Spanish words starting with P:
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| Spanish word | meaning in English | features |
|---|---|---|
| p. | abbreviation of página | {abbrf} |
| p | The 17th letter of the Spanish alphabet | {letter} |
| P | The 17th letter of the Spanish alphabet | {letter} |
| pa' | apocopic form of para | {prep} [colloquial] |
| pa | apocopic form of para | {prep} [colloquial] |
| púa | plectrum | {f} [music] |
| púa | sharp point, prong, spike | {f} |
| púa | thorn | {f} |
| pañal | A diaper, a nappy | {m} |
| pañalillo | Little nappy (diminutive form of pañal) | {m} |
| pabellón | operating room | {m} [Chile] |
| pabellón | pavilion | {m} |
| pabilo | candlewick | {m} |
| Pablito | male given name, diminutive form of Pablo | {prop} |
| Pablo | Paul. | {prop} [biblical character] |
| Pablo | male given name of biblical origin | {prop} |
| paca | paca | {f} [chiefly, Argentina, Paraguay, and, Uruguay] |
| paca | female police officer | {f} [colloquial, pejorative, Latin America] |
| pacana | pecan | {f} |
| paceño | Of or relating to the city of La Paz, in several countries | {adj} |
| pacer | to eat away, to nibble, to gnaw | {v} |
| pacer | to graze, to pasture | {v} |
| pacer | to put out to pasture | {v} |
| pacíficamente | peacefully | {adv} |
| pacífico | peaceful | {adj} |
| pachanga | party (social gathering) | {f} |
| pachuco | slang (often considered low-class) | {adj} [Costa Rica] |
| pachuco | flashy, flashily dressed | {adj} [Mexico] |
| pachuco | uneducated person from the city who uses city slang | {m} [Costa Rica] |
| paciencia | patience | {f} |
| paciente | patient | {adj} |
| paciente | patient | {mf} |
| pacientemente | patiently | {adv} |
| pacificar | to pacify | {v} |
| pacifismo | pacifism | {m} |
| pacifista | pacifist | {mf} |
| paco | male paca | {m} [chiefly, Argentina, Paraguay, and, Uruguay] |
| paco | police officer | {m} [colloquial, pejorative, Latin America] |
| paco | sniper | {m} [colloquial, Spain] |
| Paco | male given name | {prop} |
| pacos | the police | {mp} [Chile, pejorative] |
| pactar | to agree upon | {v} |
| pacto | pact | {m} |
| padecer | to suffer | {vt} |
| padecimiento | The current action of suffering damage, injury or a disease | {m} |
| padrastro | hangnail | {m} |
| padrastro | stepfather | {m} |
| padre | cool, acceptable, easy | {adj} [Mexico, slang] |
| padre | father | {m} |
| Padre | Father (a title for a priest) | {pron} |
| padre nuestro | alternative form of padrenuestro | {m} |
| padrenuestro | Lord's Prayer | {m} |
| padrillo | stallion | {m} [Latin America] |
| padrino | godfather | {m} |
| padrino | sponsor (at a wedding, graduation, First Communion, etc.) | {m} |
| paella | paella | {f} |
| paf | bang! | {interj} |
| paga | payment | {f} |
| paga | payoff | {f} |
| paga | salary | {f} |
| pagadero | can be paid easily | {adj} |
| pagadero | to be paid under certain conditions | {adj} |
| pagadero | payer | {n} |
| pagadero | the time appointed for a debt to be paid | {n} |
| pagado | paid | {adj} |
| paganismo | paganism | {m} |
| pagano | pagan | {adj} |
| pagano | pagan | {m} |
| pagaré | bill of exchange, promissory note, IOU | {m} |
| pagar | to pay | {v} |
| pagar | to pay for | {v} |
| pagar el pato | To bear the brunt | {v} [idiomatic] |
| pagar los platos rotos | to carry the can | {v} [idiomatic] |
| page | page, pageboy | {m} |
| pago | farm | {m} |
| pago | pay, payment | {m} |
| pagoda | pagoda | {f} |
| pagro | porgy | {m} |
| paico | epazote | {m} [Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru] |
| paidofilia | alternative spelling of pedofilia | {f} |
| paisaje | countryside | {m} |
| paisaje | landscape (the view of an area of land) | {m} |
| paisajismo | landscaping | {m} |
| paisajismo urbano | landscape gardening | {m} |
| paisanaje | collection of persons from the same original country/location | {m} |
| paisanito | diminutive form of paisano | {m} |
| paisano | a fellow countryman | {m} |
| paisano | a peasant (someone who lives in the countryside) | {m} |
| paja | false, untrue | {adj} [Colombian Spanish] |
| paja | lie, falsehood | {f} [Colombian Spanish] |
| paja | straw (dried stalk of a cereal plant) | {f} [countable] |
| paja | straw (dried stalks considered collectively) | {f} [uncountable] |
| pajar | haystack | {m} |
| pajarear | to be distracted, to be absentminded, to have one's head in the clouds, to daydream | {vi} |
| pajarera | coop or large cage for birds | {f} |
| pajarera | very small room or house | {f} |
| pajarita | a small bird | {f} |
| pajarita | bow tie | {f} |
| pajarita | origami; named after a bird-shaped folded paper design popular in Spain | {f} |
| pajarito | diminutive form of pájaro | {m} |
| pajarón | absentminded, distracted | {adj} [South America] |
| pajarón | a person, who pays no attention, an absentminded, distracted person, a daydreamer | {m} [South America] |
| pajaronear | to be distracted, to be absentminded, to have one's head in the clouds, to daydream | {vi} [colloquial, South America] |
| pajaroneo | absent-mindedness | {m} [South America] |
| pajero | wanker (person who wanks) | {m} |
| pajilla | A drinking straw | {f} [El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala] |
| pajita | drinking straw | {f} |
| pajote | mulch | {m} |
| Pakistán | Pakistan | {prop} |
| pala | blade of an oar, a shovel, etc | {f} |
| pala | paddle | {f} |
| pala | setting (piece of metal in which a precious gem is fixed) | {f} |
| pala | upper, vamp | {f} [shoemaking] |
| pala | shovel, spade | {f} |
| palabra | word | {f} |
| palabra mágica | magic word, spell | {f} |
| palabrota | offensive word, swear word, swear | {f} |
| palacio | mansion | {m} |
| palacio | palace | {m} |
| paladar | palate (roof of the mouth, and sense of taste) | {m} |
| paladear | to cleanse the palate | {v} |
| paladear | to savor | {v} |
| paladear | to taste | {v} |
| paladión | palladium | {f} |
| paladio | palladium | {m} |
| palanca | diving board | {f} |
| palanca | chip, chipped shot | {f} [football] |
| palanca | joystick | {f} |
| palanca | lever | {f} |
| Palaos | Palau (Republic of Palau) | {prop} |
| palauano | Palauan | {adj} |
| palauano | Palauan | {m} |
| palavolo | volleyball | {f} |
| palco | bench | {m} |
| palco | (theater) box | {m} |
| palear | to shovel | {v} |
| Palencia | Palencia (city) | {prop} |
| Palencia | Palencia (province) | {prop} |
| palentino | From Palencia | {adj} |
| palentino | Someone from Palencia | {m} |
| paleobotánica | paleobotany | {f} |
| paleolítico | paleolithic | {adj} |
| paleontológico | paleontological | {adj} |
| paleontología | paleontology | {f} |
| Palestina | Palestine | {prop} |
| palestino | Palestinian | {adj} |
| palestino | Palestinian | {m} |
| paleta | feminine form of paleto | {f} |
| paleta | ice lolly, paleta | {f} |
| paleta | lollipop, paleta | {f} |
| paleta | palette | {f} |
| paleta | trowel, small shovel | {f} |
| paleto | uncouth, ignorant, unsophisticated, tasteless, illiterate, clumsy | {adj} [colloquial, pejorative] |
| paleto | hick, yokel (illeterate person, clumsy with no style or manners, an unskilled peasant) | {m} [colloquial, peyorative] |
| paliacate | a brightly colored scarf or handkerchief | {m} [Mexico] |
| paliar | to palliate | {v} |
| palidecer | to pale, become pale | {vi} |
| palidez | paleness | {f} |
| palillo | chopstick (single eating utensil) | {m} |
| palillo | small stick | {m} |
| palillo de cóctel | cocktail stick | {m} |
| palimpsesto | palimpsest | {m} |
| palinología | palynology | {f} |
| palinspástico | palinspastic | {adj} |
| palito | cinnamon tea beverage | {m} [Caribbean] |
| palito | sexual intercourse | {m} [colloquial, euphemistic, Mexico] |
| palito | diminutive form of palo | {m} |
| palito | stick (of a lollipop, ice pop, popsicle) | {m} |
| palito | twig, little wooden stick or rod | {m} |
| paliza | beating, bashing | {f} |
| palma | palm (hand) | {f} |
| palma | palm (tree) | {f} |
| palma de la mano | palm (inner, concave part of hand) | {f} |
| palmar | related to palms (hand and tree); palmar | {adj} |
| palmar | palm grove | {m} |
| palmar | to die | {v} [colloquial] |
| palmatoria | a hit with the cane | {f} |
| palmatoria | a type of candlestick | {f} |
| palmatoria | cane (short stick used for corporal punishment) | {f} |
| palmear | to clap | {v} |
| palmear | to slap on the back | {v} |
| palmera | palmier (biscuit) | {f} |
| palmera | palm (tropical tree) | {f} |
| palmitato | palmitate | {m} |
| palmito | heart of palm | {m} |
| palmitoiltransferasa | palmitoyltransferase | {f} [enzyme] |
| palmotear | to applaud | {v} |
| palmítico | palmitic | {adj} |
| palíndromo | palindrome | {m} |
| palo | suit | {m} [card games] |
| palo | stake, stick, wood | {m} |
| palo de golf | golf club | {m} |
| paloma | dove, pigeon | {f} |
| paloma | (Nicaragua) Complete male sexual organ | {f} |
| palomar | dovecot, dovecote | {m} |
| palomino | palomino | {m} |
| palomino | skid mark (visible stain left on underpants) | {m} |
| palomino | squab (baby pigeon, baby dove, dove chick) | {m} |
| palomita | bow tie | {f} [Chile, Argentina] |
| palomita | little dove | {f} |
| palomita | popcorn (from its resemblance in appearance to doves) | {f} |
| palpable | palpable | {adj} |
| palpar | to feel | {v} |
| palpitación | palpitation | {f} |
| palpitar | to palpitate | {v} |
| palta | avocado (fruit) | {f} [Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay] |
| paltón | snob | {m} [slang, Chile] |
| palto | avocado (tree) | {m} [Chile, Argentina] |
| paludismo | malaria (disease) | {m} |
| palurdo | boring, uncouth, ignorant, unsophisticated, tasteless, illiterate, clumsy (related to peasants) | {adj} [colloquial, pejorative] |
| palurdo | hick, yokel (illeterate person, clumsy with no style or manners, an unskilled peasant) | {m} [colloquial, peyorative] |
| palustre | palustral | {adj} |
| pambol | football (association footall) | {m} [informal, Mexico] |
| pamela | A type of straw hat with large brim, typically used by women | {f} |
| pampa | pampa | {f} |
| Pamplona | Pamplona | {prop} |
| pamplonés | From Pamplona | {adj} |
| pamplonés | Someone from Pamplona | {m} |
| pan | bread | {m} |
| pan- | pan- | {prefix} |
| PAN | acronym of partido de avanzada nacional | {acronym} [Guatemala] |
| PAN | acronym of partido acción nacional | {acronym} [Mexico] |
| pana | breakdown (of vehicle) | {f} |
| pana | velour, corduroy | {f} |
| pana | dude, friend | {f} [Venezuelan, Ecuador, slang] |
| panacea | panacea | {f} |
| panadera | feminine form of panadero | {f} |
| panadería | bakery | {f} |
| panadero | baker (person who bakes and sells bread, etc) | {m} |
| panal | honeycomb | {m} |
| panalillo | sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima) | {m} |
| Panamá | Panama | {prop} |
| panameño | Panamanian | {adj} |
| panameño | Panamanian | {m} |
| panarra | bat (winged mammal) | {m} |
| panarra | simpleton | {m} [colloquial] |
| pancarta | banner (large sign) | {f} |
| panceta | Cured bacon | {f} |
| Panchatantra | Panchatantra | {prop} |
| Panchen Lama | Panchen Lama | {m} |
| pancho | calm, relaxed | {adj} |
| pancho | satisfied | {adj} |
| pancho | hot dog | {m} [Argentina, Uraguay] |
| pancho | belly | {m} [colloquial] |
| pancho | young blackspot sea bream | {m} |
| Pancho | male given name | {prop} [colloquial] |
| pan comido | something easy to do, a piece of cake | {m} [idiomatic] |
| pancrelipasa | pancrelipase | {f} [enzyme] |
| pancreático | pancreatic | {adj} |
| panda | panda | {m} |
| pandear | to be inclined | {v} |
| pandear | to bend | {v} |
| pandear | to bulge out | {v} |
| pan de cada día | daily bread | {m} [idiomatic] |
| pan de Dios | A kindhearted, benevolent person | {m} [idiomatic, Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, Uruguay] |
| pandeiro | pandeiro | {m} |
| pan de molde | sliced bread, sandwich bread | {m} |
| pandereta | tambourine | {f} |
| pandero | tambourine | {m} |
| pandeísmo | pandeism | {m} |
| pandeísta | pandeist | {mf} |
| pandilla | gang | {f} |
| pandillero | gangster (member of a gang or group) | {m} |
| pando | crooked, bent | {adj} |
| pando | unlucky (having bad luck) | {adj} [El Salvador] |
| pando | shallow (water) | {adj} |
| pando | sluggish, slow (moving slowly) | {adj} |
| pando | plane (open flat land between mountains) | {m} |
| Pandora | Pandora | {prop} [Greek mythology] |
| panecillo | diminutive form of pan | {m} |
| panel | panel | {m} |
| panela | panela | {f} |
| panelista | panelist | {mf} |
| panenteísmo | panentheism | {m} |
| panera | breadbasket | {f} |
| panera | garner, granary | {f} |
| panero | (of a person) who has a great liking for bread | {adj} |
| panero | A basket used in a bakery to place bread being taken out of the oven | {m} |
| panero | A small, round mat | {m} |
| panfleto | pamphlet (but of a political, often defamatory, nature) | {m} |
| panificador | bread maker | {n} |
| panificadora | feminine form of panificador | {f} |
| panificadora | (industrial) bakery | {f} |
| panista | Member of PAN, a Mexican political party | {mf} |
| panocha | panicle | {f} [botany] |
| panocha | coarse brown sugar (Mexico) | {f} |
| panocha | corncob | {f} |
| panocha | ear of corn | {f} |
| panocha | pancake made of cornmeal and cheese (Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile) | {f} |
| panorama | panorama | {m} |
| panorámico | panoramic | {adj} |
| panqueque | crepe, pancake | {m} [Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay] |
| pansexualidad | pansexuality | {f} |
| pantalla | display screen | {f} [computing] |
| pantalla | lampshade | {f} |
| pantalla | earring | {f} [Puerto Rico] |
| pantalla | screen | {f} |
| pantalón | trousers | {m} |
| pantano | moor | {m} |
| pantano | swamp | {m} |
| panteón | graveyard | {m} [Latin America] |
| panteón | mausoleum | {m} |
| pantenol | panthenol | {m} [organic compound] |
| panteonero | gravedigger | {m} [Latin America, Andalusia] |
| panteonero | sexton | {m} [Nicaragua, Peru] |
| pantera | panther | {f} |
| pantera negra | black panther | {f} |
| panteísmo | pantheism | {m} |
| panteísta | pantheist | {mf} |
| pantilla | sideburn | {f} |
| pantorrilla | calf (part of the leg) | {f} |
| pan tostado | toast | {m} |
| pantufla | slipper | {f} |
| pantuflo | slipper, pantofle, babouche | {m} |
| panty | pantyhose | {m} |
| panyabí | Punjabi (language) | {prop} |
| panza | belly, stomach, paunch | {f} |
| panzazo | hit, strike or shove (made using the belly) | {n} |
| panzazo | hit, strike (received in the belly) | {n} |
| paño | cloth | {m} |
| paño | wipe | {m} |
| paño de lágrimas | shoulder to cry on | {m} [idiomatic] |
| papá | dad | {m} [colloquial, familiar] |
| papá | parents | {m} [colloquial, familiar, plural] |
| papú | Papua New Guinean | {adj} |
| papú | Papua New Guinean | {mf} |
| papa | potato | {f} [Latin America] |
| papa | pope | {m} |
| Papa | the Pope | {prop} |
| papacito | diminutive form of papá; daddy | {m} |
| papada | dewlap, wattle | {f} |
| papada | double chin | {f} |
| papado | papacy | {m} |
| papa frita | french fry, French fry | {f} [Latin America] |
| papagayo | Any wrasse | {m} |
| papagayo | Elephant ear (Caladium) | {m} |
| papagayo | Joseph's Coat (Amaranthus tricolor) | {m} |
| papagayo | parrot | {m} |
| papagayo | parrotfish | {m} |
| papagayo | Peacock fish (Labrus variegatus) | {m} |
| papagayo | Roosterfish (Nematistius pectoralis) | {m} |
| papalota | kite (kite) | {f} [El Salvador] |
| papalote | kite (toy) | {m} [Cuba, Honduras, Mexico] |
| papaína | papain | {f} [enzyme] |
| Papúa Nueva Guinea | Papua New Guinea | {prop} |
| papaíto | diminutive form of papá; daddy | {m} |
| papaya | easy | {f} [Chile, slang] |
| papaya | lechoza (fruit) | {f} |
| papaya | papaya (fruit) | {f} |
| papayo | papaya tree, pawpaw tree | {m} |
| papel | paper | {m} |
| papel | role | {m} |
| papel carbón | carbon paper | {m} |
| papel de aluminio | aluminum foil, tinfoil | {m} |
| papel de tornasol | litmus paper | {n} |
| papeleo | paperwork | {m} |
| papelería | stationery shop / store | {f} |
| papelería | stationery | {f} [uncountable] |
| papeleta | ballot (paper used for vote-casting) | {f} |
| papeleta | bill | {f} |
| papeleta | certificate | {f} |
| papeleta | sheet of paper | {f} |
| papel higiénico | toilet paper | {m} |
| papelito | piece of paper, especially a small piece | {m} |
| papel maché | papier-mâché | {m} |
| papel moneda | paper money | {m} |
| papel pintado | wallpaper | {m} |
| papel tapiz | wallpaper | {m} |
| papi | daddy | {m} [colloquial] |
| papi chulo | A casanova, a cutie pie, a teddy bear, a machoman | {n} |
| papila | papilla | {f} [anatomy] |
| papilla | baby food | {f} |
| papillote | papillote | {f} |
| papiro | papyrus (all senses) | {m} |
| papita | diminutive form of papa | {f} |
| papito | diminutive form of papá; daddy | {m} |
| paquete | dimwit, moron | {m} [colloquial, Spain] |
| paquete | package | {m} |
| paquete | parcel | {m} |
| Paqui | female given name | {prop} |
| paquimetría | pachymetry | {f} |
| paquistaní | Pakistani | {adj} |
| paquistaní | Pakistani | {mf} |
| Paquito | A diminutive and flattering form of Paco, or (via it) of the male given name Francisco | {prop} |
| par | even | {adj} |
| par | pair | {m} |
| par | two equal non-collinear forces | {m} [physics] |
| para | for | {prep} |
| para abajo | A dance movement in salsa. It involves forward basic movement (boy with left) while turning the girl to the right. Then (boy with right) stepping right while pulling the girl close and turning her to the left. Meanwhile the girl keeps on taking sliding steps backwards | {phrase} |
| parabenzoquinona | parabenzoquinone | {f} [organic compound] |
| parabidisminuido | parabidiminished | {adj} [geometry] |
| parabólico | parabolic | {adj} |
| parabrisas | windscreen, windshield | {m} |
| paracaídas | parachute | {m} |
| paracaídista | alternative spelling of paracaidista | {mf} |
| paracaidismo | sky diving | {m} |
| paracaidista | gatecrasher | {mf} [colloquial] |
| paracaidista | parachutist | {mf} |
| parachoques | bumper | {m} |
| parachoques | fender | {m} |
| parachoques | breasts, knockers, bumpers | {m} [slang] |
| para colmo | moreover, besides, to boot, on top of that | {adv} |
| parada | stop | {f} |
| paradero | stop (bus, train, etc.) | {m} |
| paradero | whereabouts | {m} |
| paradigma | paradigm | {m} |
| paradisíaco | heavenly, paradisiac | {adj} |
| paradisiaco | heavenly, paradisiac | {adj} |
| paradójico | paradoxical | {adj} |
| parado | erected | {adj} [slang, Mexico] |
| parado | standing | {adj} |
| parado | stopped, halted, immobile | {adj} |
| parado | unemployed | {adj} |
| paradoja | paradox | {f} |
| paradoja francesa | French paradox | {prop} |
| parador | hostel | {m} |
| parador | a kind of official luxury hotel | {m} [Spain] |
| parafina | paraffin | {f} |
| parafrasear | to paraphrase | {v} |
| paragüero | umbrella stand | {m} |
| paragüita | a small umbrella or cocktail umbrella | {m} |
| paragüita | diminutive of paraguas | {m} |
| paragoge | paragoge | {f} |
| paragolpes | bumper | {m} |
| paraguariense | Paraguayan (from or native to Paraguay) | {adj} |
| paraguariense | Paraguayan (pertaining to Paraguay) | {adj} |
| paraguas | umbrella | {m} |
| paraguay | The Paraguayan parrot | {m} |
| Paraguay | Paraguay | {prop} |
| paraguayo | Paraguayan (from or native to Paraguay) | {adj} |
| paraguayo | Paraguayan (pertaining to Paraguay) | {adj} |
| paraguayo | Paraguayan | {mf} |
| para gustos hay colores | there’s no accounting for taste | {phrase} |
| paraje | campground | {m} |
| paraje | place | {m} |
| paraje | stopover, layover | {m} |
| paralelar | parallel | {adj} |
| paralelismo | parallelism | {m} |
| paralelo | parallel | {adj} |
| paralelogramo | parallelogram | {m} [geometry] |
| paralingüística | paralinguistics | {n} |
| paralizador | paralyzing | {adj} |
| paralizante | paralyzing | {adj} |
| paralizar | to paralyze | {v} |
| paralímpico | Paralympian | {adj} |
| paralímpico | Paralympian | {m} |
| paralítico | paralysed | {adj} |
| paralítico | paralytic | {adj} |
| paramanteles | tablemat | {m} |
| paramédica | feminine form of paramédico | {f} |
| paramédico | paramedic | {m} |
| paramecio | paramecium | {m} |
| paramilitar | paramilitary | {adj} |
| para nada | not at all, absolutely not | {adv} |
