# translation

lexentry: eng/maraca__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: maraca
trans_list: maraca
sense:
(percussion instrument) A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs, as a rhythm instrument.


lexentry: eng/marble__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: marble
trans_list: canica | bolincha | bolita | balita | bola | bola de cristal
sense:
(uncountable, games) A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/marble__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: marble
trans_list: jaspear
sense:
(intransitive) To get or have the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example due to the incomplete mixing of viscous ingredients, or the uneven application of paint or other colorants.


lexentry: eng/marbled_polecat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marbled polecat
trans_list: turón búlgaro
sense:
Vormela peregusna, a polecat found from Eastern Europe to parts of China, with yellow and black markings on its back.


lexentry: eng/marcasite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marcasite
trans_list: marcasita | margajita
sense:
(mineral) The orthorhombic form of iron disulfide, FeS2, occurring as yellow crystals. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/march__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: march
trans_list: marca
sense:
(now, _, archaic, historical, often plural) A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.


lexentry: eng/march_to_the_beat_of_a_different_drum__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: march to the beat of a different drum
trans_list: marchar al ritmo de un diferente tambor
sense:
(idiomatic) To do things in one's own way regardless of societal norms and conventional expectations.


lexentry: eng/margarine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: margarine
trans_list: margarina
sense:
A spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter.


lexentry: eng/margarita__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: margarita
trans_list: margarita
sense:
A cocktail made with tequila, an orange-flavoured liqueur, and lemon or lime juice, often served with salt encrusted on the rim of the glass.


lexentry: eng/margin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: margin
trans_list: margen
sense:
(typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.


lexentry: eng/marginal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marginal
trans_list: marginal
sense:
(uncomparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).


lexentry: eng/marginal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: marginal
trans_list: inferior | marginal
sense:
(politics, chiefly, UK, Australia, NZ, of a constituency) Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election.


lexentry: eng/marginal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: marginal
trans_list: baldío | inferior
sense:
Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category.


lexentry: eng/marginal_cost__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marginal cost
trans_list: costo marginal
sense:
(economics) The increase in cost that accompanies a unit increase in output; the unit cost of that additional output; the partial derivative of the cost function with respect to output.


lexentry: eng/marginalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marginalize
trans_list: marginar
sense:
(transitive) To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise.


lexentry: eng/margrave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: margrave
trans_list: margrave
sense:
(historical) A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.


lexentry: eng/margrave__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: margrave
trans_list: margrave
sense:
(historical) A hereditary ruling prince in certain feudal states of the Holy Roman Empire and elsewhere; the titular equivalent became known as marquis or marquess.


lexentry: eng/marimba__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marimba
trans_list: marimba
sense:
(musical instrument) A percussion instrument with African origins, similar to a xylophone with resonators, but much lower in range and darker in timbre.


lexentry: eng/marinade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marinade
trans_list: marinada
sense:
A seasoned, often acidic liquid mixture in which food is marinated, or soaked, usually to flavor and prepare it for cooking.


lexentry: eng/marinate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marinate
trans_list: marinar | adobar
sense:
(ergative) To allow a sauce or flavoring mixture to absorb into something; to steep or soak something in a marinade to flavor or prepare it for cooking.


lexentry: eng/marine__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marine
trans_list: marino | marítimo
sense:
Belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.


lexentry: eng/marine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marine
trans_list: infante de marina | marino
sense:
(military, nautical) A soldier, normally a member of a marine corps, trained to serve on board or from a ship.


lexentry: eng/marine_corps__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marine corps
trans_list: infantería de marina
sense:
A military organization of marines, soldiers who are trained and equipped to fight on or from ships.


lexentry: eng/marine_mammal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marine mammal
trans_list: mamífero marino
sense:
A mammal which lives partly or wholly in the ocean, or at least is heavily dependent on the ocean for its lifestyle; such as cetaceans, sirenians, seals, the sea otter or the polar bear.


lexentry: eng/marital_status__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marital status
trans_list: estado civil
sense:
One of several discrete options describing a person's relationship with a significant other, such as single, married, divorced, widowed, civil union, domestic partnership, etc.


lexentry: eng/mark__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mark
trans_list: nota | calificación
sense:
A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/mark__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mark
trans_list: marca | mancha
sense:
A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/mark__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mark
trans_list: marco
sense:
(historical) A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.


lexentry: eng/mark__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mark
trans_list: marcar
sense:
To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).


lexentry: eng/mark__Verb__1
sense_num: 18
written_rep: mark
trans_list: calificar
sense:
(Canada, UK) To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).


lexentry: eng/mark__Verb__1
sense_num: 21
written_rep: mark
trans_list: marcar
sense:
(sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.


lexentry: eng/marker__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: marker
trans_list: marcador
sense:
(biology) A gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species.


lexentry: eng/marker__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: marker
trans_list: venero
sense:
(competition, _, law) A formal certification that a company was the first to approach a competition authority to reveal the existence of a cartel, generally entitling it to greater leniency during the cartel's dissolution and punishment.


lexentry: eng/market__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: market
trans_list: del mercado
sense:
A relatively spacious outdoor or covered site where traders set up stalls, either temporarily or permanently or semi-permanently, and buyers browse the merchandise.


lexentry: eng/market_basket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: market basket
trans_list: canasta de bienes
sense:
(economics) A list of items used specifically to track the progress of inflation in an economy or specific market.


lexentry: eng/market_economy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: market economy
trans_list: economía de mercado
sense:
An economy in which goods and services are exchanged in a market, as opposed to a state-controlled economy.


lexentry: eng/market_failure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: market failure
trans_list: fallo de mercado
sense:
(economics) A situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient.


lexentry: eng/market_price__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: market price
trans_list: precio de mercado
sense:
(economics) The price at which a product, financial instrument, service or other tradable item can be bought and sold at an open market; the going price.


lexentry: eng/market_segmentation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: market segmentation
trans_list: segmentación de mercados
sense:
(economics, marketing) The process of dividing a market into sub-groups of potential customers based on particular shared characteristics.


lexentry: eng/market_share__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: market share
trans_list: cuota de mercado | porción del mercado
sense:
The percentage of some market held by a company, country, (sub)sector or any other actor or aggregate.


lexentry: eng/market_value__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: market value
trans_list: valor de mercado
sense:
(finance) The price which a seller or insurer might reasonably expect to fetch for goods, services or securities on the open market.


lexentry: eng/marketing__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: marketing
trans_list: mercadotecnia | mercadeo | marketeo | marketineo | marketing | márketin
sense:
(uncountable) The promotion, distribution and selling of a product or service; the work of a marketer; includes market research and advertising.


lexentry: eng/markka__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: markka
trans_list: marco
sense:
A (Finnish) mark, the currency used in Finland before the introduction of the euro, consisting of 100 penni. Abbreviation FIM.


lexentry: eng/markup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: markup
trans_list: margen | margen lucroso | recargo | sobreprecio
sense:
The percentage or amount by which a seller hikes up his buy-in price when determining his selling price.


lexentry: eng/markup__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: markup
trans_list: anotaciones
sense:
(computing) The notation that is used to indicate the meaning of the elements in an electronic document, or to dictate how text should be displayed.


lexentry: eng/marl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marl
trans_list: marga
sense:
A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy.


lexentry: eng/marlin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marlin
trans_list: aguja | pez vela | picudo
sense:
Any species of game fish belonging to either of the genera Tetrapturus or Makaira, with a crested dorsal fin and a pointed, spear-like projection of the upper jaw.


lexentry: eng/marmoset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marmoset
trans_list: tití
sense:
Any small monkey, now specifically a Central and South American monkey of the genera Callithrix, Mico, Cebuella, and Callibella, with claws instead of nails, and a rather primitive layout. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/marmot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marmot
trans_list: marmota
sense:
Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.


lexentry: eng/maroon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: maroon
trans_list: cimarrón | quilombola | esclava cimarrona | esclavo cimarrón
sense:
An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/marquee__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: marquee
trans_list: alero
sense:
(US) A projecting canopy over an entrance, especially one with a sign that displays the name of the establishment or other information of it.


lexentry: eng/marquetry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marquetry
trans_list: marquetería
sense:
(uncountable, woodworking) A decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid into a wooden surface to form intricate designs.


lexentry: eng/marriage_agency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marriage agency
trans_list: agencia matrimonial
sense:
A business that endeavors to introduce men and women for the purpose of marriage, dating or penpals.


lexentry: eng/marriage_certificate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marriage certificate
trans_list: certificado de matrimonio
sense:
(law) An official record indicating that two individuals were legally married on the date of the certificate.


lexentry: eng/marriage_of_convenience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marriage of convenience
trans_list: matrimonio de conveniencia
sense:
A marriage motivated by some reason other than love; for example, one conducted to obtain residence rights in a country, for financial gain, or for political purposes.


lexentry: eng/marry__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marry
trans_list: casar | casarse | casarse con
sense:
(intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/marry__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: marry
trans_list: casar | casarse
sense:
(transitive) To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/marsh_mallow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marsh mallow
trans_list: malvavisco
sense:
A European species of plant in the mallow family, Althaea officinalis, historically used medicinally and the source of what became the modern marshmallow confection (which no longer contains the plant).


lexentry: eng/marshal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marshal
trans_list: mariscal
sense:
(historical) A high-ranking officer in the household of a medieval prince or lord, who was originally in charge of the cavalry and later the military forces in general.


lexentry: eng/marshal__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: marshal
trans_list: mariscal
sense:
A military officer of the highest rank in several countries, including France and the former Soviet Union; equivalent to a general of the army in the United States. See also field marshal.


lexentry: eng/marshmallow__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: marshmallow
trans_list: malvavisco | bombón | carlotina | espumilla | marshmallow | marsmalow
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A type of confectionery, originally (since Ancient Egyptian times) made from this plant, but now generally made of sugar or corn syrup, gelatin that has been presoftened in water, gum arabic, flavorings, and sometimes beaten egg whites, all whipped to a spongy consistency. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/marshrutka__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marshrutka
trans_list: marshrutka
sense:
(Russia, _, &, _, nearby, _, countries) Synonym of shared taxi in former Soviet contexts, particularly a minibus on fixed routes.


lexentry: eng/marsupial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marsupial
trans_list: marsupial
sense:
Any member of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia, including those where the female has a pouch in which it rears its young through early infancy, such as kangaroos, koalas, wombats and opossums, as well as the pouchless shrew opossums.


lexentry: eng/marsupialization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marsupialization
trans_list: marsupialización
sense:
(surgery) The surgical technique of cutting a slit into a cyst and suturing its edges to form a continuous surface from the exterior to the interior of the cyst, allowing it to drain freely.


lexentry: eng/martial_art__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: martial art
trans_list: arte marcial
sense:
Any of several fighting styles which contain systematized methods of training for combat, both armed and unarmed; often practiced as a sport, e.g. boxing, karate, judo, silat, wrestling, or Muay Thai.


lexentry: eng/martial_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: martial law
trans_list: ley marcial
sense:
Rule by military authorities, especially when imposed on a civilian population in time of war or other crisis, or in an occupied territory.


lexentry: eng/martin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: martin
trans_list: avión
sense:
Many of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.


lexentry: eng/martini__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: martini
trans_list: martini
sense:
(sometimes, proscribed) Any cocktail served in a cocktail glass, often sweet or fruity and aimed at women.


lexentry: eng/martyr__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: martyr
trans_list: mártir
sense:
One who willingly accepts being put to death or willingly accepts challenging and exposing iniquity done to oneself for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after red martyrdom.


lexentry: eng/martyr__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: martyr
trans_list: mártir
sense:
(by extension) One who sacrifices their life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause.


lexentry: eng/martyr__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: martyr
trans_list: mártir
sense:
(with a prepositional phrase of cause) One who suffers greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily.


lexentry: eng/martyr__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: martyr
trans_list: martirizar
sense:
(transitive) To make someone into a martyr by putting them to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.


lexentry: eng/martyrdom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: martyrdom
trans_list: martirio
sense:
The condition of a martyr; the death or suffering of a martyr; the death or suffering on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause.


lexentry: eng/martyrology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: martyrology
trans_list: martirologio
sense:
(Roman Catholicism, often, _, capitalized) A liturgical calendar of days for the commemoration of formally recognized saints, usually including some biographical notes.


lexentry: eng/marvel_of_Peru__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: marvel of Peru
trans_list: dondiego de noche | maravilla
sense:
Mirabilis jalapa, an ornamental flowering plant from the Americas, used until the 19th century also medicinally.


lexentry: eng/marzpanate__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: marzpanate
trans_list: marzpanato
sense:
(historical, usually, capitalized) the period in Armenian history after the fall of the Arshakuni Dynasty of Armenia in 428, when the eastern part of Armenia was governed as a marzpanate by Sassanian-nominated marzpans


lexentry: eng/masala_chai__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: masala chai
trans_list: bodega
sense:
A South Asian beverage of black tea brewed in milk and water and then sweetened with sugar, with the addition of aromatic herbs and spices.


lexentry: eng/mascaron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mascaron
trans_list: mascarón
sense:
(architectural element) A carved, ornamental face, either human-like or grotesque, whose alleged function was originally to frighten away evil spirits so that they would not enter the building.


lexentry: eng/mascot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mascot
trans_list: mascota
sense:
Something, especially a person or animal, used to symbolize a sports team, company, organization or other group.


lexentry: eng/mash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mash
trans_list: malta remojada | mezcla
sense:
(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.


lexentry: eng/mash__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mash
trans_list: amasijo | malta remojada
sense:
(brewing) Ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.


lexentry: eng/mashed_potatoes__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mashed potatoes
trans_list: puré de patatas | puré de papa | puré de papas
sense:
(uncountable, or, in the plural) A dish consisting of potatoes that have been boiled, mashed to a pulpy consistency, and mixed with such ingredients as butter or milk.


lexentry: eng/mashup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mashup
trans_list: mezcla
sense:
(chiefly, computing, slang) A derivative work consisting of two or more pieces of (generally digital) media joined together, such as a video clip with a different soundtrack applied for humorous effect, or a map overlaid with user-supplied data.


lexentry: eng/mashup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mashup
trans_list: mezcla | mezcladiza
sense:
(music, slang) A remix created by combining two or more songs from different artists into one piece of music.


lexentry: eng/mask__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: mask
trans_list: mascarada
sense:
(obsolete) A dramatic performance in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.


lexentry: eng/mask__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: mask
trans_list: máscara
sense:
(architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like.


lexentry: eng/mask__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: mask
trans_list: capa
sense:
(computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.


lexentry: eng/mask__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mask
trans_list: enmascarar
sense:
(transitive) To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.


lexentry: eng/masked_lapwing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: masked lapwing
trans_list: avefría militar
sense:
A large, common and conspicuous species of lapwing native to Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea, Vanellus miles.


lexentry: eng/masking_tape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: masking tape
sense:
A pressure-sensitive tape made of a thin and easy-to-tear paper characterized by its ease of removal, not leaving adhesive behind. It is used mainly in painting, to mask off areas that should not be painted.

trans_list:
cinta de enmascarar | cinta adhesiva protectora | cinta de carrocero | cinta de pintor | cinta masking | cinta másking


lexentry: eng/masochist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: masochist
trans_list: masoquista
sense:
Someone who enjoys pain or humiliation, or who derives pleasure from harming oneself or being harmed by others.


lexentry: eng/masquerade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: masquerade
trans_list: mascarada
sense:
An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.


lexentry: eng/masquerade__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: masquerade
trans_list: mascarada
sense:
(figuratively) An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.


lexentry: eng/mass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mass
trans_list: masa
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills.


lexentry: eng/mass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mass
trans_list: masa
sense:
(physics) A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram.


lexentry: eng/mass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mass
trans_list: masa | pella
sense:
A quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.


lexentry: eng/mass_defect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mass defect
trans_list: defecto de masa
sense:
(physics) the difference between the mass of an atom and the sum of the masses of its individual components in the free state; equivalent to the binding energy


lexentry: eng/mass_extinction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mass extinction
trans_list: extinción masiva
sense:
(evolutionary theory, geology) A sharp decrease in the total number of species in a relatively short period of time; specifically, a loss of ∼75% of all species on the planet over a geologically interval of less than 3 million years, as a result of a mass extinction event.


lexentry: eng/mass_hysteria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mass hysteria
trans_list: histeria colectiva
sense:
(psychology) The sociopsychological phenomenon in which a large group of people exhibit the same or similar hysterical symptoms simultaneously.


lexentry: eng/mass_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mass line
trans_list: línea de masas
sense:
(China, politics) The policy of consulting the masses, interpreting their suggestions within the framework of Marxism-Leninism, and then enforcing the resulting policies, as introduced by the Chinese Communist Party.


lexentry: eng/mass_media__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mass media
trans_list: medios de comunicación de masas | medios comunicacionales masivos | medios masivos comunicativos
sense:
Collectively, the communications media, especially television, radio, and newspapers, that reach the mass of the people.


lexentry: eng/mass_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mass number
trans_list: número másico | número de masa
sense:
(physics, physical chemistry) The total number of protons and neutrons in an atomic nucleus. Symbol: A


lexentry: eng/mass_shooting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mass shooting
trans_list: balacera en masa | baleadura masificada | tiroteo masivo
sense:
(chiefly, US, crime) The shooting of multiple people over a short period of time, particularly when there are many victims and in which the victims are targeted indiscriminately.


lexentry: eng/massacre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: massacre
trans_list: masacre
sense:
The killing of a considerable number (usually limited to people) where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and/or contrary to civilized norms.


lexentry: eng/massacre__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: massacre
trans_list: masacrar
sense:
(transitive) To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms. (Often limited to the killing of human beings.)


lexentry: eng/massage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: massage
trans_list: masaje
sense:
The action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches.


lexentry: eng/massage__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: massage
trans_list: masajear
sense:
(transitive) To rub and knead (someone's body or a part of a body), to perform a massage on (somebody).


lexentry: eng/masseter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: masseter
trans_list: masetero
sense:
(muscle) The large muscle which runs through the rear part of the cheek from the temporal bone to the lower jaw on each side, raises the lower jaw, and assists in mastication.


lexentry: eng/massicot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: massicot
trans_list: masicote
sense:
(chemistry) lead monoxide, PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, the fused and crystalline form of which is called litharge; lead ocher. It is used as a pigment; also, lead oxide yellow, as opposed to red lead, which is lead tetroxide Pb3O4.


lexentry: eng/massify__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: massify
trans_list: masificar
sense:
(transitive, and, intransitive, anthropology) To become, or cause to become, oriented toward mass production, mass consumption, and high throughput rather than individuality.


lexentry: eng/massively_multiplayer_online_role-playing_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: massively multiplayer online role-playing game
trans_list: videojuego de rol multijugador masivo en línea
sense:
An online computer role-playing game in which a large number of players can interact with one another.


lexentry: eng/mast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mast
trans_list: mástil | palo
sense:
(nautical, communications, aviation) A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails or observation platforms on a ship, the main rotor of a helicopter, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment, such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires (except in the case of a helicopter). [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/mast__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mast
trans_list: mástil
sense:
The fruit of forest-trees (beech, oak, chestnut, pecan, etc.), especially if having fallen from the tree, used as fodder for pigs and other animals. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/mastaba__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mastaba
trans_list: mastaba
sense:
(architecture) A rectangular structure with a flat top and slightly sloping sides, built during Ancient Egyptian times above tombs that were situated on flat land. Mastabas were made of wood, mud bricks, stone, or a combination of these materials. Some are solid structures, while others can contain one or more rooms, sometimes decorated with paintings or inscriptions.


lexentry: eng/master's_degree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: master's degree
trans_list: maestría | máster
sense:
A postgraduate degree which aims to assist students in developing a mastery for a particular academic field or profession.


lexentry: eng/master__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: master
trans_list: joven amo | señorito
sense:
(legal) A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.


