Spanish words starting with Z:
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Spanish word | meaning in English | features |
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z | The 27th letter of the Spanish alphabet | {letter} |
Z | The 27th letter of the Spanish alphabet | {letter} |
za | scat, get out of here | {interj} [usually said to an animal] |
ZA | Zacatecas (Mexican state) | {abbr} |
zabordar | to run aground | {v} [nautical] |
zabullir | To submerge | {v} |
Zabulón | Zebulun (Biblical character and tribe) | {prop} |
zacamecate | A scourer made from plant fiber | {m} [Mexico] |
Zacapa | A department of Guatemala | {prop} |
zacatal | grassland, pasture | {m} [Central America, Mexico] |
zacate | grass; forage | {m} [Mexico, Central America, Philippines, California, Texas] |
zacate | hay | {m} [Mexico, colloquial] |
zacate | scourer | {m} [Mexico, colloquial] |
zacatecano | Of or pertaining to the Mexican state of Zacatecas | {adj} |
Zacatecas | A state of Mexico | {prop} |
zacatero | One who works with hay either by cutting or selling it | {m} [chiefly, Nicaragua] |
zacatuche | volcano rabbit | {m} [Mexico] |
zafacón | wastebasket | {m} [Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic] |
zafar | To come undone; to loosen up | {vr} |
zafar | To free oneself of; to get free of | {vr} |
zafar | To loosen; to untie | {vt} |
zafio | coarse; crude; crass | {adj} |
zafiro | sapphire | {m} |
zaga | defense | {f} [sports] |
zagal | boy, lad, youth | {m} |
Zagreb | Zagreb | {prop} |
zagual | canoe paddle | {m} |
zaguán | vestibule; front hall or entryway | {m} |
zaherir | to criticize severely | {v} |
zaherir | to wound | {v} |
zahones | chaps | {mp} |
zaida | demoiselle crane, Anthropoides virgo | {f} |
zaino | chestnut (color) | {adj} |
Zaire | Zaire | {prop} |
zaireño | Zairian | {adj} |
zaireño | Zairian | {m} |
zalamería | sweet-talk; flattery | {f} |
zalamero | flattering, fawning, smarmy | {adj} |
zalamero | flatterer; sweet talker | {m} |
zamacueca | a folk dance and the music that goes with it | {f} [Chile, Peru] |
zamacueca | (Puerto Rico) hypocrite | {f} |
Zambia | Zambia | {prop} |
zambiano | Zambian; of or relating to Zambia | {adj} |
zambiano | Zambian; citizen of Zambia | {m} |
zambo | Sambo | {adj} |
Zamboangueño Chavacano | Zamboanga Chavacano | {prop} |
zambullida | dive, plunge | {f} |
zambullir | to dive | {vr} |
zambullirse | to dive; to plunge | {vr} |
Zamora | Zamora | {prop} |
zamorano | Of, relating to, or inhabiting any of a number of places bearing the name "Zamora," including those in Spain, Venezuela, and Mexico | {adj} |
zamorano | An inhabitant of any of a number of places bearing the name "Zamora," including those in Spain, Venezuela, and Mexico | {m} |
zampar | to tuck or hide away | {vt} [colloquial] |
zampar | to scoff; wolf down (to eat or drink rapidly) | {vtr} [colloquial, also reflexive] |
zampoña | pan flute | {f} |
zampullín cuellinegro | The black-necked grebe. A freshwater bird | {m} |
zanahoria | carrot | {f} |
zancada | step; stride; pace | {f} |
zancadilla | ruse; trick | {f} [colloquial] |
zancadilla | misstep, stumble; trip | {f} |
zancadillear | to trip someone up; to hinder | {vt} |
zancajear | to rush from one place to another | {v} |
zanco | stilt (a pole used for walking) | {m} |
zancos | stilts | {mp} |
zancuda | wading bird (aves zancudas) | {f} |
zancudo | long-legged | {adj} |
zancudo | mosquito | {m} [Latin America] |
zanganear | to drone | {v} |
zanganear | to loaf | {v} |
zanja | ditch, trench | {f} |
zanjar | to remove difficulties | {v} |
zanjar | to resolve; to settle | {v} |
zanjero | An official in charge of water supplies | {m} |
zapallo | pumpkin, gourd | {m} |
zapallo | zucchini, courgette | {m} |
zapapico | pickaxe | {m} |
zapar | to sap | {v} |
zapar | to undermine | {v} |
zapata | brake shoe | {f} [automotive] |
