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lexentry: eng/second_lieutenant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: second lieutenant
trans_list: alférez
sense:
The lowest rank of a commissioned officer in the United States Army, United States Air Force, or United States Marine Corps, below a first lieutenant. The rank of second lieutenant is equivalent to the naval rank of ensign.


lexentry: eng/second_nature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: second nature
trans_list: segunda naturaleza
sense:
(idiomatic) A mindset, skill, or type of behavior so ingrained through habit or practice that it seems natural, automatic, or without a basis in conscious thought.


lexentry: eng/second_person__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: second person
trans_list: segunda persona
sense:
(grammar) The form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience. In English, the second person is used with the pronouns thou and you. In many languages the singular, applying to one person, and plural, applying to several people, are distinct.


lexentry: eng/second_to_none__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: second to none
trans_list: no ir en zaga
sense:
As good as the best, as in quality or reputation; inferior to no one else or to nothing else of the same kind.


lexentry: eng/secondary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: secondary
trans_list: suplente
sense:
(geology) Produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rock mass.


lexentry: eng/secondary_market__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: secondary market
trans_list: mercado secundario
sense:
(finance) The financial market for trading of securities that have already been issued in an initial private or public offering.


lexentry: eng/secondment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: secondment
trans_list: comisión de servicio
sense:
The process or state of being seconded, the temporary transfer of a person from their normal duty to another assignment.


lexentry: eng/secret_Santa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: secret Santa
trans_list: amigo invisible
sense:
A Christmas tradition where a group of people give anonymous gifts to each other, with each person randomly selected to give a gift to one other person.


lexentry: eng/secret_police__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: secret police
trans_list: policía secreta
sense:
A police force operating in secrecy and outside the normal boundaries of law and hidden from the public, usually in support of a totalitarian government's political policies to suppress political dissent through the use of methods including intimidation, violence, and surveillance. [1823]


lexentry: eng/secret_society__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: secret society
trans_list: sociedad secreta
sense:
A club, fraternal organization, or other association which admits only selected individuals as members, whose meetings and practices are often ritualistic and not public, and which often has the purpose of furthering the social or economic opportunities of its members.


lexentry: eng/secretary__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: secretary
trans_list: secretario
sense:
A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.


lexentry: eng/secretary_bird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: secretary bird
trans_list: serpentario
sense:
A large terrestrial bird of prey, Sagittarius serpentarius, native to Africa with very long legs that preys on reptiles, especially snakes.


lexentry: eng/secrete__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: secrete
trans_list: secretar
sense:
(physiology, transitive, of organs, glands, etc.) To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.


lexentry: eng/section__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: section
trans_list: pelotón
sense:
(military) A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.


lexentry: eng/secular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: secular
trans_list: secular
sense:
(astrophysics, geology) Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.


lexentry: eng/secularization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: secularization
trans_list: secularización
sense:
The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular institutions.


lexentry: eng/securitization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: securitization
trans_list: titulización
sense:
(commerce, finance) The fact or process of securitizing assets; the conversion of loans into securities, usually in order to sell them on to other investors.


lexentry: eng/securitize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: securitize
trans_list: certificar
sense:
(finance) To convert assets or claims (typically outstanding loans or other receivables) to securities, usually by selling them with a discount to a financial intermediary, which pools them with other similar assets and sells further as securities to third-party investors.


lexentry: eng/security__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: security
trans_list: seguridad | confianza
sense:
(uncountable) The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially.


lexentry: eng/security__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: security
trans_list: seguridad
sense:
An organization or department responsible for providing security by enforcing laws, rules, and regulations as well as maintaining order.


lexentry: eng/security_deposit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: security deposit
trans_list: caución | fianza | garantía
sense:
An amount of money paid in advance as security against the payor's non-performance of a contractual obligation.


lexentry: eng/sedan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sedan
trans_list: sedán | berlina
sense:
An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair.


lexentry: eng/sedan__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sedan
trans_list: sedán | berlina
sense:
(US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand) An automobile designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space and luggage space.


lexentry: eng/sedan_chair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sedan chair
trans_list: litera
sense:
A small litter or palanquin, seating a single person, often borne on two poles and carried by two people.


lexentry: eng/sedative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sedative
trans_list: sedante | sedativo
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.


lexentry: eng/sedevacantism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sedevacantism
trans_list: sedevacantismo
sense:
The belief, held by a minority of traditionalist Catholics, that the present occupant of the Holy See is not the true pope and that the see has been vacant since the 1960s.


lexentry: eng/sedge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sedge
trans_list: carrizo | jisca
sense:
Any plant of the genus Carex, the true sedge, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species.


lexentry: eng/sedge_warbler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sedge warbler
trans_list: carricerín común
sense:
A small European warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, family Acrocephalidae, that winters in sub-Saharan Africa


lexentry: eng/sediment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sediment
trans_list: sedimento
sense:
A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.


lexentry: eng/sedimentary_rock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sedimentary rock
trans_list: roca sedimentaria
sense:
(geology) One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the deposition of either the weathered remains of other rocks, the results of biological activity, or precipitation from solution.


lexentry: eng/sedimentation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sedimentation
trans_list: sedimentación
sense:
The separation of a suspension of solid particles into a concentrated slurry and a supernatant liquid, either to concentrate the solid or to clarify the liquid.


lexentry: eng/sedoheptulose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sedoheptulose
trans_list: sedoheptulosa
sense:
(biochemistry) A heptose ketose widely distributed in plants of the family Crassulaceae especially in the leaves of the sedum; it plays a part in the fixation of carbon dioxide by photosynthesis


lexentry: eng/seduce__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seduce
trans_list: seducir
sense:
(transitive) To beguile or lure (someone) away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray. [1520s]


lexentry: eng/sedulous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sedulous
trans_list: asiduo
sense:
Of a person: diligent in application or pursuit; constant and persevering in business or in endeavours to effect a goal; steadily industrious.


lexentry: eng/see__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: see
trans_list: sede
sense:
a diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.


lexentry: eng/see_double__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: see double
trans_list: ver doble
sense:
To experience double vision, wherein the eyes do not focus on the same point and a single object is therefore perceived as two.


lexentry: eng/see_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: see out
trans_list: acompañar
sense:
(transitive, formal) To accompany a guest to the door when he or she leaves (also used figuratively).


lexentry: eng/see_stars__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: see stars
trans_list: ver estrellas
sense:
(idiomatic) To experience apparent flashing lights in one's field of vision, especially after receiving a blow to the head.


lexentry: eng/see_the_forest_for_the_trees__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: see the forest for the trees
trans_list: no dejar los árboles ver el bosque
sense:
(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To discern an overall pattern from a mass of detail; to see the big picture, or the broader, more general situation.


lexentry: eng/see_the_light__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: see the light
trans_list: comprender
sense:
(idiomatic) To gain an understanding of something previously not understood, especially in a sudden insight.


lexentry: eng/see_through__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: see through
trans_list: acabar
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To do something until it is finished; to continue working on (something) until it is finished.


lexentry: eng/see_you_later__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: see you later
trans_list: hasta luego | nos vemos | nos veremos | hasta la próxima | nos estamos viendo | nos vemos pronto
sense:
(idiomatic) A phrase used at parting, and not necessarily implying that the person being addressed will be seen later by the speaker.


lexentry: eng/see_you_soon__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: see you soon
trans_list: hasta pronto | hasta luego
sense:
Goodbye; something said at a farewell, not necessarily literally meaning that the speaker will see the hearer(s) again.


lexentry: eng/seep__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seep
trans_list: emanación | fuente
sense:
A small spring, pool, or other spot where liquid from the ground (e.g. water, petroleum or tar) has oozed to the surface; a place of seeping.


lexentry: eng/seepage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seepage
trans_list: filtración
sense:
The process by which something, especially a liquid, leaks through a porous substance; the process of seeping. (Also used figuratively: the process of diffusing.)


lexentry: eng/seesaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seesaw
trans_list: balancín | subibaja
sense:
A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.


lexentry: eng/seethe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seethe
trans_list: hervir
sense:
Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.


lexentry: eng/seethe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seethe
trans_list: arderse
sense:
Of a person: to be in an agitated or angry mental state, often in a way that is not obvious to others.


lexentry: eng/segregate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: segregate
trans_list: segregar
sense:
(transitive) To separate, especially by social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart.


lexentry: eng/segregation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: segregation
trans_list: segregación
sense:
The setting apart or separation of things or people, as a natural process, a manner of organizing people that may be voluntary or enforced by law.


lexentry: eng/segregation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: segregation
trans_list: segregación
sense:
(sociology) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).


lexentry: eng/seiche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seiche
trans_list: seiche
sense:
(hydrology) A short-term standing wave oscillation of the water level in a lake, characteristic of its geometry.


lexentry: eng/seine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seine
trans_list: jábega
sense:
A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.


lexentry: eng/seisin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seisin
trans_list: saisine hereditaria
sense:
(law, historical) An entitlement to a freehold estate with a right to immediate possession; dates from feudal times but is still used in technical discussions of real property law today.


lexentry: eng/seismic_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seismic wave
trans_list: onda sísmica
sense:
Any of several forms of vibrational waves that travel through the Earth as the result of an earthquake or underground explosion.


lexentry: eng/seismograph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seismograph
trans_list: sismógrafo
sense:
An instrument that automatically detects and records the intensity, direction and duration of earthquakes and similar events.


lexentry: eng/seismology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seismology
trans_list: sismología
sense:
The study of the vibration of the Earth's interior caused by natural and unnatural sources, such as earthquakes.


lexentry: eng/seismometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seismometer
trans_list: sismómetro
sense:
(geology) A device used by seismologists to detect and measure seismic waves and therefore locate earthquakes etc; a seismograph.


lexentry: eng/selective_mutism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: selective mutism
trans_list: mutismo selectivo
sense:
(clinical psychology, psychiatry) A severe form of social anxiety disorder characterized by a total inability to speak or communicate orally in certain social settings. The inability to speak is involuntary and persistent, and is not caused by a communication disorder, neurodevelopmental disorder, psychotic disorder, or intellectual disability.


lexentry: eng/selective_serotonin_reuptake_inhibitor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
trans_list: inhibidor selectivo de la recaptación de serotonina
sense:
(pharmacology) Any of a class of drugs, such as fluoxetine or sertraline, that inhibit the uptake of serotonin in the central nervous system and are often used to treat certain mental illnesses, such as depression.


lexentry: eng/selenite__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: selenite
trans_list: selenito
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) The anion SeO32− derived from selenous acid; any salt or ester of selenous acid.


lexentry: eng/selenium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: selenium
trans_list: selenio
sense:
A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Se) with an atomic number of 34, used mainly in glassmaking and pigments and as a semiconductor.


lexentry: eng/selenography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: selenography
trans_list: selenografía
sense:
(astronomy, geography, cartography) The scientific study of the Moon's geographic features; geography of the Moon.


lexentry: eng/selenology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: selenology
trans_list: selenologia
sense:
(chiefly) The scientific study of the Moon’s movements in the heavens and the kinetic influences it has upon and it receives from other astronomical bodies.


lexentry: eng/self-aggrandizement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: self-aggrandizement
trans_list: autobombo | autoengrandecimiento
sense:
Behavior which increases one's own wealth or power, or which is intended to create an appearance of importance.


lexentry: eng/self-censorship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: self-censorship
trans_list: autocensura
sense:
The act of censoring one's own work or what one says without overt pressure from any specific party or institution of authority, often for fear of sanctions.


lexentry: eng/self-contradictory__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: self-contradictory
trans_list: adverso
sense:
Containing multiple claims or ideas that are inherently in disagreement; of something or someone that contradicts itself.


lexentry: eng/self-critical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: self-critical
trans_list: autocrítico
sense:
Capable of criticizing oneself; able to find mistakes and possibilities for improvement in one's own work.


lexentry: eng/self-cultivation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: self-cultivation
trans_list: autocultivación
sense:
The practice of effecting gradual yet substantial improvements of oneself, especially through education.


lexentry: eng/self-defense__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: self-defense
trans_list: legítima defensa | defensa propia
sense:
(legal) The right to protect oneself against violence by using reasonable force, which can be used as justification in several charges including murder, assault, and battery.


lexentry: eng/self-deportation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: self-deportation
trans_list: autodeportación
sense:
Voluntary emigration by members of an unwanted or illegal population, often as a result of policies that make staying in their country of residence difficult.


lexentry: eng/self-improvement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: self-improvement
trans_list: autosuperación | superación personal
sense:
The following of a disciplined programme to improve one's physical health, mental health or character.


lexentry: eng/self-management__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: self-management
trans_list: autogestión
sense:
(uncountable) a form of management encompassing self-directed work processes by an organization's workforce with or without joint control by workers and management.


lexentry: eng/self-raising_flour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: self-raising flour
trans_list: harina con levadura | harina con polvos de hornear | harina leudante
sense:
(UK, Australia, South Africa, cooking) A type of flour that contains an agent, such as baking powder, which makes baked goods expand and rise when cooked. Equivalent to American English "self-rising flour".


lexentry: eng/self-regulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: self-regulation
trans_list: autorregulación
sense:
The regulation (by a person or an organization) of their own behaviour without external control or monitoring.


lexentry: eng/selfhood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: selfhood
trans_list: individualidad
sense:
(philosophy, psychology) State of having a distinct identity, or being an individual distinct from others; individuality.


lexentry: eng/selfie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: selfie
trans_list: autofoto | selfi | selfie
sense:
(informal, mobile phones) A photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone.


lexentry: eng/selfie_stick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: selfie stick
trans_list: palo para autofoto | palo para selfies | palo selfie
sense:
(mobile phones) An extendable monopod arm onto which a smartphone or camera can be mounted in order to take wide-angle photographs of oneself.


lexentry: eng/selfsame__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: selfsame
trans_list: ídem
sense:
Chiefly preceded by the: precisely the same; the very same; the same not only in being similar but in being identical.


lexentry: eng/sell__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sell
trans_list: vender
sense:
(transitive, ditransitive, intransitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.


lexentry: eng/sell__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: sell
trans_list: actuar | fingir
sense:
(transitive, professional wrestling, slang) To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.


lexentry: eng/sell_ice_to_Eskimos__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sell ice to Eskimos
trans_list: llevar naranjas a Valencia
sense:
(idiomatic) To persuade people to go against their best interests or to accept something unnecessary or preposterous.


lexentry: eng/sell_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sell off
trans_list: liquidar | rematar
sense:
(transitive) To sell asset(s) for the purpose of getting rid of them quickly rather than for maximizing profit.


lexentry: eng/selvage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: selvage
trans_list: orillo
sense:
(weaving) The edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp (top to bottom) threads, creating a finished edge.


lexentry: eng/semantic_field__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: semantic field
trans_list: campo semántico
sense:
(linguistics, translation studies) A group of words which all relate to the same subject or concept, or to overlapping aspects thereof.


lexentry: eng/semaphore__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: semaphore
trans_list: semáforo
sense:
(figurative) A visual system for transmitting information using the above equipment; especially, by means of two flags held one in each hand, using an alphabetic and numeric code based on the position of the signaller's arms; flag semaphore.


lexentry: eng/semaphore__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: semaphore
trans_list: semáforo
sense:
(ambitransitive, figurative) To signal using, or as if using, a semaphore, with the implication that it is done nonverbally.


lexentry: eng/semelfactive_aspect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: semelfactive aspect
trans_list: aspecto semelfactivo
sense:
(grammar) A subclass of perfective verbs that denotes a momentary or punctiliar action (e.g., to sneeze, to blink).


lexentry: eng/semi-boarding_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: semi-boarding school
trans_list: seminternado
sense:
A school that provides board and lodging to some students, but allows others to attend during the day only, like a day school.


lexentry: eng/semi-postal_stamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: semi-postal stamp
trans_list: sellos semipostal | semipostal
sense:
A postage stamp which includes a premium for charitable causes in addition to the charge for postal service.


lexentry: eng/semi-precious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: semi-precious
trans_list: semiprecioso
sense:
Sort of or somewhat precious or valuable. Usually used as part of the phrase semi-precious stones or semi-precious gems.


lexentry: eng/semi-trailer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: semi-trailer
trans_list: semirremolque
sense:
A trailer without front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end, designed to be pulled via a pivoting arrangement which also partially supports its weight.


lexentry: eng/semiarid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: semiarid
trans_list: semiárido
sense:
(climatology) Somewhat arid, receiving little rainfall but more than an arid area would. Typically defined as 25 to 50 cm or 10 to 20 inches of rainfall annually.


lexentry: eng/semiconductor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: semiconductor
trans_list: semiconductor
sense:
(physics) A substance with electrical properties intermediate between a good conductor and a good insulator.


lexentry: eng/semifinal__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: semifinal
trans_list: semifinal
sense:
A competition that narrows a field of contestants (semifinalists) to a set of finalists, for a subsequent final.


lexentry: eng/seminal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: seminal
trans_list: influyente
sense:
Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.


lexentry: eng/seminal_vesicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seminal vesicle
trans_list: glándula seminal | vesícula seminal
sense:
(anatomy) One of two simple tubular glands located behind the male urinary bladder, responsible for the production of about sixty percent of the fluid that ultimately becomes semen.


lexentry: eng/seminar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seminar
trans_list: seminario
sense:
A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.


lexentry: eng/semipermeable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: semipermeable
trans_list: semipermeable
sense:
Permeable to some things and not to others, as a cell membrane which allows some molecules through but blocks other substances.


lexentry: eng/semiprime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: semiprime
trans_list: biprimo | semiprimo
sense:
(number theory) A natural number that is the product of two (not necessarily distinct) prime numbers.


lexentry: eng/semispinalis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: semispinalis
trans_list: semiespinoso
sense:
(muscle) Any of three transversospinalis muscles of the human body: the semispinalis dorsi, semispinalis cervicis, and semispinalis capitis.


lexentry: eng/semitone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: semitone
trans_list: semitono
sense:
(music) A musical interval equal to an augmented unison or a minor second, depending on the context and tuning system used


lexentry: eng/semivowel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: semivowel
trans_list: semivocal | semiconsonante | vocoide
sense:
(phonetics) A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel.


lexentry: eng/semla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: semla
trans_list: semla
sense:
A pastry with a cream and almond paste filling, traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday in Sweden, Finland and Estonia.


lexentry: eng/sempiternal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sempiternal
trans_list: sempiterno
sense:
(philosophy) Everlasting, that is, having infinite temporal duration (as opposed to eternal: outside time and thus lacking temporal duration altogether).


lexentry: eng/senator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: senator
trans_list: senador | senadora
sense:
A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the United States and Canada.


lexentry: eng/send__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: send
trans_list: enviar | remitir | mandar
sense:
(transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).


lexentry: eng/senile__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: senile
trans_list: senil | chocheante | chocho | gagá
sense:
(often, offensive) Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.


lexentry: eng/senior_citizen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: senior citizen
trans_list: adulto mayor
sense:
An old person, variously considered to be a person over fifty, fifty-five, sixty, or sixty-five years of age.


lexentry: eng/senior_high_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: senior high school
trans_list: preuniversitario
sense:
(schools) An institution which provides secondary education, typically in grades 10, 11, and 12, and often also in grade 9.


lexentry: eng/seniority__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seniority
trans_list: antigüedad | arraigo laboral
sense:
A measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members longer.


lexentry: eng/sensation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sensation
trans_list: sensación
sense:
A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.


lexentry: eng/sensationalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sensationalism
trans_list: sensacionalismo
sense:
The use of sensational subject matter, style or methods, or the sensational subject matter itself; behavior, published materials, or broadcasts that are intentionally controversial, exaggerated, lurid, loud, or attention-grabbing. Especially applied to news media in a pejorative sense that they are reporting in a manner to gain audience or notoriety but at the expense of accuracy and professionalism.


lexentry: eng/sensationalist__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sensationalist
trans_list: sensacionalista
sense:
Sensationalistic; tending to sensationalize; characterized by sensationalism (the use of exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention).


lexentry: eng/sense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sense
trans_list: sentido
sense:
Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.


lexentry: eng/sense__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: sense
trans_list: sentido
sense:
(mathematics) One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.


lexentry: eng/sensei__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sensei
trans_list: sensei | senséi
sense:
A martial arts instructor. Sensei of martial arts usually live and/or work at a dojo where they instruct their apprentices. A live-in apprentice is also called uchi-deshi.


lexentry: eng/sensible__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sensible
trans_list: sensato | razonable | sesudo
sense:
Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason, or reflecting such ability.


lexentry: eng/sensible__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sensible
trans_list: práctico
sense:
Characterized more by usefulness, practicality, or comfort than by attractiveness, formality, or fashionableness, especially of clothing.


lexentry: eng/sensitivity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sensitivity
trans_list: sensibilidad
sense:
(statistics) The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true positive being correctly identified.


lexentry: eng/sensualism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sensualism
trans_list: sensualismo
sense:
(epistemology) The doctrine that all knowledge not only originates in sensation, but are transformed sensations, copies or relics of sensations; sensationalism.


lexentry: eng/sentence__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: sentence
trans_list: oración | frase
sense:
(grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied, and, in modern writing, when using e.g. the Latin, Greek or Cyrillic alphabets, typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop or other punctuation. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/sepal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sepal
trans_list: sépalo
sense:
(botany) One of the component parts of the calyx, particularly when the sepals in a plant's calyx are not fused into a single structure.


lexentry: eng/separable_polynomial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: separable polynomial
trans_list: polinomio separable
sense:
(algebra, field theory) A polynomial over a given field that has distinct roots in the algebraic closure of said field (the number of roots being equal to the degree of the polynomial).


lexentry: eng/separating__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: separating
trans_list: divisible
sense:
(zipper) Capable of being opened and having its two sided completely detached from one another rather than just being opened for most of its length.


lexentry: eng/separation_anxiety_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: separation anxiety disorder
trans_list: trastorno de ansiedad por separación
sense:
A psychological condition in which an individual experiences excessive anxiety regarding separation from home or from people to whom the individual has a strong emotional attachment.


lexentry: eng/separation_of_powers__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: separation of powers
trans_list: separación de poderes
sense:
A theoretical model for governance, common in democratic states, which features the division of sovereign power into at least three (but sometimes up to six) organs of state in order to forestall tyranny, by preventing the acquisition of a monopoly of power by a monarch or oligarchy; also, such an arrangement.


lexentry: eng/separatism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: separatism
trans_list: separatismo
sense:
A theory or doctrine which supports a state of separation between organizations, institutions, or other societal groups (e.g. between church and state) or between different political jurisdictions (e.g. a country and its former colony).


lexentry: eng/separatist__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: separatist
trans_list: separatista
sense:
Advocating or seeking the separation of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories.


lexentry: eng/separatist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: separatist
trans_list: separatista
sense:
Someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatics.


lexentry: eng/sepiolite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sepiolite
trans_list: sepiolita
sense:
(mineral) A hydrated magnesium silicate, clay mineral used for carving into decorative articles and smoking pipes.


lexentry: eng/sepoy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sepoy
trans_list: cipayo
sense:
(historical, military) A native soldier of the East Indies, employed in the service of a European colonial power, notably the British India army (first under the British-chartered East India Company, later in the crown colony), but also France and Portugal.


lexentry: eng/sepsis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sepsis
trans_list: sepsis
sense:
(pathology) A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infection.


lexentry: eng/septic_tank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: septic tank
trans_list: fosa séptica
sense:
A small-scale watertight treatment system for domestic sewage in which the flow is slowed to allow sedimentation and sludge digestion by bacteria to take place.


lexentry: eng/septicemia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: septicemia
trans_list: septicemia
sense:
(pathology) A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterised by chills and fever.


lexentry: eng/sequel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sequel
trans_list: secuela
sense:
(narratology) A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.


lexentry: eng/sequela__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sequela
trans_list: secuela
sense:
(pathology) Chiefly in the plural: a condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one, being either partly or wholly caused by it, or made possible by it.


lexentry: eng/sequence__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sequence
trans_list: secuencia
sense:
A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony).


lexentry: eng/sequence__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: sequence
trans_list: secuencia
sense:
A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services.


lexentry: eng/sequence_assembly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sequence assembly
trans_list: ensamblaje
sense:
(bioinformatics) The aligning and merging of fragments from a longer DNA sequence in order to reconstruct the original sequence.


lexentry: eng/sequencer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sequencer
trans_list: secuenciador
sense:
Any device that activates or deactivates the components of a machine or system according to a preplanned sequence (as in a washing machine, or central heating system).


lexentry: eng/sequent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sequent
trans_list: consecuencia
sense:
(logic) A disjunctive set of logical formulae which is partitioned into two subsets; the first subset, called the antecedent, consists of formulae which are valuated as false, and the second subset, called the succedent, consists of formulae which are valuated as true. (The set is written without set brackets and the separation between the two subsets is denoted by a turnstile symbol, which may be read "give(s)".)


lexentry: eng/sequoia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sequoia
trans_list: secuoya | secoya
sense:
Sequoiadendron giganteum, a coniferous evergreen tree formerly in the genus Sequoia, now placed in Sequoiadendron.


lexentry: eng/serac__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: serac
trans_list: serac
sense:
(geography, glaciology) A sharp tower of ice formed by intersecting crevasses of a glacier. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/seraph__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: seraph
trans_list: serafín
sense:
(post-biblical) A six-winged angel; one of the highest choir or order of angels in Christian angelology, ranked above cherubim, and below God. They are the 5th-highest order of angels in Jewish angelology.


lexentry: eng/serenade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: serenade
trans_list: serenata
sense:
A love song that is sung directly to one's love interest, especially one performed below the window of a loved one in the evening.


lexentry: eng/serendipity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: serendipity
trans_list: serendipia | serendipicia | serendipidad
sense:
An unsought, unintended, and/or unexpected, but fortunate, discovery and/or learning experience that happens by accident.


lexentry: eng/serf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: serf
trans_list: siervo
sense:
A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights.


lexentry: eng/sergeant_major__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sergeant major
trans_list: sargento mayor
sense:
(US, plural sergeants major) The most senior rank of non-commissioned officer in the United States Army, ranking above a first sergeant. In the United States Marine Corps it ranks above First Sergeant and is equal in grade to Master Gunnery Sergeant.


lexentry: eng/serial_killer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: serial killer
trans_list: asesino en serie | asesino serial | asesina en serie
sense:
A person who commits multiple (more than two) murders, especially similar ones with no obvious motive over a period of time with a "cooling-off" period between each murder.


lexentry: eng/serial_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: serial number
trans_list: número de serie
sense:
A unique identifier, consisting of numbers, letters and/or other typographical symbols, assigned to a particular unit of some product to identify it.


lexentry: eng/serial_port__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: serial port
trans_list: puerto serie
sense:
(computing) A serial communication physical interface through which data is transferred in or out one bit at a time.


lexentry: eng/serialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: serialism
trans_list: serialismo
sense:
(music) Music, especially from the 20th century, in which themes are based on a definite order of notes of an equal-tempered scale.


lexentry: eng/serialize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: serialize
trans_list: serializar
sense:
(computing) To convert an object into a sequence of bytes that can later be converted back into an object with equivalent properties.


lexentry: eng/series__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: series
trans_list: serie | serie de televisión
sense:
(broadcasting) A television or radio program which consists of several episodes that are broadcast in regular intervals


lexentry: eng/series_finale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: series finale
trans_list: conclusión de la serie
sense:
The promotional or advertisement term used to describe the final episode of a television program, usually a situation comedy or a drama.


lexentry: eng/serif__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: serif
trans_list: remate | serifa | gracia | patín
sense:
(typography) A short line added to the end of a stroke in traditional typefaces, such as Times New Roman.


lexentry: eng/serine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: serine
trans_list: serina
sense:
(amino acid) A nonessential amino acid, CH2OH.CH(NH2)COOH, found in most animal proteins, notably silk.


lexentry: eng/seroconversion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seroconversion
trans_list: seroconversión
sense:
(immunology) The development of specific antibodies in the blood serum as a result of infection or immunization


lexentry: eng/serology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: serology
trans_list: serología
sense:
The science that studies the blood serum, and especially the reaction between antigens and antibodies in serum.


lexentry: eng/serotonin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: serotonin
trans_list: serotonina
sense:
(neurotransmitter) An indoleamine neurotransmitter, 5-hydroxytryptamine, that is involved in depression, appetite, etc., and is crucial in maintaining a sense of well-being, security, etc.


lexentry: eng/serous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: serous
trans_list: seroso
sense:
(medicine) Containing, secreting, or resembling serum; watery; a fluid or discharge that is pale yellow and transparent, usually representing something of a benign nature. (This contrasts with the term sanguine, which means blood-tinged and usually harmful.)


lexentry: eng/serpent__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: serpent
trans_list: serpentón
sense:
(musical instruments) An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).


lexentry: eng/serpentine__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: serpentine
trans_list: serpentina
sense:
(mineralogy) Any of several green/brown minerals consisting of magnesium and iron silicates that have similar layered crystal structure, whose appearance somewhat resembles a snake's skin.


lexentry: eng/serpentinite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: serpentinite
trans_list: serpentinita
sense:
(geology) a metamorphic rock composed of serpentine minerals formed by the hydration of ultramafic rocks


lexentry: eng/serpopard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: serpopard
trans_list: serpopardo
sense:
(Egyptian mythology, Mesopotamian mythology) A mythical animal resembling a serpent-necked leopard, known from Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian depictions.


lexentry: eng/sertraline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sertraline
trans_list: sertralina
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) An antidepressant drug C17H17NCl2 administered in the form of its hydrochloride and acting to enhance serotonin activity.


lexentry: eng/serum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: serum
trans_list: suero
sense:
The clear yellowish liquid obtained upon separating whole blood into its solid and liquid components after it has been allowed to clot.


lexentry: eng/serum__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: serum
trans_list: sérum | serum
sense:
(skincare) An intensive moisturising product to be applied after cleansing but before a general moisturiser.


lexentry: eng/servant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: servant
trans_list: sirviente | criado | mozo | empleado | doméstico
sense:
One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.


lexentry: eng/serve__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: serve
trans_list: servir | cerner | cernir | desempeñar | fungir | operar
sense:
(intransitive) To be a servant or worker; to perform the duties of a servant or employee; to render service. [from 14thc.]


lexentry: eng/serve__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: serve
trans_list: servir | cerner | cernir | operar
sense:
(transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person. [from 15thc.]


lexentry: eng/serve__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: serve
trans_list: servir | cumplir
sense:
(transitive) To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc. [from 13thc.]


lexentry: eng/serve__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: serve
trans_list: servir
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, sports) To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc. [from 16thc.]


lexentry: eng/serve_cunt__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: serve cunt
trans_list: servir concha | servir coño
sense:
(originally, _, drag slang, Internet slang) To act in a powerfully and unapologetically feminine manner; to slay.


lexentry: eng/server__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: server
trans_list: servidor
sense:
(computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.


lexentry: eng/service__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: service
trans_list: saque
sense:
(sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.


lexentry: eng/service_area__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: service area
trans_list: area de servicio
sense:
A place built alongside a limited-access road where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on.


lexentry: eng/service_of_process__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: service of process
trans_list: diligencia de emplazamiento
sense:
(legal) The delivery of information to a person or entity providing notice that they are being sued with sufficient detail for them to respond to the suit.


lexentry: eng/serviceberry__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: serviceberry
trans_list: guillomo
sense:
(North America) Any plant of the genus Amelanchier of small deciduous trees and large shrubs in the family Rosaceae.


lexentry: eng/serving__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: serving
trans_list: porción
sense:
(countable) The quantity of food or drink intended for one person in a single sitting; especially in relation to a meal.


lexentry: eng/servitude__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: servitude
trans_list: servidumbre
sense:
The state of being a slave; slavery; being forced to work for others or do their bidding without one's consent or against one's will, either in perpetuity or for a period of time over which one has little or no control.


lexentry: eng/servitude__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: servitude
trans_list: servidumbre
sense:
(legal) A qualified beneficial interest severed or fragmented from the ownership of an inferior property and attached to a superior property or to some person other than the owner; the most common form is an easement.


lexentry: eng/sesquilingualism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sesquilingualism
trans_list: sesquilingüismo
sense:
The condition of being sesquilingual; the ability to speak one language fluently, and a second language only to a limited extent.


lexentry: eng/session__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: session
trans_list: sesión
sense:
A period devoted to a particular activity, e.g. the annual or semiannual periods of a legislative body (that together comprise the legislative term) whose individual meetings are also called sessions.


lexentry: eng/session__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: session
trans_list: sesión
sense:
(computing) The sequence of interactions between client and server, or between user and system; the period during which a user is logged in or connected.