lexentry: eng/master__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: master
trans_list: dominar
sense:
(transitive) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.


lexentry: eng/master_of_ceremonies__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: master of ceremonies
trans_list: animador | presentador | maestro de ceremonias
sense:
Someone who conducts a programme of varied entertainment, for example by introducing performers to the audience.


lexentry: eng/mastermind__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mastermind
trans_list: cerebro | mente maestra
sense:
(idiomatic) A person responsible for the highest level of planning and execution of a major operation.


lexentry: eng/masterpiece__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: masterpiece
trans_list: obra maestra
sense:
A piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career.


lexentry: eng/masterwort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: masterwort
trans_list: imperatoria
sense:
Peucedanum ostruthium, an umbelliferous plant grown in gardens, formerly much used for medicinal purposes. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/masthead__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: masthead
trans_list: cañón
sense:
(UK, AU) The title (normally in a large and distinctive font) of a newspaper or other periodical at the top of the front page; (by extension) the publication itself or the rights to it.


lexentry: eng/mastiff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mastiff
trans_list: mastín | alano | dogo
sense:
One of an old breed of powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dogs, used chiefly as watchdogs and guard dogs.


lexentry: eng/mastodon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mastodon
trans_list: mastodonte
sense:
Extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus †Mammut that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differs from elephants and mammoths in the form of the molar teeth.


lexentry: eng/mastoid_process__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mastoid process
trans_list: apófisis mastoides
sense:
(anatomy) The conical, nipplelike projection of the petrous part of the temporal bone, that is situated behind the ear in humans and many other vertebrates, and serves as a site of muscle attachment.


lexentry: eng/masturbate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: masturbate
trans_list: masturbar | masturbarse
sense:
(intransitive) To stimulate oneself sexually, especially by use of one’s hand or a sex toy made for this purpose, often to the point of ejaculation or orgasm.


lexentry: eng/masturbatorium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: masturbatorium
trans_list: masturbatorium
sense:
(US, rare) A room in which a person masturbates; for example, a private room in a clinic where a sperm donor masturbates to produce semen.


lexentry: eng/mat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mat
trans_list: felpudo | alfombrilla
sense:
A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.


lexentry: eng/match__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: match
trans_list: partido
sense:
(sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet (commonly called a "bout"), a baseball game, or a cricket match.


lexentry: eng/match__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: match
trans_list: cerilla | fósforo | cerillo | mixto | misto | velilla
sense:
A device made of wood or paper, having the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.


lexentry: eng/match_fixing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: match fixing
trans_list: amaño de partidos
sense:
(sports) The act of losing, or playing to a pre-determined result, in sports matches after betting against oneself.


lexentry: eng/match_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: match point
trans_list: balón de partido
sense:
(sports, tennis) A state in a game where a player can win the entire match by winning the next point. Often used in tennis.


lexentry: eng/mate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mate
trans_list: compañero | socio
sense:
A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.


lexentry: eng/mate__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mate
trans_list: colega | mano
sense:
(colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) A friend, usually of the same sex.


lexentry: eng/mate__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: mate
trans_list: compañero | socio
sense:
(nautical) In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).


lexentry: eng/mateine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mateine
trans_list: mateína
sense:
(organic compound) A hypothetical xanthine alkaloid said to be found in maté, supposed to resemble caffeine.


lexentry: eng/material__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: material
trans_list: material
sense:
(logic) Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, as distinguished from the form of it, especially empirical.


lexentry: eng/material__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: material
trans_list: material
sense:
Relating to or concerned with what is purely physical rather than intellectual or spiritual, especially excessively so; materialistic.


lexentry: eng/material__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: material
trans_list: material | menaje
sense:
A basic matter (as metal, wood, plastic, fiber, etc.) from which the whole or the greater part of something physical (as a machine,


lexentry: eng/material__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: material
trans_list: menaje | material
sense:
(sometimes, collective, preceded by a qualifying word) A person, or people collectively, who are qualified or suited for a certain position or activity.


lexentry: eng/material__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: material
trans_list: material | menaje
sense:
Something (as data, observations, perceptions or ideas) that may be incorporated, elaborated or otherwise reworked into a finished form or new form, or may serve as the basis for arriving at interpretations, judgments or conclusions.


lexentry: eng/material__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: material
trans_list: menaje | material
sense:
The elements, constituents or substance of which something physical or non-physical composed of or can be made of.


lexentry: eng/materialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: materialism
trans_list: materialismo
sense:
Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.


lexentry: eng/maternal_grandfather__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: maternal grandfather
trans_list: abuelo materno
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see maternal,‎ grandfather. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/maternal_grandmother__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: maternal grandmother
trans_list: abuela materna
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see maternal,‎ grandmother. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/maternalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: maternalism
trans_list: instinto maternal
sense:
The treatment of people in a motherly manner, especially by caring for them as a mother would care for her children.


lexentry: eng/mathematical_analysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mathematical analysis
trans_list: análisis matemático
sense:
(mathematics) The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals.


lexentry: eng/mathematical_space__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mathematical space
trans_list: espacio
sense:
(topology) A set (a "universe") that consists of selected mathematical objects that are treated as points, and selected relationships between them.


lexentry: eng/mathematics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mathematics
trans_list: matemáticas | matemática
sense:
An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them.


lexentry: eng/mathematics__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mathematics
trans_list: matemáticas | matemática
sense:
A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.


lexentry: eng/matins__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: matins
trans_list: maitines
sense:
Together with lauds, the earliest of the canonical hours; traditionally prayed at sunrise or earlier.


lexentry: eng/matriculate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: matriculate
trans_list: matricularse
sense:
(intransitive, stative) To be enrolled as a member of a body, especially of a college or university.


lexentry: eng/matrix__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: matrix
trans_list: matriz
sense:
(mathematics) A rectangular arrangement of numbers or terms having various uses such as transforming coordinates in geometry, solving systems of linear equations in linear algebra and representing graphs in graph theory.


lexentry: eng/matter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: matter
trans_list: asunto | cuestión
sense:
(philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.


lexentry: eng/matter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: matter
trans_list: materia | cuestión | asunto | punto | tema
sense:
An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.


lexentry: eng/matter__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: matter
trans_list: importar
sense:
(transitive, in negative constructions, now, England, _, regional, Caribbean) To care about, to mind; to find important. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mattress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mattress
trans_list: colchón
sense:
A pad on which a person can recline and sleep, usually having an inner section of coiled springs covered with foam or other cushioning material then enclosed with cloth fabric.


lexentry: eng/matura__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: matura
trans_list: bachillerato
sense:
A final exam that young adults (aged 18 or 19) take at the end of their secondary education in certain European countries.


lexentry: eng/mature__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: mature
trans_list: madurar
sense:
(intransitive, of a person) To proceed toward or become mature or full-grown, either physically or psychologically; to gain experience or wisdom with age.


lexentry: eng/maturity_date__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: maturity date
trans_list: vencimiento
sense:
(finance) The date on which a principal amount of a note, draft, acceptance bond, or other debt instrument becomes due or payable.


lexentry: eng/maudlin__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: maudlin
trans_list: sensiblero | llorica | llorón
sense:
Affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/maundy__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: maundy
trans_list: lavatorio | mandato
sense:
(Christianity) The ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors, performed as a religious rite on Maundy Thursday in commemoration of Christ's washing the disciples' feet at the Last Supper.


lexentry: eng/maven__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: maven
trans_list: entendida | entendido
sense:
(chiefly, US) An expert in a given field; also, a person who is interested in and knowledgeable about a particular activity or thing; an aficionado.


lexentry: eng/maw-worm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: maw-worm
trans_list: ascáride
sense:
Any of several parasitic worms which infest the mammalian stomach and intestines, especially a nematode.


lexentry: eng/maw__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: maw
trans_list: fauces
sense:
The upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a fearsome and ravenous creature; craw.


lexentry: eng/maxilla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: maxilla
trans_list: maxila
sense:
(skeleton) Either of the two bones that lie with one on each side of the upper jaw lateral to the premaxilla and that in higher vertebrates bear most of the teeth.


lexentry: eng/maxilliped__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: maxilliped
trans_list: maxilípedo
sense:
One of the appendages on the heads of centipedes and some crustaceans behind the maxillae, used for feeding. The maxillipeds, known as forcipules, give centipedes their scientific name, Chilopoda (lip-foot).


lexentry: eng/maximum__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: maximum
trans_list: máximo | máximum
sense:
(mathematics) The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.


lexentry: eng/maximum__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: maximum
trans_list: máximum
sense:
(statistics) The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution.


lexentry: eng/may__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: may
trans_list: poder
sense:
(modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/may__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: may
trans_list: que | ojalá que
sense:
(subjunctive present, defective, chiefly, poetic) Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/maybe__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: maybe
trans_list: quizá | quizás | tal vez | acaso | capaz | igual
sense:
(as a pro-sentence) Perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement).


lexentry: eng/mayflower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mayflower
trans_list: espino | majuelo
sense:
Any of several plants that flower in May - especially the hawthorn (in Britain) and the trailing arbutus (in the US).


lexentry: eng/mayfly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mayfly
trans_list: efímera | cachipolla
sense:
Any of the many fragile insects of the order Ephemeroptera that develop in fresh water and live very briefly as winged adults.


lexentry: eng/mayhem__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mayhem
trans_list: mutilación criminal
sense:
(legal) The maiming of a person by depriving them of the use of any of their limbs which are necessary for defense or protection.


lexentry: eng/mayor_of_the_palace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mayor of the palace
trans_list: alcalde
sense:
(historical) In the Merovingian kingdoms, the king’s steward and, by the 7th century, de facto regent.


lexentry: eng/mayoralty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mayoralty
trans_list: alcaldía
sense:
The office of a mayor, or the tenure during which a particular mayor holds office, where the time span may encompass one term or multiple terms.


lexentry: eng/maze__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: maze
trans_list: laberinto
sense:
A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way through.


lexentry: eng/mazel_tov__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mazel tov
trans_list: mazal tov | mazel tov
sense:
(in a, _, Jewish, _, context) Used to express congratulations or good wishes, especially at weddings.


lexentry: eng/mazurka__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mazurka
trans_list: mazurca
sense:
(music) A Polish folk dance in triple time, usually moderately fast, containing a heavy accent on the third beat and occasionally the second beat.


lexentry: eng/mazurka__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mazurka
trans_list: mazurca
sense:
(music) A classical musical composition inspired by the folk dance and conforming in some respects to its form, particularly as popularized by Chopin.


lexentry: eng/mazut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mazut
trans_list: gasóleo
sense:
(petrochemistry) A grade of heavy fuel oil used in industry and also sometimes used in lieu of home heating oil.


lexentry: eng/me__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: me
trans_list: yo
sense:
(nonstandard, not with a conjunction) As the subject of a verb. Sometimes used to indicate or imitate limited English fluency.


lexentry: eng/me_neither__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: me neither
trans_list: yo tampoco
sense:
(colloquial) Used to say that a negative-containing statement of the previous speaker applies to the speaker as well.


lexentry: eng/meadow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meadow
trans_list: prado | vega | pastizal | herbazal | hierbazal | yerbazal
sense:
A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.


lexentry: eng/meadowlark__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: meadowlark
trans_list: chirlobirlo | pradero
sense:
Any of several songbirds of the genera Sturnella and Leistes, native to the Americas. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/meal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meal
trans_list: comida | pitanza | condumio | vianda
sense:
(countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).


lexentry: eng/meal__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meal
trans_list: harina
sense:
The ground-up edible part of various grains, used as a basis of food or feed; either flour or a coarser blend than flour (usage varies).


lexentry: eng/meal_ticket__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: meal ticket
trans_list: primo
sense:
(idiomatic) Someone or something that provides income or livelihood, especially as an exploited source.


lexentry: eng/meals_on_wheels__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meals on wheels
trans_list: vianda
sense:
A service that delivers food to those unable to cook for themselves, such as the elderly and people with disabilities.


lexentry: eng/mean__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mean
trans_list: media | medio | recurso
sense:
Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/mean__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: mean
trans_list: media | medio | recurso
sense:
(statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/mean__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mean
trans_list: destinar
sense:
(transitive, usually in passive) To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/mean__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mean
trans_list: decir / hablar en serio
sense:
(transitive) To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says). [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/mean_free_path__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mean free path
trans_list: camino libre medio
sense:
(physics) The average distance travelled between two similar events; especially by molecules in a gas or liquid, electrons or phonons in a crystal or neutrons in a moderator.


lexentry: eng/mean_value_theorem__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mean value theorem
trans_list: teorema del valor medio
sense:
(calculus, uncountable) The theorem that for any real-valued function that is differentiable on an interval, there is a point in that interval where the derivative of the curve equals the slope of the straight line between the graphed function values at the interval's end points.


lexentry: eng/meander__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: meander
trans_list: meandro
sense:
(geography) One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse


lexentry: eng/meaning_of_life__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meaning of life
trans_list: sentido de la vida
sense:
(philosophy, religion) A hypothetical answer to all of life's ultimate questions; the purpose or raison d'être of human life.


lexentry: eng/means_of_production__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: means of production
trans_list: medios de producción
sense:
(economics, Marxism) The combination of the means of labor, such as machines, tools, and equipment, and the subject of labor used by workers to make products.


lexentry: eng/measles__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: measles
trans_list: sarampión
sense:
(disease) An acute and highly contagious disease which often afflicts children caused by the virus Measles morbillivirus and causing red rashes, fever, runny nose, coughing, and red eyes.


lexentry: eng/measure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: measure
trans_list: medida
sense:
(mathematics, measure theory) A function which obeys a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize and rigorize the notions of length, volume, and probability. Formally, a non-negative, countably additive set function on a sigma-algebra; see w:Measure (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/measure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: measure
trans_list: medida | regla
sense:
The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.) [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/measure__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: measure
trans_list: compás | medida
sense:
(music) A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/measure__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: measure
trans_list: medir | mensurar
sense:
To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.


lexentry: eng/measure__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: measure
trans_list: medir
sense:
(often with out or off) To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with.


lexentry: eng/measure__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: measure
trans_list: medir
sense:
(transitive) To regulate or control (one's actions, speech, etc.), as if one were carefully measuring their length or quantity.


lexentry: eng/measure_of_central_tendency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: measure of central tendency
trans_list: medida de tendencia central
sense:
(statistics, probability) A measure of location for a batch, a sample, or a distribution characterizing a value around which are spread the members or the distribution.


lexentry: eng/measure_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: measure out
trans_list: mensurar
sense:
To measure an amount or quantity or size that is needed or wanted, to mark the dimensions of something.


lexentry: eng/measure_word__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: measure word
trans_list: clasificador | cuantificador | palabra de medida
sense:
(linguistics) A word or morpheme used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns, used especially in Asian languages.


lexentry: eng/measuring_spoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: measuring spoon
trans_list: cuchara medidora
sense:
A kitchen utensil used primarily to measure small volumes of liquid or bulk solid cooking ingredients.


lexentry: eng/meatloaf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meatloaf
trans_list: pastel de carne | carne de molde | hogaza carnal | hogaza carnosa | hogaza cárnica | pan de carne
sense:
A dish of ground meat (usually made from ground beef, although lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used) formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.


lexentry: eng/meatotomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meatotomy
trans_list: meatotomía
sense:
(surgery) A form of penile modification in which the underside of the glans is split, sometimes performed to alleviate meatal stenosis or urethral stricture.


lexentry: eng/mechanic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mechanic
trans_list: mecánico | mecánica
sense:
Someone who builds or repairs machinery, a technician; now specifically, someone who works with and repairs the mechanical parts of a motor vehicle, aircraft or similar. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mechanical_engineering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mechanical engineering
trans_list: ingeniería mecánica
sense:
(engineering) The subfield of engineering concerned with designing and building machines and mechanical systems.


lexentry: eng/mechanical_pencil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mechanical pencil
trans_list: portaminas | lapicero | lápiz mecánico
sense:
(North America) A pencil with a replaceable and mechanically extendable lead that wears away with use, designed to provide lines of constant thickness without requiring sharpening, and typically featuring a small eraser at the end opposite the tip.


lexentry: eng/mechanism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mechanism
trans_list: mecanismo
sense:
(within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.


lexentry: eng/mechanized_cavalry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mechanized cavalry
trans_list: caballería mecanizada
sense:
The branch of the modern military that is transported by light fast vehicles (including jeeps and helicopters), now serving the function historically provided by a horse cavalry.


lexentry: eng/mechatronics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mechatronics
trans_list: mecatrónica | ingeniería mecatrónica
sense:
The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.


lexentry: eng/meconium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meconium
trans_list: alhorre | meconio
sense:
(medicine) A dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first feces of the newborn.


lexentry: eng/meddlesome__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meddlesome
trans_list: entremetido | entrometido | entrépito | intrusete | meterete | metiche
sense:
Characterized or marked by meddling; inclined or having a tendency to meddle or interfere in other people's business.


lexentry: eng/media__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: media
trans_list: medios
sense:
(often, treated as, _, uncountable) Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.


lexentry: eng/media__Noun__3
sense_num: 03
written_rep: media
trans_list: medios | medios de comunicación | prensa
sense:
(usually, with a definite article; often treated as, _, uncountable) The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.


lexentry: eng/media_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: media studies
trans_list: ciencias de la communicación
sense:
Academic discipline that deals with the content, history, meaning and effects of various media, in particular mass media.


lexentry: eng/medial_rectus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medial rectus
trans_list: músculo recto medial | recto medial
sense:
(muscle) The broadest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the medial aspect of the sclera.


lexentry: eng/median__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: median
trans_list: mediano
sense:
(anatomy, botany) In the middle of an organ, structure etc.; towards the median plane of an organ or limb. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/median__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: median
trans_list: mediana
sense:
(statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/median_nerve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: median nerve
trans_list: nervio mediano
sense:
(anatomy) A nerve in the upper limb in humans and other animals, formed from parts of the medial and lateral cords of the brachial plexus, and compression of which in the carpal tunnel of the wrist causes carpal tunnel syndrome.


lexentry: eng/mediastinum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mediastinum
trans_list: mediastino
sense:
(anatomy) The region in mammals between the pleural sacs, containing the heart and all of the thoracic viscera except the lungs.


lexentry: eng/mediate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mediate
trans_list: mediar | terciar
sense:
(intransitive) To intervene between conflicting parties in order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement.


lexentry: eng/mediatize__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mediatize
trans_list: mediatizar
sense:
To filter (an event etc.) through the mass media; to exploit (something or someone) for media exposure; to propagandize via social media. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/medical_certificate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medical certificate
trans_list: certificado médico
sense:
A statement from a physician or other health care provider that attests to the result of a medical examination of a patient.


lexentry: eng/medical_doctor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medical doctor
trans_list: médica
sense:
A physician; a person who holds a doctoral degree or first professional degree in medicine, and practices in that profession.


lexentry: eng/medical_history__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medical history
trans_list: historial médico
sense:
Details of a patient's previous medical experiences, such as existing comorbidities, past infections, operations undergone, and medications taken.


lexentry: eng/medical_tourism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medical tourism
trans_list: turismo de salud | turismo médico | turismo sanitario
sense:
(pejorative) Travelling across international borders, generally from a rich country to a poor country, to deliver healthcare, often on a temporary basis.


lexentry: eng/medicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medicine
trans_list: medicina | medicamento | fármaco | remedio
sense:
(uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.


lexentry: eng/medicine_ball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medicine ball
trans_list: balón de gimnasia | balón de medicina | balón medicinal
sense:
A large, heavy sphere of leather, plastic or rubber etc. filled with sand or similar, and used for athletic training or physical rehabilitation.


lexentry: eng/medick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medick
trans_list: alfalfa
sense:
Any of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc.


lexentry: eng/mediocrity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mediocrity
trans_list: mediocridad | medianía
sense:
(uncountable) The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.


