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| Spanish word | meaning in English | features |
|---|---|---|
| Ñ | The 15th letter of the Spanish alphabet | {letter} |
| ñ | The 15th letter of the Spanish and Filipino alphabet | {letter} |
| ñañita | brat, spoiled, coddled, sometimes a term of endearment | {f} [Chile] |
| ñam ñam ñam | nom nom nom | {interj} |
| ñame | yam | {m} |
| ñandú | American ostrich, rhea | {m} |
| ñango | alternative form of ñengo | {adj} |
| ñapa | 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 | {f} |
| ñau | meow, miaow | {interj} |
| ñefle | a penis, dick | {m} [vulgar, Chile] |
| ñema | tip of the penis, glans | {f} [Costa Rica] |
| ñengo | sickly, stunted, weak | {adj} [colloquial, Mexico] |
| ñew | mew, meow, miaow | {interj} [Chile] |
| ñáñigo | referring to the members of the Abakuá, an Afro-Cuban men’s secret society | {adj} |
| ñisñil | cattail | {m} |
| n | The 14th letter of the Spanish alphabet | {letter} |
| nº | No., number | {abbr} |
| N | The 14th letter of the Spanish alphabet | {letter} |
| na | en la | {contraction} [obsolete] |
| NA | Nayarit (Mexican state) | {abbr} |
| naba | (botanical) rape, swede, rutabaga | {f} |
| nabal | Of, or pertaining to turnips | {adj} |
| nabar | Of or pertaining to turnips | {adj} |
| nabar | Place where turnips are grown | {m} |
| nabo | any thick root | {m} |
| nabo | heart (of split wood) | {m} |
| nabo | mast | {m} [nautical] |
| nabo | penis | {m} [slang] |
| nabo | turnip | {m} |
| Nabucodonosor | Nebuchadnezzar (Biblical king) | {prop} |
| nacarado | Decorated or laden with nacre | {adj} |
| nacarado | nacreous, pearly | {adj} |
| nacatamal | A tamale filled with pork or chicken, rice, potatoes, herbs, spices, and other ingredients | {m} [Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua] |
| nacer | to be born | {v} |
| Nacho | Nickname for Ignacio | {prop} |
| nacido | born | {adj} |
| nacido | natural, inborn, innate | {adj} |
| nacido | human being | {m} |
| nacido | growth, tumour | {m} [medicine] |
| nacimiento | birth (beginning; start) | {m} |
| nacimiento | birth (The act of being born) | {m} |
| nacimiento | crib (biblical eg. nativity) | {m} |
| nación | nation | {f} |
| nacional | national (native to a nation) | {adj} |
| nacional | national (of or pertaining to a nation) | {adj} |
| nacional | A member of the national militia | {m} |
| nacionalidad | nationality | {f} |
| nacionalismo | nationalism | {m} |
| nacionalista | nationalist | {adj} |
| nacionalista | nationalist | {mf} |
| nacionalización | nationalization | {f} |
| nacionalizar | to nationalize | {v} |
| nacionalmente | nationally | {adv} |
| nacionalsocialismo | National Socialism; Nazism | {m} |
| nacionalsocialista | National Socialist; Nazi | {adj} |
| nacionalsocialista | National Socialist; Nazi | {mf} |
| Naciones Unidas | United Nations | {prop} |
| naco | Indigenous; Indian | {adj} [Mexico, pejorative] |
| naco | Uncultured; backwards; vulgar | {adj} [Mexico, pejorative] |
| nada | nothingness | {f} |
| nada | nothing, zero, zilch | {pron} |
| nada | anything | {pron} [when used with a negative verb] |
| nada del otro mundo | nothing special, nothing to write home about | {phrase} |
| nadador | swimmer | {m} |
| nadal | Christmas day, Nativity day | {m} |
| nada más | nothing else | {pron} |
| nadar | to be swimming in | {vi} |
| nadar | to swim | {vi} |
| nadar | to swim | {vt} |
| nadie | no one, nobody; anyone, anybody | {pron} |
| nafta | petrol, gasoline, gas | {f} [Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay] |
| naftaleno | naphthalene | {m} |
| naftalina | naphthalene | {f} |
| nagua | skirt | {f} |
| nagual | alternative form of nahual | {m} |
| naguatlato | alternative form of nahuatlato | {m} |
| nahual | healer, witch doctor | {m} [Central America, Mexico] |
| nahual | sorcerer | {m} [Central America, Mexico] |
| nahual | nahual (animal form which a person may take) | {m} [in Mesoamerican mythology] |
| nahual | nahual (person able to take animal form) | {m} [in Mesoamerican mythology] |
| nahuatlato | A person who speaks, studies or translates Nahuatl | {m} |
| nahuatlato | A person who spoke Nahuatl and Spanish and could serve as an interpreter | {m} [historical] |
| nahuatlismo | Nahuatlism | {m} |
| nailon | nylon | {m} |
| naipe | [in plural, naipes] deck of cards | {m} |
| naipe | playing card | {m} |
