Spanish words starting with O:
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| Spanish word | meaning in English | features |
|---|---|---|
| ó | or (once used instead of o near numerals to avoid confusion with a zero: 2 ó 3) | {conj} |
| -ó | A suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative preterite of a verb | {suffix} |
| óleo | oil | {m} |
| ómicron | omicron; the Greek letter Ο, ο | {f} |
| ómnibus | public bus | {m} |
| -ón | ending of every chemical element belonging only to the noble gases group, except helium (in spanish helio) | {suffix} [chemistry] |
| -ón | emphasizes contempt for subject | {suffix} |
| -ón | emphasizes that something is large, grand, intense, important | {suffix} |
| -ón | for few cases, indicates that something is used wrong or frequently (forming adjectives and or nouns) | {suffix} |
| -ón | forms a noun from a different (usually larger) but related or similar one | {suffix} |
| -ón | for very few cases, indicates small size of or a lack of something (such as an ironic augmentative) | {suffix} |
| -ón | indicates that someone or something has large attributes, or larger than usual | {suffix} |
| -ón | ending of most or every subatomic particle | {suffix} [nuclear physics] |
| -ón | suffixed to verbs, doing something repeatedly or often | {suffix} |
| ónfalos | omphalos | {m} |
| -ónimo | -onym | {suffix} |
| ónix | onyx | {m} |
| o | either ... or | {conj} |
| o | or | {conj} |
| o | Name of the letter O | {f} |
| o | The 16th letter of the Spanish alphabet | {letter} |
| -o | Suffix indicating the first-person singular present indicative of verbs | {suffix} |
| O | The 16th letter of the Spanish alphabet | {letter} |
| OA | Oaxaca (Mexican state) | {abbr} |
| Oaxaca | A state of Mexico | {prop} |
| oaxaqueño | Of or pertaining to the Mexican state of Oaxaca | {adj} |
| obcecado | stubborn, obsessed | {adj} |
| obedecer | to be because of | {v} |
| obedecer | to obey | {v} |
| obediencia | obedience | {f} |
| obediente | obedient | {adj} |
| obelisco | obelisk | {m} |
| obesa | An obese woman | {f} |
| obesidad | obesity (state of being obese) | {f} |
| obeso | obese | {adj} |
| obeso | An obese person | {m} |
| obispado | bishopric | {m} |
| obispal | episcopal | {adj} |
| obispo | bishop | {m} |
| obituario | obituary | {m} |
| objeción | objection | {f} |
| objetar | to object | {v} |
| objetivamente | objectively | {adv} |
| objetividad | objectivity | {f} |
| objetivo | objective | {adj} |
| objetivo | aim | {m} |
| objeto | object | {m} |
| objetor | conscientious objector | {m} |
| objetor | objector | {m} |
| objetor de conciencia | conscientious objector | {m} |
| objeto volador no identificado | unidentified flying object (all senses) | {m} |
| oíble | audible | {adj} |
| oblea | wafer (biscuit or in electronics) | {f} |
| obligación | obligation | {f} |
| obligado | coerced, forced | {adj} |
| obligado | committed | {adj} |
| obligar | to oblige, force, obligate | {v} |
| obligatorio | mandatory | {adj} |
| obligatorio | obligatory | {adj} |
| obliterar | to obliterate, to null, to erase | {v} |
| oblongo | oblong | {adj} |
| obnubilar | to daze | {v} |
| oboe | oboe | {m} [musical instruments] |
| obra | construction | {f} |
| obra | work, usually literary or artistic | {f} |
| obra de arte | work of art, objet d'art | {f} |
| obrar | to produce | {v} |
| obrera | feminine form of obrero | {f} |
| obrero | worker | {m} |
| obscenidad | obscenity | {f} |
| obsceno | obscene | {adj} |
| obscuro | obscure, dark | {adj} |
| obsequiar | to present | {v} |
| obsequioso | obsequious | {m} |
| observación | observation | {f} |
| observador | observant | {adj} |
| observador | observing | {adj} |
| observador | observer | {m} |
| observadora | feminine form of observador | {f} |
| observar | to observe | {v} |
| observatorio | observatory | {m} |
| obsesión | obsession | {f} |
| obsesionado | obsessed | {adj} |
| obsesionado | possessed | {adj} |
| obsesionar | to obsess | {v} |
| obsesiva | feminine form of obsesivo | {adj} |
| obsesivo | obsessive | {adj} |
| obsidiana | obsidian | {f} |