lexentry: eng/mediterranean_sea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mediterranean sea
trans_list: mar mediterráneo
sense:
(oceanography) A mostly enclosed sea that has limited exchange of deep water with outer oceans, and where the water circulation is dominated by salinity and temperature differences rather than winds.


lexentry: eng/medium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medium
trans_list: medio
sense:
The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.


lexentry: eng/medium__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: medium
trans_list: mitad
sense:
(microbiology) A nutrient substance, commonly a solution or solid, for the growth of cells in vitro.


lexentry: eng/medium__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: medium
trans_list: médium
sense:
(countable, spiritualism, plural mediums or (rare, nonstandard) media) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.


lexentry: eng/medium_rare__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medium rare
trans_list: al punto
sense:
(of cooking, particularly meats) Cooked somewhat lightly, so the meat is no longer red, but is not brown (in the case of beef); cooked to a degree between rare and medium.


lexentry: eng/medlar__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: medlar
trans_list: níspero | níspero (europeo)
sense:
Any tree of the genus Mespilus, now Crataegus sect. Mespilus, including many species now in other genera.


lexentry: eng/medusa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medusa
trans_list: medusa
sense:
(zoology) A jellyfish; specifically, a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/meerkat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meerkat
trans_list: suricata | suricato
sense:
Suricata suricatta, a small carnivorous mammal of the mongoose family, from the Kalahari Desert, known for its habit of standing on its hind legs.


lexentry: eng/meet__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: meet
trans_list: encontrar | conocer | encontrarse | satisfacer | cumplir con | llenar
sense:
To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.


lexentry: eng/meet_one's_Waterloo__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meet one's Waterloo
trans_list: a todo cerdo le llega su san Martín
sense:
To be decisively defeated by an encounter with a powerful opponent or a problem that is too difficult.


lexentry: eng/meet_one's_match__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meet one's match
trans_list: encontrar la horma de su zapato
sense:
To be opposed by someone of comparable strength and ability to oneself; to be defeated by such an opponent.


lexentry: eng/mefenamic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mefenamic acid
trans_list: ácido mefenámico
sense:
(carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to treat pain, including menstrual pain.


lexentry: eng/mega-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mega-
trans_list: mega-
sense:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (106.) SI Symbol: M.


lexentry: eng/megadeath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: megadeath
trans_list: megamuerte
sense:
One million deaths, especially as a unit of measure for estimating deaths due to nuclear warfare. [from mid 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/megafarad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: megafarad
trans_list: megafaradio
sense:
(physics, obsolete) A unit of quantity of electric charge; the quantity of electricity flowing through a one megohm resistor when driven by an electromotive force of one volt for one second.


lexentry: eng/megalomania__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: megalomania
trans_list: megalomanía
sense:
A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.


lexentry: eng/megalopolis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: megalopolis
trans_list: megalópolis
sense:
A large conurbation, where two or more large cities have sprawled outward to meet, forming something larger than a normal metropolis.


lexentry: eng/megamouth_shark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: megamouth shark
trans_list: tiburón boquiancho
sense:
A rare species of deepwater shark, Megachasma pelagios, a filter-feeder, swimming with its large mouth wide open to capture plankton and jellyfish.


lexentry: eng/megaphone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: megaphone
trans_list: megáfono
sense:
A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.


lexentry: eng/megapode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: megapode
trans_list: megápodo
sense:
Any of several chicken- or turkey-like birds in the family Megapodiidae, which incubate their eggs by burying them where they receive warmth from decaying vegetation, solar radiation or geothermal heat. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/megatsunami__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: megatsunami
trans_list: megatsunami
sense:
(oceanography) An extremely large tsunami-like wave caused by an avalanche or landslide displacing large amounts of water very quickly.


lexentry: eng/megawatt-hour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: megawatt-hour
trans_list: megavatio-hora
sense:
A unit of energy, especially of electrical energy, equal to that done by one megawatt acting for one hour (abbreviation: MWh).


lexentry: eng/megrim__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: megrim
trans_list: gallo | gallo del norte
sense:
A flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean; specifically, a Cornish sole, sail-fluke, witch or whiff (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis).


lexentry: eng/meibomian_gland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meibomian gland
trans_list: glándula de Meibomio
sense:
(ophthalmology, anatomy) A sebaceous gland at the rim of the eyelids, responsible for the production of meibum.


lexentry: eng/meiosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: meiosis
trans_list: meiosis
sense:
(usually, uncountable, cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.


lexentry: eng/melancholic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: melancholic
trans_list: melancólico
sense:
Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.


lexentry: eng/melanin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: melanin
trans_list: melanina
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of a group of naturally occurring dark pigments, especially the pigment found in skin, hair, fur, and feathers.


lexentry: eng/melanism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: melanism
trans_list: melanismo
sense:
Congenital abundance or excess of melanin pigmentation in the skin, hair, feathers and/or eyes, more than is typical for the species.


lexentry: eng/melanoma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: melanoma
trans_list: melanoma
sense:
(oncology, disease) A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.


lexentry: eng/melasma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: melasma
trans_list: melasma
sense:
(pathology) A tan or dark skin discoloration, particularly common in pregnant women, thought to be caused by the stimulation of melanocytes by estrogen and progesterone.


lexentry: eng/meld__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meld
trans_list: fama
sense:
(card games) Especially in games of the rummy family: a combination of playing cards which is announced or played to score points. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/melee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: melee
trans_list: lucha cuerpo a cuerpo
sense:
(especially, military, gaming) A battle fought at close range, (especially) one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.


lexentry: eng/melliferous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: melliferous
trans_list: melífero | melífico
sense:
(botany) Of a plant or its parts: bearing any substance (such as nectar or pollen) which is collected by bees to produce honey.


lexentry: eng/mellifluous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mellifluous
trans_list: melifluo
sense:
(figurative) Sweet, smooth and musical; pleasant to hear (generally used of a person's voice, tone or writing style).


lexentry: eng/mellophone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mellophone
trans_list: melófono
sense:
A brass instrument frequently used in place of the French horn in marching bands and similar performance groups.


lexentry: eng/melodica__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: melodica
trans_list: melódica
sense:
A free-reed keyboard wind instrument, often played with a flexible plastic tube connected to the mouthpiece.


lexentry: eng/melodrama__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: melodrama
trans_list: melodrama
sense:
(countable) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic.


lexentry: eng/melt__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: melt
trans_list: derretirse | derretir | fundirse | licuar
sense:
(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.


lexentry: eng/melt__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: melt
trans_list: derretirse | fundirse
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.


lexentry: eng/melt_in_the_mouth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: melt in the mouth
trans_list: fondant
sense:
(idiom, of food) Deliciously soft and creamy, creating a melting sensation when eaten, and therefore needing little chewing.


lexentry: eng/melt_pond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: melt pond
trans_list: charca de deshielo
sense:
(glaciology) Pools of melted water which form on glacial, shelf, or sea ice, typically during warmer periods.


lexentry: eng/meltdown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meltdown
trans_list: fusión de núcleo | copelación nuclear | derretimiento nuclear | fundición nuclear
sense:
Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and potentially in radiation escaping.


lexentry: eng/melting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: melting
trans_list: fusión | colicuación | derretimiento | fundición | licuación | licuefacción
sense:
The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.


lexentry: eng/melting_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: melting point
trans_list: punto de fusión
sense:
(chemistry, physics) The temperature at which the solid and liquid phases of a substance are in equilibrium; it is relatively insensitive to changes in pressure.


lexentry: eng/melting_pot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: melting pot
trans_list: crisol
sense:
(figurative) A place where many divergent things (often races or cultures, but also talents) come together and are homogenized.


lexentry: eng/mem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mem
trans_list: meme
sense:
The thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).


lexentry: eng/member_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: member function
trans_list: método
sense:
(programming) A function that belongs to a class and can be called on instances of the object defined by that class.


lexentry: eng/member_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: member state
trans_list: estado miembro
sense:
A sovereign state which is a member of an international organisation or some kind of confederation of other such states.


lexentry: eng/membrane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: membrane
trans_list: membrana
sense:
(anatomy, zootomy) A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.


lexentry: eng/membrane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: membrane
trans_list: membrana
sense:
A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.


lexentry: eng/meme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meme
trans_list: meme
sense:
(originally) Any unit of (originally cultural) information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.


lexentry: eng/meme__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: meme
trans_list: meme | momo
sense:
(Internet) Media, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, such as basic pictures, video templates, etc. [from 1993]


lexentry: eng/memoir__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: memoir
trans_list: memoria
sense:
A biography; a book describing the experiences of a subject from personal knowledge of the subject or from sources with personal knowledge of the subject.


lexentry: eng/memorandum_of_understanding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: memorandum of understanding
trans_list: memorándum de entendimiento
sense:
(legal) A document that outlines the legal and factual premises believed by the parties to have been agreed to between them.


lexentry: eng/memorial__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: memorial
trans_list: monumento conmemorativo
sense:
(legal) A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/memorial_service__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: memorial service
trans_list: acto conmemorativo
sense:
An informal service honoring a deceased person, especially one that does not adhere to the traditional customs of a funeral.


lexentry: eng/memorialize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: memorialize
trans_list: memorializar
sense:
(transitive, social media) To convert (someone’s profile) into a memorial site/page (e.g. on Facebook).


lexentry: eng/memory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: memory
trans_list: memoria
sense:
(uncountable) The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.


lexentry: eng/memory__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: memory
trans_list: memoria
sense:
(computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).


lexentry: eng/memory_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: memory card
trans_list: tarjeta memorativa | tarjeta memorística | tarjeta mnemónica
sense:
(computer hardware) A personal computer's expansion memory module that fits in a standard interface such as a PCI or ISA slot.


lexentry: eng/memory_foam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: memory foam
sense:
Foam consisting of polyurethane and other chemicals used in the manufacturing of pillows, mattresses, laptop sleeves, etc, which reacts to body heat and molds to the shape of the body.

trans_list:
espuma viscoelástica | gomaespuma memorativa | gomaespuma memoriosa | gomaespuma memorista | gomaespuma memorosa | gomaespuma memorística


lexentry: eng/memory_hole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: memory hole
trans_list: agujero negro
sense:
A figurative place to which information is deliberately sent to be forgotten, or to which forgotten or lost information ends up; nowhere, oblivion.


lexentry: eng/memory_leak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: memory leak
trans_list: pérdida de memoria
sense:
(computing) Any of several faults in the memory allocation logic of a computer or program whereby parts of memory become hidden or unusable.


lexentry: eng/memory_stick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: memory stick
trans_list: memory stick | pincho memorativo | pincho memorístico | pincho mnemónico | tarjeta de memoria
sense:
(computing) One of a series of memory devices manufactured by the Sony Corporation ranging in size from a USB drive down to a flash card.


lexentry: eng/menagerie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: menagerie
trans_list: casa de fieras
sense:
A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.


lexentry: eng/mend__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mend
trans_list: reparar | remendar | emendar | enmendar
sense:
(archaic) To increase the quality of (someone or something); to better, to improve on; also, to produce something better than (something else).


lexentry: eng/mend__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mend
trans_list: remendar | corcusir | cusir | surcir | zurcir
sense:
(figurative) To add one or more things in order to improve (something, especially wages); to supplement; also, to remedy a shortfall in (something).


lexentry: eng/mendicant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mendicant
trans_list: mendicante
sense:
Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.


lexentry: eng/menhir__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: menhir
trans_list: menhir
sense:
(archaeology) A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially one dating to prehistoric times.


lexentry: eng/meningitis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meningitis
trans_list: meningitis
sense:
(pathology) Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.


lexentry: eng/meningocele__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meningocele
trans_list: meningocele
sense:
(pathology) A form of spina bifida in which a meningeal sac of cerebrospinal fluid protrudes through the skull.


lexentry: eng/meninx__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meninx
trans_list: meninge
sense:
(anatomy, usually, in the plural) A membrane, especially one of the three membranes lining the skull and vertebral canal and enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates.


lexentry: eng/meniscus__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: meniscus
trans_list: menisco
sense:
The curved surface of liquids in tubes, whether concave or convex, caused by the surface tension of the liquid. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/meniscus__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: meniscus
trans_list: menisco
sense:
(anatomy) Either of two parts of the human knee that provide structural integrity to the knee when it undergoes tension and torsion. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/menologium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: menologium
trans_list: menología
sense:
A calendar of the days of the month or of all the days of the year divided by month, particularly as a table of information divided in this way and


lexentry: eng/mens_rea__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mens rea
trans_list: mente rea
sense:
(legal) A guilty mind, the conscious knowing of a perpetrator while committing an act that the act is illicit.


lexentry: eng/menses__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: menses
trans_list: menstruo | menstruación
sense:
The discharge of blood mixed with pieces of cellular tissue from the uterus out through the vagina, which occurs roughly every month in uninseminated women; menstrual flow.


lexentry: eng/mensiversary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mensiversary
trans_list: mesiversario
sense:
(rare) A day that marks an exact month (or specified number of months) since the occurrence of a significant event.


lexentry: eng/menstruation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: menstruation
trans_list: menstruación | regla | achaque | menstruo | mes | período
sense:
The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.


lexentry: eng/mental__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mental
trans_list: mental
sense:
(relational) Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.


lexentry: eng/mental_calculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mental calculation
trans_list: cálculo mental
sense:
Arithmetical calculations using only the human brain, with no help from any supplies (such as pencil and paper) or devices such as a calculator.


lexentry: eng/mental_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mental disorder
trans_list: enfermedad mental | trastorno mental
sense:
(psychiatry) A behavioral or mental pattern that may cause suffering or a poor ability to function in life.


lexentry: eng/mental_health__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mental health
trans_list: salud mental
sense:
(psychology) One's emotional well-being, especially with reference to one's outlook on life, ability to cope with stress or the absence of a mental disorder.


lexentry: eng/mental_hospital__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mental hospital
trans_list: manicomio | hospital psiquiátrico | frenopático
sense:
A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body.


lexentry: eng/menthol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: menthol
trans_list: mentol
sense:
(organic compound) A cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decongestant, and in menthol cigarettes.


lexentry: eng/menu__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: menu
trans_list: menú | carta
sense:
A list containing the food and beverages served at a restaurant, café, or bar. Menus may be printed on paper sheets provided to customers, put on a large poster or display board inside the establishment, displayed outside the restaurant, or digital.


lexentry: eng/menu__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: menu
trans_list: menú
sense:
(computing, gaming) A list from which the user may select an operation to be performed, often done with a keyboard, mouse, or controller under a graphical user interface


lexentry: eng/menu_bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: menu bar
trans_list: barra de menú
sense:
(graphical user interface) A rectangular region of a graphical user interface where computer menus are housed.


lexentry: eng/mercantilism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mercantilism
trans_list: mercantilismo
sense:
(historical, economics) The theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade, in the manner that a merchant would operate a shop. Typically this model presupposes protectionism.


lexentry: eng/mercaptan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mercaptan
trans_list: mercaptano
sense:
(chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds of sulphur, ( R1.S.R2 ); they tend to be foul-smelling. When R2 is a hydrogen atom, they are termed thiols or thioalcohols.


lexentry: eng/mercenary__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mercenary
trans_list: mercenario
sense:
A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.


lexentry: eng/mercerize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mercerize
trans_list: mercerizar
sense:
(transitive) To treat (cotton fabric) with sodium hydroxide to make it more lustrous and accepting of dyes.


lexentry: eng/merchandising__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: merchandising
trans_list: comercialización | marketeo | marketineo | mercadeo | merchandising | promoción comercial
sense:
(originally, US) The promotion of goods for sale in a store, especially through advertising, attractive displays, discounts, etc.; also (generally) , the promotion of any goods or services for sale.


lexentry: eng/merchant_navy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: merchant navy
trans_list: marina mercante
sense:
A civilian maritime fleet dedicated to the sea transport of goods and merchandise; especially, such a fleet of any particular nationality.


lexentry: eng/merchantable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: merchantable
trans_list: comerciable
sense:
Fit for the market, i.e. suitable for selling for an ordinary price. Sometimes, this is a technical designation for a particular kind or class.


lexentry: eng/mercurial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mercurial
trans_list: lunático | voluble | volátil
sense:
(comparable) Having a lively or volatile character; animated, changeable, quick-witted. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mercurial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mercurial
trans_list: mercurial
sense:
(not comparable, astrology) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mercury; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see adjective sense 1). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/mercurial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mercurial
trans_list: mercurial | mercúrico
sense:
(not comparable, chemistry) Of or pertaining to the element mercury or quicksilver; containing mercury. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/mercurial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: mercurial
trans_list: mercurial
sense:
(not comparable, Roman mythology) Pertaining to Mercury, the Roman god of, among other things, commerce, financial gain, communication, and thieves and trickery; hence (comparable) , money-making; crafty. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/mercury-vapour_lamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mercury-vapour lamp
trans_list: lámpara de vapor de mercurio
sense:
(British spelling) a gaseous discharge lamp in which the arc discharge takes place in mercury vapour; used for highway illumination and as an industrial source of ultraviolet radiation


lexentry: eng/mercury__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mercury
trans_list: mercurio | azogue | hidrargirio
sense:
(science, historical) One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/mercury__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mercury
trans_list: malcoraje | mercurial
sense:
An annual plant, annual mercury (Mercurialis annua), formerly grown for its medicinal properties; French mercury, herb mercury. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/mere__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mere
trans_list: mero
sense:
Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/merganser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: merganser
trans_list: serreta | serreta grande
sense:
Any of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill.


lexentry: eng/merger__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: merger
trans_list: fusión
sense:
(economics) The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party.


lexentry: eng/merger__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: merger
trans_list: fusión
sense:
(legal) An absorption of one or more estate(s) or contract(s) into one other, all being held by the same owner; of several counts of accusation into one judgement, etc.


lexentry: eng/mergers_and_acquisitions__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mergers and acquisitions
trans_list: fusión y adquisición
sense:
Business transactions in which the ownership of companies are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization.


lexentry: eng/meridian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meridian
trans_list: meridiano
sense:
(also, geography) In full terrestrial meridian: a great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles (the terrestrial North Pole and South Pole); also, half of such a circle extending from pole to pole, all points of which have the same longitude. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/meridional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meridional
trans_list: tropical
sense:
located in the south, southern; later especially, often pertaining to the southern parts of Europe. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/meridional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: meridional
trans_list: tropical
sense:
of or characteristic of southern areas or people, especially those in the southern parts of Europe [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/meringue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meringue
trans_list: merengue
sense:
A mixture consisting of beaten egg whites and sugar which is added to the tops of pies then browned.


lexentry: eng/merkin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: merkin
trans_list: peluca púbica
sense:
A woman's pubic wig. Worn for nude stage appearances and by women, originally after shaving their pubic hair to eliminate lice or for other reasons, now often as a fashion item.


lexentry: eng/merlon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: merlon
trans_list: almena | merlón
sense:
(architectural element, military, historical) Any of the upright projections between the embrasures of a battlement, originally for archers to shield behind while shooting arrows over the embrasures, or through loopholes in the merlons.


lexentry: eng/meronymy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meronymy
trans_list: meronimia
sense:
(semantics, philosophy) The relationship of being a constituent part or member of something; a system of meronyms.


lexentry: eng/merry-go-round__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: merry-go-round
trans_list: tiovivo | carrusel | calesita | caballitos
sense:
A carousel; a pleasure ride, typically found at fairs and amusement parks, consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform on which various seats are fixed, frequently shaped like horses or other animals.


lexentry: eng/mesangium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mesangium
trans_list: mesangio
sense:
(anatomy) A thin layer of the glomerulus, within the basement membrane surrounding the glomerular capillaries.


lexentry: eng/mesentery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mesentery
trans_list: mesenterio | entresijo
sense:
(anatomy) The membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen, maintaining their position in the abdominal cavity, and supplying them with blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics.


lexentry: eng/mesh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mesh
trans_list: malla | rejilla
sense:
A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.