| naipes | card game | {mp} |
| nalga | buttock | {f} |
| nalgada | a hit given with the buttocks | {f} |
| nalgada | (archaic) a pig's pernil | {f} |
| nalgada | spanking, a beating on the bottom | {f} |
| nalgatorio | bottom, buttocks, posterior, behind, fanny | {m} [colloquial] |
| nalgatorio | (Nicaragua) (colloquial) great butt | {m} |
| nalgón | having big buttocks | {adj} |
| nalguear | to move the buttocks excessively while walking | {vi} |
| nalguear | to spank | {vt} [Costa Rica, and, Mexico] |
| Namibia | Namibia | {prop} |
| namibio | Namibian | {adj} |
| namibio | Namibian | {m} |
| nana | nanny | {f} [Latin America] |
| nanacate | An edible or hallucinogenic mushroom | {m} [Mexico] |
| nanómetro | nanometre | {m} |
| nano- | nano- | {prefix} |
| nanogramo | nanogram | {m} |
| nanosegundo | nanosecond | {m} |
| nanotecnología | nanotechnology | {f} |
| nansú | nainsook | {m} |
| napias | informer, tattler | {m} |
| napoleónico | Napoleonic | {adj} |
| naranja | orange (fruit) | {f} |
| naranja | orange (color) | {m} |
| naranjal | orange grove | {m} |
| naranjita | diminutive form of naranja | {f} |
| naranjo | orange tree | {m} |
| naranjo chino | a kumquat | {m} |
| naranjo enano | a kumquat | {m} |
| Narcisa | female given name, feminine form of Narciso. Name of a 19th century Peruvian saint | {prop} |
| narciso | daffodil | {m} |
| Narciso | Narcissus | {prop} [Greek mythology] |
| Narciso | male given name, borne by several saints | {prop} |
| narco | drug dealer | {m} |
| narcocorrido | narcocorrido | {m} |
| narcotraficante | drug trafficker | {mf} |
| narcotráfico | illegal drug trade | {m} |
| narcótico | narcotic | {adj} |
| narcótico | drug | {m} |
| narguile | hookah (pipe) | {m} |
| naricilla | diminutive form of nariz | {f} |
| narina | nostril | {f} |
| nariz | the heck; on earth | {f} [in plural] |
| nariz | nose (organ on face) | {f} |
| nariz | nose; smell (sense of smell) | {f} |
| narizón | Having a large nose | {adj} |
| narración | narration, story | {f} |
| narrador | narrator, storyteller | {m} |
| narradora | feminine form of narrador | {f} |
| narrar | to narrate | {v} |
| narrativa | feminine form of narrativo | {adj} |
| narrativa | narration | {f} |
| narrativa | narrative | {f} |
| narrativo | narrative | {adj} |
| narval | narwhal | {m} |
| nasa | fish-trap | {f} |
| nasa | weir | {f} |
| nasal | nasal | {adj} |
| nasal | nasal consonant | {f} |
| nasalización | nasalisation | {f} |
| nata | (dairy) cream | {f} |
| nata | elite | {f} |
| nata | (plural) whipped cream; custard | {f} |
| nata | skin (on boiled milk) | {f} |
| natación | swimming | {f} |
| natación sincronizada | synchronized swimming | {f} |
| natal | home | {adj} |
| natal | natal | {adj} |
| natal | native | {adj} |
| Natalia | female given name | {prop} |
| Natalio | male given name. The masculine form of Natalia | {prop} |
| nata montada | whipped cream | {f} |
| natilla | sour cream | {f} [Costa Rica] |
| natividad | nativity or birth | {f} |
| Natividad | female given name | {prop} |
| nativo | native | {adj} |
| nativo | native of a place | {m} |
| natío | native, natural | {adj} [disuse] |
| natío | birth | {m} [disuse] |
| natío | nature (inherent features of something) | {m} [disuse] |
| nato | born | {adj} |
| natriurético | natriuretic | {adj} |
| natrón | natron | {m} |
| natura | nature | {f} |
| natural | natural | {adj} |
| naturaleza | nature | {f} |
| naturalidad | naturalness | {f} |
| naturalización | naturalization | {f} |
| naturalizado | naturalized | {adj} |
| naturalizar | to naturalize | {v} |
| naturalmente | naturally, of course | {adv} |
| naufragar | fall, go down (to be defeated) | {v} |
| naufragar | to be shipwrecked | {v} |
| naufragar | to fail, founder | {v} |
| Nauru | Nauru | {prop} |
| nauruano | Nauruan | {adj} |
| nauruano | Nauruan | {m} |
| nautilo | nautilus | {m} |
| navaja | penknife, jackknife | {f} |
| navaja | razor | {f} |
| navaja | razor shell, razor clam (edible clam of genus Ensis) | {f} |
| navaja de afeitar | straight razor, cut-throat razor | {f} |
| navaja de Occam | Occam's razor | {f} |
| naval | naval | {adj} |
| Navarra | Navarre | {prop} |
| navarro | Navarrese | {adj} |
| navarro | Navarrese | {m} |
| Navarro | Spanish surname | {prop} |
| nave | nave, aisle | {f} [architecture] |
| nave | ship | {f} |