lexentry: eng/sestertius__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sestertius
trans_list: sestercio
sense:
(historical, _, numismatics) A large bronze or (rarely) small silver coin minted during the Roman Republic and Empire, valued at two and a half asses (a quarter of a denarius).


lexentry: eng/sestina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sestina
trans_list: sextina
sense:
(poetry) A highly structured poem consisting of six six-line stanzas followed by a tercet or envoy, for a total of thirty-nine lines.


lexentry: eng/set__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: set
trans_list: aparato
sense:
A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.


lexentry: eng/set__Noun__2
sense_num: 08
written_rep: set
trans_list: conjunto
sense:
(set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.


lexentry: eng/set__Noun__2
sense_num: 12
written_rep: set
trans_list: escenario | plató
sense:
the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.


lexentry: eng/set__Verb__1
sense_num: 20
written_rep: set
trans_list: poner
sense:
(intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.


lexentry: eng/set_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: set down
trans_list: posar
sense:
(transitive, , especially, _, British) To place, especially on the ground or a surface; to cease carrying; to deposit; to allow passengers to alight.


lexentry: eng/set_someone's_teeth_on_edge__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: set someone's teeth on edge
trans_list: dar dentera
sense:
To cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in one's teeth, as when acids are brought into contact with them.


lexentry: eng/set_square__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: set square
trans_list: escuadra | cartabón
sense:
(UK) A flat triangular piece of plastic or other material, having corners of precise angles, used in technical drawing


lexentry: eng/set_the_Thames_on_fire__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: set the Thames on fire
trans_list: encender la pradera
sense:
(chiefly, in the negative, idiomatic) To achieve something amazing but to a nearly-impossible degree; to do something which brings great public acclaim.


lexentry: eng/setback__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: setback
trans_list: contratiempo | descalabro | mazazo | varapalo
sense:
An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, blow (an adverse event which retards or prevents progress towards a desired outcome)


lexentry: eng/setpoint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: setpoint
trans_list: consigna
sense:
The command signal or value which is fed into a controller to establish the target or desired position or state of the controlled device or process.


lexentry: eng/setter__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: setter
trans_list: compás
sense:
(volleyball) The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.


lexentry: eng/settle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: settle
trans_list: establecerse | asentarse | avecindarse
sense:
(transitive) To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).


lexentry: eng/settle__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: settle
trans_list: establecerse | asentarse | avecindarse
sense:
(intransitive) To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)


lexentry: eng/settle__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: settle
trans_list: pagar | dirimir | liquidar | resolver | saldar
sense:
(transitive) To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).


lexentry: eng/settlement__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: settlement
trans_list: finiquito
sense:
(finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.


lexentry: eng/settlement__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: settlement
trans_list: finiquito
sense:
(law) A mutual agreement to end a dispute without resorting to legal proceedings, also known as an out-of-court settlement or settling out of court.


lexentry: eng/settlement_agreement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: settlement agreement
trans_list: avenencia | transacción
sense:
(legal) A contractual agreement between parties to actual or potential litigation by which each party agrees to a resolution of the underlying dispute.


lexentry: eng/settler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: settler
trans_list: colono | colonizador | colona | colonizadora
sense:
Someone who settles in a new location, especially one who takes up residence in a previously uninhabited place; a colonist.


lexentry: eng/seven__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seven
trans_list: siete
sense:
A numerical value equal to 7; the number following six and preceding eight. This many dots: (•••••••). Describing a group or set with seven elements.


lexentry: eng/seven_deadly_sins__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seven deadly sins
trans_list: siete pecados capitales
sense:
(Catholicism) The cardinal sins enumerated by medieval philosophers and theologians: pride (or vanity, vainglory), envy, gluttony, greed (or avarice), lust, sloth (or acedia), and wrath (or anger).


lexentry: eng/seven_hundred__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seven hundred
trans_list: setecientos | setecientas
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after six hundred ninety-nine and before seven hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 700.


lexentry: eng/seven_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seven o'clock
trans_list: las siete
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the eighth hour of the day; 7:00 a.m. (07:00).


lexentry: eng/seven_seas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seven seas
trans_list: siete mares
sense:
(poetic) All of the oceans of the world. (In a common modern interpretation, the seven seas are the North and South Atlantic, North and South Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic, but historical interpretations differ widely; see the Wikipedia article for this.)


lexentry: eng/seventeen__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seventeen
trans_list: diecisiete
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.


lexentry: eng/seventy-first__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seventy-first
trans_list: septuagésimo primero
sense:
The ordinal form of the number seventy-one, describing a person or thing in position number 71 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/seventy__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: seventy
trans_list: setenta
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70.


lexentry: eng/severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: severe acute respiratory syndrome
trans_list: síndrome respiratorio agudo severo
sense:
(pathology) A form of pneumonia resulting from infection by a coronavirus characterized by fever, myalgia, lethargy and coughing and which can be fatal.


lexentry: eng/sew__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sew
trans_list: coser
sense:
(transitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.


lexentry: eng/sew__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sew
trans_list: coser
sense:
(intransitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.


lexentry: eng/sewing_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sewing machine
trans_list: máquina de coser
sense:
Any mechanical or electromechanical device used to stitch cloth or other material; normally uses two threads to form lock stitches


lexentry: eng/sex__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sex
trans_list: sexo | género
sense:
(countable) Another category, especially of humans and especially based on sexuality or gender roles.


lexentry: eng/sex__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: sex
trans_list: sexo | género
sense:
(obsolete, or, literary, uncountable, with "the") Women; the human female gender and those who belong to it.


lexentry: eng/sex_education__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sex education
trans_list: educación sexual
sense:
Education about human sexual anatomy, reproduction, and intercourse and other human sexual behavior.


lexentry: eng/sex_hormone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sex hormone
trans_list: hormona de sexo | hormona sexual
sense:
A hormone, such as testosterone in males or estrogen in females, affecting sexual development and reproduction.


lexentry: eng/sex_reassignment_surgery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sex reassignment surgery
trans_list: cirugía de reasignación de sexo
sense:
Any surgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard, particularly those decided by transgender people for themselves or for intersex people to present in a dyadic fashion, the latter often done without consent.


lexentry: eng/sex_tourism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sex tourism
trans_list: turismo sexual
sense:
Travel to another country for the purpose of sexual intercourse with prostitutes or for the purpose of engaging in sex acts which are prohibited in one's home jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/sextant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sextant
trans_list: sextante
sense:
(nautical) A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude.


lexentry: eng/sextillion__Numeral__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sextillion
trans_list: sextillón
sense:
(dated, _, British, and, Australian, long scale) A million quintillion: 1 followed by 36 zeros, 1036.


lexentry: eng/sexton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sexton
trans_list: sacristán
sense:
A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer.


lexentry: eng/sexual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sexual
trans_list: sexual
sense:
Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/sexual_abuse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sexual abuse
trans_list: abuso sexual
sense:
(crime) Any sexual activity that is undesired by one participant but forced on them nonetheless, especially when considered to be more sustained or frequent than an incident of sexual assault.


lexentry: eng/sexual_assault__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sexual assault
trans_list: agresión sexual
sense:
A physical attack of a sexual nature on another person or a sexual act committed without explicit consent.


lexentry: eng/sexual_cannibalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sexual cannibalism
trans_list: canibalismo sexual
sense:
(zoology) A type of cannibalism in animals, whereby the female devours the male after, or during, copulation.


lexentry: eng/sexual_intercourse__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sexual intercourse
trans_list: coito | relación sexual | cópula
sense:
Sexual interaction, usually involving vaginal and/or anal and/or oral penetration, between at least two organisms.


lexentry: eng/sexual_minority__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sexual minority
trans_list: minoría sexual
sense:
(countable) A (member of a) group outside of the mainstream of accepted sexual expression or orientation in a given culture. (Also used attributively.)


lexentry: eng/sexual_predator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sexual predator
trans_list: acosador sexual
sense:
(chiefly, pejorative) A person who obtains, or tries to obtain, sexual contact in an abusive manner, and for that reason is seen as threatening.


lexentry: eng/sexual_slavery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sexual slavery
trans_list: trata de blancas
sense:
(criminology) A criminal activity that involves forced sexual acts upon a person who is usually held hostage as a slave.


lexentry: eng/sexualism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sexualism
trans_list: sexismo
sense:
The belief that one set of sexual behaviors is intrinsically superior to another set of sexual behaviors, or prejudice and discrimination based on that belief.


lexentry: eng/sgraffito__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sgraffito
trans_list: esgrafiado
sense:
(art, uncountable) A technique in ceramics, art and wall design, where the top layer of pigment or slip is scratched through to reveal an underlying layer.


lexentry: eng/shackle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shackle
trans_list: grillete | grillos
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A restraint fit over a human or animal appendage, such as a wrist, ankle or finger; normally used in pairs joined by a chain.


lexentry: eng/shackle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shackle
trans_list: grillete
sense:
A U-shaped piece of metal secured with a pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism.


lexentry: eng/shad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shad
trans_list: sábalo | alosa
sense:
Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.


lexentry: eng/shader__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shader
trans_list: sombreador
sense:
(computer graphics) A set of software instructions used to calculate rendering effects on graphics hardware.


lexentry: eng/shadow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shadow
trans_list: sombra
sense:
A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.


lexentry: eng/shadow_government__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shadow government
trans_list: gobierno en la sombra
sense:
(political science) A government that is prepared to take control in response to certain events, especially one made up of the leadership of the largest opposition party in parliament which would assume control should the ruling party be displaced in elections.


lexentry: eng/shadow_play__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shadow play
trans_list: teatro de sombras
sense:
(hand games) An ancient form of storytelling and entertainment using opaque, often articulated figures in front of an illuminated backdrop to create the illusion of moving images.


lexentry: eng/shaft__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: shaft
trans_list: barra | eje | palier | raquis | tronco | vara
sense:
Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, the driveshaft of a motorized vehicle with rear-wheel drive, an axle, etc.


lexentry: eng/shag__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shag
trans_list: cormorán | cormorán moñudo
sense:
Any of several species of sea birds in the family Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant family), especially the common shag or European shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis, found on European and African coasts.


lexentry: eng/shahada__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shahada
trans_list: shahada
sense:
(Islam, especially, theosophy) The Islamic declaration of belief in the unity of God, one of the five pillars, the formal content of which is the kalima (a minimal Islamic creed).


lexentry: eng/shake__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shake
trans_list: agitar
sense:
(transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.


lexentry: eng/shake_one's_head__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shake one's head
trans_list: negar con la cabeza
sense:
To move one's head from side to side, in a repeated swiveling motion from the neck, to indicate disagreement, negation, disbelief, disapproval or dismay.


lexentry: eng/shakshuka__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shakshuka
trans_list: shakshuka
sense:
(culinary) A dish of eggs simmered in a mixture of chopped tomatoes, chilies, cumin, peppers, and onions.


lexentry: eng/shall__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shall
trans_list: ir
sense:
Used similarly to indicate determination or obligation in the second and third persons singular or plural.


lexentry: eng/sham_marriage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sham marriage
trans_list: matrimonio ficticio
sense:
A marriage of convenience entered into purely for the purpose of gaining a benefit or other advantage arising from that status, usually with the intent of deceiving public officials or society about its purpose.


lexentry: eng/shaman__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shaman
trans_list: chamán | chamana | curandera | curandero | shamana | shamán
sense:
A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds.


lexentry: eng/shamanism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shamanism
trans_list: chamanismo
sense:
Any of a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world.


lexentry: eng/shamateurism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shamateurism
trans_list: amateurismo marrón
sense:
The fact or practice of being a shamateur; making money out of sports despite professing to be an amateur.


lexentry: eng/shame__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shame
trans_list: vergüenza | acholo
sense:
An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.


lexentry: eng/shameless__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shameless
trans_list: desvergonzado | impúdico | descarado | caradura
sense:
Having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest, brazen; unable to feel disgrace.


lexentry: eng/shamrock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shamrock
trans_list: trébol
sense:
The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland.


lexentry: eng/shanghai__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shanghai
trans_list: emborrachar
sense:
(transitive) To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly


lexentry: eng/shanks'_mare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shanks' mare
trans_list: ir en el coche de San Fernando, un ratito a pie y otro caminando
sense:
(US, idiomatic) One's own legs used for walking; to "travel by shanks' mare" or "ride [on] shanks' mare" is to walk to your destination.


lexentry: eng/shape__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: shape
trans_list: forma
sense:
The appearance of something in terms of its arrangement in space, especially its outline; often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure.


lexentry: eng/shaped__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shaped
trans_list: con forma de
sense:
(in compound terms) Having a particular shape (sharing the appearance of something in space, especially its outline – often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure)


lexentry: eng/shaper__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shaper
trans_list: limadora
sense:
A machine tool in which a single-point cutting tool mounted on a reciprocating ram is traversed across the workpiece linearly. Shapers can generate various shapes, but were most especially employed in generating flat surfaces and keyways. The shaper is nowadays obsolescent, most of its applications being served by milling machines.


lexentry: eng/shapeshift__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shapeshift
trans_list: transfigurar
sense:
(biology, fantasy, mythology, intransitive) To change one's shape or form (into another) through often magical means, normally applied only to living beings.


lexentry: eng/shapeshift__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shapeshift
trans_list: transfigurar
sense:
(figuratively, intransitive) To undergo a noticeable change (in character for example), to metamorphosize.


lexentry: eng/shapeshifter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shapeshifter
trans_list: cambiante
sense:
(fantasy, mythology, science fiction) A person or creature capable of changing their appearance or form at will.


lexentry: eng/shaping__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shaping
trans_list: moldeamiento
sense:
(psychology) A method of positive reinforcement of behaviour patterns in a series of steps in operant conditioning.


lexentry: eng/shard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shard
trans_list: casco | añicos | esquirla
sense:
(by extension) A piece of material, especially rock and similar materials, reminding of a broken piece of glass or pottery.


lexentry: eng/share__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: share
trans_list: acción
sense:
(finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.


lexentry: eng/share_taxi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: share taxi
trans_list: taxi colectivo | colectivo
sense:
A vehicle for hire, typically smaller than a bus, taking passengers on a fixed or semi-fixed route without timetables, departing when all seats are filled.


lexentry: eng/sharecropper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sharecropper
trans_list: aparcero
sense:
A person who enters an agreement with a land owner to farm the land and then pay a portion (share) of the produce as rent; one who sharecrops.


lexentry: eng/sharecropping__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sharecropping
trans_list: aparcería
sense:
The system where a tenant farmer, especially in the southern United States, farms the land in exchange for a portion of the crops.


lexentry: eng/shareholders'_agreement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shareholders' agreement
trans_list: pacto de sindicación | pacto parasocial | pacto reservado
sense:
(business) An agreement between the shareholders of a company that supplements the constitutional documents and typically covers such issues as dividend policy, rights of shareholders when one or more of them want to sell their shares, representation in the board etc.


lexentry: eng/shari'a__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shari'a
trans_list: sharia
sense:
(Islam) Traditional Islamic religious law primarily based on the Quran, but also the hadith and tafsir; it covers the totality of religious, political, social and private life, making no distinction between religion and life – in other words between transgressions of moral rules (sin) and of social rules.


lexentry: eng/sharif__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sharif
trans_list: jerife
sense:
A traditional Arab tribal title given to those who serve as the protector of the tribe and all tribal assets.


lexentry: eng/sharing_economy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sharing economy
trans_list: economía colaborativa | economía compartida
sense:
(economics, public policy) A system of economic exchange in which participants interact in a direct and cooperative manner, often with the aid of social media, to produce, market, and consume goods, services, and resources.


lexentry: eng/shark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shark
trans_list: tiburón | escualo
sense:
(ichthyology) A scaleless, predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.


lexentry: eng/shark_fin_soup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shark fin soup
trans_list: sopa de aleta de tiburón
sense:
(culinary) A soup made from shark fins, common especially in Chinese culture, where it is served on special occasions and as a symbol of wealth and prestige.


lexentry: eng/sharp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sharp
trans_list: sostenido
sense:
(music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.


lexentry: eng/shaving_brush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shaving brush
trans_list: brocha de afeitar
sense:
A small brush used to create a lather from shaving cream or shaving soap and apply it to the face or other area before shaving


lexentry: eng/shaving_cream__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shaving cream
trans_list: crema de afreitar
sense:
A substance, usually a foam or gel, that is applied to the face or wherever else hair grows, to provide lubrication and avoid razor burn during shaving.


lexentry: eng/shaving_cream__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shaving cream
trans_list: crema de afeitar
sense:
A type of cosmetic cream, combined with water and whipped into a lather using a shaving brush to provide lubrication and avoid razor burn during shaving.


lexentry: eng/shawarma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shawarma
trans_list: shawarma
sense:
A Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap of shaved lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, beef, or a mixture of these.


lexentry: eng/shawl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shawl
trans_list: chal | pañolón
sense:
A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women. [from 1662]


lexentry: eng/she-devil__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: she-devil
trans_list: diabla | diablesa
sense:
(figuratively) A woman whose bad temper, cruelty or wicked ways are so extreme as to evoke an image of the devil.


lexentry: eng/shea__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shea
trans_list: karité
sense:
The fruit of this tree, having a thin, tart, nutritious pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich seed.


lexentry: eng/shea_butter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shea butter
trans_list: manteca de karité
sense:
A slightly yellowish or ivory-colored natural fat extracted from fruit of the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) by crushing and boiling, widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer and an emollient, as a cooking oil in West Africa, and sometimes used in the chocolate industry as a substitute for cocoa butter.


lexentry: eng/sheaf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sheaf
trans_list: haz | atada | atado | mies
sense:
A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.


lexentry: eng/sheaf__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: sheaf
trans_list: haz
sense:
(mathematics) An abstract construct in topology that associates data to the open sets of a topological space, together with well-defined restrictions from larger to smaller open sets, subject to the condition that compatible data on overlapping open sets corresponds, via the restrictions, to a unique datum on the union of the open sets.


lexentry: eng/shear__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: shear
trans_list: esquilar | tonsurar | tundir
sense:
(mathematics) To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.


lexentry: eng/shear_stress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shear stress
trans_list: tensión cortante | tensión de corte
sense:
(physics) the component of stress that causes parallel layers of a material to move relative to each other in their own planes.


lexentry: eng/shears__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shears
trans_list: cizalla | cizallas
sense:
A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for cutting cloth, or for removing the fleece from sheep etc.


lexentry: eng/shearwater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shearwater
trans_list: pardela
sense:
Any of the long-winged pelagic seabirds of the family Procellariidae in genera Puffinus, Ardenna, and Calonectris, that breed on islands and coastal cliffs.


lexentry: eng/sheath__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sheath
trans_list: envoltura
sense:
(by extension) Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard that is used to hold an object that is longer than it is wide.


lexentry: eng/sheave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sheave
trans_list: roldana
sense:
A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley.


lexentry: eng/shed__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shed
trans_list: cobertizo | galpón | sotechado
sense:
A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut.


lexentry: eng/shed__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: shed
trans_list: carraca
sense:
(British, derogatory, informal) An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.


lexentry: eng/sheep__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: sheep
trans_list: oveja | carnero
sense:
(countable, chiefly, Christianity, chiefly plural) A religious adherent, a member of a congregation or religious community (compare flock).


lexentry: eng/sheep_liver_fluke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sheep liver fluke
trans_list: duela del hígado
sense:
A parasitic flatworm, of species Fasciola hepatica, of the class Trematoda, that infects the livers of various mammals, including humans.


lexentry: eng/sheeple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sheeple
trans_list: borregada
sense:
(derogatory, slang) People who unquestioningly accept as true whatever their political leaders say or who adopt popular opinion as their own without scrutiny.


lexentry: eng/sheet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sheet
trans_list: hoja | folio | pliego
sense:
A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc. In modern books, each sheet of paper is typically folded in half, to produce two leaves and four pages. In the absence of folding, "leaf" and "sheet" are equivalent.


lexentry: eng/sheet_metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sheet metal
trans_list: hojalata
sense:
Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet, used widely as construction material and raw material for a multitude of industrial products. It is thicker than foil and thinner than plate.


lexentry: eng/sheet_of_paper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sheet of paper
trans_list: hoja de papel | papeleta
sense:
A single piece of loose paper, which, when bound in a book or booklet, consists of two pages (one on the front and one on the back).


lexentry: eng/sheik__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sheik
trans_list: jeque
sense:
(some Arab Gulf countries) An official title for members of the royal family as well as some prominent families.


lexentry: eng/shelf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shelf
trans_list: estante | anaquel | entrepaño | balda
sense:
A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.


lexentry: eng/shelf_life__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shelf life
trans_list: duración | vigencia
sense:
The length of time a product (especially food and drugs) will last without deteriorating or without being sold.


lexentry: eng/shell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shell
trans_list: concha | caparazón
sense:
The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.


lexentry: eng/shell__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: shell
trans_list: caparazón
sense:
(in the plural) Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate.


lexentry: eng/shell__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: shell
trans_list: caparazón
sense:
(architecture) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house.


lexentry: eng/shell__Noun__1
sense_num: 25
written_rep: shell
trans_list: caparazón | terminal
sense:
(computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter. Shell is a way to separate the internal complexity of the implementation of the command from the user. The internals can change while the user experience/interface remains the same.


lexentry: eng/shell_company__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shell company
trans_list: empresa fantasma
sense:
(law, business) A company that engages in no substantive business activities, but instead exists as a vehicle for legal or financial transactions, typically to shield another party from liability or other issues.


lexentry: eng/shell_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shell game
trans_list: Pepito paga doble | mosqueta | trile
sense:
A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess which of three small cups (or shells) a pea-sized object is concealed under, after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand trickery.


lexentry: eng/shell_shock__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shell shock
trans_list: neurosis de guerra
sense:
(uncountable) A psychiatric condition characterized by fatigue caused by battle; it is not a current diagnosis in medicine, but it corresponds largely with the current diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder.


lexentry: eng/shellfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shellfish
trans_list: marisco
sense:
A culinary and nutritional term for several groups of non-piscine, non-tetrapod, aquatic animals that are used as a food source. The term often exclusively refers to edible aquatic crustaceans, bivalve mollusks and cephalopod mollusks; but sometimes echinoderms may be included as well.


lexentry: eng/shemale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shemale
trans_list: travelo
sense:
(offensive, proscribed, especially, in, _, pornography) A male-to-female transsexual or transgender person; a trans woman.


lexentry: eng/shepherd's_purse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shepherd's purse
trans_list: bolsa del pastor
sense:
An edible weed, Capsella bursa-pastoris, family Brassicaceae, native to Europe but now found world-wide.


lexentry: eng/sherbet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sherbet
trans_list: sorbete
sense:
A dessert of frozen fruit juice with a dairy product such as milk added; a sorbet with dairy ingredients.


lexentry: eng/sherbet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sherbet
trans_list: polvo acidulado
sense:
An effervescent powder made of bicarbonate of soda, sugar and flavourings, intended to be eaten alone or mixed with water to make a drink.


lexentry: eng/sheriff__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sheriff
trans_list: cherife | sheriff | alguacil
sense:
(US) A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in their county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected.


lexentry: eng/sherry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sherry
trans_list: jerez
sense:
(uncountable) A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/shibboleth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shibboleth
trans_list: santo y seña | contraseña
sense:
A particular pronunciation or custom that is regarded as distinguishing members of a group from non-members, especially when used as a test.


lexentry: eng/shibboleth__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shibboleth
trans_list: doctrina anticuada
sense:
A common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth.


lexentry: eng/shield__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shield
trans_list: escudo | chimal
sense:
A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.


lexentry: eng/shield__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shield
trans_list: escudo
sense:
(transport) A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.


lexentry: eng/shield_volcano__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shield volcano
trans_list: volcán en escudo
sense:
(vulcanology) A large volcano, with shallow-sloping sides and a flattened dome, formed of successive eruptions of free-flowing lava from fissure vents.


lexentry: eng/shift__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: shift
trans_list: cambiar | moverse
sense:
(obsolete, transitive, reflexive) To change (someone's) clothes; sometimes specifically, to change underwear.


lexentry: eng/shift_key__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shift key
trans_list: mayús | tecla de mayúsculas | tecla mayús
sense:
(computing) A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used to effect the same function, or to change the function of the function keys.


lexentry: eng/shikimic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shikimic acid
trans_list: ácido shikímico | ácido siquímico
sense:
(biochemistry) A naturally occurring organic compound, 3,4,5-Trihydroxy-1-cyclohexene-1-carboxylic Acid, extracted commercially from star anise; it is the base of very many natural products and is used in the production of the antiviral drug Tamiflu.


lexentry: eng/shill__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: shill
trans_list: compinche | palero
sense:
An accomplice at a confidence trick during an auction or gambling game, such as an accomplice of the seller who bids to drive up the price.


lexentry: eng/shilling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shilling
trans_list: chelín
sense:
(historical) A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling.


lexentry: eng/shin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shin
trans_list: espinilla | canilla | tibia
sense:
The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: w:Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia


lexentry: eng/shin_splint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shin splint
trans_list: periostitis | síndrome de estrés medial de la tibia
sense:
(medicine) A painful inflammation of the muscles in the shins, especially frequent in runners; (more loosely) a painful condition in the shins.


lexentry: eng/shingle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shingle
trans_list: tablilla | teja
sense:
A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.


lexentry: eng/ship_in_a_bottle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ship in a bottle
trans_list: barco en una botella
sense:
An ornament consisting of a model ship inside a glass bottle, usually one with a narrow neck which makes it difficult to see how the ship was put in place.


lexentry: eng/ship_of_the_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ship of the line
trans_list: navío de línea
sense:
(nautical, military) A large square-rigged warship large enough to have a place in the line of battle, with up to 140 guns on at least two decks. A capital ship from the age of sail, superior to a frigate; usually, a seventy-four, or three-decker.


lexentry: eng/shipworm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shipworm
trans_list: broma
sense:
Any of several wormlike marine molluscs (not true worms) of the family Teredinidae that bore through the wooden hulls of ships and other woody material immersed in salt water; specifically, the naval shipworm or turu (Teredo navalis), the type species of the genus Teredo.


lexentry: eng/shire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shire
trans_list: condado
sense:
(chiefly, historical) An administrative area or district between about the 5th to the 11th century, subdivided into hundreds or wapentakes and jointly governed by an ealdorman and a sheriff; also, a present-day area corresponding to such a historical district; a county; especially (England) , a county having a name ending in -shire.


lexentry: eng/shirt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shirt
trans_list: camisa
sense:
An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.


lexentry: eng/shish_kebab__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shish kebab
trans_list: pincho
sense:
A dish made of small pieces of meat, with or without vegetables, which are skewered on a wooden or metal stick and roasted in an oven or over an open fire.


lexentry: eng/shit-stirrer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shit-stirrer
trans_list: follonero | jodedor | liante
sense:
(slang) One who enjoys creating trouble for others by provoking controversy, for example by revealing facts that others would prefer to keep secret.


lexentry: eng/shit__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shit
trans_list: ¡carajo! | ¡mierda! | ¡puta!
sense:
(vulgar) Expression of worry, failure, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.


lexentry: eng/shit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shit
trans_list: mierda | excremento | caca | deposición | excreción | hez
sense:
(countable, uncountable, colloquial, vulgar) Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.


lexentry: eng/shit_oneself__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shit oneself
trans_list: acojonarse | cagarse
sense:
(vulgar, slang, figurative) To be very frightened or astonished (to the extent that one might lose control of one's bowels).


lexentry: eng/shitting__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shitting
trans_list: chingado
sense:
(vulgar) An intensifier, often applying more to the whole utterance than to the specific word it modifies; same as fucking.


lexentry: eng/shiv__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shiv
trans_list: cuchillo
sense:
A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).


lexentry: eng/shock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shock
trans_list: choque
sense:
(medicine) Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.


lexentry: eng/shock_absorber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shock absorber
trans_list: amortiguador
sense:
(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device designed to smooth out or damp any sudden shock impulse and dissipate kinetic energy; usually consists of a combination of a spring and a dashpot.


lexentry: eng/shock_and_awe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shock and awe
trans_list: shock y pavor
sense:
(military, also, figuratively) A doctrine based on the use of spectacular displays of force. [from 1996]


lexentry: eng/shock_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shock wave
trans_list: onda de choque
sense:
(physics) A powerful compression wave produced by the movement of a body through a fluid or gas at a velocity greater than the local speed of sound.


lexentry: eng/shoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shoe
trans_list: zapato
sense:
A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.


lexentry: eng/shoe__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shoe
trans_list: herrar | calzar
sense:
(transitive) To put shoes on someone or something else's feet, especially to put horseshoes on a horse.


lexentry: eng/shoe_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shoe tree
trans_list: horma
sense:
A device approximating the shape of a foot that is placed inside a shoe when it is being stored to preserve its shape and extend the life of the shoe.


lexentry: eng/shoebill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shoebill
trans_list: picozapato
sense:
Balaeniceps rex, a tall wading bird related to the stork, native to tropical African swamps; the sole species of the family Balaenicipitidae.


lexentry: eng/shoehorn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shoehorn
trans_list: calzador
sense:
A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place. This reduces discomfort and damage to the back of the shoe. By slipping it into the back of the shoe behind the heel, the user prevents the heel from squashing down the back of the shoe and causing difficulty; instead the heel slides down the smooth shoehorn, which then comes out easily once the foot is in place.


lexentry: eng/shoehorn__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shoehorn
trans_list: apretar | calzar | encajar | forzar | meter con calzador
sense:
(transitive, figuratively) To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.


lexentry: eng/shoot__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shoot
trans_list: disparar | tirar | brotar
sense:
To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.


lexentry: eng/shoot_first_and_ask_questions_later__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shoot first and ask questions later
trans_list: disparar primero y preguntar después
sense:
(idiomatic, US) To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences, without first adequately investigating the situation.


lexentry: eng/shoot_from_the_hip__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shoot from the hip
trans_list: improvisar
sense:
(figuratively) To speak or act quickly based on first impressions, without carefully studying the background information, wider context, etc.


lexentry: eng/shoot_the_moon__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: shoot the moon
trans_list: soplar
sense:
(card games) To achieve the lowest or highest score possible, such that the player is usually rewarded with bonus points.


lexentry: eng/shooter__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: shooter
trans_list: tirador | tiradora
sense:
(slang) An associate willing to act in one's defence or to act against one's enemies, especially by force.


lexentry: eng/shooter__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: shooter
trans_list: tirador | tiradora
sense:
(professional wrestling, _, slang) A professional wrestler who uses actual fighting moves as part of his style, or who speaks his mind during a live or televised event (instead of speaking from a script).


lexentry: eng/shooting_gallery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shooting gallery
trans_list: barraca de tiro
sense:
A carnival game typically featuring a pellet gun and numerous moving mechanical tracks with small targets to be shot for prizes.


lexentry: eng/shooting_guard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shooting guard
trans_list: escolta
sense:
(basketball) A guard who is usually the taller of the two guard positions, and sometimes specializes in shooting from outside, particular from beyond the three-point line.


lexentry: eng/shooting_star__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shooting star
trans_list: estrella fugaz
sense:
A meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/shop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shop
trans_list: tienda | almacén | comercio | negocio
sense:
An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.


lexentry: eng/shop__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shop
trans_list: ir de compras
sense:
(intransitive) To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.


lexentry: eng/shop_floor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shop floor
trans_list: taller
sense:
The area of a factory or workshop where the operatives work, as distinct from the administrative areas.


lexentry: eng/shopkeeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shopkeeper
trans_list: tendero | comerciante | tendera
sense:
A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail, in distinction from one who sells by wholesale, or sells door to door.


lexentry: eng/shoplift__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shoplift
trans_list: afanar
sense:
(transitive) To steal something from a shop or store during business hours, usually by means of hiding merchandise.


lexentry: eng/shopping_bag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shopping bag
trans_list: cesta de la compra
sense:
A strong bag with handles used to put purchases in; usually made of plastic, paper or fabric, sometimes given away with a purchase.


lexentry: eng/short-tailed_chinchilla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: A species of chinchilla, Chinchilla chinchilla, found in South America.
written_rep: short-tailed chinchilla
trans_list:
chinchilla Peruana | chinchilla cordillerana | chinchilla de cola corta | chinchilla del altiplano | chinchilla real


lexentry: eng/short_circuit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: short circuit
trans_list: cortocircuito | corto
sense:
(electrical engineering) A usually unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit such that excessive and often damaging current flows in it.