lexentry: eng/mesh__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mesh
trans_list: malla
sense:
A measure of fineness (particle size) of ground material. A powder that passes through a sieve having 300 openings per linear inch but does not pass 400 openings per linear inch is said to be -300 +400 mesh.


lexentry: eng/mesmerize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mesmerize
trans_list: cautivar | fascinar | hipnotizar | mesmerizar
sense:
To exercise mesmerism on; to affect another person, such as to heal or soothe, through the use of animal magnetism.


lexentry: eng/meso-region__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meso-region
trans_list: mesorregión
sense:
An administrative system that is equivalent to a prefecture or a department. It is used in Brazil as a third-level administration between state and micro-region.


lexentry: eng/mesoderm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mesoderm
trans_list: mesodermo
sense:
(embryology) One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which will produce, through development, many internal organs of the adult, e.g. muscles, spine and the circulatory system.


lexentry: eng/mesology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mesology
trans_list: mesología
sense:
The study of the mutual interrelationships between organisms and their environment; branch of biology; former term for ecology.


lexentry: eng/meson__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: meson
trans_list: mesón
sense:
(now specifically, particle) An elementary particle that is composed of a quark and an antiquark, such as a kaon or pion. (Mesons composed of rarer quarks are much heavier.)


lexentry: eng/mesopause__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mesopause
trans_list: mesopausa
sense:
(meteorology) In the atmosphere, the boundary between the mesosphere and the thermosphere or ionosphere. It is the atmospheric boundary where the temperature reaches its minimum value.


lexentry: eng/mesosphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mesosphere
trans_list: mesosfera
sense:
(meteorology) The layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is directly above the stratosphere and directly below the thermosphere.


lexentry: eng/mesothelioma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mesothelioma
trans_list: mesotelioma
sense:
(pathology, oncology) An uncommon malignant tumour of the mesothelium, usually of the lungs after exposure to asbestos.


lexentry: eng/mesothorax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mesothorax
trans_list: mesotórax
sense:
(entomology) The middle of the three segments of the thorax of an insect, carrying the second pair of legs, and the forewings when present.


lexentry: eng/mesotrophic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mesotrophic
trans_list: mesotrófico
sense:
(geography, of a body of water) providing intermediate (right) level of nutrients and minerals, nor eutrophic (too high), nor oligotrophic (too low level).


lexentry: eng/mesquite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mesquite
trans_list: mezquite
sense:
Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Prosopis found in America, and used as forage, which have long, beige seed/bean pods which may be dried and ground into a sweet, nutty flour.


lexentry: eng/mess__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mess
trans_list: desorden | leonera | lío | belén | cisco | cristo
sense:
A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding.


lexentry: eng/mess_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mess up
trans_list: arruinar | chambonear | chapucear | echar a perder | embarrarla | estropear
sense:
(transitive) To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin.


lexentry: eng/mess_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: mess up
trans_list: descolocar
sense:
(transitive, slang) To discombobulate, utterly confuse, or confound psychologically; to throw into a state of mental disarray.


lexentry: eng/message_in_a_bottle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: message in a bottle
trans_list: botella arrojada al mar
sense:
A message written on a scrap of paper, rolled up and put in an empty bottle and set adrift on the ocean; traditionally, a method used by castaways to advertise their distress to the outside world.


lexentry: eng/messenger_RNA__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: messenger RNA
trans_list: ARN mensajero
sense:
(biochemistry) RNA that encodes and carries information from DNA during transcription to sites of protein synthesis to undergo translation in order to yield a protein.


lexentry: eng/messiah__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: messiah
trans_list: mesías
sense:
(Abrahamism) The one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians and Muslims to be Jesus Christ.


lexentry: eng/messuage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: messuage
trans_list: mansión | parcela
sense:
(chiefly, law) Originally, a plot of land as the site for a dwelling house and its appurtenant interests; now, a dwelling house or residential building together with its outbuildings and assigned land.


lexentry: eng/mestizo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mestizo
trans_list: mestizo | mestiza
sense:
(Philippines, historical) A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Austronesian Filipino and Spanish or Chinese ancestry, such as that of the Spanish mestizos and Chinese mestizos from the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines.


lexentry: eng/meta-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: meta-
trans_list: meta-
sense:
(organic chemistry) in isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in alternate (1,3) positions; contrasted with ortho- and para-. [From 1833]


lexentry: eng/meta-__Prefix__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: meta-
trans_list: meta-
sense:
Pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive or recursive; about itself or about other things of the same type. For example, metadata is data that describes data, metalanguage is language that describes language, etc. [From 17th century]


lexentry: eng/meta-analysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meta-analysis
trans_list: metanálisis
sense:
(statistics) Any systematic procedure for statistically combining the results of many different studies.


lexentry: eng/metacarpus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metacarpus
trans_list: metacarpo
sense:
(anatomy) The five bones that form the intermediate part of the hand between the fingers and the wrist.


lexentry: eng/metaclass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metaclass
trans_list: metaclase
sense:
(object-oriented programming) A class that serves as a template for other classes rather than objects.


lexentry: eng/metagame__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metagame
trans_list: metajuego
sense:
(RPG) Of a roleplayer, to make use of knowledge while roleplaying that they learned out of character, which their character does not know; often considered a form of cheating.


lexentry: eng/metagenomics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metagenomics
trans_list: metagenómica
sense:
(genetics) The study of genomes recovered from environmental samples; especially the differentiation of genomes from multiple organisms or individuals, either in a symbiotic relationship, or at a crime scene.


lexentry: eng/metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metal
trans_list: metal
sense:
Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.


lexentry: eng/metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: metal
trans_list: metal
sense:
(music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drumbeats and distorted guitars.


lexentry: eng/metal_detector__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: metal detector
trans_list: detector de metal | detector fijo de metales | detector metálico pórtico
sense:
A structure, similar to a doorway, through which people pass; an alarm is sounded if the person is carrying a metal object, as this may indicate a weapon.


lexentry: eng/metalanguage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metalanguage
trans_list: metalenguaje
sense:
(linguistics, translation studies, critical theory) Any language or vocabulary of terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process.


lexentry: eng/metallic_bond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metallic bond
trans_list: enlace metálico
sense:
(chemistry) a chemical bond in which mobile electrons are shared over many nuclei; this leads to electrical conduction


lexentry: eng/metalliferous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metalliferous
trans_list: metalífero
sense:
(metallurgy) Containing a metallic element. Often used to describe ores that are mined commercially.


lexentry: eng/metalloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metalloid
trans_list: metaloide | semimetal
sense:
(chemistry) An element, such as silicon or germanium, intermediate in properties between that of a metal and a nonmetal; especially an elemental semiconductor.


lexentry: eng/metallurgy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metallurgy
trans_list: metalurgia
sense:
The science of metals; their extraction from ores, purification and alloying, heat treatment, and working.


lexentry: eng/metamorphic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: metamorphic
trans_list: metamórfico
sense:
(geology) Pertaining to metamorphism; having been structurally altered as a result of, or resulting from, exposure to intense heat and/or pressure (at the contact zone between colliding plates, for example). [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/metamorphic_rock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metamorphic rock
trans_list: roca metamórfica
sense:
(geology) one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; consists of pre-existing rock mass in which new minerals or textures are formed at higher temperatures and greater pressures than those present on the Earth's surface


lexentry: eng/metanarrative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metanarrative
trans_list: grandes narrativas | grandes relatos | macrorrelato | metanarrativa | metarrelato
sense:
A narrative which concerns narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge and offers legitimation of such through the anticipated completion of some master idea; a grand story that is self-legitimizing.


lexentry: eng/metaphor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metaphor
trans_list: metáfora
sense:
(uncountable, figure of speech) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word or phrase.


lexentry: eng/metaphysical_naturalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metaphysical naturalism
trans_list: naturalismo metafísico
sense:
(philosophy, metaphysics) Philosophical worldview which holds that there is nothing but natural elements, principles, and relations of the kind studied by the natural sciences.


lexentry: eng/metastability__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metastability
trans_list: metaestabilidad
sense:
An unstable but potentially long-lived state of a system; for example, a supersaturated solution or an excited atom.


lexentry: eng/metastable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metastable
trans_list: metaestable
sense:
(physics, chemistry) Of or pertaining to a physical or chemical state that is relatively long-lived, but may decay to a lower energy state when slightly perturbed or through a quantum transition.


lexentry: eng/metastasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: metastasis
trans_list: metástasis
sense:
(medicine) The transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body, specifically the development of a secondary area of disease remote from the original site, as with some cancers.


lexentry: eng/metastasize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metastasize
trans_list: metastatizar
sense:
(intransitive, medicine, of a disease or tumor) To spread to other sites in the body; to undergo metastasis.


lexentry: eng/metatarsalgia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metatarsalgia
trans_list: metatarsalgia | metatarsalgía
sense:
(medicine) Pain in the region of the metatarsals; inflammation of any of the five bones between the heel and the toes.


lexentry: eng/metate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metate
trans_list: metate
sense:
A flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains.


lexentry: eng/metathesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metathesis
trans_list: metátesis
sense:
(phonetics, prosody) The transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/.


lexentry: eng/metaverse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metaverse
trans_list: metaverso
sense:
(science fiction, Internet, computing) A hypothetical future (counterpart or continuation of the) Internet, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space.


lexentry: eng/metazoan__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: metazoan
trans_list: metazoo
sense:
(zoology, obsolete) Any animal that undergoes development from an embryo stage with two or three tissue layers, namely the ectoderm, endoderm, and sometimes mesoderm.


lexentry: eng/mete__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mete
trans_list: dispensar | extender | medir
sense:
(transitive, usually with “out”) To dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).


lexentry: eng/meteor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: meteor
trans_list: meteoro
sense:
A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/meteor_shower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meteor shower
trans_list: lluvia de estrellas | lluvia de meteoros
sense:
(astronomy) A phenomenon occurring when many meteors are seen on Earth during a short period of time.


lexentry: eng/meteoroid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meteoroid
trans_list: meteoroide
sense:
(astronomy) A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere


lexentry: eng/meteorology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meteorology
trans_list: meteorología
sense:
The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting.


lexentry: eng/methadone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: methadone
trans_list: metadona
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A powerful synthetic analgesic drug which is similar to morphine in its effects but less sedative and is used as a substitute drug in the treatment of morphine and heroin addiction.


lexentry: eng/methamphetamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: methamphetamine
trans_list: metanfetamina
sense:
A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.


lexentry: eng/methane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: methane
trans_list: metano
sense:
(organic compound, uncountable) The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas, and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases.


lexentry: eng/methanoic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: methanoic acid
trans_list: ácido metanoico
sense:
(carboxylic acid) The simplest carboxylic acid, HCOOH, a colorless, corrosive liquid with a sharp odor; it is present in the stings of ants, bees and nettles, and is prepared industrially by oxidation of methanol or formaldehyde; it has some industrial uses, and its esters, the methanoates, are used in perfumes.


lexentry: eng/methanol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: methanol
trans_list: metanol
sense:
(organic compound) The simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH3OH; a colourless, toxic, inflammable liquid, used as a solvent, antifreeze, in the chemical industry, and in the preparation of methylated spirit.


lexentry: eng/methionine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: methionine
trans_list: metionina
sense:
(amino acid, organic compound) A lipotropic, sulphur-containing essential amino acid, C5H11NO2S, found in most protein.


lexentry: eng/method__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: method
trans_list: método
sense:
(countable) A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process).


lexentry: eng/method__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: method
trans_list: method
sense:
(acting, often "the method") A technique for acting based on the ideas articulated by Konstantin Stanislavski and focusing on authentically experiencing the inner life of the character being portrayed.


lexentry: eng/methodology__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: methodology
trans_list: metodología
sense:
(loosely) A collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field.


lexentry: eng/methotrexate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: methotrexate
trans_list: metotrexato
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) An antimetabolite and antifolate drug used in treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases, and ectopic pregnancies.


lexentry: eng/methyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: methyl
trans_list: metilo
sense:
(organic compound) The univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3-, formally derived from methane by the loss of a hydrogen atom; a compound or part of a compound formed by the attachment of such a radical.


lexentry: eng/methylated_spirit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: methylated spirit
trans_list: alcohol de quemar
sense:
(Commonwealth) Ethyl alcohol used as a fuel and a solvent, and usually free of taxes on alcohol; denatured alcohol.


lexentry: eng/methylation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: methylation
trans_list: metilación
sense:
(genetics) The addition of a methyl group to cytosine and adenine residues in DNA that leads to the epigenetic modification of DNA and the reduction of gene expression and protein production.


lexentry: eng/methylcellulose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: methylcellulose
trans_list: melcelulosa
sense:
(organic chemistry) A white powdery substance, obtained by the methylation of cellulose, that swells in contact with water to form a gel; it has many industrial applications.


lexentry: eng/methylene__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: methylene
trans_list: metileno
sense:
(organic chemistry) The same group, present as a repeating unit, in aliphatic compounds with names such as hexamethylenediamine.


lexentry: eng/methylmercury__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: methylmercury
trans_list: metilmercurio
sense:
(chemical compound) The organometallic cation CH3Hg+; it is a toxicant that accumulates in the environment in the form of various compounds


lexentry: eng/methylphenidate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: methylphenidate
trans_list: metilfenidato
sense:
(medicine) A stimulant used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy, better known by the trade name Ritalin


lexentry: eng/metic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metic
trans_list: meteco
sense:
(historical) In Ancient Greek city-states, a resident alien who did not have the rights of a citizen and who paid a tax for the right to live there.


lexentry: eng/metonym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metonym
trans_list: metónimo
sense:
(grammar) A word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy.


lexentry: eng/metonymic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metonymic
trans_list: metonímico
sense:
Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object.


lexentry: eng/metonymy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metonymy
trans_list: metonimia
sense:
(rhetoric) The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.


lexentry: eng/metre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metre
trans_list: metro
sense:
The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39+47⁄127 (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.


lexentry: eng/metric__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: metric
trans_list: métrica
sense:
(analysis) A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the distance between two points. Formally, a real-valued function d on M \times M, where M is a set, is called a metric if (1) d(x,y) = 0 if and only if x=y, (2) d(x,y) = d(y,x) for all pairs (x,y), and (3) d obeys the triangle inequality.


lexentry: eng/metric_space__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metric space
trans_list: espacio métrico
sense:
(mathematics, analysis, topology) Any set on which a metric is defined, giving a distance between any two elements.


lexentry: eng/metrizable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: metrizable
trans_list: metrizable
sense:
(topology) Of a topological space: for which a metric exists that will induce the original topology.


lexentry: eng/metronome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metronome
trans_list: metrónomo
sense:
(music) A device, containing an inverted pendulum, used to mark time by means of regular ticks at adjustable intervals; an electronic equivalent that emits flashes.


lexentry: eng/metropolis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: metropolis
trans_list: metrópolis | urbe | metrópoli
sense:
A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.


lexentry: eng/metrosexual__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metrosexual
trans_list: metrosexual
sense:
A man — typically urban, heterosexual, and affluent — who is concerned with personal appearance, such as personal grooming, fashion, and aesthetics in general.


lexentry: eng/mezuzah__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mezuzah
trans_list: mezuzá
sense:
(Judaism, and, _, occasionally, _, Christianity) A piece of parchment inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah (Deuteronomy 6:4–9 and 11:13–21) and attached in a case to the doorpost of a house.


lexentry: eng/mezzanine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mezzanine
trans_list: entresuelo | entrepiso | altillo | entreplanta | mesanín | mezanine
sense:
An intermediate floor or storey in between the main floors of a building; specifically, one that is directly above the ground floor which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, and so resembles a large balcony overlooking the ground floor; an entresol.


lexentry: eng/miasma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miasma
trans_list: miasma
sense:
A noxious atmosphere or emanation once thought to originate from swamps and waste, and to cause disease.


lexentry: eng/mica__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mica
trans_list: mica
sense:
(mineral) Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.


lexentry: eng/micelle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: micelle
trans_list: micela
sense:
(chemistry) a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration


lexentry: eng/micro-region__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: micro-region
trans_list: microrregión
sense:
An administrative system that is equivalent to a county or a prefecture and a department. It is used in Brazil as a third-level administration between state and micro-region.


lexentry: eng/microaggression__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microaggression
trans_list: microagresión
sense:
(sociology, chiefly, US) Any small-scale verbal or physical interaction between those of different races, cultures, beliefs, or genders that may have no malicious intent, but that can be interpreted as an aggression.


lexentry: eng/microarray__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microarray
trans_list: microarreglo | micromatriz
sense:
Any of several devices, containing a two-dimensional array of small quantities of biological material, used for various types of assay; the assay itself


lexentry: eng/microbiology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microbiology
trans_list: microbiología
sense:
(biology) The branch of biology that deals with microorganisms, especially their effects on man and other living organisms.


lexentry: eng/microbrewery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microbrewery
trans_list: microcervecería
sense:
A small commercial brewery, often one serving a single pub at which it is physically located; in the United States, often used to indicate a brewery that produces fewer than 15,000 barrels of beer annually.


lexentry: eng/microcephaly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microcephaly
trans_list: microcefalia
sense:
A neurological disorder in which the person affected has an abnormally small head due to a failure of brain growth.


lexentry: eng/microclimate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microclimate
trans_list: microclima
sense:
A small, local region having a unique pattern of weather or weather effects that differ from the local climate.


lexentry: eng/microcomputer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microcomputer
trans_list: microcomputadora
sense:
(computer hardware, now, primarily, historical) A computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe.


lexentry: eng/microcontroller__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microcontroller
trans_list: microcontrolador
sense:
(computing, electronics) A microcomputer on a single chip, used to control some device such as an automobile engine or a toy.


lexentry: eng/microcosm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microcosm
trans_list: microcosmo
sense:
Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/microcosm__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: microcosm
trans_list: microcosmo
sense:
(ecology) A small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/microeconomics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microeconomics
trans_list: microeconomía
sense:
(economics) The field of economics that deals with small-scale economic activities such as those of an individual or company.


lexentry: eng/microelectrode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microelectrode
trans_list: microelectrodo
sense:
A very small, fine electrode, most often used to study the electrical behaviour of biological cells or tissues.


lexentry: eng/microfauna__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microfauna
trans_list: microfauna
sense:
The smallest of the faunal size divisions, including mainly microorganisms but also sometimes applied to the tiniest species of animal groups such as ticks, insects, etc.


lexentry: eng/microflora__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microflora
trans_list: microflora
sense:
Microscopic life, especially the bacterial colonies found in the gut of normal, healthy animals and humans.


lexentry: eng/microgram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microgram
trans_list: microgramo
sense:
(metrology) An SI unit of mass equal to 10−6 grams. Symbol: μg A unit of mass equal to one millionth of a gram, or 0.000 001 grams.


lexentry: eng/microgravity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microgravity
trans_list: microgravedad
sense:
(physics) A state of very low acceleration between two free floating objects, as found in sustained freefall, in orbit, or in interstellar space.


lexentry: eng/microhistory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microhistory
trans_list: microhistoria
sense:
The study of the past on a small scale, such as an individual neighborhood or town, as a case study for general trends.


lexentry: eng/microlinguistics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microlinguistics
trans_list: microlingüística
sense:
A branch of linguistics that concerns itself with the study of language systems in the abstract, without regard to the meaning of expressions.


lexentry: eng/micrometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: micrometer
trans_list: micrómetro
sense:
A device used to measure distance very precisely but within a limited range, especially depth, thickness, and diameter.


lexentry: eng/micron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: micron
trans_list: micrón
sense:
(physics, metrology) The thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter; a micrometer.


lexentry: eng/micronation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: micronation
trans_list: micronación
sense:
A non-autonomous entity that claims to be a sovereign state and mimics the actions of a state (with varying degrees of seriousness), but lacks any legal recognition and exists only on paper or in the mind of its creator; a micronational entity.


lexentry: eng/micronutrient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: micronutrient
trans_list: micronutriente
sense:
A mineral, vitamin or other substance that is essential, even in very small quantities, for growth or metabolism.


