Spanish words starting with Q:

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Spanish word	meaning in English	features
q	Used in SMS for que and qué	{abbr}
q̃	que	{conj}
q	The 18th letter of the Spanish alphabet	{letter}
Q	The 18th letter of the Spanish alphabet	{letter}
qatarí	Qatari	{adj}
qatarí	Qatari	{mf}
Qatar	alternative spelling of Catar	{prop} [deprecated]
QE	Querétaro (Mexican state)	{abbr}
qoppa	koppa; the Greek letter Ϙ, ϙ	{f}
QR	Quintana Roo (Mexican state)	{abbr}
qué	what; which (interrogative only)	{adj}
qué	how; what (comparative)	{adv}
qué	used to express an adjective; how [mostly not translated]	{adv}
qué	what (interrogative only)	{pron}
quad	all-terrain vehicle	{f}
qual	obsolete form of cual	{pron}
quando	obsolete form of cuando	{adv}
quando	obsolete form of cuando	{conj}
quantizado	quantized	{adj}
quanto	obsolete form of cuanto	{adj}
quanto	obsolete form of cuanto	{adv}
quanto	obsolete form of cuanto	{pron}
quark	quark	{m}
quark abajo	down quark	{m}
quark arriba	up quark	{m}
quark cima	top quark	{m}
quark encantado	charm quark	{m}
quark extraño	strange quark	{m}
quark fondo	bottom quark	{m}
que	if I were you	{conj}
que	indicating a reason, roughly because	{conj}
que	indicating desire or permission	{conj}
que	than	{conj}
que	that	{conj}
que	the thing is	{conj}
que	that; which	{pron}
que	that; whom	{pron}
que	who; that	{pron}
que aproveche	bon appétit, enjoy your meal	{interj}
quebracho	a quebracho tree	{m}
quebrada	gorge, ravine	{f}
quebradero de cabeza	headache, worry	{m}
quebradizo	fragile; delicate	{adj}
quebrado	bankrupt; broke	{adj}
quebrado	broken	{adj}
quebrado	uneven; coarse; rough	{adj}
quebrado	fraction	{m}
quebrantahuesos	The bearded vulture or lammergeier	{m}
quebrantamiento	breaking	{m}
quebrantamiento	weakening	{m}
quebrantar	to break	{v}
quebranto	A break.	{m}
quebranto	A loss	{m}
quebranto	An affliction or grief	{m}
quebrar	to break up	{vi}
quebrar	to go broke; to become bankrupt	{vi}
quebrar	to bend, flex or twist	{vt}
quebrar	to break	{vt}
quechua	Quechua	{m}
queda	curfew	{f}
quedar	to agree on	{vi}
quedar	to agree; to arrange	{vi}
quedar	to be	{vi}
quedar	to be left; to remain	{vi}
quedar	to be situated; to be located	{vi}
quedar	to fit, to suit (clothes)	{vi}
quedar	To meet up (for drinks)	{vi}
quedar	to turn out, e.g. well or poorly	{vi}
quedar	to play for a fool	{vp} [colloquial]
quedar	to keep, take	{vr} [Spain]
quedar	to continue; to keep on	{vr}
quedar	to stay; to remain	{vr}
quedar	to turn out, become, go (usually used for negative, physical descriptions)	{vr}
quedarse	(reflexive form of quedar) to stay, remain	{vr}
quedarse frito	to go out like a light	{v} [idiomatic]
quedito	very quietly	{adv}
quedo	quiet, still	{adj}
quedo	quietly	{adv}
quehacer	chore	{m}
quehacer	homemaking	{m} [Mexico]
quehacer	task	{m}
quehacer	work	{m}
queja	complaint	{f}
quejar	to complain; to whine; to moan; to lament; to grumble	{vr}
quejarse	to complain	{v}
quejarse	to groan or moan	{v}
quejarse	to quarrel	{v}
quejicoso	complaintive	{adj}
quejido	groan	{m}
quejido	whimper; whine	{m}
quejido	yip, yap, yelp	{m}
quejigo	A small oak, or one that is not fully grown	{m}
quejigo	Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea)	{m}
quejoso	complaining	{adj}
quejoso	whining; whimpering	{adj}
quejumbroso	complaining; whining	{adj}
quelación	chelation	{f} [chemistry]
quelite	Any of a number of plants eaten fresh as leaf vegetables or herbs	{m} [usually, plural, Mexico]
quelonio	chelonian	{adj}
quelonio	chelonian; turtle	{m}
quelpo	kelp	{m} [botany]
quema	burning	{f}
quema	fire; flame	{f}
quemacocos	sunroof	{m}
quemado	annoyed	{adj}
quemado	burned out	{adj}
quemado	burnt	{adj}
quemador	burning	{adj}
quemador	burner	{mf}
quemadora	burner	{f}
quemadura	burn	{f}
quemante	burning	{adj}
quemar	to be very cold	{vi} [colloquial]
quemar	to be very hot	{vi}
quemar	to freeze	{vt} [colloquial]
quemar	to burn	{vt}
quemar	to scorch	{vt}
quemar	to tan	{vt}