lexentry: eng/short_form__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: short form
trans_list: abreviación
sense:
(phonetics) A word with the same meaning as another formed by removing one or more of the syllables of the longer word, and considered a word in its own right rather than an abbreviation.


lexentry: eng/short_twentieth_century__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: short twentieth century
trans_list: corto siglo veinte
sense:
(historical period, specifically) The period between 1914 and 1991, from the beginning of World War I to the fall of the Soviet Union. [from 1990s]


lexentry: eng/shortchange__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shortchange
trans_list: sisar
sense:
(transitive) To defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction.


lexentry: eng/shortcut__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: shortcut
trans_list: acceso directo
sense:
(computing, in the Microsoft family of operating systems) A file that points to the location of another file and serves as a quick way to access it.


lexentry: eng/shortfall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shortfall
trans_list: déficit
sense:
An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.


lexentry: eng/shortstop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shortstop
trans_list: campo corto | parador en corto | torpedero
sense:
(baseball) The infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman.


lexentry: eng/shortwave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shortwave
trans_list: onda corta
sense:
(physics) An electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between approximately 10 and 100 meters, corresponding to frequencies between 3 and 30 MHz.


lexentry: eng/shot__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: shot
trans_list: chupito | caballito | tequilazo | trago
sense:
A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle, equivalent to about 44 milliliters; 1.5 ounces. ("pony shot"= 30 milliliters; 1 fluid ounce)


lexentry: eng/shot__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: shot
trans_list: chupito | caballito | tequilazo | trago
sense:
(photography, film) A single snapshot or an unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent; an unedited sequence of frames.


lexentry: eng/shot_put__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shot put
trans_list: lanzamiento de peso | lanzamiento de bala
sense:
(athletics, uncountable) An athletics event where a competitor must hurl a heavy metal orb ("shot") as far as possible. Because of the weight of the ball this is done with a pushing ("putting") motion rather than a throwing motion.


lexentry: eng/shotgun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shotgun
trans_list: escopeta
sense:
(firearms) A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.


lexentry: eng/should__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: should
trans_list: si
sense:
(informal) With verbs such as 'see' or 'hear', usually in the second person, used to point out something remarkable in either a good or bad way.


lexentry: eng/should__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: should
trans_list: si
sense:
Will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the stated thing will happen or be true in the future.


lexentry: eng/should__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: should
trans_list: si
sense:
Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.


lexentry: eng/shoulder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shoulder
trans_list: hombro
sense:
(anatomy) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.


lexentry: eng/shoulder_pad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shoulder pad
trans_list: hombrera
sense:
a type of padding sometimes used in clothing to give the wearer the illusion of less sloping shoulders.


lexentry: eng/shout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shout
trans_list: grito
sense:
A loud burst of voice or voices; a violent and sudden outcry, especially that of a multitude expressing joy, triumph, exultation, anger, or great effort.


lexentry: eng/shout__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shout
trans_list: gritar
sense:
(intransitive) To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc.


lexentry: eng/shout_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shout down
trans_list: abuchear a alguien
sense:
(transitive) To shout louder than (someone) in order to force through one's argument or point of view.


lexentry: eng/shove_it_up_your_ass__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shove it up your ass
trans_list: a tomar por culo | métetelo por el culo
sense:
(idiomatic, colloquial, vulgar, in the imperative) An exclamation of extreme anger, disgust, hatred; often accompanied by an obscene gesture.


lexentry: eng/shove_something_down_someone's_throat__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shove something down someone's throat
trans_list: forzar
sense:
(derogatory, idiomatic, transitive) To persistently bring ideas or material to the attention of a person.


lexentry: eng/shovel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shovel
trans_list: pala
sense:
A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. Not to be confused with a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.


lexentry: eng/show,_don't_tell__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: show, don't tell
trans_list: mostrar, no contar
sense:
Advice to writers: convey an impression by the way that events are described in the narrative, and not by explicitly stating facts.


lexentry: eng/show_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: show off
trans_list: pavonearse | alardear | chulear | desfilar | hacer alarde | lucir
sense:
(transitive, and, intransitive, idiomatic) To attract attention to for the purpose of bragging or personal exhibitionism; to demonstrate a skill, talent or property for the purpose of bragging or personal exhibitionism.


lexentry: eng/show_one's_true_colors__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: show one's true colors
sense:
To reveal how one really is, as opposed to how one has been portrayed or after having been deceptively and deliberately misleading.

trans_list:
mostrar su verdadera cara | mostrar sus verdaderas cartas | mostrarse tal cual es | vérsele las costuras


lexentry: eng/show_trial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: show trial
trans_list: farsa judicial
sense:
(legal) A trial held for appearance's sake, but whose verdict is predetermined, especially a "guilty" verdict with the purpose of making an example of the accused. [1937]


lexentry: eng/showcase__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: showcase
trans_list: vitrina
sense:
A setting, occasion, or medium for exhibiting something or someone, especially in an attractive or favorable aspect.


lexentry: eng/shredder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shredder
trans_list: desfibradora | ralladora | trituradora
sense:
A machine that tears up objects into smaller pieces, especially a paper shredder, garbage shredder or gardening or farming shredder.


lexentry: eng/shrew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shrew
trans_list: musaraña
sense:
Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae (order Soricomorpha).


lexentry: eng/shriek__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shriek
trans_list: alarido | chillido
sense:
A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.


lexentry: eng/shriek__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shriek
trans_list: chillar
sense:
(intransitive) To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.


lexentry: eng/shrike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shrike
trans_list: alcaudón | verdugo
sense:
Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns.


lexentry: eng/shrimp_plant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shrimp plant
trans_list: camarón
sense:
A tropical Mexican shrub, Justicia brandegeeana, grown ornamentally for the colorful bracts surrounding its flowers.


lexentry: eng/shrine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shrine
trans_list: santuario
sense:
A holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped.


lexentry: eng/shrine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shrine
trans_list: relicario
sense:
A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.


lexentry: eng/shroud__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: shroud
trans_list: obenquillo | obenque
sense:
(nautical) One of a set of ropes or cables (rigging) attaching a mast to the sides of a vessel or to another anchor point, serving to support the mast sideways; such rigging collectively.


lexentry: eng/shrubbery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shrubbery
trans_list: matorral
sense:
A planting of shrubs; a wide border to a garden where shrubs are thickly planted; or a similar larger area with a path winding through it.


lexentry: eng/shrug__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shrug
trans_list: encogerse de hombros
sense:
(ambitransitive) To raise (the shoulders) to express uncertainty, lack of concern, (formerly) dread, etc.


lexentry: eng/shuffle__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: shuffle
trans_list: arrastrar | arrastrar los pies
sense:
To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.


lexentry: eng/shunt__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: shunt
trans_list: maniobrar
sense:
(transitive, rail transport) To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another.


lexentry: eng/shunt__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: shunt
trans_list: chocar
sense:
(transitive, chiefly, road transport, informal, Britain) To have a minor collision, especially in a motor car.


lexentry: eng/shutter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shutter
trans_list: contraventana | postigo
sense:
(usually, in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.


lexentry: eng/shutter__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: shutter
trans_list: obturador
sense:
(photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.


lexentry: eng/shutter_speed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shutter speed
trans_list: velocidad de obturación
sense:
(photography) The duration of time for which the shutter of a camera remains open when exposing photographic film or other photosensitive material to light for the purpose of recording an image.


lexentry: eng/shuttle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: shuttle
trans_list: lanzadera
sense:
The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.


lexentry: eng/shuttlecock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shuttlecock
trans_list: volante
sense:
(countable) A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games. [from early 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/shyster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: shyster
trans_list: charlatán, vendehúmos
sense:
Someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics.


lexentry: eng/sialic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sialic acid
trans_list: ácido siálico
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of a group of amino carbohydrates that are substituted forms of neuraminic acid; they are components of glycoproteins and mucoproteins


lexentry: eng/siblicide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: siblicide
trans_list: cainismo
sense:
(chiefly, zoology) The killing of a sibling, especially as observed among certain species of animals. [from 1980s]


lexentry: eng/sic__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sic
trans_list: sic
sense:
Thus; as written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being quoted as it is from the source.


lexentry: eng/sick_bay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sick bay
trans_list: enfermería
sense:
A room in an institution, or compartment on a vessel, where basic medical supplies are kept and medical attention can be sought.


lexentry: eng/sickle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sickle
trans_list: hoz
sense:
(agriculture) An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.


lexentry: eng/side__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: side
trans_list: lado
sense:
The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.


lexentry: eng/side_cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: side cap
trans_list: quilla
sense:
A foldable military cap with straight sides and a creased or hollow crown sloping to the back where it is parted.


lexentry: eng/side_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: side effect
trans_list: efecto secundario
sense:
An unintended consequence, or secondary result, of any action, in addition to the main or intended consequence of that action.


lexentry: eng/side_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: side effect
trans_list: efecto secundario
sense:
(medicine) An adverse effect, an unintended consequence of a drug or therapy; usually not a beneficial effect.


lexentry: eng/sidebar__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: sidebar
trans_list: barra lateral
sense:
(US, legal) A short conference, between a judge and the attorneys of a case, held outside the hearing of the jury and the spectators at the court.


lexentry: eng/sidebar__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: sidebar
trans_list: barra lateral
sense:
A short conversation between a smaller portion of a group held outside the hearing of the rest of the group.


lexentry: eng/sideboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sideboard
trans_list: aparador
sense:
(furniture) A piece of dining room furniture having drawers and shelves for linen and tableware; originally for serving food.


lexentry: eng/sidecar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sidecar
trans_list: sidecar
sense:
A one-wheeled attachment to the side of a motorcycle to allow for a separate seat for a passenger or cargo space.


lexentry: eng/sideline__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: sideline
trans_list: línea de banda | línea de cal
sense:
(sports) A line defining the side boundary of a playing field. Used in Canadian football, field lacrosse and basketball.


lexentry: eng/sideslip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sideslip
trans_list: desliz
sense:
(aviation) A flight manoeuvre that uses opposing rudder and aileron inputs to move the aircraft sideways without turning it.


lexentry: eng/sidesplitting__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
sense: Exceptionally funny; hilarious.
written_rep: sidesplitting
trans_list:
descacharrante | descuajaringante | desternillante | para cagarse de (la) risa | para morirse de (la) risa | para partirse de (la) risa


lexentry: eng/siding__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: siding
trans_list: via muerta
sense:
(rail transport) A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for loading or unloading freight, storing trains or other rail vehicles; or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction) (the latter sense is probably an American definition).


lexentry: eng/sidle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sidle
trans_list: avanzar despacio
sense:
(ambitransitive, also, figuratively) In the intransitive sense often followed by up: to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner.


lexentry: eng/siege__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: siege
trans_list: asedio | sitio
sense:
(military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.


lexentry: eng/siege_engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: siege engine
trans_list: arma de asedio
sense:
(artillery, historical) A large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.; specifically, a trebuchet or other type of catapult.


lexentry: eng/siege_mentality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: siege mentality
trans_list: síndrome de la fortaleza asediada
sense:
A collective feeling of victimization and defensiveness, in which a group of people believe themselves to be constantly attacked, oppressed, or isolated in the face of the negative intentions of the rest of the world.


lexentry: eng/siege_warfare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: siege warfare
trans_list: asedio
sense:
Warfare in which the defender is trapped in a position (such as a fort or castle) while the attacker bombards and/or barricades them from outside.


lexentry: eng/siemens__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: siemens
trans_list: siemens
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical conductance; the electric conductance in a body that has a resistance of one ohm. Symbol: S


lexentry: eng/sieve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sieve
trans_list: tamiz | colador | cedazo | criba | harnero
sense:
A device with a mesh bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.


lexentry: eng/sieve__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sieve
trans_list: criba
sense:
A process, physical or abstract, that arrives at a final result by filtering out unwanted pieces of input from a larger starting set of input.


lexentry: eng/sievert__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sievert
trans_list: siévert
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of radiation dose; the dose received in one hour at a distance of 1 cm from a point source of 1 mg of radium in a 0.5 mm thick platinum enclosure. Symbol: Sv


lexentry: eng/sigh__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sigh
trans_list: suspiro
sense:
An expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like, often used in casual written contexts.


lexentry: eng/sigh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sigh
trans_list: suspiro
sense:
A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.


lexentry: eng/sigh__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sigh
trans_list: suspirar
sense:
(intransitive) To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like.


lexentry: eng/sight__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: sight
trans_list: mira | visor
sense:
(often, in the plural) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.


lexentry: eng/sigil__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sigil
trans_list: sigilo
sense:
(programming) A nonalphanumeric symbol affixed to a term (such as a variable) to indicate a property such as type or scope.


lexentry: eng/siglum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: siglum
trans_list: abreviatura
sense:
A letter or other symbol that stands for a name or word; specifically, one used in a modern literary work to refer to an early version of a text.


lexentry: eng/sigma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sigma
trans_list: sigma
sense:
The eighteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets, the twentieth letter of Old and Ancient.


lexentry: eng/sign__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: sign
trans_list: seña | signo
sense:
A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages.


lexentry: eng/sign__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: sign
trans_list: símbolo
sense:
A semantic unit, something that conveys meaning or information (e.g. a word of written language); (linguistics, semiotics) a unit consisting of a signifier and a signified concept. (See sign (semiotics).)


lexentry: eng/sign__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sign
trans_list: firmar | signar
sense:
(transitive) More generally, to write one's signature on (something) as a means of identification etc. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/sign__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sign
trans_list: firmar | signar
sense:
(transitive) To bless (someone or something) with the sign of the cross; to mark with the sign of the cross. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/sign_of_the_cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sign of the cross
trans_list: santiguamiento | señal de la cruz
sense:
(Christianity) A gesture of the hand moving over the front of one's body in the shape of a cross made as part of ritual or to invoke divine protection.


lexentry: eng/sign_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sign up
trans_list: alistarse | darse de alta | inscribirse
sense:
(intransitive) To add one's own name to the list of people who are participating in something (including amateur, but not professional, teams)


lexentry: eng/signage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: signage
trans_list: señalización | rotulación | señalética
sense:
(uncountable) Signs, particularly those imparting commercial, directional, or road traffic information, taken collectively.


lexentry: eng/signal__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: signal
trans_list: señal
sense:
A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action.


lexentry: eng/signal__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: signal
trans_list: señal
sense:
(of a radio, TV, telephone, internet, etc.) An electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time, that conveys the information of the radio or TV program or of communication with another party.


lexentry: eng/signal_crayfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: signal crayfish
trans_list: cangrejo señal
sense:
An American crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus, having a large claw that it waves to attract a mate.


lexentry: eng/signature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: signature
trans_list: firma
sense:
A person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract.


lexentry: eng/significant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: significant
trans_list: significativo
sense:
(statistics) Having a low probability of occurring by chance (for example, having high correlation and thus likely to be related).


lexentry: eng/signifier__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: signifier
trans_list: significante
sense:
(linguistics, philosophy) A sign, such as a written or spoken word, which refers to some concept, object or person, the signified.


lexentry: eng/siheyuan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: siheyuan
trans_list: casa
sense:
A traditional type of Chinese residence consisting of four houses with a courtyard in the middle; a Chinese quadrangle.


lexentry: eng/silent_treatment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: silent treatment
trans_list: hacer el vacío
sense:
A form of social sanction that consists of ignoring a particular individual, neither speaking to that person nor responding to his or her words.


lexentry: eng/silhouette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: silhouette
trans_list: silueta
sense:
An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be. [mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/silicate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: silicate
trans_list: silicato
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates


lexentry: eng/silicon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: silicon
trans_list: silicio
sense:
(chemistry, uncountable) A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.


lexentry: eng/silicon_dioxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: silicon dioxide
trans_list: dióxido del silicio
sense:
(chemistry) A hard glassy mineral, SiO₂, occurring as quartz, sand, opal etc. Informally known as silica.


lexentry: eng/silicone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: silicone
trans_list: silicona
sense:
(chemistry) Any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a wide range of thermal stability and extreme water repellence, used in a very wide range of industrial applications, and in prosthetic replacements for body parts.


lexentry: eng/silicosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: silicosis
trans_list: silicosis
sense:
(disease) A disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/silique__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: silique
trans_list: silicua | vaina
sense:
(botany) A long dry fruit (seed capsule), length more than twice the width, typical to cruciferous plants and consisting of two fused carpels that separate when ripe.


lexentry: eng/silk__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: silk
trans_list: seda
sense:
Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize, or the seed covering of bombaxes.


lexentry: eng/silk__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: silk
trans_list: seda
sense:
(circus arts, in the plural) A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.


lexentry: eng/silk__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: silk
trans_list: seda
sense:
(horse racing, usually, in the plural) The garments worn by a jockey displaying the colors of the horse's owner.


lexentry: eng/silkworm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: silkworm
trans_list: gusano de seda
sense:
Any of various caterpillars of moths that produce silk cocoons, especially Bombyx mori, the source of most commercial silk.


lexentry: eng/sill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sill
trans_list: alféizar | antepecho | parapeto
sense:
(architecture, also "window sill") A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window.


lexentry: eng/sill__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sill
trans_list: dintel
sense:
(construction) A threshold; horizontal structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings, or lying on the ground, and bearing the upright portion of a frame; a sill plate.


lexentry: eng/sill__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sill
trans_list: lámina
sense:
(geology) A stratum of rock, especially an intrusive layer of igneous rock lying parallel to surrounding strata.


lexentry: eng/sillimanite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sillimanite
trans_list: silimanita
sense:
(mineral) A fibrous neosilicate mineral, polymorphic with andalusite and kyanite, with the chemical formula Al2SiO5.


lexentry: eng/silly_season__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: silly season
trans_list: serpiente de verano
sense:
(idiomatic, journalism) A period, usually during the summertime, when news media tend to place increased emphasis on reporting light-hearted, offbeat, or bizarre stories.


lexentry: eng/silver__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: silver
trans_list: plata labrada | platería
sense:
(collectively) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.


lexentry: eng/silver_birch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: silver birch
trans_list: abedul común
sense:
A European deciduous tree, Betula pendula, characterised by white peeling bark and drooping branches.


lexentry: eng/silver_bullet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: silver bullet
trans_list: bala de plata
sense:
(literally, folklore) A bullet made of silver, usually with reference to the folkloric belief that such bullets are the only weapons which can kill a werewolf, vampire, or other monster.


lexentry: eng/silver_bullet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: silver bullet
trans_list: panacea | la purga de Benito | solución milagrosa
sense:
(figurative) Any straightforward solution perceived to have great effectiveness or bring miraculous results.


lexentry: eng/silver_goal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: silver goal
trans_list: gol de plata
sense:
(soccer) the first goal scored during the first half of extra time; giving victory to the scoring side if this rule is in effect


lexentry: eng/silver_maple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: silver maple
trans_list: arce plateado
sense:
A maple tree of the species Acer saccharinum, native to eastern North America, with leaves having a very pale underside.


lexentry: eng/silvering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: silvering
trans_list: plateado
sense:
The process of coating a surface with a thin layer of silver (or a similar metal), especially so as to form a mirror.


lexentry: eng/silverside__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: silverside
trans_list: pejerrey | tinícalo
sense:
Any of several small fish, mostly in families Atherinidae and Atherinopsidae, both in order Atheriniformes, that are characterized by bright, silvery scales.


lexentry: eng/similar__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: similar
trans_list: semejante
sense:
(mathematics) Having the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional.


lexentry: eng/simony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: simony
trans_list: simonía
sense:
The buying or selling of spiritual or sacred things, such as ecclesiastical offices, pardons, or consecrated objects.


lexentry: eng/simoom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: simoom
trans_list: simún
sense:
A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularly of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.


lexentry: eng/simple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: simple
trans_list: simple
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.


lexentry: eng/simple_harmonic_motion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: simple harmonic motion
trans_list: movimiento armónico simple
sense:
(mathematics, physics) oscillating motion (as of a pendulum) in which the acceleration of the oscillator has an equal magnitude but opposite direction to the displacement of it from the equilibrium position


lexentry: eng/simple_past__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: simple past
trans_list: pretérito
sense:
(grammar) A tense used to describe something that happened in the past, formed by the inflection of a single word, without any auxiliary verb such as be or have.


lexentry: eng/simplex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: simplex
trans_list: simplex
sense:
(geometry, algebraic, _, topology) An analogue in a space of arbitrary dimensionality of the triangle or tetrahedron; the convex hull of n+1 linearly independent points in n-dimensional space; in other words, the triangle, tetrahedron etc., generalized to an arbitrary number of dimensions.


lexentry: eng/simplify__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: simplify
trans_list: simplificar
sense:
(transitive) To make simpler, either by reducing in complexity, reducing to component parts, or making easier to understand.


lexentry: eng/simulator__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: simulator
trans_list: simulador
sense:
A machine or system that simulates an environment (such as an aircraft cockpit), often for training purposes.


lexentry: eng/simultaneous_interpreting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: simultaneous interpreting
trans_list: interpretación simultánea
sense:
(translation studies) A type of oral translation from one language into another which is produced at the same time as a person is speaking.


lexentry: eng/sin_bin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sin bin
trans_list: banco
sense:
(sports) An area where players are temporarily confined while suspended from play following an infringement of the rules of the game.


lexentry: eng/since__Preposition__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: since
trans_list: desde
sense:
From: referring to a period of time ending in the present and defining it by the point in time at which it started, or the period in which its starting point occurred.


lexentry: eng/sine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sine
trans_list: seno
sense:
(trigonometry, mathematics) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.


lexentry: eng/sine_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sine wave
trans_list: onda senoidal
sense:
(trigonometry, signal processing) A periodically oscillating waveform as described by the sine function, possibly multiplied by some amplitude, shifted by some phase, and translated by an additive constant.


lexentry: eng/sing_along__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sing along
trans_list: cantar a coro
sense:
(idiomatic, music) To sing some music while someone else is singing or playing the same piece of music or while it is being broadcast or performed


lexentry: eng/singer-songwriter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: singer-songwriter
trans_list: cantautora | cantautor
sense:
A musician who both sings and composes, especially when recording or performing his or her own compositions.


lexentry: eng/single__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: single
trans_list: sencillo
sense:
(music) A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track.


lexentry: eng/single_market__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: single market
trans_list: mercado interior
sense:
a trade bloc with some common product-regulation policies in which most trade barriers have been removed


lexentry: eng/single_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: single out
trans_list: seleccionar | singularizar
sense:
(transitive) To select (someone or something) from a group and highlight them or treat them differently.


lexentry: eng/singular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: singular
trans_list: singular
sense:
(linear algebra, of transformation) Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.


lexentry: eng/singulare_tantum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: singulare tantum
trans_list: singulare tantum
sense:
(grammar) A noun (in any specific sense) that has no plural form and is only used with singular verbs. Frequently for mass nouns.


lexentry: eng/singularity__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: singularity
trans_list: singularidad
sense:
(physics) Ellipsis of gravitational singularity: a point or region in spacetime in which gravitational forces cause matter to have an infinite density; associated with black holes.


lexentry: eng/sinister__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: sinister
trans_list: izquierdo | siniestro
sense:
(heraldry) On the left side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the right side to the viewer.


lexentry: eng/sinkhole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sinkhole
trans_list: cenote | dolina | torca
sense:
(geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.


lexentry: eng/sinoatrial_node__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sinoatrial node
trans_list: nodo seno-auricular | nodo sinoatrial | nodo sinoauricular | nódulo sinusal
sense:
(anatomy) A group of cells located in the wall of the right atrium of the heart that originates the impulses stimulating the heartbeat.


lexentry: eng/sintering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sintering
trans_list: sinterización
sense:
A process in which the particles of a powder are welded together by pressure and heating to a temperature below its melting point.


lexentry: eng/sinuate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sinuate
trans_list: festoneado
sense:
(mycology, of gills) Roughly the same height for most of its length, becoming much shallower and then curving back towards the stem before reaching the attachment point.


lexentry: eng/sinus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sinus
trans_list: seno
sense:
(anatomy, zootomy) A pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities (the paranasal sinus).


lexentry: eng/siphon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: siphon
trans_list: sifón
sense:
A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.


lexentry: eng/siphonophore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: siphonophore
trans_list: sifonóforo
sense:
Any of various transparent marine hydrozoans, of the order Siphonophorae, that float or swim as colonies of polyps.


lexentry: eng/sir__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sir
trans_list: señor
sense:
A respectful term of address to an adult male (often older), especially if his name or proper title is unknown.


lexentry: eng/sire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sire
trans_list: amo | dueño | seor | ser | señor
sense:
A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.


lexentry: eng/sire__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sire
trans_list: apareado
sense:
A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and/or in biological research).


lexentry: eng/siren__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: siren
trans_list: sirena
sense:
A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device (first recorded 1879).


lexentry: eng/sirloin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sirloin
trans_list: solomillo | palomilla
sense:
(US) A cut of beef from the lower part of the back, where the last ribs are (called rump in UK English).


lexentry: eng/sirloin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sirloin
trans_list: solomillo | palomilla
sense:
(UK) A cut of beef from the middle of the back (corresponding to short loin and partly rib in US English).


lexentry: eng/sirocco__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sirocco
trans_list: siroco
sense:
A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.


lexentry: eng/sirrah__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sirrah
trans_list: chico
sense:
(obsolete) A term of address to an inferior male or more commonly a child. A modern-day equivalent would be "little man". [from c. 1520-1530]


lexentry: eng/sister__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sister
trans_list: hermana | sor
sense:
A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun.


lexentry: eng/sister__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: sister
trans_list: hermana | sor
sense:
Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through the same biological sex, gender or common membership in a community, race, profession, religion, organization, or ism.


lexentry: eng/sister__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: sister
trans_list: hermana | hermano
sense:
(attributively) An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.


lexentry: eng/sister_ship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sister ship
trans_list: buque gemelo
sense:
(nautical) A ship built to the same design and dimensions as another or belongs to the same owners as another.


lexentry: eng/sistergirl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sistergirl
trans_list: flaquita | mijita | nenita
sense:
(African American Vernacular English) Sister, girlfriend (as a familiar term of address between women).


lexentry: eng/sisterhood__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: sisterhood
trans_list: sororidad
sense:
(feminism) The idea of universal experience amongst women, regardless of other traits or factors. (Considered obsolete in third-wave feminism.)


lexentry: eng/sistrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sistrum
trans_list: sistro
sense:
An ancient Egyptian musical instrument, to be shaken, consisting of a metal frame holding percussive metal beads.


lexentry: eng/sit-up__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sit-up
trans_list: abdominal
sense:
An exercise in which the abdominal muscles are contracted, bringing the torso of a person lying down to a more upright position.


lexentry: eng/sit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sit
trans_list: estar sentado | sentar
sense:
(intransitive, copulative, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.


lexentry: eng/sit_on_one's_hands__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sit on one's hands
trans_list: cruzarse de brazos | mano sobre mano
sense:
(idiomatic) To remain idle when action is needed, perhaps because of fear, ignorance, complacency, indecisiveness, or dislike of the person(s) or situation.


lexentry: eng/sitar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sitar
trans_list: sitar
sense:
(musical instruments) A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.


lexentry: eng/situation_comedy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: situation comedy
trans_list: comedia de situación
sense:
An episodic comedy radio or television program with a plot or storyline based around a particular humorous situation with the same set of characters.


lexentry: eng/six__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: six
trans_list: seis
sense:
A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This many dots: (••••••).


lexentry: eng/six_hundred__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: six hundred
trans_list: seiscientos
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after five hundred ninety-nine and before six hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 600.


lexentry: eng/six_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: six o'clock
trans_list: las seis
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the seventh hour of the day; 6:00 a.m. (06:00).


lexentry: eng/six_of_one,_half_a_dozen_of_the_other__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: six of one, half a dozen of the other
trans_list: dar lo mismo | ser el mismo perro con diferente collar | tres cuartos de lo mismo
sense:
(idiomatic) The two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent; it doesn't matter which one we choose.


lexentry: eng/sixteen__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sixteen
trans_list: dieciséis
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.


lexentry: eng/sixth_form__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sixth form
trans_list: preuniversitario
sense:
(education) In England, the final two years of secondary school, during which students are about sixteen to eighteen years of age.


lexentry: eng/sixty-first__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sixty-first
trans_list: sexagésimo primero
sense:
The ordinal form of the number sixty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 61 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/sixty-second__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sixty-second
trans_list: sexagésimo segundo
sense:
The ordinal form of the number sixty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 62 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/sixty__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sixty
trans_list: sesenta
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.


lexentry: eng/size__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: size
trans_list: medir
sense:
(military) To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature.


lexentry: eng/ska__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ska
trans_list: ska
sense:
(music genre) A style of Jamaican dance music originating in the late 1950s, combining elements of Caribbean calypso and mento with American jazz and rhythm and blues; it was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae.


lexentry: eng/skateboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: skateboard
trans_list: monopatín | patineta | skate
sense:
(sports, recreation) A narrow, wooden or plastic platform mounted on pairs of wheels, on which one stands and propels oneself by pushing along the ground with one foot.


lexentry: eng/skeg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: skeg
trans_list: alerón
sense:
(nautical) A fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports the rudder and protects a propeller.


lexentry: eng/skein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: skein
trans_list: madeja | lina
sense:
A quantity of yarn, thread, etc. put up together in an oblong shape, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread around a fifty-four inch reel.


lexentry: eng/skeletal_muscle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: skeletal muscle
trans_list: músculo esquelético
sense:
(muscle) The voluntary muscle of vertebrates, which is striated and anchored by tendons to bone and is used to effect skeletal movement such as locomotion.


lexentry: eng/skeleton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: skeleton
trans_list: esqueleto | osamenta
sense:
(anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.


lexentry: eng/skeptic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: skeptic
trans_list: escéptico | escéptica
sense:
Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.


lexentry: eng/skepticism__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: skepticism
trans_list: escepticismo
sense:
A methodology that starts from a neutral standpoint and aims to acquire certainty through scientific or logical observation.


lexentry: eng/sketch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sketch
trans_list: esbozo | bosquejo | esquicio
sense:
A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines.


lexentry: eng/sketch__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: sketch
trans_list: sketch
sense:
A brief, light, or unfinished dramatic, musical, or literary work or idea; especially a short, often humorous or satirical scene or play, frequently as part of a revue or variety show.


lexentry: eng/skeuomorphism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: skeuomorphism
trans_list: skeumorfismo
sense:
The incorporation of obsolete or skeuomorphic elements into a design, for familiarity or out of tradition, even though they no longer serve any functional purpose.


lexentry: eng/skewness__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: skewness
trans_list: asimetría
sense:
(statistics) A measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable; is the third standardized moment, defined as \scriptstyle\gamma_1 = \frac{\mu_3}{\sigma^3}, \! where \mu_3 is the third moment about the mean and \sigma is the standard deviation.


lexentry: eng/ski__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ski
trans_list: esquiar
sense:
(transitive) To travel over (a slope, etc.) on skis; to travel on skis at (a place), (especially as a sport).


lexentry: eng/ski_mask__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ski mask
trans_list: balaclava
sense:
A warm cap shielding the neck and head, often made out of wool and used in skiing, or stereotypically while committing a robbery.


lexentry: eng/ski_wax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ski wax
trans_list: cera
sense:
A material applied to the bottom of skis or snowboards, in order to improve their gliding and gripping properties.


lexentry: eng/skid__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: skid
trans_list: tarima
sense:
A basic platform for the storage and transport of goods, machinery or equipment, later developed into the pallet.


lexentry: eng/skid__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: skid
trans_list: patín de aterrizaje
sense:
A ski-shaped runner or supporting surface as found on a helicopter or other aircraft in place of wheels.


lexentry: eng/skid__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: skid
trans_list: derrapar | patinar | resbalar
sense:
(intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard, the wheels sliding with limited spinning.


lexentry: eng/skid_row__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: skid row
trans_list: barrios bajos
sense:
(derogatory) An especially dilapidated section of a city, characterized by abandoned or run-down buildings and vices such as drug dealing and prostitution, and frequented by homeless people.


lexentry: eng/skill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: skill
trans_list: habilidad | talento | destreza | maña
sense:
Capacity to do something well; technique, ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities, which are often thought of as innate.


lexentry: eng/skim__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: skim
trans_list: sobrevolar rozando
sense:
(transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.


lexentry: eng/skimmer__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: skimmer
trans_list: rayador | pico tijera
sense:
Any of three species of bird in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.


lexentry: eng/skin__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: skin
trans_list: máscara
sense:
(countable, computing, graphical user interface) A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.


lexentry: eng/skink__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: skink
trans_list: escinco | eslizón
sense:
A lizard of the family Scincidae, having small or reduced limbs or none at all and long tails that are regenerated when shed; a sandfish.