| Parangaricutirimícuaro | tongue twister similar to supercalifragilisticexpialidocious | {prop} |
| paranoia | paranoia | {f} |
| paranoico | paranoid | {adj} |
| paranoico | paranoid person | {m} |
| paranormal | paranormal | {adj} |
| parapente | paragliding | {m} |
| parapeto | parapet, breastwork | {m} |
| parapléjico | paraplegic | {adj} |
| parapléjico | paraplegic | {m} |
| para que | so that (followed by the subjunctive) | {conj} |
| parar | to notice or divine something | {v} [Chile, colloquial] |
| parar | see pararse | {vr} |
| parar | to lift, raise | {v} |
| parar | to put up, stand up | {v} |
| parar | to stop, halt | {v} |
| parar el carro | to rein in, to pull up, to put an end to something (stop somebody doing something by reprimanding) | {phrase} [idiomatic] |
| pararrayos | lightning rod (metallic conductor that protects from lightning) | {m} |
| pararse | reflexive form of parar To situate oneself (standing) | {vr} |
| pararse | reflexive form of parar To stand up | {vr} |
| para siempre | forever | {adv} |
| parasitología | parasitology | {f} |
| paraíso | heaven | {m} |
| paraíso | paradise | {m} |
| parasol | parasol | {m} |
| parasol | sunshade | {m} |
| parasol | umbrella (used to protect against the sun) | {m} |
| parathormona | parathormone, parathyroid hormone | {f} [hormone] |
| paratión | parathion | {m} |
| paratransporte | paratransit | {m} |
| paratránsito | paratransit | {m} [US] |
| parábola | parable | {f} |
| parábola | parabola | {f} |
| parcelar | to parcel | {v} |
| parchar | to patch | {v} |
| parche | A patch | {m} |
| parchís | Ludo, a board game | {m} |
| parcial | partial, biased (not impartial) | {adj} |
| parcial | partial (part of a whole) | {adj} |
| parcialidad | partiality | {f} |
| parcialmente | partially | {adv} |
| pardo | Having the color brown | {adj} |
| pardo | [of a voice] gruff, hoarse | {adj} |
| pardo | [of weather] dull, overcast | {adj} |
| pardo | leopard | {m} [poetic, literary] |
| pardusco | brownish, dun | {adj} |
| pareada | A semi-detached house | {f} |
| parear | to pair; to form a pair | {v} |
| parece mentira | It's hard to believe (literally "it seems like a lie") | {phrase} |
| parecer | appearance, seem | {m} |
| parecer | to believe (pronominal use) | {vp} |
| parecer | to think (pronominal use) | {vp} |
| parecer | to seem | {v} |
| parecer | to strike (seem, appear, make an impression) | {v} |
| parecerse | to be like, to resemble | {v} |
| parecerse | to look alike, to resemble one another | {v} |
| parecido | similar | {adj} |
| parecido | resemblance | {m} |
| pared | A wall | {f} |
| pared celular | cell wall | {m} [biology] |
| pareja | couple | {f} |
| pareja | partner (spouse) | {f} |
| parejo | even | {adj} |
| parejo | level | {adj} |
| parejo | uniform | {adj} |
| parentela | kinfolk, relatives, relations | {f} |
| parentesco | kinship | {m} |
| parentosoma | parenthesome | {m} [cytology] |
| parentético | parenthetical | {adj} |
| pargo | porgy | {m} |
| paridad | parity | {f} |
| pariente | relative, relation (member of one's family) | {mf} |
| pariguayo | 'nerd', party-watcher | {m} [Dominican Republic, slang] |
| parir | to give birth | {v} [vulgar] |
| parisino | Parisian | {adj} |
| parisino | Parisian | {m} |
| parking | car park (an area where cars may be parked) | {m} [Latin America, especially Puerto Rico, an indoor parking in Spain] |
| parkour | parkour | {m} |
| parlamentar | to parley | {v} |
| parlamentario | parliamentary | {adj} |
| parlamentario | parliamentarian (member of a parliament) | {mf} |
| parlamento | parliament | {m} |
| parlanchín | talkative; loquatious | {adj} |
| parlante | loudspeaker | {m} [Latin America] |
| parlar | To chatter | {v} |
| parlar | To speak | {v} |
| parálisis | paralysis | {m} |
| parlotear | to gab, waffle, prattle | {v} |
| parámetro | parameter | {m} |
| parón | break, stop | {m} |
| parónimo | paronym (word with same root as other word) | {m} |
| paréntesis | parenthesis | {m} |
| paro | cardiac arrest, short form of paro cardíaco | {m} |
| paro | a favour, help, cover-up, (preceded by hacerle un, hacerme un, to indicate "to do someone a favour", "to help someone", "to protect someone by lying") | {m} [Mexico] |
| paro | pretext | {m} [Mexico] |
| paro | stagnation, freeze up | {m} |
| paro | strike (work stoppage) | {m} |
| paro | unemployment | {m} |
| parodia | parody | {f} |
| parodiar | to parody | {v} |
| parola | hard-on | {f} [slang] |
| paroxismo | paroxysm | {m} |
| parpadear | to bat one's eyelids, to flutter the eyelids | {v} |
| parpadear | to blink (light or eyes) | {v} |
| parpadeo | A flicker | {m} |
| parpadeo | wink | {m} |
| parque | park | {m} |
| parque | parking lot | {m} |
| parquear | to park | {v} [slang] |
| parque de atracciones | amusement park | {m} |
| parque de diversiones | amusement park | {m} |
| parque nacional | national park | {m} |
| parqueo | car park (an area where cars may be parked) | {m} [Latin America, regional] |
| parque temático | theme park | {m} |
| parra | grapevine (the plant on which grapes grow) | {f} |
| parranda | party | {f} |
| parricidio | parricide (act) | {m} |
| parrilla | grill | {f} |
| parrilla | luggage rack | {f} [Latin America] |
| parrilla | small grapevine (from "parra", grapevine) | {f} |
| parrillada | barbecue (meal or event) | {f} |
| parroquia | parish | {f} |
| parroquial | parochial (pertaining to a parish) | {adj} |
| parroquiano | parishioner | {m} |
| París | Paris (capital of France) | {prop} |
| París | The letter P in the Spanish phonetic alphabet | {prop} |
| parsec | parsec | {m} |
| parásito | parasite | {m} |
| partícula | particle | {f} |
| partícula alfa | alpha particle | {f} |
| partícula beta | beta particle | {f} |
| partícula elemental | elementary particle | {f} |
| partícula gamma | gamma particle | {f} |
| partícula subatómica | subatomic particle | {f} [physics] |
| parte | part, section, portion | {f} |
| parte | place | {f} |
| parte | side | {f} |
| parte | message, report, dispatch | {m} |
| parte | traffic ticket, sticker | {m} |
| parteaguas | watershed, turning point | {m} [by extension, figuratively] |
| parteaguas | watershed | {m} [geology, hydrology] |
| parte médico | medical report | {m} |
| Partenón | The Parthenon | {prop} |
| partenogénesis | parthenogenesis | {f} [biology] |
| partera | midwife | {f} |
| parterre | flowerbed | {m} |
| Partia | Parthia | {prop} [history, geography] |
| partición | partition; effect of dividing or partitioning | {f} |
| participación | participation | {f} |
| participante | participating | {adj} |
| participante | participator | {mf} |
| participar | to take part, to participate | {v} |
| participativo | participative | {adj} |
| participio | participle | {m} [grammar] |
| participio pasado | past participle | {m} |
| participio presente | present participle | {m} [grammar] |
| particular | personal | {adj} |
| particular | private | {adj} |
| particular | specific, particular | {adj} |
| particularidad | particularity | {f} |
| particularmente | particularly | {adv} |
| partida | departure | {f} |
| partida | match, lot | {f} |
| partidario | supporter, partisan | {m} |
| partidismo | partisanship | {m} |
| partidista | partisan | {adj} |
| partidista | partisan | {m} |
| partido | broken | {adj} |
| partido | hair parting or part | {m} [hair] |
| partido | party | {m} [politics] |
| partido | game, match (chiefly for soccer) | {m} [sports] |
| partidor | primer | {m} [genetics] |
| partir | to divide, to split | {v} |
| partir | to go away, to leave, to depart | {v} |
| partitura | score | {f} [music] |
| parto | Parthian | {adj} |
| parto | childbirth | {m} |
| parto | offspring | {m} |
| parto | Parthian | {m} |
| parvulario | educator, teacher (in a nursery school or kindergarten) | {m} |
| parvulario | kindergarten | {m} |
| parvulario | nursery school, preschool | {m} |
| país | country | {m} |
| pasa | raisin | {f} |
| pasada | moment, time | {f} |
| pasada | superficial, quick work (for example haircut, paint, etc.) | {f} |
| pasada | transit, crossing | {f} |
| pasada | wonder, marvel (something astonishing) | {f} |
| pasadía | field trip | {m} |
| pasadizo | passage, corridor | {m} |
| pasadizo | shortcut | {m} |
| pasado | former | {adj} |
| pasado | last | {adj} |
| pasado | past | {adj} |
| pasado | past | {m} [grammar] |
| pasado | past | {m} |
| pasado de moda | old-fashioned | {adj} |
| pasado mañana | day after tomorrow (day after tomorrow) | {adv} |
| pasado mañana | day after tomorrow (day after tomorrow) | {m} |
| pasagero | archaic spelling of pasajero | {m} |
| pasaje | A narrow street | {m} |
| pasaje | A short reading of a book; an excerpt or passage | {m} |
| pasaje | A ticket used for travel; a fare | {m} |
| pasaje | strait | {m} [nautical] |
| pasajera | feminine form of pasajero | {f} |
| pasajero | transient, passing | {adj} |
| pasajero | passenger | {m} |
| pasamano | handrail | {m} |
| pasamontañas | balaclava | {m} |
| pasantía | internship | {f} |
| pasante | intern, trainee | {m} |
| pasaporte | passport | {m} |
| pasar | to enter a room | {vi} |
| pasar | to happen | {vi} |
| pasar | to go too far, to exaggerate | {vr} |
| pasar | to ripen too much, to become rotten, off (food) | {vr} |
| pasar | to pass | {v} |
| pasar | to break the law, rule, order | {vt} |
| pasar | to pass (filter) | {vt} |
| pasar | to spend time | {vt} |
| pasar | to trespass (enter on someone's property without permission) | {vt} |
| pasarela | catwalk | {f} |
| pasarela | footbridge | {f} |
| pasarela | gangway | {f} |
| pasarela | pedestrian overpass | {f} |
| pasarlo bien | To have a good time | {v} [idiomatic] |
| pasarlo bomba | To have a whale of a time | {v} [idiomatic, colloquial] |
| pasarlo pipa | To have a whale of a time | {v} [idiomatic, colloquial] |
| pasarlo teta | To have a whale of a time | {v} [idiomatic, colloquial] |
| pasar página | To turn the page, turn over a new leaf | {v} [idiomatic] |
| pasatiempo | pastime | {m} |
| pascua | Easter | {prop} [Christianity] |
| pascua | The period between the birth of Christ and the adoration of the Magi | {prop} [Christianity] |
| pascua | Passover | {prop} [Judaism] |
| pascual | paschal | {adj} |
| Pascual | male given name | {prop} |
| Pascuala | female given name | {prop} |
| pascuense | Pascuense | {adj} |
| pascuense | Pascuense | {mf} |
| pascuense | Pascuense (language) | {m} |
| pasear | to promenade | {v} |
| pasear | to walk, to take a walk | {v} |
| pasearse | reflexive form of pasear, to take a walk | {vr} |
| paseo | A promenade (place where one takes a walk for leisure) | {m} |
| paseo | A road | {m} |
| paseo | A thoroughfare, especially one designed for walking | {m} |
| paseo | A trip, an outing, an excursion | {m} |
| paseo | A walk, a stroll | {m} |
| paseo | A vacation, a holiday | {m} [hyperbole] |
| paseo de comida | food court | {n} |
| Países Bajos | The Netherlands | {prop} |
| Países Catalanes | Catalan Countries | {prop} |
| pasillo | corridor | {m} |
| pasión | inertia, idleness (the opposite of action) | {f} |
| pasión | passion | {f} |
| pasionaria | passionflower (any of very many North American vines of the family Passifloraceae) | {f} |
| pasividad | passivity | {f} |
| pasivo | passive | {adj} |
| pasivo | bottom | {adj} [slang, gay sexuality] |
| pasivo | any debt or material obligation of an enterprise or individual | {m} [accounting] |
| pasmado | absent-minded | {adj} |
| pasmado | astounded, stunned | {adj} |
| pasmado | open-mouthed (fish) | {adj} [heraldry] |
| pasmado | with bated breath | {adj} |
| pasmar | to amaze | {v} |
| país miembro | member country | {m} |
| pasmoso | astounding | {adj} |
| paso | dry (said of fruit) | {adj} |
| paso | A step in a set of instructions | {m} |
| paso | A step or pace walking | {m} |
| paso | A way | {m} |
| paso | The pitch of a helix or screw thread | {m} |
| paso a desnivel | overpass | {n} |
| paso de cebra | zebra crossing | {m} |
| pasodoble | A certain kind of march (music) | {m} |
| paso elevado | overpass | {n} |
| paso inferior | underpass | {n} |
| pasola | motor scooter | {f} [Dominican Republic, slang] |
| paso superior | overpass | {n} |
| pasta | pasta | {f} |
| pasta | paste, dough | {f} |
| pasta | money, dough | {f} [Spain, slang] |
| pasta de papel | wood pulp | {f} |
| pastar | to graze | {v} |
| paste | pasty, pastie (a type of pie or turnover) | {m} [Mexico] |
| pastel | cake, pie, pastry | {m} [Mexico] |
| pastelería | confectionery | {f} |
| pastelería | pastry shop, cake shop | {f} |
| pastelero | pastry cook, confectioner | {m} |
| pastelillo | diminutive form of pastel, a small cake | {m} |
| pastelito | diminutive form of pastel, small cake | {m} |
| pasterizar | to pasteurize | {v} |
| pasteurizar | to pasteurize | {v} |
| pastilla | bar (block of soap or chocolate) | {f} |
| pastilla | cake (block of a dense material) | {f} |
| pastilla | cube (cube of stock) | {f} |
| pastilla | pill | {f} |
| pastilla de frenos | brake pad | {f} |
| pastillero | pillbox | {m} |
| pastizal | grassland, pasture (land covered with grass) | {m} |
| pastón | bomb, fortune (a huge amount of money) | {m} [colloquial, Spain] |
| pasto | grass | {m} |
| pasto | lawn | {m} |
| pasto | pasture | {m} |
| pastor | herder | {m} |
| pastor | pastor, priest | {m} |
| pastor | shepherd | {m} |
| pastoral | pastoral | {adj} |
| pastoral | pastoral | {f} |
| pastorear | to shepherd | {v} |
| pastura | pasture, grassland | {f} |
| País Vasco | Basque Country | {prop} |
| paté | pâté, pate | {m} |
| pata | footprint (often used by an angry person) | {f} [colloquial] |
| pata | human leg, foot (often used by an angry person) | {f} [colloquial] |
| pata | female duck (see pato) | {f} |
| pata | leg (of furniture) | {f} |
| pata | paw, foot, leg (of an animal) | {f} |
| pata | pocket flap | {f} |
| pata | tie, draw | {f} |
| -patía | -pathy | {suffix} |
| patache | patache (boat) | {m} |
| patada | kick | {f} |
| patagio | patagium | {m} |
| Patagonia | Patagonia | {prop} |
| patalear | to stamp | {v} |
| pataleta | tantrum (childish display or fit of bad temper) | {f} |
| patata | potato | {f} [Spain] |
| patatas alioli | A Spanish dish consisting of small pieces of potatoes, with aioli sauce | {f} |
| patatas bravas | patatas bravas | {fp} |
| patíbulo | gallows | {m} |
| patear | to kick | {v} |
| patentar | to patent | {v} |
| patente | blatant, obvious | {adj} |
| patente | clear, clear-cut | {adj} |
| patente | patent | {adj} |
| patente | patent (declaration issued by a government to an inventor) | {m} |
| paternal | paternal | {adj} |
| paternidad | fatherhood | {f} |
| paternidad | paternity | {f} |
| patilla | sideburn | {f} |
| patilla | watermelon | {f} |
| patillaje | pinout | {m} |
| patinador | skating | {adj} |
| patinador | skater | {m} |
| patinaje | skating | {m} |
| patinar | To skate | {vi} |
| patinar | To slip | {vi} |
| patinar | To patine | {vt} |
| patineta | scooter (child's foot-operated vehicle) | {f} |
| patineta | skateboard | {f} |
| patio | yard, patio | {m} |
| patito | duckling | {m} |
| patólogo | pathologist | {m} |
| patán | boor (rude person) | {m} |
| patín | skate, roller skate | {m} |
| pato | duck, drake | {m} |
| Pato | male given name | {prop} [Chile, informal] |
| patogenia | pathogenesis | {f} [pathology] |
| patológicamente | pathologically | {adv} |
| patológico | pathological | {adj} |
| patología | pathology | {f} |
| patologista | pathologist | {mf} |
| patoso | clumsy (lacking coordination) | {adj} |
| patraña | boodle | {f} |
| patraña | fake | {f} |
| patraña | lie | {f} |
| patria | fatherland | {f} |
| patria chica | hometown, native region | {f} |
| patriarca | patriarch | {m} |
| patriarcal | patriarchal | {adj} |
| Patricia | female given name, feminine from of Patricio, cognate to English Patricia | {prop} |
| patricio | patrician | {m} |
| Patricio | male given name, equivalent to Patrick | {prop} |
| patrimonial | patrimonial | {adj} |
| patrimonialismo | patrimonialism | {m} |
| patrimonio | heritage | {m} |
| patriota | patriot | {mf} |
| patrioterismo | chauvinism (excessive patriotism) | {m} |
| patriotismo | patriotism | {m} |
| patriótico | patriotic | {adj} |
| patrón | boss | {m} |
| patrón | master | {m} |
| patrón | patron | {m} |
| patrón | pattern | {m} |
| patrocinador | sponsor | {m} |
| patrocinadora | feminine form of patrocinador | {f} |
| patrocinar | to patronize or sponsor | {v} |
| patronizar | to patronize | {v} |
| patrulla | patrol | {f} |
| patrullar | to patrol | {v} |
| patrullera | patrol boat | {f} |
| patrullero | related to patrolling | {adj} |
| patrullero | patrol boat | {m} |
| patrullero | patrolman | {m} |
| patéticamente | pathetically | {adv} |
| patético | (colloquial) awful, terrible (very bad) | {adj} |
| patético | pathetic | {adj} |
| pañuelo | handkerchief | {m} |
| Paula | female given name. Variant: Paulina | {prop} |
| paulatinamente | slowly, gradually | {adv} |
| paulatino | gradual | {adj} |
| Paulette | female given name | {prop} |
| Paulina | female given name | {prop} |
| Paulito | male given name, diminutive form of Paulo | {prop} |
| paupérrimo | superlative form of pobre | {adj} |
| pausa | break, pause | {f} |
| pausar | to pause | {v} |
| pauta | guideline | {f} |
| Pavía | Pavia (province, city) | {prop} |
| pavimentar | to pave | {v} |
| pavón | moth of the genus Saturnia (so called because of the spots in its wings resemble those of the peacock) | {m} |
| pavón | peacock | {m} [rare] |
| pavo | peacock | {m} |
| pavo | buck (dollar) | {m} [slang] |
| pavo | euro | {m} [slang] |
| pavo | turkey | {m} |
| pavonearse | to show off | {vr} |
| pavor | fright, fear | {m} |
| pavo real | peacock | {m} |
| pavorosamente | frightfully | {adv} |
| pavoroso | dreadful | {adj} |
| pavorreal | peacock | {m} |
| payasa | feminine form of payaso | {f} |
| payasada | antic, clowning | {f} |
| payasear | to goof | {v} |
| payaso | clown | {m} |
| payo | non-Romani person | {m} |
| paz | peace | {f} |
| Paz | female given name | {prop} |
| Paz | Spanish surname derived from the given name, or from a nickname for a peaceful person | {prop} |
| pazo | manor | {m} [Spain] |
| púbica | feminine form of púbico | {f} |
| púbico | pubic | {adj} |
| públicamente | publicly | {adv} |
| público | public | {adj} |
| público | audience | {m} |
| público | public | {m} |
| PCA | DYC; "damn yellow composite" | {acronym} [botany] |
| pícaro | cunning | {adj} |
| pícaro | Lacking honor | {adj} |
| pícaro | malicious | {adj} |
| pícaro | rogue | {m} |
| pícea | spruce | {f} |
| pócima | potion (beverage with magical or medicinal powers) | {f} |
| pícrico | picric | {adj} |
| púdico | bashful | {adj} |
| púdico | modest, humble, chaste | {adj} |
| pe | Name of the letter p | {f} |
| peña | A group of regulars, circle of friends | {f} |
| peña | A rock, stone, cliff or outcropping | {f} |
| peña | a left wing cultural center featuring music, dance, education, and activism | {f} [Chile] |
| peaje | toll (fee for using roads or bridges) | {m} |
| peñasco | rock | {m} |
| peñascoso | rocky, craggy | {adj} |
| peatón | pedestrian | {m} |
| peatonal | pedestrian (of or intended for those who are walking) | {adj} |
| pebete | incense stick | {m} |
| pebete | punk, fuse | {m} |
| pebetero | A vessel for burning incense | {m} |
| pebre | A Chilean condiment containing coriander, vinegar, garlic and pepper | {mf} |
| pebre | pepper (powdered condiment) | {mf} |
| peca | freckle | {f} |
| pecadillo | diminutive form of pecado; a peccadillo, minor sin | {m} |
| pecado | sin | {m} |
| pecado original | original sin | {m} |
| pecador | sinful | {adj} |
| pecador | sinner | {m} |
| pecadora | feminine form of pecador | {f} |
| pecana | pecan (nut) | {f} |
| pecarí | peccary | {m} |
| pecar | to sin | {v} |
| pecera | fish tank, aquarium | {f} |
| Peces | Pisces | {prop} [zodiac] |
| pechiazul | The bluethroat. A small bird | {m} |
| pecho | breast (of a woman) | {m} |
| pecho | chest; the front of the thorax | {m} |
| pecho | breast, heart; seat of the emotions, feelings, etc | {m} [figuratively] |
| pecho | valor, strength, fortitude | {m} [figuratively] |
| pecho | thorax | {m} |
| pechoño | churchy, overly sanctimonious, exaggeratedly pietistic | {adj} |
| pechuga | human chest or breast | {f} [by extension] |
| pechuga | bird breast | {f} [ornithology] |
| pechuga | poultry breast | {f} |