| nave espacial | spaceship, spacecraft | {f} |
| navegación | navigation | {f} |
| navegación | sailing | {f} |
| navegante | mariner, sailor | {mf} |
| navegante | navigator | {mf} |
| navegar | to surf, to navigate | {v} [Internet] |
| navegar | to navigate, to sail | {v} |
| Navidad | Christmas; the feast day celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ | {prop} |
| Navidad | Nativity; the birth of Jesus Christ | {prop} |
| Navidad | Christmastide, Christmas time, Christmas season, the time between Christmas and Epiphany | {prop} [sometimes used in the plural] |
| Navidades | The Christmas season; yuletide | {f} |
| navideño | related to Christmas | {adj} |
| navío | large ship | {m} |
| Nayarit | A state of Mexico | {prop} |
| nayarita | Of or pertaining to the Mexican state of Nayarit | {adj} |
| nazareno | Nazarene | {adj} |
| nazareno | Nazarene | {m} |
| nazi | Nazi | {adj} |
| nazi | Nazi | {mf} |
| nazismo | Nazism | {propm} |
| nébeda | catnip | {f} |
| nácar | nacre, mother of pearl | {m} |
| núcleo | nucleus | {m} |
| núcleo atómico | atomic nucleus | {m} [physics] |
| néctar | nectar (all senses) | {m} |
| neandertal | a neanderthal | {m} |
| neblina | fog | {f} |
| neblina | haze | {f} |
| Nebraska | Nebraska | {prop} |
| nebulizador | nebulizer | {m} |
| nebulosa planetaria | planetary nebula | {f} |
| necesariamente | necessarily | {adv} |
| necesario | necessary | {adj} |
| necesidad | necessity | {f} |
| necesidad | need | {f} |
| necesitado | needy, in need (of) | {adj} |
| necesitan ayuda | do you need help? | {phrase} [polite, plural, Latin America] |
| necesitar | To need | {v} |
| necesitas ayuda | do you need help? | {phrase} [familiar] |
| necesita usted ayuda | do you need help? | {phrase} [polite] |
| necesitáis ayuda | do you need help? | {phrase} [familiar, plural, Spain] |
| necesito papel higiénico | I need toilet paper | {phrase} |
| necesito su ayuda | I need your help | {phrase} [polite] |
| necesito tu ayuda | I need your help | {phrase} [familiar] |
| necesito una bebida | I need a drink (nonalcoholic) | {phrase} |
| necesito una copa | I need a drink (alcoholic) | {phrase} |
| necesito un condón | I need a condom | {phrase} |
| necesito un diccionario | I need a dictionary | {phrase} |
| necio | stupid | {adj} |
| necio | fool | {m} |
| necro- | necro- | {prefix} |
| necrofilia | necrophilia | {f} |
| necrofílico | necrophilic | {adj} |
| necrofílico | necrophile, necrophiliac | {m} |
| necromancia | necromancy | {f} |
| necrosis | necrosis | {f} |
| necrópolis | necropolis | {f} |
| nectarina | nectarine | {f} |
| nectáreo | nectarous; nectareous | {adj} |
| neerlandesa | feminine form of neerlandés | {f} |
| Neerlandia | Holland | {prop} |
| neerlandés | Dutch, Netherlandish (from or native to the Netherlands) | {adj} |
| neerlandés | Dutch, Netherlandish (pertaining to the Netherlands) | {adj} |
| neerlandés | a Dutchman | {m} |
| neerlandés | the Dutch (Netherlandish) language (including Flemish) | {prop} |
| nefasto | disgraceful, loathsome | {adj} |
| nefasto | ill-omened, ominous | {adj} |
| nefología | nephology | {f} |
| nefrólogo | nephrologist | {m} |
| nefrología | nephrology | {f} |
| nefrítico | nephritic | {adj} |
| negación | denial | {f} |
| negar | to refuse | {vr} |
| negar | to deny | {v} |
| negativa | refusal, denial | {f} |
| negativamente | negatively | {adv} |
| negatividad | negativity | {f} |
| negativo | negative | {adj} |
| negativo | minus sign | {m} |
| negativo | negative (photographic) | {m} |
| negligencia | malpractice | {f} |
| negligencia | neglect | {f} |
| negligente | negligent, careless | {adj} |
| negligentemente | negligently | {adv} |
| negociable | negotiable | {adj} |
| negociación | negotiation | {f} |
| negociador | negotiator | {m} |
| negociante | a businessman | {mf} |
| negociar | to negotiate | {v} |
| negocio | business | {m} |
| negocio | deal | {m} |
| negocio | shop | {m} |
| negra | bad luck | {f} |
| negra | black woman, negress | {f} |
| negra | black piece | {f} [chess] |
| negra | crotchet | {f} [music] |
| negrecer | to turn black, become black | {v} |
| negrita | black woman, black girl | {f} [slang] |
| negrita | darling, sweetheart | {f} [slang] |
| negrita | boldface, bold type | {f} [typography] |
| negrito | A person of African descent | {m} |
| negro | black (color) | {adj} |
| negro | clandestine | {adj} |