quemarropa	point-blank	{adv}
quemarse las cejas	to burn the midnight oil	{v} [idiomatic]
quemazón	burning	{f}
quemazón	great heat	{f}
quemazón	itch	{f}
quemazón	jab; cutting remark	{f}
queme	burnout (psychology and ergonomics)	{m}
quena	a type of reed flute from Peru	{f}
quena	pan flute	{f} [Latin America]
quenodesoxicólico	chenodeoxycholic	{adj}
quenodesoxicolato	chenodeoxycholate	{m} [organic compound]
quepí	kepi	{m} [Peru]
quepis	kepi	{m}
queque	biscuit	{m} [colloquial]
queque	cake	{m} [colloquial]
queque	cupcake	{m} [colloquial]
quequito	cupcake	{m} [Latin America, colloquial]
queratina	keratin	{f} [protein]
queratoplastia	keratoplasty	{f} [surgery]
querúbico	cherubic	{adj}
querella	complaint	{f}
querella	lawsuit	{f}
querellante	plaintiff	{mf}
querellarse	to sue; to bring suit	{v}
querencia	an animal's lair	{f}
querencia	the bull's querencia	{f} [bullfighting]
querencia	homesickness, nostalgia	{f}
querencia	the homing instinct of an animal	{f}
querendón	loving, affectionate	{adj} [Latin America]
querendón	lover, paramour	{m}
querer	love, affection, fondness	{m}
querer	(an indication of a request) would you ... ?	{v}
querer	to desire; to want	{v}
querer	to love; to be fond of	{v}
querer decir	to mean, in the sense of the want to convey something	{v}
queretano	Of or pertaining to the Mexican state of Querétaro	{adj}
querida	dear, honey, darling	{f}
querida	mistress	{f}
querido	dear	{adj}
querido	lover	{m}
querido	sweetheart	{m}
querido	The letter Q in the Spanish phonetic alphabet	{m}
queroseno	kerosene	{m}
Querétaro	A state of Mexico	{prop}
querubín	cherub	{m}
quesadilla	quesadilla	{f}
quesería	cheese shop, cheese factory, cheesery	{f}
quesero	cheesemaker, cheeser, cheesemonger	{m}
qué es eso	what is that?	{phrase}
quesillo	Any soft, white cheese, e.g. ricotta, quark, etc	{m}
quesillo	A stringy cheese from Oaxaca, Mexico which comes wound like a ball of twine	{m}
queso	cheese	{m}
queso de cabeza	head cheese, brawn	{m}
queso flameado	queso flameado (a fried mixture of mozzarella cheese, chorizo sausage, tomato, onion, and red or green pepper, served on a flour tortilla). A common Tex-Mex food of Texas and Mexico	{m}
queso fresco	queso fresco	{m}
que te cagas	(used as an intensifier)	{phrase} [idiomatic, vulgar, slang]
queteno	ketene	{m} [chemistry]
quetona	ketone	{f} [chemistry]
quetzal	quetzal (bird)	{m}
quetzal	quetzal (monetary unit)	{m}
Quetzalcóatl	Quetzalcoatl	{prop}
Quetzaltenango	One of the departments of Guatemala	{prop}
Quetzaltenango	The capital of city of the department of the same name	{prop}
qué hora es	what time is it; what's the time?	{phrase}
quia	Denotes incredulity	{interj} [Spain]
quiasmo	chiasmus	{m} [rhetoric]
quiché	Of or pertaining to the K'iche' (Mayan people)	{adj}
quiché	K'iche' (language)	{m}
Quiché	K'iche' (department of Guatemala)	{prop}
quicio	doorjamb	{m}
quicio	hinge	{m}
quid	gist; point; crux	{m}
quiebra	bankruptcy	{f}
quiebra	crack	{f}
quiebra	ravine	{f}
quien	anyone; some people	{pron}
quien	whoever; whomever	{pron}
quien	who; whom	{pron}
quien bien te quiere, te hará llorar	spare the rod and spoil the child	{proverb}
quienquiera	whoever; whomever	{pron}
quien quiera peces, que moje el culo	you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs; A proverb expressing that one must sometimes deal with unpleasant circumstances in order to achieve a goal	{proverb}
quien va a Sevilla pierde su silla	If you stand up from your seat, someone else will take it	{proverb}
quieto	calm	{adj}
quieto	still	{adj}
quietud	calm	{f}
quietud	stillness	{f}
quife	kif	{m}
quijada	jaw	{f}
quijotesco	quixotic	{adj}
quilate	karat, carat	{m}
quilla	keel	{f}
quilómetro	kilometre	{m}
quilomicrón	chylomicron	{m} [biochemistry]
quiltro	street, mixed-breed dog	{m} [Chile]
quimera	chimera	{f}
quimera	chimera (something illusory or impossible to achieve)	{f}
quimerico	chimeric	{adj}
quimioselectividad	chemoselectivity	{f} [chemistry]