zapata | washer | {f} |
Zapata | Spanish surname | {prop} |
zapatear | to give the boot; to dismiss | {v} |
zapatería | cobbler; shoemaker's | {f} |
zapatería | shoe factory; shoestore | {f} |
zapatero | tough; undercooked | {adj} |
zapatero | water strider | {m} [insects] |
zapatero | shoemaker; cobbler | {m} |
Zapatero | Spanish surname | {prop} |
zapatero, a tus zapatos | cobbler, stick to thy last. Used to critize someone who opines about a subject without knowing it | {phrase} [idiomatic] |
zapatilla | cleat | {f} |
zapatilla | slipper (house shoe) | {f} |
zapatilla | sneaker | {f} |
zapato | shoe | {m} |
zapear | to channel hop | {v} [Spain] |
zapeo | channel hopping | {m} [Spain] |
zapote | mamey sapote | {m} |
zapoteca | Zapotec | {f} |
zapoteco | Zapotec | {adj} |
zapoteco | Zapotec | {m} |
zapoteco | Zapotec (language) | {m} |
zapote mamey | The mamey sapote | {m} |
zapping | channel hopping, channel surfing | {m} [Spain] |
zar | tsar, czar | {m} |
zaragüellos | overalls | {m} |
Zaragoza | Zaragoza (city) | {prop} |
zaragozano | From Saragossa (Zaragoza); Saragossan | {adj} |
zaragozano | A person from Saragossa (Zaragoza); Saragossan | {m} |
zarandear | to shake, to jiggle | {vt} |
zarandear | to sift, to sieve | {vt} |
zarapito | curlew | {m} |
zaratán | breast cancer | {m} |
zarcillo | (botany) tendril | {m} |
zarigüeya | opossum | {f} |
zarina | tsarina, czarina | {f} |
zarista | czarist | {adj} |
zarista | czarist | {mf} |
zarpa | claw | {f} |
zarpa | paw | {f} |
zarpar | to embark; to set sail | {vi} [nautical] |
zarpazo | a hit with a claw or paw | {m} |
zarpazo | clawing action | {m} |
zarpazo | thud | {m} |
zarrapastroso | unkempt; untidy | {adj} |
zarza | blackberry bush | {f} |
zarza | bramble | {f} |
zarza armeniana | Himalayan blackberry | {n} |
zarza boysen | boysenberry | {f} |
zarza californiana | Douglas berry | {n} |
zarza de boysen | boysenberry | {f} |
zarza de California | Douglas berry | {n} |
zarza de olallie | olallieberry | {n} |
zarza de Young | youngberry | {f} |
zarza douglas | Douglas berry | {n} |
zarza himalayana | Himalayan blackberry | {n} |
zarzal | bramble | {m} |
zarzal | underbrush | {m} |
zarzamora | blackberry | {f} |
zarzamora | blackberry bush; bramble | {f} |
zarza olalia | olallieberry | {n} |
zarza pajarera | dewberry | {f} |
zarzaparilla | sarsaparilla | {f} |
zarzaparrilla | The sarsaparilla (sasparilla) plant | {f} |
zarzaparrilla | The soft drink sarsaparilla | {f} |
zarzuela | zarzuela | {f} [music] |
zas | bang! | {interj} |
zayin | zayin | {f} |
zayn | zayin; the Hebrew letter ז | {f} |
zócalo | socle, base, footing, skirting, skirting board; frieze | {m} [architecture] |
zócalo | public square, town square, plaza, zocalo | {m} [chiefly, Mexico] |
zeatina | zeatin | {f} [biochemistry] |
zeaxantina | zeaxanthin | {f} [organic compound] |
zebra | alternative spelling of cebra | {f} [obsolete] |
zelador | zealot, zealotist | {m} |
zelo | obsolete form of celo | {m} |
Zemfira | A transliteration of the Russian female given name Земфира | {prop} |
zempasúchil | Variant of cempasúchil | {m} [Mexico] |
zenit | alternative spelling of cenit | {m} [obsolete] |
zepelín | zeppelin | {m} |
zeptogramo | zeptogram | {m} |
zeta | the letter Z | {f} |
zeta | theta; the Greek letter Θ, θ | {f} |
zeta | zeta; the Greek letter Ζ, ζ | {f} |
zettametro | zettametre | {m} |
zeugma | zeugma | {m} [rhetoric] |
zeugmático | zeugmatic | {adj} |
Zeus | Zeus | {prop} [Greek mythology] |
zigomorfo | zygomorphic (having bilateral symmetry) | {adj} [biology] |
zigoto | zygote | {m} |
zigurat | ziggurat | {m} |
zigzag | zigzag | {m} |
zigzagueante | Zigzagging; winding, curving, or twisting | {adj} |
zigzaguear | to zigzag | {vi} |
zimasa | zymase | {f} [enzyme] |
Zimbabue | Zimbabwe | {prop} |
zimbabuense | Zimbabwean | {adj} |
zimbabuense | Zimbabwean | {mf} |