| obsolescente | obsolescent | {adj} |
| obsoleto | obsolete, outdated | {adj} |
| obstante | hindering | {adj} |
| obstante | obstructing | {adj} |
| obstar | to hinder | {v} |
| obstáculo | obstacle | {m} |
| obstetricia | obstetrics | {f} |
| obstinación | obstinacy | {f} |
| obstinado | stubborn | {adj} |
| obstinar | to be obstinate | {v} |
| obstrucción | obstruction | {f} |
| obstruir | to obstruct | {v} |
| obtener | to obtain | {v} |
| obtuso | obtuse | {adj} [geometry] |
| obtuso | obtuse (blunt) | {adj} |
| obtuso | obtuse (intellectually dull) | {adj} |
| obviamente | obviously | {adv} |
| obviar | to avoid | {v} |
| obviar | to obviate | {v} |
| obvio | obvious, clear | {adj} |
| oca | goose | {f} |
| océano | ocean | {m} |
| océano Atlántico | Atlantic Ocean (the ocean lying between the Americas to the west and Europe and Africa to the east) | {prop} |
| Océano Índico | Indian Ocean | {prop} |
| Océano Pacífico | Pacific Ocean | {prop} |
| ocarina | ocarina | {f} |
| ocasión | occasion | {f} |
| ocasional | occasional | {adj} |
| ocasionalmente | occasionally | {adv} |
| ocasionar | to cause | {v} |
| ocaso | west | {m} [geography] |
| ocaso | decline | {m} [literary] |
| ocaso | sunset | {m} |
| occidental | western | {adj} |
| occidentalización | westernization | {f} |
| occidentalizar | to westernize | {v} |
| occidente | west, occident | {m} |
| occiduo | Western, occidental | {adj} [poetic, literary] |
| occipital | occipital | {adj} [anatomy] |
| occipital | (muscle) occipitalis | {m} |
| occipital | occipital bone | {m} |
| occipital | occipital lobe | {m} |
| occipitofrontal | occipitofrontal | {adj} [anatomy] |
| occipitofrontal | occipitofrontalis, occipitofrontalis muscle | {m} |
| occitano | Of or relating to Occitania or the Occitan language | {adj} |
| occitano | Person from or inhabitant of Occitania | {m} |
| occitano | Occitan (the Romance language) | {prop} |
| Oceanía | Oceania | {prop} |
| oceanógrafo | oceanographer | {m} |
| oceanográfico | oceanographic | {adj} |
| ocelote | ocelot | {m} |
| oceánico | oceanic | {adj} |
| ochenta | eighty | {cardinal num} [cardinal] |
| ochenta y cinco | eighty-five | {num} |
| ocho | eight | {cardinal num} [cardinal] |
| Ochoa | Spanish surname | {prop} |
| ochocientas | feminine form of ochocientos | {num} |
| ochocientos | eight hundred | {num} |
| ocio | diversion | {m} |
| ocio | leisure, recreation, spare time | {m} |
| ociosidad | idleness, inactivity | {f} |
| ocioso | idle | {adj} |
| ocioso | idler | {m} |
| oclocracia | ochlocracy | {f} |
| oclocrático | ochlocratic | {adj} |
| ocote | Any of several aromatic, resinous pine species native to Mexico and Central America, especially the Montezuma pine (Pinus montezumae) | {m} [El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua] |
| ocotillo | ocotillo | {m} [Mexico] |
| ocra | okra | {m} [El Salvador] |
| ocre | ochre | {m} |
| octagonal | octagonal | {adj} |
| octanaje | octane rating | {m} |
| octano | octane | {m} [organic compound] |
| octava | octave | {f} [music] |
| Octavio | male given name | {prop} |
| octavo | eighth | {adj} |
| octavo | eighth | {m} |
| octeto | octet | {m} |
| octágono | octagon | {m} [geometry] |
| octingentésimo | eight hundredth | {adj} |
| octodecágono | octadecagon | {m} [geometry] |
| octogenario | octogenarian | {adj} |
| octogenario | octogenarian | {m} |
| octogésimo | eightieth | {adj} [ordinal] |
| octogésimo | eightieth | {m} |
| octópodo | octopod (eight-legged) | {adj} |
| octópodo | octopod | {m} |
| octubre | October | {m} |
| ocular | ocular | {adj} |
| ocular | eyepiece, eyeglass | {m} |
| ocularmente | ocularly, visually, through the use of sight | {adv} |
| ocultación | occultation | {f} |
| ocultar | to hide | {v} |
| ocultarse | to be hidden | {v} |
| ocultarse | to hide | {v} |
| oculto | occult | {adj} |
| ocupación | occupation (all senses) | {f} |
| ocupacional | occupational | {adj} |
| ocupado | busy | {adj} |
| ocupado | occupied | {adj} |
| ocupante | occupying | {adj} |
| ocupante | occupant | {mf} |
| ocupar | to go about | {vr} |