quimiosmosis	chemiosmosis	{f} [chemistry]
quimioterapia	chemotherapy	{f}
quimono	kimono	{m}
quimotripsina	chymotrypsin	{f} [enzyme]
quimérico	chimeric	{adj}
quién	who?, whom?; [with “de”] whose?	{pron}
quinasa	kinase	{f} [enzyme]
quinazolina	quinazoline	{f} [organic compound]
quince	fifteen	{cardinal num} [cardinal]
quinceañera	The fifteenth birthday and particularly the celebration and ceremony surrounding it for a young woman	{f}
quinceañero	fifteen-year-old	{m}
quinceaños	A Mexican girl’s 15th birthday party (becoming a woman)	{m}
quinceavo	fifteenth	{m}
quincena	a half month period, specially applied for wage payment	{f}
quincena	a period of fifteen days	{f}
quincenal	twice a month	{adj}
quincuagésimo	fiftieth	{adj}
quincuagésimo	fifty	{adj}
quincuagésimo	fiftieth	{m}
quincuagésimo	fifty	{m}
quiénes	whom? (what person; object of a verb)	{pron}
quingentésimo	five hundredth	{adj}
quingombó	okra	{m}
quiniela	any game for five people	{f}
quiniela	a sporting bet or pool	{f}
quinientas	feminine form of quinientos	{num}
quinientos	five hundred	{num}
quinina	quinine	{f}
quino	cinchona	{m}
quinoleína	quinoline	{m} [organic compound]
quinolina	quinoline	{m} [organic compound]
quinona	quinone	{f} [organic compound]
quinoto	a kumquat	{m}
quinqué	Argand lamp (a kind of oil burning lamp)	{m}
quinquenal	quinquennial	{adj}
quinquenio	lustrum, quinquennium	{m}
quién sabe	who knows?	{phrase}
quinta	villa; country home	{f}
quintaesencia	quintessence	{f}
quintaesencial	quintessential	{adj}
quintal	hundredweight	{m}
Quintana Roo	A state of Mexico	{prop}
quintanarroense	Of or pertaining to the Mexican state of Quintana Roo	{adj}
quinteto	quintet	{m}
quintillizo	quintuplet	{m}
quinto	fifth	{adj}
quinto	fifth	{m}
quinto pino	middle of nowhere	{m} [idiomatic]
quintos	Spanish young boys of the village who are 18 years old	{mp}
quiosco	kiosk	{m}
quiosco	newsstand	{m}
quiote	The edible peduncle of the agave plant, which supports its inflorescence	{m} [Mexico]
quipe	kibbeh	{m}
Quique	male given name	{prop} [Chile, informal]
quiquiriquí	cock-a-doodle-doo	{m}
quiral	chiral	{adj}
quiralidad	chirality	{f}
quirófano	operating room	{m}
quiromancia	palm reading; palmistry	{f}
quiropráctica	the practice of chiropractics	{f}
quiropráctico	chiropractor	{m}
quirúrgicamente	surgically	{adv}
quirúrgico	surgical	{adj}
quisquilloso	fastidious; fussy	{adj}
quisquilloso	fussy person	{m}
quiste	cyst	{m} [biology]
quitaesmalte	nail polish remover	{m}
quitamanchas	stain remover	{m}
quitanieves	snowplow, snowplough	{m}
quitar	To disrobe	{vr}
quitar	To leave	{vr}
quitar	To get rid of	{vt}
quitar	To remove	{vt}
quitar	To take off (as clothes)	{vt}
quitarse	reflexive form of quitar, to take off	{vr}
quitarse	to remove oneself	{v}
quitasol	parasol	{m}
quite	A swerve or sidestep	{m}
quite	The action of removal	{m}
quiteño	from or pertaining to Quito	{adj}
quiteño	a person from Quito	{m}
quitina	chitin	{f} [carbohydrates]
quitinoso	chitinous	{adj}
quitón	chiton (mollusk)	{m}
Quito	Quito	{prop}
quizá	perhaps, maybe	{adv}
quizás	maybe, perhaps	{adv}
quál	obsolete form of cuál	{pron}
química	chemistry	{f}
química	(female) chemist	{f}
químicamente	chemically	{adv}
química orgánica	organic chemistry	{f}
químico	chemical	{adj}
químico	chemist	{m}
quándo	obsolete form of cuándo	{adv}
quíntuple	quintuple (having five parts or members)	{adj}
quíntuplo	quintuple	{adj}
qué pasó	what happened?	{phrase}
qué pasó	what's happening?, what's up?	{phrase}
qué pasa	what's up?	{phrase} [informal]
qué pasada	Indicating surprize or amazement: wow, holy cow, holy shit	{interj}
quórum	alternative spelling of cuórum	{m}
quásar	alternative spelling of cuásar	{m}
qué será, será	“whatever will be, will be.”	{phrase}
quístico	cystic	{adj}
qué tal	what's up	{interj}
qué te cuentas	what's new?	{phrase}
qué te pasa, calabaza	what's up?	{interj} [colloquial, humorous]
qué va	come on, no way, of course not (indicates refusal or disbelief)	{interj} [colloquial]