lexentry: eng/skinny__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: skinny
trans_list: flaco | delgado
sense:
(informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).


lexentry: eng/skipper__Noun__2
sense_num: 04
written_rep: skipper
trans_list: hespérido
sense:
Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.


lexentry: eng/skipping_rope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: skipping rope
trans_list: comba
sense:
An item for play or physical exercise consisting of a length of rope with a handle attached to each end, intended to be swung over and under a person jumping in a continual rhythm.


lexentry: eng/skirt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: skirt
trans_list: falda | pollera | enaguas | saya
sense:
An article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body.


lexentry: eng/skirting_board__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: skirting board
trans_list: rodapié | zócalo
sense:
(UK, AU, NZ, finish carpentry, interior decorating) A panel, normally made of wood, between the floor and the interior wall of a structure, or placed in a position that is subject to repeated knocks


lexentry: eng/skua__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: skua
trans_list: págalo
sense:
Any of various predatory seabirds of the family Stercorariidae that often chase other seabirds to steal their catches.


lexentry: eng/skull__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: skull
trans_list: cráneo | calavera
sense:
(anatomy) The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.


lexentry: eng/skull_and_crossbones__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: skull and crossbones
trans_list: calavera
sense:
A depiction of a human skull and two crossed femurs (thighbones), a symbol of death traditionally used on the Jolly Roger pirate flag, but now as a warning of toxicity or other dangers.


lexentry: eng/skunk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: skunk
trans_list: mofeta | zorrillo | chingue | zorro hediondo
sense:
Any of various small mammals, of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black with a white coat and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure.


lexentry: eng/sky__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sky
trans_list: cielo | firmamento
sense:
The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Earth as the place where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds are seen.


lexentry: eng/sky__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sky
trans_list: firmamento | cielo
sense:
With a descriptive word: the part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its climate, condition, etc.


lexentry: eng/sky__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sky
trans_list: cielos | cielo
sense:
(chiefly, literary, and, poetic, archaic) Usually preceded by the: the abode of God or the gods, angels, the souls of deceased people, etc.; heaven; also, powers emanating from heaven.


lexentry: eng/sky_burial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sky burial
trans_list: entierro celestial
sense:
A funeral practice in which a human corpse is placed atop a mountain or other outdoor structure to decompose or be eaten by scavenging animals.


lexentry: eng/sky_lantern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sky lantern
trans_list: linterna voladora
sense:
An ornament consisting of a small hot air balloon made of paper, with an opening at the bottom where a small fire is suspended.


lexentry: eng/skyr__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: skyr
trans_list: skyr
sense:
A yogurt-like product made of curdled milk, curds stored up for food; a thick dairy product unique to Icelandic cuisine.


lexentry: eng/skyrmion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: skyrmion
trans_list: skyrmion
sense:
(physics, solid state physics, string theory) Any of a particular class of topological soliton that can be used to model certain properties of a nucleon.


lexentry: eng/slackline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slackline
trans_list: slackline
sense:
(forestry, mining, sports) A length of cable, rope, or webbing that hangs loosely from its points of suspension.


lexentry: eng/slag_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: slag off
trans_list: poner a parir
sense:
(British, Irish, Australia, slang, transitive) To talk insultingly to or about someone or something; usually one who is not present.


lexentry: eng/slake__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: slake
trans_list: apagar
sense:
(intransitive, obsolete) Of a person: to become less energetic, to slacken in one's efforts. [11th–17thc.]


lexentry: eng/slaked_lime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slaked lime
trans_list: cal apagada
sense:
Calcium hydroxide, a soft white powder, produced by adding water to quicklime. It is used in making mortar and cement, and has many industrial uses.


lexentry: eng/slam__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: slam
trans_list: azotar | dejar caer
sense:
(transitive, ergative) To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)


lexentry: eng/slander__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slander
trans_list: calumnia
sense:
A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.


lexentry: eng/slant-eyed__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slant-eyed
trans_list: de ojos rasgados
sense:
(derogatory) Specifically refers to having the eyes of most East Asians; with epicanthic folds, as opposed to the downturned eyes of Europeans.


lexentry: eng/slap_in_the_face__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slap in the face
trans_list: bofetada | cachetada | mojicón | pasagonzalo | soplamocos | torta
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slap,‎ in,‎ the,‎ face. (This sense is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/slash__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: slash
trans_list: barra oblicua | barra | diagonal | slash
sense:
(originally, _, US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩, sometimes (often, _, proscribed) inclusive of any mark produced by a similar slashing movement of the pen, as the backslash ⟨\⟩.


lexentry: eng/slash_and_burn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slash and burn
trans_list: roza y quema | artigaje
sense:
A technique in agriculture where plant matter is roughly cut down and then burned over to prepare fields for the next crop.


lexentry: eng/slate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slate
trans_list: pizarra
sense:
(uncountable, geology) A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.


lexentry: eng/slate__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: slate
trans_list: pizarrón
sense:
(countable) A chalkboard, sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by both students and teachers in schools.


lexentry: eng/slattern__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: slattern
trans_list: puerca
sense:
(dated) One who is uncareful or unconcerned about appearance or surroundings, usually said of a dirty and untidy woman.


lexentry: eng/slave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slave
trans_list: esclavo | esclava
sense:
A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.


lexentry: eng/slave__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: slave
trans_list: esclavo | esclava
sense:
(BDSM) A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually and/or personally) serving one or more masters or mistresses.


lexentry: eng/slave__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: slave
trans_list: esclavo
sense:
A sex slave, a person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts on a regular or continuing basis.


lexentry: eng/slave__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: slave
trans_list: esclavo
sense:
(engineering, computing, photography) A device (such as a secondary flash or hard drive) that is subject to the control of another (a master).


lexentry: eng/slavery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slavery
trans_list: esclavitud
sense:
An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.


lexentry: eng/sledgehammer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sledgehammer
trans_list: almádena | mandarria
sense:
A hammer that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal (the head) attached to a handle typically 0.5 meter to 1 meter long. The sledgehammer's design is meant to allow it to be swung powerfully, and to distribute force over a wide area upon impact.


lexentry: eng/sleep__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sleep
trans_list: sueño
sense:
(uncountable) The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.


lexentry: eng/sleep__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: sleep
trans_list: sueño | legaña | lagaña | chele | chelito
sense:
(uncountable) Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).


lexentry: eng/sleep__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: sleep
trans_list: dormir
sense:
(intransitive) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.


lexentry: eng/sleep_mode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sleep mode
trans_list: modo de suspensión
sense:
(computing) the state of a computer system in which the drives and interfaces are switched off, and the only task running is monitoring external activity, particularly a key press which restores the system to its active state from the random access memory.


lexentry: eng/sleep_paralysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sleep paralysis
trans_list: parálisis del sueño
sense:
A situation where a person is not fully awake, and although conscious of their surroundings, unable to move or speak, often accompanied by hallucinations and feelings of terror.


lexentry: eng/sleep_rough__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sleep rough
trans_list: dormir al raso | dormir al sereno
sense:
(idiomatic) Of a homeless person, to sleep outdoors, particularly as opposed to sleeping in a shelter or similar.


lexentry: eng/sleeper_agent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sleeper agent
trans_list: agente durmiente
sense:
A spy who is placed in a target country or organisation, not to undertake an immediate mission, but rather to act as a potential asset if activated.


lexentry: eng/sleeping_bag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sleeping bag
trans_list: saco de dormir
sense:
A padded or insulated bag large enough to surround the whole body and which keeps the user warm while sleeping, used as a substitute for bedclothes.


lexentry: eng/sleeping_sickness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sleeping sickness
trans_list: enfermedad del sueño
sense:
especially, African sleeping sickness, an endemic infectious disease of humans and animals in tropical Africa, caused by a parasitic trypanosome, transmitted by the tsetse fly and characterized by fever, severe headache, joint pains and lymph node swelling in the early stages, followed by a neurological phase of extreme weakness, sleepiness, and deep coma leading to death


lexentry: eng/sleepover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sleepover
trans_list: pijamada | fiesta de pijamas
sense:
The act of spending the night as a guest in another's house, especially when the participants are children.


lexentry: eng/sleet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sleet
trans_list: perdigón de hielo
sense:
(chiefly, United States) Pellets of ice made of mostly frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.


lexentry: eng/sleeve__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sleeve
trans_list: enfundar
sense:
(transitive) To fit and attach a sleeve to an upper garment (e.g. to a shirt, blouse, sweater, jacket, coat, etc.) or to a folder.


lexentry: eng/sleight__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sleight
trans_list: ardid
sense:
(countable) An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.


lexentry: eng/slender-billed_gull__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slender-billed gull
trans_list: gaviota picofina
sense:
Chroicocephalus genei, a mid-sized gull which breeds very locally around the Mediterranean and the north of the western Indian Ocean.


lexentry: eng/slice__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: slice
trans_list: corte | sección
sense:
(medicine) A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.


lexentry: eng/slick__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: slick
trans_list: neumático liso
sense:
(sports, automotive) A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.


lexentry: eng/slide__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: slide
trans_list: corrimiento | corrimiento de tierra
sense:
The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.


lexentry: eng/slide__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: slide
trans_list: slide
sense:
An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.


lexentry: eng/slide__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: slide
trans_list: portaobjeto | portaobjetos
sense:
(sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.


lexentry: eng/slide_rule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slide rule
trans_list: regla de cálculo
sense:
An analog calculator consisting of three interlocking strips marked with logarithmic scales, such that multiplication, division etc. can be performed by the equivalent of addition and subtraction.


lexentry: eng/slime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slime
trans_list: limo | légamo | cieno | lama
sense:
Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.


lexentry: eng/slime__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: slime
trans_list: moco | baba
sense:
Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs.


lexentry: eng/slimeball__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: slimeball
trans_list: baboso
sense:
(originally, US, colloquial, derogatory) A person who is regarded as slimy (that is, sneaky or underhanded) or otherwise undesirable.


lexentry: eng/slimy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: slimy
trans_list: tramposo
sense:
(slang, figuratively) Friendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; two-faced; sneaky; slick; smarmy.


lexentry: eng/sling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sling
trans_list: honda
sense:
(weapon) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other.


lexentry: eng/sling__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: sling
trans_list: eslinga
sense:
A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering.


lexentry: eng/slingshot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slingshot
trans_list: tirachinas | honda | catapulta | tirador | tiragomas | gomera
sense:
(chiefly, American) A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.


lexentry: eng/slip__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: slip
trans_list: combinación | subveste
sense:
A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.


lexentry: eng/slip__Noun__1
sense_num: 24
written_rep: slip
trans_list: resbalón
sense:
(engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.


lexentry: eng/slip__Noun__2
sense_num: 05
written_rep: slip
trans_list: papeleta | papelito | pedazo de papel | tira de papel | trozo de papel
sense:
A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.


lexentry: eng/slip_knot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slip knot
trans_list: nudo corredizo
sense:
A knot which attaches a line to an object and tightens when pressure is applied. Also called a running knot.


lexentry: eng/slipped_disc__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slipped disc
trans_list: hernia discal
sense:
(pathology) A vertebral disc that protrudes into the spinal canal, exerting pressure on spinal nerves and causing backache or sciatica.


lexentry: eng/slippery__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slippery
trans_list: resbaladizo | escurridizo | resbaloso
sense:
Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.


lexentry: eng/slippery_jack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slippery jack
trans_list: babosillo | boleto anillado
sense:
A mushroom in genus Suillus, family Boletaceae, especially Suillus luteus; boletes, they have no gills, but release spores from tubes ending in open pores.


lexentry: eng/slippery_slope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slippery slope
trans_list: pendiente resbaladiza
sense:
(figuratively) A chain of events that, once initiated, cannot be halted; especially one in which the final outcome is undesirable or precarious.


lexentry: eng/slipstream__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: slipstream
trans_list: ciencia ficción no convencional | ficción estela
sense:
(uncountable, fiction) A genre of fantastic or non-realistic fiction that crosses conventional genre boundaries.


lexentry: eng/slipstream__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slipstream
trans_list: ir a rebufo | ir a rueda de | ir justo detrás de
sense:
To take advantage of the suction produced by a slipstream by travelling immediately behind the slipstream generator.


lexentry: eng/slipstream__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: slipstream
trans_list: estela | instalación integrada
sense:
(computing, transitive) To incorporate additional software (such as patches) into an existing installer.


lexentry: eng/slipway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slipway
trans_list: dique | grada
sense:
(nautical) A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched.


lexentry: eng/slivovitz__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slivovitz
trans_list: slivovitz
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A type of rakija made mostly in Eastern European countries from distilled, fermented plum juice.


lexentry: eng/sloe__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sloe
trans_list: endrina | endrino | arañón
sense:
Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, Prunus alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit.


lexentry: eng/slop__Noun__2
sense_num: 08
written_rep: slop
trans_list: bazofia | tichate
sense:
(internet slang, derogatory) Content or media of little-to-no value, especially that which is produced consistently and according to trends to satisfy a recommendation algorithm or consumerist demands.


lexentry: eng/slope__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: slope
trans_list: inclinación | cuesta
sense:
(mathematics) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical.


lexentry: eng/slope__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: slope
trans_list: pendiente
sense:
The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run).


lexentry: eng/slot__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slot
trans_list: ranura
sense:
A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.


lexentry: eng/sloth__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sloth
trans_list: perezoso | pereza | caimansote | cúcula
sense:
(countable) A herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.


lexentry: eng/slouch_hat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slouch hat
trans_list: chambergo
sense:
A broad-brimmed felt hat worn by soldiers, often with a clasp on the left side to allow a rifle to be carried over the shoulder.


lexentry: eng/slow__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slow
trans_list: lento
sense:
Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.


lexentry: eng/slow_cooker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slow cooker
trans_list: olla de cocción lenta
sense:
A kitchen appliance consisting of a clay pot and its housing with self-contained electrical heating, characterized by a loose-fitting lid, relatively low temperatures, and long cooking times, and used especially in the preparation of stews.


lexentry: eng/slow_motion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slow motion
trans_list: cámara lenta | ralentí
sense:
A technique of film, photography, and video to stretch time and allow visibility of things normally happening too fast to be conveniently examined.


lexentry: eng/slow_news_day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slow news day
trans_list: Sommerloch
sense:
(journalism) A time when media organizations publish trivial stories due to the lack of more substantial topics.


lexentry: eng/slowpoke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slowpoke
trans_list: gandul
sense:
(US, Canada, informal, mildly, derogatory) A person who moves slowly or takes a long time to do something.


lexentry: eng/slowworm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slowworm
trans_list: lución | culebrilla de cristal | enánago
sense:
A small Old World lizard, Anguis fragilis, often mistaken for a snake, having no legs and small eyes.


lexentry: eng/sludge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sludge
trans_list: lodo | fango | sedimento
sense:
A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.


lexentry: eng/slug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slug
trans_list: babosa | limaco | limaza
sense:
Any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell. [from early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/sluice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sluice
trans_list: esclusa | compuerta | presa
sense:
An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.


lexentry: eng/sluice_gate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sluice gate
trans_list: compuerta
sense:
A portal which may be opened or closed to allow or prevent the passage of water through a man-made channel.


lexentry: eng/slump__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: slump
trans_list: bajón
sense:
A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.


lexentry: eng/slur__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: slur
trans_list: legato | ligadura | ligadura de expresión
sense:
(music) The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).


lexentry: eng/slurry__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: slurry
trans_list: purín
sense:
(agriculture) A mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water, stored in a slurry pit and used as fertilizer; also used in combination, as pig slurry, etc.


lexentry: eng/smack__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: smack
trans_list: sumaca
sense:
A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack


lexentry: eng/small-minded__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: small-minded
trans_list: mezquino
sense:
Selfish, petty; constrained in thought, limited in scope of consideration, not mindful of the big picture.


lexentry: eng/small_business__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: small business
trans_list: pyme
sense:
A privately-owned and operated business with relatively small turnover and staff numbers, typically seen as constituting part of a specific commercial or economic sector.


lexentry: eng/small_caps__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: small caps
trans_list: versalita
sense:
(typography) Capital letters shown in the same form but in small size (typically of the same size as lower-case letters).


lexentry: eng/small_forward__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: small forward
trans_list: ala
sense:
(basketball) A forward who is the shorter of the two forward positions, and often plays behind the power forwards.


lexentry: eng/small_fry__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: small fry
trans_list: Don Nadie
sense:
(idiomatic) One or more relatively small and insignificant individuals or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.


lexentry: eng/small_intestine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: small intestine
trans_list: intestino delgado
sense:
(anatomy) The upper part of the intestine, between the stomach and the large intestine, divided into the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum.


lexentry: eng/small_screen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: small screen
trans_list: pequeña pantalla | pantalla chica
sense:
(broadcasting) The broadcast or cable television screen, as opposed to the cinema screen (or big screen); by extension, the television programs themselves.


lexentry: eng/small_talk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: small talk
trans_list: charla | palique
sense:
(idiomatic) Idle conversation, typically on innocuous or unimportant subjects, usually engaged in at social gatherings out of politeness.


lexentry: eng/small_text__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: small text
trans_list: glosilla
sense:
(printing, dated) A small size of type, in French and Italian printing, usually conflated with brevier but technically treated as 7½ Didot points.


lexentry: eng/small_wonder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: small wonder
trans_list: no es de extrañar (que ...) | no es sorpresa
sense:
(idiomatic) An event or fact whose cause or rationale is not difficult to discern; an unsurprising occurrence.


lexentry: eng/smallpox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: smallpox
trans_list: viruela
sense:
(disease) An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.


lexentry: eng/smallsword__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: smallsword
trans_list: espada
sense:
A light one-handed sword, designed for thrusting, which evolved out of the longer and heavier rapier of the late Renaissance.


lexentry: eng/smear__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: smear
trans_list: difamar | embarrar | manchar
sense:
(transitive) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.


lexentry: eng/smear_campaign__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: smear campaign
trans_list: campaña de desprestigio
sense:
(idiomatic) An effort to damage or call into question someone's reputation, by propounding negative propaganda.


lexentry: eng/smectic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: smectic
trans_list: esmético
sense:
(chemistry, physics) Describing a class of liquid crystals whose molecules are aligned in layers, with the molecules lying perpendicular to the plane of the layers.


lexentry: eng/smell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: smell
trans_list: olfato
sense:
A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.


lexentry: eng/smell__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: smell
trans_list: olor
sense:
A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.


lexentry: eng/smell__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: smell
trans_list: oler
sense:
(intransitive, copulative) Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.


lexentry: eng/smelly__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: smelly
trans_list: maloliente
sense:
(figuratively, computing, slang, in extreme programming) Having signs that suggest a design problem; having a code smell.


lexentry: eng/smelt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: smelt
trans_list: eperlano
sense:
Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.


lexentry: eng/smew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: smew
trans_list: serreta chica
sense:
A small compact diving duck, Mergellus albellus, that breeds in the northern taiga of Europe and Asia and winters on sheltered coasts or inland lakes.


lexentry: eng/smile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: smile
trans_list: sonrisa
sense:
A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety.


lexentry: eng/smirk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful.
written_rep: smirk
trans_list:
mueca | sonrisa complacida | sonrisa de complicidad | sonrisa de satisfacción | sonrisa de suficiencia | sonrisa de superioridad


lexentry: eng/smith__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: smith
trans_list: forjador | forjadora
sense:
A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.


lexentry: eng/smithsonite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: smithsonite
trans_list: smithsonita
sense:
(mineral) A mineral form of zinc carbonate, ZnCO3, mined as an ore of zinc or as an ornamental stone.


lexentry: eng/smocking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: smocking
trans_list: nido de abeja
sense:
(sewing) An embroidery technique in which the fabric is gathered and then embroidered with decorative stitches to hold the gathers in place; the product of the use of this embroidery technique.


lexentry: eng/smoke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: smoke
trans_list: humo
sense:
(uncountable) The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.


lexentry: eng/smoke_bomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: smoke bomb
trans_list: bomba de humo
sense:
(military) An explosive or incendiary device designed to produce smoke in order to mark a position or produce a smokescreen.


lexentry: eng/smoking__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: smoking
trans_list: tabaquismo | fumar
sense:
The act of exposing (something) to smoke; (by extension) the process by which foods are cured or flavoured by smoke


lexentry: eng/smoking_jacket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: smoking jacket
trans_list: esmoquin
sense:
A men's jacket designed to be worn while smoking tobacco, typically made of soft fabric with a tie belt.


lexentry: eng/smooth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: smooth
trans_list: liso
sense:
(mathematics, of a function) Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.


lexentry: eng/smooth_muscle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: smooth muscle
trans_list: músculo liso
sense:
(muscle) Involuntary muscle which is found within the intestines, throat, uterus, and blood vessel walls.


lexentry: eng/smorgasbord__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: smorgasbord
trans_list: tapas
sense:
A Swedish-style buffet comprising a variety of cold sandwiches and other dishes; (by extension) any buffet with a wide selection of dishes.


lexentry: eng/smother__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: smother
trans_list: sofocar | apagar | extinguir
sense:
(transitive) To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.


lexentry: eng/smuggle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: smuggle
trans_list: contrabandear | contrabando | pasar
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties


lexentry: eng/smurf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: smurf
trans_list: pitufo
sense:
(comics, fictional character) A blue pixie with white stocking cap, from the media franchise The Smurfs.


lexentry: eng/smut__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: smut
trans_list: ojete
sense:
(uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.


lexentry: eng/smut__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: smut
trans_list: carbón
sense:
Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal crops; the disease so caused.


lexentry: eng/snail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snail
trans_list: caracol
sense:
Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.


lexentry: eng/snap__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: snap
trans_list: chasquido de dedos
sense:
The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.


lexentry: eng/snap__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: snap
trans_list: instante | un abrir y cerrar de ojos
sense:
A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.


lexentry: eng/snap__Verb__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: snap
trans_list: chasquear
sense:
(transitive) A video of a person snapping their fingers.
Alternative snapping technique
To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.


lexentry: eng/snap_one's_fingers__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snap one's fingers
trans_list: chasquear los dedos
sense:
To create a cracking or clicking sound with one’s fingers by building tension between the thumb and another finger (middle, index, or ring) and then moving that finger forcefully downward so it hits the thenar eminence of the same hand at a high speed.


lexentry: eng/snap_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snap up
trans_list: agarrar
sense:
(transitive, colloquial) To buy quickly, usually because the item is a bargain or in short supply or something one has been searching for.


lexentry: eng/snapping_turtle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snapping turtle
trans_list: tortuga mordedora
sense:
Any of several large American freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae, which have powerful hooked jaws that close with a snap.


lexentry: eng/snare__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: snare
trans_list: caja
sense:
(music) A set of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin of a drum to create a rattling sound.


lexentry: eng/snare_drum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snare drum
trans_list: caja | caja clara | redoblante | tarola
sense:
A tubular drum with skins stretched over the top and bottom, and having a set of chains that can be applied to the bottom skin to create a rattling sound.


lexentry: eng/snarl__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snarl
trans_list: gruñir
sense:
(intransitive) To growl angrily by gnashing or baring the teeth; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds.


lexentry: eng/snatch__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: snatch
trans_list: arrancada | arranque
sense:
(weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.


lexentry: eng/sneak__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sneak
trans_list: moverse con sigilo
sense:
(intransitive) To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.


lexentry: eng/sneer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sneer
trans_list: burlarse
sense:
A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.


lexentry: eng/snipe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snipe
trans_list: agachadiza | agachona | caica
sense:
Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.


lexentry: eng/snippet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: snippet
trans_list: snippet
sense:
(computing) A text file containing a relatively small amount of code, useless by itself, along with instructions for inserting that code into a larger codebase.


lexentry: eng/snob__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snob
trans_list: esnob | pijo | pituco | siútico
sense:
(informal, derogatory) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/snobbish__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snobbish
trans_list: esnobista | fresa | pijo
sense:
Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.


lexentry: eng/snood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snood
trans_list: cintillo | redecilla
sense:
A band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place, including the hair-band formerly worn in Scotland and northern England by young unmarried women.


lexentry: eng/snoot__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: snoot
trans_list: cuchillo
sense:
(theater, photography) A cylindrical or conical attachment used on a spotlight to restrict spill light.


lexentry: eng/snoring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snoring
trans_list: ronquido
sense:
The action or sound of breathing during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.


lexentry: eng/snorkel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snorkel
trans_list: tubo respirador
sense:
(underwater diving) A hollow tube, held in the mouth, or mounted on and opening into a diving mask, used by swimmers for breathing underwater.


lexentry: eng/snow__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: snow
trans_list: nieve
sense:
(uncountable) The moving pattern of random dots displayed on a television, etc., when no transmission signal is being received.


lexentry: eng/snow_cone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snow cone
trans_list: cepillado | esnobol | frío-frío | granizada | granizado | minuta
sense:
(US) A confection of crushed ice covered with flavored syrup or fruit juice, usually served in a paper cone or a plastic glass.


lexentry: eng/snow_globe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snow globe
trans_list: bola de nieve | domo de nieve
sense:
A decorative object or toy containing a model of a landscape, fluid and suspended white flakes that emulate snowfall when shaken.


lexentry: eng/snow_leopard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snow leopard
trans_list: leopardo de las nieves | irbis | onza | gatopardo
sense:
A large feline mammal, Panthera uncia (syn. Uncia uncia), native to mountain ranges of central Asia.


lexentry: eng/snow_petrel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snow petrel
trans_list: petrel níveo
sense:
A small, pure white fulmarine petrel with black underdown, coal-black eyes, small black bill and bluish gray feet.


lexentry: eng/snowball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snowball
trans_list: bola de nieve
sense:
A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter.


lexentry: eng/snowblower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snowblower
trans_list: apuntadora
sense:
A motorized vehicle that picks up snow off the ground and blows it to one side in order to clear a path.


lexentry: eng/snowboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snowboard
trans_list: tabla de snow | snowboard
sense:
A board, somewhat like a broad ski, or a very long skateboard with no wheels, used in the sport of snowboarding.


lexentry: eng/snowcone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snowcone
trans_list: granizado
sense:
A frozen dessert consisting of crushed ice and colored fruit flavoring, usually served in a cone or a cup.


lexentry: eng/snowdrop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snowdrop
trans_list: campanilla de invierno | campanilla de febrero | flor de nieve
sense:
Any of the 20 species of the genus Galanthus of the Amaryllidaceae, bulbous flowering plants, bearing a solitary, pendulous, white, bell-shaped flower that appears, depending on species, between autumn and late winter or early spring, all native to temperate Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/snowman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snowman
trans_list: muñeco de nieve
sense:
A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth).


lexentry: eng/snowmobile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snowmobile
trans_list: motonieve
sense:
(vehicle) A vehicle with skis at the front and a caterpillar track at the rear, used for travelling over snow, sometimes as sport.


lexentry: eng/snowplow__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: snowplow
trans_list: cuña
sense:
(skiing, skating) A maneuver in which the tips of the skis or skates point inwards and the back ends point outwards.


lexentry: eng/snubber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snubber
trans_list: olla vaporera
sense:
A device used to suppress ("snub") voltage transients in electrical systems, pressure transients in fluid systems, or excess force or rapid movement in mechanical systems.


lexentry: eng/snuff__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snuff
trans_list: apagar
sense:
To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.


lexentry: eng/snus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: snus
trans_list: snus
sense:
A type of tobacco snuff consumed in the form of a moist powder which is placed under the upper lip, without chewing, for extended periods of time.


lexentry: eng/so__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: so
trans_list: tan | así | así que | entonces | pues | pos
sense:
In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.


lexentry: eng/so__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: so
trans_list: tan | así | entonces | pues | pos
sense:
Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story, or a new thought or question in continuation of an existing topic.


lexentry: eng/so__Interjection__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: so
trans_list: tan | así | así que
sense:
Used as a question to ask for further explanation of something said, often rhetorically or in a dismissive or impolite manner.


lexentry: eng/so_be_it__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: so be it
trans_list: así sea
sense:
(idiomatic, subjunctive) An indication of acceptance, especially of a situation which is not entirely favorable.


lexentry: eng/so_much_for__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: so much for
trans_list: pues vaya con
sense:
(idiomatic) An expression of dismissiveness, disappointment, disregard, or resignation; something said upon rejecting, giving up on, quitting, or disposing of something.


lexentry: eng/so_what__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: so what
trans_list: a mí qué | entonces qué? | y | y qué | y qué importa | ¿y qué más da?
sense:
(colloquial, rhetorical question, impolite) A reply to an unimportant or irrelevant statement, indicating indifference on the part of the speaker.


lexentry: eng/soap__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: soap
trans_list: jabón | sopín
sense:
(countable, uncountable, informal, by extension) Some other substance, often a detergent or another surfactant, able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning.


lexentry: eng/soap_opera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soap opera
trans_list: telenovela | culebrón | folletín | novelón
sense:
(countable) A radio or television serial, typically broadcast in the afternoon or evening, about the lives of melodramatic characters, which are often filled with strong emotions, highly dramatic situations and suspense.


lexentry: eng/soapberry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soapberry
trans_list: jaboncillo
sense:
Any woody plant of the Sapindaceae family, found chiefly in tropical climates, most commonly the genus Sapindus.


lexentry: eng/soapbox__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: soapbox
trans_list: estrado | podio | tribuna improvisada
sense:
(figuratively) Any physical or media platform which gives prominence to the person on it and the views they espouse.


lexentry: eng/soapstone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soapstone
trans_list: esteatita | roca de jabón
sense:
(geology) A soft rock, rich in talc, also containing serpentine and either magnetite, dolomite or calcite.


lexentry: eng/soar__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: soar
trans_list: elevarse
sense:
To mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents.


lexentry: eng/sobriquet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sobriquet
trans_list: sobrenombre
sense:
A familiar name for a person or thing; a nickname (sometimes assumed by the person, but often given by others), that is descriptive.


lexentry: eng/socage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: socage
trans_list: servicio feudal
sense:
(historical) In the Middle Ages (and chiefly but not exclusively medieval England), a legal system whereby a tenant would pay a rent or do some agricultural work for the landlord.


lexentry: eng/social_Darwinism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: social Darwinism
trans_list: darwinismo social
sense:
(science) The theory that the laws of evolution by natural selection also apply to social structures.


lexentry: eng/social_anxiety__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: social anxiety
trans_list: ansiedad interpersonal | ansiedad social
sense:
A feeling of discomfort or fear in a social situation where one may be judged or evaluated by others.


lexentry: eng/social_anxiety_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: social anxiety disorder
trans_list: ansiedad social | fobia social | trastorno de ansiedad social
sense:
(clinical psychology, psychiatry) The most common anxiety disorder, characterized by intense fear in one or more social situations, causing considerable distress and impaired ability to function in at least some parts of daily life.


lexentry: eng/social_capital__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: social capital
trans_list: capital social
sense:
The goodwill, sympathy, and connections created by social interaction within and between social networks.


lexentry: eng/social_climber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: social climber
trans_list: arribista | trepa | trepador
sense:
(derogatory) One who tries to improve his or her social standing, especially by means of obsequious behaviour.


lexentry: eng/social_contract__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: social contract
trans_list: contrato social
sense:
(philosophy, politics) An implicit agreement or contract among members of a society governing such matters as submission of individuals to the rule of law and acceptable conduct.


lexentry: eng/social_death__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: social death
trans_list: muerte social
sense:
(idiomatic) The alienation of certain people from society to the point of being forgotten, excluded, or ignored in society.


lexentry: eng/social_democracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: social democracy
trans_list: socialdemocracia
sense:
(political) A moderate political philosophy or ideology that aims to achieve socialist (socialistic) goals within a democratic society and a liberal democracy such as by means of a strong welfare state and regulation of private industry.


lexentry: eng/social_democrat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: social democrat
trans_list: socialdemócrata
sense:
(politics) A supporter of social democracy, a political ideology in which a socialist system of government is achieved by democratic means.


lexentry: eng/social_distancing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: social distancing
trans_list: distanciamiento social
sense:
(epidemiology) The practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases by isolating those with such diseases in quarantines, maintaining space between individuals, and prohibiting certain activities.


lexentry: eng/social_engineering__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: social engineering
trans_list: ingeniería social
sense:
(political science) Efforts to influence attitudes and social behaviors on a large scale, in order to produce desired characteristics in a target population.


lexentry: eng/social_engineering__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: social engineering
trans_list: ingeniería social
sense:
(computer security) The practice of tricking a user into giving, or giving access to, sensitive information, thereby bypassing most or all protection.