| ocupar | to pay attention to | {vr} |
| ocupar | to employ | {v} |
| ocupar | to occupy | {v} |
| ocupar | to use | {v} |
| ocurrencia | occurrence | {f} |
| ocurrente | occurrent | {adj} |
| ocurrente | saying, meaning, showing or doing unexpected things | {adj} |
| ocurrir | to happen, to occur | {v} |
| oda | ode | {f} |
| odiar | to hate | {v} |
| odio | hate | {m} |
| odioso | hateful, odious | {adj} |
| odisea | odyssey | {f} |
| oído | ear (Specially the inner part of this) | {m} |
| oído | hearing | {m} |
| odontalgia | toothache | {f} [medicine] |
| odontólogo | odontologist; dentist | {m} |
| odontología | odontology; dentistry | {f} |
| odorífero | odorous, odoriferous | {adj} |
| odorífero | smelly | {adj} |
| odre | goatskin, goatskin wine bag | {m} |
| OEA | Organización de los Estados Americanos: OAS | {initialism} |
| oeste | west | {m} |
| Ofelia | female given name, equivalent to Ophelia | {prop} |
| ofenda | insult | {f} |
| ofender | to offend | {v} |
| ofendido | aggrieved | {adj} |
| ofensa | insult | {f} |
| ofensa | offense | {f} |
| ofensiva | offensive | {f} |
| ofensivo | offensive | {adj} |
| oferta | offer | {f} |
| ofertar | to offer | {v} |
| oficial | official | {adj} |
| oficial | artisan | {mf} |
| oficial | butcher | {mf} |
| oficial | clerk, functionary | {mf} |
| oficial | executioner | {mf} |
| oficial | officer, official | {mf} |
| oficial | office worker, skilled workman | {mf} |
| oficialidad | officiality | {f} |
| oficialismo | ruling party | {m} |
| oficializar | to make official | {v} |
| oficialmente | officially | {adv} |
| oficiar | to officiate | {v} |
| oficina | laboratory | {f} |
| oficina | office | {f} |
| oficina | workshop | {f} |
| oficinista | office worker | {mf} |
| oficio | profession, occupation | {m} |
| ofidio | ophidian | {adj} |
| ofidio | ophidian | {m} |
| ofrecer | to offer | {v} |
| ofrecido | easy (A person who readily consents to sexual activity) | {adj} |
| ofrecimiento | offering, offer | {m} |
| ofrenda | offering, sacrifice | {f} |
| ofrendar | to offer as a gift, to sacrifice | {v} |
| oftalmóloga | (female) ophthalmologist | {f} |
| oftalmólogo | ophthalmologist | {m} |
| oftalmología | opthalmology | {f} |
| oftalmoscopio | ophthalmoscope | {m} |
| ofuscación | bewilderment, confusion | {f} |
| ofuscación | blurring | {f} |
| ofuscación | obfuscation (lack of clarity) | {f} |
| ofuscar | to confuse | {v} |
| ofuscar | to obfuscate | {v} |
| ogro | crank | {m} |
| ogro | fiend, brute | {m} |
| ogro | ogre | {m} |
| oh | oh (expression of awe, surprise, pain or realization) | {interj} |
| oh, Dios mío | oh my God | {phrase} |
| Ohio | Ohio | {prop} |
| ohmio | ohm | {m} |
| -oide | -oid | {suffix} |
| oidor | judge, magistrate for a royal audiency | {m} [archaic] |
| oidor | hearer | {m} |
| ojalá | hopefully (I hope that) | {adv} |
| ojalá | God grant (that) (followed by present subjunctive) | {interj} |
| ojalá | God willing | {interj} |
| ojalá | I hope so; let’s hope so | {interj} |
| ojalá | I hope (that); let’s hope (that) (followed by present subjunctive) | {interj} |
| ojalá | I wish (when used to refer to past events) | {interj} |
| ojalá | Let's hope that | {interj} |
| ojal | buttonhole | {m} |
| ojal | loop | {m} |
| ojeada | glance (brief look) | {f} |
| ojear | to ogle | {v} |
| ojear | to put the evil eye (on somebody), to curse by looking with malicious intents | {v} |
| ojera | coon eyes | {f} |
| ojete | anal orifice | {m} [Argentina] |
| ojete | anus | {m} [colloquial] |
| ojete | eye hole | {m} |
| ojete | eyelet | {m} |
| ojete | wicked, mean, bad person | {m} [Mexico] |
| ojete | asshole | {m} [slang as epithet] |
| ojialegre | laughing-eyed | {adj} |
| ojimoreno | dark-eyed, brown-eyed | {adj} |
| ojinegro | dark-eyed, black-eyed | {adj} |
| ojito | diminutive form of ojo | {m} |
| ojituerto | cross-eyed, cock-eyed | {adj} |
| ojiva | ogive | {f} |
| ojiva | warhead | {f} |
| ojón | Having big or very open eyes | {adj} |
| ojón | A particular fish, having very large eyes | {m} |
| ojón | Someone with big or very open eyes | {m} |
| ojo | look! watch out! | {interj} |