lexentry: eng/microorganism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microorganism
trans_list: microorganismo
sense:
(microbiology) An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye; especially, a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium.


lexentry: eng/micropaleontology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: micropaleontology
trans_list: micropaleontología
sense:
The branch of paleontology dealing with the fossilized microscopic organic remains (microfossils) of the geologic past; including their structure, biology, relationships and distribution.


lexentry: eng/microphone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microphone
trans_list: micrófono
sense:
A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or transmitted over radio.


lexentry: eng/microplastic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microplastic
trans_list: microplástico
sense:
Small particles of plastic (typically less than 5 mm) produced by the degradation of plastic products, found in high levels in the marine environment and increasingly throughout all environments and in food and drinks.


lexentry: eng/micropolitan__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: micropolitan
trans_list: micropolitano
sense:
(US) Of or pertaining to a city or twin cities having at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 inhabitants; of a city: less populated than a metropolitan area but more than a rural one.


lexentry: eng/micropyle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: micropyle
trans_list: micropil
sense:
(botany) In seed-bearing plants, a small opening in the integuments of the ovule through which sperm are able to access the ovum.


lexentry: eng/microraion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microraion
trans_list: barriada
sense:
A residential complex in a current or former communist country, chiefly one which was previously part of the Soviet Union; a microdistrict.


lexentry: eng/microsecond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microsecond
trans_list: microsegundo
sense:
(metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds. Symbol: μs It is commonly represented with symbol µs.


lexentry: eng/microskirt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microskirt
trans_list: microfalda
sense:
An extremely short miniskirt with its hemline at the upper thigh, at or just below crotch or underwear level.


lexentry: eng/microsleep__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microsleep
trans_list: microsueño
sense:
A brief period of sleep, usually of a few seconds, that may result from sleep deprivation or various medical conditions. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/microtome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microtome
trans_list: microtomo
sense:
A special instrument that produces very thin slices of plant and animal tissues, for later examination by light microscope or electron microscope.


lexentry: eng/mid-life_crisis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mid-life crisis
trans_list: crisis de la mediana edad | crisis de los 40 | crisis de los 50
sense:
(psychology) An emotional period of doubt and anxiety sometimes experienced by middle-aged people who realize that their life is already half over.


lexentry: eng/mid-ocean_ridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mid-ocean ridge
trans_list: dorsal centro-oceánica
sense:
(geology, oceanography) any of an interconnected system of broad submarine rises formed by plate tectonics


lexentry: eng/midbrain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: midbrain
trans_list: mesencéfalo
sense:
(neuroanatomy) A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).


lexentry: eng/midden__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: midden
trans_list: conchero
sense:
(archaeology) An accumulation, deposit, or soil derived from occupation debris, rubbish, or other by-products of human activity, such as bone, shell, ash, or decayed organic materials; or a pile or mound of such materials, often prehistoric.


lexentry: eng/middle_ear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: middle ear
trans_list: oído medio
sense:
(anatomy) The cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains the ossicles, and which conveys sound to the cochlea.


lexentry: eng/middle_finger__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: middle finger
trans_list: corte de manga | peineta
sense:
An obscene gesture directed towards another as an insult, made by sticking up the middle finger of a hand.


lexentry: eng/middle_of_nowhere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: middle of nowhere
trans_list: culo del mundo | andurrial | quilombo
sense:
(idiomatic) A very remote or secluded area; a nondescript place lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.


lexentry: eng/middle_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: middle school
trans_list: escuela media | secundaria
sense:
(schools, countable) A school which crosses the traditional divide between primary school and secondary school.


lexentry: eng/middle_voice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: middle voice
trans_list: voz media
sense:
(grammar) A voice that is neither active nor passive, because the subject of the verb cannot be unambiguously categorized as either agent or patient, having elements of both.


lexentry: eng/midge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: midge
trans_list: mosquito | jején
sense:
Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera.


lexentry: eng/midget__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: midget
trans_list: enano
sense:
(sometimes, derogatory) A very small thing; especially one which is conspicuously smaller than expected or by comparison. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/midnight_sun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: midnight sun
trans_list: sol de medianoche
sense:
The phenomenon occurring when the Sun does not set but only approaches the horizon at midnight; it occurs near the summer solstice in the polar regions.


lexentry: eng/midriff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: midriff
trans_list: vientre | abdomen | cintura
sense:
(anatomy) The middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist; the abdomen and its back part.


lexentry: eng/midst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: midst
trans_list: centro
sense:
(often, literary) A place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or metaphorical location.


lexentry: eng/midtribulationism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: midtribulationism
trans_list: mediotribulacionismo | mesotribulacionismo | midtribulacionismo
sense:
(Christianity) The belief or doctrine that all Christians on earth during the Tribulation will be Raptured, or transported bodily to Heaven, partway through this period, before the worst of its plagues and judgments.


lexentry: eng/midwife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: midwife
trans_list: partera | comadrona | matrona
sense:
(obstetrics) A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.


lexentry: eng/mien__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mien
trans_list: apostura
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.


lexentry: eng/mifepristone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mifepristone
trans_list: mifepristona
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A steroid medication that inhibits the action of progesterone, typically given orally in combination with misoprostol in early pregnancy to induce abortion.


lexentry: eng/migraine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: migraine
trans_list: migraña | jaqueca | clavo | hemicránea
sense:
(pathology) A severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual disturbances.


lexentry: eng/migrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: migrate
trans_list: migrar
sense:
(intransitive) To relocate periodically from one region to another, usually according to the seasons.


lexentry: eng/migration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: migration
trans_list: migración
sense:
Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.


lexentry: eng/migratory_bird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: migratory bird
trans_list: ave migratoria | ave de paso | ave pasajera | pájaro migratorio
sense:
A bird that moves from one area of the world to another according to the season, usually from north to south and vice versa.


lexentry: eng/mil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mil
trans_list: prostitución
sense:
An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1⁄6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 1⁄6000 and 1⁄6300 are used in other countries.


lexentry: eng/mild_steel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mild steel
trans_list: acero al carbono | acero de construcción
sense:
Any of various steels having a lower proportion of carbon than hardenable steels, rendering them softer and more malleable and ductile.


lexentry: eng/mildew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mildew
trans_list: mildiu | moho
sense:
(plant disease) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.


lexentry: eng/mile__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mile
trans_list: milla
sense:
Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values.


lexentry: eng/mile__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: mile
trans_list: milla
sense:
Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese mile or Arabic mile.


lexentry: eng/mile_marker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mile marker
trans_list: borna | cipo | fito | hito | moto | muñeca
sense:
(automotive, road transport) A numbered milepost or sign along a highway, or some other road, used to determine the location of a motor vehicle.


lexentry: eng/milecastle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milecastle
trans_list: castillo miliar
sense:
One of a series of small rectangular fortifications, spaced roughly one Roman mile apart, built during the period of the Roman Empire.


lexentry: eng/milestone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milestone
trans_list: hito | mojón | borna | cipo | fito | hita
sense:
A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.


lexentry: eng/milestone__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: milestone
trans_list: hito | jalón
sense:
(idiomatic) An important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, in the life of some project, etc.


lexentry: eng/militant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: militant
trans_list: militante
sense:
Aggressively supporting of an idea, group, political or social cause, etc.; adamant, combative. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/militarism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: militarism
trans_list: militarismo
sense:
An ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect.


lexentry: eng/military__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: military
trans_list: militar | castrense
sense:
(North America) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces).


lexentry: eng/military_exercise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: military exercise
trans_list: ejercicio militar | maniobra militar
sense:
A large-scale activity involving military forces from multiple countries or commands, designed to demonstrate the level of alliance between those forces and their ability to coordinate, as a signal to potential military adversaries.


lexentry: eng/military_parade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: military parade
trans_list: parada militar
sense:
(military) A show of troops, an assembly of troops as a show of force, to receive orders, or especially for inspection at set times.


lexentry: eng/military_police__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: military police
trans_list: policía militar
sense:
(collective) A unit of a military organization whose duty is to police the organization. They are in charge of law enforcement on military property, and of military personnel.


lexentry: eng/military_rank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: military rank
trans_list: rango militar
sense:
A grade conferred upon officers in armed forces, police and intelligence agencies, typically denoted by particular insignia affixed to their uniforms.


lexentry: eng/military_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: military science
trans_list: ciencia militar
sense:
The science of how best to run a military; the academic discipline which examines institutions and behaviours in, and optimized administration of, a military.


lexentry: eng/military_service__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: military service
trans_list: servicio militar | chepa | chiri | colimba | mili
sense:
Service in an army or other military organisation, whether as a chosen job (volunteering) or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription).


lexentry: eng/militia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: militia
trans_list: milicia
sense:
An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control.


lexentry: eng/milk__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: milk
trans_list: leche
sense:
(uncountable, by extension) A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, or soy beans.


lexentry: eng/milk__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: milk
trans_list: ordeñar
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, a source of funds, etc.); to exploit; to take advantage of (something).


lexentry: eng/milk_glass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milk glass
trans_list: vidrio opalino
sense:
(usually, uncountable) Opaque glass, especially the kind having a white shade; first produced in Italy in the 1500s as an imitation of Chinese porcelain.


lexentry: eng/milk_skin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milk skin
trans_list: nata
sense:
A sticky film of protein that forms on top of dairy milk and foods containing dairy milk (such as hot chocolate and some soups).


lexentry: eng/milk_snake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milk snake
trans_list: coral ratonera | culebra real coralillo
sense:
Any of various snakes, Lampropeltis triangulum, with smooth and shiny scales and typically a pattern of colours that runs red-black-yellow or white-black-red.


lexentry: eng/milkshake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milkshake
trans_list: batido | licuado | milkshake
sense:
A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.


lexentry: eng/milkshake__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: milkshake
trans_list: batido | licuado | milkshake
sense:
(New England, Australia, New Zealand) A thin beverage, similar to the above, but with no ice cream or significantly less of it.


lexentry: eng/mill__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mill
trans_list: molino | fábrica
sense:
The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.


lexentry: eng/mill_around__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mill around
trans_list: pulular
sense:
(intransitive, usually of a group of people) To move or circulate in a confused or disorderly manner within a limited area.


lexentry: eng/mill_race__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mill race
trans_list: saetín
sense:
A fast-running water-filled channel diverted from a river or stream used to drive the millwheel in a watermill.


lexentry: eng/mille-feuille__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mille-feuille
trans_list: milhojas
sense:
A type of pastry made of several layers of puff pastry usually filled with cream or custard, and topped with icing or sugar.


lexentry: eng/millennial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: millennial
trans_list: milenario
sense:
(by extension, originally, US, demography) Often capitalized: of or relating to, or characteristic of, people born in the last two decades of the 20th century from around the early 1980s to the mid 1990s (with 1996 births cited as the last Millennial year), and who reached adulthood early in the third millennium C.E.


lexentry: eng/millennial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: millennial
trans_list: milenario
sense:
(Christianity) Synonym of millenarian (“pertaining to the belief in an impending period of one thousand years of peace and righteousness associated with the Second Coming of Christ and his reign on earth”).


lexentry: eng/millennial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: millennial
trans_list: milénico | milenial | milenita | millennial | milénica
sense:
(originally, US, demography) Often capitalized: a person from the generation born in the last two decades of the 20th century, from around the early 1980s to the mid-1990s and who reached adulthood early in the third millennium C.E., characterized by their familiarity with computer technology and poorer financial prospects than their parents.


lexentry: eng/millennium__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: millennium
trans_list: milenio
sense:
(with definite article) The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000.


lexentry: eng/millet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: millet
trans_list: mijo | borona | millo | panizo
sense:
Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.


lexentry: eng/milli-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milli-
trans_list: mili-
sense:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, one-thousandth of the unit to which it is prefixed; that is, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10-3. Symbol: m.


lexentry: eng/millilitre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: millilitre
trans_list: mililitro
sense:
(British spelling) A unit of measure of capacity, equal to one thousandth of a litre. Symbol: mL or ml.


lexentry: eng/millimeter_of_mercury__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: millimeter of mercury
trans_list: milímetro de mercurio
sense:
A unit of pressure equal to the amount of fluid pressure one millimeter deep in mercury at zero degrees Celsius on Earth.


lexentry: eng/milling_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milling machine
trans_list: fresadora
sense:
(machining, manufacturing, idiomatic) A machine tool in which a rotating cutter is moved against the workpiece (or vice versa) in order to cut the latter to a desired shape.


lexentry: eng/millionairess__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: millionairess
trans_list: millonaria
sense:
A woman whose wealth is greater than one million dollars, or the local currency; a female millionaire.


lexentry: eng/millipede__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: millipede
trans_list: milpiés | congorocho
sense:
Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments. [from 1601]


lexentry: eng/milquetoast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milquetoast
trans_list: retraído | tímido
sense:
(originally, US, informal, derogatory) A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness.


lexentry: eng/mimeograph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mimeograph
trans_list: mimeógrafo | ciclostilo
sense:
(historical) A machine for making printed copies using typed stencil, eventually superseded by photocopying.


lexentry: eng/mimicry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mimicry
trans_list: mimetismo
sense:
An act or ability to simulate or effect the appearance, characteristics, or behavior of someone or something else.


lexentry: eng/mimosa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mimosa
trans_list: mimosa
sense:
(botany) A plant belonging to the genus Mimosa usually found in tropical climates, their leaves are usually prickly and sensitive to touch or light, and have small white or pink flowers.


lexentry: eng/mina__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mina
trans_list: mina
sense:
(historical) A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver. [From 15th C.]


lexentry: eng/mina__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mina
trans_list: aires
sense:
(historical) A unit of weight of varying value used in the ancient Middle East, especially Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Egypt; also an ancient Greek measure of weight equivalent to 1/60th of a talent, approximately 400-700 grams. [From 16th C.]


lexentry: eng/minaret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minaret
trans_list: alminar | minarete
sense:
The tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer).


lexentry: eng/mince_words__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mince words
trans_list: no tener pelos en la lengua
sense:
(idiomatic, intransitive, chiefly in the negative) To restrain oneself when speaking by withholding some comments or using euphemisms in order to be polite, tactful, etc.


lexentry: eng/mind's_ear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mind's ear
trans_list: conciencia
sense:
(idiomatic) The mental faculty or inner sense with which one produces or reproduces imagined or recalled sounds solely within the mind; the supposed organ within the mind which experiences such sounds.


lexentry: eng/mind-numbing__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mind-numbing
trans_list: demasiadamente aburrido / aburridor
sense:
(idiomatic) Excessively boring, tedious, or dull; repetitive; of an activity, etc., lacking any interest or variety that might serve as intellectual stimulation.


lexentry: eng/mind__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: mind
trans_list: molestar | cuidar | importar | tomar en cuenta
sense:
(chiefly, in the imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that). [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mind_control__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mind control
trans_list: control mental
sense:
The subversion of a person’s control of his or her mind (thinking, behavior, emotions or decisions), especially by means of psychological tactics.


lexentry: eng/mind_map__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mind map
trans_list: mapa mental
sense:
A diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea.


lexentry: eng/mind_one's_own_business__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mind one's own business
sense:
(idiomatic) To concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others.

trans_list:
no meterse en lo que no le incumbe | métete en tus asuntos | no te metas donde no te llaman | no te metas en camisas de once varas


lexentry: eng/mind_you__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mind you
trans_list: bien considerado
sense:
(idiomatic, colloquial, chiefly, UK) Used to introduce a qualification or contrastive statement, especially when toning down or rectifying


lexentry: eng/mindfuck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mindfuck
trans_list: confusión
sense:
(slang, vulgar) Something that intentionally destabilizes, confuses, or manipulates the mind of another person.


lexentry: eng/mine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mine
trans_list: mina
sense:
An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.


lexentry: eng/mine__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mine
trans_list: mina
sense:
(military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.


lexentry: eng/mine__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: mine
trans_list: minar | extraer
sense:
To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.


lexentry: eng/minefield__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: minefield
trans_list: campo de minas | campo minado | polvorín
sense:
(figuratively, by extension) A matter or situation presenting multiple risks, dangers, complications or difficulties.


lexentry: eng/miner's_lettuce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miner's lettuce
trans_list: lechuga de minero | verdolaga de Cuba
sense:
Winter purslane (Montia perfoliata, now Claytonia perfoliata), a plant of western North America with mild-flavored edible greens.


lexentry: eng/mineral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mineral
trans_list: mineral
sense:
(geology) Any naturally occurring material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties; especially, an inorganic one.


lexentry: eng/mineral_water__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mineral water
trans_list: agua mineral | agua mineralizada
sense:
Water from a spring that naturally contains dissolved minerals, often treated in any of several ways (filtering, aerating etc) and bottled; used either therapeutically or by preference, as a beverage, bath, or food ingredient.


lexentry: eng/minesweeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minesweeper
trans_list: dragaminas | barreminas | buscaminas
sense:
A vehicle, device or person with the purpose of removing explosive mines (landmines or water mines).


lexentry: eng/mingle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mingle
trans_list: mezclar | entremezclar | entreverar | mesclar | mixturar
sense:
(transitive) To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.


lexentry: eng/miniature_golf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miniature golf
trans_list: minigolf
sense:
(golf) An informal form of golf, played with a putter on a short course featuring novelty obstacles.


lexentry: eng/minibar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minibar
trans_list: frigobar | minibar
sense:
A small refrigerator in a hotel room, containing drinks and snacks that the guest may choose to purchase during their stay.


lexentry: eng/minimal_pair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minimal pair
trans_list: par mínimo
sense:
(phonology) A pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment, used to prove the validity of a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme.


lexentry: eng/minimalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: minimalism
trans_list: minimalismo
sense:
(music genre) A style of music that emphasises extreme simplicity of rhythms and melodic forms to achieve a trancelike effect.


lexentry: eng/minimize__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: minimize
trans_list: minimizar
sense:
(computing, transitive, graphical user interface) To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.


lexentry: eng/minimum_viable_product__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minimum viable product
trans_list: producto mínimo viable
sense:
A version of a product with just enough features to be usable by early customers who can then provide feedback for future product development.


lexentry: eng/minimum_wage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minimum wage
trans_list: salario mínimo | SMI | salario mínimo interprofesional
sense:
(economics) The lowest rate at which an employer must legally pay an employee, usually expressed as pay per hour.


lexentry: eng/minion__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: minion
trans_list: glosilla | miñona
sense:
(uncountable, typography, printing) The size of type between nonpareil and brevier, standardized as 7-point.


lexentry: eng/miniseries__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miniseries
trans_list: miniserie
sense:
A radio or television series with a small number of episodes not intended to last a complete season.


lexentry: eng/minister-president__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minister-president
trans_list: ministro presidente
sense:
The head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments, in which a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government prevails, who presides over the council of ministers.


lexentry: eng/minister__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minister
trans_list: ministro
sense:
(Protestantism) A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.


lexentry: eng/minister__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minister
trans_list: ministrar
sense:
(intransitive, used with "to") To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.


lexentry: eng/minister_without_portfolio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minister without portfolio
trans_list: ministro sin cartera
sense:
(government) A member of a government having the rank of cabinet minister, but not assigned to oversee a particular government department or other permanent area of responsibility.


lexentry: eng/ministry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ministry
trans_list: ministerio | cartera
sense:
Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity


lexentry: eng/ministry__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ministry
trans_list: ministerio | cartera
sense:
The complete body of government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) under the leadership of a head of government (such as a prime minister)


lexentry: eng/minivan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minivan
trans_list: combi | monovolumen
sense:
A small van, especially (North America, Australia, NZ, Philippines) one primarily used for family transport.


lexentry: eng/miniver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miniver
trans_list: armiño
sense:
A light gray or white fur used to trim the robes of judges or state executives, also used in medieval times.


lexentry: eng/minivet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minivet
trans_list: minivet
sense:
Any of about 13 species of passerine birds in the genus Pericrocotus of the cuckooshrike family of southern and eastern Asia.