lexentry: eng/social_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: social group
trans_list: grupo social
sense:
A collection of humans or animals who share certain characteristics, interact with one another, accept expectations and obligations as members of the group, and share a common identity.


lexentry: eng/social_housing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: social housing
trans_list: vivienda de protección oficial
sense:
(UK) Rental housing owned and managed by the government, non-profit organizations, or by a combination of the two, with the aim of providing affordable housing, often focusing on disadvantaged groups such as low-income earners, social-security recipients, the elderly and people with disabilities.


lexentry: eng/social_justice_warrior__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: social justice warrior
trans_list: progre
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see social justice,‎ warrior; a social justice activist.


lexentry: eng/social_liberalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: social liberalism
trans_list: socioliberalismo
sense:
A political ideology that endorses a market economy, individual liberty, and the role of government in addressing economic and social issues such as poverty, health care, and education.


lexentry: eng/social_life__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: social life
trans_list: vida social
sense:
An individual's interpersonal relationships with people within their immediate surroundings or general public.


lexentry: eng/social_mobility__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: social mobility
trans_list: movilidad social
sense:
(sociology) The degree to which, in a given society, an individual's, family's, or group's social status can change throughout the course of their life through a system of social hierarchy or stratification.


lexentry: eng/social_network__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: social network
trans_list: red social
sense:
(collective, sociology) A network of personal or business contacts, especially as facilitated by social networking on the Internet.


lexentry: eng/social_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: social science
trans_list: ciencias sociales | ciencia social
sense:
A branch of science that studies the society and human behavior in it, including anthropology, communication studies, criminology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social studies, and sociology.


lexentry: eng/social_security__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: social security
trans_list: seguridad social
sense:
A system whereby the state either through general or specific taxation provides various benefits to help ensure the wellbeing of its citizens.


lexentry: eng/social_status__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: social status
trans_list: estatus social
sense:
(sociology) One's position within a social hierarchy, one's social class along with any personal social advantages or disadvantages, one's value relative to society.


lexentry: eng/social_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: social studies
trans_list: estudios sociales
sense:
The study of history, geography, civics, sociology, economics, and other social-science subjects, especially in primary and secondary school.


lexentry: eng/social_welfare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: social welfare
trans_list: seguridad social
sense:
The provision of a minimal level of well-being and support for citizens and other eligible residents who lack current means to support basic needs.


lexentry: eng/socialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: socialism
trans_list: socialismo
sense:
(Marxism-Leninism) The intermediate phase of social development between capitalism and communism in Marxist theory in which the state has control of the means of production.


lexentry: eng/socialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: socialism
trans_list: socialismo
sense:
Any of a group of later political philosophies such democratic socialism and social democracy which do not envisage the need for full state ownership of the means of production nor transition to full communism, and which are typically based on principles of community decision making, social equality and the avoidance of economic and social exclusion, with economic policy giving first preference to community goals over individual ones.


lexentry: eng/socialism_with_a_human_face__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: socialism with a human face
trans_list: socialismo con rostro humano
sense:
(politics, historical) The political programme of mild democratization and liberalization, established in socialist Czechoslovakia in 1968, that led to the Prague Spring.


lexentry: eng/socialization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: socialization
trans_list: sociabilización | socialización
sense:
(sociology, psychology) The process of learning how to live in a way acceptable to one's own society, said especially about children.


lexentry: eng/societism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: societism
trans_list: societismo
sense:
A social philosophy that promotes the well-being of the group without sacrificing the significance of the individual.


lexentry: eng/society__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: society
trans_list: sociedad
sense:
(countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.


lexentry: eng/society__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: society
trans_list: sociedad
sense:
(countable) A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.


lexentry: eng/sociobiology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sociobiology
trans_list: sociobiología
sense:
The science that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour in both humans and animals.


lexentry: eng/sociogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sociogram
trans_list: sociograma
sense:
A graphic representation of the structure of interpersonal relations in a group situation; a depiction of the social links that a person has.


lexentry: eng/sociolect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sociolect
trans_list: sociolecto
sense:
(sociolinguistics) The variant of language used by a social group such as a socioeconomic class, an ethnic group, an age group, etc.


lexentry: eng/sociology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sociology
trans_list: sociología
sense:
A social science that studies society, human social interaction, patterns of social relationships, and the interactions of culture. Through both theory and applied research, it engages subject matters across a range of microanalysis, mesoanalysis, and macroanalysis.


lexentry: eng/socket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: socket
trans_list: enchufe | toma | toma corriente
sense:
(mechanics) An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).


lexentry: eng/socket__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: socket
trans_list: cuenca | glena
sense:
(anatomy) A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.


lexentry: eng/socket__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: socket
trans_list: zócalo
sense:
(computing) One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network.


lexentry: eng/sod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sod
trans_list: césped
sense:
(uncountable) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.


lexentry: eng/soda__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: soda
trans_list: soda | bebida | refresco | gaseosa | agua | casera
sense:
(uncountable) Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate).


lexentry: eng/soda_water__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soda water
trans_list: soda | agua de Seltz
sense:
Carbonated water, water that has carbon dioxide dissolved in it and has been stored under pressure in a bottle. Usually mixed before drinking with another beverage.


lexentry: eng/sodium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sodium
trans_list: sodio
sense:
The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature.


lexentry: eng/sodium_carbonate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sodium carbonate
trans_list: soda
sense:
(chemistry) A salt, Na2CO3 formally derived from sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid; it is a white powder, soluble in water, with domestic, commercial and industrial uses; it occurs naturally as natrite.


lexentry: eng/sodium_chloride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sodium chloride
trans_list: cloruro de sodio
sense:
(inorganic compound) Common table salt, a compound composed of equal number of sodium and chlorine atoms. Chemical formula TemplateParserError:LuaError.


lexentry: eng/sodium_hydroxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sodium hydroxide
trans_list: hidróxido de sodio | hidróxido sódico
sense:
(inorganic compound) A strong, caustic alkali (NaOH) used in the manufacture of soap, detergents, paper, textiles and having many other industrial applications.


lexentry: eng/sodium_nitrate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sodium nitrate
trans_list: nitro
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) the sodium salt of nitric acid, NaNO3; used as a food preservative, and as an oxidizing agent in explosives such as sodatol.


lexentry: eng/sodium_pump__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sodium pump
trans_list: bomba de sodio
sense:
(biochemistry) The transport of sodium ions across biological membranes using the metabolic energy of ATP.


lexentry: eng/sodium_sulfate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sodium sulfate
trans_list: sulfato sódico
sense:
(inorganic compound) The sodium salt of sulfuric acid, Na2SO4; it is a mild laxative (as Glauber's salt), and is used in the manufacture of paper, detergents and many other products.


lexentry: eng/sodium_thiosulfate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sodium thiosulfate
trans_list: tiosulfato de sodio
sense:
An inorganic compound that is typically available as the pentahydrate, Na2S2O3·5H2O. It is used in iodometry, photographic processing, gold extraction, etc.


lexentry: eng/sodomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sodomy
trans_list: sodomía
sense:
Any of several forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural, particularly bestiality or homosexuality, but also (sometimes) anal or oral sex.


lexentry: eng/sofa__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sofa
trans_list: sofá | sillón
sense:
(furniture, chiefly, UK, India) An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people.


lexentry: eng/soffit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soffit
trans_list: sofito
sense:
(architectural element) The visible underside of an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, staircase, vault or any other architectural element.


lexentry: eng/soft-pedal__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soft-pedal
trans_list: minimizar
sense:
(figuratively) To reduce the force or impact of (something); to damp, to mute; especially, to minimize the less desirable aspects of (something); to play down, to tone down.


lexentry: eng/soft_cheese__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soft cheese
trans_list: crema de queso
sense:
A type of rennet cheese that is not firm owing to the curds not having been pressed or comminuted to a large degree, so that much whey or liquid is left, and it has not ripened long.


lexentry: eng/soft_drink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soft drink
trans_list: bebida de fantasia | gaseosa
sense:
Any non-alcoholic drink that is carbonated, and usually also sweet. (In this sense, juice, milk, tea and coffee are not soft drinks.)


lexentry: eng/soft_landing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soft landing
trans_list: aterrizaje suave
sense:
(countable, aeronautics) A landing that does not result in the destruction of the payload and/or the vehicle.


lexentry: eng/soft_mutation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soft mutation
trans_list: lenición
sense:
(linguistics) An alteration of the initial consonant of a word which occurs in certain Celtic languages under particular linguistic circumstances; lenition.


lexentry: eng/soft_power__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soft power
trans_list: poder blando
sense:
(politics) Political influence that is extended by means of diplomacy, media, international assistance, cultural exchanges, etc., rather than by such "hard" means as military intervention or punitive economic measures.


lexentry: eng/soft_serve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soft serve
trans_list: helado suave
sense:
A frozen dessert or snack, similar to ice cream but softer, as a result of air being introduced during freezing.


lexentry: eng/soft_sign__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soft sign
trans_list: signo blando | signo suave
sense:
The Cyrillic letter Ь/ь (transliterated in English with an apostrophe (’) or prime (′)), which in modern languages using the Cyrillic alphabet serves to denote a soft (palatized) consonant.


lexentry: eng/soft_toy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soft toy
trans_list: peluche
sense:
(Britain, Australia) A toy made of a soft material, usually stuffed with cotton, straw, beans, or other materials, and typically intended as a plaything for children.


lexentry: eng/soft_water__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soft water
trans_list: agua blanda
sense:
(chemistry) Water with a low concentration of dissolved minerals, especially calcium, making it easier to lather with soap.


lexentry: eng/softball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: softball
trans_list: sófbol
sense:
(sports) A game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand.


lexentry: eng/software__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: software
trans_list: programa | software | soporte lógico
sense:
(computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).


lexentry: eng/soigneur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soigneur
trans_list: asistente
sense:
(cycle racing) A non-riding member of a racing team whose role is to provide support (such as massages, supplies, and transportation) for the cyclists.


lexentry: eng/soil__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: soil
trans_list: suelo | tierra
sense:
(uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.


lexentry: eng/soil__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: soil
trans_list: suelo
sense:
(uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.


lexentry: eng/soil_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soil science
trans_list: ciencia del suelo
sense:
The scientific study of the formation, classification, mapping, and the physical, chemical and biological properties of soil.


lexentry: eng/sol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sol
trans_list: sol
sense:
In a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la.


lexentry: eng/solanum__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: solanum
trans_list: solano
sense:
(East Africa) A traditional green vegetable in the genus Solanum, specifically Solanum nigrum, and sometimes Solanum macrocarpon, Solanum scabrum, and Solanum villosum.


lexentry: eng/solar_calendar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: solar calendar
trans_list: calendario solar
sense:
A calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun, which defines the year. Dates indicate the position of the Earth during this revolution.


lexentry: eng/solar_constant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: solar constant
trans_list: constante solar
sense:
The amount of incoming solar radiation per unit area, measured on the outer surface of Earth's atmosphere, in a plane perpendicular to the rays.


lexentry: eng/solar_day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: solar day
trans_list: día solar
sense:
(astronomy) One day of solar time; the time in which a planet such as Earth apparently rotates once around its axis relative to the Sun; the time taken for the Sun to seem to be in the same place in the sky twice (on Earth about 24 hours as an average - the length of solar day is not constant throughout the year)


lexentry: eng/solar_energy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: solar energy
trans_list: energía solar
sense:
Energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation emitted from the Sun; especially that part of this energy that is converted into usable thermal or electrical energy by man.


lexentry: eng/solar_mass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: solar mass
trans_list: masa solar
sense:
(astronomy) A unit, equal to the mass of the sun, used to express the mass of other stars etc. 1 M☉ = 2 × 1030 kg.


lexentry: eng/solar_radiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: solar radiation
trans_list: radiación solar
sense:
(astronomy) All the electromagnetic radiation and subatomic particles radiated from the Sun, especially that part that reaches the Earth


lexentry: eng/solar_sail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: solar sail
trans_list: vela de sombra
sense:
(astronautics) A sail-like structure on a spacecraft consisting of very large ultrathin mirrors, with propulsion being achieved by the radiation pressure of light from a star or laser.


lexentry: eng/solar_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: solar system
trans_list: sistema solar
sense:
Any collection of heavenly bodies including a star or binary star, and any lighter stars, brown dwarfs, planets, and other objects in orbit.


lexentry: eng/solar_wind__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: solar wind
trans_list: viento solar
sense:
(astronomy) The outflow of charged particles from the solar corona into space. Because of the high temperature of the particles of the corona, they are moving at speeds higher than the solar escape velocity.


lexentry: eng/solder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: solder
trans_list: estaño para soldar | estaño
sense:
Any of various easily-melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.


lexentry: eng/soldier_of_fortune__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: soldier of fortune
trans_list: aventurero
sense:
(figuratively, by extension) A person willing to work for or ally himself with any person or institution who will take him on.


lexentry: eng/sole_trader__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sole trader
trans_list: trabajador autónomo
sense:
(business) A type of enterprise or proprietorship which is owned by one person who is fully liable for the company's debts and fulfilment of contracts with his/her personal wealth unless incorporated.


lexentry: eng/solenodon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: solenodon
trans_list: almiquí | aire
sense:
Any of the family Solenodontidae of small nocturnal, burrowing, insectivorous mammals, with a long snout and venomous saliva.


lexentry: eng/solfège__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: solfège
trans_list: solfeo | solfa
sense:
(music) A method of sight singing that uses the syllables do (originally ut), re, mi, fa, sol (or so), la, and si (or ti) to represent the seven principal pitches of the scale, most commonly the major scale. The fixed-do system uses do for C, and the moveable-do system uses do for whatever key the melody uses (thus B is do if the piece is in the key of B). The relative natural minor of a scale may be represented by beginning at la.


lexentry: eng/solicitous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: solicitous
trans_list: inquieto
sense:
(Usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause) Showing care, concern, or attention, in any of several ways; thus:


lexentry: eng/solid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: solid
trans_list: sólido
sense:
(of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.


lexentry: eng/solid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: solid
trans_list: sólido
sense:
(of volumes of materials) Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without any gaps.


lexentry: eng/solid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: solid
trans_list: sólido
sense:
(chemistry) A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).


lexentry: eng/solid_angle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: solid angle
trans_list: ángulo sólido
sense:
(geometry) The three-dimensional analog of an angle, equivalent to the area of that portion of the surface of a unit sphere that it subtends.


lexentry: eng/solidarity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: solidarity
trans_list: solidaridad
sense:
(countable) A bond of unity or agreement between individuals, united around a common goal or against a common enemy, such as the unifying principle that defines the labor movement; mutual support within a group.


lexentry: eng/solidarity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: solidarity
trans_list: solidaridad
sense:
(uncountable) Willingness to give psychological and/or material support when another person is in a difficult position or needs affection.


lexentry: eng/solidus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: solidus
trans_list: sueldo
sense:
(historical) The weight of the Roman gold coin, 1/60 of a Roman pound under Diocletian or 1/72 lb. (about 4.5 grams) after Constantine.


lexentry: eng/soliloquy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soliloquy
trans_list: soliloquio
sense:
(drama) The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.


lexentry: eng/solitaire__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: solitaire
trans_list: Senku
sense:
An extinct bird formerly believed to be related to the dodo, more precisely Réunion solitaire, Raphus solitarius, now preferably Réunion ibis, Threskiornis solitarius.


lexentry: eng/solitary_confinement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: solitary confinement
trans_list: incomunicación | reclusión solitaria | régimen de aislamiento
sense:
Forced isolation in a small space and the denial of contact with other persons, usually as a form of punishment for a prison inmate.


lexentry: eng/solo__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: solo
trans_list: solitario
sense:
(games) A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner


lexentry: eng/solstice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: solstice
trans_list: solsticio
sense:
One of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one of two days in the year when the day is either longest or shortest.


lexentry: eng/solubility__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: solubility
trans_list: solubilidad
sense:
(chemistry) The amount of a substance that will dissolve in a given amount of a solvent, to give a saturated solution, under specified conditions.


lexentry: eng/solution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: solution
trans_list: solución | disolución
sense:
A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.


lexentry: eng/solvency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: solvency
trans_list: solvencia
sense:
(finance) The state of having enough funds or liquid assets to pay all of one's debts; the state of being solvent.


lexentry: eng/sombrero__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sombrero
trans_list: sombrero mexicano | sombrero de charro
sense:
A kind of hat with a high conical or cylindrical crown and a saucer-shaped brim, highly embroidered, made of plush felt.


lexentry: eng/somersault__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: somersault
trans_list: voltereta | salto mortal
sense:
Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degrees while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's head.


lexentry: eng/something_is_rotten_in_the_state_of_Denmark__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: something is rotten in the state of Denmark
trans_list: algo está podrido en el estado de Dinamarca | algo huele a podrido en Dinamarca
sense:
(idiomatic) Something is not right, seriously amiss, especially when leading to suspicion of motive.


lexentry: eng/sommelier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sommelier
trans_list: sumiller | escanciador
sense:
The member of staff at a restaurant who keeps the wine cellar and advises the guests on a choice of wines; a wine steward / stewardess, a wine waiter / waitress / server.


lexentry: eng/son__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: son
trans_list: hijo
sense:
A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person.


lexentry: eng/sonar__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sonar
trans_list: sónar
sense:
(nautical) A device that uses hydrophones (in the same manner as radar) to locate objects underwater.


lexentry: eng/sonata__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sonata
trans_list: sonata
sense:
(music) A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.


lexentry: eng/sonata_form__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sonata form
trans_list: forma sonata
sense:
(music) A form of classical music consisting of a single movement divided into three main sections, the exposition, development and recapitulation, sometimes followed by a coda.


lexentry: eng/sondage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sondage
trans_list: sondeo
sense:
(archaeology) A small test excavation or test pit to examine the stratigraphy of a site; a deeper investigation of a small part of a larger trench.


lexentry: eng/sonde__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sonde
trans_list: sonda
sense:
(physical sciences) Any of various devices for testing physical conditions, often for remote or underwater locations.


lexentry: eng/songwriter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: songwriter
trans_list: cantautor
sense:
(music) A musician who composes songs; especially writing the song's lyrics and/or creating a melody or a tune for the song.


lexentry: eng/sonic_boom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sonic boom
trans_list: boom sónico | estampido sónico | explosión sónica
sense:
(physics, aerodynamics) The audible effect of a shock wave in the air, especially one caused by an aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound.


lexentry: eng/sonnet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sonnet
trans_list: soneto
sense:
A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.


lexentry: eng/sonny__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sonny
trans_list: fulano | mijo
sense:
(colloquial, dated, pejorative) Form of address to a boy or man, to express contempt, warning etc. [1852]


lexentry: eng/sonoluminescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sonoluminescence
trans_list: sonoluminiscencia
sense:
(physics) The emission of short bursts of light from imploding bubbles in a liquid when excited by sound.


lexentry: eng/sonorant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sonorant
trans_list: sonante
sense:
(phonetics) A speech sound that is produced without turbulent airflow in the vocal tract; the generic term of vowel, approximant, nasal consonant, etc.


lexentry: eng/soot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soot
trans_list: hollín | tizne
sense:
Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.


lexentry: eng/sophisticated__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sophisticated
trans_list: refinado | sofisticado | elegante
sense:
Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined.


lexentry: eng/sophistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sophistry
trans_list: argucia
sense:
(countable) An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so; a sophism.


lexentry: eng/sophomore__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sophomore
trans_list: obedecer
sense:
(US) The second in a series, especially, the second of an artist’s albums or the second of four years in a high school (tenth grade) or university.


lexentry: eng/sophrology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sophrology
trans_list: sofrología
sense:
A technique consisting of a set of physical and mental exercises for reducing stress and promoting well-being.


lexentry: eng/soprano_saxophone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soprano saxophone
trans_list: saxofón soprano
sense:
A member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments that is smaller than the alto saxophone but larger than the sopranino saxophone, with a range of A♭3 to E6 or similar.


lexentry: eng/sorbic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sorbic acid
trans_list: ácido sórbico
sense:
(chemistry) an unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid, CH3.CH:CH.CH:CH.COOH, found in Rowan berries, and used as a preservative


lexentry: eng/sorbose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sorbose
trans_list: sorbosa
sense:
(carbohydrate) The ketohexose (3S,4R,5S)-1,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexan-2-one used in the production of ascorbic acid


lexentry: eng/sordine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sordine
trans_list: sordina
sense:
A mute for musical instruments. For example, the mute instrument for the violin or the damper on the pianoforte.


lexentry: eng/sore_loser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sore loser
trans_list: mal perdedor
sense:
(informal) One who complains or blames others for one's loss; one who is easily angered by losing a game or contest, or because of some other misfortune or bad luck.


lexentry: eng/sorghum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sorghum
trans_list: sorgo | zahína
sense:
A cereal, Sorghum genus and species, the grains of which are cultivated to make flour and feed cattle. Almost all cultivated ones as well as some wild ones belong to the species Sorghum bicolor (syn. Sorghum vulgare).


lexentry: eng/sorority__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sorority
trans_list: sororidad
sense:
(US) A social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.


lexentry: eng/sort__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sort
trans_list: clasificar | cribar
sense:
(transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.


lexentry: eng/soul__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soul
trans_list: alma
sense:
(religion, folklore) The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality, often believed to live on after the person's death.


lexentry: eng/soul_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soul music
trans_list: Seúl
sense:
(music genre) A genre of music that originated in black American gospel, characterized by the use of secular lyrics, and an earthy, intensely emotional style.


lexentry: eng/soulmate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soulmate
trans_list: alma gemela
sense:
Someone, especially a romantic partner, with whom one is exceptionally or uniquely compatible or has a special, almost spiritual connection.


lexentry: eng/sound__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sound
trans_list: estrecho | seno
sense:
(geography, landforms) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.


lexentry: eng/sound__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sound
trans_list: sonda
sense:
(medicine) A long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde.


lexentry: eng/sound__Verb__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sound
trans_list: sondear
sense:
To ascertain, or to try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.


lexentry: eng/sound_barrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sound barrier
trans_list: barrera del sonido
sense:
(uncountable) Sonic barrier, the sudden increase in drag (resistance) and other effects experienced by moving objects when their speed approaches that of sound or becomes supersonic (which used to be considered a barrier to higher speeds).


lexentry: eng/sound_change__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sound change
trans_list: cambio fonético
sense:
(phonology) Any process of language change that affects pronunciation (phonetic change) or sound system structures (phonological change).


lexentry: eng/sound_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sound effect
trans_list: efecto de sonido | efecto sonoro
sense:
An artificially created or enhanced sound, used to accompany the action of a dramatic production, such as a film, play or video game


lexentry: eng/sound_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sound law
trans_list: ley fonética
sense:
(phonology) A rule that describes historical sound change (the change in pronunciation of a given sound or cluster of sounds) in the development of a language. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/sound_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sound out
trans_list: tantear
sense:
(transitive) To question and listen attentively in order to discover a person's opinion, intent, or preference, especially by using indirect conversational remarks.


lexentry: eng/sound_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sound out
trans_list: desahogarse
sense:
(transitive) To pronounce a word or phrase by articulating each of its letters or syllables slowly in sequence.


lexentry: eng/sound_post__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sound post
trans_list: alma
sense:
(lutherie) A wooden rod located inside the body of a violin-family instrument, close to the treble-side bridge foot.


lexentry: eng/sound_technician__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sound technician
trans_list: sonidista
sense:
A technician whose job is to assemble, operate and maintain the technical equipment used to record, amplify, enhance, mix or reproduce sound


lexentry: eng/sound_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sound wave
trans_list: onda sonora | onda acústica
sense:
(physics) The longitudinal wave of pressure that is transmitted through any plastic material; audible sound.


lexentry: eng/soundboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: soundboard
trans_list: mezclador
sense:
(audio engineering) A mixing console used to combine and blend different audio sources to a single output.


lexentry: eng/soundness__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: soundness
trans_list: completitud
sense:
(logic) The property of a logical theory that whenever a wff is a theorem then it must also be valid. Symbolically, letting T represent a theory within logic L, this can be represented as the property that whenever T \vdash \varphi is true, then T \vDash \varphi must also be true, for any wff φ of logic L.


lexentry: eng/soundproofing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soundproofing
trans_list: insonorización
sense:
Something that prevents sound from traveling through it, such as is put on walls so adjacent areas are not disturbed by noise.


lexentry: eng/soundtrack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soundtrack
trans_list: banda sonora
sense:
A narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures.


lexentry: eng/soup__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: soup
trans_list: sopa
sense:
(UK, informal, often with "the") An unfortunate situation; trouble, problems (a fix, a mess); chaos.


lexentry: eng/soup_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soup up
trans_list: retocar | trucar
sense:
(informal, transitive) To modify the engine of (a motor vehicle) to give a higher performance than the specifications.


lexentry: eng/souped-up__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: souped-up
trans_list: dopado
sense:
(horse racing, cant) Of a racehorse: injected with a substance to make it run faster or to change its temperament. [from 19th to early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/soupspoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soupspoon
trans_list: cuchara sopera | cuchara de sopa
sense:
A spoon for eating soup, typically smaller than a tablespoon and larger than a dessert spoon, characterised by having a round bowl rather than the usual oval bowl of other types of spoon.


lexentry: eng/souq__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: souq
trans_list: zoco
sense:
A street market, particularly in Arabic- and Somali-speaking countries; a place where people buy and sell goods.


lexentry: eng/sour_cherry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sour cherry
trans_list: cerezo de Morello | cerezo ácido | guindo
sense:
Species of Prunus subg. Cerasus, (cherries), native to much of Europe and southwest Asia, especially, Prunus cerasus, Prunus pseudocerasus, and Prunus cerasoides.


lexentry: eng/sour_cream__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sour cream
trans_list: crema agria
sense:
Cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium to turn it slightly sour, often used as a condiment, or a topping for baked potatoes.


lexentry: eng/sour_milk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sour milk
trans_list: leche agria
sense:
A kind of dairy product produced by causing raw milk to somewhat congeal by addition of acid or fermentation through bespoke acidification cultures.


lexentry: eng/source_code__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: source code
trans_list: código fuente
sense:
(programming) Human-readable instructions in a programming language, to be transformed into machine instructions by a compiler, assembler or other translator, or to be carried out directly by an interpreter.


lexentry: eng/source_document__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: source document
trans_list: comprobante
sense:
(accounting) A document that provides official notification of a credit or debit to an account, such as a bank statement, bill of sale, invoice, receipt, etc.


lexentry: eng/sousaphone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sousaphone
trans_list: susáfono
sense:
A valved brass instrument with the same length as a tuba, but shaped differently so that the bell is above the head, that the valves are situated directly in front of the musical instruments and a few inches above the waist, and that most of the weight rests on one shoulder.


lexentry: eng/soutane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soutane
trans_list: sotana
sense:
A long gown with sleeves and buttons at the front, particularly when worn by Roman Catholic clerics.


lexentry: eng/south__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: south
trans_list: sur | sud
sense:
The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane.


lexentry: eng/south_by_east__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: south by east
trans_list: sud quarto al sudeste
sense:
The compass point halfway between south and south-southeast, specifically 168.75°, abbreviated as SbE.


lexentry: eng/south_by_west__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: south by west
trans_list: sud quarto al sud-oeste
sense:
The compass point halfway between south and south-southwest, specifically 191.25°, abbreviated as SbW.


lexentry: eng/southeast_by_east__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: southeast by east
trans_list: sueste quarto al este
sense:
The compass point halfway between southeast and east-southeast, specifically 123.75°, abbreviated as SEbE.


lexentry: eng/southeast_by_south__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: southeast by south
trans_list: sueste quarto al sud
sense:
The compass point halfway between southeast and south-southeast, specifically 146.25°, abbreviated as SEbS.


lexentry: eng/southerner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: southerner
trans_list: sureño | sureña
sense:
A native or inhabitant of the south of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as the United Kingdom.


lexentry: eng/southwest_by_south__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: southwest by south
trans_list: sud-oeste quarto al sud
sense:
The compass point halfway between southwest and south-southwest, specifically 213.75°, abbreviated as SWbS.


lexentry: eng/southwest_by_west__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: southwest by west
trans_list: sud-oeste quarto al oeste
sense:
The compass point halfway between southwest and west-southwest, specifically 236.25°, abbreviated as SWbW.


lexentry: eng/southwester__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: southwester
trans_list: sudoeste
sense:
(more often sou'wester) A waterproof hat, often of oilskin and with a long brim at the back covering the neck, designed to repel wind and rain.


lexentry: eng/sovereign__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sovereign
trans_list: soberano
sense:
A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.


lexentry: eng/sovereign_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sovereign state
trans_list: estado soberano
sense:
A state (country) which has sovereignty over a defined geographic area, is independent of any other country, and has its own government.


lexentry: eng/sovereignty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sovereignty
trans_list: soberanía
sense:
(by extension) Of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities.


lexentry: eng/soviet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soviet
trans_list: sóviet
sense:
(historical) A workers' council, an institution first formed during the 1905 Russian Revolution and then instituted as the main form of communist government at all levels in the Soviet Union; by extension, a similar organization in early Chinese communism and elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/sow_the_wind,_reap_the_whirlwind__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
trans_list: cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos | quien siembra vientos recoge tempestades
sense:
Every decision has consequences; a person's actions will come back to them; if one starts trouble or takes actions in spite of the discontent they cause, one will incur negative consequences.


lexentry: eng/soy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soy
trans_list: soja
sense:
A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.


lexentry: eng/soy_milk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soy milk
trans_list: leche de soja
sense:
(uncountable) A milky liquid made from soy beans and used as a beverage, cooking ingredient or substitute for dairy milk.


lexentry: eng/soy_sauce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soy sauce
trans_list: salsa de soja | salsa de soya | soja
sense:
A condiment sauce and ingredient, common in Asian cuisine, made from fermented soybeans, salt, and sometimes wheat.


lexentry: eng/space__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: space
trans_list: espacio
sense:
The near-vacuum in which planets, stars and other celestial objects are situated; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere. [from 17thc.]


lexentry: eng/space__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: space
trans_list: espacio
sense:
(countable, mathematics) A generalized construct or set whose members have some property in common; typically there will be a geometric metaphor allowing these members to be viewed as "points". Often used with a restricting modifier describing the members (e.g. vector space), or indicating the inventor of the construct (e.g. Hilbert space). [from 20thc.]


lexentry: eng/space__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: space
trans_list: espacio
sense:
(geometry) A set of points, each of which is uniquely specified by a number (the dimensionality) of coordinates.


lexentry: eng/space__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: space
trans_list: espacio
sense:
(metal type) A piece of metal type used to separate words, cast lower than other type so as not to take ink, especially one that is narrower than one en (compare quad). [from 17thc.]


lexentry: eng/space__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: space
trans_list: espacio
sense:
A gap in text between words, lines etc., or a digital character used to create such a gap. [from 16thc.]


lexentry: eng/space_age__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: space age
trans_list: era espacial
sense:
The period from the about the time of the launch of Sputnik in 1957 to the present day, during which people ventured into space.


lexentry: eng/space_bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: space bar
trans_list: barra espaciadora
sense:
(computing) A key, in the shape of a bar, near the bottom of a keyboard, that generates a space character when pressed.


lexentry: eng/space_blanket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: space blanket
trans_list: manta
sense:
A blanket made of a plastic material covered with a reflective metal agent; designed to reduce heat loss from a person's body following trauma, or used on the exterior of a spacecraft for thermal control.


lexentry: eng/space_debris__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: space debris
trans_list: basura espacial
sense:
All the objects in orbit around the Earth that were created by human activity, but now have no useful purpose.


lexentry: eng/space_exploration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: space exploration
trans_list: espacio
sense:
Investigation of interplanetary or interstellar space, its properties, biology and the bodies within it; usually with the use of spacecraft.


lexentry: eng/space_invader__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: space invader
trans_list: invasor espacial
sense:
A person who intrudes on others' personal space, making them emotionally or physically uncomfortable.


lexentry: eng/space_shuttle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: space shuttle
trans_list: transbordador espacial
sense:
Any vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between the Earth's surface and outer space carrying people or cargo.


lexentry: eng/space_suit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: space suit
trans_list: traje espacial
sense:
A system of protective and pressurized clothing, together with environmental equipment, worn by astronauts when in space.


lexentry: eng/spacetime__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spacetime
trans_list: espacio-tiempo
sense:
(physics) An n-dimensional continuum consisting of dimensions of both space and time. Normally spacetime is considered as having 4 dimensions (x, y, z, t), but higher-dimensional spacetimes are often encountered in theoretical physics, e.g. the 5-dimensional spacetime of Kaluza-Klein theory or the 11 dimensions of spacetime in M-theory.