| ojo | eye | {m} |
| ojo de agua | spring | {m} |
| ojota | flip-flop (artisanal type) | {f} [Chile, Argentina, Peru] |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma | {prop} |
| okupa | squatter; squat | {mf} [slang, Spain] |
| okupación | squatting | {f} [slang, Spain] |
| okupado | squatted | {adj} [slang, Spain] |
| okupar | to squat | {v} [slang, Spain] |
| olé | An expression of encouragement and approval | {interj} |
| ola | sudden appearance of a large amount of something | {f} [figuratively] |
| ola | wave (on the surface of a liquid) | {f} |
| ola de calor | heat wave, hot spell | {f} |
| olalia | olallieberry | {f} |
| olíbano | frankincense | {m} |
| oleada | wave | {f} |
| oleaje | surf | {m} [hydrography] |
| oleato | oleate | {m} |
| oleico | oleic | {adj} |
| oleoducto | oil pipeline | {m} |
| oleoplasto | oleoplast | {m} [cytology] |
| oler | to smell, to emit an odour | {vi} |
| oler | to smell, to perceive by scent | {vt} |
| olerse la tostada | to smell a rat | {v} [idiomatic] |
| oleuropeína | oleuropein | {f} [organic compound] |
| oleyliberi | olallieberry | {f} |
| olfatear | to sniff | {v} |
| olfativo | olfactory | {adj} |
| olfato | smell, olfaction, sense of smell (sense that detects smells) | {m} |
| olfatorio | olfactory | {adj} |
| Olga | female given name | {prop} |
| oligarquía | oligarchy | {f} |
| oligonucleótido | oligonucleotide | {m} [biochemistry] |
| oligosacárido | oligosaccharide | {m} [carbohydrates] |
| olimpíada | olympiad | {f} |
| olimpíada | Olympics | {f} |
| olimpiada | olympiad | {f} |
| olio | see óleo | {m} |
| olisquear | to sniff at | {v} |
| oliva | olive (fruit) | {f} [context needed, comment=where is this used vs. aceituna?] |
| olivar | olive color | {adj} |
| olivar | olive grove | {m} |
| olivino | olivine (family of minerals) | {m} |
| olivo | olive tree | {m} |
| olla | a pool, a whirlpool | {f} |
| olla | a pot or pan; a kettle | {f} |
| olla | a stew | {f} |
| olmeca | Olmec | {adj} |
| olmeca | Olmec | {mf} |
| olmo | elm | {m} |
| olímpico | olympic | {adj} |
| olímpico | Olympian | {m} |
| olor | smell, scent | {m} |
| oloroso | odorous | {adj} |
| oloroso | sweet (having a pleasant smell) | {adj} |
| olote | corncob | {m} [Central America, Mexico] |
| Oltenia | Oltenia | {prop} |
| olvidadizo | forgetful | {adj} |
| olvidado | forgotten | {adj} |
| olvidar | to forget | {v} |
| olvido | forgetting, ending of memory | {m} |
| olvido | Idea meaning an abstract place to put what is wanted to be forgotten | {m} |
| olvido | oblivion | {m} |
| -oma | -oma | {suffix} [pathology] |
| omaní | Omani | {adj} |
| omaní | Omani | {mf} |
| Omar | male given name | {prop} |
| ombú | A large evergreen tree native to the Pampa of South America, Phytolacca dioica | {m} |
| ombligo | navel (remnant of umbilical cord) | {m} |
| ombre | obsolete spelling of hombre | {m} |
| OMC | initialism of Organización Mundial de Comercio (WTO (World Trade Organisation)) | {initialism} |
| omega | omega; the Greek letter Ω, ω | {f} |
| ominar | to omen | {v} |
| omisión | omission | {f} |
| omiso | neglectful, careless | {adj} |
| omitir | to omit | {v} |
| Omán | Oman (country in the Middle East) | {prop} |
| omnipotencia | omnipotence (unlimited power) | {f} |
| omnipresencia | omnipresence | {f} |
| omnipresente | omnipresent | {adj} |
| omnisciencia | omniscience | {f} |
| omóplato | scapula | {m} |
| OMS | Organización Mundial de la Salud; WHO | {initialism} |
| -ona | feminine form of -ón | {suffix} |
| onagro | onager (military engine) | {m} |
| onagro | onager (wild ass) | {m} |
| once | eleven | {cardinal num} [cardinal] |
| once | snack (bread with tea or coffee) | {f} [Latin American Spanish] |
| oncólogo | oncologist (one who specialises in oncology) | {m} |
| oncología | oncology (branch of medicine) | {f} |
| onda | Any other wave (including technological use) | {f} |
| onda | style, fashion | {f} [Chile] |
| onda | vibe or mood | {f} |
| onda | wave (on the surface of a liquid) | {f} |
| onda acústica | sound wave | {f} |
| onda electromagnética | electromagnetic wave | {f} |