| negro | dirty | {adj} |
| negro | sad | {adj} |
| negro | angry | {adj} [Spain] |
| negro | the black colour | {m} |
| negro | the black ethnicity | {m} |
| negroide | negroid | {m} |
| negrura | blackness | {f} |
| negrura | darkness | {f} |
| negruzco | blackish | {adj} |
| nematodo | nematode, roundworm | {m} |
| neón | neon light, fluorescent lamp | {m} [colloquial] |
| neón | neon | {m} |
| nena | baby girl. feminine form of nene | {f} |
| nena | term of endearment to a woman or girl. babe, dear | {f} [slang] |
| nene | baby | {m} |
| nenúfar | water lily, white waterlily | {m} |
| nenita | diminutive form of nena; sistergirl, homegirl, girlfriend, honey | {f} [Argentina] |
| neo- | neo- | {prefix} |
| neoclasicismo | neoclassicism | {m} |
| neoclásica | feminine form of neoclásico | {f} |
| neoclásico | neoclassical | {adj} |
| neoclásico | neoclassicist | {m} |
| neodimio | neodymium | {m} |
| neoescocés | Nova Scotian | {adj} |
| neoescocés | Nova Scotian | {mf} |
| neofascismo | neofascism | {m} |
| neofascista | neofascist | {adj} |
| neofascista | neofascist | {mf} |
| neoleonés | Of or pertaining to the Mexican state of Nuevo León | {adj} |
| neologismo | neologism (all senses) | {m} |
| neolítico | neolithic | {adj} |
| neonazi | neo-Nazi | {adj} |
| neonazi | neo-Nazi | {mf} |
| neotérico | neoteric | {adj} |
| neoumbilicoplastia | neoumbilicoplasty | {f} [surgery] |
| neoyorquino | Of or relating to New York. | {adj} |
| neoyorquino | A New Yorker; somebody from New York | {m} |
| neozelandés | of, or relating to, New Zealand | {adj} |
| neozelandés | New Zealander (a person from New Zealand or of New Zealand descent) | {m} |
| Nepal | Nepal | {prop} |
| nepalés | Nepali | {adj} |
| nepalés | Nepali | {m} |
| Nephtalí | Naphtali (Biblical character and tribe) | {prop} |
| nepotismo | nepotism | {m} |
| neptunio | neptunium | {m} |
| Neptuno | Neptune | {prop} |
| nerdo | nerd | {m} [slang] |
| nervadura | rib (of a building, especially a vault) | {f} [architecture] |
| nervadura | midrib, nerve (of a plant leaf) | {f} [botany] |
| nervio | nerve | {m} |
| nervio craneal | cranial nerve | {m} [anatomy] |
| nervio óptico | optic nerve | {n} [anatomy] |
| nerviosamente | nervously | {adv} |
| nervioso | nervous | {adj} |
| nesga | gore | {f} [fabric] |
| nestorianismo | Nestorianism | {m} |
| neto | net | {adj} |
| neumonía | pneumonia | {f} |
| neumático | neumatic | {adj} |
| neumático | tire (of an automobile) | {m} |
| neuralgia | neuralgia | {f} [pathology, neurology] |
| neuraminato | neuraminate | {m} |
| neuraminidasa | neuraminidase | {f} [enzyme] |
| neuramínico | neuraminic | {adj} |
| neurólogo | neurologist | {m} |
| neuro- | neuro- | {prefix} |
| neurocirugía | neurosurgery | {f} [surgery] |
| neurocirujano | neurosurgeon | {m} |
| neuroetología | neuroethology | {f} |
| neurológico | neurological | {adj} |
| neurolingüística | neurolinguistics | {f} |
| neurología | neurology | {f} |
| neuroma | neuroma | {m} |
| neurona | neuron; nerve cell | {f} |
| neuronal | neuronal | {adj} |
| neuropatía | neuropathy | {f} [pathology] |
| neuropéptido | neuropeptide | {m} |
| neuropsiquiatra | neuropsychiatrist | {mf} |
| neuropsiquiatría | neuropsychiatry | {f} |
| neurosporaxantina | neurosporaxanthin | {f} [organic compound] |
| neurotípico | neurotypical | {adj} |
| neurotransmisor | neurotransmitter | {m} |
| neurótico | neurotic | {adj} |
| neurótico | neurotic | {m} |
| neurótomo | neurotome | {m} |
| neutle | pulque | {m} [Mexico] |
| neutralidad | neutrality | {f} |
| neutralización | neutralization | {f} |
| neutralizar | To neutralise (UK), to neutralize (US) | {v} |
| neutrino | neutrino | {m} |
| neutrino electrónico | electron neutrino | {m} |
| neutrino muónico | muon neutrino | {m} |
| neutrino tauónico | tauon neutrino | {m} |
| neutrón | neutron | {m} |
| neutro | neutral pH, neutral electrical charge | {adj} [chemistry, physics] |
| neutro | neuter | {adj} [grammar] |
| neutro | Lacking sexual organs; neutered | {adj} |
| neutro | neuter (neither the one thing nor the other) | {adj} |
| neutro | neutral | {adj} |
| neutronización | neutronization | {f} |
| nevada | snowfall | {f} |
| nevada | snow storm | {f} |
| Nevada | Nevada | {prop} |
| nevado | snowy | {adj} |
| nevado | white as snow | {adj} |
| nevar | to snow | {vi} [impersonal] |
| nevasca | blizzard | {f} |