lexentry: eng/spacewalk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spacewalk
trans_list: paseo espacial
sense:
Any activity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft or space station in space; extravehicular activity.


lexentry: eng/spackle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spackle
trans_list: ballena
sense:
Any powder (originally containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste, which is used to fill cracks and holes in plaster.


lexentry: eng/spade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spade
trans_list: pala | azada
sense:
A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.


lexentry: eng/spadix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spadix
trans_list: espádice
sense:
(botany) A fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe, characteristic of aroids.


lexentry: eng/spaghetti_western__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spaghetti western
trans_list: spaghetti western
sense:
(film genre) A motion picture depicting a story of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, notably in Italy.


lexentry: eng/spaghettification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spaghettification
trans_list: espaguetización
sense:
(astrophysics) The gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes, usually near a black hole. [from late 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/spallation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spallation
trans_list: fragmentación | astillado | estallido | explosión | reventón
sense:
(engineering, materials science) Fragmentation due to stress or impact, or any pattern of surface damage created thereby.


lexentry: eng/span__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: span
trans_list: palmo | cuarta
sense:
The full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length.


lexentry: eng/span__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: span
trans_list: luz
sense:
(architecture, construction) The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.


lexentry: eng/spandrel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spandrel
trans_list: enjuta
sense:
(architectural element) The space (often more or less triangular) between the outer curve of an arch (the extrados) and a straight-sided figure that bounds it; the space between two contiguous arches and a straight feature above them.


lexentry: eng/spangle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spangle
trans_list: lentejuela
sense:
A small, flat piece of sparkling metallic or metal-like material with a hole which is sewn on to a garment, etc., for decoration; a sequin.


lexentry: eng/spangled_kookaburra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spangled kookaburra
trans_list: cucaburra escamosa
sense:
A kookaburra of the Aru Islands, with blue wings and tail, a white chest and belly, dark eyes, and a striking white-spotted black head, Dacelo tyro.


lexentry: eng/spaniel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spaniel
trans_list: perro de aguas
sense:
Any of various small to medium-sized breeds of gun dog having a broad muzzle, long, wavy fur and long ears that hang at the side of the head, bred for flushing and retrieving game.


lexentry: eng/spank__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spank
trans_list: nalguear | zurrar
sense:
(transitive) To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks or anything vulnerable to human body part like cheeks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, gesture, or form of sexual interaction.


lexentry: eng/spar__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spar
trans_list: larguero
sense:
(aeronautics) A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.


lexentry: eng/spare_the_rod_and_spoil_the_child__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: If one does not discipline a child, the child will never learn obedience and good manners.
written_rep: spare the rod and spoil the child
trans_list:
escatima el palo y malcría al hijo | quien bien te quiere, te hará llorar | la letra con sangre entra


lexentry: eng/sparingly__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sparingly
trans_list: parsimoniosamente
sense:
In a sparing manner; with frugality, moderation, scantiness, reserve, forbearance, or the like; sparsely.


lexentry: eng/spark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spark
trans_list: chispa | centella | pavesa | chiribita
sense:
A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire, resulting from an electrical surge or excessive heat created by friction.


lexentry: eng/spark_plug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spark plug
trans_list: bujía
sense:
The part of an internal combustion engine which forms a high-voltage electric spark which ignites the fuel-air mixture to begin the power stroke.


lexentry: eng/sparkle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sparkle
trans_list: cintilar
sense:
(by extension) To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle


lexentry: eng/sparkling__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sparkling
trans_list: gaseoso | efervescente | espumoso
sense:
Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.


lexentry: eng/sparkling_wine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sparkling wine
trans_list: espumoso | vino espumoso
sense:
Any wine that is effervescent because of dissolved carbon dioxide; either because of fermentation in bottle or by physical carbonation.


lexentry: eng/spat__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spat
trans_list: guardabarros carenado
sense:
(automotive, UK, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.


lexentry: eng/spate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spate
trans_list: aluvión | avalancha | riada
sense:
(countable) A (sudden) flood or inundation of water; specifically, a flood in or overflow of a river or other watercourse due to heavy rain or melting snow; (uncountable, archaic) flooding, inundation.


lexentry: eng/spate__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spate
trans_list: avalancha
sense:
(countable, figurative) A sudden increase or rush of something; a flood, an outburst, an outpouring.


lexentry: eng/spatula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spatula
trans_list: espátula
sense:
A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.


lexentry: eng/spay__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spay
trans_list: esterilizar
sense:
(transitive) To destroy or remove the ovaries and/or uterus (of a female animal) to prevent pregnancy.


lexentry: eng/speak_in_tongues__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speak in tongues
trans_list: hablar en lenguas
sense:
To speak in a language unknown to the speaker, especially when in a state of religious ecstasy; glossolalia.


lexentry: eng/speak_of_the_devil__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speak of the devil
trans_list: hablando del rey de Roma | habla del rey de Roma, y asoma
sense:
(idiomatic, humorous) An expression sometimes used when a person mentioned in the current conversation happens to arrive on the scene.


lexentry: eng/speaking_in_tongues__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speaking in tongues
trans_list: glosolalia
sense:
The act of speaking a language one does not know, or speaking elaborate but apparently meaningless speech, while in a trance-like state (or, supposedly, under the influence of a deity or spirits); glossolalia.


lexentry: eng/spear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spear
trans_list: lanza | venablo
sense:
A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.


lexentry: eng/spearmint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spearmint
trans_list: hierbabuena
sense:
A herb of the mint family (Mentha spicata), commonly used in herb tea, candy and to treat mild stomach ache.


lexentry: eng/special_education__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: special education
trans_list: educación diferencial | educación especial
sense:
Any of several educational services designed for students with learning difficulties, mental health problems, or other disabilities.


lexentry: eng/special_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: special effect
trans_list: efectos especiales
sense:
(film, television) An effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means, as for example by the digital manipulation of previously filmed footage.


lexentry: eng/special_relativity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: special relativity
trans_list: relatividad especial
sense:
(relativity) A theory that (neglecting the effects of gravity) reconciles the principle of relativity with the observation that the speed of light is constant in all frames of reference.


lexentry: eng/speciation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: speciation
trans_list: especiación | evolución de las especies
sense:
(medicine, pathology) The determination of which species are present in a fluid or tissue specimen, bacterial culture, or viral culture.


lexentry: eng/specie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: specie
trans_list: dinero
sense:
Money, especially in the form of coins made from precious metal, that has an intrinsic value; coinage.


lexentry: eng/species__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: species
trans_list: especie
sense:
(biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank.


lexentry: eng/species__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: species
trans_list: especie
sense:
A group of plants or animals in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction, usually having similar appearance.


lexentry: eng/specific__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: specific
trans_list: específico
sense:
Serving to identify a particular thing (often a disease or condition), with little risk of mistaking something else for it.


lexentry: eng/specific_epithet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: specific epithet
trans_list: epíteto específico
sense:
(taxonomy) The second (uncapitalized) word in the scientific name of a species, following the name of the genus.


lexentry: eng/specific_gravity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: specific gravity
trans_list: peso específico
sense:
(physics) The ratio of the mass of a substance to that of an equal volume of water at 4°C (or to some other reference substance)


lexentry: eng/spectacle_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spectacle case
trans_list: anteojera
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see spectacles,‎ case. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/spectacles__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spectacles
trans_list: gafas | anteojos | lentes | espejuelos
sense:
(plural only, formal) A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.


lexentry: eng/spectral_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spectral line
trans_list: línea espectral
sense:
(physics) a dark or bright line in an otherwise continuous spectrum caused by the absorption or emission of light, at a single wavelength, by the movement of electrons between energy levels of an atom or molecule


lexentry: eng/spectrometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spectrometer
trans_list: espectrómetro
sense:
(analytical chemistry) An optical instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances; typically it will plot a graph of absorption versus wavelength or frequency, and the patterns produced are used to identify the substances present, and their internal structure.


lexentry: eng/spectrometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spectrometry
trans_list: espectrometría
sense:
(physics, analytical chemistry) The measurement of the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation, especially any of several techniques used to analyze the structure of molecules; the measurement of spectra of things other than radiation, such as the masses of molecules and their breakdown products


lexentry: eng/spectrophotometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spectrophotometer
trans_list: espectrofotómetro
sense:
(physics) An instrument used to measure the intensity of electromagnetic radiation at different wavelengths.


lexentry: eng/spectrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spectrum
trans_list: espectro
sense:
Specifically, a range of colours representing light (electromagnetic radiation) of contiguous frequencies; hence electromagnetic spectrum, visible spectrum, ultraviolet spectrum, etc. [from later 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/spectrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: spectrum
trans_list: espectro
sense:
(chemistry) The pattern of absorption or emission of radiation produced by a substance when subjected to energy (radiation, heat, electricity, etc.).


lexentry: eng/spectrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: spectrum
trans_list: espectro
sense:
(mathematics, functional analysis) Of a bounded linear operator A, the set of scalar values λ such that the operator A—λI, where I denotes the identity operator, does not have a bounded inverse; intended as a generalisation of the linear algebra sense.


lexentry: eng/speculate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speculate
trans_list: especular
sense:
(obsolete, intransitive) To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.


lexentry: eng/speculate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: speculate
trans_list: especular
sense:
(intransitive, business, finance) To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.


lexentry: eng/speculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: speculation
trans_list: especulación
sense:
(business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.


lexentry: eng/speculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: speculation
trans_list: especulación
sense:
The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.


lexentry: eng/speculative_fiction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speculative fiction
trans_list: ficción especulativa
sense:
(uncountable) A class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements, including fantasy, horror, and science fiction, dealing with worlds, themes, and characters not part of everyday life. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/speculator__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: speculator
trans_list: especulador
sense:
(business, finance) One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.


lexentry: eng/speech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speech
trans_list: habla | discurso
sense:
(uncountable) The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.


lexentry: eng/speech__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: speech
trans_list: discurso | habla
sense:
(countable) A formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.


lexentry: eng/speech_act__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speech act
trans_list: acto de habla
sense:
(linguistics) An act carried out by speech, such as promising, ordering, greeting, warning, inviting and congratulating.


lexentry: eng/speech_is_silver,_silence_is_golden__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speech is silver, silence is golden
trans_list: en boca cerrada no entran moscas
sense:
(idiom) Not saying anything is often better than speaking too much or saying something inappropriate.


lexentry: eng/speed__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: speed
trans_list: velocidad | rapidez
sense:
(mathematics, physics) The rate of motion or action, specifically the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time.


lexentry: eng/speed_bag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speed bag
trans_list: pera de boxeo
sense:
(boxing) A small air-filled punching bag anchored at the top to a rebound platform parallel to the ground.


lexentry: eng/speed_bump__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speed bump
trans_list: resalto | badén | banda sonora | chapa acostado | durmiente | giba
sense:
A traffic calming measure, consisting of a transverse ridge in the road, to limit the speed of vehicles.


lexentry: eng/speed_camera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speed camera
trans_list: radar de tráfico | radar | radar de velocidad
sense:
A roadside camera, triggered by a speeding vehicle, that takes a photograph of the offending vehicle and records its speed.


lexentry: eng/speed_of_light__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speed of light
trans_list: velocidad de la luz
sense:
(physics) The speed of electromagnetic radiation; in a perfect vacuum it is defined as 299,792,458 metres per second


lexentry: eng/speedometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speedometer
trans_list: velocímetro | cuentakilómetros
sense:
An instrument located within the dashboard of a vehicle that measures and indicates the current speed of the vehicle.


lexentry: eng/speedrun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speedrun
trans_list: speedrun
sense:
(video games) A playthrough of a computer or video game in which the whole game or a select part of it, such as a single level, is played with the intent of completing it as quickly as possible, optionally with certain prerequisites.


lexentry: eng/speedway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speedway
trans_list: escoria
sense:
(uncountable) A form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears.


lexentry: eng/speedy_delete__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speedy delete
trans_list: borrado rápido
sense:
(WMF) To summarily delete one or more pages without having a discussion on whether to keep or to delete, almost always if the page is obviously worthy of uncontroversial deletion.


lexentry: eng/spell__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spell
trans_list: período | rato
sense:
(colloquial) An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/spell__Noun__2
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spell
trans_list: berrinche | pataleta
sense:
(colloquial, US) A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/spell__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spell
trans_list: deletrear
sense:
(intransitive, transitive, sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/spell__Verb__2
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spell
trans_list: anunciar | presagiar
sense:
(transitive) To indicate that (some event) will occur; typically followed by a single-word noun. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/spelling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spelling
trans_list: ortografía
sense:
(uncountable) The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.


lexentry: eng/spelling_alphabet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spelling alphabet
trans_list: alfabeto por palabras
sense:
A set of code words that stand for the usual names of the letters of an alphabet, usually for clarity of communication when spelling out words, especially over the radio#Noun and especially despite any static#Noun thereon.


lexentry: eng/spelt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spelt
trans_list: espelta | escanda
sense:
A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.


lexentry: eng/spermatozoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spermatozoid
trans_list: espermatozoide
sense:
(biology) A motile, ciliated male gamete produced in the antheridium of an alga, fern or gymnosperm.


lexentry: eng/spermatozoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spermatozoon
trans_list: espermatozoide
sense:
(cytology) A reproductive cell or gamete of a male, carried in semen, that fertilizes an ovum to produce a zygote.


lexentry: eng/spermiogenesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spermiogenesis
trans_list: espermiogénesis
sense:
(biology) The final stage of spermatogenesis. It involves the maturation of the spermatids into spermatozoa.


lexentry: eng/spessartine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spessartine
trans_list: espesartina
sense:
(mineral) A type of garnet, a neosilicate of manganese and aluminium with the chemical formula Mn32+Al2(SiO4)3.


lexentry: eng/spew__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spew
trans_list: parlar
sense:
(transitive) To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading.


lexentry: eng/sphalerite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sphalerite
trans_list: blenda | esfalerita
sense:
(mineral) A yellow, brown or black, sometimes red, green white or colorless mineral with cubic crystals, of a chemical formula (Zn,Fe)S, often containing also minor metals, such as cadmium, gallium, germanium and indium.


lexentry: eng/sphenomandibular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sphenomandibular
trans_list: esfenomandibular
sense:
(anatomy) Relating to a ligament connecting the sphenoid bone and mandibular foramen that limits distension of the mandible in an inferior direction.


lexentry: eng/sphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: sphere
trans_list: esfera
sense:
(figuratively) The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/sphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: sphere
trans_list: esfera
sense:
(logic, dated) The domain of reference of a proposition, subject, or predicate, or the totality of the particular subjects to which it applies.


lexentry: eng/sphere_of_influence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sphere of influence
trans_list: esfera de influencia
sense:
(figurative, by extension) A concept division over which a person, organization, etc. exerts control.


lexentry: eng/spherical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: spherical
trans_list: esférico
sense:
(astrology) Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.


lexentry: eng/spherical_geometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spherical geometry
trans_list: geometría esférica
sense:
(geometry, uncountable) The geometry of the 2-dimensional surface of a sphere;(countable) a given geometry of the surface of a sphere; a geometry of the surface of a given sphere, regarded as distinct from that of other spheres.


lexentry: eng/spherical_lune__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spherical lune
trans_list: huso esférico
sense:
(geometry) A portion of the surface of a sphere cut off by two vertical planes through the centre of the sphere.


lexentry: eng/sphericon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sphericon
trans_list: esfericón
sense:
(geometry) A solid constructed by slicing a bicone with 90-degree apices through a plane containing both of them, rotating one half by 90 degrees, and reconnecting them; the resulting shape has a single continuous face, and two edges.


lexentry: eng/spheroid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spheroid
trans_list: esferoide
sense:
A solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis.


lexentry: eng/sphygmomanometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: A device used to measure blood pressure.
written_rep: sphygmomanometer
trans_list:
esfigmomanómetro | baumanómetro | brazalete de presión arterial | brazalete de presión sanguínea | esfingomanómetro | manguito de la presión arterial


lexentry: eng/spice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spice
trans_list: especia
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food.


lexentry: eng/spicule__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spicule
trans_list: espícula
sense:
(biology) Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges.


lexentry: eng/spider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spider
trans_list: araña
sense:
Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.


lexentry: eng/spike__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spike
trans_list: espiga
sense:
(botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.


lexentry: eng/spike__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: spike
trans_list: pico
sense:
A surge in power or in the price of a commodity, etc.; any sudden and brief change that would be represented by a sharp peak on a graph.


lexentry: eng/spike__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: spike
trans_list: rematar
sense:
(volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.


lexentry: eng/spike_protein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spike protein
trans_list: espícula viral
sense:
(virology) A protein used to bind or connect membranes together, such as a transmembrane link between a virus and a cell.


lexentry: eng/spikelet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spikelet
trans_list: espiga
sense:
(botany) A small, or secondary spike, especially one of many in the inflorescence of a grass or sedge.


lexentry: eng/spikenard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spikenard
trans_list: nardo
sense:
A perfumed ointment, extracted from the plant Nardostachys jatamansi that belongs to the Valerian family and grows in the Himalayas.


lexentry: eng/spillikins__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spillikins
trans_list: palillos | palitos chinos
sense:
A game in which players attempt to remove flat, carved sticks of ivory or wood (the individual spillikins of meaning 1) from a scattered pile without disturbing any stick other than the one currently being removed.


lexentry: eng/spin-off__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: spin-off
trans_list: filial
sense:
(fiction) A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.


lexentry: eng/spin-off__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spin-off
trans_list: filial
sense:
The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.


lexentry: eng/spin__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spin
trans_list: espín
sense:
(physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.


lexentry: eng/spin__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spin
trans_list: sesgo positivo
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.


lexentry: eng/spin__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: spin
trans_list: barrena | rosca
sense:
(aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.


lexentry: eng/spin__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spin
trans_list: girar | dar vueltas | rotar
sense:
(ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.


lexentry: eng/spin__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spin
trans_list: dorar la píldora | endulzar | pintar bonito
sense:
(figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.


lexentry: eng/spin_doctor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spin doctor
trans_list: asesor de imagen
sense:
(business, politics) A person employed to gloss over a poor public image (or present it in a better light) in business and politics, especially after unfavourable results have been achieved. A lobbyist; PR person.


lexentry: eng/spina_bifida__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spina bifida
trans_list: espina bífida
sense:
(pathology) A birth defect resulting in a cleft in the spinal column through which the spinal membranes and spinal cord may protrude. It is characterised by hydrocephalus and other neurological disorders.


lexentry: eng/spinal_cord__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spinal cord
trans_list: médula espinal
sense:
(anatomy) A thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue which is a major part of the vertebrate central nervous system. It extends from the brain stem down through the spine, with nerves branching off to various parts of the body.


lexentry: eng/spinal_disc_herniation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spinal disc herniation
trans_list: hernia discal
sense:
(pathology) A medical condition affecting the spine, in which a tear in the outer, fibrous ring of an intervertebral disc allows the soft, central portion to bulge out beyond the damaged outer rings.


lexentry: eng/spindle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spindle
trans_list: huso
sense:
(spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.


lexentry: eng/spindle__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: spindle
trans_list: tarrina
sense:
(computing) A plastic container for packaging optical discs. Bulk blank CDs, DVDs, and BDs are often sold in such a package.


lexentry: eng/spindrift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spindrift
trans_list: cresta de espuma
sense:
(nautical) Sea spray (clouds of water droplets) blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea.


lexentry: eng/spine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spine
trans_list: columna vertebral | espinazo
sense:
Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate.


lexentry: eng/spine__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spine
trans_list: lomo
sense:
The narrow, bound edge of a book that encloses the inner edges of the pages, facing outwards when the book is on a shelf and typically bearing the title and the author's and publisher's name.


lexentry: eng/spine__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: spine
trans_list: espina
sense:
(zootomy, botany) A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, or plant.


lexentry: eng/spine_board__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spine board
trans_list: tablero | tablero imobilizario
sense:
(emergency medicine) A rigid carrying surface for an injured person, designed to prevent the movement of the spine during transportation in order to prevent further damage to it.


lexentry: eng/spinel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spinel
trans_list: espinela
sense:
(mineral) Any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium and are used as gemstones of various colours.


lexentry: eng/spinnaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spinnaker
trans_list: espináker
sense:
(nautical) A sail supplemental to the mainsail, especially a triangular one, used on yachts for running before the wind.


lexentry: eng/spinning_top__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spinning top
trans_list: peonza | trompo | pirinola | peón
sense:
A toy with a tapering point that can be made to spin on its axis, either with a built-in pump-action handle, with the fingers or with a string.


lexentry: eng/spinning_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spinning wheel
trans_list: rueca | hiladora | torno de hilar
sense:
A domestic device for making yarn or thread; having a single spindle and a wheel driven by hand or foot.


lexentry: eng/spinor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spinor
trans_list: espinor
sense:
(algebra) An element of the fundamental representation of a Clifford algebra that transforms to its negative when the space is rotated through a complete turn from 0° to 360°.


lexentry: eng/spinster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spinster
trans_list: solterona | quedada
sense:
(sometimes, derogatory) A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.


lexentry: eng/spiny_dogfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spiny dogfish
trans_list: mielga | galludo | tollo de cacho
sense:
Squalus acanthias, one of the best known of the dogfish which are members of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes


lexentry: eng/spiral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spiral
trans_list: espiral
sense:
(geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.


lexentry: eng/spiral_galaxy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spiral galaxy
trans_list: galaxia espiral
sense:
(galaxy) A galaxy having a number of arms of younger stars that spiral out from the centre containing older ones.


lexentry: eng/spire__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spire
trans_list: aguja | chapitel
sense:
(architectural element) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/spirit__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: spirit
trans_list: alcohol | bebida espirituosa
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.


lexentry: eng/spirit_level__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spirit level
trans_list: nivel de burbuja
sense:
(tool) A tool employing a chamber with a colored liquid (usually alcohol, hence spirit) and an air bubble, used to determine a horizontal or vertical reference line.


lexentry: eng/spiritual__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spiritual
trans_list: espiritual
sense:
A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.


lexentry: eng/spiritualism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spiritualism
trans_list: espiritualismo
sense:
(philosophy) A doctrine, opposing materialism, that claims transcendency of the divine being, the altogether spiritual character of reality and the value of inwardness of consciousness.


lexentry: eng/spirochete__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spirochete
trans_list: espiroqueta
sense:
Any of several coiled bacteria of the order Spirochaetales, most of which are pathogenic to both humans and other animals.


lexentry: eng/spirometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spirometry
trans_list: espirometría
sense:
(medicine) The measurement of the volume of air that a person can move into and out of the lungs, using a spirometer.


lexentry: eng/spit_roast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spit roast
trans_list: asado a la brasa
sense:
The technique of roasting an animal, such as a pig, over a fire, where the cook sticks a wooden/metal rod through the animal and sets the ends on two sticks to suspend the animal over the fire.


lexentry: eng/spite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spite
trans_list: despecho | malicia | ojeriza | rencor
sense:
Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice


lexentry: eng/splay_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: splay tree
trans_list: árbol biselado
sense:
(comptheory) A self-balancing binary search tree with the additional property that recently accessed elements are quick to access again.


lexentry: eng/spleen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spleen
trans_list: bazo | esplín
sense:
(anatomy, immunology) In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.


lexentry: eng/splice__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: splice
trans_list: empalmar
sense:
To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.


lexentry: eng/splice__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: splice
trans_list: empalmar
sense:
To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.


lexentry: eng/spline__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spline
trans_list: chaveta
sense:
A rectangular piece that fits grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together.


lexentry: eng/spline__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: spline
trans_list: chaveta
sense:
(mechanics) Ridges or teeth on a drive shaft that mesh with grooves in a mating piece and transfer torque to it, maintaining the angular correspondence between them.


lexentry: eng/splinter_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: splinter group
trans_list: grupúsculo
sense:
A group of members of a political party or of a similar organisation who have decided to create their own organisation.


lexentry: eng/split__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: split
trans_list: escindida | escindidas | escindido | escindidos
sense:
(algebra, of a short exact sequence) Having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.


lexentry: eng/split__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: split
trans_list: dividir | partir | escindir
sense:
(transitive, ergative, of something solid) To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.


lexentry: eng/split__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: split
trans_list: dividir | partir | escindir
sense:
(intransitive, of something solid, particularly wood) To break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.


lexentry: eng/split_pea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: split pea
trans_list: arvejas partidas | chícharos partidos | guisantes partidos
sense:
(botany, culinary) An agricultural or culinary preparation consisting of the dried, peeled, and split seeds of Pisum sativum, the pea.


lexentry: eng/splits__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: splits
trans_list: espagar | spagat
sense:
(dance, cheerleading, gymnastics) A maneuver in which the legs are extended straight out and perpendicular to the body, either to the sides or in front and behind.


lexentry: eng/splitting_field__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: splitting field
trans_list: cuerpo de descomposición
sense:
(algebra, Galois theory) (of a polynomial) Given a polynomial p over a field K, the smallest extension field L of K such that p, as a polynomial over L, decomposes into linear factors (polynomials of degree 1); (of a set of polynomials) given a set P of polynomials over K, the smallest extension field of K over which every polynomial in P decomposes into linear factors.


lexentry: eng/spodumene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spodumene
trans_list: espodumena
sense:
(mineral) The mineral lithium aluminium inosilicate (LiAl(SiO3)2), a pyroxene and ore of lithium, sometimes regarded as a gemstone, which may be greenish, yellowish or pinkish in appearance.


lexentry: eng/spoil__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spoil
trans_list: despojar | expoliar
sense:
(transitive, archaic) To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/spoil__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spoil
trans_list: despojar | expoliar
sense:
(transitive, archaic) To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/spoil__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: spoil
trans_list: mimar | consentir | echar a perder | malcriar | arruinar | chiquear
sense:
(transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/spoil__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: spoil
trans_list: destripar | dañar | espoilear | hacer espoiler
sense:
(transitive) To reveal the ending or major events of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.


lexentry: eng/spoiler__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spoiler
trans_list: destripe | spoiler
sense:
A document, review or comment that discloses the ending or some key surprise or twist in a story, or the internal rules controlling the behaviour of a video game, etc. [from 1970s]


lexentry: eng/spoils__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spoils
trans_list: saqueo
sense:
That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage, booty.


lexentry: eng/spokeshave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spokeshave
trans_list: doladera
sense:
A hand tool, mainly for woodworking, used to shape and smooth rods and shafts; often used in carving wheel spokes, chair legs, or arrows.


lexentry: eng/spoliation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spoliation
trans_list: despojo | expoliación
sense:
Robbery or plunder in times of war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea.


lexentry: eng/spondylodiscitis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spondylodiscitis
trans_list: espondilodiscitis
sense:
A combination of discitis and spondylitis, the latter generally involving the areas adjacent to the intervertebral disc space.


lexentry: eng/spondylolisthesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spondylolisthesis
trans_list: espondilolistesis
sense:
(medicine) A forward displacement of a vertebra over a lower vertebra, due to a congenital defect or injury.


lexentry: eng/spondylosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spondylosis
trans_list: espondilosis
sense:
(medicine) A degenerative disease in which the vertebral joints of the spine become stiff and then fused.


lexentry: eng/sponge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sponge
trans_list: esponja
sense:
(countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.


lexentry: eng/sponge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sponge
trans_list: esponja
sense:
(countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).


lexentry: eng/sponge__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: sponge
trans_list: cafiche | gorrón
sense:
(slang) A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).


lexentry: eng/sponge_cake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sponge cake
trans_list: bizcocho
sense:
A light, soft, baked dessert (commonly layered with cream and jam) that is typically made with flour, sugar, baking powder and eggs, and has a firm, yet well aerated structure, similar to that of a sea sponge.


lexentry: eng/sponsor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sponsor
trans_list: patrocinador | patrocinadora
sense:
A person or organisation with some sort of responsibility for another person or organisation, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.


lexentry: eng/sponsor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sponsor
trans_list: patrocinador
sense:
One that pays all or part of the cost of an event, a publication, or a media program, usually in exchange for advertising time.


lexentry: eng/spoon-feed__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spoon-feed
trans_list: dar de comer con cuchara | masticar
sense:
(intransitive) To help somebody (usually a baby or elder) to eat using a spoon; to feed using a spoon.


lexentry: eng/spoon-feed__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: spoon-feed
trans_list: masticar
sense:
(ambitransitive) To explain (something, to someone) in simple words; to explain (it, to them) in words of one syllable; to spell (it) out (for them).


lexentry: eng/spoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spoon
trans_list: cuchara
sense:
An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.


lexentry: eng/spoonbill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spoonbill
trans_list: espátula
sense:
Any of various large, long-legged wading birds in the ibis family Threskiornithidae, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill.


lexentry: eng/spoonerism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spoonerism
trans_list: espunerismo | espunerismos | retruécano
sense:
A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.


lexentry: eng/sporangium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sporangium
trans_list: esporangio
sense:
(botany, mycology) A case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism. [From 1821.]


lexentry: eng/spore__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spore
trans_list: espora
sense:
A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.


lexentry: eng/spork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spork
trans_list: tenedor-cuchara
sense:
An eating utensil shaped like a spoon, the bowl of which is divided into tines like those of a fork, and so has the function of both implements; some sporks have a serrated edge so they can also function as a knife.


lexentry: eng/sporophyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sporophyte
trans_list: esporófito
sense:
(botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.


lexentry: eng/sport__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sport
trans_list: deporte
sense:
(countable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.


lexentry: eng/sport__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: sport
trans_list: espécimen raro
sense:
(biology, botany, zoology, countable) A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.


lexentry: eng/sport_utility_vehicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sport utility vehicle
trans_list: vehículo utilitario deportivo
sense:
A passenger vehicle which combines the towing capacity of a pickup truck with the passenger-carrying space of a minivan or station wagon together with on- or off-road ability.


lexentry: eng/sports_bra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sports bra
trans_list: sujetador deportivo
sense:
A type of bra that is more supportive than an everyday bra, worn when practising sports or other physical activities.


lexentry: eng/sports_drink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sports drink
trans_list: bebida isotónica | bebida deportiva | bebida rehidratante
sense:
(sports) A drink whose purpose is to replenish the body's water and energy levels when doing exercise.


lexentry: eng/sports_jacket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sports jacket
trans_list: vestón
sense:
A tailored jacket that is not part of a suit; especially one of a sturdy fabric originally designed for outdoor sports.


lexentry: eng/spot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spot
trans_list: mancha
sense:
A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.


lexentry: eng/spot_market__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spot market
trans_list: mercado al contado
sense:
(trading, economics, finance) A market in which commodities are bought and sold for immediate delivery. Delivery usually takes place in the same or next business day.


lexentry: eng/spotlight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spotlight
trans_list: foco | proyector
sense:
A bright, directional light or lamp, especially one used to illuminate the focus or center of attention on a stage.


lexentry: eng/spotted_seal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spotted seal
trans_list: foca manchada
sense:
A true seal, Phoca largha, inhabiting ice floes and waters of the north Pacific Ocean and adjacent seas.


lexentry: eng/spotted_whistling_duck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spotted whistling duck
trans_list: suirirí moteado
sense:
A species of whistling duck, Dendrocygna guttata (family Anatidae), of the Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, and northern Australia.


lexentry: eng/spotter__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spotter
trans_list: calculador
sense:
(weightlifting, gymnastics, climbing) One who supervises a person performing an activity, in order to help them should they be unable to complete it.


lexentry: eng/spotter__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: spotter
trans_list: capataz
sense:
(US) A person who gives directions for a crane or vehicle (that is challenging to navigate) from a different point of view to the moved load.


lexentry: eng/spotting_scope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spotting scope
trans_list: catalejo | mira larga
sense:
A compact high-power monocular telescope optimized for detailed observation of distant objects such as wildlife or the strike of a bullet on a target.


lexentry: eng/sprachbund__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sprachbund
trans_list: sprachbund
sense:
(linguistics) A group of languages sharing a number of areal features (similar grammar, vocabulary, etc.) which are primarily due to language contact rather than cognation.


lexentry: eng/sprain__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sprain
trans_list: torcer | esguinzar | hacerse una esguince
sense:
To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation


lexentry: eng/spray__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: spray
trans_list: espray | spray | bote de spray
sense:
(countable) Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.


lexentry: eng/spray__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: spray
trans_list: ramito
sense:
(metalworking, countable) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.


lexentry: eng/spray_bottle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spray bottle
trans_list: pulverizador | rociador
sense:
An unpressurized canister equipped with a sprayer that is operated by pressing a handle; used e.g. for detergents.