| onda senoidal | sine wave | {f} [trigonometry] |
| onda sonora | sound wave | {f} |
| onda verde | green wave | {f} |
| ondear | to undulate | {v} |
| ondular | to wave | {v} |
| ondulatorio | undulating | {adj} |
| ondulatorio | wave (attributive, physics) | {adj} |
| oneroso | onerous | {adj} |
| ONG | NGO (non-governmental organisation) | {initialism} |
| onomatopeya | onomatopoeia | {f} |
| onomatopéyico | onomatopoeic | {adj} |
| onírico | oneiric | {adj} |
| ontogenetica | feminine form of ontogenetico | {adj} |
| ontogenetico | ontogenetic, ontogenic | {adj} [biology] |
| ontogenia | ontogeny | {f} |
| ontología | ontology | {f} |
| ONU | initialism of Organización de las Naciones Unidas (UNO (United Nations Organization)) | {initialism} [politics, government] |
| onza | ounce | {f} |
| onza | ounce; snow leopard | {f} |
| oolito | oolite | {m} [geology] |
| oolítico | oolitic | {adj} [geology] |
| ooteca | ootheca | {f} |
| opacidad | opacity | {f} |
| opción | option | {f} |
| opcional | optional | {adj} |
| open | open | {m} [sports] |
| O.P.E.P. | organización de los países exportadores de petróleo, OPEC | {acronym} |
| operación | operation | {f} [computing, mathematics] |
| operacional | operational, effective, operative | {adj} |
| operacional | working | {adj} |
| operador | operator | {m} |
| operadora | feminine form of operador, (female) operator | {f} |
| operar | to operate | {v} |
| operaria | working woman | {f} |
| operario | operative | {m} |
| operario | workman | {m} |
| operativo | operative | {adj} |
| operativo | operation | {m} |
| opereta | operetta | {f} [music] |
| opiáceo | opiate | {adj} |
| opimo | rich, fertile, lush | {adj} |
| opinar | to express one's opinion; to opine | {v} |
| opinar | to think; to be of the opinion | {v} |
| opinión | opinion | {f} |
| opio | opium | {m} |
| opioide | opioid | {adj} |
| opioide | opioid | {m} |
| oponente | opponent | {mf} |
| oponer | to be opposed, to be in opposition | {vr} |
| oponer | to pit (one thing against another); to set in opposition | {vt} |
| oponer | to put up (resistance etc.) | {vt} |
| oponerse | to oppose one another | {vr} |
| oporto | port wine | {m} |
| Oporto | Oporto | {prop} |
| oportunamente | opportunely, timely | {adv} |
| oportunidad | opportunity (in both senses: “chance for advancement, progress or profit” and “favorable circumstance or occasion”) | {f} |
| oportunismo | opportunism | {m} |
| oportunista | opportunist | {f} |
| oportuno | opportune | {adj} |
| oportuno | suitable, appropriate | {adj} |
| oposición | opposition | {f} |
| opositor | opponent | {m} |
| opresión | oppression | {f} |
| oprimir | to oppress | {v} |
| oprimir | to press (e.g., a button or key on a telephone or keyboard) | {v} |
| oprobio | opprobrium | {m} |
| ops | acknowledgment of a minor mistake, oops | {m} |
| opúsculo | opuscule, tract, short essay | {m} |
| opsonina | opsonin | {f} [biology] |
| optar | to opt | {v} |
| optimar | to optimize | {v} |
| optimismo | optimism | {m} |
| optimista | optimistic | {adj} |
| optimista | optimist | {mf} |
| optimizar | to optimize | {v} |
| optometría | optometry | {f} |
| opuesto | contrary | {adj} |
| opuesto | opposed | {adj} |
| opuesto | opposite | {adj} |
| opulencia | opulence | {f} |
| oquedad | hollow, hollow space, cavity, hole | {f} |
| oquedad | insubstantiality of speech or talk | {f} |
| oír | to hear | {vi} |
| oír | to hear | {vt} |
| oír | to heed; to listen to | {vt} |
| oír | to listen | {vt} |
| oración | clause | {f} |
| oración | oration | {f} |
| oración | prayer | {f} |
| oración | sentence | {f} |
| orador | orator | {m} |
| oradora | feminine form of orador | {f} |
| oral | oral | {adj} |
| oralidad | orality | {f} |
| oralmente | orally | {adv} |
| orangután | orangutan | {m} |
| orar | to pray | {v} |
| orate | A crazy person | {mf} [pejorative] |
| oratoria | oratory | {f} |
| orbe | globefish | {m} |
| orbe | mound (part of the regalia) | {m} |
| orbe | orb | {m} |
| orbe | world | {m} |
| orbicular de los párpados | orbicularis oculi, orbicularis oculi muscle | {m} |