zimógeno | zymogen | {m} [biochemistry] |
Zinacantán | Zinacantán | {prop} |
zinc | alternative spelling of cinc | {m} |
zine | A zine | {m} |
zinnia | zinnia | {f} |
ZIP | Zona Industrial de Procesamiento (Exportación) or Zona Industrial para el Procesamiento de las Exportaciones | {acronym} |
zircón | zircon | {m} |
zángano | drone bee | {m} |
zángano | idler, loafer | {m} |
zángano | sponger, scrounger | {m} |
zodíaco | zodiac | {m} |
zodiacal | zodiacal | {adj} |
zodiaco | zodiac | {m} |
zoólogo | zoologist | {m} |
zombi | zombie | {mf} |
zompantli | In some Mesoamerican civilizations, a wooden rack or palisade used for the public display of human skulls | {m} |
zona | zone, district, area | {f} |
zona erógena | erogenous zone | {f} |
zonzo | silly; stupid | {adj} |
zonzo | idiot; dunce | {m} |
zoo | zoo | {m} |
zoo- | zoo- | {prefix} |
-zoo | -zoan | {suffix} [zoology] |
zoografía | zoography | {f} |
zoológico | zoological | {adj} |
zoológico | zoo | {m} |
zoología | zoology | {f} |
zooplancton | zooplankton | {m} |
zopilote | buzzard, turkey vulture | {m} |
zoquete | blockhead; oaf | {m} [colloquial] |
zoroastrismo | Zoroastrianism | {m} |
zorra | a cunning woman | {f} [colloquial] |
zorra | an attractive woman | {f} [colloquial] |
zorra | prostitute | {f} [colloquial] |
zorra | vixen; female fox | {f} |
zorrastrón | wily, crafty | {adj} [colloquial] |
zorrastrón | A rogue; a wily person | {mf} |
zorrillo | skunk | {m} |
zorrita | diminutive form of zorra | {f} |
zorro | clever, crafty, sly | {adj} |
zorro | jack (device used to raise and temporarily support a heavy object) | {m} [Argentina] |
zorro | beacon | {m} [by extension, figuratively] |
zorro | fox (sly or cunning person) | {m} [by extension, figuratively] |
zorro | fox (carnivore) | {m} |
zorzal | thrush | {m} |
zotol | alternative spelling of sotol | {m} [Mexico] |
zozobra | anxiety; worry | {f} |
zozobrar | to capsize, to founder, to sink | {v} [nautical] |
zozobrar | To fail | {v} [of a business, or project] |
zozobrar | To worry, or fret. To be anxious | {v} [of a person] |
zíper | zipper | {m} [chiefly, Central America, and, Mexico] |
Zúrich | Zürich (city) | {prop} |
zuavo | Zouave | {m} |
zueco | clog (shoe) | {m} |
zueco | galosh | {m} |
zuñi | The Zuni (people) | {prop} |
zulú | Zulu | {adj} |
zulú | Zulu | {mf} |
zulú | Zulu (language) | {prop} |
zulla | human excrement, feces | {f} [colloquial] |
zulla | French honeysuckle (Hedysarum coronarium) | {f} |
Zulma | female given name | {prop} |
zumacal | sumach plantation | {m} |
zumacar | sumach plantation | {m} |
zumaque | sumac | {m} |
zumba | bashing, beating | {f} |
zumbar | to hum; to buzz | {vi} |
zumbar | to hit | {vt} |
zumbar | to mock | {vt} |
zumbido | buzz, hum (a buzzing or humming noise) | {m} |
zumillo | cuckoo pint, Arum italicum | {m} [plant] |
zumillo | dragon arum, Dracunculus vulgaris | {m} [plant] |
zumillo | friar's cowl, Arisarum vulgare | {m} [plant] |
zumo | extract, herbal tincture | {m} |
zumo | profit, gain | {m} |
zumo | juice | {m} [Spain] |
zunga | thong (swimwear) | {f} |
zuquini | (irregular) zucchini | {m} |
zurcir | to darn; to mend | {vt} |
zurdazo | left-handed punch, backhand | {m} |
zurdo | left-handed | {adj} |
zurdo | left-handed person | {m} |
zurear | to coo | {v} |
zuro | corncob | {m} [Spain] |
zurracapote | zurracapote | {f} |
zurrar | To thrash, thwack | {v} |
zurriagazo | lash, stroke (of whip) | {m} |
zurriagazo | misfortune | {m} |
zurriago | bullwhip | {m} |
zurriar | to buzz, whirr | {v} |
zurrir | to whir | {v} |
zurrón | globe daisy | {m} |
zurrón | Lincolnshire spinach | {m} |
zurrona | loose woman, tramp | {f} [colloquial] |
zurubí | alternative spelling of surubí | {m} [Argentina, Bolivia] |
zurullo | turd | {m} [colloquial, slang] |
zutano | what's-his-name; so-and-so | {m} |
zuzar | to incite | {v} |
zwitterión | zwitterion | {m} [chemistry] |