| nevera | refrigerator | {f} |
| nevero | A location with continuous snow throughout the year | {m} |
| nevero | névé | {m} |
| neviscar | to sleet | {vi} [impersonal] |
| neviscar | to snow lightly | {vi} [impersonal] |
| newton | newton | {m} |
| newtoniano | Newtonian | {adj} [physics] |
| Núñez | Spanish surname | {prop} |
| Níger | Niger (country) | {prop} |
| náhuatl | Nahuatl (attributive) | {adj} |
| náhuatl | Nahuatl, any of several modern languages and dialects of the Nahuan (or Aztecan) language family | {prop} |
| náhuatl | Nahuatl; Classical Nahuatl | {prop} |
| ni | Neither ... nor | {conj} |
| ni | nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν | {f} |
| niña | feminine form of niño, girl | {f} |
| Nica | A toponym used for Nicaraguans or people of Nicaraguan heritage. | {prop} |
| nicaragüense | Nicaraguan | {adj} |
| nicaragüense | Nicaraguan | {mf} |
| nicaragüeño | Nicaraguan | {m} |
| Nicaragua | Nicaragua | {prop} |
| ni chicha ni limonada | Said of something that is unknown or unclear. | {phrase} [idiomatic] |
| nicho | burial niche | {m} |
| nicho | niche | {m} |
| Nicolás | male given name, cognate to Nicholas | {prop} |
| ni come, ni deja comer | dog in the manger | {phrase} |
| nicotina | nicotine | {f} |
| nicotinamida | nicotinamide | {f} |
| nictalopía | nyctalopia | {f} [medicine] |
| nictálope | nyctalopic | {adj} [medicine] |
| nidificar | to nidify; to build a nest | {v} |
| nido | nest | {m} |
| niebla | fog | {f} |
| niñera | baby-sitter | {f} |
| niñero | baby-sitter | {m} |
| nieta | granddaughter | {f} |
| nieto | grandchild; grandson | {m} |
| nieve | snow | {f} |
| Nieves | female given name | {prop} |
| Nieves | Spanish surname derived from the given name, or from a nickname for someone with white hair | {prop} |
| niñez | childhood | {f} |
| ni fu ni fa | OK, nothing special | {adj} [idiomatic] |
| Nigeria | Nigeria | {prop} |
| nigeriano | Nigerian | {adj} |
| nigeriano | Nigerian | {m} |
| nigerino | Nigerien | {adj} |
| nigerino | Nigerien | {m} |
| ni harto de vino | no way, by no means | {adv} [idiomatic] |
| nihilista | nihilistic | {adj} |
| nihilista | nihilist | {mf} |
| niñita | diminutive form of niña | {f} |
| niñita | girlyman, pussy, (effeminate boy) girl | {f} |
| niñito | diminutive form of niño small child | {m} |
| Nilda | female given name | {prop} |
| Nilo | Nile | {prop} |
| ninfa | nymph | {f} |
| ninfea | water lily | {f} |
| ninfómana | nymphomaniac | {f} |
| ninfomanía | nymphomania | {f} |
| ningún nacido | nobody | {pron} |
| ninguna | feminine form of ninguno; nobody, nothing | {pron} |
| ningunear | to disrespect, belittle | {v} |
| ningunear | to ignore, forget | {v} |
| ninguno | no; none | {adj} |
| ninguno | nobody; no-one | {pron} |
| ninguno | none; neither | {pron} |
| niño | boy, child | {m} |
| niobio | niobium | {m} |
| niño soldado | child soldier | {m} |
| nipón | Nipponese | {adj} [educated] |
| nipón | Nipponese | {m} [educated] |
| nirvana | nirvana | {m} |
| nitidez | clarity | {f} |
| nitrato | nitrate | {m} |
| nitrógeno | nitrogen | {m} |
| nitrilo | nitrile | {m} [organic compound] |
| nitrito | nitrite | {m} [chemistry] |
| nitrofurano | nitrofuran | {m} [organic compound] |
| nitrogenado | nitrogenous | {adj} |
| nitrogenasa | nitrogenase | {f} [protein] |
| nitronio | nitronium | {m} [inorganic chemistry] |
| nitroso | nitrous | {adj} [chemistry] |
| nivel | level (degree or amount) | {m} |
| nivel | level, height (distance relative to a given reference elevation) | {m} |
| nivel | level (tool for finding whether a surface is level) | {m} |
| nivelar | to balance | {v} |
| nivelar | to level out, to make even | {v} |
| nivelar | to survey | {v} |
| nivel de agua | water level | {m} |
| nivel del agua | water level | {m} |
| nixtamal | hominy, nixtamal | {m} |
| nixtamalización | nixtamalization | {f} |
| Niza | Nice (city in France) | {prop} |
| nizatidina | nizatidine | {f} [organic compound] |
| NL | Nuevo León (Mexican state) | {abbr} |
| NLE | Nuevo León, a state of Mexico | {abbr} |
| núm. | No., number | {abbr} |
| nómada | nomadic | {adj} |
| nómada | nomad | {mf} |
| número | musical number | {m} |
| número | number (counting) | {m} |
| número arábigo | Arabic numeral | {m} |
| número atómico | atomic number | {m} [physics, chemistry] |
| número cardinal | cardinal number | {m} |