lexentry: eng/sprayer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sprayer
trans_list: fumigador | fumigadora | pulverizador | pulverizadora
sense:
A device, machine or vehicle used for spraying, where sprayers are commonly used for projection of water, weed killers, crop performance materials, pest maintenance chemicals, as well as manufacturing and production line ingredients.


lexentry: eng/spread__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spread
trans_list: extender
sense:
(transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/spread__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spread
trans_list: difundir | esparcir | diseminar | divulgar
sense:
(transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/spreader__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spreader
trans_list: verga
sense:
(nautical) A horizontal athwartships spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds away from the mast.


lexentry: eng/spring__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spring
trans_list: fuente | manantial | vertiente
sense:
(astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.


lexentry: eng/spring__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spring
trans_list: primavera
sense:
(countable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.


lexentry: eng/spring__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spring
trans_list: esprín
sense:
(nautical) A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.


lexentry: eng/spring__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spring
trans_list: muelle | resorte
sense:
A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.


lexentry: eng/spring_roll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spring roll
trans_list: rollito de primavera | rollo de primavera
sense:
A type of savoury food consisting of shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake made from rice flour and then fried.


lexentry: eng/spring_tide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spring tide
trans_list: marea de primavera | marea viva
sense:
The tide which occurs when the moon is new or full; the effects of the Sun and moon being reinforced so that this tide is of maximum range.


lexentry: eng/springboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: springboard
trans_list: trampolín | palanca
sense:
A diving board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform, used for diving into water.


lexentry: eng/springboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: springboard
trans_list: trampolín | palanca
sense:
(gymnastics) A small platform on springs and usually hinged at one end, used to launch or vault onto other equipment.


lexentry: eng/springboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: springboard
trans_list: trampolín
sense:
(figuratively) Anything that gives a person or thing energy or impulse, or that serves to launch or begin something.


lexentry: eng/springwater__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: springwater
trans_list: agua de manantial | agua manantial
sense:
Water that is purportedly, and marketed as, originating from a spring, but is mostly or entirely filtered or tap water.


lexentry: eng/springy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: springy
trans_list: elástico
sense:
That returns rapidly to its original form (as a spring does) after being bent, compressed, stretched, etc.


lexentry: eng/sprinkle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sprinkle
trans_list: asperjar | rociar | salpicar
sense:
(transitive) To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).


lexentry: eng/spruce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spruce
trans_list: pícea | abeto
sense:
Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.


lexentry: eng/spur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spur
trans_list: espuela
sense:
A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.


lexentry: eng/spur__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spur
trans_list: conexión | extensión | prolongación
sense:
Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.


lexentry: eng/spur__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: spur
trans_list: espolón
sense:
(geology) A mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.


lexentry: eng/spur__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: spur
trans_list: espolón
sense:
A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale to strip off the blubber.


lexentry: eng/spur__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: spur
trans_list: puntal
sense:
(carpentry) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.


lexentry: eng/spur__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spur
trans_list: espolear | acicatear | espolonear
sense:
(transitive) To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.


lexentry: eng/sputter__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sputter
trans_list: escupir
sense:
(intransitive) To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.


lexentry: eng/sputter__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: sputter
trans_list: pulverizar
sense:
(physics, intransitive) To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions.


lexentry: eng/sputum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sputum
trans_list: esputo | escupitajo | gargajo | lapo
sense:
(physiology) Matter coughed up and expectorated from the mouth, composed of saliva and discharges from the respiratory passages such as mucus, phlegm or pus.


lexentry: eng/spy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spy
trans_list: espía | chivato
sense:
A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).


lexentry: eng/spyware__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spyware
trans_list: programa espía | software espía
sense:
(Internet) Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user. [from 1990s]


lexentry: eng/squacco__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squacco
trans_list: garcilla cangrejera
sense:
A species of pond heron, Ardeola ralloides, which is small, and brown and white in colour; it is found in Asia, Northern Africa, and Southern Europe. [from mid 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/squad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squad
trans_list: cuadro | conjunto | escuadra | plantilla
sense:
(cricket, soccer, rugby) A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen.


lexentry: eng/squadron__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: squadron
trans_list: escuadrón
sense:
(military, historical, army) A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.


lexentry: eng/squadron__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: squadron
trans_list: escuadra | escuadrón
sense:
(military, navy) A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer


lexentry: eng/squadron__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: squadron
trans_list: cuadrilla | escuadrón
sense:
(military, air force) A tactical air force unit; consists of at least two flights; multiple squadrons make up a group or wing (depending on particular air force).


lexentry: eng/squalene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squalene
trans_list: esqualene
sense:
(organic compound) A linear triterpene hydrocarbon found in shark liver oil and in human sebum; it plays a role in the biosynthesis of steroids.


lexentry: eng/square__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: square
trans_list: cuadrado | plaza | cuadro
sense:
(printing) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.


lexentry: eng/square__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: square
trans_list: plaza
sense:
An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.


lexentry: eng/square__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: square
trans_list: cuadrado
sense:
(mathematics) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.


lexentry: eng/square__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: square
trans_list: anticuado | cabeza cuadrada | carca | carroza | cuadriculado | soso
sense:
(1950s, _, slang) A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends: still sometimes used in modern terminology.


lexentry: eng/square__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: square
trans_list: cuadrado
sense:
(real estate) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.


lexentry: eng/square__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: square
trans_list: alinear
sense:
(transitive) To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular:


lexentry: eng/square__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: square
trans_list: elevar al cuadrado
sense:
(transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.


lexentry: eng/square_bracket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: square bracket
trans_list: corchete
sense:
Either of a pair of symbols, [ ], used for various purposes, e.g. to enclose text inserted or replaced by an editor, and to indicate various mathematical operations.


lexentry: eng/square_kilometre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: square kilometre
trans_list: kilómetro cuadrado
sense:
Standard unit of area, symbol km2, equal to the area of a square whose sides are one kilometre long; 106 square metres.


lexentry: eng/square_meal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: square meal
trans_list: comida
sense:
(idiomatic) A (nutritionally) complete and satisfying meal, especially one suitable for a person performing physical labour.


lexentry: eng/square_metre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: square metre
trans_list: metro cuadrado
sense:
(British spelling) A standard unit of area equal to the area of a square whose sides are one metre long (that is, an area one meter square) Symbol: m2


lexentry: eng/squash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squash
trans_list: squash
sense:
(uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.


lexentry: eng/squash__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squash
trans_list: zapallo
sense:
(botany, countable) A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.


lexentry: eng/squat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: squat
trans_list: cuclilla | sentadilla
sense:
(weightlifting) A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising (back squat), especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders (barbell back squat).


lexentry: eng/squat__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: squat
trans_list: acuclillarse | ocupar | okupar | acurrucarse | agacharse
sense:
To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation.


lexentry: eng/squeak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squeak
trans_list: chirrido
sense:
(countable) A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by mice and other small animals.


lexentry: eng/squeal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squeal
trans_list: chirrido | chillido | rechinar | rechinido | rechino
sense:
A high-pitched sound, such as the scream of a child or a female person, or noisy worn-down brake pads.


lexentry: eng/squeal__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: squeal
trans_list: chillar | botonear | buchonear | chivarse | delatar | pegar un chivatazo
sense:
(intransitive, slang) To give sensitive information about someone to a third party; to rat on someone.


lexentry: eng/squeegee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squeegee
trans_list: secador
sense:
(nautical) A long-handled tool used on ships for swabbing the decks and spreading protective coatings. [1844]


lexentry: eng/squeegee_mop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squeegee mop
trans_list: fregona de esponja plegable
sense:
A mop with a sponge at right angles to a handle, which is used for mopping floors and by use of a second levered arm may be squeezed out into a standard bucket with no grating or grill as required for a conventional mop.


lexentry: eng/squicky__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squicky
trans_list: sucio
sense:
(slang) Engendering a feeling of disgust, distaste, nausea or revulsion, but without a judgment regarding the rightness or wrongness of the stimulus.


lexentry: eng/squid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squid
trans_list: calamar
sense:
Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles


lexentry: eng/squid__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: squid
trans_list: calamar
sense:
A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.


lexentry: eng/squill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squill
trans_list: escila
sense:
A European bulbous liliaceous plant, of the genus Scilla, used in medicine for its acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties


lexentry: eng/squinch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squinch
trans_list: trompa
sense:
(architecture) A structure constructed between two adjacent walls to aid in the transition from a polygonal to a circular structure, as when a dome is constructed on top of a square room.


lexentry: eng/squint__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squint
trans_list: entrecerrar | entornar
sense:
(intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.


lexentry: eng/squint__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: squint
trans_list: bizquear
sense:
(intransitive) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.


lexentry: eng/squirrel_monkey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squirrel monkey
trans_list: mono ardilla
sense:
(zoology, primatology) Any of several small New World monkeys, of the genus Saimiri, that live in Central and South America.


lexentry: eng/squish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squish
trans_list: crujido
sense:
(countable) The sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed.


lexentry: eng/squishy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squishy
trans_list: afeminado
sense:
(of an object or substance) Yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud.


lexentry: eng/stab__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stab
trans_list: apuñalar | acuchillar
sense:
(transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.


lexentry: eng/stabilizer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stabilizer
trans_list: estabilizador
sense:
Any substance added to something in order to stabilize it, as for example a fuel additive that prolongs the shelf life of petrol.


lexentry: eng/stable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stable
trans_list: estable
sense:
Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.


lexentry: eng/stable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stable
trans_list: establo | caballeriza | cuadra
sense:
A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.


lexentry: eng/stable_fly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stable fly
trans_list: mosca de los establos
sense:
Any of several medium-sized flies in the genus Stomoxys, of the family Muscidae that includes the housefly. The genus is unusual among members of that family, in that they suck blood from mammals.


lexentry: eng/stabling_siding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stabling siding
trans_list: via muerta
sense:
(rail, UK) A storage siding for rolling stock, in particular passenger trains not being used in service.


lexentry: eng/stack__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stack
trans_list: pila
sense:
(computing, often with "the") A stack data structure stored in main memory that is manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.


lexentry: eng/stadion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stadion
trans_list: estadio
sense:
(historical) A Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres.


lexentry: eng/staff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: staff
trans_list: bastón | báculo
sense:
(plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.


lexentry: eng/staff__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: staff
trans_list: pentagrama | pauta | varas
sense:
(music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.


lexentry: eng/staff__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: staff
trans_list: plana mayor
sense:
(military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.


lexentry: eng/stag_beetle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stag beetle
trans_list: ciervo volante
sense:
Any of numerous large beetles of the family Lucanidae, the males having elaborate mandibles resembling the antlers of a stag


lexentry: eng/stage-coach__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stage-coach
trans_list: diligencia | calesa
sense:
(historical) A horse-drawn coach that runs routinely between two destinations to transport passengers and mail.


lexentry: eng/stage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stage
trans_list: escena | escenario
sense:
(by extension) One of the portions of a device (such as a rocket or thermonuclear weapon) which are used or activated in a particular order, one after another.


lexentry: eng/stage__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stage
trans_list: calesa | diligencia
sense:
(theater) A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.


lexentry: eng/stage__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: stage
trans_list: platina
sense:
(dated) A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.


lexentry: eng/stage_direction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stage direction
trans_list: acotación
sense:
An instruction given to an actor that tells the actor what should be done and in what manner to do it.


lexentry: eng/stage_fright__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stage fright
trans_list: miedo escénico
sense:
(uncountable) A state of nervousness about performing some action in front of a group of people, on or off of a stage; nerves; a lack of self-assurance before an audience.


lexentry: eng/stage_manager__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stage manager
trans_list: regidor
sense:
A person responsible for the organization of a stage production, and who is in charge of the stage during the performance


lexentry: eng/stagger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stagger
trans_list: tambaleo
sense:
An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.


lexentry: eng/stagger__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stagger
trans_list: titubear | tambalear | titubar
sense:
(intransitive) In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter.


lexentry: eng/stagger__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stagger
trans_list: vacilar | dubir | dubitar | herer | hesitar
sense:
(transitive) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.


lexentry: eng/staging__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: staging
trans_list: puesta en escena
sense:
The classification of a case of a disease, usually a cancer, into its anatomic or prognostic stage, which is a category of severity.


lexentry: eng/stain__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: stain
trans_list: colorear
sense:
(transitive, cytology, histology) To treat (a microscopic specimen) with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features


lexentry: eng/stairlift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stairlift
trans_list: salvaescaleras
sense:
A motorized platform installed in a stairway, which traverses the stairs when activated and can be ridden by those for whom the stairs are a barrier.


lexentry: eng/stake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stake
trans_list: estaca
sense:
A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.


lexentry: eng/stake__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stake
trans_list: apuesta
sense:
A stick or similar object (e.g., steel channel or angle stock) inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off; often connected in a grid forming a stakebody.


lexentry: eng/stake__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: stake
trans_list: hoguera
sense:
(with definite article) The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.


lexentry: eng/stake__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: stake
trans_list: estaca
sense:
(Mormonism) A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.


lexentry: eng/stake__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: stake
trans_list: poner en juego
sense:
(cryptocurrency) To deposit and risk a considerable amount of cryptocurrency in order to participate in the proof of stake process of verification.


lexentry: eng/stakeholder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stakeholder
trans_list: apostador | baratero
sense:
A person holding the stakes of bettors, with the responsibility of delivering the pot to the winner of the bet.


lexentry: eng/stakeholder__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stakeholder
trans_list: agente de depósito de garantía
sense:
(legal) A person such as a trustee, escrow agent or garnishee, who holds money or assets under trust for another party in a contractual agreement or as part of a claim.


lexentry: eng/stakeholder__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stakeholder
trans_list: interesado | autor | interesado económico | interviniente | partido interesado | responsable
sense:
(business) A person or organisation with a legitimate interest in a given situation, action or enterprise.


lexentry: eng/stalactite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stalactite
trans_list: estalactita
sense:
(geology) A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or another mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that hangs from the roof of a cave.


lexentry: eng/stalagmite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stalagmite
trans_list: estalagmita
sense:
(geology) A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or other mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that lies on the ground of a cave.


lexentry: eng/stale__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stale
trans_list: viciado | duro | anquilosado | manido | pasado | rancio
sense:
No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.


lexentry: eng/stalemate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stalemate
trans_list: ahogado | tablas
sense:
(chess) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.


lexentry: eng/stalker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stalker
trans_list: acechador | acechadora
sense:
A person who engages in stalking, i.e., quietly approaching animals to be hunted; a tracker or guide in hunting game.


lexentry: eng/stall__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: stall
trans_list: asiento
sense:
(countable) A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage; traditionally, a seat with arms, or otherwise partly enclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.


lexentry: eng/stall__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: stall
trans_list: altar
sense:
(Germanic paganism) An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.


lexentry: eng/stall__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stall
trans_list: entrada en pérdida
sense:
(aeronautics) Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded, normally occurring due to low airspeed.


lexentry: eng/stall_handler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stall handler
trans_list: tirador
sense:
(horse racing) Someone responsible for manoeuvring the horse between the gates before the start of a race.


lexentry: eng/stamen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stamen
trans_list: estambre
sense:
(botany) In flowering plants, the structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament.


lexentry: eng/stamina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stamina
trans_list: aguante | estamina | resistencia
sense:
The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.


lexentry: eng/stamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: stamp
trans_list: sello
sense:
A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.


lexentry: eng/stamp__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: stamp
trans_list: timbrar
sense:
(transitive) To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol.


lexentry: eng/stamp_duty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stamp duty
trans_list: póliza
sense:
(economics) A tax levied upon certain documents, a stamp being applied to show that tax has been paid.


lexentry: eng/stamp_pad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stamp pad
trans_list: almohadilla
sense:
A porous pad, often made of a felt-like material, impregnated with ink, used for inking rubber stamps.


lexentry: eng/stampede__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stampede
trans_list: desbandada | estampida
sense:
A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to move in the same direction at the same time, especially in consequence of a panic.


lexentry: eng/stand-alone__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stand-alone
trans_list: autónomo
sense:
Operating, functioning, or existing without additions or assistance; independent; able to be separate or separated.


lexentry: eng/stand-in__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stand-in
trans_list: doble | doble de luces
sense:
A person of similar size and shape to an actor who "stands in" for that actor during the lengthy process of setting up a shot, but who, unlike a double, does not appear in the film.


lexentry: eng/stand__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stand
trans_list: levantar | poner
sense:
(intransitive, copulative) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.


lexentry: eng/stand__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stand
trans_list: mantener | permanecer
sense:
(intransitive, copulative) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.


lexentry: eng/stand__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stand
trans_list: soportar | tolerar | pasar
sense:
(intransitive, copulative, obsolete) To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.


lexentry: eng/stand_back__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stand back
trans_list: aplazar
sense:
(intransitive, cricket) (of a wicket-keeper) to stand a long way behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a fast bowler


lexentry: eng/stand_one's_ground__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stand one's ground
trans_list: mantenerse en sus trece | mantenerse firme
sense:
(idiomatic) To maintain or stick by an opinion or position; to remain resolute in the face of opposition.


lexentry: eng/stand_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stand out
trans_list: sobresalir | descollar | destacar
sense:
(intransitive) To be extraordinary and different or to have features and qualities which make someone or something special.


lexentry: eng/stand_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stand up
trans_list: dar plantón | plantar
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) (stand someone up) To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk.


lexentry: eng/standard_definition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: standard definition
trans_list: definición estándar
sense:
(television) A system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high-definition television (720p, 1080i, 1080p, 1440p, 4K UHDTV, and 8K UHD) or enhanced-definition television (EDTV 480p).


lexentry: eng/standard_deviation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: standard deviation
trans_list: desviación estándar | desviación típica
sense:
(statistics) A measure of how spread out data values are around the mean, defined as the square root of the variance. Represented with the Greek letter σ.


lexentry: eng/standard_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: standard language
trans_list: lengua estándar
sense:
(sociolinguistics) A language that has a standard form as one of its varieties; a language that has undergone standardization.


lexentry: eng/standard_of_living__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: standard of living
trans_list: estándar de vida
sense:
A relative measure of the quality of life a person or group has, often with per capita income (GNI or GDP) serving as a proxy measurement but with some notion of human development as the real (underlying) entity being measured.


lexentry: eng/standard_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: standard time
trans_list: hora estándar
sense:
Time as measured by synchronizing clocks in different geographical locations within a time zone to the same time, rather than using the local meridian, as in local mean time or solar time.


lexentry: eng/standby__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: standby
trans_list: disposición
sense:
A state of readiness without immediate involvement; remaining in preparation for (a sudden or unforeseen event or situation).


lexentry: eng/standby__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: standby
trans_list: acechar
sense:
(proscribed, nonstandard, operations) To wait briefly, as for additional communication by radio or telephone;


lexentry: eng/standing_committee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: standing committee
trans_list: comité permanente
sense:
An established parliamentary or congressional committee to which all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials and other matters regarding a defined scope of subjects get referred to and then returned to parliament or congress along with a recommended measure.


lexentry: eng/standing_order__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: standing order
trans_list: transferencia periódica
sense:
(banking) Transfer of a fixed amount from one bank account to another at fixed intervals (e.g. monthly bill payment)


lexentry: eng/stannite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stannite
trans_list: estannita
sense:
a dark-gray lustrous mineral, a mixed sulfide of copper, iron, and tin, Cu2FeSnS4, used as an ore of tin


lexentry: eng/stapedius__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stapedius
trans_list: músculo del estribo
sense:
(muscle) A small muscle of the middle ear that arises from the wall of the tympanum and is inserted into the neck of the stapes by a tendon that sometimes contains a slender spine of bone; it is the smallest skeletal muscle in the human body, serving to stabilize the stapes to check and dampen its vibration.


lexentry: eng/staphylococcus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: staphylococcus
trans_list: estafilococo
sense:
A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections.


lexentry: eng/stapler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stapler
trans_list: grapadora | engrapadora
sense:
A device which binds together sheets of paper by driving a thin metal staple through the sheets and simultaneously folding over the ends of the staple against the back surface of the paper.


lexentry: eng/star-reed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: star-reed
trans_list: bejuco de estrella
sense:
(obsolete) A South American plant, Aristolochia mathewsii syn.Arisolochia fragrantissima used in Peru against dysentery, etc.


lexentry: eng/star__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: star
trans_list: estrella | astro
sense:
(geometry) A concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, usually with four, five, or six points.


lexentry: eng/star__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: star
trans_list: estrella | astro
sense:
A simple dance, or part of a dance, where a group of four dancers each put their right or left hand in the middle and turn around in a circle. You call them right-hand stars or left-hand stars, depending on the hand which is in the middle.


lexentry: eng/star__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: star
trans_list: estrella | astro
sense:
A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.


lexentry: eng/star__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: star
trans_list: protagonizar | estelarizar
sense:
(transitive) To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.


lexentry: eng/star_anise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: star anise
trans_list: anís estrella | anís estrellado | badiana | badián
sense:
A plant, Illicium verum, used primarily for its star-shaped seed which resembles anise in scent and flavor, and which is used as a spice. Valued for its decorative shape as well as its flavor. Also used commercially as a source of shikimic acid for the production of Tamiflu.


lexentry: eng/star_cluster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: star cluster
trans_list: cúmulo estelar
sense:
(astronomy) A group of gravitationally bound stars and other material (such as nebulae and planets), conventionally with one generation of similarly aged stars from the same pre-stellar nebula.


lexentry: eng/star_seed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: star seed
trans_list: semilla estelar
sense:
A person who lived a previous lifetime in one star system but was then reincarnated in another star system.


lexentry: eng/star_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: star system
trans_list: sistema estelar
sense:
(star) A group of stars (and possibly smaller bodies such as planets or asteroids) that orbit one another.


lexentry: eng/starboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: starboard
trans_list: estribor
sense:
The righthand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Used to unambiguously refer to directions according to the sides of the vessel, rather than those of a crew member or object.


lexentry: eng/stardust__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stardust
trans_list: nebulosa
sense:
(informal, dated) A distant cluster of stars resembling a cloud of dust, especially if the individual stars of which cannot be resolved with a telescope.


lexentry: eng/starfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: starfish
trans_list: estrella de mar
sense:
Any of various asteroids or other echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.


lexentry: eng/stargazer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stargazer
trans_list: miraestrellas
sense:
(now, colloquial) Someone who gazes at the stars; an astronomer or astrologer (now especially an amateur one). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/start__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: start
trans_list: comenzar | arrancar | empezar | iniciar
sense:
(transitive) To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly.


lexentry: eng/starter_dough__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: starter dough
trans_list: a punto de
sense:
(baking) A small amount of "live" dough used in traditional bakery to start the fermentation process necessary for preparing sourdough.


lexentry: eng/stasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stasis
trans_list: estasis
sense:
(pathology) A slackening or arrest of the blood current, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls.


lexentry: eng/statal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: statal
trans_list: estatal
sense:
(linguistics) Pertaining to a word or word form (such as a passive verb or a modifier) or other linguistic element that denotes a state rather than an action or process.


lexentry: eng/state__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: state
trans_list: estado
sense:
(anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.


lexentry: eng/state__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: state
trans_list: estado
sense:
A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, or India.


lexentry: eng/state_capitalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: state capitalism
trans_list: capitalismo de Estado
sense:
The form of capitalism where for-profit commercial activities are undertaken by the state; either via corporatized government agencies, or via ownership or control of nominally private organizations.


lexentry: eng/state_of_exception__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: state of exception
trans_list: estado de excepción
sense:
(law, philosophy) A condition in which ordinary laws or norms have been suspended by a political authority.


lexentry: eng/state_of_matter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: state of matter
trans_list: estado de la materia
sense:
(sciences) Any of the different phases of matter whose properties are dependent on the motions and forces of the molecules of which they are composed.


lexentry: eng/state_of_mind__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: state of mind
trans_list: estado mental | estado de ánimo
sense:
The psychological state of someone's cognitive processes at a certain time; the condition or character of a person's thoughts or feelings.


lexentry: eng/state_of_siege__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: state of siege
trans_list: estado de sitio
sense:
(law) An exceptional legal condition in which constitutional limits on the powers of the government are suspended, usually owing to military necessity and implying martial law.


lexentry: eng/state_of_the_art__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: state of the art
trans_list: último grito | lo último en
sense:
The condition of scientific or technical knowledge, particularly the peak or highest level thereof, at a particular time. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/state_pattern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: state pattern
trans_list: condición
sense:
(software, design) A behavioural design pattern similar to the strategy pattern that is used to represent the state of an object.


lexentry: eng/state_police__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: state police
trans_list: policía del Estado
sense:
Outside the USA or Australia, the national police, i.e. the police force belonging to the national (state) government.


lexentry: eng/state_secret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: state secret
trans_list: secreto de estado
sense:
Information which pertains to the affairs of a country and access to which is restricted by the government.


lexentry: eng/statement__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: statement
trans_list: instrucción
sense:
(computing) An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.


lexentry: eng/static__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: static
trans_list: estática | estático
sense:
(programming) Computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime.


lexentry: eng/static__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: static
trans_list: estática | nieve
sense:
(uncountable) Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.


lexentry: eng/statin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: statin
trans_list: estatina
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) Any of a class of drugs (chiefly lactones or pyrroles) that lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme involved in its biosynthesis.


lexentry: eng/station_wagon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: station wagon
trans_list: carmelita | familiar | guayín | ranchera | rubia | rural
sense:
(US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, automotive) A body style for cars in which the roof is extended rearward to produce an enclosed area in the position and serving the function of the boot (trunk) of a sedan / saloon.


lexentry: eng/stationary_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stationary point
trans_list: punto estacionario
sense:
(mathematics) A point on a curve where the gradient is zero. This point can be a maximum, a minimum, or a point of inflection.


lexentry: eng/stationmaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stationmaster
trans_list: jefe de estación
sense:
(rail) The person in charge of a railroad station, usually an employee of a particular railroad by which the station is owned, but sometimes an employee of a separate corporation, such as one owning a station used by two or more railroads.


lexentry: eng/statism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: statism
trans_list: estatismo | estatalismo
sense:
(often, _, pejorative) The belief that most or all political power should be centralized in national governments.


lexentry: eng/statistical_analysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: statistical analysis
trans_list: análisis
sense:
The process of examining data to draw conclusions or insights, and determine cause-and-effect patterns between events; for example determining the safety and efficacy of new drugs by drawing out a probability as to whether the fact that a patient got better (or worse) was due to the drug or some other (perhaps random) factor.


lexentry: eng/statistical_inference__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: statistical inference
trans_list: inferencia estadística
sense:
(statistics) Drawing conclusions about a population from a random sample drawn from it, or, more generally, about a random process from its observed behavior during a finite period of time.


lexentry: eng/statistics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: statistics
trans_list: estadística
sense:
A discipline, principally within applied mathematics, concerned with the systematic study of the collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data.


lexentry: eng/statistics__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: statistics
trans_list: estadística
sense:
A systematic collection of data on measurements or observations, often related to demographic information such as population counts, incomes, population counts at different ages, etc.


lexentry: eng/statue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: statue
trans_list: estatua
sense:
A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.


lexentry: eng/statuette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: statuette
trans_list: estatuilla
sense:
A small statue, usually a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta etc.


lexentry: eng/status_bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: status bar
trans_list: barra de estado
sense:
(computing, graphical user interface) A narrow horizontal information area for text and icons, typically found at the bottom of windows in a graphical user interface.


lexentry: eng/status_quo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: status quo
trans_list: statu quo | estado del asunto
sense:
The state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs.


lexentry: eng/statute_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: statute law
trans_list: estatuto
sense:
(legal, countable) A law enacted by a legislative body, as opposed to a regulation made by the executive branch or case law made by court precedent.


lexentry: eng/statute_of_limitations__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: statute of limitations
trans_list: prescripción legal
sense:
Any law that sets a time limit, after which a person may not be tried for a crime, or after which some other legal action may not take place.


lexentry: eng/statutory_rape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: statutory rape
trans_list: estupro
sense:
(legal) An illegal act of sexual intercourse by an adult with a person under the legal age of consent for sex, or with another adult who is not able to consent because of intellectual disability.


lexentry: eng/stave-rhyme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stave-rhyme
trans_list: aliteración
sense:
(countable) A (stressed) word that rhymes with another, in that it begins with the same consonant, consonant cluster, or vowel.


lexentry: eng/stave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stave
trans_list: duela
sense:
One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc.


lexentry: eng/stave__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: stave
trans_list: pentagrama
sense:
(music) The set of five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.


lexentry: eng/stavesacre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stavesacre
trans_list: estafisagria | abarraz | matapiojos
sense:
A highly toxic, perennial plant with purple flowers (Staphisagria macrosperma, syn. Delphinium staphisagria).


lexentry: eng/stay__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stay
trans_list: quedarse | permanecer | hospedarse | pasar la noche
sense:
(intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.


lexentry: eng/stay__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: stay
trans_list: quedarse | permanecer | hospedarse | pasar la noche
sense:
(transitive, obsolete) To remain for the purpose of; to stay to take part in or be present at (a meal, ceremony etc.).


lexentry: eng/steady__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: steady
trans_list: firme
sense:
Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; resolute.


lexentry: eng/steal__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steal
trans_list: robar | hurtar
sense:
(transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.


lexentry: eng/steal__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: steal
trans_list: hurtar | robar
sense:
(transitive) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.


lexentry: eng/steal__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: steal
trans_list: robar | hurtar
sense:
(transitive, baseball) To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.


lexentry: eng/stealth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stealth
trans_list: cautela | sigilo
sense:
(uncountable) The attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others.


lexentry: eng/steam_power__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steam power
trans_list: Motor de vapor marino
sense:
Power derived from water heated into steam, usually converted to motive power by a reciprocating engine (a steam engine) or turbine (a steam turbine).


lexentry: eng/steam_turbine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steam turbine
trans_list: turbina de vapor
sense:
A system of angled and shaped blades arranged on a rotor through which steam is passed to generate rotational energy. Today, normally used in power stations.


lexentry: eng/stearic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stearic acid
trans_list: ácido esteárico
sense:
(fatty acid) octadecanoic acid; the most common saturated fatty acid; it is found in all animal and most vegetable oils and fats; it is used in the manufacture of soap etc.


lexentry: eng/steel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steel
trans_list: acero
sense:
(countable, uncountable) An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.


lexentry: eng/steep__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steep
trans_list: empinado | escarpado | abrupto | acantilado | inclinado | precipitoso
sense:
Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.


lexentry: eng/steeplechase__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: steeplechase
trans_list: carrera con obstáculos
sense:
(athletics) An athletics event in which the runners have to run 3000 metres round a track, jumping hurdles and a water obstacle along the way


lexentry: eng/steer__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steer
trans_list: conducir | dirigir | guiar
sense:
(intransitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).


lexentry: eng/steer__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: steer
trans_list: conducir | dirigir | guiar
sense:
(transitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).


lexentry: eng/steerage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: steerage
trans_list: antecámara
sense:
(countable) The section of a passenger ship that provided inexpensive accommodation with no individual cabins.


lexentry: eng/steering_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steering group
trans_list: grupo director
sense:
A committee whose function is to arrange the schedules of business for a legislative assembly or other organization


lexentry: eng/steering_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steering wheel
trans_list: volante | timón | cabrilla | guía | manubrio
sense:
A wheel-shaped control that is rotated by the driver to steer, existing in most modern land vehicles.


lexentry: eng/steganography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steganography
trans_list: esteganografía
sense:
The practice of hiding messages, so that the presence of the message itself is hidden, often by writing them in places where they may not be found until someone finds the secret message in whatever is being used to hide it.


lexentry: eng/stegosaur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stegosaur
trans_list: estegosaurio
sense:
Any of several extinct herbivorous dinosaurs, of the suborder Stegosauria, having two rows of bony plates along the back. [from c. 1900]


lexentry: eng/stegosaurus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stegosaurus
trans_list: estegosaurio
sense:
A stegosaur, a member of the suborder Stegosauria, of the order Ornithischia of the middle Jurassic to early Cretaceous period.


lexentry: eng/stele__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stele
trans_list: estela
sense:
(architecture, archaeology, obsolete) An acroterion, the decoration on the ridge of an ancient Greek building such as a temple.


lexentry: eng/stellify__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stellify
trans_list: estrella
sense:
(transitive, mythology) To transform from an earthly body into a celestial body; to place in the sky as such


lexentry: eng/stem__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: stem
trans_list: raíz | tallo
sense:
A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.


lexentry: eng/stem__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: stem
trans_list: roda
sense:
(nautical) The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.