| pechugón | barrel-chested | {adj} |
| pechugón | having large pectorals | {adj} |
| pechugón | A large-chested man | {m} |
| pechugón | A man with large pectorals | {m} |
| pechugona | feminine form of pechugón | {f} |
| pecio | shipwreck, wreck | {f} |
| pecoso | freckled | {adj} |
| pectato | pectate | {f} |
| pectina | pectin | {f} [carbohydrates] |
| pectinado | pectinate | {adj} [mycology] |
| pectoral | pectoral | {adj} |
| pecuario | Of or related to cattle raising | {adj} |
| peculado | embezzlement | {m} |
| peculiar | peculiar | {adj} |
| peculiaridad | peculiarity; oddity | {f} |
| pecuniario | financial, monetary, pecuniary | {adj} |
| pedacito | diminutive form of pedazo small piece | {m} |
| pedagogía | pedagogy | {f} |
| pedal | pedal | {m} |
| pedalear | to pedal | {v} |
| pedante | pedantic | {adj} |
| pedante | pedant (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning) | {mf} |
| pedantería | pedantry (overly ambitious display of learning) | {f} |
| pedazo | piece | {m} |
| pederasta | pederast | {m} |
| pederastia | pederasty | {f} |
| pedernal | flint | {m} |
| pedestal | pedestal | {m} |
| pedófilo | pedophilic | {adj} |
| pedófilo | pedophile | {m} |
| pediatra | pediatrician | {mf} |
| pediatría | pediatrics | {f} |
| pedicelo | pedicel | {m} [botany, zoology, mycology] |
| pedido | bulk purchase | {m} |
| pedido | order | {m} |
| pedigüeño | sponger | {m} |
| pedigrí | pedigree | {m} |
| pedir | to ask for something | {v} |
| pedir | to order something | {v} |
| pedir | to request someone else to do something | {v} |
| pediátrico | pediatric | {adj} |
| pedúnculo | peduncle | {m} [botany] |
| pedo | drunk, high, intoxicated | {adj} [slang, vulgar] |
| pedo | fart | {m} |
| pedo | party | {m} [Mexico] |
| pedo | drunkenness | {m} [slang] |
| pedo | hassle | {m} [slang] |
| pedofilia | pedophilia | {f} |
| pedofobia | pedophobia | {f} |
| pedorrear | to fart | {v} |
| pedorro | farter (someone or something that farts) | {adj} [vulgar] |
| pedorro | ass, buttocks | {m} [vulgar] |
| pedorro | farter (someone or something that farts) | {m} [vulgar] |
| pedregoso | stony | {adj} |
| pedrisco | hail (balls of ice) | {m} |
| Pedro | Peter. | {prop} [biblical character] |
| Pedro | male given name of biblical origin | {prop} |
| pedunculado | pedunculate | {adj} [botany] |
| peer | to break wind, to fart | {v} [archaic, vulgar] |
| pega | work | {f} [colloquial, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru] |
| pega | glue | {f} |
| pega | gluing | {f} |
| pegado | adherent | {adj} |
| pegado | attached | {adj} |
| pegado | cleaving | {adj} |
| pegado | hanging | {adj} [computing] |
| pegado | sticking | {adj} |
| pegado | stuck | {adj} |
| pegajoso | slimy | {adj} |
| pegajoso | tacky, sticky | {adj} |
| pegamento | glue | {m} |
| pegar | to glue | {v} |
| pegar | to hit | {v} |
| pegar | to stick | {v} |
| pegar ojo | To sleep | {v} [idiomatic] |
| pegarse | to stick, to become attached, to adhere | {vi} |
| pegarse | to take root | {vi} |
| pegarse un tiro | to shoot oneself | {v} [idiomatic] |
| Pegaso | Pegasus | {prop} |
| peinado | hairdo | {m} |
| peinado | hairstyle | {m} |
| peinar | to comb oneself | {vr} |
| peinar | to comb (something) | {vt} |
| peinarse | reflexive form of peinar | {vr} |
| peine | comb | {m} |
| peje | fish | {m} |
| pejelagarto | gar; garfish (fish of the family Lepisosteidae) | {m} [chiefly, Mexico, and, Central America] |
| Pekín | Beijing (capital of China) | {prop} |
| pela | a hit or a beating | {f} |
| pela | Peseta (former currency of Spain) | {f} [colloquial] |
| pelada | bald head | {f} |
| pelada | feminine form of pelado | {f} |
| pelado | bald | {adj} |
| pelado | obscene, filthy | {adj} [by extension, Mexico] |
| pelado | broke (without money) | {adj} [figuratively] |
| pelado | uncultivated, uncivilized | {adj} [figuratively] |
| pelado | hairless | {adj} |
| pelado | baldie | {m} |
| pelagatos | nobody (unimportant person) | {m} |
| pelaje | fur coat | {m} |
| pelambre | gossip (usually criticizing somebody not present) | {m} |
| pelar | to cut the hair of | {v} |
| pelar | to exfoliate | {v} |
| pelar | to peel (fruits, vegetables) | {v} |
| pelar | to pluck (a bird) | {v} |
| pelar | to shell (nuts, shellfish) | {v} |
| pelar | to skin (an animal) | {v} |
| pelar | to steal | {v} |
| pelar | to unwrap | {v} |
| pelar | to spread negative gossip, run down, criticise somebody | {vt} |
| pelarse | to fray (rope, wire) | {vr} |
| pelarse | to have one's hair cut | {vr} |
| pelarse | to lose one's hair; to go bald | {vr} |
| pelarse | to peel (of skin, from the sun, etc.) | {vr} |
| pelícano | a large nose | {m} [colloquial] |
| pelícano | pelican | {m} |
| película | film (layer) | {f} |
| película | movie | {f} |
| peldaño | step (of a staircase or ladder) | {m} |
| pelea | fight, struggle | {f} |
| peleador | combative, fighting | {adj} |
| peleador | quarrelsome, feisty | {adj} |
| pelear | to fight | {vi} |
| peletero | furrier | {m} |
| pelágico | pelagic | {adj} |
| peli | short for película, movie | {f} [slang, Spain] |
| peliagudo | difficult, tricky | {adj} |
| peliculero | fantasizing, overly imaginative | {adj} |
| peliculero | fond of movies | {adj} |
| peliculero | related to movies | {adj} |
| peligrar | to be in danger | {v} |
| peligro | peril, danger | {m} |
| peligrosamente | dangerously | {adv} |
| peligrosidad | dangerousness | {f} |
| peligroso | perilous, dangerous | {adj} |
| pelirroja | feminine form of pelirrojo | {f} |
| pelirrojo | redheaded | {adj} |
| pelirrojo | redhead | {m} |
| pelleja | animal skin, hide | {f} |
| pelleja | pelt | {f} |
| pellejo | skin, hide | {m} |
| pellizcar | to pinch, nip | {v} |
| pellizco | pinch (act of pinching) | {m} |
| pellizco | pinch (small amount of e.g. seasoning) | {m} |
| pelín | bit | {m} |
| pelón | bald or balding | {adj} |
| pelón | with little or no hair | {adj} |
| pelón | with short hair | {adj} |
| pelo | All the hair on the head | {m} |
| pelo | hair (a single hair) | {m} |
| Peloponeso | Peloponnese | {prop} |
| pelo suelto | shaggy or bed head hair | {m} |
| pelota | ball | {f} |
| pelota | teacher's pet; brown noser | {f} |
| pelotari | pilota player | {mf} |
| pelotero | baseball player | {m} |
| pelotón | group, team | {m} |
| pelotón | heap, bunch | {m} |
| pelotudo | stupid, dumb | {adj} [Argentina, Chile, colloquial, highly vulgar] |
| pelotudo | dummy, idiot, boob | {m} [Argentina, Chile, colloquial, highly vulgar] |
| peltre | pewter (tin alloy) | {m} |
| peluca | wig | {f} |
| peluca de hombre | A toupee | {f} |
| peluca púbica | A merkin | {m} |
| peluche | plush (textile) | {m} |
| peluche | soft toy, stuffed animal | {m} |
| peludo | furry, fuzzy | {adj} |
| peludo | hairball-like | {adj} |
| peludo | hairy | {adj} |
| peludo | piss-up, boozer | {m} [Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay] |
| peluquera | feminine form of peluquero | {f} |
| peluquería | barbershop; hairdresser's | {f} |
| peluquero | barber, hairdresser | {m} |
| pelusa | jealousy | {f} [colloquial] |
| pelusa | fluff (light fur) | {f} |
| pelusa | lint | {f} |
| pelusilla | diminutive form of pelusa, fluff | {f} |
| peluzote | augmentative form of pelusa | {m} |
| pelvis | pelvis | {f} |
| pemolina | pemoline | {f} [pharmaceutical drug] |
| peán | paean | {m} |
| peón | beehive | {m} |
| peón | child’s toy top | {m} |
| peón | foot soldier, infantryman | {m} |
| peón | laborer, worker | {m} |
| peón | axle, spindle | {m} [mechanical] |
| peón | piece, token, or man in board games | {m} |
| pena | embarrassment | {f} [Latin America] |
| pena | pain, sadness | {f} |
| pena | pity | {f} |
| pena | punishment | {f} |
| pena | trouble | {f} |
| pena de muerte | death penalty | {f} |
| penal | penal | {adj} |
| penal | a kind of prison | {n} |
| penal | penalty | {n} [soccer] |
| penalización | penalty | {f} |
| penalizar | to penalize | {vt} |
| penalti | penalty | {m} [soccer] |
| penar | to punish | {v} |
| penca | bad, lousy, bum (of poor quality) | {adj} [Chile, colloquial] |
| penca | main rib or vein of a leaf | {f} [botany] |
| penca | radish (large oblong variety) | {f} [Chile] |
| penca | fleshy stalk, leafstalk or leaf of certain plats e.g. celery leafstalks or nopal leaves | {f} |
| pendeja | Degrading term to call a woman | {f} |
| pendeja | Dumb female woman or girl, idiot | {f} |
| pendeja | Feable minded female coward | {f} |
| pendeja | feminine form of pendejo | {f} |
| pendejada | deceitful statement | {f} |
| pendejadas | deceitful statements | {fp} |
| pendejear | To fool around; to procrastinate; to fritter aimlessly or distractedly | {v} [pejorative, slang, vulgar, Latin America] |
| pendejo | A pubic hair | {m} |
| pendejo | punk (an adolescent who presumes to be an adult) | {m} [Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay] |
| pendejo | young boy | {m} [Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay] |
| pendejo | coward | {m} [Cuba] |
| pendejo | stupid person, creep | {m} [pejorative] |
| pendencia | quarrel, dispute, feud | {f} |
| pender | to be pending, to be undecided | {v} |
| pender | to hang, to dangle | {v} |
| pendiente | hanging | {adj} |
| pendiente | pending | {adj} |
| pendiente | slope (declivity) | {f} |
| pendiente | (hanging) earring | {m} |
| pendón | pennant, pennon | {m} |
| pendolista | calligrapher | {mf} |
| pendular | fickle | {adj} |
| pene artificial | strap-on | {n} |
| penectomía | penectomy | {f} [surgery] |
| pene femenino | strap-on | {n} |
| penetración | penetration | {f} |
| penetrante | pervasive | {adj} |
| penetrante | poignant | {adj} |
| penetrar | to penetrate | {v} |
| peneuvista | Supporting the Basque Nationalist Party | {adj} [politics] |
| peneuvista | A Basque Nationalist Party member or supporter | {mf} [politics] |
| penicilasa | penicillinase | {f} [enzyme] |
| penicilina | penicillin | {f} |
| peninsular | peninsular | {adj} |
| penique | penny | {m} |
| penitencia | Penance | {f} |
| penitenciaría | penitentiary, prison | {f} |
| penitenciario | related to penitentiaries | {adj} |
| penitente | a penitent | {mf} |
| penúltimo | penultimate | {adj} |
| península | peninsula | {f} |
| penol | yardarm | {m} |
| pensable | thinkable, cogitable | {adj} |
| pensador | thinker | {m} |
| pensadora | (female) thinker | {f} |
| pensamiento | pansy | {m} |
| pensamiento | thinking | {m} |
| pensamiento | thought | {m} |
| pensar | to intend; to try | {v} |
| pensar | to reflect upon a situation | {v} |
| pensar | to think | {v} |
| pensar | to think about | {v} |
| pensar en la inmortalidad del cangrejo | To become lost in thought, to ponder | {vi} |
| pensar en la inmortalidad del cangrejo | to contemplate | {v} |
| pensar en la inmortalidad del cangrejo | to daydream | {v} |
| pensarse | reflexive form of pensar | {vr} |
| pensativo | pensive | {adj} |
| Pensilvania | Pennsylvania (US state) | {prop} |
| pensión | guesthouse | {f} |
| pensión | pension | {f} |
| pensionista | pensioner | {mf} |
| penta- | penta- | {prefix} |
| pentadecano | pentadecane | {m} [organic compound] |
| pentadecágono | pentadecagon | {m} [geometry] |
| pentaedro | pentahedron | {m} |
| pentagonal | pentagonal | {adj} |
| pentagrama | pentagram | {f} [geometry] |
| pentagrama | staff | {f} [music] |
| pentaleno | pentalene | {m} [organic compound] |
| pentano | pentane | {m} [organic compound] |
| pentanol | pentanol | {m} [organic compound] |
| pentatleta | pentathlete | {mf} |
| pentatlón | pentathlon | {m} |
| pentatlón moderno | modern pentathlon | {m} |
| pentácoron | pentachoron | {m} [geometry] |
| pentáculo | pentacle | {m} |
| pentágono | pentagonal | {adj} |
| pentágono | pentagon | {m} |
| Pentágono | The Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense | {prop} |
| pentosa | pentose | {f} [carbohydrates] |
| penumbra | half-light | {f} |
| penumbra | penumbra | {f} |
| penumbra | shadow, shade | {f} |
| penuria | shortage, lack | {f} |
| peor | comparative form of malo, worse | {adj} |
| peor | superlative form of malo, worst | {adj} |
| peor | comparative form of mal, worse | {adv} |
| pepa | pepita, certain large edible seeds e.g. sunflower seed | {f} [Latin America] |
| pepa | pip, stone (seed inside fruits) | {f} [Latin America] |
| pepa | pill (recreatinal drug in pill-form especially amphetamine) | {f} [Latin America, slang] |
| pepa | nugget (small piece of metal especially gold) | {f} |
| Pepe | A diminutive of the male given name José | {prop} |
| pepena | collecting, gathering | {f} [Mexico, Cetral America] |
| pepenar | to pick up, to collect | {v} [Central America, Mexico] |
| pepenar | to scrounge | {v} [Central America, Mexico] |
| pepenar | to steal, loot | {v} [Mexico, Nicaragua] |
| pepinillo | pickle (cucumber preserved in a solution) | {m} |
| pepino | cucumber (plant) | {m} |
| pepino | cucumber (vegetable) | {m} |
| pepino de mar | sea cucumber | {n} |
| pepita | nugget, especially of gold or platinum | {f} |
| pepita | pepita | {f} |
| pepsina | pepsin | {f} [enzyme] |
| pepsinógeno | pepsinogen | {f} [biochemistry] |
| peptídico | peptidic | {adj} |
| peptidasa | peptidase | {f} [enzyme] |
| peptidoglicano | peptidoglycan | {m} [organic compound] |
| peptona | peptone | {f} [protein] |
| pequeñez | smallness | {f} |
| pequeñito | diminutive form of pequeño, very small | {adj} |
| pequeñín | diminutive form of pequeño | {m} |
| pequeño | small; little | {adj} |
| Perú | Peru | {prop} |
| pera | chin | {f} [anatomy] |
| pera | pear | {f} |
| peral | pear tree | {m} |
| Peralta | Spanish surname | {prop} |
| peraltar | to bank (a curve) | {vt} [architecture] |
| peraltar | to bank (to form into a bank or heap) | {vt} |
| peralto | altitude | {m} |
| perca | bass | {f} |
| percal | percale | {m} |
| percance | accident, mishap | {m} |
| percatarse | To take into account | {vr} |
| percebe | barnacle | {m} |
| percepción | perception | {f} |
| perceptible | perceptible | {adj} |
| perceptor | recipient | {m} |
| percha | coat hanger | {f} |
| percha | coat rack | {f} |
| percha | perch | {f} |
| perchero | coat rack | {m} |
| percibir | to perceive | {v} |
| perclorato | perchlorate | {m} [chemistry] |
| percudir | to make grimy | {v} |
| percusión | percussion | {f} |
| percutáneo | percutaneous | {adj} |
| perdedor | loser | {m} |
| perdedora | feminine form of perdedor | {f} |
| perder | to get lost | {vr} |
| perder | to lose | {v} |
| perder | to miss | {v} |
| perder | to waste | {v} |
| perder el culo | to be in a rush | {v} [idiomatic, vulgar] |
| perder el culo | to bust one's balls | {v} [idiomatic, vulgar] |
| perder los estribos | to fly off the handle, lose one's head | {v} |
| perdición | ruin, perdition | {f} |
| perdido | lost | {adj} |
| perdigón | A small lead pellet used as ammunition | {m} |
| perdigón | A young partridge | {m} |
| perdiz | partridge | {f} |
| perdón | sorry, pardon (I didn't hear you) | {interj} |
| perdón | sorry, pardon me (excuse me) | {interj} |
| perdón | mercy | {m} |
| perdón | pardon | {m} |
| perdónenme | Pardon me | {phrase} |
| perdonable | forgivable, pardonable | {adj} |
| perdonar | to pardon, excuse, forgive | {v} |
| perdurable | durable | {adj} |
| perdurar | to endure | {v} |
| perdurar | to last for a long time | {v} |
| perecear | to postpone, waste time or defer something due to one's laziness, negligence, or sloth | {v} [colloquial] |
| perecedero | perishable | {adj} |
| perecer | to die, to perish | {v} |
| perecer | to long for | {v} |
| peregrina | female pilgrim | {f} |
| peregrinación | pilgrimage | {f} |
| peregrinaje | pilgrimage | {m} |
| peregrinar | To peregrinate; to travel abroad | {v} |
| peregrinidad | strangeness | {f} |
| peregrino | foreign | {adj} |
| peregrino | strange | {adj} |
| peregrino | traveling, wandering | {adj} |
| peregrino | pilgrim | {m} |
| peregrino | traveler | {m} |
| perejil | parsley | {m} |
| perenne | perennial | {adj} |
| perennifolio | evergreen | {adj} [botany] |
| pereza | laziness | {f} |
| perezoso | lazy | {adj} |
| perezoso | sloth (mammal) | {m} |
| perfección | perfection | {f} |
| perfeccionar | to perfect | {v} |
| perfeccionismo | perfectionism | {advm} |
| perfeccionista | perfectionistic | {adj} |
| perfeccionista | perfectionist | {mf} |
| perfectamente | perfectly | {adv} |
| perfectibilidad | perfectibility | {f} |
| perfectivo | perfective | {adj} |
| perfecto | perfect | {adj} |
| perfidia | perfidy | {f} |
| perfil | profile | {m} |
| perfilar | to outline | {v} |
| perfluorohexano | perfluorohexane | {m} |
| perforación | perforation | {f} |
| perforadora | hole punch | {f} |
| perforadora | keypunch | {f} |
| perforadora | mining drill | {f} |
| perforar | to perforate | {v} |
| perfumado | scented, perfumed | {adj} |
| perfumar | to scent | {v} |
| perfume | perfume | {m} |
| perfumería | perfumery, perfume shop | {f} |
| pergamino | parchment | {m} |
| pergelisol | permafrost | {m} |
| pergelisuelo | permafrost | {m} |
| peri- | peri- | {prefix} |
| periantio | perianth | {m} [botany] |
| pericardíaco | pericardial | {adj} |
| pericardio | pericardium | {m} |
| pericarpio | pericarp | {m} [botany] |
| pericia | skill | {f} |
| Pericles | Pericles | {prop} |
| perico | parakeet | {m} |
| perico ripiao | type of traditional merengue music | {m} |
| periódicamente | periodically | {adv} |
| periódico | periodic | {adj} |
| periódico | newspaper | {m} |
| peridoto | peridot | {m} |
| periferia | periphery | {f} |
| perifolio | chervil | {m} |
| perifollo | chervil | {m} |
| periférico | peripheral | {adj} |
| periférico | peripheral | {m} |
| perihelio | perihelion | {m} [astronomy] |
| perilipina | perilipin | {f} [protein] |
| perilla | goatee | {f} |
| perilla | knob, doorknob | {f} |
| periné | perineum | {m} [anatomy] |
| perineal | perineal | {adj} |
| perineo | perineum | {m} [anatomy] |
| perineorrafia | perineorraphy | {f} |
| perineumonía | peripneumonia | {f} |
| periodismo | journalism | {m} |
| periodista | journalist | {mf} |
| periodo | period | {m} |
| periodo de entreguerras | interwar period | {m} |
| periodoncia | periodontics, periodontology | {f} |
| periodontal | periodontal | {adj} |
| periodístico | journalistic | {adj} |
| peripecia | adventure | {f} |
| peripecia | incident | {f} |
| peripecia | peripeteia | {f} |
| periquera | cacophonous gibberish | {f} |
| periquera | flock of parakeets | {f} |
| periquito | budgerigar | {m} |
| periscopio | periscope | {m} |
| periscópico | periscopic | {adj} |
| peristalsis | peristalsis | {f} |
| peristáltico | peristaltic | {adj} |
| perito | expert | {m} |
| peritoneo | peritoneum | {m} [anatomy] |
| perivascular | perivascular | {adj} |
| perjudicar | to damage, harm, injure | {v} |
| perjudicar | to prejudice | {v} |
| perjudicial | hurtful, harmful | {adj} |
| perjuicio | detriment (the opposite of a benefit) | {m} |
| perjurar | to perjure oneself | {v} |
| perjurio | perjury | {m} |
| perjuro | related to perjury | {adj} |
| perjuro | perjury | {m} [colloquial] |
| perla | bead | {f} |
| perla | pearl | {f} |
| permacongelamiento | permafrost | {m} |
| permafrost | permafrost | {m} [geology] |
| permagel | permafrost | {m} |
| permanecer | to stay | {vi} |
| permanencia | permanence | {f} |
| permanente | permanent | {adj} |
| permanente | perm, permanent wave, permanent | {f} |
| permanentemente | permanently | {adv} |
| permanganato | permanganate | {m} |
| permangánico | permanganic | {adj} |
| permeabilidad | permeability | {f} |
| permeable | permeable | {adj} |
| permear | to permeate | {v} |
| perímetro | perimeter | {m} |
| permiso | excuse me, pardon | {interj} |
| permiso | license | {m} |
| permiso | permission | {m} |
| permitir | to allow, to permit | {v} |
| permitirse | to allow oneself | {v} |
| permutación | permutation | {f} [mathematics] |
| permutar | to permute | {v} [mathematics] |
| permutar | to exchange | {v} |
| pernera | leg (of a pair of trousers, shorts etc.) | {f} |
| pernicioso | pernicious | {adj} |
| pernil | knuckle of pork | {m} |
| perno | bolt | {m} |
| perno | large spike | {m} |
| pernoctación | pernoctation, a night spent sleeping away, particularly not at home | {f} |
| pernoctar | to spend the night | {v} |
| pero | but | {conj} |
| período | A woman’s period (menstrual cycle) | {m} |
| período | period (time) | {m} |
| peroné | fibula | {m} [skeleton] |
| peronista | Peronist | {adj} |