lexentry: eng/mink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mink
trans_list: visón
sense:
(plural mink or minks) Any semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammal in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neogale vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola).


lexentry: eng/minke_whale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minke whale
trans_list: ballena enana | ballenoto | rorqual aliblanco
sense:
Either of two baleen whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata and Balaenoptera bonaerensis, found in coastal waters.


lexentry: eng/minnow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minnow
trans_list: pececillo
sense:
Chiefly with a qualifying word: any of a number of other (small) fish from the family Cyprinidae; also (chiefly, US) , other small (usually freshwater) fish from other families.


lexentry: eng/minnow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minnow
trans_list: carpa | carpita
sense:
The common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus), a small freshwater fish of the carp family Cyprinidae which has a green back with black elongated blotches, commonly swimming in large shoals.


lexentry: eng/minor__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minor
trans_list: menor
sense:
(music) Incorporating a minor third interval above the (in scales) tonic or (in chords) root note, (also, _, figurative) tending to produce a dark, discordant, sad, or pensive effect.


lexentry: eng/minor__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minor
trans_list: menor
sense:
Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:


lexentry: eng/minor__Noun__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: minor
trans_list: menor | menor de edad
sense:
(Scots law, obsolete) An adolescent, a person above the legal age of puberty but below the age of majority.


lexentry: eng/minor_premise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minor premise
trans_list: menor
sense:
(logic) The second premise in a categorical syllogism, whose subject is the minor term and whose predicate is the middle term.


lexentry: eng/minority__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: minority
trans_list: minoritario
sense:
(attributive, politics, of a party, government, etc.) Empowered by or representing a minority (usually a plurality) of votes cast, legislative seats, etc., rather than an outright majority thereof.


lexentry: eng/minority__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minority
trans_list: minoría
sense:
The state of being a minor; youth, the period of a person's life prior to reaching adulthood. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/minority_government__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minority government
trans_list: gobierno minoritario
sense:
(politics) Government by a political party or a coalition that does not have a majority of seats or votes in parliament.


lexentry: eng/minstrel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minstrel
trans_list: juglar | ministril
sense:
(historical) Originally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment.


lexentry: eng/mint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mint
trans_list: ceca | casa de moneda
sense:
A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.


lexentry: eng/minuet__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: minuet
trans_list: minueto | minué
sense:
(music) A complete short musical composition inspired by and conforming to many formal characteristics of the traditional musical accompaniment to the dance of same name.


lexentry: eng/minus__Preposition__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minus
trans_list: menos
sense:
(mathematics) Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or quantity). [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/minus_sign__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minus sign
trans_list: signo menos | negativo
sense:
(arithmetic) The symbol −, used to denote the operation of subtraction or to indicate that a number is negative.


lexentry: eng/minute__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: minute
trans_list: acta
sense:
(chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.


lexentry: eng/minute__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: minute
trans_list: minuto
sense:
A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.


lexentry: eng/minute_of_angle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minute of angle
trans_list: minuto de arco
sense:
An angle, one sixtieth (1/60th) of a degree, used by gunners as a measurement of accuracy. One minute of angle is roughly equal to 1 inch at 100 yards distance.


lexentry: eng/miombo_tit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miombo tit
trans_list: carbonero del miombo
sense:
Any of species Melaniparus griseiventris of small birds, of the tit family Paridae, endemic to subtropical or tropical dry forests of Africa.


lexentry: eng/mirabelle_plum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mirabelle plum
trans_list: mirabel
sense:
The sweet, edible drupaceous fruit of the mirabelle prune tree, a cultivar of the plum tree of the subspecies Prunus domestica subsp. syriaca, often used in pies, wines, and brandy


lexentry: eng/miracle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miracle
trans_list: milagro | miraglo
sense:
An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin.


lexentry: eng/miraculous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miraculous
trans_list: milagroso
sense:
By supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god; that cannot be explained in terms of normal events.


lexentry: eng/mirage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mirage
trans_list: espejismo
sense:
An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water.


lexentry: eng/mirepoix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mirepoix
trans_list: sofrito
sense:
A combination of diced onions, carrots, celery and herbs sautéed in oil or butter as used in French cooking.


lexentry: eng/mirror__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mirror
trans_list: espejo
sense:
A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.


lexentry: eng/misanthropic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: misanthropic
trans_list: misantrópico
sense:
Having a negative view of mankind. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt.


lexentry: eng/misbehave__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: misbehave
trans_list: extremarse la nota | portarse / comportarse mal
sense:
(intransitive, or, reflexive) To act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner.


lexentry: eng/miscarriage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: miscarriage
trans_list: aborto | aborto espontáneo | aborto natural | aborto involuntario
sense:
(medicine) The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/miscarriage_of_justice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miscarriage of justice
trans_list: error judicial
sense:
(law) An error at a trial which led to an unjust outcome, such as the conviction of a person for a crime they did not commit.


lexentry: eng/miscarry__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: miscarry
trans_list: escollar
sense:
To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong (of a business, project etc.). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/miscegenation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miscegenation
trans_list: mestizaje
sense:
(chiefly, US) The mixing or blending of race in marriage or breeding, interracial marriage. [from 1863]


lexentry: eng/mischief__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: mischief
trans_list: travieso | revoltoso
sense:
(archaic, countable) A cause or agent of annoyance, harm or injury, especially a person who causes mischief.


lexentry: eng/mischievous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mischievous
trans_list: travieso
sense:
Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved, impish, naughty, disobedient; showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way and liking to have fun by playing harmless tricks on people or doing things they are not supposed to do.


lexentry: eng/misdeed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: misdeed
trans_list: fechoría | malfecho | malhecho
sense:
That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.


lexentry: eng/misdemeanor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: misdemeanor
trans_list: contravención | falta | mala conducta
sense:
(law, criminology, historical, _, in, _, UK) A lesser criminal act in most common law legal systems, generally punished less severely than a felony.


lexentry: eng/misericord__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: misericord
trans_list: misericordia
sense:
A ledge, sometimes ornately carved, attached to a folding church seat to provide support for a person standing for long periods; a subsellium.


lexentry: eng/misery_loves_company__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: Misery is easier to bear when one is not the only one miserable.
written_rep: misery loves company
trans_list:
la miseria es mas fácil de conllevar cuando uno no es el único | mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos | nunca falta un roto para un descosido


lexentry: eng/misgender__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: misgender
trans_list: malgenerizar
sense:
(transitive) To refer to (someone) using terms that express the wrong gender, either unknowingly or intentionally; for example, calling a woman "son" or a boy "she".


lexentry: eng/mishandle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mishandle
trans_list: llevar mal
sense:
(transitive) To deal with a situation incorrectly or ineffectively; to make a mistake in handling a situation.


lexentry: eng/miso__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miso
trans_list: miso
sense:
A thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans with the mold Aspergillus oryzae, used in making soups and sauces.


lexentry: eng/misophonia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: misophonia
trans_list: misofonia
sense:
A neurological disorder in which negative experiences, such as anger or disgust, are triggered by specific sounds.


lexentry: eng/misoprostol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: misoprostol
trans_list: misoprostol
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A drug used for various purposes including the prevention of drug-induced gastric ulcers and the inducement of abortions, having the chemical formula C22H38O5.


lexentry: eng/misrepresentation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: misrepresentation
trans_list: tergiversación
sense:
Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, such as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.


lexentry: eng/miss__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: miss
trans_list: echar de menos | extrañar | añorar | hacer falta
sense:
(transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.


lexentry: eng/miss__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: miss
trans_list: perder | fallar
sense:
(transitive) To be too late to connect with or meet something or someone (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).


lexentry: eng/miss__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: miss
trans_list: perder | faltar
sense:
(transitive, mostly continuous tenses) To be wanting; to lack something that should be present (see also adjectival missing).


lexentry: eng/miss_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miss out
trans_list: perdérsela
sense:
(intransitive, or, transitive with 'on') To miss an experience or lose an opportunity, etc. that should not be missed.


lexentry: eng/miss_the_boat__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miss the boat
trans_list: perder el tren
sense:
(intransitive) To fail to take advantage of an opportunity; to overlook or be too late to pursue an option or course of action.


lexentry: eng/missal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: missal
trans_list: misal
sense:
(Catholicism) A book containing the prayers and responses needed when celebrating the Roman Catholic Mass throughout the year.


lexentry: eng/missile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: missile
trans_list: proyectil
sense:
Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/missile__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: missile
trans_list: misil
sense:
(military) A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/missing_in_action__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: missing in action
trans_list: desaparecido en acción
sense:
(chiefly, military) The designation for a member of an organization (usually military) with whom contact is lost and whose whereabouts are not known, but whose death is not confirmed.


lexentry: eng/missing_link__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: missing link
trans_list: eslabón perdido
sense:
(colloquial) A hypothetical primate once thought necessary to explain a perceived evolutionary gap between apes and humans.


lexentry: eng/mission__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mission
trans_list: misión
sense:
(countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.


lexentry: eng/mission__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mission
trans_list: misión
sense:
(countable, Catholicism) An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.


lexentry: eng/missionary__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: missionary
trans_list: misionero | misionera | misionario
sense:
(religion) A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or creed (Particularly used in context of Christianity).


lexentry: eng/mistletoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mistletoe
trans_list: muérdago | liga | visco
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with white berries that grow in the crowns of apple trees, oaks, and other trees, such as the European mistletoe (Viscum album) and American mistletoe or eastern mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum).


lexentry: eng/mistletoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mistletoe
trans_list: muérdago
sense:
(uncountable) A sprig of one such plant used as a Christmas decoration, associated with the custom that a man may kiss any woman standing beneath it.


lexentry: eng/mistrial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mistrial
trans_list: juicio nulo
sense:
(legal) A trial that is prematurely ended upon being declared invalid because of an error in procedure, or because of a hung jury.


lexentry: eng/misunderstanding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: misunderstanding
trans_list: malentendido | confusión | qui pro quo
sense:
A mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of view; erroneous interpretation or comprehension; misconception.


lexentry: eng/miter_joint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miter joint
trans_list: inglete
sense:
(American spelling) A joint between two members at an angle to each other; each member is cut at an angle equal to half the angle of the junction and usually joint at right angles to each other.


lexentry: eng/mither__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mither
trans_list: acosar
sense:
(intransitive, Northern England, especially, _, Manchester) To make an unnecessary fuss, moan, bother.


lexentry: eng/mithridate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mithridate
trans_list: mitridato
sense:
(historical, pharmacology) Any of various historical medicine, typically an electuary compounded with various poison, believed to derive from Mithridates VI and to serve as a universal antidote.


lexentry: eng/mithridatism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mithridatism
trans_list: mitridatismo | mitridatización
sense:
The practice of gradually ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison in order to build immunity. [1851]


lexentry: eng/mitigate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mitigate
trans_list: mitigar
sense:
(transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.


lexentry: eng/mitochondrion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mitochondrion
trans_list: mitocondria
sense:
(cytology) A spherical or ovoid organelle found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and containing genetic material separate from that of the host; it is responsible for the conversion of food to usable energy in the form of ATP.


lexentry: eng/mitosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mitosis
trans_list: mitosis
sense:
(cytology) The division of a cell nucleus in which the genome is copied and separated into two identical halves. It is normally followed by cell division.


lexentry: eng/mitrailleuse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mitrailleuse
trans_list: metrallera
sense:
(historical, military) A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly.


lexentry: eng/mitre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mitre
trans_list: mitra
sense:
A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.


lexentry: eng/mitre_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mitre box
trans_list: caja de ingletes
sense:
A wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts, usually 45° and 90° mitre cuts. The mitre boxes are made of wood or plastic.


lexentry: eng/mitre_saw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mitre saw
trans_list: ingletadora | sierra de inglete | sierra ingletadora
sense:
A power saw that is a bench circular saw that is used to make accurate crosscuts and miters in a workpiece by positioning a mounted blade onto a board, that can be positioned at a variety of angles.


lexentry: eng/mitten__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mitten
trans_list: manopla | mitón | lúa
sense:
A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.


lexentry: eng/mix_apples_and_oranges__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (idiomatic) To mix or confuse two completely different objects or ideas.
written_rep: mix apples and oranges
trans_list:
mezclar churras con merinas | mezclar papas con camotes | mezclar peras con manzanas | sumar peras con manzanas


lexentry: eng/mixed_bag__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mixed bag
trans_list: bolsa mixta | cajón de sastre | poco de todo
sense:
(idiomatic) Something tending to have both good and bad results or characteristics; something having a mixture of advantages and disadvantages.


lexentry: eng/mixed_economy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mixed economy
trans_list: economía mixta
sense:
A market economy with governmental provision of public goods, often with strong regulatory oversight, other forms of economic interventionism and some level of economic planning.


lexentry: eng/mixed_marriage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mixed marriage
trans_list: matrimonio mixto
sense:
Marriage between people of different socially-distinguished groups, such as different races, cultures or religions.


lexentry: eng/mixed_martial_arts__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mixed martial arts
trans_list: artes marciales mixtas
sense:
(sports, martial arts) A style of combat sport allowing a wide range of combat techniques such as striking and grappling.


lexentry: eng/mixed_reaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mixed reaction
trans_list: reacciones diversas | recepción diversa
sense:
The state of diverse reception, when there are many who praise something while there are also many who dislike it.


lexentry: eng/mixer__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mixer
trans_list: batidora
sense:
A machine outfitted with (typically blunt) blades with which it mixes or beats ingredients in a bowl below.


lexentry: eng/mixing_console__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mixing console
trans_list: mesa de mezclas
sense:
(sound engineering) An electronic device to combine and route audio signals from many sources to various destinations.


lexentry: eng/mixologist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mixologist
trans_list: mixólogo
sense:
(often, jocular) A person who creates cocktails, especially one considered an artist at it; (loosely) any bartender. [from 1856]


lexentry: eng/mizzenmast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mizzenmast
trans_list: palo de mesana
sense:
(nautical) The aftmost mast on a ship having three masts; the third-tallest mast on a full-rigged ship.


lexentry: eng/mnemonic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mnemonic
trans_list: mnemotecnia | nemotecnia | mnemotécnica | mnemónico
sense:
Something (especially a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.) used to help in remembering a thing; a memory aid.


lexentry: eng/moa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moa
trans_list: dinornítido | moa
sense:
Any of several species of large, extinct, flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae that were native to New Zealand; until its extinction, one species was the largest bird in the world. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/mob__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: mob
trans_list: caterva | ganado | germanía | marabunta | maremágnum | patulea
sense:
(Australian Aboriginal) A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.


lexentry: eng/mob_cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mob cap
trans_list: carlota
sense:
(chiefly, historical) A plain cap or headdress for women or girls, especially one tied under the chin by a very broad band, and having a puffy crown and frills.


lexentry: eng/mob_cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mob cap
trans_list: carlota
sense:
(modern-day use) A disposable head covering with an elasticated band, worn for cleanliness in industrial settings.


lexentry: eng/mobile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mobile
trans_list: móvil
sense:
(sculpture) A kinetic sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other.


lexentry: eng/mobile_library__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mobile library
trans_list: bibliobús
sense:
A library housed in a large van that provides a library service to those unable to attend their nearest local library.


lexentry: eng/mobilise__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mobilise
trans_list: movilizar
sense:
(transitive) To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war.


lexentry: eng/mobility__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mobility
trans_list: movilidad
sense:
(military) The ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/mobility_scooter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mobility scooter
sense:
An electric-powered scooter, similar in use to a wheelchair, that is specially designed for disabled and/or elderly people.

trans_list:
escúter para minusválidos | escúter para personas mayores | movilizadora | scooter para discapacitados | scooter para personas con movilidad reducida | vehículo de movilidad


lexentry: eng/mobilization__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mobilization
trans_list: movilización
sense:
The marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them to a state of readiness for an action.


lexentry: eng/mobocracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mobocracy
trans_list: oclocracia
sense:
Rule or control by the mob (or by the mass of ordinary people); a mob as a politically powerful force.


lexentry: eng/moccasin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moccasin
trans_list: mocasín
sense:
A traditional Native North American shoe, usually without a heel or sole, made of a piece of deerskin or other soft leather turned up at the edges which are either stitched together at the top of the shoe, or sewn to a vamp (a piece covering the top of the foot). [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/moccasin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: moccasin
trans_list: mocasín
sense:
A modern shoe with either a low or no heel resembling a traditional Native American moccasin in that the leather forming the sides of the shoe is stitched at the top.


lexentry: eng/moccasin__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: moccasin
trans_list: mocasín
sense:
Any of several North American snakes of the genus Agkistrodon, particularly the copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) and the cottonmouth or water moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus).


lexentry: eng/mock-up__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mock-up
trans_list: maqueta | prototipo
sense:
A scale or full-size model of a design or device which is not fully functional, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, or other purposes.


lexentry: eng/mockingbird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mockingbird
trans_list: cenzontle | sinsonte | chuchube | chulinga | mulato
sense:
Any of various long-tailed American songbirds of the genera Mimus and Melanotis, noted for their ability to mimic calls of other birds.


lexentry: eng/mockumentary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mockumentary
trans_list: falso documental
sense:
(film genre) A film or television programme presented as if it were a documentary but that is not factual and often a parody or satire.


lexentry: eng/mod__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mod
trans_list: modificación
sense:
(video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.


lexentry: eng/modal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: modal
trans_list: modal
sense:
(GUI) Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.


lexentry: eng/mode_of_production__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mode of production
trans_list: modo de producción
sense:
(Marxism) A combination of productive forces such as labour power and means of production, and social and technical relations of production such as property, power, laws and regulations, etc.


lexentry: eng/model__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: model
trans_list: modelo | maqueta
sense:
(software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.


lexentry: eng/model__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: model
trans_list: modelar | mostrar
sense:
(transitive) to display an item on one's body for others to see the potential effect on their own bodies, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model


lexentry: eng/model_act__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: model act
trans_list: ley modelo
sense:
A suggested example for a law, drafted centrally to be disseminated and suggested for enactment in multiple independent legislatures.


lexentry: eng/model_aircraft__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: model aircraft
trans_list: aeromodelo
sense:
An aircraft made to a smaller scale, either as a static (non-flying) model, or built to fly with the aid of an engine or electric motor, and controlled by radio from the ground. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/modem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: modem
trans_list: módem
sense:
(computing) A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.


lexentry: eng/moderator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moderator
trans_list: moderador | moderadora
sense:
(Internet) A person who enforces the rules of a discussion forum by deleting posts, banning users, etc.


lexentry: eng/modern__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: modern
trans_list: moderno
sense:
(history) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.


lexentry: eng/modern_art__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: modern art
trans_list: arte moderno
sense:
(arts) Any of very many genres of art from the late 19th to the mid 20th centuries, especially those forms that move away from a traditional narrative towards experimentation and conceptual art.


lexentry: eng/modern_pentathlon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: modern pentathlon
trans_list: pentatlón moderno
sense:
An athletics event where athletes compete in épée fencing, shooting, freestyle swimming, show jumping and cross country.


lexentry: eng/modernism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: modernism
trans_list: modernismo
sense:
Any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century.


lexentry: eng/modernize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: modernize
trans_list: modernizar
sense:
(transitive) To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.


lexentry: eng/modest__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: modest
trans_list: pudoroso | decente | púdico
sense:
(especially of behavior or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.


lexentry: eng/modesty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: modesty
trans_list: modestia
sense:
The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.


lexentry: eng/modification__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: modification
trans_list: modificación
sense:
The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/modifier__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: modifier
trans_list: modificador
sense:
(grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase. (It may be any of the following: an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a prepositional phrase, a noun phrase, or a subordinate clause.)


lexentry: eng/modifier_key__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: modifier key
trans_list: tecla modificadora
sense:
(computing) A key (on a computer keyboard) that may be pressed simultaneously with certain other keys to activate predefined functions.


lexentry: eng/modulate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: modulate
trans_list: modular
sense:
(intransitive, music) to move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression


lexentry: eng/modulate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: modulate
trans_list: modular
sense:
(transitive, electronics) to vary the amplitude, frequency or phase of a carrier wave in proportion to the amplitude etc of a source wave (such as speech or music)


lexentry: eng/modulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: modulation
trans_list: modulación
sense:
(engineering, physics, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; (countable) an instance of this; also, the extent to which such a wave is modified; and the modified wave or signal.


lexentry: eng/module__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: module
trans_list: módulo
sense:
A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined interface to the other components.


lexentry: eng/module__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: module
trans_list: módulo
sense:
(algebra, ring theory) An abelian group equipped with the operation of multiplication by an element of a ring (or another of certain algebraic objects), representing a generalisation of the concept of vector space with scalar multiplication.


lexentry: eng/modulus__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: modulus
trans_list: módulo
sense:
(physics) A coefficient that expresses how much of a certain property is possessed by a certain substance.


lexentry: eng/modulus_of_elasticity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: modulus of elasticity
trans_list: módulo de elasticidad
sense:
(physics) A quantity that measures an object or substance's resistance to being deformed elastically (i.e. non-permanently) when a stress is applied to it, defined as the ratio of stress to strain.


lexentry: eng/mojibake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mojibake
trans_list: mojibake
sense:
(computing) Corrupt characters or letters, especially resulting from being displayed or transferred through an inappropriate character set or encoding.


lexentry: eng/moka_pot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moka pot
trans_list: cafetera | greca
sense:
A coffeemaker that produces coffee by passing boiling water pressurized by steam through ground coffee, traditionally made of aluminium.


lexentry: eng/molar__Adjective__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molar
trans_list: molar
sense:
(chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one mole of solute per litre of solution.


lexentry: eng/molar_mass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molar mass
trans_list: masa molar
sense:
(chemistry) The mass of a given substance divided by its amount, measured in moles. It is commonly expressed in grams (sometimes kilograms) per mole.


lexentry: eng/molarity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molarity
trans_list: molaridad
sense:
(chemistry) the concentration of a substance in solution, expressed as the number of moles of solute per litre of solution


lexentry: eng/molasses__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molasses
trans_list: melaza
sense:
A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (North America) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.


lexentry: eng/mold__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mold
trans_list: moho | mufa
sense:
A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.


lexentry: eng/moldavite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moldavite
trans_list: moldavita
sense:
(geology) A substance formed by meteorite impact, a component of the tektites found across central Europe.


lexentry: eng/molding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molding
trans_list: moldura | moldeado
sense:
The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.


lexentry: eng/molding__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: molding
trans_list: moldura
sense:
(architecture) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface and to conceal joints, especially between unlike materials.


