {adv} |
jubiloso | jubilant | {adj} |
jubón | doublet (article of men's clothing) | {m} |
Judá | Judah (Biblical character and tribe) | {prop} |
judía | bean | {f} |
judía | feminine form of judío | {f} |
judaicamente | Jewishly | {adv} |
judaico | Jewish, Judaic | {adj} |
judaísmo | Judaism | {m} |
judería | Jewish neighborhood | {f} |
judicatura | judiciary | {f} |
judicial | judicial | {adj} |
judicialmente | judicially | {adv} |
judiego | Jewish; relating to Jews | {adj} |
judío | Jewish | {adj} |
judío | Jew; Jewish person | {m} |
judo | judo | {m} |
juego | game; sport | {m} |
juego | gaming | {m} |
juego | kit | {m} |
juego | parlor trick; sleight of hand | {m} |
juego | play | {m} |
juego | set | {m} |
juego | to match | {m} |
juego de palabras | pun, wordplay | {m} |
juego de pies | footwork | {m} [idiomatic] |
Juegos Olímpicos | Olympic Games (sport event) | {prop} |
Juegos Paralímpicos | Paralympic Games | {prop} |
jueguito | diminutive form of juego | {m} |
juerga | binge; spree | {f} |
juerga | partying | {f} |
juerguista | reveler | {mf} |
jueves | Thursday | {m} |
juez | judge | {mf} |
juez | umpire; referee; official | {mf} |
jueza | female judge | {f} |
juez de paz | justice of the peace | {m} |
jugabilidad | playability (extent to which something is playable) | {f} |
jugable | playable | {adj} |
jugada | play | {f} |
jugada | trick | {f} |
jugador | gambler | {m} |
jugador | player | {m} |
jugar | to play | {v} |
jugar con fuego | to play with fire | {v} [idiomatic] |
jugarreta | prank | {f} |
juglar | poet, reciter | {m} [archaic] |
juglar | minstrel | {m} |
jugo | juice | {m} |
jugo | substance | {m} |
jugo de limón | lemon juice | {m} |
jugosidad | juiciness | {f} |
jugoso | juicy | {adj} |
juguete | toy | {m} |
juguetear | to fiddle; to toy | {vi} |
juguetear | to play; to cavort | {vi} |
juguetería | toy store | {f} |
juguetero | toy vendor | {m} |
juguetón | playful | {adj} |
juguetonamente | playfully | {adv} |
juicio | good judgement; reason | {m} |
juicio | opinion | {m} |
juicio | trial | {m} |
juicioso | judicious | {adj} |
juicioso | wise | {adj} |
Julia | female given name | {prop} |
Juliana | female given name | {prop} |
Julieta | female given name | {prop} |
Julieta | Juliet, the lover of Romeo | {prop} |
Julián | male given name, cognate to Julian | {prop} |
julio | July | {m} |
Julio | male given name, cognate to Julius | {prop} |
jumo | drunkenness | {f} [Dominican Republic, Costa Rica , slang] |
juncácea | (plants) rush | {f} |
juncia | sedge | {f} |
junco | junk (a Chinese boat) | {m} |
junco | reed; rush | {m} |
jungla | jungle | {f} |
junio | June | {m} |
junípero | juniper | {m} |
junquillo | jonquil | {m} |
junta | contact, acquaintances | {f} |
junta | council | {f} |
junta | joint, gasket | {f} |
junta | meeting (A gathering for a purpose) | {f} |
juntamente | together; jointly | {adv} |
juntar | to gather together; to socialize | {vr} |
juntar | to join together | {vr} |
juntar | to close partway | {vt} |
juntar | to combine, to unite | {vt} |
juntar | to gather (together); to collect | {vt} |
junto | joined | {adj} |
junto | near | {adj} |
junto | together | {adj} |
junto | altogether, totally | {adv} |
junto | near | {adv} |
junto | together | {adv} |
juntura | coupling (of train cars) | {f} |
juntura | joint | {f} |
jurado | a judge or referee | {m} |
jurado | a jury | {m} |
jurado | a member of a jury | {m} |
juramentado | bound by oath | {m} |
juramentado | North African Moor who takes a Muslim oath to slay Christians till he dies | {m} |
juramento | an oath | {m} |
juramento | a sworn statement | {m} |
jurar | to curse or swear | {vi} |
jurar | to swear; to take an oath | {vt} |
jurídico | legal; just | {adj} |
jurel | jack (edible fish of the genus Caranx or Trachurus) | {m} |
jurisdicción | jurisdiction | {f} |
jurisdiccional | jurisdictional, territorial | {adj} |
jurisprudencia | jurisprudence | {f} [legal] |
jurista | jurist, lawyer | {mf} |
juro | ownership | {m} |
Jurásico | Jurassic | {adj} |
Jurásico | Jurassic | {prop} |
justa | joust | {f} |
justa | tournament | {f} |
justamente | justly, fairly | {adv} |
justamente | precisely; exactly | {adv} |
justar | to joust | {vi} |
justicia | justice | {f} |
justicia | the law | {f} |
justicialismo | justicialism, peronism | {m} |
justicialista | Of or relating to justicialism | {adj} |
justiciero | righteous | {adj} |
justificable | justifiable | {adj} |
justificación | justification | {f} |
justificado | justified | {adj} |
justificante | justification | {m} |
justificante | proof | {m} |
justificar | to justify | {v} |
justo | just | {adj} |
justo | exactly | {adv} |
justo | right | {adv} |
justo | tightly | {adv} |
Justo | male given name, cognate to English Justus | {prop} |
Jutiapa | A department of Guatemala | {prop} |
Jutlandia | Jutland (peninsula belonging to Denmark) | {prop} |
juvenil | juvenile | {adj} |
juvenil | teenage | {adj} |
juventud | a youth, young person | {f} |
juventud | youth | {f} |
juzgado | a court of law with a judge | {m} |
juzgado | a place for adjudicated individuals | {m} |
juzgar | to consider | {vt} |
juzgar | to judge | {vt} |
juzgar | to pass judgment | {vt} |
juzgar | to try (a case) | {vt} |
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