| número complejo | complex number (number of the form a + bi) | {m} |
| número de Avogadro | Avogadro's number | {m} [chemistry] |
| número de teléfono | telephone number | {m} |
| número entero | A whole number | {m} |
| número imaginario | imaginary number (number of the form ai) | {m} |
| número irracional | irrational number | {m} [mathematics] |
| número natural | natural number | {m} [mathematics] |
| número primo | prime number (natural number) | {m} |
| número racional | rational number | {m} [mathematics] |
| número real | real number | {m} |
| nómina | salary | {f} |
| no | number | {abbr} |
| no | no | {adv} |
| no | not | {adv} |
| Noé | Noah | {prop} [biblical character] |
| nobel | Nobel Prize | {m} |
| nobelio | nobelium | {m} |
| noble | noble | {adj} |
| nobleza | nobility | {f} |
| noche | night (time) | {f} |
| Nochebuena | Christmas Eve | {prop} |
| Nochevieja | New Year's Eve | {prop} |
| noción | notion | {f} |
| nocivo | harmful | {adj} |
| nocivo | noxious | {adj} |
| no comprendo | I don't understand | {phrase} |
| noctámbulo | Tending to be awake or up and about at night | {adj} |
| noctámbulo | One who is awake at night; a night owl | {m} |
| nocturno | nocturnal | {adj} |
| nocturno | of or relating to night | {adj} |
| nodo | node | {m} |
| nodriza | wet nurse | {f} |
| Noe | A diminutive of the female given name Noelia | {prop} |
| Noelia | female given name, cognate to English Noelle and French Noëlle | {prop} |
| Noemí | female given name | {prop} |
| Noemí | Naomi (Biblical figure) | {prop} |
| no entiendo | I don't understand | {phrase} |
| no faltaba más | don't mention it; you're welcome | {phrase} [idiomatic] |
| nogal | walnut tree | {m} |
| nogal | walnut wood | {m} |
| noguera | walnut (tree) | {f} |
| no haber color | there be no comparison | {v} [idiomatic] |
| no hablo | I don't speak | {phrase} |
| no hay de qué | don't mention it; used as you're welcome in the sense of no problem | {phrase} |
| no hay problema | No problem! | {interj} |
| NOM | Norma Oficial Mexicana (Official Mexican Standard), each of a series of official, compulsory standards and regulations for diverse activities in Mexico | {acronym} |
| nomadismo | nomadism | {m} |
| nombramiento | appointment (to a position) | {m} |
| nombrar | to name | {v} |
| nombre | name | {m} |
| nomenclatura | nomenclature | {f} |
| nomeolvides | flowers of forget-me-not | {f} |
| nominación | nomination | {f} |
| nominal | nominal | {adj} |
| nominalizar | to nominalize | {v} |
| nominar | to nominate | {v} |
| nominativo | nominative (giving a name, naming; designating) | {adj} |
| nominativo | nominative (grammar) | {adj} |
| nominativo | nominative case | {m} |
| nomás | only, just | {adv} [Latin America] |
| nonada | A thing or event of little or no importance or value | {f} |
| nonadecágono | enneadecagon | {m} [geometry] |
| nonagésimo | ninetieth | {adj} |
| nonagésimo | ninetieth | {m} |
| nonbre | obsolete spelling of nombre | {m} |
| noneto | nonet | {m} |
| noningentésimo | nine hundredth | {adj} |
| nono | ninth | {adj} [unusual] |
| no obstante | however | {conj} |
| no obstante | nevertheless | {conj} |
| no obstante | notwithstanding; albeit | {conj} |
| no obstante | yet | {conj} |
| nopal | nopal | {m} |
| nopaleda | Terrain abundant in nopal plants | {f} |
| nopalera | Terrain abundant in nopal plants | {f} |
| no pasarán | They shall not pass through | {phrase} |
| no por mucho madrugar, amanece más temprano | things will happen at their own time, you can't rush art | {proverb} |
| noquear | to knock out | {v} |
| noradrenalina | noradrenaline | {f} [hormone] |
| norcoreano | North Korean | {adj} |
| norcoreano | North Korean | {m} |
| nordeste | northeast | {m} |
| norepinefrina | norepinephrine, noradrenaline | {f} [hormone] |
| noreste | northeast | {m} |
| noria | Ferris wheel | {f} |
| noria | noria | {f} |
| norirlandés | Northern Irish | {adj} |
| norma | rule, norm, standard, touchstone | {f} |
| normal | perpendicular | {adj} [geometry] |
| normal | normal, standard, regular | {adj} |
| normal | a school for becoming a teacher | {f} [education] |
| normalidad | normality | {f} |
| normalización | normalization | {f} |
| normalización | standardization | {f} |
| normalizar | to normalize | {v} |
| normalmente | normally; usually; most of the time; customarily | {adv} |