| peronista | Peronist | {mf} |
| perorar | to make a speech | {v} |
| peroxidasa | peroxidase | {f} [enzyme] |
| peroxisoma | peroxisome | {m} [cytology] |
| perpendicularmente | perpendicularly | {adv} |
| perpetrador | perpetrator | {m} |
| perpetrar | to carry out, to perpetrate | {v} |
| perpetuamente | perpetually | {adv} |
| perpetuar | to perpetuate | {v} |
| perpetuo | perpetual | {adj} |
| perplejidad | bafflement, bewilderment | {f} |
| perplejidad | perplexity | {f} |
| perplejo | perplexed, baffled, confused | {adj} |
| perquirir | to investigate | {v} |
| perquirir | to seek out | {v} |
| perra | (female) dog | {f} |
| perra | prostitute | {f} |
| perrear | to deceive | {v} [Argentina, colloquial] |
| perrear | to dance reggaeton | {v} [slang] |
| perrera | kennel | {f} |
| perrilla | stye | {f} [Mexico] |
| perrita | diminutive form of perra, female doggy | {f} |
| perrito | doggy, diminutive form of perro | {m} |
| perrito | hot dog | {m} |
| perrito caliente | hot dog | {m} |
| perro | awful | {adj} |
| perro | doggy, doggish | {adj} |
| perro | wicked, mean | {adj} |
| perro | dog | {m} |
| perro caliente | hot dog | {m} |
| perro de agua | water dog | {m} |
| perro guía | guide dog | {m} |
| perro guardián | watchdog | {m} |
| perro que no camina, no encuentra hueso | practice makes perfect; no pain no gain | {proverb} |
| perruno | dog | {adj} [attributive] |
| perruno | doglike | {adj} |
| persa | Persian (Of, from, or pertaining to Persia) | {adj} |
| persa | Persian (person from Persia) | {mf} |
| persa | Persian (Persian language) | {prop} |
| persecución | chase | {f} |
| persecución | paranoia, persecution complex | {f} |
| persecución | persecution | {f} |
| persecución equipos | team pursuit | {f} [cycling] |
| persecución individual | individual pursuit | {f} [cycling] |
| perseguido | obsessed | {adj} |
| perseguido | paranoid | {adj} |
| perseguir | to pursue | {v} |
| perseverancia | perseverance | {f} |
| perseverante | persevering | {adj} |
| perseverar | to persevere | {v} |
| Perséfone | Persephone | {prop} [Greek god] |
| Persia | Persia | {prop} |
| persiana | blind | {f} |
| persiana | shutter | {f} |
| persignarse | to cross oneself | {vr} |
| persistencia | persistence | {f} |
| persistente | persistent | {adj} |
| persistir | to persist | {v} |
| persona | person | {f} |
| persona de muchos oficios | jack of all trades | {f} |
| personaje | character in a film, book or other media | {mf} |
| personaje | personage | {mf} |
| personaje | personality | {mf} |
| personal | personal | {adj} |
| personal | personnel | {m} |
| personalidad | personality | {f} |
| personalizar | to personalize | {v} |
| personalmente | personally | {adv} |
| personarse | To arrive, turn up, make one's way | {v} [formal] |
| personificación | personification | {f} |
| personificar | to personify | {v} |
| perspectiva | perspective | {f} |
| perspicacia | perspicacity, acumen | {f} |
| perspicacidad | perspicacity | {f} |
| perspicaz | perceptive, perspicacious, insightful, shrewd | {adj} |
| persuadir | to persuade | {v} |
| persuasión | conviction | {f} |
| persuasión | inducement | {f} |
| persuasión | persuasion | {f} |
| pertactina | pertactin | {f} [protein] |
| pertenecer | to belong; to pertain | {v} |
| pertenecerse | to be independent | {v} |
| perteneciente | belonging to | {adj} |
| pertenencia | belonging | {f} |
| pertenencia | property | {f} |
| pertinaz | enduring, persistent | {adj} |
| pertinaz | pertinacious | {adj} |
| pertinente | appropriate | {adj} |
| pertinente | pertinent, relevant | {adj} |
| perturbación | perturbation, disturbance, disruption, agitation | {f} |
| perturbado | disturbed (person) | {adj} |
| perturbador | perturbing | {adj} |
| perturbador | agitator | {m} |
| perturbador | troublemaker | {m} |
| perturbadora | feminine form of perturbador | {f} |
| perturbar | to perturb | {v} |
| peruana | feminine form of peruano | {f} |
| peruano | Peruvian (from or native to Peru) | {adj} |
| peruano | Peruvian (pertaining to Peru) | {adj} |
| peruano | a Peruvian | {m} |
| Perusa | Perugia (city) | {prop} |
| peruviana | feminine form of peruviano | {f} |
| peruviano | Peruvian (from or native to Peru) | {adj} |
| peruviano | Peruvian (pertaining to Peru) | {adj} |
| peruviano | a Peruvian | {m} |
| perversión | perversion | {f} |
| perverso | bad, mean, wicked | {adj} |
| perverso | perverse (of desires etc) | {adj} |
| perverso | perverted | {adj} |
| pervertido | perverted | {adj} |
| pervertir | to pervert, lead astray, garble, corrupt | {v} |
| pervivencia | survival, prevalence | {f} |
| pervivir | prevail, survive | {v} |
| peróxido | peroxide | {m} |
| peróxido de hidrógeno | hydrogen peroxide | {n} [inorganic compound] |
| pesa | balance, scales | {f} [Latin America] |
| pesa | weight | {f} |
| pesadilla | nightmare | {f} |
| pesado | annoying | {adj} |
| pesado | boring | {adj} |
| pesado | heavy in weight | {adj} |
| pesado | serious | {adj} |
| pesadumbre | heaviness | {f} |
| pesadumbre | sorrow | {f} |
| pesadumbre | trouble | {f} |
| pesar | regret | {m} |
| pesar | To have seriousness. To be grave | {v} |
| pesar | To have weight | {v} |
| pesar | To ponder | {v} |
| pesar | To weigh | {v} |
| pesa rusa | kettlebell | {n} |
| pesas | dumbbell | {fp} |
| pesas | weights | {fp} |
| pesca | fishing | {f} |
| pescadería | fishmonger's (shop that sells fish) | {f} |
| pescadero | fishmonger (person who sells fish) | {m} |
| pescadilla que se muerde la cola | ouroboros | {f} |
| pescadilla que se muerde la cola | vicious circle | {f} |
| pescadito | diminutive form of pescado, little fish | {m} |
| pescado | fish that has been caught | {m} |
| pescador | That fishes | {adj} |
| pescador | fisherman or fisher | {m} |
| pescadora | (female) fisher | {f} |
| pescadora | fisherwoman | {f} |
| pescador furtivo | poacher | {n} [fish] |
| pescante | davit | {m} [nautical] |
| pescar | to catch | {v} [colloquial] |
| pescar | to get | {v} [colloquial] |
| pescar | to mind (a person) | {v} [colloquial] |
| pescar | to screw, to get action (have sex) | {v} [colloquial] |
| pescar | to search, or fish for information | {v} [colloquial] |
| pescar | to angle | {v} |
| pescar | to fish | {v} |
| pescuezo | neck | {m} |
| pesebre | a confined space set apart for the feeding of animals | {m} |
| pesebre | manger | {m} |
| pesebre | Nativity Scene | {m} |
| peseta | peseta | {f} |
| pesimismo | pessimism | {m} |
| pesimista | pessimistic | {adj} |
| pesimista | pessimist | {mf} |
| peso | peso (unit of currency) | {m} |
| peso | weight | {m} |
| peso específico | specific gravity | {m} |
| peso molecular | molecular weight | {m} |
| peso muerto | deadlift | {n} |
| pespuntar | to backstitch | {v} |
| pestaña | tab (navigational widget in a GUI) | {f} [computing] |
| pestaña | eyelash | {f} |
| pestaña | flange | {f} |
| pestañear | to wink, blink | {v} |
| pestañeo | flutter, flapping | {m} |
| pestañeo | wink, blink (blinking of an eye) | {m} |
| peste | contagious disease | {f} |
| peste | plague | {f} |
| peste | reek, unpleasant or repulsive smell | {f} [slang, Mexico] |
| peste bovina | rinderpest | {f} |
| pesticida | pesticide | {f} |
| pestilencia | pestilence | {f} |
| pestilencial | pestilent | {adj} |
| pestilente | pestilent, stinking | {adj} |
| pestillo | A bolt (lock) | {m} |
| pestillo | A latch | {m} |
| pestiño | a type of small pancake | {m} |
| pestiño | a boring or annoying person | {m} [colloquial] |
| petaca | flask for alcohol | {f} |
| petaca | buttocks | {f} [Mexico, plural] |
| petaca | suitcase | {f} [Mexico] |
| petaca | tobacco pouch | {f} |
| petanca | pétanque | {f} [games] |
| petar | to please, gratify, content (transitive) | {vt} [colloquial] |
| petardear | to backfire | {v} |
| petardo | a boring or annoying person | {m} |
| petardo | firecracker (a firework) | {m} |
| petardo | joint | {m} |
| petardo | swindle | {m} |
| petardo | trash, rubbish | {m} |
| petardo | ugly woman | {m} |
| petate | A mat woven from petate, commonly used as a bedroll and for other purposes | {m} |
| petate | Fibers obtained from the leaves of palm trees found in the Caribbean and Mesoamerica, (most commonly Leucothrinax morrisii and Thrinax radiata) | {m} |
| petatearse | to die | {vp} [colloquial, Chile, El Savador, Mexico, Panama] |
| pete | pacifier, short form of chupete | {m} [Latin America, childish] |
| petición | request | {f} |
| peticionar | to petition | {v} |
| petirrojo | robin (Erithacus rubecula) | {m} |
| petámetro | petametre | {m} |
| Petén | A department of Guatemala | {prop} |
| peto | bib | {m} |
| peto | breastplate | {m} |
| peto | plastron | {m} [historical] |
| peto | shirtfront | {m} |
| peto | chest pad | {m} [sports] |
| peto | plastron | {m} [zoology] |
| petrel | petrel | {m} |
| petricor | petrichor | {m} |
| petrificar | To petrify | {vt} |
| petróleo | petroleum, oil | {m} |
| petrodiésel | diesel | {m} |
| petroleoquímica | petroleum chemistry | {f} |
| petroleoquímico | Of or pertaining to the petroleum industry | {adj} |
| petrolera | oil company | {f} |
| petrolero | diesel (of vehicles powered with diesel fuel) | {adj} |
| petrolero | oil, petrol (related to mineral oil) | {adj} |
| petrolero | oil tanker | {m} |
| petrolífero | petroliferous | {adj} |
| petroquímica | petrochemistry | {f} |
| petroquímico | petrochemical | {adj} |
| peuca | term of contempt for a young woman (due to phonetical similitude with puta) | {f} [slang, Chile] |
| peuca | sweetheart, a girl which is engaged with someone | {f} [slang, rural, Chile] |
| peuco | an American hawk, Harris Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) | {m} [Chile] |
| peyorativo | pejorative | {adj} |
| peyorativo | pejorative (disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression) | {m} |
| peyote | peyote | {m} |
| pez | pitch, tar | {f} |
| pez | fish (especially while alive) | {m} |
| pez de leche | milkfish | {m} |
| pez espada | swordfish | {m} |
| pez gato | catfish | {m} |
| pez gordo | big fish, big cheese | {m} [idiomatic] |
| pez luna | sunfish; ocean sunfish (large marine fish) | {m} |
| pezón | nipple | {m} [anatomy] |
| pez payaso | clownfish | {m} |
| pezuña | hoof | {f} |
| pez volador | flying fish | {m} |
| págalo parasito | The Arctic Skua | {m} |
| págalo ártico | The Arctic Skua, a seabird | {m} |
| púgil | boxer, pugilist | {m} |
| página | page | {f} |
| página web | web page | {f} |
| PGR | (Mexico) La Procuraduría General de la República, The attorney general of Mexico | {abbr} |
| pi | pi; the Greek letter Π, π | {f} |
| piña | pineapple | {f} |
| piña | pine cone, pinecone | {f} |
| piada | chirping (action of chirping) | {f} |
| piada | Expression of someone similar to the other person usually used. Salvador tiene muchas piadas de su maestro | {f} [colloquial] |
| piadoso | pious | {adj} |
| piadoso | pitiful | {adj} |
| pianista | pianist | {mf} |
| piano | piano | {m} |
| piar | to chirp | {v} |
| piara | herd (of pigs, sheep etc.) | {f} |
| piñata | Doll filled with candy, that gets hit with a hammer or a stick during birthday parties (also mexican Christmas celebrations) until the candy falls out | {f} |
| PIB | Producto Interno Bruto; gross domestic product, GDP | {m} |
| pibe | kid, young person | {m} [Argentina, Uruguay, Canary Islands, colloquial] |
| pibil | Wrapped in banana or plantain leaves and cooked underground | {adj} [Mexico, said of a food] |
| pibón | hottie, cutie (attractive woman) | {m} [informal, Spain] |
| pica | spade | {f} [card games] |
| pica | pick (digging tool) | {f} |
| pica | pike, lance | {f} |
| picada | appetizer (small portion of food) | {f} |
| picadero | riding school | {m} |
| picadero | love nest (place of intercourse) | {m} [slang] |
| picadillo | minced meat | {m} |
| picadillo | salad (made of chopped food) | {m} |
| picado | bitter, pissed | {adj} [colloquial] |
| picado | decayed | {adj} [of a tooth] |
| picado | minced, ground | {adj} [of food, especially meat] |
| picado | choppy | {adj} [of the sea] |
| picado | piqued | {adj} |
| picado | rotten, spoiled | {adj} |
| picado | kick around (informal football game) | {m} [Argentina] |
| picado | overhead shot | {m} [film] |
| picado | staccato note | {m} [music] |
| picador | someone who cuts sugar-cane | {m} |
| picador | someone who stabs or wounds | {m} |
| picadura | a bite, e.g. from a snake or insect | {f} |
| picadura | a wound | {f} |
| picaflor | hummingbird | {m} |
| picante | (of food) hot and spicy | {adj} |
| picante | vulgar, risque | {adj} |
| picar | to get addict, fascinated, enraptured | {vr} [Mexico] |
| picar | to get angry, to get annoyed, to take offence | {vr} |
| picar | to turn sour | {vr} |
| picar | to bite; to sting; to stab; to wound | {v} |
| picar | to chop | {v} |
| picar | to itch | {v} |
| picar | to pique | {v} |
| picar | to rot; to decay; to eat away; to rust | {v} |
| picar | to sting or be pungent to the lips or tongue, be spicy or hot | {v} |
| picardía | act of mischief, dirty trick | {f} |
| picardía | naughtiness, craftiness | {f} |
| picardía | rude word, insult | {f} |
| Picardía | Picardy | {prop} |
| Picasso | A surname | {prop} |
| Picasso | Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist | {prop} |
| picazón | itch, itching | {m} |
| picazón | rash | {m} |
| pichilemino | Pichileminian | {adj} |
| Pichilemo | Pichilemu (the Chilean city) | {prop} |
| Pichilemu | Pichilemu | {prop} |
| pichón | A young pigeon or dove | {m} |
| picle | any pickled food | {m} [Chile] |
| picle | pickle | {m} [Chile] |
| picnic | picnic (outdoor meal) | {m} |
| picnómetro | pycnometer | {m} |
| pico | a bit, a little | {m} |
| pico | beak (of a bird) | {m} |
| pico | kiss | {m} [colloquial, Bolivia, Colombia] |
| pico | trap; gob (mouth) | {m} [colloquial] |
| pico | peak, summit | {m} |
| pico | pick, pickax(e) | {m} |
| pico | sharp point | {m} |
| pico de gallo | A condiment generally made with diced raw onions, tomatoes, chiles, and cilantro | {n} |
| picogramo | picogram | {m} |
| picoroco | Edible Southamerican barnacle (Austromegabalanus psittacus) | {m} [Chile, Peru] |
| picotear | to nibble | {v} |
| picotear | to peck | {v} |
| picrato | picrate | {m} |
| pictograma | pictogram | {m} |
| pie | foot | {m} |
| piedad | piety | {f} |
| piedad | pity | {f} |
| Piedad | female given name | {prop} |
| pie de atleta | athlete's foot | {m} |
| pie de caballo | coltsfoot | {m} |
| piedra | crack (drug) | {f} |
| piedra | stone | {f} |
| piedra de luna | moonstone (gemstone) | {f} [mineralogy] |
| piedra de toque | touchstone | {n} |
| piedra preciosa | gemstone | {f} |
| piel | fur | {f} |
| piel | skin | {f} |
| piel de gallina | goose bumps; raised skin, usually on the neck or arms caused by cold or fear | {f} [idiomatic] |
| pienso | cattle food | {m} |
| pienso | thought | {m} [obsolete] |
| pierna | leg | {f} |
| pieza | piece, part | {f} |
| pieza | room | {f} |
| piezómetro | piezometer | {m} |
| pifia | mistake, fault, error | {f} [colloquial] |
| pifia | small flaw, defect | {f} [colloquial] |
| pigidio | pygidium | {m} |
| pigmeo | pygmy | {adj} |
| pigmeo | pygmy | {mf} |
| pija | feminine form of pijo | {f} |
| pijama | pyjamas | {m} |
| pijo | posh | {adj} |
| pijo | snobby | {adj} |
| pijo | snob, dandy | {m} |
| pikachurina | pikachurin | {f} [protein] |
| pila | A pile, mound | {f} |
| pila | A small battery | {f} |
| piélago | pond, reservoir | {m} [archaic] |
| piélago | something vast, countless, innumerable | {m} [figuratively] |
| piélago | the sea | {m} [poetic] |
| piélago | the open sea; pelagic waters | {m} |
| pilar | pillar, pier | {m} |
| pilar | The player who is next to the hooker in a scrum | {m} [rugby] |
| pilar | to pound | {v} |
| Pilar | female given name | {prop} |
| pileta | basin | {f} |
| pileta | pool | {f} |
| pillaje | pillage | {m} |
| pillar | to catch, catch up to | {v} [colloquial] |
| pillar | to catch (someone doing something illegal) | {v} [colloquial] |
| pillar | to come down with, catch (an illness) | {v} [colloquial] |
| pillar | to get (a joke) | {v} [colloquial] |
| pillar | to catch, get | {v} |
| pillar | to pilfer, steal | {v} |
| pillar cacho | To hook up (with someone) | {v} [colloquial] |
| pillarse un pedo | to get trashed, get wasted | {v} [idiomatic, slang] |
| pillo | cheeky, impudent | {adj} |
| pillo | clever | {adj} |
| pilón | A gift given by a vendor to accompany a transaction | {m} |
| pilón | basin, sink | {m} |
| pilón | pestle | {m} |
| pilón | pylon | {m} |
| piloncillo | panela | {m} |
| pilotar | to pilot | {v} |
| pilotear | to pilot | {v} |
| piloto | driver (racing) | {mf} |
| piloto | pilot | {mf} |
| piltrafa | offal, scrap, junk (object in very bad condition) | {f} |
| piltrafa | scrap of meat | {f} |
| piltrafa | skinny, feeble person | {f} |
| pimentón | A relish made from red sweet peppers | {m} |
| pimentón | The pimiento (fruit) | {m} |
| pimentón de la Vera | Pimentón de La Vera | {m} |
| pimienta | pepper (herb, peppercorns) | {f} |
| pimienta de Jamaica | allspice | {m} |
| pimienta negra | black pepper | {f} |
| pimiento | pepper (fruit of the capsicum) | {m} |
| pimiento | pepper plant | {m} |
| pimiento morrón | bell pepper | {m} |
| pim pam pum | bish bash bosh | {phrase} |
| pimpollo | a seedling | {m} [agriculture] |
| pimpollo | A very handsome, gallant, and graceful boy or young man | {m} |
| pimpollo | a nearly blossomed rose flower | {m} [botany] |
| pimpollo | a new stem either soft or wooden | {m} [botany] |
| pimpollo | a pine tree sapling | {m} [forestry] |
| pimpollo | a young tree | {m} [forestry] |
| piñón | pinion (small gear or spindle) | {m} [mechanics] |
| piñón | pine nut | {m} |
| piñón | pine sapling | {m} |
| piñón | pinion (outer part of a bird's wing) | {m} |
| pión | pion | {m} |
| PIN | Proyecto de Identificación Nacional | {acronym} |
| pina | border-stone | {f} |
| pinacate | pinacate beetle, stink beetle | {m} [Mexico] |
| pinacoteca | art gallery, especially one devoted to paintings | {f} |
| pincel | paintbrush | {m} |
| pinchar | to click | {v} [computation] |
| pinchar | to call up by telephone and suspend before a conversation is initiated in order to make receiver call back | {v} |
| pinchar | to flirt | {v} |
| pinchar | to get flirted | {v} |
| pinchar | to puncture, prick, pierce | {v} |
| pinchar | to sting | {v} |
| pinchazo | eavesdropping | {m} |
| pinchazo | prick, sting | {m} |
| pinchazo | puncture | {m} |
| pinche | stingy, cheap | {adj} [Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua] |
| pinche | hairpin (fastener for the hair) | {m} [Chile] |
| pincho | skewer | {m} |
| pincho | a shank | {m} [slang] |
| pindonga | A woman who spends much of her time outside of home and generally in bad company or in little respected occupations | {f} [slang] |
| pindárico | Pindaric | {adj} |
| pineal | pineal | {adj} |
| pinga | prick | {f} [Latin America, slang] |
| pingüe | abundant, copious | {adj} |
| pingüe | fat, plump | {adj} |
| pingüino | a student | {m} [Chile, colloquial] |
| pingüino | penguin | {m} |
| pingüino rey | king penguin | {m} |
| ping-pong | ping pong; table tennis | {m} |
| pino | pine | {m} |
| Pinocho | Pinocchio | {prop} |
| pinole | pinole | {m} [Latin America] |
| pinta | a small spot, dot or stain | {f} |
| pinta | look, appearance | {f} |
| pintamonas | A novice painter; a painter with poor skills | {mf} |
| pintar | to paint | {v} |
| pintarrajear | to daub | {v} |
| pintarse | reflexive form of pintar, to make up one's face | {vr} |
| pintarse | to color one's hair | {v} |
| pintarse | to put lipstick on oneself | {v} |
| pintón | attractive; handsome (with a connotation of relatively fair skin and wealth) | {adj} |
| pintón | ripening | {adj} [of fruit] |
| pintón | corn borer (Ostrinia) | {m} |
| pinto | clever, cunning | {adj} [Caribbean] |
| pinto | drunk | {adj} [Caribbean] |
| pinto | A meal served for lunch or dinner based on gallo pinto but also with a type of meat and possibly some extras | {adj} [Costa Rica] |
| pinto | spotted, pinto, blotchy | {adj} [Latin America] |
| pintor | painter | {m} |
| pintura | paint (colorant substance) | {f} |
| pintura | painting | {f} |
| pintura rupestre | cave painting | {f} |
| pinyin | pinyin | {adj} |
| Pinyin | Pinyin | {prop} |
| pinza | clamp (tool) | {f} |
| pinza | claw (pincer of a crustacean) | {f} |