| orbital | orbital | {adj} |
| orbitar | To orbit | {v} |
| orca | orca, killer whale | {f} |
| orco | male orca, killer whale | {m} |
| orco | orc | {m} |
| orco | Orcus | {m} |
| orco | hell | {m} [poetic] |
| oráculo | oracle | {m} |
| ordalía | ordeal, trial | {n} |
| ordeñar | to milk | {v} |
| orden | order (command) | {f} |
| orden | order (request, purchase, or food) | {f} |
| orden | order | {f} [religion] |
| orden | order | {m} [biology, classification] |
| orden | good behavior | {m} |
| orden | order (highest exponent) | {m} [mathematics] |
| orden | order (arrangement, sequence, organization) | {m} |
| orden | orderliness | {m} |
| ordenación | ordination | {f} |
| ordenada | ordinate | {f} |
| ordenado | ordered | {adj} |
| ordenador | computer | {m} |
| ordenanza | ordinance | {mf} [feminine only] |
| ordenanza | messenger | {mf} |
| ordenanza | orderly | {mf} |
| ordenar | to enjoin | {v} |
| ordenar | to order | {v} |
| ordenar | to sort | {v} |
| ordeño | milking | {m} |
| ordinal | ordinal | {adj} |
| ordinariamente | ordinarily | {adv} |
| ordinario | ordinary | {adj} |
| Ordoño | male given name | {prop} |
| orear | to air | {v} |
| Oregón | Oregon | {prop} |
| oreja | ear | {f} |
| oreja de mar | abalone (edible univalve mollusc) | {f} |
| orejera | blinder (for horses) | {f} |
| orejera | ear armour | {f} |
| orejera | earflap | {f} |
| orejera | earmuff | {f} |
| orejera | earpad | {f} |
| orejera | plug (jewellery for the ear) | {f} |
| orejuela | The earlike handle of a tray, bowl or other such utensil | {f} |
| orellano | remote, separated | {adj} [archaic] |
| oreo | breeze | {m} |
| oreo | fresh air | {m} |
| orfanato | orphanage | {m} |
| orfebre | goldsmith | {mf} |
| orfebrería | gold work, goldsmithing | {f} |
| orgía | orgy | {f} |
| organela | organelle | {f} |
| organelo | organelle | {m} |
| organigrama | organization chart | {f} |
| organillo | street organ | {m} |
| organismo | corporate body | {m} |
| organismo | human body | {m} |
| organismo | organism, creature | {m} |
| organismo | organization, committee, body | {m} |
| organista | organist | {mf} |
| organización | organization | {f} |
| organizacional | organizational | {adj} |
| organizado | organized | {adj} |
| organizador | organizer | {m} |
| organizar | to organize | {v} |
| organizativo | organizational | {adj} |
| orégano | oregano, pot marjoram (Origanum vulgare) | {m} |
| organoclorado | organochloride | {m} |
| organofosfato | organophosphate | {m} |
| organografía | organography | {f} |
| organometálico | organometallic | {adj} |
| orgasmo | orgasm | {m} |
| orgiástico | orgiastic | {adj} |
| orgánico | organic | {adj} |
| orgánulo | organelle | {m} |
| orgullo | pride | {m} |
| orgullosamente | proudly | {adv} |
| orgulloso | proud | {adj} |
| orientación | orientation | {f} |
| orientación familiar | home teaching | {f} |
| orientación sexual | sexual orientation | {f} |
| oriental | eastern | {adj} |
| oriental | Oriental | {adj} |
| orientar | to orient | {v} |
| oriente | east | {m} |
| Oriente Medio | Middle East (region comprising southwest Asia and northeast Africa) | {prop} |
| orificio | orifice | {m} |
| origen | origin | {m} |
| original | original | {adj} |
| originalmente | originally | {adv} |
| originar | to originate | {v} |
| originar | to give rise to, to cause | {vt} |
| originar | to start | {vt} |
| originario | native | {adj} |
| originario | original | {adj} |
| orilla | edge, border | {f} |
| orilla | shore or bank of a watercourse | {f} |
| orillar | to skirt | {v} |
| orillero | lower-class, common, vulgar | {adj} |
| Orión | Orion (constellation) | {prop} |
| Orión | Orion (in mythology) | {prop} |
| orina | urine | {f} |
| orinal | chamber pot | {m} |
| orinar | to urinate | {v} |
| Oriol | male given name | {prop} |
| oriundo | native to | {adj} |
| oriundo | native | {mf} |
| orlar | to add a border to | {v} |
| orlar | to trim | {v} |
| orín | rust (caused by moisture) | {m} |
| orín | urine | {m} [usually, plural] |
| ornamental | ornamental | {adj} |
| ornamentar | to adorn or ornament | {v} |