| normal y corriente | run-of-the-mill, meat and potatoes, regular | {adj} [idiomatic] |
| normar | to norm | {v} |
| normar | to normalize, standardize | {v} |
| normativo | normative | {adj} |
| noroeste | northwest | {m} |
| Noroeste Pacífico | Pacific Northwest | {n} |
| norte | north; northern | {adj} |
| norte | clue | {m} |
| norte | goal; objective | {m} |
| norte | north | {m} |
| norte | norther | {m} |
| norteamericano | Born in, belonging or relative to the United States | {adj} |
| norteamericano | North American | {adj} |
| norteamericano | Born in, belonging or relative to the United States | {m} |
| norteamericano | North American | {m} |
| Norteamérica | North America | {prop} |
| norteño | northern | {adj} |
| norteño | northerner | {m} |
| noruega | feminine form of noruego | {f} |
| Noruega | Norway | {prop} |
| noruego | Norwegian (from or native to Norway) | {adj} |
| noruego | Norwegian (pertaining to Norway or the Norwegian language) | {adj} |
| noruego | a Norwegian | {m} |
| noruego | the Norwegian language | {prop} |
| nos | us (dative and accusative form of nosotros and nosotras) | {pron} |
| no saber hacer la o con un canuto | to not know one's head from a hole in the ground | {v} [idiomatic] |
| no se ganó Zamora en una hora | It takes a long time to do something complicated or impressive. (Rome wasn't built in a day) | {idiom} [idiomatic] |
| nosotras | we (feminine plural) | {pron} |
| nosotros | we (masculine plural) | {pron} |
| nostalgia | nostalgia | {m} |
| nostálgico | nostalgic | {adj} |
| nos vemos | cheers, goodbye | {interj} |
| nos vemos | see you later! (literally, we see each other) | {interj} |
| nota | mark, academic score | {f} |
| nota | note, memo | {f} |
| nota | note (music) | {f} |
| nota bene | nota bene (used to add an aside or warning to a text) | {phrase} |
| notable | notable | {adj} |
| notablemente | notably | {adv} |
| notación | notation | {f} |
| notar | To note (something down etc) | {vt} |
| notaría | office of a notary | {f} |
| notario | notary, lawyer, solicitor, counsel, attorney, barrister. | {m} |
| no te acostarás sin saber una cosa más | you learn something new every day, every day is a school day | {proverb} |
| noticia | communication | {f} |
| noticia | message | {f} |
| noticias | news | {fp} |
| noticiero | news | {m} |
| noticiero | newsman, reporter | {m} |
| noticiero | newsreel | {m} |
| notificación | notification | {f} |
| notificar | to notify, announce, inform, intimate, make known | {v} |
| notocorda | notochord | {f} |
| notocuerda | alternative form of notocorda | {f} |
| novato | newbie | {adj} |
| novato | beginner, newbie | {m} |
| novecientas | feminine form of novecientos | {num} |
| novecientos | nine hundred | {num} |
| novedad | novelty | {f} |
| novedoso | novel | {adj} |
| novel | novel, new | {adj} |
| novela | novel | {f} |
| novelado | fictional | {adj} |
| novelar | to novelize; to make a novel out of | {v} |
| novelista | novelist | {mf} |
| novena | novena | {f} |
| noveno | ninth | {adj} |
| noveno | ninth | {m} |
| noventa | ninety | {cardinal num} [cardinal] |
| noventa y seis | ninety-six | {num} |
| noventa y siete | ninety-seven | {num} |
| noventa y tres | ninety-three | {num} |
| noventa y uno | ninety-one | {num} |
| novia | feminine form of novio, girlfriend, fiancée | {f} |
| novia | feminine form of novio, bride | {f} [wedding] |
| noviazgo | engagement, betrothal (period of time when marriage is planned or promised) | {m} |
| noviazgo | relationship (the time when a couple was together) | {m} |
| novicia | feminine form of novicio | {f} |
| novicio | novice | {m} |
| noviembre | November | {m} |
| novillo | young ox, young bull | {m} |
| novilunio | new moon | {m} |
| novio | boyfriend; fiancé; romantic partner | {m} |
| novio | groom | {m} [wedding] |
| Nápoles | Naples (city) | {prop} |
| níquel | nickel | {m} |
| nórdico | Nordic (pertaining to Nordic languages) | {adj} |
| nórdico | Norse (from or native to the Nordic lands) | {adj} |
| nórdico | the Nordic group of languages | {prop} |
| nórdico antiguo | Old Norse | {prop} |
| níspero | loquat | {m} |
| níspero | medlar | {m} |
| níspero | sapodilla | {m} |
| níspero europeo | The medlar | {m} |
| níspero japonés | The loquat (tree & fruit) | {m} |
| nítido | clear, distinct | {adj} |
| nítido | pure, clear, clean | {adj} |
| nítrico | nitric | {adj} |