lexentry: eng/stem_cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stem cell
trans_list: célula madre
sense:
(medicine, cytology) A primal undifferentiated cell from which a variety of other cells can develop through the process of cellular differentiation.


lexentry: eng/stemmatics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stemmatics
trans_list: stemmática
sense:
The study of multiple surviving versions of the same text with the aim of reconstructing a lost original.


lexentry: eng/stencil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stencil
trans_list: plantilla | estarcido | esténcil
sense:
A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet.


lexentry: eng/stenography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stenography
trans_list: estenografía | taquigrafía
sense:
The practice of transcribing speech (primarily for later dictation or testimony), usually using shorthand


lexentry: eng/stent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stent
trans_list: estent
sense:
A slender tube inserted into a blood vessel, a ureter or the oesophagus in order to provide support and to prevent disease-induced closure.


lexentry: eng/step-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: step-
trans_list: -astra | -astro
sense:
A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, and so forth, to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent.


lexentry: eng/step-up__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: step-up
trans_list: escalón
sense:
(exercise) A workout movement wherein one leg stands on an elevated surface and lifts in the concentric part the rest of the body up onto it to target – depending on angle and starting distance of the other leg and weights applied by the arms – the femoral and gluteal muscles variously.


lexentry: eng/step__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: step
trans_list: peldaño | escalón
sense:
A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.


lexentry: eng/step__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: step
trans_list: paso
sense:
(machines) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.


lexentry: eng/step__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: step
trans_list: pisar
sense:
(intransitive) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.


lexentry: eng/step_ladder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: step ladder
trans_list: escalera de tijeras | escalera doble | escalerilla
sense:
A ladder with steps or treads instead of rungs that is hinged in the middle to form an inverted V, with stays to keep the two halves at a fixed angle.


lexentry: eng/step_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: step machine
trans_list: stepper
sense:
An exercise machine consisting of two pedals on a frame. The user steps on each of the pedals in turn, moving the legs in a way similar to climbing.


lexentry: eng/step_over__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: step over
trans_list: bicicleta
sense:
(football) A dribbling move, or feint, in football (soccer), used to fool a defensive player into thinking the offensive player, in possession of the ball, in which the foot is moved over the ball without making contact with it.


lexentry: eng/stepfather__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stepfather
trans_list: padrastro
sense:
(in the narrow sense) A husband of one's biological mother after her initial marriage to or relationship with one's biological father.


lexentry: eng/stepgrandfather__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stepgrandfather
trans_list: abuelastro
sense:
The stepfather of one's mother or father and the husband of one's grandmother, and not one's biological grandfather, especially following the divorce of one's grandparents or the death of one's grandfather.


lexentry: eng/stepgrandmother__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stepgrandmother
trans_list: abuelastra
sense:
The stepmother of one's father or mother and the wife of one's grandfather, usually a woman that one's grandfather marries after the divorce of one's grandparents or the death of one's grandmother.


lexentry: eng/stepgrandson__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stepgrandson
trans_list: nietastro
sense:
The grandson of one's stepgrandfather's wife or stepgrandmother's husband from previous marriage, or the stepson of one's child.


lexentry: eng/steppe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steppe
trans_list: estepa
sense:
The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. Similar to (North American) prairie and (African) savanna. [from 1671]


lexentry: eng/steppe_eagle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steppe eagle
trans_list: águila esteparia
sense:
Aquila nipalensis, a bird of prey of the family Accipitridae. Previously considered to be closely related to the non-migratory tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) and the two forms have previously been treated as conspecific.


lexentry: eng/stepping_motor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stepping motor
trans_list: motor de pasos | motor paso a paso
sense:
An electromagnetic actuator that converts digital pulses of input into analog rotary motion, the degree of rotation being proportional to the number of pulses received.


lexentry: eng/steradian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steradian
trans_list: estereorradián
sense:
(geometry) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of solid angle; the solid angle subtended at the centre of a sphere of radius r by a portion of the surface of the sphere that has area r2. Symbol: sr


lexentry: eng/stereo__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stereo
trans_list: estereográfico
sense:
Of a pair of images: one depicting the view as would be seen from one eye and the other from the other eye, so that when viewed appropriately, they combine to give an impression of three dimensions.


lexentry: eng/stereo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stereo
trans_list: estéreo
sense:
(by extension) Any object or device equipped with audio components that reproduces sound in stereo, such as a stereo console in the home.


lexentry: eng/stereochemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stereochemistry
trans_list: estereoquímica
sense:
(chemistry, uncountable) the branch of chemistry that involves the spatial arrangement of the atoms of molecules, and studies how this affects the physical and chemical properties of such species


lexentry: eng/stereoisomerism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stereoisomerism
trans_list: estereoisomería
sense:
(chemistry) A form of isomerism in which atoms are arranged differently about a chiral centre (or centre of asymmetry). They exhibit optical activity, and in a molecule with a single chiral centre the two isomers (enantiomers) are mirror images of each other whereas in a molecule with multiple chiral centres the isomers (diastereoisomers) are not normally mirror images.


lexentry: eng/stereophonic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stereophonic
trans_list: estereofónico
sense:
of or pertaining to sound reproduction using two channels to give a more natural two-dimensional sound distribution


lexentry: eng/stereotype__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stereotype
trans_list: estereotipo | tópico
sense:
A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people).


lexentry: eng/stereotype__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: stereotype
trans_list: estereotipo
sense:
(software engineering) An extensibility mechanism of the Unified Modeling Language, allowing a new element to be derived from an existing one with added specializations.


lexentry: eng/sterilize__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sterilize
trans_list: esterilizar
sense:
(transitive, biology) To kill, deactivate (denature), or destroy (break apart) all living, viable microorganisms and spores on a surface, in a fluid, or contained in a compound, such as culture media or a medical product.


lexentry: eng/steroid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steroid
trans_list: esteroide
sense:
(biochemistry, organic compound) A class of organic compounds having a structure of 17 carbon atoms arranged in four rings; they are lipids, and occur naturally as sterols, bile acids, adrenal and sex hormones, and some vitamins; many drugs are synthetic steroids.


lexentry: eng/stevia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stevia
trans_list: estevia | stevia
sense:
Any of the sweet herbs of genus Stevia, native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America and western North America. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/steward__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: steward
trans_list: administrador | apoderado | gestor | representante
sense:
(higher education) An officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.


lexentry: eng/stewardess__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stewardess
trans_list: azafata | aeromoza
sense:
A female flight attendant (a member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers).


lexentry: eng/stibnite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stibnite
trans_list: antimonita | estibina
sense:
A grey mineral, Sb2S3, that is the main ore of antimony; used in ancient times as the cosmetic kohl.


lexentry: eng/stichomythia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stichomythia
trans_list: esticomitia
sense:
(poetry) A technique in drama or poetry, in which alternating lines, or half-lines, are given to alternating characters, voices, or entities.


lexentry: eng/stick_'em_up__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stick 'em up
trans_list: arriba las manos
sense:
A command stereotypically given by robbers, particularly when pointing a gun: Put your hands in the air! Surrender!


lexentry: eng/stick__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stick
trans_list: barra
sense:
a stick of butter
(chiefly, North America) A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).


lexentry: eng/stick__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: stick
trans_list: palanca de mando
sense:
(aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)


lexentry: eng/stick__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: stick
trans_list: barra
sense:
(figurative) A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward.)


lexentry: eng/stick_in_the_mud__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stick in the mud
trans_list: hormigón
sense:
(idiomatic, pejorative) More generally, one who is slow, old-fashioned, or unprogressive; an old fogey.


lexentry: eng/stick_out_like_a_sore_thumb__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stick out like a sore thumb
trans_list: desentonar
sense:
(simile) Be very noticeably different, especially in a negative way; to be particularly obtrusive, conspicuous, blatant, or prominent; to attract undue attention or notice.


lexentry: eng/stick_to_one's_knitting__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stick to one's knitting
trans_list: no meterse en camisa de once varas
sense:
(idiomatic) To concentrate on one's own tasks, affairs, area of expertise, etc., especially in order to avoid distraction, embarrassment, or other needless problems.


lexentry: eng/stick_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stick up
trans_list: fichar
sense:
(transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick,‎ up. To put or post up by sticking.


lexentry: eng/stickleback__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stickleback
trans_list: espinosillo
sense:
Any one of numerous species of small fish of the family Gasterosteidae. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct nests from weeds.


lexentry: eng/stickler__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stickler
trans_list: puntilloso
sense:
Someone who insistently advocates for something, especially for strict observance of a formal rule. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/sticky__Adjective__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: sticky
trans_list: bochornoso | predeterminado
sense:
(Internet, of threads on a bulletin board) Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.


lexentry: eng/stiff_peaks__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stiff peaks
trans_list: picos firmes | punto de nieve
sense:
(gastronomy) Firm tips (of whipping cream or egg whites) which have been beaten and are so aerated that they stand up straight.


lexentry: eng/stifle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stifle
trans_list: sofocar
sense:
(transitive, also, figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.


lexentry: eng/stigma__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stigma
trans_list: estigma
sense:
(Christianity, chiefly, _, in the plural, _, stigmata) A mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion on Jesus' body, and sometimes reported to bleed periodically.


lexentry: eng/stilbene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stilbene
trans_list: estilbeno
sense:
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric hydrocarbons, diphenylethylene, but especially the trans isomer, used in the manufacture of dyes and many other compounds.


lexentry: eng/stile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stile
trans_list: montante
sense:
A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived passage through a fence or wall, which in either case allows people but not livestock to pass.


lexentry: eng/still_waters_run_deep__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: still waters run deep
trans_list: las aguas quietas calan hondo
sense:
A person with a calm appearance has, or may have, considerable inner emotion, character, or intellect.


lexentry: eng/stilt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stilt
trans_list: zanco
sense:
Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.


lexentry: eng/stilt__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stilt
trans_list: cigüeñuela
sense:
Any of various wading birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, related to the avocet, that have extremely long legs and long thin bills.


lexentry: eng/stilted__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stilted
trans_list: acartonado | afectado | redicho
sense:
(figuratively) Elevated or raised in a contrived or unnatural way; stiff and artificially formal or pompous; also, depending on redundant, unnecessary elements.


lexentry: eng/stimulant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stimulant
trans_list: estimulante
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A substance that acts to increase physiological or nervous activity in the body.


lexentry: eng/stimulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stimulation
trans_list: estimulación
sense:
(biology) Any action or condition that creates a response; sensory input. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/stimulus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stimulus
trans_list: estímulo
sense:
An external phenomenon that has an influence on a system, by triggering or modifying an internal phenomenon; for example, a spur or incentive that drives a person to take action or change behaviour.


lexentry: eng/stimulus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stimulus
trans_list: estímulo
sense:
(physiology, psychology, medicine) Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response, or that affects any of the sensory apparatuses.


lexentry: eng/sting__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: sting
trans_list: trampa
sense:
(law enforcement) A police operation in which the police pretend to be criminals in order to catch a criminal.


lexentry: eng/stingray__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stingray
trans_list: pastinaca
sense:
Any of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes, having a barbed, whiplike tail.


lexentry: eng/stinkbug__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stinkbug
trans_list: chince apestoso
sense:
(entomology) Any of various insects of the Hemiptera order (the "true bugs"), in the Heteroptera suborder, principally in the superfamilies Pentatomoidea and Coreoidea.


lexentry: eng/stint__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stint
trans_list: correlimos
sense:
Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.


lexentry: eng/stipend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stipend
trans_list: estipendio | salario | semanada
sense:
(archaic) A regular fixed payment made to someone (especially a clergyman, judge, soldier, or teacher) for services provided by them; a salary. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/stipule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stipule
trans_list: estípula
sense:
(botany) A basal appendage of a typical leaf of a flowering plant, usually appearing paired beside the petiole although sometimes absent or highly modified.


lexentry: eng/stir-fry__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stir-fry
trans_list: sofreír | saltear
sense:
(transitive) To fry quickly in hot oil whilst constantly stirring, especially in a wok or similar pan.


lexentry: eng/stir__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stir
trans_list: mezclar | remover | revolver
sense:
(transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles of (a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.


lexentry: eng/stirrup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stirrup
trans_list: estribo
sense:
(equestrianism) A ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding.


lexentry: eng/stishovite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stishovite
trans_list: stishovita
sense:
(mineral) A fine-grained mineral, of SiO2, that is a polymorphic form of quartz formed under very high pressure.


lexentry: eng/stitch__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stitch
trans_list: punzada | dolor en el costado
sense:
(countable, and, uncountable) An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise or laughing.


lexentry: eng/stochastic_differential_equation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stochastic differential equation
trans_list: ecuación diferencial estocástica
sense:
(calculus) a type of differential equation in which one or more of the terms is a stochastic process resulting in a solution which is itself a stochastic process


lexentry: eng/stock__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stock
trans_list: acción
sense:
(finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.


lexentry: eng/stock__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stock
trans_list: caldo | consomé
sense:
(cooking, uncountable, countable) Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.


lexentry: eng/stock_character__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stock character
trans_list: personaje tipo
sense:
(writing, theatre, cinema) Any fictional character drawn from some stereotype who is instantly recognizable.


lexentry: eng/stock_dove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stock dove
trans_list: paloma zurita
sense:
A pigeon of species Columba oenas, found in much of Europe, in the family Columbidae of pigeons and doves).


lexentry: eng/stock_market_crash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stock market crash
trans_list: quiebra financiera
sense:
(finance) A sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock market.


lexentry: eng/stockbroker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stockbroker
trans_list: agente de bolsa
sense:
(finance) A person who buys and sells shares (stock) on a stock exchange on behalf of clients. May also provide investment advice and/or company information, depending on the level of service offered (or chosen by the client).


lexentry: eng/stockpile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stockpile
trans_list: acopio | reservas
sense:
A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage.


lexentry: eng/stocks__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stocks
trans_list: cepo | picota
sense:
(plurale tantum) A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.


lexentry: eng/stoic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stoic
trans_list: estoico
sense:
(philosophy) Proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 B.C.E. up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.


lexentry: eng/stoically__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stoically
trans_list: estoicamente
sense:
In a manner that endures pain and hardship without outwardly showing suffering or expressing complaint.


lexentry: eng/stoichiometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stoichiometry
trans_list: estequiometría
sense:
(uncountable, chemistry) The study and calculation of quantitative (measurable) relationships of the reactants and products in chemical reactions (chemical equations).


lexentry: eng/stoicism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stoicism
trans_list: estoicismo
sense:
A school of philosophy popularized during the Roman Empire that emphasized reason as a means of understanding the natural state of things, or logos, and as a means of freeing oneself from emotional distress.


lexentry: eng/stole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stole
trans_list: estola
sense:
A garment consisting of a decorated band worn on the back of the neck, each end hanging over the chest, worn in ecclesiastical settings or sometimes as a part of graduation dress.


lexentry: eng/stoma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stoma
trans_list: estoma
sense:
(botany) One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.


lexentry: eng/stomachache__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stomachache
trans_list: dolor de estómago
sense:
A pain in the abdomen, often caused by indigestion. (The pain is usually lower than the stomach and related to the intestines.)


lexentry: eng/stomatology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stomatology
trans_list: estomatología
sense:
(medicine) The study of the mouth and its disorders and diseases; increasingly called oral medicine in current usage.


lexentry: eng/stone__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: stone
trans_list: hueso
sense:
(botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.


lexentry: eng/stonecrop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stonecrop
trans_list: pampajarito | siempreviva
sense:
Any of various succulent plants of the Crassulaceae family, native to temperate zones, especially in genus Sedum


lexentry: eng/stonefish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stonefish
trans_list: pez piedra
sense:
A venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock, of the genus Synanceia, found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean


lexentry: eng/stool__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stool
trans_list: taburete | silla
sense:
(dated) A close-stool; a seat used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot, commode, outhouse seat, or toilet.


lexentry: eng/stoop__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stoop
trans_list: porche | zaguán
sense:
(chiefly, chiefly, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, also, Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.


lexentry: eng/stop-motion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stop-motion
trans_list: cuadro por cuadro | fotograma a fotograma
sense:
(uncountable, photography) An animation technique wherein physical objects are slightly altered and photographed one picture at a time to give an illusion of movement when displayed in sequence.


lexentry: eng/stop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stop
trans_list: parada | paradero
sense:
A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.


lexentry: eng/stop__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: stop
trans_list: punto | punto final
sense:
A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.


lexentry: eng/stop_at_nothing__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stop at nothing
trans_list: no detenerse ante nada
sense:
(idiomatic) To take any measures to do or achieve something, especially if it involves great risk or danger; to do everything in one's power.


lexentry: eng/stop_sign__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stop sign
trans_list: alto | pare | señal de alto | señal de pare | señal de stop
sense:
A sign by the side of a road or street, often at an intersection, instructing vehicle drivers to stop.


lexentry: eng/stop_the_car__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stop the car
trans_list: pare el coche
sense:
When giving directions to a person (for example, a taxi driver), indicates that he or she should stop the vehicle.


lexentry: eng/stop_the_presses__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stop the presses
trans_list: paren las rotativas
sense:
(idiomatic) An exclamation used to introduce especially new, important, surprising, or recent developments.


lexentry: eng/stopgap__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stopgap
trans_list: paliativo | parche | paños calientes | remiendo
sense:
A short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained; that which serves as an expedient in an emergency; a band-aid solution.


lexentry: eng/stopwatch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stopwatch
trans_list: cronómetro
sense:
A timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed between a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated.


lexentry: eng/storage__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: storage
trans_list: almacenamiento
sense:
(usually, uncountable, computer hardware) Any computer device, including such as a disk, on which data is stored for a longer term than main memory.


lexentry: eng/store_brand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: store brand
trans_list: marca blanca
sense:
(US) A brand name that is associated with or owned by a place of business (often a supermarket - or other chain) that sells products under that name, usually for less money than other brands.


lexentry: eng/storm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: storm
trans_list: vendaval | borrasca | temporal
sense:
(meteorology) A disturbed state of the atmosphere between a severe or strong gale and a hurricane on the modern Beaufort scale, with a wind speed of between 89 and 102 kilometres per hour (55–63 miles per hour; 10 on the scale, known as a "storm" or whole gale), or of between 103 and 117 kilometres per hour (64–72 miles per hour; 11 on the scale, known as a "violent storm").


lexentry: eng/storm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: storm
trans_list: tormenta | tempestad | temporal
sense:
Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation; a tempest.


lexentry: eng/storm__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: storm
trans_list: irrumpir
sense:
(chiefly, military) To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.


lexentry: eng/storm_door__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: storm door
trans_list: contrapuerta
sense:
A secondary door placed exterior to the primary door, to better weatherproof an entrance. Those storm doors that are also screen doors can be used for ventilation purposes when the primary door remains open. Typically found on front doors, rear doors, side doors, balcony doors.


lexentry: eng/storm_drain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: storm drain
trans_list: agualluvias | cloaca | desagüe
sense:
(US) An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods


lexentry: eng/storm_petrel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: storm petrel
trans_list: paíño
sense:
Any of several small seabirds, of the families Hydrobatidae (northern storm petrels) or Oceanitidae (southern storm petrels or Austral storm petrels), having dark plumage and a white rump.


lexentry: eng/stormy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stormy
trans_list: tempestuoso | borrascoso | tormentoso
sense:
Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain.


lexentry: eng/story_arc__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: story arc
trans_list: arco argumental | arco narrativo
sense:
An extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media such as television or comic books.


lexentry: eng/strabismus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strabismus
trans_list: estrabismo
sense:
A defect of vision in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles; a squint.


lexentry: eng/strafe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strafe
trans_list: ametrallar
sense:
(transitive, military, aviation) To attack (ground targets) with automatic gunfire from a low-flying aircraft.


lexentry: eng/straight_flush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: straight flush
trans_list: escalera de color
sense:
(poker) A hand that is both straight (the cards are all in sequence) and flush (the cards are all of the same suit).


lexentry: eng/straight_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: straight line
trans_list: recta
sense:
(geometry) A line with no curvature; a line with constant direction. The path of shortest length between two points.


lexentry: eng/straight_man__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: straight man
trans_list: escalera
sense:
(idiomatic) A member (of any gender) of a team of comic performers who plays a supporting role by helping to set up jokes and punch lines through engaging in dialog with another comedian playing a more eccentric or otherwise more interesting character; a foil who plays such a role in theatrical comedy.


lexentry: eng/strain__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: strain
trans_list: cepa | raza | variedad
sense:
(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.


lexentry: eng/strain__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: strain
trans_list: elongar
sense:
(ambitransitive) To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.


lexentry: eng/strainer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strainer
trans_list: colador | filtro
sense:
A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid.


lexentry: eng/strainer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: strainer
trans_list: colador | filtro
sense:
A perforated screen or openwork (usually at the end of a suction pipe of a pump), used to prevent solid bodies from mixing in a liquid stream or flowline.


lexentry: eng/straitjacket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: straitjacket
trans_list: camisa de fuerza
sense:
A jacket-like garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving his or her arms. Often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or others.


lexentry: eng/strange_bird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strange bird
trans_list: bicho raro
sense:
An unusual person, especially an individual with an idiosyncratic personality or peculiar behavioral characteristics.


lexentry: eng/strange_quark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strange quark
trans_list: quark extraño
sense:
(particle) A quark having a fractional electric charge of -\frac{1}{3} and a mass of about 80 to 130 MeV.Symbol: s


lexentry: eng/strangeness__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: strangeness
trans_list: extrañez | extrañeza | rareza
sense:
(particle physics) One of the quantum numbers of subatomic particles, depending upon the relative number of strange quarks and anti-strange quarks.


lexentry: eng/strangle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strangle
trans_list: estrangular
sense:
(transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.


lexentry: eng/strangler_fig__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strangler fig
trans_list: higuerote
sense:
Any of a number of kinds of figs (genus Ficus) that sprout on branches of other trees and crowd them out as they mature.


lexentry: eng/strangury__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strangury
trans_list: estranguria
sense:
(pathology, urology) A painful, frequent need to urinate, when the bladder is largely empty or with little urine production.


lexentry: eng/strap__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: strap
trans_list: correa | cincha | tirante
sense:
A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.


lexentry: eng/strappado__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strappado
trans_list: garrucha
sense:
A form of torture in which the victim is hung from the ceiling by a rope attached to the hands, which are tied together behind the victim's back.


lexentry: eng/strategic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: strategic
trans_list: estratégico
sense:
Of or relating to military operations that are more large-scale or long-range than local or tactical ones.


lexentry: eng/strategy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strategy
trans_list: estrategia
sense:
(uncountable) The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.


lexentry: eng/stratocumulus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stratocumulus
trans_list: estratocúmulo
sense:
(meteorology) A principal low-level cloud type, predominantly stratiform, in the form of a gray and/or whitish layer or patch, which nearly always has dark parts and is nonfibrous.


lexentry: eng/stratosphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stratosphere
trans_list: estratosfera
sense:
(meteorology) The region of the uppermost atmosphere where temperature increases along with the altitude due to the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation by ozone. The stratosphere extends from the tropopause (10–15 kilometers) to approximately 50 kilometers, where it is succeeded by the mesosphere.


lexentry: eng/stratovolcano__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stratovolcano
trans_list: estratovolcán
sense:
(vulcanology) A tall conical volcano, composed of layers (or strata) of hardened lava, tephra and ash.


lexentry: eng/stratus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stratus
trans_list: estrato
sense:
(meteorology) A principal, low-level cloud type in the form of a gray layer with a rather uniform base, usually not associated with precipitation, and capable of producing corona phenomena and a weak, uniform luminance; abbreviated St.


lexentry: eng/straw__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: straw
trans_list: paja
sense:
(uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.


lexentry: eng/straw_man__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: straw man
trans_list: hombre de paja
sense:
(figurative) An innocuous person or someone of nominal or lesser importance, as a front man or straw boss.


lexentry: eng/straw_mushroom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: straw mushroom
trans_list: paja seta
sense:
A small, edible mushroom used primarily in the cuisines of East and Southeast Asia, Volvariella volvacea.


lexentry: eng/strawberry_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strawberry tree
trans_list: madroño
sense:
A cane apple, an evergreen shrub or small tree (Arbutus unedo), in family Ericaceae, native to the Mediterranean region and western Europe north to western France and Ireland, which bears fruits which resemble strawberries.


lexentry: eng/stray__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stray
trans_list: callejero
sense:
Any domestic animal that has no enclosure nor proper place and company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.


lexentry: eng/stray__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stray
trans_list: descaminarse | descarriarse | extraviarse | perderse
sense:
(intransitive) To wander from company or outside proper limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray.


lexentry: eng/streak__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: streak
trans_list: trazo
sense:
The color of the powder of a mineral. So called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain.


lexentry: eng/streamer__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: streamer
trans_list: streamer
sense:
(Internet) A person who streams activities on their computer (especially video gaming) to a live online audience.


lexentry: eng/streaming__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: streaming
trans_list: streaming | transmisión
sense:
(computing) The transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data without first storing it.


lexentry: eng/streamline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: streamline
trans_list: línea de corriente
sense:
(physics) A line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow.


lexentry: eng/streamlined__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: streamlined
trans_list: aerodinámica
sense:
Designed to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid, especially by having sleek, graceful lines.


lexentry: eng/street-smart__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: street-smart
trans_list: espabilado | resabiado
sense:
Having practical rather than theoretical knowledge, like that learned on the streets rather than in the classroom.


lexentry: eng/street_market__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: street market
trans_list: feria
sense:
A temporary public market, normally set up outdoors on certain days of the week, often, but not always, in a street. Sometimes they can be found in a car park or in a market square.


lexentry: eng/street_organ__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: street organ
trans_list: organillo | organito
sense:
(musical instrument) A type of mechanically-played barrel organ designed to be played in the street.


lexentry: eng/street_urchin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: street urchin
trans_list: niño callejero | niño de la calle | gamín
sense:
(British, obsolescent) A child who lives, or spends most of his or her time, in the streets; sometimes a petty thief or pickpocket.


lexentry: eng/strength_training__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strength training
trans_list: entrenamiento de fuerza | fortalecimiento muscular
sense:
A form of exercise in which the goal is to increase the strength of muscles through low numbers of repetitions of an exercise performed with high resistance.


lexentry: eng/strengthen__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strengthen
trans_list: fortalecer
sense:
(transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.


lexentry: eng/streptococcus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: streptococcus
trans_list: estreptococo | streptococcus
sense:
A spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus. Although commonly found benignly in the human mouth and gut, and though many species are non-pathogenic, other species can cause diseases including strep throat and more serious conditions.


lexentry: eng/stress__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stress
trans_list: tensión
sense:
(countable, physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.


lexentry: eng/stress__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: stress
trans_list: énfasis
sense:
(uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).


lexentry: eng/stress_ball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stress ball
trans_list: bola antiestrés | pelota antiestrés
sense:
A small, malleable toy ball filled with soft material, used to relieve muscle tension in one's palm and hand and alleviate general feelings of anxiety.


lexentry: eng/stretch__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stretch
trans_list: exageración
sense:
A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.


lexentry: eng/stretch__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: stretch
trans_list: estirar
sense:
(intransitive, transitive) To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles


lexentry: eng/stretch_mark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stretch mark
trans_list: estría
sense:
(dermatology) Any of a series of red, irregular stripes on the surface of the skin caused by rapid growth of the tissues lying just underneath. They usually appear as a result of pregnancy, puberty or obesity, but can also be caused by rapid muscle growth.


lexentry: eng/stretching__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stretching
trans_list: estiramiento
sense:
A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone.


lexentry: eng/strew__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strew
trans_list: esparcir
sense:
(dated, except strewn) To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.


lexentry: eng/stridulate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stridulate
trans_list: estridular
sense:
(intransitive) To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together.


lexentry: eng/strike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strike
trans_list: strike
sense:
(baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.


lexentry: eng/strike__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: strike
trans_list: acuñar
sense:
(transitive) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.


lexentry: eng/strike_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: strike out
trans_list: ponchar
sense:
(ergative, baseball, softball) Of a batter, to be retired after three strikes (missed swings, as opposed to any other way of becoming "out"); of a pitcher, to cause this to happen to the batter.


lexentry: eng/strike_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strike up
trans_list: entablar
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To start something with somebody else, such as a conversation or relationship.


lexentry: eng/string__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: string
trans_list: cuerda
sense:
(musical instrument) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.


lexentry: eng/string__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: string
trans_list: cadena
sense:
(countable, programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.


lexentry: eng/string__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: string
trans_list: cuerda
sense:
(countable, physics) A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.


lexentry: eng/string_quartet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: string quartet
trans_list: cuarteto de cuerda
sense:
(music) A group of four musicians playing string instruments, usually two violins, a viola and a cello.


lexentry: eng/string_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: string theory
trans_list: teoría de cuerdas
sense:
(physics) A candidate unified theory of all physical forces and particles; a theory which suggests that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings rather than zero-dimensional points. It also suggests that space-time can have up to nine dimensions, plus the dimension of time.


lexentry: eng/string_trimmer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: string trimmer
trans_list: desbrozadora
sense:
(horticulture) A powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc., without damaging other objects.


lexentry: eng/stringer__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: stringer
trans_list: periodista
sense:
(journalism) A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.


lexentry: eng/strip__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: strip
trans_list: pelar
sense:
(transitive) To fire (a bullet or ball) from a rifle such that it fails to pick up a spin from the rifling.


lexentry: eng/strip_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: strip off
trans_list: desnudarse
sense:
(intransitive, British, Ireland, idiomatic) To remove all of one's clothes (or sometimes to remove all except underclothes, or figuratively).


lexentry: eng/striped_skunk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: striped skunk
trans_list: mofeta listada | mofeta rayada
sense:
A carnivore of the species Mephitis mephitis, known for the persistent pungent aroma of the scent it sprays when threatened.


lexentry: eng/stripling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stripling
trans_list: mozalbete
sense:
(archaic, also, attributive, sometimes, humorous) A young man in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. [from 14th c.].


lexentry: eng/stripper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stripper
trans_list: estriptisera | estriptista | bailadora exotica | cabaretista | estriptisero | table dancer
sense:
Someone who removes their clothing in a sexually provocative manner, especially as a form of paid entertainment.


lexentry: eng/stripper__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stripper
trans_list: separador
sense:
A tool used to strip tubing: to empty it by applying pressure to the outside of the tubing and moving that pressure along the tubing.


lexentry: eng/striptease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: striptease
trans_list: estriptis | estriptís | striptease
sense:
The act of slowly taking off one's clothes to sexually arouse the viewer, often accompanied by music and in exchange for money.


lexentry: eng/strobilus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strobilus
trans_list: estróbilo
sense:
(botany) Sensu strictissimo a more-or-less cone-shaped fruiting body of any of various vascular Pteridophyta, such as horsetail, that bear spores;


lexentry: eng/stroboscope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stroboscope
trans_list: estroboscopio
sense:
Instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals.


lexentry: eng/stroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stroke
trans_list: golpe | pincelada
sense:
(golf) A single act of striking at the ball with a club; also, at matchplay, a shot deducted from a player's score at a hole as a result of a handicapping system.


lexentry: eng/stroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stroke
trans_list: brazada
sense:
(swimming) A specific combination of movements of the arms and legs which, when repeated, causes the swimmer to advance through the water; also, the manner in which such movements are made; a swimming style.


lexentry: eng/stroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stroke
trans_list: remada
sense:
The movement of an oar or paddle through water, either the pull which actually propels the boat, or a single entire cycle of movement including the pull; also, the manner in which such movements are made; a rowing style.


lexentry: eng/stroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stroke
trans_list: trazo
sense:
(linguistics) A line making up a written character; specifically, a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean character.


lexentry: eng/stroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stroke
trans_list: trazo
sense:
A movement of a brush in painting, of a chisel in carving, of a pen, pencil, or such implement in drawing or writing, etc., in one direction; hence, a line or mark made on a surface by such an implement.


lexentry: eng/stroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: stroke
trans_list: apoplejía | ACV | accidente cerebro vascular | derrame | ictus
sense:
(medicine) The loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.


lexentry: eng/stroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: stroke
trans_list: pincelada
sense:
(music) A bow or pluck of a string or strings of a stringed instrument; also, the manner in which a musical instrument is played; hence, a melody, a tune.


lexentry: eng/stroke__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stroke
trans_list: caricia
sense:
An act of moving one's hand or an object along a surface in one direction, touching it lightly; a caress.


lexentry: eng/stroke__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stroke
trans_list: acariciar | rozar
sense:
To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.