| ornamento | ornament | {m} |
| ornar | to adorn | {v} |
| ornitina | ornithine | {f} [amino acid] |
| ornitología | ornithology | {f} |
| ornitomancía | alternative spelling of ornitomancia | {f} |
| ornitomancia | ornithomancy | {f} |
| ornitorrinco | platypus | {m} |
| oro | gold | {m} |
| orografía | orography (all senses) | {f} |
| orográfico | orographic | {adj} |
| oropel | tinsel | {m} |
| oropimente | orpiment | {m} [mineralogy] |
| orozuz | licorice | {m} [plants] |
| orquídea | orchid | {f} |
| orquesta | orchestra | {f} |
| orquestal | orchestral | {adj} |
| orquestar | to orchestrate | {v} |
| orquestra | orchestra | {f} |
| orquidectomía | orchidectomy | {f} [surgery] |
| Ortega | Spanish surname | {prop} |
| ortógrafa | feminine form of ortógrafo | {f} |
| ortógrafo | orthographer | {m} |
| ortiga | nettle (plant) | {f} |
| Ortiz | Spanish surname | {prop} |
| orto | sundown | {m} |
| orto | arse, anus | {m} [vulgar, Argentina, Uruguay] |
| orto | anus | {m} [vulgar, Chile] |
| orto- | ortho- | {prefix} |
| ortobirrotonda | orthobirotunda | {f} [geometry] |
| ortodoncia | orthodontics | {f} |
| ortodoncista | orthodontist | {mf} |
| ortodoxia | orthodoxy (all senses) | {f} |
| ortodoxo | orthodox | {adj} |
| ortodoxo | Orthodox | {adj} |
| ortoedro | cuboid | {m} [geometry] |
| ortografía | orthography | {f} |
| ortografía | spelling (a person's ability to spell words) | {f} |
| ortografía | spelling (specific way of spelling a word) | {f} |
| ortográfico | orthographic | {adj} |
| ortopédica | feminine form of ortopédico | {f} |
| ortopédico | orthopedic | {adj} |
| ortopédico | orthopedist | {m} |
| ortopedia | orthopedics | {f} [medicine] |
| ortopedista | orthopedist | {mf} |
| oruga | arugula (plant) | {f} |
| oruga | caterpillar (insect or vehicle) | {f} |
| orureño | Of, from, or in the style of the Bolivian department (region) of Oruro | {adj} |
| orvallo | drizzle | {m} [Spain] |
| orzuelo | stye | {m} |
| os | you, to you, for you; dative and accusative of vos and vosotros | {pron} |
| osadía | audacity | {f} |
| osadía | boldness | {f} |
| osado | daring, bold | {adj} |
| osamenta | skeleton | {f} |
| osar | to dare | {vi} |
| osario | ossuary | {m} |
| oscilación | oscillation | {f} |
| oscilar | to oscillate | {v} |
| osciloscopio | oscilloscope | {m} |
| oscurecer | to darken | {v} |
| oscuridad | darkness, obscurity | {f} |
| oscuro | dark | {adj} |
| o sea | I mean; that is to say; used to introduce a new idea or explain a previous one | {adv} [informal] |
| osezno | bear cub | {m} |
| osicón | informer, tattler | {m} |
| osito | (a lovable man) teddy bear | {m} |
| osito | diminutive form of oso, little bear | {m} |
| osito de peluche | Teddy bear | {m} |
| osmio | osmium | {m} |
| oso | bear | {m} |
| oso | bear | {m} [slang] |
| -oso | -ous, -y | {suffix} |
| oso blanco | polar bear | {m} |
| oso de agua | A tardigrade, water bear | {m} |
| oso de anteojos | spectacled bear | {m} |
| oso hormiguero | anteater | {n} |
| oso hormiguero | An uncircumcised penis, a cheeser | {n} |
| oso Kodiak | Kodiak bear | {m} |
| oso lavador | raccoon | {m} |
| oso malayo | sun bear | {m} |
| oso negro | black bear | {m} |
| oso panda | panda; panda bear | {m} |
| oso pardo | brown bear (Ursus arctos) | {m} |
| oso polar | polar bear | {m} |
| oso tibetano | Asian black bear; moon bear | {m} |
| ostensible | ostensible, apparent | {adj} |
| ostensiblemente | ostensibly | {adv} |
| ostentación | conceit | {f} |
| ostentación | ostentation, boastfulness | {f} |
| ostentar | to display or flaunt | {v} |
| ostentoso | flashy; showy | {adj} |
| osteocondrosis | osteochondrosis | {f} [pathology] |
| osteofito | osteophyte | {m} |
| osteosíntesis | osteosynthesis | {f} [surgery] |
| ostia | oyster | {f} |
| ostión | oyster (particularily from genus Crassostrea), specially when prepared or served for food | {m} [Mexico] |
| ostomía | ostomy | {f} [surgery] |
| ostra | oyster | {f} |
| ostrogodo | Ostrogothic | {adj} |
| ostrogodo | Ostrogoth | {m} |
| Oswaldo | male given name | {prop} |
| -ota | feminine form of -ote | {suffix} |
| OTAN | NATO | {acronym} |
