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]