| pinza | clothes peg | {f} |
| pinza | pincers | {f} |
| pinza | tweezers | {f} |
| pinzas | tweezers | {fp} |
| pinzón | finch (bird) | {m} |
| pinzón real | The brambling. A small bird | {m} |
| pinzón vulgar | The chaffinch, a small bird | {m} |
| piocha | badge | {f} [Chile] |
| piocha | goatee | {f} [Mexico] |
| piojento | lousy (infested with lice) | {adj} |
| piojento | Of, or relating to lice | {adj} |
| piojo | A louse; a kind of parasitic insect; lice | {m} |
| piojoso | lousy (infested with lice) | {adj} |
| piola | agreeable, charming, pleasant, having good countenance | {adj} |
| piola | a messy ending of old string or wires | {adj} |
| piola | awesome, astute, cool, quick witted | {adj} |
| piola | firecracker | {adj} |
| piola | thin rope | {adj} |
| pionero | pioneering | {adj} |
| pionero | pioneer | {m} |
| Pionyang | Pyongyang | {n} |
| piorrea | pyorrhea, pyorrhoea | {f} [pathology] |
| pipí | urine | {m} [infantile] |
| pipa | very good | {adv} [colloquial] |
| pipa | barrel | {f} |
| pipa | (smoking) pipe | {f} |
| Pipe | male given name | {prop} [Chile, informal] |
| Pipe | diminutive form of Felipe | {prop} |
| piperazina | piperazine | {f} [organic compound] |
| pipiolo | kid (young person) | {m} |
| pipiolo | newbie, noob | {m} |
| pipirigallo | sainfoin | {m} |
| pipón | having a protruding belly | {adj} [Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Perú] |
| pipón | having the appetite satisfied; stuffed, sated | {adj} [Uruguay, Argentina] |
| pipote | small barrel | {m} |
| pipote | garbage can | {m} [Venezuela] |
| pique | spade | {m} [card games] |
| pique | downward movement | {m} |
| pique | grudge match | {m} |
| pique | hit, fix (of drugs) | {m} |
| pique | rivalry, needle, loggerheads | {m} |
| piquete | injection | {m} |
| piquete | prick (in the skin) | {m} |
| piquete | shot, jab (with a syringe) | {m} |
| piquete | a small or medium amount of a strong alcoholic beverage (usually tequila, rum or brandy) poured in a non-alcoholic beverage, such as punch, coffee, juice, soda beverage, etc | {m} [slang, Mexico] |
| piquete | sting (bump in the skin made by an insect) | {m} |
| piquetear | to picket | {v} |
| pira | escape, flight | {f} |
| pira | pyre | {f} |
| piraña | piranha | {f} |
| pirado | crazy | {adj} [colloquial] |
| piragüismo | canoeing | {m} |
| piragüista | canoer, canoeist | {mf} |
| piragua | pirogue | {f} |
| piragua | piragua | {f} [Puerto Rico] |
| piramidal | triquetrum | {adj} [anatomy] |
| piramidal | pyramidal (pyramid-shaped) | {adj} |
| pirar | to go away | {vp} [colloquial] |
| pirata | pirate | {mf} |
| piratear | to pirate copy | {v} |
| piratear | to pirate, to hijack | {v} |
| piratería | piracy | {f} |
| pirazina | pyrazine | {f} [organic compound] |
| pirazol | pyrazole | {m} [organic compound] |
| piretrina | pyrethrin | {f} [organic compound] |
| piretroide | pyrethroid | {m} [organic compound] |
| pirógeno | pyrogen | {m} |
| piricuaco | (Nicaragua) (offensive) Sandinista soldier or combatant | {m} |
| piridazina | pyridazine | {f} [organic compound] |
| piridina | pyridine | {f} [organic compound] |
| pirimetamina | pyrimethamine | {f} [organic compound] |
| pirimidina | pyrimidine | {f} [organic compound] |
| Pirineos | Pyrenees | {prop} |
| pirinola | top (child’s spinning toy) | {f} [Latin America] |
| pirómano | arsonist | {m} |
| pirómano | pyromaniac | {m} |
| pirámide | pyramid | {f} |
| piro- | pyro- | {prefix} |
| pirofosfatasa | pyrophosphatase | {f} [enzyme] |
| pirofosfato | pyrophosphate | {f} [inorganic compound] |
| piromanía | pyromania | {f} |
| piropo | a type of red rock; garnet | {m} |
| piropo | compliment, flattering comment | {m} |
| pirotécnica | feminine form of pirotécnico | {f} |
| pirotécnico | pyrotechnic | {adj} |
| pirotécnico | pyrotechnist | {m} |
| pirotecnia | a factory of such materials | {f} |
| pirotecnia | fireworks or other explosive materials | {f} |
| pirotecnia | pyrotechnics | {f} |
| pirrol | pyrrole | {m} [organic compound] |
| pirrolisina | pyrrolysine | {f} [amino acid] |
| pirsin | piercing (hole for jewelry, and the jewelry itself) | {m} |
| pirueta | pirouette | {f} |
| piruja | prostitute | {f} [vulgar, Mexico] |
| piruleta | lollipop | {f} |
| piruvato | pyruvate | {m} [organic compound] |
| pirúvico | pyruvic | {adj} |
| pis | pee, wee | {m} |
| pisada | footstep, footprint | {f} |
| pisapapeles | paperweight | {m} |
| pisar | to step; to walk; to tread | {vi} |
| pisar | to walk on (something); to tread on (something) | {vt} |
| pisaverde | fop, coxcomb, popinjay, dandy | {m} [colloquial] |
| pisca | a bit | {f} |
| pisca | a soupçon | {f} |
| piscina | swimming pool | {f} |
| piscis | Born under the zodiac sign Pisces | {adj} |
| Piscis | Pisces (constellation) | {prop} |
| pisco | turkey (bird) | {m} [Colombia] |
| pisco | pisco (see "English" above) | {m} |
| piso | carpet | {m} [Chile] |
| piso | footstool | {m} [Chile] |
| piso | decker (bus, bed) | {m} |
| piso | flat | {m} |
| piso | floor | {m} |
| piso | story (level of a building) | {m} |
| pisotear | to trample | {v} |
| pista | (aviation) runway | {f} |
| pista | clue | {f} |
| pista | track | {f} |
| pistachero | pistachio (tree) | {m} |
| pistacho | pistachio (nut) | {m} |
| pistilo | pistil | {m} [botany] |
| pistón | piston | {m} |
| pistola | pistol; gun | {f} |
| pistola de aire | air pistol | {f} |
| pistolero | A gunman | {m} |
| pistolero | An armed bandit | {m} |
| pita | century plant (Agave americana) | {f} |
| pitagórico | Pythagorean | {adj} |
| pitahaya | dragon fruit | {f} |
| pitar | to referee | {v} [sports] |
| pitar | to whistle, buzz, beep, honk | {v} |
| pitido | whistle, beep (sound) | {m} |
| pitido final | final whistle | {m} |
| pitillo | drinking straw | {m} [Colombia, Venezuela] |
| pitón | python | {m} |
| pito | tobacco pipe | {m} [Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay] |
| pito | catcall | {m} |
| pito | coffee bean | {m} [Central America] |
| pito | fife | {m} |
| pito | cigarette, especially weed cigarette | {m} [slang, Latin American Spanish] |
| pito | whistle | {m} |
| pito | woodpecker | {m} |
| pitonisa | diviner, foreteller | {f} |
| pitonisa | Pythia (priestess presiding over the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi) | {f} [historical] |
| pitonisa | magician | {f} |
| pitufa | feminine form of pitufo | {f} |
| pitufo | municipal policeman | {m} [colloquial] |
| pitufo | small child | {m} [colloquial] |
| pitufo | smurf | {m} |
| pituitario | pituitary | {adj} |
| pituso | cute | {adj} |
| piure | Edible tunicate (Pyura chilensis) | {m} |
| piyama | pyjamas | {m} |
| pizarra | blackboard, chalkboard | {f} [education] |
| pizarra | shale | {f} [geology] |
| pizarra | scoreboard | {f} [sports] |
| pizarrón | chalkboard, blackboard | {m} [education] |
| pizca | a little bit | {f} |
| pizca | pinch | {f} |
| pizca | whit | {f} |
| pizote | white-nosed coati (Nasua narica) | {m} |
| pizza | pizza | {f} |
| pizzería | pizzeria | {f} |
| pájaro | bird (usually a small bird capable of flying) | {m} |
| pájaro | Person of questionable or shady character, or involved in dubious affairs | {m} [colloquial, Spain] |
| pájaro | homosexual | {m} [Dominican Republic, slang] |
| pájaro carpintero | woodpecker | {m} |
| póker | poker (card game) | {m} |
| placa | badge | {f} |
| placa | choppers (artificial teeth) | {f} |
| placa | plate | {f} |
| placa | shield, sign | {f} |
| placa base | motherboard | {f} [computing] |
| placa madre | motherboard | {f} [computing] |
| placebo | placebo | {m} |
| placentero | pleasant (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) | {adj} |
| placer | placer | {m} [geology, mining] |
| placer | sandbank | {m} [nautical] |
| placer | pleasure; something done to please | {m} |
| placer | to please (somebody) | {v} [literary] |
| placidez | calm, placidness | {f} |
| plaga | nuisance | {f} |
| plaga | plague | {f} |
| plagar | to become full of, become infested | {vr} [colloquial] |
| plagar | to fill, infest | {vt} [colloquial] |
| plagar | to plague | {vt} [context] |
| plagiador | plagiarist; one who plagiarizes | {m} |
| plagiar | (americanismo) to capture, abduct, kidnap | {v} |
| plagiar | to plagiarize | {v} |
| plagiario | of or pertaining to plagiarism | {adj} |
| plagiario | plagiarist | {m} |
| plagio | plagiarism | {m} |
| plaguicida | pesticide | {f} |
| plañir | to cry and groan | {v} |
| plan | mood | {m} [colloquial] |
| plan | intention | {m} |
| plan | plan | {m} |
| planar | planar (relating to a plane) | {adj} |
| plancha | an iron (for ironing clothes) | {f} |
| plancha | bellyflop | {f} |
| plancha | embarrassing mistake | {f} |
| plancha | grill (for cooking) | {f} |
| plancha | ironing | {f} |
| plancha | push-up (exercise) | {f} |
| plancha | slab | {f} |
| planchar | to talk or chat romantically someone with his/her girlfriend/boyfriend, usually inside home, in porch or in a public place, without apparent sexual proposals | {v} [Mexico] |
| planchar | to iron | {v} |
| planchar la oreja | to hit the sack | {v} |
| planchas | push-up | {fp} [pluralonly] |
| planctónico | planktonic | {adj} |
| plancton | plankton | {m} [biology] |
| planeado | planned | {adj} |
| planear | to plan | {v} |
| planear | to plane, glide (fly unpowered, of a bird or plane) | {v} |
| planeo | gliding flight, volplane (unpowered flight, of a bird or plane) | {m} |
| planeta | planet | {m} |
| planeta enano | dwarf planet | {m} |
| planetario | planetary | {adj} |
| planetario | planetarium | {m} |
| planetología | planetology | {f} [astronomy] |
| planicidad | flatness | {f} |
| planificación | planification | {f} |
| planificar | to plan, arrange beforehand | {v} |
| planilla | form | {f} [Latin America] |
| planilla | list | {f} |
| planilla | payroll | {f} |
| plano | flat | {adj} |
| plano | plane, level | {adj} |
| plano | shot | {m} [cinematography] |
| plano | plane (flat surface extending infinitely in all directions) | {m} [geometry] |
| plano | level | {m} |
| plano | plan (of a building) | {m} |
| plano | street plan, map of a city | {m} |
| plano acotado | contour map | {m} |
| plano cartesiano | Cartesian plane | {m} |
| planta | sole | {f} [anatomy] |
| planta | floor, level of a high building | {f} |
| planta | plant (factory) | {f} |
| planta | plant (organism of the kingdom Plantae) | {f} |
| planta | sole (bottom of a shoe or boot) | {f} |
| plantación | plantation | {f} |
| plantador | dibber, dibbler (person) | {m} |
| plantador | dibber, dibble (tool) | {m} |
| plantador | planter | {m} |
| planta obediente | arrowroot | {f} |
| plantar | to plant | {v} |
| planteamiento | planning | {m} |
| plantear | to suggest | {v} |
| plantígrado | plantigrade | {adj} [zoology] |
| plantígrado | plantigrade | {m} [zoology] |
| plantilla | template | {f} |
| plaqueta | platelet | {f} |
| plasma | plasma | {m} [physics, biology] |
| plasmar | to express, represent, give shape to | {v} |
| plasminógeno | plasmin | {m} [enzyme] |
| plasmático | of or relating to plasma, plasmatic | {adj} |
| plasta | annoying or stupid person | {f} [colloquial] |
| plasta | flattened object | {f} |
| plasta | lump, soft mass of matter | {f} |
| plasta | plasticine, modelling clay | {f} |
| -plastia | -plasty | {suffix} |
| plasticidad | plasticity | {f} |
| plastificar | to plasticise | {v} |
| plastilina | plasticine | {f} |
| plasto | plastid | {m} [biology] |
| plastocianina | plastocyanin | {f} [protein] |
| plastrón | plastron | {m} [zoology] |
| plató | stage, set (at TV or movies) | {m} |
| plata | money | {f} [Latin America] |
| plata | silver | {f} |
| plataforma | platform | {f} |
| plataforma de hielo flotante | ice shelf | {f} |
| platanal | piece of land cultivating plantains | {m} |
| plateado | silver (colour) | {adj} |
| plateado | silver (color/colour) | {m} |
| platería | silver shop / store | {f} |
| platicar | to chat | {v} |
| platillo | saucer | {m} |
| platillo | stew | {m} |
| platillo volador | flying saucer (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) | {m} |
| platillo volante | flying saucer (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) | {m} |
| platina | platinum | {f} [archaic] |
| platina | stage (of a microscope) | {f} |
| platino | platinum | {m} |
| platinoso | platinous | {adj} [chemistry] |
| Platón | Plato | {prop} |
| platónico | Platonic | {adj} |
| platónico | Platonist | {m} |
| plato | plate, dish | {m} |
| playa | beach | {f} |
| playera | t-shirt | {f} [Mexico] |
| playero | of the beach | {adj} |
| playón | augmentative form of playa | {m} |
| plaza | fortified town | {f} |
| plaza | plaza, town square | {f} |
| plazo | installment, payment | {m} |
| plazo | period, term (time limit) | {m} |
| plazoleta | a small town square | {f} |
| plácido | placid | {adj} |
| píldora | pill | {f} |
| píldora del día después | morning-after pill | {f} |
| plebe | plebs | {f} [historical] |
| plebe | plebeians, common people | {f} |
| plebe | kid, child | {mf} [colloquial, Sinaloa, Mexico] |
| plebeya | feminine form of plebeyo | {f} |
| plebeyo | commoner | {m} |
| plebeyo | plebeian | {m} [historical] |
| plegable | foldable | {adj} |
| plegamiento | folding | {m} |
| plegar | to fold | {v} |
| plegaria | intercession (prayer) | {f} |
| plegaria | request, asking, prayer | {f} |
| pleito | argument | {m} [Latin America] |
| pleito | fight | {m} [Latin America] |
| pleito | lawsuit | {m} |
| plenamente | fully | {adv} |
| plenipotenciario | plenipotentiary | {adj} |
| plenipotenciario | plenipotentiary | {m} |
| plenitud | plenitude | {f} |
| pleno | broad, full | {adj} |
| pleno | plenary | {adj} |
| pleonasmo | pleonasm | {m} |
| pletórico | plethoric | {adj} [medicine] |
| pletórico | plethoric; overabundant | {adj} |
| pálida | pallor, paleness (due to drug abuse or sickness) | {f} [colloquial, Chile, Argentina] |
| pálido | ashen | {adj} |
| pálido | pale | {adj} |
| pliego | document, folder | {m} |
| pliego | sheet (of paper) | {m} |
| pliegue | A fold or crease | {m} |
| pólipo | polyp | {m} [medicine, biology] |
| plisar | to pleat | {v} |
| póliza | insurance policy | {f} |
| plúmbeo | leaden (made of or resembling lead) | {adj} |
| plomero | plumber | {m} [Latin American Spanish] |
| plomo | (color) grey | {m} |
| plomo | lead | {m} |
| píloro | pylorus | {m} [anatomy] |
| plúot | pluot | {f} |
| púlpito | pulpit (raised platform in church) | {m} |
| pléroma | pleroma | {f} [gnosticism] |
| púlsar | pulsar | {m} [astronomy] |
| plásmido | plasmid | {m} |
| plástico | plastic (constructed of plastic) | {adj} |
| plástico | plastic (a stiff but usually slightly flexible synthetic material) | {m} |
| plátano | banana | {m} |
| plátano | plantain (the plant and fruit related to banana, not the Plantago genus) | {m} |
| plátano | sycamore, plane, a tree belonging to the Platanus family | {m} [Spain] |
| plática | discussion; chat | {f} |
| plétora | plethora (all senses) | {f} |
| pluma | feather | {f} |
| pluma | pen (for writing) | {f} |
| pluma de indio | Any of several species of bromeliad in the genus Vriesia (Bromeliaceae) | {f} |
| pluma de indio | The croton, a species of euphorb in the genus Codiaeum (Euphorbiaceae) | {f} |
| plumaje | plumage (feathers) | {m} |
| plumón | comforter, duvet | {m} |
| plumón | marker | {m} |
| pluot | pluot | {m} |
| pluoto | pluot | {m} |
| plural | plural, multiple | {adj} |
| plural | plural | {m} [grammar] |
| pluralidad | plurality | {f} |
| pluricelular | multicellular | {adj} [biology] |
| plurilingüe | multilingual | {adj} |
| pluscuamperfecto | pluperfect | {adj} |
| pluscuamperfecto | pluperfect tense | {m} |
| plusvalía | capital gain or capital gains | {f} |
| plutón | pluton | {m} [mineralogy] |
| Plutón | Pluto | {prop} [mythology] |
| Plutón | Pluto (planet) | {prop} |
| plutónico | plutonic | {adj} [mineralogy] |
| plutocracia | plutocracy | {f} |
| plutocrático | plutocratic | {adj} |
| plutonio | plutonium | {m} |
| pluvioso | pluvious | {adj} |
| pluvioso | rainy | {adj} |
| pluviselva | rainforest | {f} |
| pélvico | pelvic | {adj} |
| pólvora | gunpowder | {f} |
| p. m. | p.m. | {abbr} |
| pómulo | cheekbone | {m} |
| páncreas | pancreas | {m} |
| Píndaro | Pindar | {prop} |
| péndola | pendulum | {f} |
| péndola | pen, quill | {f} |
| péndulo | pendulum | {m} |
| pánico | panic | {m} |
| Pánuco | a river in North-Eastern Mexico, which flows out in the Gulf of Mexico, by Tampico | {prop} |
| PNV | Basque Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Vasco in Spanish) | {initialism} [politics] |
| pío | pious | {adj} |
| po | emphatical | {interj} [colloquial, Chile] |
| Pío | male given name | {prop} |
| población | population | {f} |
| población | town, village | {f} |
| poblado | having people, populous, populated | {adj} |
| poblado | settlement (village) | {m} |
| poblamiento | (act of) population | {m} |
| poblano | Of or pertaining to the Mexican state of Puebla | {adj} |
| poblano | poblano (chile pepper) | {m} |
| poblar | to populate | {v} |
| pobre | poor | {adj} |
| pobrecillo | diminutive form of pobre; poor thing | {m} |
| pobrecito | diminutive form of pobre; poor thing | {m} |
| pobremente | poorly | {adv} |
| pobreza | poverty | {f} |
| pocha | a Mexican American female who speaks poor or broken Spanish, and has become a gringa | {f} [slang] |
| pocho | sick | {adj} [Spain, of a person] |
| pocho | rotten | {adj} [Spain, of fruit] |
| pocho | a Mexican American who speaks poor or broken Spanish, and has become a gringo | {m} [slang] |
| pocilga | pigsty | {f} |
| pocillo | bowl, dish | {m} |
| pocillo | small coffee cup, mug | {m} [Latin America] |
| poción | potion | {f} |
| poco | few | {adj} |
| poco | little, not much | {adj} |
| poco | short (time) | {adj} |
| poco | little, not much | {adv} |
| poco | little | {m} |
| poco a poco | little by little, step by step, gradually | {adv} |
| poco hecho | rare (cooked very lightly) | {adj} |
| poco o nada | hardly at all; barely at all | {adv} [idiomatic] |
| podadera | billhook (tool used for pruning) | {f} |
| podar | to prune | {v} |
| podenco ibicenco | Ibizan Hound | {m} |
| poder | authorization | {m} |
| poder | power, reign | {m} |
| poder | proxy (written certificate of authority to act for another) | {m} |
| poder | to be able, can | {v} |
| poder con | to cope | {v} |
| poder con | to manage | {v} |
| poderoso | powerful | {adj} |
| podiatra | podiatrist | {m} [Latin America] |
| podio | podium | {m} |
| -podo | -pod | {suffix} |
| podredumbre | putrefaction | {f} |
| podrido | rotten | {adj} |
| poema | poem | {m} |
| poesía | poetry | {f} |
| poeta | A poet | {mf} |
| poetisa | poetess (female poet) | {f} |
| pogromo | pogrom | {m} |
| polaca | feminine form of polaco | {f} |
| polaco | Polish (from or native to Poland) | {adj} |
| polaco | Polish (pertaining to Poland) | {adj} |
| polaco | a Catalan (derogatory) | {m} |
| polaco | a Pole (person from Poland) | {m} |
| polaco | the Polish language | {prop} |
| polaina | gaiter, spat | {f} |
| polar | polar | {adj} |
| polarización | polarization | {f} |
| polarizar | to polarize | {v} |
| polea | pulley | {f} |
| polen | pollen | {m} |
| polenta | polenta | {f} |
| poleo | pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) | {m} |
| polera | shirt | {f} |
| polígamo | polygamous | {adj} |
| polígloto | multilingual (written in multiple languages) | {adj} |
| polígloto | polyglot (of a person, able to speak multiple language) | {adj} |
| polígloto | A multilingual Christian Bible | {m} |
| polígloto | a polyglot (one who is able to speak multiple language) | {m} |
| polígono | industrial park | {m} |
| polígono | polygon | {m} |
| polígono regular | regular polygon | {m} [geometry] |
| polígrafo | polygraph | {m} |
| poli | police | {f} [colloquial] |
| poli | cop | {mf} [colloquial] |
| poli- | poly- | {prefix} |
| poliaceno | acene | {m} [organic compound] |
| poliamina | polyamine | {f} [organic chemistry] |
| poliandria | polyandry | {f} |
| poliarquía | polyarchy | {f} |
| policía | police department, or police force | {f} |
| policía | police officer. Normally policeman | {m} |
| policíaco | Of the police or a detective, | {adj} |
| policíaco | Related to the police | {adj} |
| policía femenino | policewoman | {m} |
| policarbonato | polycarbonate | {m} |
| policía secreta | secret police | {f} |
| policíclico | polycyclic | {adj} |
