Spanish words starting with Z:
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| Spanish word | meaning in English | features |
|---|---|---|
| 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] |