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mole
trans_list: topo
sense:
(espionage) An internal spy, a person who involves themself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__4
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mole
trans_list: muelle | rompeolas
sense:
(nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__5
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mole
trans_list: mol
sense:
(chemistry, physics) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains exactly 6.02214076×1023 elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.). Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number. [from 1897]


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__7
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mole
trans_list: mole
sense:
Any of several spicy sauces typical of the cuisine of Mexico and neighboring Central America countries, especially one that contains chocolate and is used in cooking main dishes, not desserts.


lexentry: eng/mole_cricket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mole cricket
trans_list: grillo topo
sense:
Any of various large insects from the family Gryllotalpidae that burrow into moist soil and feed on plant roots.


lexentry: eng/molecular_formula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molecular formula
trans_list: fórmula química
sense:
(chemistry) A notation indicating the number of atoms of each element present in one molecule of a substance.


lexentry: eng/molecule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molecule
trans_list: molécula
sense:
(chemistry) The smallest particle of a specific element or compound that retains the chemical properties of that element or compound; two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.


lexentry: eng/mollisol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mollisol
trans_list: mollisol
sense:
(US soil taxonomy, soil science) A type of soil that forms in semiarid to semihumid areas, typically under a grassland cover, with deep, high organic matter and a nutrient-enriched surface soil (or horizon).


lexentry: eng/mollusc__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mollusc
trans_list: molusco
sense:
A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.


lexentry: eng/molluscum_contagiosum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molluscum contagiosum
trans_list: molusco contagioso
sense:
(dermatology, pathology) A viral infection of the skin or (occasionally) mucous membranes, caused by Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV), a DNA poxvirus.


lexentry: eng/molybdenite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molybdenite
trans_list: molibdenita
sense:
(mineral) A mineral, molybdenum disulfide MoS2, that is the principal ore of molybdenum; it is structurally similar to graphite and has a similar look and feel.


lexentry: eng/molybdenum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molybdenum
trans_list: molibdeno
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Mo) with an atomic number of 42: a silvery metal, not found as a free element, used in steel alloys.


lexentry: eng/moment__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: moment
trans_list: momento | instante | ratito
sense:
(historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.


lexentry: eng/moment__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: moment
trans_list: momento
sense:
(colloquial, Internet slang, of a person) The current center of public attention and awe; the most important celebrity in their prime.


lexentry: eng/moment_of_force__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moment of force
trans_list: momento de fuerza
sense:
(physics) The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. The moment is equal to the magnitude of the force multiplied by the perpendicular distance between its line of action and the axis of rotation.


lexentry: eng/moment_of_inertia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moment of inertia
trans_list: momento de inercia
sense:
(physics, classical mechanics) A measure of a rigid body's resistance to change in its angular velocity around a given axis.


lexentry: eng/moment_of_silence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: moment of silence
trans_list: minuto de silencio | momento de silencio
sense:
A period of silence conducted to honor or provide a gesture of respect to a recently deceased person, as part of the mourning process. May also be conducted following a tragic event or on the anniversary thereof.


lexentry: eng/moment_of_truth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moment of truth
trans_list: hora de la verdad | momento de la verdad
sense:
(idiomatic) A deciding instant; the time when a test determines or makes it apparent whether something will succeed.


lexentry: eng/momentum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: momentum
trans_list: impulso | ímpetu | aviada | moméntum | viada
sense:
(physics) Of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity, or the vector sum of the products of its masses and velocities.


lexentry: eng/momo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: momo
trans_list: momo
sense:
A type of dumpling from Nepal, Ladakh or Tibet made with a simple flour and water dough and filled with meat, vegetables or cheese.


lexentry: eng/monad__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: monad
trans_list: mónada
sense:
(functional programming) A data type which represents a specific form of computation, along with the operations "return" and "bind".


lexentry: eng/monarchy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monarchy
trans_list: monarquía
sense:
A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).


lexentry: eng/monatomic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monatomic
trans_list: monoatómico
sense:
(chemistry) Of an element, consisting of a single atom in the molecule, for example, the noble gases. Note: Strictly speaking, a molecule has at least two atoms.


lexentry: eng/mondegreen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mondegreen
trans_list: pomporruta
sense:
(linguistics) A form of (possibly intentional) error arising from mishearing a spoken or sung phrase, possibly in a different language. [from 1954]


lexentry: eng/monergism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monergism
trans_list: monergismo
sense:
(theology) A Christian position holding that God, through the Holy Spirit, works to bring about effectually the salvation of individuals through spiritual regeneration without cooperation from the individual.


lexentry: eng/monetize__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: monetize
trans_list: monetizar
sense:
(transitive) To make an activity profit-generating, particularly in computer and Internet-related activities.


lexentry: eng/money__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: money
trans_list: dinero
sense:
A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).


lexentry: eng/money__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: money
trans_list: cash | efectivo | guita | pecunia
sense:
Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.


lexentry: eng/money_cowry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: money cowry
trans_list: cauri
sense:
A mollusc of the species Monetaria moneta (syn. Cypraea moneta), the shells of which were formerly used as money by populations in Asia, Africa, and Oceania.


lexentry: eng/money_laundering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: money laundering
trans_list: lavado de dinero | blanqueo de capitales | lavado dinerario | lavado pecuniario
sense:
The act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money, especially money that has been obtained illegally. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/money_market__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: money market
trans_list: mercado de dinero | mercado de valores
sense:
(finance) A market for trading short-term debt instruments, such as treasury bills, commercial paper, bankers' acceptances, and certificates of deposit.


lexentry: eng/money_order__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: money order
trans_list: giro postal
sense:
(banking, finance) A directive to pay a prespecified amount of money from prepaid funds, making it a more trusted method of payment than a check.


lexentry: eng/money_supply__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: money supply
trans_list: oferta de dinero
sense:
(economics) The total amount of money (bills, coins, loans, credit, and other liquid instruments) in a particular economy.


lexentry: eng/moneyboy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moneyboy
trans_list: chapero
sense:
(slang, LGBTQ, especially in China and Thailand) A rentboy; a (usually young) male who earns money by offering sexual services.


lexentry: eng/moneylender__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moneylender
trans_list: logrera | logrero | prestamista
sense:
A person who lends money and charges interest, especially one who is not part of the official financial industry.


lexentry: eng/mongoloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mongoloid
trans_list: asiano
sense:
(anthropology, dated) A member of the racial classification of humanity composed of peoples native to North Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific Oceania, the Americas, and parts of Central Asia and South Asia (and sometimes eastern Fennoscandia) – as well as their descendants in other parts of the world.


lexentry: eng/mongoose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mongoose
trans_list: mangosta
sense:
Any of several species of generalist predatory carnivores in the family Herpestidae; the various species range in size from rats to large cats. Indian mongooses are predators of venomous snakes, though other mongoose species have similar habits.


lexentry: eng/monism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monism
trans_list: monismo
sense:
(philosophy, religion) The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.


lexentry: eng/monitor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: monitor
trans_list: monitor | pantalla
sense:
(computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.


lexentry: eng/monitor__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: monitor
trans_list: monitor
sense:
(nautical) A relatively small armored warship with only one or two turrets (but often carrying unusually large guns for a warship of its size), usually designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than open-ocean combat. [from 1862]


lexentry: eng/monitor_lizard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monitor lizard
trans_list: varano
sense:
Any of various large carnivorous lizards of the family Varanidae, all of whose extant species are of genus Varanus, native to Africa, Asia and Australia.


lexentry: eng/monitoring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monitoring
trans_list: monitorización
sense:
The carrying out of surveillance on, or continuous or regular observation of, an environment or people in order to detect signals, movements or changes of state or quality.


lexentry: eng/monkey's_fist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monkey's fist
trans_list: puño de mono
sense:
(knots, nautical) A type of knot tied at the end of a rope to serve as a weight, making it easier to throw the line.


lexentry: eng/monkfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monkfish
trans_list: rape
sense:
Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth.


lexentry: eng/monoamine_oxidase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monoamine oxidase
trans_list: monoamino oxidasa | monoaminooxidasa
sense:
(enzyme) Either of two enzymes, found in the outer membrane of mitochondria, that degrade biogenic amines and are thus responsible for the destruction of transmitter substances at neuronal synapses.


lexentry: eng/monochromator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monochromator
trans_list: monocromador
sense:
(physics) An optical device, consisting of one or more slits, that selects a narrow band of wavelengths from a broader spectrum.


lexentry: eng/monocotyledon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monocotyledon
trans_list: monocotiledónea | monocotiledón
sense:
(botany) Any plant whose seedlings typically have one cotyledon (seed leaf) (in contrast to the two cotyledons typical of dicots), thereby belonging to the taxonomic monocots, formerly variously known as Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, or Liliopsida, a class in the angiosperms (Angiospermae), the flowering plants.


lexentry: eng/monocotyledonous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monocotyledonous
trans_list: monocotiledóneo
sense:
(botany) Of or pertaining to a flowering plant having a seed with one embryonic leaf (a single cotyledon).


lexentry: eng/monocyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monocyte
trans_list: monocito
sense:
(immunology, cytology) A type of leukocyte (white blood cell) that differentiates into a macrophage.


lexentry: eng/monoecious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monoecious
trans_list: monoico
sense:
(botany, invertebrate) Having both the male and female reproductive organs in the same individual, either in different flowers or in the same or different flowers; hermaphrodite.


lexentry: eng/monogram__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monogram
trans_list: monograma
sense:
A design or motif composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution; the letters are usually the initials of their names.


lexentry: eng/monograph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monograph
trans_list: monografía
sense:
A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects, usually written by one person.


lexentry: eng/monohydrate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monohydrate
trans_list: monohidrato
sense:
(chemistry) A hydrate whose solid contains a single molecule of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell


lexentry: eng/monoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monoid
trans_list: monoide
sense:
(algebra, functional programming) A set which is closed under an associative binary operation, and which contains an element which is an identity for the operation.


lexentry: eng/monolith__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monolith
trans_list: monolito
sense:
(also, attributively) A large, single block of stone which is a natural feature; or a block of stone or other similar material used in architecture and sculpture, especially one carved into a monument in ancient times.


lexentry: eng/monolithic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: monolithic
trans_list: monolítico
sense:
(engineering) Consisting of a single piece of homogeneous material as opposed to a composite material or an assembly of multiple parts.


lexentry: eng/monologue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monologue
trans_list: monólogo
sense:
(drama, authorship) A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.


lexentry: eng/monomer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monomer
trans_list: monómero
sense:
(chemistry) A relatively small molecule which can be covalently bonded to other monomers to form a polymer or oligomer.


lexentry: eng/monomial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monomial
trans_list: monomio
sense:
(mathematics) A single term consisting of a product of numbers and variables with positive integer exponents.


lexentry: eng/monophthong__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monophthong
trans_list: monoptongo
sense:
A vowel (in the sense of a sound rather than a letter of the alphabet) that has the same sound throughout its pronunciation, such as the short vowels in "pap", "pep", "pip", "pop" and "pup", as opposed to a diphthong (eg, /aɪ/, the vowel in "pipe") or a triphthong (eg, /aɪə/, the sound in the non-rhotic pronunciation of "pyre").


lexentry: eng/monophysitism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monophysitism
trans_list: monofisismo
sense:
(Christianity) A Christological doctrine, generally considered heterodox or heretical, holding that Jesus Christ has a single nature, which is either wholly divine or partially human and partially divine.


lexentry: eng/monopoly__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: monopoly
trans_list: monopolio
sense:
An exclusive control over the trade or production of a commodity or service through exclusive possession.


lexentry: eng/monopoly__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: monopoly
trans_list: monopolista
sense:
(metonymy) The holder (person, company or other) of such market domination in one of the above manners.


lexentry: eng/monosodium_glutamate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monosodium glutamate
trans_list: glutamato monosódico
sense:
(chemistry) The mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid; present in soy sauce; used as a condiment in Chinese and Japanese cooking, and as a food additive to enhance flavor and add the umami taste. Abbreviations: MSG, E621.


lexentry: eng/monosomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monosomy
trans_list: monosomía
sense:
A genetic disorder with the presence of only one chromosome (instead of the typical two in humans) from a pair.


lexentry: eng/monotheistic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monotheistic
trans_list: monoteísta
sense:
(religion) Believing in a single god, deity, spirit, etc., especially for an organized religion, faith, or creed.


lexentry: eng/monotone_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monotone function
trans_list: función monótona
sense:
(calculus) A function f : X→R (where X is a subset of R, possibly a discrete set) that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases; that is, either x ≤ y implies f(x) ≤ f(y) or x ≤ y implies f(y) ≤ f(x).


lexentry: eng/monotone_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: monotone function
trans_list: función monótona
sense:
(order theory, analysis) A function f : X→Y (where X and Y are posets with partial order "≤") with either: (1) the property that x ≤ y implies f(x) ≤ f(y), or (2) the property that x ≤ y implies f(y) ≤ f(x).


lexentry: eng/monotonic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: monotonic
trans_list: monótono
sense:
(mathematics) Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.


lexentry: eng/monotonic_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monotonic function
trans_list: función monótona
sense:
(mathematics) A function that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.


lexentry: eng/monotonicity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: monotonicity
trans_list: monotonía
sense:
(analysis) Said of a positive measure: the property of a positive measure of a measure space, that given two measurable sets where the first set is contained in the second one, then the measure of the first set must be less than or equal to the measure of the second set.


lexentry: eng/monotreme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monotreme
trans_list: monotrema
sense:
(zoology) Any of the order Monotremata of mammals that lay eggs and have single orifices for urogenital and digestive functions (cloaca); an echidna, platypus or one of their extinct relatives.


lexentry: eng/monster_truck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monster truck
trans_list: camión monstruo
sense:
A large truck designed specifically to perform in monster truck shows, typically based on a lifted pickup truck with oversized wheels and modified suspension.


lexentry: eng/monstrance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monstrance
trans_list: custodia
sense:
(Christianity) An ornamental, often precious receptacle, either open or with a transparent cover, in which the sacramental bread (consecrated host) is placed for Eucharistic adoration.


lexentry: eng/montage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: montage
trans_list: montaje
sense:
(countable) A composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/montane__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: montane
trans_list: montano
sense:
(ecology) Of, inhabiting, or growing in mountain areas; specifically, the cool, moist upland slopes below the timberline. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/montmorillonite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: montmorillonite
trans_list: montmorillonita
sense:
(mineral) Any of a group of soft, clay-like silicate minerals having many industrial and technical uses.


lexentry: eng/moocher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moocher
trans_list: gaviota
sense:
(mostly, pejorative) A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves.


lexentry: eng/moon_bag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moon bag
trans_list: banana
sense:
A small pouch attached to a belt that is worn on the outside of clothing around the waist and used for holding small personal items.


lexentry: eng/moon_letter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moon letter
trans_list: letra lunar
sense:
(linguistics) One of fourteen Arabic letters that do not affect the pronunciation of the "L" of a preceding definite article (ال-). The "L" in the Arabic definite article is pronounced "L" when followed by a moon letter: e.g., القُرْآن. The fourteen moon letters are: ء, ب, ج, ح, خ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, م, ه, و, ي


lexentry: eng/moonbow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moonbow
trans_list: arco lunar | arcoíris lunar
sense:
(meteorology) A rainbow formed by moonlight diffracted by water droplets in the air, usually fainter than a daytime rainbow and with fewer distinguishable colours.


lexentry: eng/mooncake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mooncake
trans_list: pastel de luna
sense:
A rich, dense Chinese pastry traditionally filled with lotus seed paste and nowadays with a variety of other fillings, usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival (on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar; early September to early October). [from late 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/moonless__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moonless
trans_list: sin luna
sense:
(of a night) During which no phase of the Moon is visible to provide light, whether because of cloud cover or because of a new moon.


lexentry: eng/moonlighting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moonlighting
trans_list: pluriempleo | trabajo en negro
sense:
The act of, or a period of, working on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night.


lexentry: eng/moonshine__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: moonshine
trans_list: alcohol ilegal
sense:
(math, uncountable) A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.


lexentry: eng/moonstruck__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moonstruck
trans_list: lunático
sense:
(archaic) Of a person: perverted or insane, originally supposedly due to the influence of the Moon; compare lunatic.


lexentry: eng/moor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moor
trans_list: brezal | pantano | turbera
sense:
An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.)


lexentry: eng/moor__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: moor
trans_list: amarrar | anclar | asegurar | atar | fijar
sense:
(transitive, nautical) To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like.


lexentry: eng/moorhen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moorhen
trans_list: gallineta de agua
sense:
Any of various medium-sized water birds of the genus Gallinula, of the rail family, that feed in open water margins.


lexentry: eng/moose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moose
trans_list: alce | ante | anta
sense:
The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.


lexentry: eng/moot__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moot
trans_list: debatible | discutible
sense:
(current in, _, UK, rare, _, in the, _) Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.


lexentry: eng/moot_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: moot point
trans_list: futilidad | inutilidad | irrelevancia | por gusto | por las [puras] huevas | por las puras
sense:
An issue regarded as potentially debatable, but no longer practically applicable. Although the idea may still be worth debating and exploring academically, and such discussion may be useful for addressing similar issues in the future, the idea has been rendered irrelevant for the present issue.