| -ote | emphasizes contempt for subject | {suffix} |
| -ote | emphasizes size | {suffix} |
| otear | to survey | {v} |
| otero | knoll | {m} |
| otoñal | autumnal | {adj} |
| otomí | Of or pertaining to the Otomi people and their language | {adj} |
| otomí | A member of the Otomi people | {mf} |
| otomí | the Otomi language | {prop} |
| otoño | autumn, fall | {m} |
| otoplastia | otoplasty | {f} [surgery] |
| otorgamiento | Act of granting or awarding | {m} |
| otorgar | to award | {v} |
| otorgar | to grant | {v} |
| otorrinolaringóloga | feminine form of otorrinolaringólogo | {f} |
| otorrinolaringólogo | otorhinolaryngologist | {m} |
| otorrinolaringología | otorhinolaryngology | {f} |
| otra | feminine of otro; another, another one | {pron} |
| otras | feminine plural of otro; other | {adj} |
| otra vez | again | {adv} [idiomatic] |
| otredad | otherness | {f} [philosophy] |
| otro | other, another | {adj} |
| otro | "Not again!" or "What, again?" (also Otra vez! or Otra vez?) | {interj} |
| ovación | ovation | {f} |
| ovacionar | to hail (praise enthusiastically) | {v} |
| oval | oval; shaped like an oval | {adj} |
| ovario | ovary | {m} [anatomy, botany] |
| oveja | sheep | {f} |
| oveja negra | black sheep | {f} [idiomatic] |
| ovejera | feminine form of ovejero | {f} |
| ovejero | shepherd | {m} |
| overol | overalls plural (not US), coveralls plural (US only) | {m} |
| ovetense | Oviedan | {adj} |
| ovetense | Oviedan | {mf} |
| oviedista | A person connecting with Real Oviedo, a Spanish football team from the city of Oviedo | {mf} [soccer] |
| Oviedo | Oviedo | {prop} |
| Oviedo | The letter O in the Spanish phonetic alphabet | {prop} |
| ovillar | To roll into a ball | {v} |
| OVNI | objeto volador no identificado; UFO | {abbr} |
| ovoalbúmina | ovalbumin | {f} [protein] |
| ovoide | ovoid (egg-shaped) | {adj} |
| ovoide | ovoid | {m} |
| ovíparo | oviparous | {adj} |
| ovular | to ovulate | {v} |
| oxalato | oxalate | {m} [organic compound] |
| oxaloacetato | oxaloacetate | {m} [organic compound] |
| oxaloacético | oxaloacetic | {adj} |
| oxalocrotonato | oxalocrotonate | {m} [chemistry] |
| oxazol | oxazole | {m} [organic compound] |
| oxácido | oxyacid | {m} |
| oxígeno | oxygen | {m} |
| oxhídrico | oxyhydrogen | {adj} [chemistry] |
| oxhidrilo | hydroxyl | {m} [chemistry] |
| oxidable | oxidizable | {adj} |
| oxidación | oxidation | {f} |
| oxidante | oxidizing | {adj} [chemistry] |
| oxidante | oxidizing agent, oxidant | {m} [chemistry] |
| oxidar | to oxidize | {v} |
| oxidasa | oxidase | {f} [enzyme] |
| oxidativo | oxidative | {adj} |
| oxidorreductasa | oxidoreductase | {f} [enzyme] |
| oxigenación | oxygenation | {f} |
| oxigenar | to oxygenate | {v} |
| oxigenasa | oxygenase | {f} [enzyme] |
| oxihemoglobina | oxyhemoglobin | {f} |
| oximetría | oximetry | {f} |
| oxitocina | oxytocin | {f} [hormone] |
| oxálico | oxalic | {adj} |
| oxímoron | oxymoron (figure of speech) | {m} |
| oxonio | oxonium | {m} [chemistry] |
| oyamel | sacred fir (Abies religiosa) | {m} |
| oye | (exclamation) hey | {interj} |
| ozono | ozone | {m} |
| ópalo | opal | {m} |
| ópera | opera | {f} [music] |
| óptica | feminine form of óptico | {adj} |
| ópticas | feminine plural of óptico | {adj} |
| óptico | optical; optic | {adj} |
| ópticos | {adj} [masculine plural of, óptico] | |
| óptimo | optimal | {adj} |
| óptimo | superlative form of bueno, very good | {adj} |
| órale | let's go, come on, hurry (used to exhort) | {interj} [Mexico] |
| órale | oh my God, wow (indicates amazement, astonishment, excitement, surprise, shock, fear) | {interj} [Mexico] |
| órale | yes, ok (indicates approbation) | {interj} [Mexico] |
| órbita | orbit | {f} |
| órdago | a large bet; an all-or-nothing bet | {m} |
| órgano | organ (all senses) | {m} |
| Óscar | male given name | {prop} |
| ósculo | kiss | {m} [formal] |
| óseo | osseous, bony | {adj} |
| ósmosis | osmosis | {f} |
| ósmosis | osmosis | {f} [slang] |
| óvalo | oval | {m} |
| óvulo | ovum, egg | {m} |
| óxido | oxide | {m} |
| óxido | rust | {m} |
| óxido de calcio | calcium oxide | {m} |