| policiaco | Of the police or a detective | {adj} |
| policial | Related to the police | {adj} |
| policial | police officer | {m} |
| policial | whodunit | {m} |
| policlorado | polychlorinated | {adj} |
| policloruro | polychloride | {m} [chemistry] |
| policromo | varicolored (US), varicoloured (UK) | {adj} |
| poliedro | polyhedron | {m} [geometry] |
| polietileno | polyethylene | {m} [organic chemistry] |
| polifenol | polyphenol | {m} [organic compound] |
| polifosfato | polyphosphate | {m} [chemistry] |
| poligalacturonasa | polygalacturonase | {f} [enzyme] |
| poligamia | polygamy (all senses) | {f} |
| poliglotismo | polyglotism | {m} |
| poligloto | alternative form of polígloto | {m} |
| poliinsaturado | polyunsaturated | {adj} |
| polilla | cause of progressive destruction | {f} |
| polilla | moth, grub, woodworm, bookworm | {f} |
| polimerasa | polymerase | {f} [enzyme] |
| polimorfismo | polymorphism | {m} |
| polimérico | polymeric | {adj} |
| polinia | polynya | {f} |
| polinómico | polynomial | {adj} |
| polinomio | polynomial | {m} |
| polinomio característico | characteristic polynomial | {m} [linear algebra] |
| polinuclear | polynuclear | {adj} |
| polinucleótido | polynucleotide | {m} [biochemistry] |
| poliol | polyol | {m} [organic chemistry] |
| polipéptido | polypeptide | {m} [protein] |
| polir | to polish | {v} [obsolete] |
| poliárquico | polyarchic | {adj} |
| polis | polis | {f} |
| polisacárido | polysaccharide | {m} [carbohydrates] |
| polisemia | polysemy | {f} |
| polisintético | polysynthetic | {adj} |
| polisílabo | polysyllabic | {adj} [linguistics] |
| polisémico | polysemous, polysemic | {adj} |
| polista | polo player | {mf} |
| poliéster | polyester | {m} [chemistry] |
| politerpeno | polyterpene | {m} [organic compound] |
| politerpenoide | polyterpenoid | {m} [organic compound] |
| politeísmo | polytheism | {m} |
| politeísta | polytheistic | {adj} |
| politicastro | corrupt politician | {m} |
| politicización | politicization | {f} |
| politólogo | political scientist | {m} |
| politopo | polytope | {m} [geometry] |
| polla | A beverage made with milk, eggs, cinnamon, and, in Mexico, with sherry liquor added | {f} |
| polla | Young hen, pullet | {f} |
| pollería | An establishment or location where poultry is sold | {f} |
| pollerín | skirt | {f} |
| pollerudo | henpecked | {adj} |
| pollito | young child | {m} [colloquial] |
| pollito | young chicken | {m} |
| pollo | chicken | {m} |
| pollo | unexperienced | {m} [Chile, slang] |
| polluela | feminine form of polluelo | {f} |
| polluelo | chick (young bird) | {m} |
| polímata | polymath | {mf} |
| polímero | polymer | {m} [chemistry] |
| polémica | controversy, polemic | {f} |
| polémico | controversial, polemic | {adj} |
| polo | pole | {m} |
| polo | polo (ball game) | {m} |
| polo | polo shirt | {m} |
| polo aquático | water polo | {m} |
| polola | girlfriend | {f} [Chile] |
| pololear | : to court, woo | {v} [Chile, colloquial] |
| pololear | : to go steady | {v} [Chile, colloquial] |
| pololo | boyfriend (partner in a romantic relationship) | {m} [Chile] |
| Polonia | Poland | {prop} |
| polonio | polonium | {m} |
| polono | Polish (from or native to Poland) | {adj} [obsolete] |
| polono | Polish (pertaining to Poland) | {adj} [obsolete] |
| polonés | Polish (from or native to Poland) | {adj} |
| polonés | Polish (pertaining to Poland) | {adj} |
| polonés | A piece of music imitative of Polish dances | {m} [music] |
| polo Sur | South Pole | {prop} |
| política | feminine form of político (female) politician | {f} |
| política | policy | {f} |
| política | politics | {f} |
| políticamente | politically | {adv} |
| político | in-law | {adj} |
| político | political | {adj} |
| político | politician | {m} |
| poltrona | armchair | {f} |
| polución | pollution | {f} |
| polvera | powder compact | {f} |
| polvo | dust | {m} |
| polvo | powder | {m} |
| polvo de hornear | baking powder (a dry leavening agent used in baking) | {m} |
| polvoriento | dusty | {adj} |
| polvorín | gunpowder | {m} |
| polvorín | minefield, warzone | {m} |
| polvorín | powder keg | {m} |
| polvorón | A type of shortbread made of flour, sugar, milk, and nuts popular in Spain and Latin America and other ex-spanish colonies such as the Philippines during Christmas | {m} |
| polvos de talco | talcum powder | {m} |
| poma | fruit | {f} [poetic, literary] |
| poma | apple | {f} [rare] |
| pomada | salve, ointment, cream | {f} |
| pomelo | grapefruit | {m} |
| pomelo | pomelo | {m} |
| pompa | boastfulness, ostentation | {f} |
| pompa | bubble | {f} |
| pompa | buttock | {f} [Mexico] |
| pompa | pomp | {f} |
| pompa | pump | {f} |
| pompa | solemn procession | {f} |
| pompis | butt | {m} |
| pompo | blunt, worn down | {adj} [Colombia, of a pointed object] |
| pomposamente | pompously | {adv} |
| ponchar | to punch in/out (at work) | {v} |
| ponchar | to strike out | {v} |
| ponche | punch (drink) | {m} |
| poncho | poncho | {m} |
| ponderación | praise | {f} |
| ponderación | weighting, calculation | {f} |
| ponderador | one who ponders | {mf} |
| ponderador | one who weighs | {mf} |
| ponderar | to ponder or consider | {v} |
| ponderar | to weight | {v} |
| ponencia | report, presentation, address | {f} |
| ponente | A proposer of a motion | {mf} |
| ponente | A speaker at a meeting, or congress | {mf} |
| poner | to play | {v} [electronics] |
| poner | (of a heavenly body) to sink beneath the horizon | {vi} |
| poner | to get | {vr} |
| poner | to name, to give a nickname | {vr} |
| poner | to put on (clothing, shoes) | {vr} |
| poner | to contribute; to bring | {vt} [Mexico, slang] |
| poner | to put | {vtr} [reflexive, or, non-reflexive] |
| poner | To turn on | {vt} [Spain, colloquial] |
| poner | to choose, to designate (for a job, charge or responsibility) | {vt} |
| poner | to set | {vt} |
| poner el carro delante de los bueyes | put the cart before the horse | {phrase} |
| poner la pelota en juego | get the ball rolling | {v} [idiomatic] |
| ponerle el cascabel al gato | bell the cat | {v} |
| poner los cuernos | to cheat on, put horns on | {v} [idiomatic] |
| ponerse | reflexive form of poner, to put on, as in clothing | {vr} |
| ponerse | to become (used with adjective) | {v} |
| ponerse | to begin doing something | {v} |
| ponerse | to set (sun) | {v} |
| ponerse a | to begin to | {v} |
| ponerse las pilas | To pull up one's socks; get one's act together | {v} [idiomatic] |
| pongo | orangutan | {m} |
| poni | pony | {m} |
| poniente | setting (sun or star) | {adj} |
| poniente | west, western | {adj} |
| poniente | west | {m} |
| pontevedrés | From Pontevedra | {adj} |
| pontevedrés | Someone from Pontevedra | {m} |
| pontífice | pontifex | {m} |
| pontífice | pontiff | {m} |
| pontificalmente | pontifically | {adv} |
| pontificio | papal | {adj} |
| pontificio | pontifical | {adj} |
| ponzoña | poison | {f} |
| ponzoña | venom | {f} |
| ponzoñoso | poisonous, venomous, toxic | {adj} |
| pop | popcorn | {m} [Uruguay] |
| popó | excrement, poo | {m} [infantile, Argentina, Uruguay] |
| popó | butt | {m} [infantile, Chile] |
| popó | excrement, poo | {m} [Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia] |
| popa | stern | {f} |
| poplíteo | popliteal | {n} |
| Popo | A popular nickname for the volcano Popocatépetl in Mexico | {prop} |
| Popocatépetl | Popocatépetl | {prop} |
| popote | drinking straw | {m} [Mexico] |
| popular | popular | {adj} |
| popularidad | popularity | {f} |
| popularización | popularization | {f} |
| popularizar | To popularise (UK), to popularize (US) | {v} |
| populista | populist | {adj} |
| populista | populist | {mf} |
| populoso | populous | {adj} |
| popurrí | medley | {m} [music] |
| popurrí | potpourri (collection of various things) | {m} |
| poquito | diminutive | {adj} |
| poquito | tiny, very small | {adj} |
| por | by | {prep} |
| por | due to | {prep} |
| por | for | {prep} |
| por | through | {prep} |
| por | over | {prep} [used with directions] |
| por añadidura | in addition | {adv} |
| por ahora | for now | {adv} |
| por casualidad | by chance | {adv} |
| porcelana | porcelain | {f} |
| porcentaje | percentage | {m} |
| porche | veranda, verandah; stoop; porch | {m} |
| porción | part (fraction of a whole) | {f} |
| porción | portion | {f} |
| por Dios | for God's sake, by God | {interj} |
| por Dios bendito | good Lord!, good heavens | {phrase} |
| pordiosear | to beg | {v} |
| pordiosera | feminine form of pordiosero | {f} |
| pordiosero | beggar | {m} |
| por ejemplo | for example; for instance; e.g. | {adv} |
| por el amor de Dios | for God's sake | {interj} |
| por eso | therefore, that is why | {conj} |
| por eso | I mean(t) that | {interj} |
| porfa | please | {adv} [informal] |
| porfía | obstinacy | {f} |
| por favor | Please | {interj} |
| porfiadamente | obstinately, pertinaciously, contentiously | {adv} |
| porfiado | stubborn, obstinate | {adj} |
| porfiar | to insist, persist | {v} |
| por fin | finally, at last | {adv} [idiomatic] |
| porfirina | porphyrin | {f} [organic compound] |
| por h o por b | for one reason or another | {adv} [idiomatic] |
| por la boca muere el pez | by its mouth the fish dies, meaning what you say can do you harm | {phrase} |
| por la espalda | behind someone's back | {adv} [idiomatic] |
| por las nubes | sky-high, through the roof, at an extortionate price | {adj} [idiomatic] |
| por lo común | generally, in general, commonly | {adv} [idiomatic] |
| por lo demás | otherwise. In all other respects | {adv} |
| por lo general | generally, in general | {adv} [idiomatic] |
| por lo menos | at least | {adv} |
| por lo poco que sé | for all I know | {phrase} |
| por lo tanto | consequently | {adv} |
| por lo tanto | therefore | {adv} |
| por lo tanto | thus (in this way or manner) | {adv} |
| pormenor | circumstance | {m} |
| pormenorizar | To describe in great detail | {v} |
| por menudo | in detail | {adv} |
| por menudo | in installments | {adv} |
| por más que | however much; however many | {conj} |
| por mucho que | alternative form of por más que | {conj} |
| Porón | Mount Porón, location of the Spanish village of Benarrabá, province of Málaga in southern Spain | {prop} |
| por no hablar de | not to mention | {conj} [idiomatic] |
| poro | pore | {m} |
| porosidad | porosity | {f} |
| poroso | porous | {adj} |
| poroto | bean | {m} [Latin American Spanish] |
| por otra parte | on the other hand | {adv} |
| por otra parte | otherwise. In all other respects | {adv} |
| por otro lado | on the other hand | {adv} |
| por poco | almost | {adv} |
| por qué | For what reason; why | {adv} |
| porqué | a reason (e.g. the reason why something happens) | {m} |
| porque | because | {conj} |
| porquería | crap, trash | {f} |
| porquería | filth | {f} |
| por qué no te callas | "Why don’t you shut up already?" | {phrase} |
| porra | club, policeman's night stick | {f} |
| porra | thick type of churro | {f} |
| porrazo | hit; whack | {n} [colloquial] |
| porrista | cheerleader | {mf} |
| porro | stupid | {adj} [colloquial] |
| porro | joint, reefer | {m} |
| porro | leek | {m} [plants] |
| por si acaso | just in case | {adv} |
| por si las moscas | just in case | {adv} [colloquial] |
| por sistema | systematically | {adv} [idiomatic] |
| por sí mismo | on one's own | {adv} |
| por sí solo | on one's own | {adv} |
| por suerte | luckily | {adv} |
| por supuesto | certainly (affirmative answer) | {adv} |
| por supuesto | for sure | {adv} |
| por supuesto | of course | {adv} |
| portaaviones | aircraft carrier | {m} |
| portabilidad | portability (often of computer software) | {f} |
| portada | main page (of a website) | {f} |
| portada | portal | {f} |
| portador | carrier | {m} |
| portadora | feminine form of portador | {f} |
| portafolio | A portfolio, a case for carrying papers | {m} |
| portafolios | a portfolio, a case for carrying papers | {m} |
| portal | portal; porch | {m} |
| portaminas | mechanical pencil | {m} |
| portamonedas | purse, coin purse | {m} |
| por tanto | consequently | {adv} |
| por tanto | therefore | {adv} |
| por tanto | thus (in this way or manner) | {adv} |
| portaobjetos | slide (of microscope) | {m} |
| portapapeles | clipboard | {m} |
| portar | To bear; to carry | {v} |
| portatrajes | suit bag | {m} |
| portavoz | megaphone | {m} |
| portavoz | spokesperson | {m} |
| portazo | door slam | {m} |
| porte | carriage, carrying | {m} |
| portentosamente | prodigiously | {adv} |
| portentoso | prodigious, wonderful, marvelous, portentous | {adj} |
| porteño | Native to or inhabiting a port town | {adj} |
| porteño | Native to or inhabiting the port town of Buenos Aires | {adj} |
| porteño | A person native to or inhabiting the port town of Buenos Aires | {m} |
| portería | lobby of a hotel | {f} |
| portería | reception desk | {f} |
| portería | goal (structure) | {f} [sports] |
| portero | gatekeeper | {m} |
| portero | porter | {m} |
| portero | goalkeeper | {m} [sports] |
| portón | portal | {m} |
| portátil | portable | {adj} |
| portátil | notebook (computer) | {m} |
| portuense | from or pertaining to a port city | {adj} |
| Portugal | Portugal | {prop} |
| portugués | Portuguese (from or native to Portugal) | {adj} |
| portugués | Portuguese (pertaining to Portugal) | {adj} |
| portugués | Portuguese (language) | {prop} |
| por un lado | on the one hand | {adv} |
| por un tubo | in waves (in a large quantity) | {adv} [colloquial] |
| porvenir | future, prospects, potential | {m} |
| pos | after, behind | {prep} [archaic] |
| posada | hotel | {f} [antiquated] |
| posar | to pose | {v} |
| posavasos | coaster (used to prevent drinking vessels from leaving marks on a table) | {m} [cup-surface barrier] |
| posdata | post scriptum | {m} |
| poseído | possessed (controlled by evil spirits) | {adj} |
| poseedor | owning | {adj} |
| poseedor | owner | {m} |
| poseer | to sexually penetrate | {v} [figuratively, educated] |
| poseer | to possess, to own, to hold, to have | {v} |
| posesión | possession | {f} |
| posesivo | possessive | {adj} |
| posesor | possessor | {m} |
| posibilidad | possibility | {f} |
| posibilitar | to make possible | {v} |
| posible | possible | {adj} |
| posiblemente | possibly | {adv} |
| posición | position | {f} |
| posicionar | to position | {v} |
| positivamente | positively | {adv} |
| positivo | positive | {adj} |
| positrón | positron | {m} |
| positrónico | positronic | {adj} |
| positronio | positronium | {m} |
| posmodernismo | postmodernism | {m} |
| poso | dregs, grounds (sediments of a drink) | {m} |
| posponer | to postpone | {v} |
| post- | post- | {prefix} |
| posta | really, truth | {interj} |
| postal | postal | {adj} |
| postal | postcard | {f} |
| postcoital | postcoital | {adj} |
| poste | post (of wood) | {m} |
| postergar | to postpone | {vt} |
| posteridad | posterity | {f} |
| posterior | posterior, later | {adj} |
| posterioridad | posteriority | {f} |
| posteriormente | afterwards, later | {adv} |
| postestructuralismo | poststructuralism | {m} [philosophy] |
| postilla | postil, marginal note | {f} |
| postilla | scab | {f} |
| postilloso | scabbed | {adj} |
| postimpresionismo | postimpressionism | {m} [arts] |
| postizo | false, artificial | {adj} |
| postizo | switch (whip) | {m} |
| postor | bidder | {m} |
| postración | depression | {f} |
| postración | prostration | {f} |
| postrar | to debilitate | {v} |
| postre | dessert; sweet | {m} |
| postreramente | ultimately, lastly | {adv} |
| postrero | last; final | {adj} |
| postulante | candidate | {m} |
| postular | to apply, for example to a job. Se postuló para un trabajo - He applied for a job | {v} |
| postular | to nominate | {v} |
| postular | to postulate | {v} |
| postura | position | {f} |
| postura | posture, attitude | {f} |
| posventa | after-sales | {adj} |
| potabilización | purification (often, of water) | {f} |
| potabilizar | to make something drinkable | {v} |
| potable | potable | {adj} |
| potaje | a broth or beverage containing a mélange of ingredients | {m} |
| potaje | broth, stew | {m} |
| potaje | farrago, mishmash (a confused mixture of things) | {m} |
| potaje | dry legumes | {m} [plural] |
| potarro | European flying squid (Todarodes sagittatus) | {m} |
| potasio | potassium | {m} |
| pote | pot | {m} |
| pote | stew | {m} |
| potencia | powerlifting | {f} |
| potencia | power, potency | {f} |
| potencial | potential | {adj} |
| potencial | conditional tense | {m} |
| potencial | potential | {m} |
| potencialidad | potentiality | {f} |
| potencialidad | virtuality | {f} |
| potencialmente | potentially | {adv} |
| potenciar | to promote | {v} |
| potente | powerful | {adj} |
| potentemente | potently | {adv} |
| potentemente | powerfully | {adv} |
| potentisimo | most powerful | {adj} |
| potestad | power | {f} [mathematics] |
| poéticamente | poetically | {adv} |
| poético | poetic | {adj} |
| Potiphar | Potiphar | {prop} |
| poto | butt | {m} [Chile, Guatemala] |
| poto | buttocks | {m} [Chile, Guatemala] |
| potosino | Of or pertaining to the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí | {adj} |
| potra | (young) mare | {f} |
| potrero | enclosed pasture that is (overgrazed) common land | {m} |
| potrero | long mesa on the flank of a mountain | {m} |
| potrero | ranch or open range where horses are raised | {m} |
| potrero | wrangler (of horses) | {m} |
| potro | colt | {m} [mammals] |
| potro | (young) stallion | {m} [mammals] |
| potro | vault, vaulting horse | {m} [sports] |
| potro | rack | {m} [torture] |
| potásico | potassium | {adj} |
| POUM | Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista. An anti-Stalinist, revolutionary, communist party formed in Spain in 1935, which was active during the Spanish Civil War | {initialism} [politics] |
| poyo | A bench of stone or other material that is attached to a door | {m} |
| pozas de marea | tidepools | {f} |
| pozo | well; hole in the ground as a source of water or other fluids | {m} |
| pozo atesiano | artesian well | {m} |
| pozole | A drink made from purple maize and sugar | {m} [Honduras] |
| pozole | pozole | {m} [Mexico] |
| pozo termal | hot spring; thermal spring | {m} [usually plural] |
| PP | ido Popular | {prop} |
| PPP | Partido Popular Progresista | {initialism} |
| PPSOE | Contraction from PSOE (Partido Socialista Obrero Español) and PP (Partido Popular) often used by critics to denote their similar positions | {initialism} |
| péptido | peptide | {m} |
| póquer | poker (card game) | {m} |
| practicante | practiser | {mf} |
| practicar | to exercise | {vit} |
| practicar | to practice | {vt} |
| pradera | pasture | {f} |
| prado | meadow | {m} |
| Praga | Prague (capital of the Czech Republic) | {prop} |
| pragmática | A law emanating from a competent Spanish authority, but technically differing from a royal decree or command in the formalities of its publication | {f} [legal, obsolete] |
| pragmático | pragmatic | {adj} |
| páramo | wasteland, badlands | {m} |
| praseodimio | praseodymium | {m} |
| prócer | national or cultural hero | {m} |
| práctica | practice | {f} |
| prácticamente | practically | {adv} |
| práctico | practical | {adj} |
| pérdida | leak | {f} |
| pérdida | loss | {f} |
| pródigo | lavish, prodigal | {adj} |
| preñado | pregnant | {adj} |
| preñar | make pregnant | {vt} |
| prebélico | antebellum | {adj} |
| preboste | provost | {m} |
| precario | poor | {adjm} |
| precaución | precaution | {f} |
| precautorio | precautionary | {adj} |
| precaver | to prevent | {v} |
| precavidamente | cautiously | {adv} |
| precedente | previous, preceding, foregoing | {adj} |
| precedente | precedent | {m} |
| preceder | to precede | {v} |
| precepto | precept | {m} |
| preciado | precious | {adj} |
| preciado | valuable | {adj} |
| preciarse | to have self-pride; to value oneself | {v} |
| precinto | precinct | {m} |
| precio | price | {m} |
| precio | worth; cost | {m} |
| preciosidad | preciosity | {f} |
| preciosidad | preciousness, prettiness | {f} |
| preciosidad | to be gorgeous, lovely, beautiful | {f} |
| preciosista | writer pertaining to the French style called préciosité | {mf} |
| precioso | cute | {adj} |
| precioso | gorgeous | {adj} |
| precioso | precious | {adj} |
| preciosura | preciosity | {f} |
| preciosura | preciousness, prettiness | {f} |
| precipicio | abyss | {m} |
| precipicio | precipice | {m} |
| precipitación | precipitation (weather) | {f} |