| Nuakchot | Nouakchott (capital of Mauritania) | {prop} |
| nube | A cloud | {f} |
| nube | A multitude, or crowd, of people | {f} |
| nube de hongo | mushroom cloud | {f} |
| nublado | cloudy | {adj} |
| nublar | to become cloudy | {vr} |
| nublar | to cloud | {v} |
| nubloso | cloudy | {adj} |
| nubosidad | cloudiness | {f} |
| nuboso | cloudy | {adj} |
| nuca | nape, back of the neck | {f} [anatomy] |
| nuclear | nuclear | {adj} |
| nuclearmente | in a nuclear way; related to a nucleus or to nuclear power; nuclearly | {adv} |
| nucleasa | nuclease | {f} [enzyme] |
| nucleico | nucleic | {adj} |
| nucleón | nucleon | {m} |
| nucleína | nuclein | {f} [biochemistry] |
| nucleolar | nucleolar | {adj} |
| nucleoplasma | nucleoplasm | {m} [cytology] |
| nucleoporina | nucleoporin | {f} [protein] |
| nucleoproteina | nucleoprotein | {f} [protein] |
| nucleosoma | nucleosome | {m} [cytology] |
| nucleósido | nucleoside | {m} [biochemistry] |
| nucleótido | nucleotide | {m} [biochemistry] |
| nucléolo | nucleolus | {m} |
| nudillo | knuckle | {m} [anatomy] |
| nudo | knot | {m} |
| nuera | daughter-in-law | {f} |
| nuestra | feminine form of nuestro Ours | {pron} |
| nuestras | feminine plural of nuestro Ours, our, to us | {adj} |
| nuestras | feminine plural of nuestro Ours | {pron} |
| Nuestra Señora | "Our Lady", the title for the Virgin Mary | {prop} |
| nuestro | Ours, our, to us | {adj} |
| nuestro | Ours | {pron} |
| nueva | news, novelty | {f} |
| Nueva Caledonia | New Caledonia (overseas territory of France) | {prop} |
| Nueva Delhi | New Delhi | {prop} |
| Nueva Escocia | Nova Scotia | {prop} |
| Nueva Gales del Sur | New South Wales (an Australian state) | {prop} |
| Nueva Hampshire | New Hampshire | {prop} |
| Nueva Inglaterra | New England | {prop} |
| Nueva Jersey | New Jersey | {prop} |
| nuevamente | again; newly | {adv} |
| Nueva Orleans | New Orleans (city) | {prop} |
| Nueva Segovia | Nueva Segovia | {prop} |
| Nueva York | New York City | {prop} |
| Nueva York | New York (US state) | {prop} |
| Nueva Zelanda | New Zealand | {prop} |
| Nueva Zelandia | New Zealand | {prop} |
| nueve | nine | {cardinal num} [cardinal] |
| nueve | The digit or figure 9 | {f} |
| nuevo | new | {adj} |
| Nuevo León | A state of Mexico | {prop} |
| nuevoleonés | (of a person) Of or from the Mexican state of Nuevo León | {adj} |
| Nuevo México | New Mexico (US State) | {prop} |
| Nuevo Testamento | New Testament (second half of the Christian Bible) | {prop} |
| nuez | walnut (nut) | {f} |
| nuez de Adán | Adam's apple (the lump in the throat) | {f} |
| nuez moscada | nutmeg (seed of the nutmeg tree) | {f} |
| nuez pecana | pecan (nut) | {f} |
| nulo | null, void, invalid | {adj} |
| nulo | useless, good-for-nothing | {adj} |
| numen | muse (source of inspiration) | {m} |
| numen | numen | {m} |
| numerador | numerator | {m} [mathematics] |
| numerar | to calculate | {v} |
| numerar | to number | {v} |
| numeroso | numerous | {adj} |
| numismática | feminine form of numismático | {f} |
| numismática | numismatics | {f} |
| numismático | numismatic | {adj} |
| numismático | numismatist | {m} |
| numérico | numeric | {adj} |
| nunca | ever | {adv} |
| nunca | never | {adv} |
| nunca mucho cuesta poco | 'never much' costs little (or 'much never costs little';) you get what you pay for | {phrase} |
| nuncio | nuncio | {m} [Catholicism] |
| nuncio | messenger | {m} |
| nupcial | nuptial (pertaining to wedding and marriage) | {adj} |
| nupcias | wedding | {fp} |
| Nuria | female given name | {prop} |
| náusea | disgust | {f} |
| náusea | nausea | {f} |
| náuseas | nausea, sickness, retching | {fp} |
| náuseas | repugnance, disgust | {fp} |
| náutica | sailing | {f} |
| náutico | nautical | {adj} |
| nutria | otter | {f} |
| nutria | nutria, coypu | {f} [Spain] |
| nutrición | nutrition | {f} |
| nutricional | nutritious | {adj} |
| nutriente | nutrient | {m} |
| nutrimento | nourishment | {m} |
| nutrimento | nutrient | {m} |
| nutrir | to nourish | {v} |
| níveo | niveous, snowy (of or resembling snow) | {adj} [poetic] |
| ny | nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν | {f} |
| ñoñear | to whine | {v} |
| ñoñería | dotage | {f} |
| ñoño | senile | {adj} |
| ñoño | whiny | {adj} |
| ñoquis | gnocchi | {mp} |
| ñor | short for señor | {m} [colloquial] |
| ñu | gnu | {m} |
| Ñuñoa | city in central Chile | {prop} |