| precipitado | rash, precipitate (hasty, not careful or considered) | {adj} |
| precipitar | to precipitate | {v} |
| precisamente | precisely | {adv} |
| precisar | to need | {v} |
| precisar | to state or specify | {v} |
| precisión | precision | {f} |
| preciso | necessary | {adj} |
| preciso | precise | {adj} |
| precocinar | to precook | {v} |
| precolombino | pre-Columbian | {adj} |
| precordillera | foothills | {f} |
| precoz | early | {adj} |
| precoz | precocious | {adj} |
| precuela | prequel | {f} |
| precursor | precursory, preceding | {adj} |
| precursor | precursor | {m} |
| predador | predator (any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other organisms) | {m} |
| predecesor | predecessor | {m} |
| predecesora | (female) predecessor | {f} |
| predecible | predictable | {adj} |
| predecir | to predict | {v} |
| predestinar | to predestine | {v} |
| predeterminar | to predetermine | {v} |
| predicado | predicate | {m} [grammar] |
| predicado | predicate | {m} [logic] |
| predicador | preaching | {adj} |
| predicador | preacher | {m} |
| predicar | to preach | {v} |
| predicción | prediction | {f} |
| predilección | predilection | {f} |
| predilecto | favorite, preferred | {adj} |
| predio | plot of land | {m} |
| predisponer | to predispose | {v} |
| predisponer | to prejudice | {v} |
| predisposición | predisposition | {f} |
| predominar | to predominate | {v} |
| predominio | ascendancy; predominance | {m} |
| preescolar | preschool | {adj} |
| prefabricación | prefabrication | {f} |
| prefacio | preface | {m} |
| prefecto | prefect | {m} |
| preferencia | bias | {f} |
| preferencia | preference | {f} |
| preferible | preferable | {adj} |
| preferiblemente | preferably | {adv} |
| preferido | favorite | {adj} |
| preferir | to prefer | {v} |
| prefijación | prefixation | {f} |
| prefijo | [of an affix] prefixed | {adj} |
| prefijo | area code | {m} |
| prefijo | prefix | {m} |
| pregabalina | pregabalin | {f} [pharmaceutical drug] |
| pregón | proclamation | {m} |
| pregonar | to proclaim | {v} |
| pregonero | divulging | {adj} |
| pregonero | proclaiming | {adj} |
| pregonero | auctioneer | {mf} |
| pregonero | town crier | {m} |
| pregrabado | prerecorded | {adj} |
| pregunta | question | {f} |
| preguntar | to ask | {v} |
| pregunta retórica | rhetorical question | {f} |
| preguntarse | to wonder; to ask oneself | {v} |
| preguntita | diminutive form of pregunta | {f} |
| prehistoria | prehistory | {f} |
| prehistórico | prehistoric | {adj} |
| prejuicio | prejudice | {m} |
| preliminar | preliminary | {adj} |
| prematuramente | prematurely | {adv} |
| prematuro | premature, early | {adj} |
| premeditar | to plan | {v} |
| premenopáusico | premenopausal | {adj} |
| premiar | to award (give a prize) | {v} |
| premier | premier (head of government) | {mf} |
| premio | premium | {m} |
| premio | prize | {m} |
| Premio Nobel | Nobel Prize | {m} |
| premonición | premonition | {f} |
| premonitor | foreshock | {m} |
| premonitor | premonition, forewarning | {m} |
| premática | A law emanating from a competent Spanish authority, but technically differing from a royal decree or command in the formalities of its publication | {f} [legal, obsolete] |
| prenatal | prenatal | {adj} |
| prenda | garment (item of clothing) | {f} |
| prenda | pledge (security or collateral, (financial)) | {f} |
| prenda | jewel | {f} [Venezuela] |
| prendar | to charm | {v} |
| prendedor | barrette | {m} |
| prendedor | button (a badge worn on clothes) | {m} |
| prender | to catch, to arrest | {v} |
| prender | to light, to ignite | {v} |
| prender | to turn on (light, machine etc.) | {v} |
| prenombre | praenomen | {m} |
| prensa | press (machine or exercise) | {f} |
| prensa | press (print-based media) | {f} |
| prensa amarilla | the gutter press | {f} |
| prensapapas | potato press | {m} |
| prensar | to press | {v} |
| preocupación | worry | {f} |
| preocupado | worried, concerned | {adj} |
| preocupante | worrying | {adj} |
| preocupar | to, worry, concern | {v} |
| preocuparse | To worry or get worried | {v} |
| preparación | preparation | {f} |
| preparado | prepared | {adj} |
| preparado | preparation | {m} |
| preparador | preparer, one who prepares | {m} |
| preparar | to prepare | {v} |
| prepararse | reflexive form of preparar, to prepare oneself | {vr} |
| preparativo | preparative, preparatory | {adj} |
| preparativos | preparations, arrangements | {mp} |
| preparatoriamente | preparatorily | {adv} |
| preparatorio | preparatory, introductory | {adj} |
| preponderancia | preponderance | {f} |
| preposición | preposition | {f} |
| prepotente | overbearing, arrogant | {adj} |
| prepucio | prepuce, foreskin | {m} [anatomy] |
| prerrogativa | prerogative | {f} |
| pres | press (exercise) | {m} |
| presa | capture | {f} |
| presa | feminine form of preso, female prisoner | {f} |
| presa | piece of meat | {f} |
| presa | portion or piece of food | {f} |
| presa | reservoir dam | {f} |
| presa | sluice (artificial passage of water) | {f} |
| presa | stolen good | {f} |
| presa | weir | {f} |
| presa de hielo | ice dam | {f} |
| presagiar | to presage | {v} |
| presagio | premonition sign | {m} |
| presbiacusia | presbycusis | {f} [pathology] |
| presbicia | presbyopia | {f} [medicine] |
| presbiterado | presbyterate | {m} |
| presbiteral | presbyteral | {adj} |
| presbítero | presbyter | {m} |
| prescindible | expendable; dispensable | {adj} |
| prescindir | to do without | {v} |
| prescribir | to prescribe | {v} |
| prescripción | prescription | {f} |
| presencia | appearance, look | {f} |
| presencia | presence | {f} |
| presencialmente | presentially | {adv} |
| presenciar | to witness | {v} |
| presentable | presentable | {adj} |
| presentación | presentation | {f} |
| presentador | host, hostess, master of ceremonies (for a performance etc.) | {m} |
| presentador | presenter | {m} |
| presentadora | (Female) presenter | {f} |
| presentar | to present, to submit | {v} |
| presente | present | {adj} |
| presente | this (formal) | {adj} |
| presente | : present | {m} [grammar] |
| presente | present | {m} |
| presente de subjuntivo | present subjunctive | {m} [grammar] |
| presentimiento | premonition | {m} |
| presentimiento | presentiment | {m} |
| presentir | to have a feeling, have an idea | {v} |
| preservación | preservation | {f} |
| preservado | preserved | {adj} |
| preservar | to preserve | {v} |
| preservativamente | preservatively | {adv} |
| preservativo | preservative | {adj} |
| preservativo | condom | {m} |
| preservativo | preservative | {m} |
| presidencia | presidency | {f} |
| presidencial | presidential | {adj} |
| presidenta | (female) president | {f} |
| presidente | President | {m} |
| presidiario | convict | {m} |
| presidir | to preside | {v} |
| presión | pressure | {f} |
| presión atmosférica | atmospheric pressure | {f} |
| presionar | to pressure | {v} |
| presionar | to push, press | {v} |
| presionar | to urge | {v} |
| preso | imprisoned | {adj} |
| preso | prisoner | {m} |
| prestado | lent | {adj} |
| prestamista | moneylender | {mf} |
| prestancia | excellence, distinction, superiority | {f} |
| prestar | to give, pay (e.g., attention) | {vt} |
| prestar | to lend | {vt} |
| presteza | alacrity; promptness | {f} |
| prestidigitación | prestidigitation | {f} |
| prestigio | prestige | {m} |
| prestigioso | prestigious, distinguished, famous, eminent | {adj} |
| presto | quick, swift, prompt | {adj} |
| presto | ready, prepared | {adj} |
| presto | immediately, promptly | {adv} |
| presto | presto | {adv} [music] |
| presto | right away, at once | {adv} |
| presumible | presumable | {adj} |
| presumiblemente | presumably | {adv} |
| presumido | arrogant, conceited | {adj} |
| presumir | to boast, show off | {v} |
| presumir | to presume | {v} |
| presunción | presumption | {f} |
| presuntamente | presumably | {adv} |
| presunto | presumed | {adj} |
| presuponer | to budget | {v} |
| presuponer | to presuppose | {v} |
| presupuestar | to budget | {v} |
| presupuestario | budgetary | {adj} |
| presupuesto | estimated | {adj} |
| presupuesto | budget | {m} |
| presupuesto | estimate | {m} |
| presupuesto | reason, motive | {m} |
| presura | persistence | {f} |
| presura | speed | {f} |
| presura | worry | {f} |
| presura | zeal, enthusiasm | {f} |
| pretender | to intend | {v} |
| pretender | to pretend | {v} |
| pretender | to woo, to court | {v} |
| pretendiente | aspiring | {adj} |
| pretendiente | applicant | {mf} |
| pretendiente | suitor, wooer | {mf} |
| pretensión | claim | {f} |
| pretermitir | to pretermit | {v} |
| preternaturalmente | preternaturally | {adv} |
| pretexto | pretext | {m} |
| pretérito | Of the preterite verb tense | {adj} [grammar] |
| pretérito | Of things that have passed or occurred ongoing at some point in the past | {adj} |
| pretérito | The preterite tense | {m} [grammar] |
| pretérito anterior | past anterior tense | {m} [grammar] |
| pretérito imperfecto | past imperfect tense | {m} [grammar] |
| pretérito indefinido | indefinite preterite tense (simple past) | {m} [grammar] |
| pretérito perfecto | present perfect tense | {m} [grammar] |
| pretérito pluscuamperfecto | pluperfect tense | {m} [grammar] |
| prevalecer | to prevail | {v} |
| prevención | prevention | {f} |
| prevenir | to prevent | {v} |
| preventivamente | preventively, preemptively | {adv} |
| preventivo | preventive, preemptive | {adj} |
| prever | to foresee | {v} |
| previamente | previously | {adv} |
| previo | previous | {adj} |
| previsible | predictable; falling within normal expectations | {adj} |
| previsiblemente | provisionally | {adv} |
| previsión | prevision | {f} |
| previsto | expected, predicted | {adj} |
| Pérez | Spanish surname | {prop} |
| pérfido | perfidious | {adj} |
| prófugo | a draft dodger | {m} |
| prófugo | a fugitive | {m} |
| pérgola | pergola, arbor | {f} |
| PRI | Partido Revolucionario Institucional | {initialism} |
| priapismo | priapism | {m} [medicine] |
| prieta | blood sausage | {f} |
| prieto | dark, swarthy. Used to describe both people and landscapes | {adj} |
| prima | bonus | {f} |
| prima | feminine form of primo (female) cousin | {f} |
| primar | to give priority | {v} |
| primar | to predominate | {v} |
| primario | first | {adj} |
| primario | primary, main | {adj} |
| primario | primordial | {adj} |
| primasa | primase | {f} [enzyme] |
| primavera | spring, the season | {f} |
| primaveral | spring (attributive) | {adj} |
| primera | first class | {f} |
| primera | lowest gear in an motor vehicle | {f} |
| Primera Guerra Mundial | First World War; World War I | {prop} |
| primeramente | firstly | {adv} |
| primerizo | first timer, newbie | {m} |
| primero | chief; fundamental | {adj} |
| primero | first | {adj} |
| primero | prime | {adj} |
| primero | first | {adv} |
| primero | One of the five bids in the card game of Primero, consisting of a combination of four cards in the hand | {m} |
| primer plano | foreground | {m} [photography] |
| primerísimo plano | close-up | {m} [photography] |
| primicia | scoop (news reported before anyone else) | {f} |
| primitiva | feminine form of primitivo | {f} |
| primitivo | original, initial, basic | {adj} |
| primitivo | primitive | {adj} |
| primitivo | Primitive man | {m} |
| primo | first | {adj} |
| primo | prime | {adj} [mathematics] |
| primo | cousin | {m} |
| primo | prime number | {m} [mathematics] |
| primogénito | firstborn | {adj} |
| primogénito | firstborn | {m} |
| primordial | primordial | {adj} |
| primoroso | prime, excellent, ace (First in excellence, quality, or value) | {adj} |
| princesa | princess | {f} |
| principado | principality | {m} |
| principal | essential | {adj} |
| principal | main, most important | {adj} |
| principal | chief, boss | {m} |
| principalmente | mainly | {adv} |
| principalmente | principally | {adv} |
| principiante | novice (beginner) | {mf} |
| principiar | to begin | {v} |
| principio | beginning, start | {m} |
| principio | cause, origin | {m} |
| principio | principle | {m} |
| principio activo | active ingredient | {m} |
| pringá | pringá | {f} |
| pringado | dirty, filthy | {adj} |
| pringado | involved | {adj} |
| pringado | stuck with | {adj} |
| pringado | wretch, victim (unfortunate person) | {m} |
| prion | prion | {m} |
| priorato | priorate | {m} |
| priorato | priory | {m} |
| prioridad | priority | {f} |
| prioridad | right of way | {f} [road transport] |
| prioritario | priority | {adj} |
| priorizar | to prioritize (give something high priority) | {v} |
| prisa | hurry, rush, urgency | {f} |
| prisión | prison | {f} |
| prisionera | (female) prisoner | {f} |
| prisionero | prisoner | {m} |
| prisma | prism | {m} [geometry] |
| prismatoide | prismatoid | {m} [geometry] |
| prismático | prismatic | {adj} |
| privacidad | privacy | {f} |
| privación | deprivation, privation, hardship | {n} [also in the plural] |
| privado | private | {adj} |
| privar | to enjoy immensely (gustar-like) | {vi} [colloquial] |
| privar | to be in vogue | {vi} |
| privar | to pass out, fall unconscious | {vr} [Latin America] |
| privar | to deprive | {vt} |
| privar | to prohibit | {vt} |
| privar | to refrain from doing something | {vt} |
| privativamente | solely, privatively | {adv} |
| privatizar | to privatize | {v} |
| privilegiado | privileged | {adj} |
| privilegiar | to favor | {v} |
| privilegio | privilege | {m} |
| prójima | neighbor | {f} |
| prójimo | neighbour (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) | {m} |
| prólogo | prelude | {m} |
| prólogo | prologue | {m} |
| príncipe | first edition | {adj} |
| príncipe | prince | {m} |
| príncipe | sovereign, ruler | {m} |
| príncipe azul | Prince Charming | {m} [idiomatic] |
| príncipe de las tinieblas | Prince of Darkness | {m} |
| pro | pro, in favor of, for | {prep} |
| proa | bow, prow (front of a boat or ship) | {f} |
| probabilidad | chance | {f} |
| probabilidad | likelihood | {f} |
| probabilidad | probability | {f} |
| probable | probable, likely | {adj} |
| probable | provable | {adj} |
| probablemente | probably | {adv} |
| probado | proven, tried | {adj} |
| probador | fitting room | {m} |
| probador | tester | {m} |
| probadura | tasting, sampling | {f} |
| probadura | trial | {f} |
| probanza | proof, evidence | {f} |
| probar | (with clothes and similar) to see if it fits; to try on | {vr} |
| probar | to prove | {v} |
| probar | to taste | {v} |
| probar | to try | {v} |
| probarse | reflexive form of probar, to try on (clothing) | {vr} |
| probeta | test tube | {f} |
| problema | problem | {m} |
| problemilla | A small problem | {m} |
| problemita | diminutive form of problema, a small problem | {m} |
| problemática | Group of problems of a certain science or topic. (Example: la problemática de las relaciones- the problems within relationships.) | {f} |
| problemático | problematic, troublesome | {adj} |
| procaz | bold | {adj} |
| procaz | shameless | {adj} |
| procedente | arriving, coming | {adj} |
| proceder | to proceed | {v} |
| proceder | to come from | {v} [with preposition |
| procedimiento | method | {m} |
| procedimiento | procedure | {m} |
| procedimiento | proceedings | {m} |
| procesado | accused | {adj} [legal] |
| procesado | processed (of products, food, modified through manufacture) | {adj} |
| procesador | processor | {m} |
| procesal | procedural | {adj} |
| procesamiento | processing | {m} |
| procesar | to process | {v} |
| procesar | to prosecute | {v} |
| procesión | procession (act of progressing or proceeding) | {f} |
| procesión | procession (group of people or things moving along in an orderly manner, especially religeous) | {f} |
| proceso | lawsuit | {m} [legal] |
| proceso | trial | {m} [legal] |
| proceso | process | {m} |
| procesor | processor | {m} |
| procio | protium | {m} [isotopes] |
| proclamación | proclamation | {f} |
| proclamar | to proclaim | {v} |
| proclive | inclined, prone | {adj} |
| procrastinación | procrastination | {f} |
| procrastinar | to procrastinate | {v} |
| procreación | procreation | {f} |
| procrear | to procreate | {v} |
| proctólogo | proctologist | {m} |
| proctología | proctology | {f} |
| procurador | procurator, attorney, agent | {m} |
| procuraduría | procuratorship | {f} |
| procurar | to endeavor | {v} |
| procurarse | to secure | {v} |
| prodigio | A prodigy; an especially gifted or talented person | {m} |
| prodigiosamente | prodigiously | {adv} |
| producción | production | {f} |
| producido | produced | {adj} |
| producir | to produce | {v} |
| productividad | productivity | {f} |
| productivo | fruitful, productive | {adj} |
| producto | product | {m} |
| productor | producer | {m} |
| proeza | prowess (bravery or courage, especially in battle) | {f} |
| profanación | profanation | {f} |
| profanar | to profane | {v} |
| profecía | foresight | {f} |
| profecía | prophecy | {f} |
| PROFECO | Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor, a Mexican government consumer protection organisation | {acronym} |
| proferir | to proffer, propose | {vt} [dated] |
| proferir | to utter, let out (especially an insult, curse, sigh or exclamation) | {vt} |
| profesar | to profess | {v} |
| profesión | calling, life task | {f} |
| profesión | profession | {f} |
| profesión más antigua del mundo | the world's oldest profession | {f} [euphemistic] |
| profesional | professional | {adj} |
| profesional | professional | {mf} |
| profesionalidad | professionalism | {f} |
| profesionalismo | professionalism | {m} |
| profesionalizar | to professionalize | {v} |
| profesionalmente | professionally | {adv} |
| profesor | teacher | {m} |
| profesora | feminine form of profesor, (female) teacher | {f} |
| profeta | prophet | {m} |
| profetisa | prophetess | {f} |
| profetizar | to prophesy | {v} |
| profibrinolisina | plasmin | {f} [organic compound] |
| proféticamente | prophetically | {adv} |
| profético | prophetic | {adj} |
| profundamente | profoundly, deeply | {adv} |
| profundidad | depth | {f} |
| profundizar | to deepen | {v} |
| profundo | deep | {adj} |
| profundo | profound | {adj} |
| profusión | profusion, abundance | {f} |
| progenie | descent, lineage | {f} |
| progenitor | progenitor | {m} |
| progesterona | progesterone | {f} |
| programa | programme, program | {m} |
| programación | programme, guide, schedule (TV, radio etc.) | {f} |
| programación | programming, setting (action) | {f} |
| programación orientada a objetos | object-oriented programming | {f} [programming] |
| programador | programmer | {m} |
| programar | to program | {v} |
| programar | to schedule | {v} |
| progresar | to progress | {v} |
| progresión | progression | {f} |
| progresista | liberal, progressive | {adj} [politics] |
| progresista | liberal (person) | {mf} [politics] |
| progresivamente | progressively | {adv} |
| progresivo | progressive | {adj} |
| progreso | progress | {m} |
| prohibición | prohibition | {f} |
| prohibido | forbidden | {adj} |
| prohibir | to forbid, to prohibit, to enjoin | {vt} |
| prohijar | to adopt | {vt} |
| prolactina | prolactin | {f} [hormone] |
| prolapso | descent | {m} |
| prolapso | prolapsus | {m} |
| proletaria | proletarian; feminine form of proletario | {f} |
| proletario | proletarian | {adj} |
| proletario | proletarian | {m} |
| prolífico | prolific | {adj} |
| proliferación | proliferation | {f} |
| proliferar | to proliferate | {v} |
| prolijidad | prolixity | {f} |
| prolijidad | tediousness | {f} |
| prolijo | overcareful | {adj} |
| prolijo | prolix, tedious, particular | {adj} |
| prolijo | troublesome | {adj} |
| prolina | proline | {f} [amino acid] |
| prolongación | prolongation | {f} |
| prolongado | lengthy | {adj} |
| prolongado | prolonged | {adj} |
| prolongar | to prolong, drag out | {v} |
| promediar | to bisect | {v} |
| promedio | average | {m} |
| promesa | promise | {f} |
| prometedor | promising | {adj} |
| prometer | to promise | {v} |
| prometida | fiancée (woman engaged to be married) | {f} |
| prometido | promised | {adj} |
| prometido | fiance (man engaged to be married) | {m} |
| prometio | promethium | {m} |
| promielocito | promyelocyte | {m} [cytology] |
| promielocítico | promyelocytic | {adj} |
| prominente | prominent | {adj} |
| prominentemente | prominently | {adv} |
| promiscuidad | promiscuity | {f} |
| promiscuo | mixed, ambiguous | {adj} |
| promiscuo | promiscuous | {adj} |
| promoción | promotion | {f} |
| promocionar | To promote, publicise | {v} |
| promotor | promoter | {m} |
| promover | to promote | {v} |
| promulgar | to promulgate | {v} |
| pronaos | pronaos | {m} |
| pronombre | a pronoun | {m} |
| pronombre demostrativo | demonstrative pronoun | {n} |
| pronombre relativo | relative pronoun | {m} [grammar] |
| pronominal | pronominal | {adj} |
| pronosticar | to forecast, prognosticate, foresee | {v} |
| pronóstico | forecast, prognosis | {m} |
| pronto | prompt | {adj} |
| pronto | soon; promptly | {adv} |
| pronto | suddenly | {adv} |
| pronunciable | pronounceable | {adj} |
| pronunciación | pronouncement | {f} |
| pronunciación | pronunciation | {f} |
| pronunciador | pronouncer (something which pronounces) | {m} [often, figuratively] |
| pronunciamiento | A military uprising or coup in Spain or the Spanish American republics, particularly in the 19th century, usually accompanied by a statement declaring the existing government null and void | {m} [idiomatic] |
| pronunciamiento | A pronouncement or "declaration" | {m} [literally] |
| pronunciar | to pronounce | {v} |
| propagación | propagation | {f} |
| propaganda | advertisement | {f} |
| propaganda | propaganda | {f} |
| propagar | to propagate | {v} |
| propalar | to reveal or divulge | {v} |
| propano | propane | {m} [organic compound] |
| propender | to incline | {v} |
| propensión | propensity | {f} |
| propenso | inclined, prone | {adj} |
| propiciar | to propitiate | {v} |
| propicio | propitious | {adj} |
| propiedad | property, belongings, estate, ownership | {f} |
| propiedad | propriety | {f} |
| propietaria | female landlord | {f} |
| propietaria | female owner | {f} |
| propietario | owning | {adj} |
| propietario | proprietary | {adj} |
| propietario | landlord | {m} |
| propietario | owner | {m} |
| propilenglicol | propylene glycol | {m} [organic compound] |
| propileno | propene | {m} [organic compound] |
| propina | tip (gratuity) | {f} |
| propinar | to hit or strike | {v} |
| propino | propyne, methylacetylene | {m} [organic compound] |
| propio | own (belonging to) | {adj} |
| propio | proper | {adj} |
| propionil | propionyl | {m} |
| proplastidio | proplastid | {m} [cytology] |
| propóleos | propolis (glue-like substance) | {m} |
| proponer | to propose | {v} |
| proporción | proportion | {f} |
| proporción | ratio | {f} |
| proporcionado | proportionate | {adj} |
| proporcionado | suitable | {adj} |
| proporcional | proportional | {adj} |
| proporcionar | to adapt, adjust | {v} |
| proporcionar | to proportion, to set or render in proportion | {v} |
| proporcionar | to provide, supply | {v} |
| proposición | proposition | {f} |
| propositivamente | Proactively; with foresight | {adv} |
| propriedad | obsolete spelling of propiedad | {f} |
| propósito | purpose | {m} |
| propuesta | proposal | {f} |
| propulsar | to propel | {v} |
| propulsión | propulsion | {f} |
| propulsor | propulsive | {adj} |
| propulsor | propellant | {m} |
| propulsor | propeller | {m} |
| propulsor | propulsion | {m} |
| prorrogar | to prolong, extend | {v} |
| prorrumpir | to burst into (tears, laughter, etc.) | {vi} [~ en] |
| prosa | prose | {f} |
| prosaico | bland, mundane | {adj} |
| prosaico | prosaic (of or relating to prose) | {adj} |
| proscribir | to ban | {v} |
| prosódico | prosodic | {adj} |
| proseguir | to continue | {v} |
| prosodia | prosody | {f} [linguistics, poetry] |
| prospectar | to prospect | {v} |
| prosperar | to prosper | {v} |
| prosperidad | prosperity | {f} |
| prostaciclina | prostacyclin | {f} [organic compound] |
| prostaglandina | prostaglandin | {f} [organic compound] |
| prostanoide | prostanoid | {m} [organic compound] |
| prostíbulo | brothel | {m} |
| prostitución | prostitution | {f} |
| prostituir | prostitute | {v} |
| prostituta | prostitute | {f} |
| prostático | prostatic | {adj} |
| prostético | prosthetic | {adj} |
| prosumidor | prosumer | {m} [jargon] |
| prota | star (of a film, show etc.) | {m} |
| protactinio | protactinium | {m} |
| protagonismo | importance, prominence | {m} |
| protagonista | protagonist, star | {mf} |
| protagonizar | to star in, to be the protagonist in | {v} |
| proteasa | protease | {f} [enzyme] |
| protección | protection | {f} |
| protector | protective | {adj} |
| protector | A protector | {m} |
| protectora | feminine form of protector | {f} |
| protectriz | feminine form of protector | {f} |
| proteger | to protect, to defend | {v} |
| protegido | protected | {adj} |
| proteico | protein (attributive usage) | {adj} |
| proteinoplasto | proteinoplast | {m} [cytology] |
| proteína | protein | {f} [protein] |
| proteoglicano | proteoglycan | {m} [protein] |
| proteoma | proteome | {m} [genetics] |
| protesta | objection | {f} [legal] |
| protesta | protest | {f} |
| protestante | protestant | {adj} |
| protestante | protestant | {mf} |
| protestar | to protest | {v} |
| protón | proton | {m} |
| proto- | proto- | {prefix} |
| protocolo | conduct or etiquette rules | {m} |
| protocolo | protocol | {m} |
| protogermánico | Proto-Germanic | {prop} |
| protoindoeuropeo | Proto-Indo-European | {adj} |
| protoindoeuropeo | Proto-Indo-European | {prop} |
| protolengua | proto-language | {f} [linguistics] |
| protoplasma | protoplasm | {m} [cytology] |
| protoplasmático | of or pertaining to protoplasm | {adj} |
| protosecuela | prequel | {f} |
| prototipo | prototype (all senses) | {m} |
| protozoario | protozoan, protozoic | {adj} [biology] |
| protozoario | protozoan | {m} [biology] |
| protozoo | protozoan | {m} [biology] |
| protrombina | prothrombin | {f} [protein] |
| provecho | benefit | {m} |
| provechoso | profitable | {adj} |
| proveedor | provider | {m} |
| proveedor | supplier | {m} |
| proveedora | feminine form of proveedor | {f} |
| proveer | to decide, to give a decision | {v} [legal] |
| proveer | to appoint | {v} |
| proveer | to bestow, to give, to grant | {v} |
| proveer | to decide, to resolve, to settle | {v} |
| proveer | to provide, to supply, to equip, to furnish | {v} |
| proveer | to stock | {v} |
| provenir | originate, arise (from) | {v} |
| proverbio | proverb, saying | {m} |
| providencia | providence | {f} |
| providencial | providential | {adj} |
| provincia | province | {f} |
| provincial | provincial | {adj} |
| provincias | provinces | {fp} |
| provisión | provision | {f} |
| provisional | provisional | {adj} |
| provisorio | provisional | {adj} |
| provocación | provocation | {f} |
| provocador | contentious (given to struggling with others) | {adj} |
| provocador | provocative | {adj} |
| provocador | provoking | {adj} |
| provocar | to fancy, would like | {vp} [Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela] |
| provocar | to cause or provoke | {v} |
| provocativo | provocative | {adj} |
| proxeneta | pimp (prostitution solicitor) | {mf} |
| proxenetismo | proxenetism | {n} |
| proximidad | proximity | {f} |
| proyección | planning | {f} |
| proyección | projection | {f} |
| proyección | slide, transparency | {f} |
| proyección | toss, throw | {f} |
| proyectar | to project, to plan | {v} |
| proyectar | to shoot, to discharge | {v} |
| proyectil | projectile | {m} |
| proyecto | project, plan | {m} |
| proyector | projector | {m} |
| párpado | eyelid | {m} [anatomy] |
| púrpura | blood | {f} [in a poetic sense] |
| púrpura | purple dye murex (Murex brandaris) | {f} [mollusk] |
| púrpura | thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura | {f} [pathology] |
| púrpura | purple (colour) | {f} |
| párrafo | paragraph | {m} |
| pírrico | Pyrrhic | {adj} |
| párroco | priest | {m} |
| prórroga | extension | {f} |
| pársec | parsec (parallax second) | {m} |
| próspero | prosperous | {adj} |
| préstamo | loan | {m} |
| próstata | prostate | {f} |
| prótesis | prosthesis | {f} |
| pórtico | porch | {m} |
| pórtico | portico | {m} |
| pértiga | bar in the high jump | {f} |
| prudencia | caution, care, prudence | {f} |
| prudencialmente | prudentially | {adv} |
| prudente | prudent, wise, judicious, discreet | {adj} |
| prudentemente | prudently, discreetly, judiciously | {adv} |
| prueba | an examination, test or quiz | {f} |
| prueba | a trial; an ordeal | {f} |
| prueba | proof; evidence | {f} |
| pruebita | A quiz, especially a short one | {f} |
| prusiato | cyanide, prussiate | {m} [chemistry, rare] |
| próximamente | shortly, soon | {adv} |
| próximo | near | {adj} |
| próximo | next | {adj} |
| pésame | condolence | {m} |
| psamoma | psammoma body | {m} [medicine] |
| pseudociencia | pseudoscience | {f} |
| pseudocolinesterasa | butyrylcholinesterase | {f} [enzyme] |
| pseudoefedrina | pseudoephedrine | {f} [organic compound] |
| pseudogén | pseudogene | {m} [genetics] |
| psi | psi; the Greek letter Ψ, ψ | {f} |
| psicólogo | psychologist | {m} |
| psico- | psycho- | {prefix} |
| psicoanalizar | to psychoanalyze | {v} |
| psicoanalítico | psychoanalytic, psychoanalytical | {adj} |
| psicoanálisis | psychoanalysis | {m} |
| psicodelia | psychedelia | {f} |
| psicodélico | psychedelic | {adj} |
| psicológicamente | psychologically | {adv} |
| psicológico | psychological | {adj} |
| psicología | psychology | {f} |
| psicopatía | psychopathy | {f} |
| psicosa | psicose | {f} [carbohydrates] |
| psicosis | psychosis, frenzy | {f} |
| psicosomático | psychosomatic | {adj} [psychology] |
| psicoterapeuta | psychotherapist | {mf} |
| psicoterapia | psychotherapy | {f} |
| psicoterapéutico | psychotherapeutic | {adj} |
| psicópata | psycho killer | {mf} |
| psicópata | psychopath | {mf} |
| psicótico | psychotic | {adj} |
| psilocibina | psilocybin | {f} [organic compound] |
| psilocina | psilocin | {f} [organic compound] |
| pésimo | superlative form of malo: very bad | {adj} |
| psique | psyche | {f} |
| psiquiatra | psychiatrist | {mf} |
| psiquiatría | psychiatry | {f} |
| psiquiátrico | psychiatric | {adj} |
| psiquiátrico | psychiatric hospital | {m} |
| pósito | A storehouse where the grain collected by an such institution is kept, a granary | {m} |
| pósito | Governmental institution in charge of collecting and storing grain in order to distribute it in times of need | {m} |
| PSOE | ido Socialista Obrero Español | {prop} |
| psíquico | psychic, mental | {adj} |
| póster | poster | {m} |
| pústula | pustule | {f} |
| póstumo | posthumous | {adj} |
| pétalo | petal | {m} |
| pteridina | pteridine | {f} [organic compound] |
| pterodáctilo | pterodactyl | {m} |
| pátina | patina (a colored coating as results from oxidation of bronze or copper) | {f} |
| pétreo | of stone | {adj} |
| pétreo | petrous | {adj} |
| pétreo | rocky | {adj} |
| pétreo | stone | {adj} |
| pétreo | stony | {adj} |
| PU | Puebla (Mexican state) | {abbr} |
| puñado | a handful | {m} |
| puñado | a lot | {m} |
| puaj | Ew! | {interj} |
| puaj | Gross! | {interj} |
| puñal | Of a fight or dispute | {adj} |
| puñal | Of the fist. Fitting in one's hands | {adj} |
| puñal | dagger | {m} |
| puñalada | stab | {f} |
| puñalito | diminutive form of puñal | {m} |
| puñar | to fight, attack | {v} [archaic] |
| pubertad | puberty | {f} |
| pubis | pubis | {m} [anatomy] |
| publicación | publication | {f} |
| publicar | to publish | {v} |
| publicidad | advertisement | {f} |
| publicidad | publicity | {f} |
| publicista | publicist | {mf} |
| publicitar | to publicize | {v} |
| publicitario | relating to advertising | {adj} |
| publicitario | advertiser | {m} |
| PUC | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. | {initialism} |
| pucha | expresses pity, disappointment, sympathy | {interj} [Chile, colloquial] |
| puchero | cooking pot | {m} |
| puchero | stew (soup) | {m} |
| puchito | A cigarette | {m} [Argentina , slang] |
| puchito | A smaller, lesser person | {m} |
| puchito | A buddy | {m} [slang] |
| pucta | prostitute | {f} [slang, pejorative, emphatic] |
| PUD | acronym of Partido Unificación Democrática | {prop} |
| Pudahuel | Pudahuel (the Chilean city) | {prop} |
| pudelación | puddling | {f} [metallurgy] |
| pudiente | wealthy, rich | {adj} |
| pudin | pudding | {m} |
| pudín | pudding (sweet or salty) | {m} |
| pudor | modesty | {m} |
| pudor | shame | {m} |
| pudoroso | bashful | {adj} |
| pudoroso | modest, humble, chaste | {adj} |
| pudrido | putrid, rotten | {adj} |
| pudrir | to rot, decompose, waste away | {vr} |
| pudrir | to rot | {vt} |
| Puebla | A state of Mexico | {prop} |
| pueblito | diminutive form of pueblo, a small village | {m} |
| pueblo | population, people, nation | {m} |
| pueblo | the common people, the working classes | {m} |
| pueblo | town, village | {m} |
| pueblo fantasma | ghost town | {m} |
| pueblucho | (small and unremarkable) village | {m} |
| puede ayudarme | can you help me? | {phrase} [formal] |
| puente | bridge | {m} |
| puente | long weekend | {m} |
| puentismo | bungee jumping from a bridge | {m} |
| puer aeternus | inner child | {n} |
| puerca | sow (female pig) | {f} |
| puerco | pig | {m} |
| puerco | pork (the meat of a pig) | {m} |
| puercoespín | porcupine | {m} |
| pueril | childish, puerile | {adj} |
| pueril | futile, trivial | {adj} |
| pueril | Of or pertaining to children or childhood | {adj} |
| puerperio | puerperium | {m} |
| puerro | leek | {m} |
| puerta | door | {f} |
| puerta trasera | tailgates | {f} |
| puerto | port, harbour | {m} |
| Puerto Príncipe | Port-au-Prince | {prop} |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico. Full name: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico | {prop} |
| puertorriqueño | Puerto Rican | {adj} |
| puertorriqueño | Puerto Rican | {m} |
| Puerto Stanley | Port Stanley | {prop} |
| pues | so, then, pues; in that case | {conj} |
| puesta | clutch (of eggs) | {f} |
| puesta | placement | {f} |
| puesta | sunset | {f} |
| puesta | tie, draw | {f} |
| puesta del sol | sunset | {f} |
| puesto | put on (cloth) | {adj} |
| puesto | standing | {adj} |
| puesto | because, as, since | {conj} |
| puesto | market stall, market stand | {m} |
| puesto | professional position, employment, job | {m} |
| puñetazo | punch with the fist; thump | {m} |
| puñete | punch with the fist | {m} |
| puñetero | difficult, tough | {adj} |
| puñetero | damned, blasted, bloody | {adj} [informal] |
| PUF | FAQ | {acronym} |
| pugilista | pugilist, boxer | {mf} |
| pugnacidad | pugnacity, quarrelsomeness | {f} |
| pugnar | to struggle | {v} |
| pujante | booming, growing | {adj} |
| pujanza | strength, might | {f} |
| pujar | to bud | {vi} |
| pujar | to dither, vacillate | {vi} |
| pujar | to push | {vi} |
| pujar | to struggle | {vi} |
| pujar | to struggle for words | {vi} |
| pujar | to bid (at an auction) | {vt} |
| pulcro | tidy, neat | {adj} |
| pulga | flea | {f} |
| pulgada | inch | {f} |
| pulgar | thumb, big toe | {m} |
| pulidor | polish | {m} |
| pulidor | polisher | {m} |
| pulimento | polish | {m} |
| pulir | to polish | {v} |
| pulla | a gibe; a burn; a dig | {f} |
| pulla | an obscenity | {f} |
| pulmón | lung | {m} |
| pulmonía | pneumonia | {f} |
| pulmonar | pulmonary | {adj} |
| pulpo | octopus | {m} |
| pulque | pulque | {m} |
| pulquera | feminine form of pulquero | {f} |
| pulquería | An establishment where pulque is sold | {f} [Mexico] |
| pulquero | Pertaining or relating to pulque | {adj} [Mexico] |
| pulquero | A person who makes or sells pulque | {m} [Mexico] |
| pulsado | A click | {m} [computing] |
| pulsar | click | {v} |
| pulsar | press (a button etc.) | {v} |
| pulsar | pulsate | {v} |
| pulsera | bracelet | {f} |
| pulsimetro | pulsimeter | {m} [medicine] |
| pulsimetro | pulsometer | {m} |
| pulso | arm-wrestle | {m} |
| pulso | pulse | {m} |
| pulular | to teem | {v} |
| pulverizador | atomizer | {m} |
| pulverizador | spray | {m} |
| pulverizar | to pulverize, atomize | {v} |
| pulverulento | pulverulent | {adj} |
| pum | bang, pop, boom | {interj} |
| puma | cougar, mountain lion, puma (Puma concolor) | {f} |
| pun | The sound of discharging a firearm | {m} [onomatopoeia] |
| pun | The sound of flatulence | {m} [onomatopoeia, vulgar] |
| puna | altitude sickness | {f} [Latin America] |
| puna | Cold mountain wind | {f} [Latin America] |
| puna | puna, Andean plateau | {f} [Latin America] |
| punción | piercing | {f} |
| punción | prick | {f} |
| punción lumbar | lumbar puncture | {f} |
| pundonorosamente | punctiliously | {adv} |
| pundonoroso | punctilious | {adj} |
| punga | vulgar, rascal, common person | {adj} [slang, Chile] |
| punir | to punish | {v} |
| punta | end | {f} |
| puntada | stitch | {f} [sewing] |
| punta del iceberg | tip of the iceberg | {f} |
| puntaje | score (record of points) | {m} [Latin America] |
| puntal | mainstay, chief support | {m} |
| puntal | prop, support | {m} |
| puntapié | kick (with the foot) | {m} |
| puntar | to add vowel markings, to Hebrew or Arabic script | {v} |
| puntar | to point, to mark with points | {v} |
| punta rota | split end | {f} |
| puntear | to dot, to engrave | {v} |
| puntear | to pluck | {v} |
| puntear | to stitch | {v} |
| puntería | aim | {f} |
| puntería | aiming | {f} |
| puntería | marksmanship | {f} |
| puntiagudo | sharp-pointed | {adj} |
| puntilla | final blow, coup de grace | {f} |
| puntilla | puntilla, dagger | {f} |
| puntilla | tiptoe | {f} |
| puntilloso | punctilious | {adj} |
| puénting | a sort of bungee jumping | {n} |
| punto | that's it! | {interj} |
| punto | decimal, point (arithmetic symbol), period | {m} |
| punto | point (unit of measurement) | {m} |
| punto | [punto de encuentro] point, location, place | {m} |
| punto | stitch | {m} |
| punto ciego | blind spot (driving) | {m} |
| punto ciego | blind spot (place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina) | {m} |
| punto de condensación | dew point | {m} |
| punto de ebullición | boiling point | {m} |
| punto de inflexión | inflection (a change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave) | {m} |
| punto de inflexión | turning point | {m} |
| punto de rocío | dew point | {m} |
| punto fijo | fixed point | {m} [mathematics] |
| punto G | G-spot | {m} [anatomy, sexuality] |
| puntos suspensivos | ellipsis (a mark used in printing to indicate an omission) | {mp} |
| punto y coma | semicolon | {m} |
| puntuación | punctuation | {f} |
| puntuación | score (number of points) | {f} |
| puntual | punctual, on time | {adj} |
| puntualidad | punctuality | {f} |
| puntuar | to punctuate | {v} |
| puntuar | to score or gain points | {v} |
| punzada | sting (injury) | {f} |
| punzada | sting (pain) | {f} |
| punzar | to sting, twinge | {vi} |
| punzar | to perforate, punch | {vt} |
| punzón | awl | {m} |
| puño | fist | {m} |
| puño | fistful, handful, bunch | {m} |
| puño | handle | {m} |
| puño | wristband | {m} |
| pupila | pupil of the eye | {f} [anatomy] |
| pupila | feminine form of pupilo, female pupil | {f} |
| pupitre | A student desk | {m} |
| pupusa | a stuffed tortilla | {f} [Central America] |
| pupusería | restaurant where pupusas are served or sold | {n} [El Salvador] |
| puré | puree | {m} |
| pureza | purity | {f} |
| purgar | to drain | {v} |
| purgar | to purge | {v} |
| purgatorio | purgatory | {m} |
| puridad | purity | {f} [rare] |
| puridad | secretiveness, stealth | {f} |
| purificación | purification | {f} |
| Purificación | female given name | {prop} |
| purificar | to purify, refine | {v} |
| purina | purine | {f} [organic compound] |
| puro | pure, clear | {adj} |
| puro | cigar, puro | {m} |
| pusilanimemente | pusillanimously | {adv} |
| pusilanimidad | pusillanimity | {f} |
| pusilánime | pusillanimous | {adj} |
| pustuloso | pustular | {adj} |
| puta | Prostitute | {f} [pejorative, vulgar] |
| putañear | To attend a prostitute | {v} [vulgar] |
| puta que te parió | one's mother; your mother, yo momma | {n} [Chile] |
| putativo | putative | {adj} |
| putear | To attend a prostitute | {v} [vulgar] |
| putear | To bother | {v} [vulgar] |
| putear | To insult or scold someone | {v} [vulgar] |
| putear | To prostitute oneself | {v} [vulgar] |
| puterío | brothel | {m} |
| puto | homosexual man | {m} [vulgar, pejorative] |
| Putre | Putre (the Chilean city) | {prop} |
| putrefacción | putrefaction | {f} |
| putrefacto | rotten, putrid | {adj} |
| putrescina | putrescine | {f} [organic compound] |
| puzle | puzzle | {m} [informal] |
| pívot | center | {mf} [basketball] |
| Python | Python programming language | {prop} |
| Pza. | abbreviation of plaza (place, square) | {prop} |