lexentry: eng/mop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mop
trans_list: fregona | mopa | chascona | coleto | lampazo | mapo
sense:
An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.


lexentry: eng/mope__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mope
trans_list: desanimarse | estar deprimido | lamentar(se) | llorisquear
sense:
(intransitive) To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk.


lexentry: eng/moped__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moped
trans_list: ciclomotor | motocicleta | motoneta | bicimoto | vespino
sense:
A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.


lexentry: eng/mora__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mora
trans_list: mora
sense:
(phonology) A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese).


lexentry: eng/moral__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moral
trans_list: moral
sense:
Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.


lexentry: eng/moral_code__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moral code
trans_list: código de moral
sense:
(ethics) A written, formal, and consistent set of rules prescribing righteous behavior, accepted by a person or by a group of people.


lexentry: eng/moral_compass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moral compass
trans_list: brújula
sense:
An inner sense which distinguishes what is right from what is wrong, functioning as a guide for morally appropriate behaviour.


lexentry: eng/moral_hazard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moral hazard
trans_list: riesgo moral
sense:
(economics, insurance) The prospect that a party insulated from risk may behave differently from the way it would behave if it were fully exposed to the risk.


lexentry: eng/moral_objectivism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moral objectivism
trans_list: objetivismo moral
sense:
(philosophy) The position that certain acts are objectively right or wrong, independent of human opinion.


lexentry: eng/moral_panic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moral panic
trans_list: pánico moral
sense:
A semi-spontaneous or media-generated mass movement based on the perception that an individual, group, community, or culture is dangerously deviant and poses a menace to society; a public outcry.


lexentry: eng/morale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morale
trans_list: disposición | entusiasmo | ánimo
sense:
The capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others.


lexentry: eng/moralism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moralism
trans_list: moralismo
sense:
(uncountable, often, pejorative) The act or practice of moralizing (making moral reflections or judging the morality of others).


lexentry: eng/moralist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moralist
trans_list: moralista
sense:
(pejorative) One who bases all decisions on perceived morals, especially one who enforces them with censorship.


lexentry: eng/morality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morality
trans_list: moralidad
sense:
(uncountable) Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results.


lexentry: eng/morbid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: morbid
trans_list: morboso
sense:
(by extension) Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease. [from 1770s]


lexentry: eng/mordant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mordant
trans_list: mordaz | mordiente
sense:
Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.


lexentry: eng/mordent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mordent
trans_list: mordente
sense:
(music) An ornament consisting of a single alternation between a given pitch and the one immediately below it.


lexentry: eng/more_Catholic_than_the_Pope__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: more Catholic than the Pope
trans_list: más papista que el papa
sense:
Adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practices and doctrine than is required by church doctrine.


lexentry: eng/morel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morel
trans_list: colmenilla | morilla | cagarria | colmena | múrgol
sense:
A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.


lexentry: eng/morepork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morepork
trans_list: nínox maorí
sense:
(chiefly, New Zealand) The Tasmanian spotted owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae), a small brown owl indigenous to New Zealand and Tasmania. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/moresome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moresome
trans_list: ballet
sense:
(rare, slang) A sexual act involving more than three people, or a group of individuals involved in such an act.


lexentry: eng/morganatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morganatic
trans_list: morganático
sense:
Designating a marriage (or the wife involved) between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank, often having various legal repercussions (typically that such a wife has no claim on the husband's possessions or title). It was not an aspect of English law, but was common in other royal houses, especially in Germany.


lexentry: eng/morgue__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: morgue
trans_list: morgue | depósito de cadáveres
sense:
A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.


lexentry: eng/morion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morion
trans_list: morrión
sense:
(historical) A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bevor. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/morning__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: morning
trans_list: mañana | matina | matino
sense:
(obsolete) That part of the day from dawn until the main meal (typically in late afternoon). [18th–19th c.]


lexentry: eng/morning_star__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morning star
trans_list: lucero del alba | estrella del alba
sense:
(countable, weapon) A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes attached rigidly to a staff, in contrast to a flail.


lexentry: eng/morning_tea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morning tea
trans_list: almuerzo
sense:
(Australia, NZ) A small meal or snack eaten between breakfast and lunch; a period of time set aside for this purpose, taken as a break from schoolwork, work, a conference, etc.


lexentry: eng/moron__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: moron
trans_list: retrasado | débil mental | morón | imbécil | idiota | subnormal
sense:
(psychology, dated, originally) A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.


lexentry: eng/moron__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: moron
trans_list: imbécil | baboso | débil mental | idiota | retardado | retrasado
sense:
(philosophy) A hypothetical particle whose existence and configuration can make a moral judgment true.


lexentry: eng/morpheme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morpheme
trans_list: morfema
sense:
(linguistic morphology) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning. It may be a letter, a syllable, or otherwise.


lexentry: eng/morphine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morphine
trans_list: morfina
sense:
(biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.


lexentry: eng/morphism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morphism
trans_list: morfismo
sense:
(mathematics, category theory) (formally) An arrow in a category; (less formally) an abstraction that generalises a map from one mathematical object to another and is structure-preserving in a way that depends on the branch of mathematics from which it arises.


lexentry: eng/morphology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morphology
trans_list: morfología
sense:
(linguistics) The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).


lexentry: eng/morphology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morphology
trans_list: morfología
sense:
(uncountable) A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:


lexentry: eng/morphosyntax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morphosyntax
trans_list: morfosintaxis
sense:
(linguistics) The system of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the way in which words are put together to form phrases and sentences (syntax), regarded as an interlinked unit.


lexentry: eng/mortal_sin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mortal sin
trans_list: pecado mortal
sense:
(Roman Catholicism, theology) A sin which causes the loss of God's grace, leading to eternal damnation, unless the sinner repents, which includes their intent to confess and atone; such a sin is defined as a grave transgression against one of the Ten Commandments with the full knowledge and deliberate consent of the sinner.


lexentry: eng/mortality__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mortality
trans_list: mortalidad
sense:
The number of deaths; and, usually and especially, the number of deaths per time unit (usually per year), expressed as a rate.


lexentry: eng/mortar__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mortar
trans_list: mortero
sense:
(countable, military, historical) A short, heavy, large-bore cannon designed for indirect fire at very steep trajectories.


lexentry: eng/mortar__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mortar
trans_list: mortero
sense:
(countable, military) A relatively lightweight, often portable indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate and is designed to lob explosive shells at very steep trajectories. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/mortar_and_pestle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mortar and pestle
trans_list: almirez y maja | molcajete y tejolote | mortero y machaca | pilón y machacadera
sense:
A device made up of a bowl (the mortar) and a heavy, blunt object (the pestle), the end of which is used for crushing and grinding ingredients or substances into a fine paste or powder.


lexentry: eng/mortgage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mortgage
trans_list: hipoteca
sense:
(legal) A special form of secured loan where the purpose of the loan must be specified to the lender, to purchase assets that must be fixed (not movable) property, such as a house or piece of farm land. The assets are registered as the legal property of the borrower but the lender can seize them and dispose of them if they are not satisfied with the manner in which the repayment of the loan is conducted by the borrower. Once the loan is fully repaid, the lender loses this right of seizure and the assets are then deemed to be unencumbered.


lexentry: eng/mortgage__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mortgage
trans_list: hipotecar
sense:
(transitive, legal) To borrow against a property, to obtain a loan for another purpose by giving away the right of seizure to the lender over a fixed property such as a house or piece of land; to pledge a property in order to get a loan.


lexentry: eng/mortify__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mortify
trans_list: mortificar
sense:
(transitive) To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/mortify__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mortify
trans_list: mortificar
sense:
(transitive, usually, used passively) To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mortmain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mortmain
trans_list: manos muertas
sense:
(legal) The perpetual, inalienable possession of lands by a corporation or non-personal entity such as a church.


lexentry: eng/morula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morula
trans_list: mórula
sense:
(embryology) A spherical mass of blastomeres that forms following the splitting of a zygote; it becomes the blastula


lexentry: eng/mosaic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mosaic
trans_list: mosaico
sense:
A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.


lexentry: eng/mosaic__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mosaic
trans_list: mosaico
sense:
(genetics) An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.


lexentry: eng/mosasaur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mosasaur
trans_list: mosasaurio | mosasáurido
sense:
A large extinct marine reptile in the family †Mosasauridae, dominant marine predator of the Cretaceous. Mosasaurs are considered to belong to Squamata, the same group that includes lizards and snakes.[from c. 1840]


lexentry: eng/mosquito__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mosquito
trans_list: mosquito | zancudo | mosco | plaga
sense:
A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.


lexentry: eng/mosquito_coil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mosquito coil
trans_list: raidolito
sense:
A mosquito-repelling incense, usually shaped into a spiral, and typically made from a dried paste of pyrethrum powder.


lexentry: eng/mosquito_net__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mosquito net
trans_list: mosquitero | toldillo | mosquitera
sense:
A fine net, placed around a bed, in a window opening, etc., to provide protection against mosquitoes and other insects, and the diseases carried by them.


lexentry: eng/moss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moss
trans_list: musgo
sense:
Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).


lexentry: eng/most_valuable_player__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: most valuable player
trans_list: jugador más valioso
sense:
(sports) A player chosen as having made the best contribution to a team during a match, often awarded a small prize.


lexentry: eng/motel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: motel
trans_list: motel
sense:
(also, _, attributive) A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms whose entrances are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to parked automobiles.


lexentry: eng/moth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moth
trans_list: polilla | taraza | mariposa nocturna
sense:
Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.


lexentry: eng/mothball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mothball
trans_list: bola de alcanfor | bola de naftalina
sense:
(usually, in plural) A small ball of chemical pesticide (typically naphthalene) and deodorant placed in or around clothing and other articles susceptible to damage from mold or moth larvae in order to protect them from this damage.


lexentry: eng/mother-in-law's_tongue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mother-in-law's tongue
trans_list: lengua de suerga
sense:
A plant with narrow, leathery, pointed leaves, of species Dracaena trifasciata (syn. Sansevieria trifasciata), often grown as a houseplant for its distinctive foliage and its tolerance of low light. The leaves are also the source of a tough fiber used for rope.


lexentry: eng/mother__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mother
trans_list: madre
sense:
A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).


lexentry: eng/mother_figure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mother figure
trans_list: figura materna
sense:
One (especially an older woman) who behaves as, is regarded as equivalent to, or represents a mother for another person or group of people.


lexentry: eng/mother_lode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mother lode
trans_list: veta madre
sense:
(geology) A large or rich vein of gold or of another precious mineral from which other branches extend.


lexentry: eng/mother_ship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mother ship
trans_list: buque nodriza | nave nodriza
sense:
A vessel, aircraft or spacecraft that serves or carries a smaller vessel or vessels that operate independently from it.


lexentry: eng/motherboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: motherboard
trans_list: placa base | placa madre | motherboard
sense:
(computer hardware) The primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the central processing unit, keyboard, mouse and monitor, together with slots for other devices.


lexentry: eng/motif__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: motif
trans_list: motivo
sense:
(biochemistry) In a nucleotide or aminoacid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance.


lexentry: eng/motile__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: motile
trans_list: móvil
sense:
(physiology) In organs: having the power to move their contents, or to change their shape or tension by writhing or contracting as required by their particular physiological functions.


lexentry: eng/motion__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: motion
trans_list: moción
sense:
(countable) A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting.


lexentry: eng/motion_sickness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: motion sickness
trans_list: cinetosis | mareo
sense:
A feeling of nausea or dizziness caused by a disagreement between visually perceived movement and the vestibular system's sense of movement; typically resulting from travel in a vehicle such as a ship or car.


lexentry: eng/motive__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: motive
trans_list: motivo | móbil
sense:
(law) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/motor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: motor
trans_list: motor
sense:
(now, _, colloquial, _, outside attributive use) A motor car, or automobile, sometimes extended to other powered vehicles, such as goods vehicles.


lexentry: eng/motor_home__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: motor home
trans_list: autocaravana
sense:
A type of recreational vehicle, a self-propelled structure built on a truck or bus chassis containing living accommodations.


lexentry: eng/motor_ship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: motor ship
trans_list: motonave
sense:
(watercraft) A seagoing vessel powered by an internal combustion engine, usually a diesel. Compare with steamship.


lexentry: eng/motor_vehicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: motor vehicle
trans_list: vehículo automóvil
sense:
Any land-based means of transportation in the form of a machine that operates primarily through a motor to provide power to rotate the tires.


lexentry: eng/motorcycle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: motorcycle
trans_list: motocicleta | moto
sense:
An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.


lexentry: eng/motorway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: motorway
trans_list: autopista | autovía
sense:
(UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Queensland, New South Wales) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.


lexentry: eng/motto__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: motto
trans_list: lema
sense:
A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.


lexentry: eng/mouflon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mouflon
trans_list: muflón
sense:
A species of wild sheep, Ovis orientalis musimon, syn. Ovis aries musimon, endemic to Sardinia and Corsica. [from c. 1770]


lexentry: eng/mould-breaking__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mould-breaking
trans_list: pionero
sense:
(UK) Using or involving the use of original, innovative and unconventional methods; departing from tradition.


lexentry: eng/moulin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moulin
trans_list: molino glaciar
sense:
(geology) A cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier and is carved by meltwater from the glacier’s surface.


lexentry: eng/moult__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moult
trans_list: caérsele | desprenderse de | echar | mudar [de] | pelechar | perder
sense:
(intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.


lexentry: eng/mound__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mound
trans_list: montículo
sense:
A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.


lexentry: eng/mound__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mound
trans_list: orbe
sense:
A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross.


lexentry: eng/mount__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mount
trans_list: montar | acaballar | engastar | instalar
sense:
(obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.


lexentry: eng/mount__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: mount
trans_list: configurar | instalar | montar
sense:
(transitive, computing) To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.


lexentry: eng/mountain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mountain
trans_list: montaña | monte
sense:
(countable) An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit. [from 12th c.]


lexentry: eng/mountain_bike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mountain bike
trans_list: bicicleta de montaña | bicimontaña
sense:
(cycling) A bicycle specially designed for off-road riding, typically with straight, flat handlebars, a heavier frame than road bikes, higher ground clearance, and wider tires, sometimes with knobs on them for greater traction.


lexentry: eng/mountain_climber__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mountain climber
trans_list: montañero
sense:
An exercise starting in a plank position with hands and possibly feet wider than the shoulders where the knees are adducted to the head or elbows alternatingly without lifting the braced hip.


lexentry: eng/mountain_goat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mountain goat
trans_list: bucardo | cabra montés
sense:
A sure-footed goat antelope, Oreamnos americanus, of the North American mountains, having black curved horns and a shaggy coat.


lexentry: eng/mountain_reindeer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mountain reindeer
trans_list: limpio
sense:
A subspecies of reindeer, found wild in southern Norway and Kola peninsula in Russia; Rangifer tarandus tarandus. A semi-domesticated variant is widely herded by the Sami in northern Scandinavia.


lexentry: eng/mountainous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mountainous
trans_list: montañoso
sense:
Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.


lexentry: eng/mounted_police__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mounted police
trans_list: policía montada
sense:
A unit of the civil police who are specifically trained to serve duty on horseback. Their duties can be ceremonial, or often for crowd control, and to police areas of difficult access or wilderness areas.


lexentry: eng/mouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mouse
trans_list: ratón | laucha | mouse
sense:
(computing) (plural mice or mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.


lexentry: eng/mouse_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mouse wheel
trans_list: rueda del ratón
sense:
(computing) A hard plastic or rubbery disc on a computer mouse, rotated by the user in order to scroll the display.


lexentry: eng/mousse__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mousse
trans_list: espuma
sense:
A stable emulsion of water and oil that is created by wave action churning the water where an oil spill occurs.


lexentry: eng/mouth__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mouth
trans_list: boca | desembocadura | bemba | busa | busarda | jeta
sense:
The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.


lexentry: eng/mouthguard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mouthguard
trans_list: férula dental | protector bucal
sense:
(US) A device that fits into the mouth over one or both arches of the teeth and usually made of plastic. Such devices may protect against injury during sport or fighting or may serve a medical purpose.


lexentry: eng/mouthpart__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mouthpart
trans_list: pieza bucal
sense:
(usually, in plural) An appendage-like structure on the outside of an insect's or other arthropod's mouth, serving to manipulate and masticate food.


lexentry: eng/movable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: movable
trans_list: mobiliario
sense:
Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary.


lexentry: eng/movable_feast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: movable feast
trans_list: fiesta movible
sense:
A day of note, frequently a Christian festival, whose date changes from year to year according to a set of rules.


lexentry: eng/movable_type__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: movable type
trans_list: tipo móvil
sense:
A system of printing and typography that uses movable components such as individual letters or punctuation to reproduce the elements of a document.


lexentry: eng/move__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: move
trans_list: mudanza | jugada
sense:
(board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.


lexentry: eng/move__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: move
trans_list: mover | moverse | trasladar
sense:
(transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another


lexentry: eng/move__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: move
trans_list: conmover | emocionar | mover
sense:
(transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).


lexentry: eng/move_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: move in
trans_list: mudarse para acá
sense:
(intransitive) To start living or working in a new place; to transport one's belongings to a new home or workplace; to make one's home or workplace into a suitable environment.


lexentry: eng/move_the_goalposts__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: move the goalposts
trans_list: cambiar las reglas del juego | donde dije digo, digo Diego
sense:
(idiomatic) To alter the terms of an agreement or an agreed target, or the rules of a negotiation while it is ongoing, especially in an unfair way.


lexentry: eng/movement__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: movement
trans_list: movimiento
sense:
A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals.


lexentry: eng/movie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: movie
trans_list: película | filme
sense:
(chiefly, North America, AU, NZ) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.


lexentry: eng/moving_violation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moving violation
trans_list: infracción de tráfico | infracción de tránsito
sense:
(US, Canada, Australia, law enforcement) Violation of the law by the driver of a vehicle while in motion.


lexentry: eng/moving_walkway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moving walkway
sense:
(US) A slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator.

trans_list:
pasillo rodante | acera mecánica | acera móvil | camino rodante | cinta desplazadora | cinta transportadora


lexentry: eng/mow_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mow down
trans_list: guadañar
sense:
(transitive, figuratively, by extension) To kill or slaughter, or to injure by knocking down, especially in large numbers and in a ruthless manner.


lexentry: eng/mozzarella__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mozzarella
trans_list: mozzarella | musarela | muzarela | muzarella
sense:
Soft Italian or Italian-style cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc.


lexentry: eng/mozzetta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mozzetta
trans_list: muceta
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) A short cape covering the shoulders and buttoned in front, with a hood, which is worn by the pope, cardinals, bishops, and other senior clergy.


lexentry: eng/mpox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mpox
trans_list: viruela del mono | viruela del simio | viruela símica
sense:
(disease) A viral disease, of primates and some other mammals, related to smallpox, caused by Orthopoxvirus monkeypox.


lexentry: eng/muck_about__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: muck about
trans_list: payasear | tontear
sense:
(informal, intransitive, British, Australia) To be playful; full of fun and high spirits; to treat a situation unseriously.


lexentry: eng/mucous_membrane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mucous membrane
trans_list: mucosa | membrana mucosa
sense:
(anatomy) A membrane which secretes mucus. It forms the lining of various body passages that communicate with the air, such as the respiratory, genitourinary, and alimentary tracts including the mouth, nasal passages, vagina, and urethra.


lexentry: eng/mud__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mud
trans_list: fango | lodo
sense:
(figuratively) Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.


lexentry: eng/muddle-headed__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muddle-headed
trans_list: turbio
sense:
(of persons or their thoughts) Characterized by vague or confused thinking: foolish, dull-witted, semi-conscious.


lexentry: eng/muddy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: muddy
trans_list: pantanoso | turbio
sense:
Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid.


lexentry: eng/mudflap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mudflap
trans_list: guardabarros
sense:
A rectangular flap mounted near the wheel of a motor vehicle (especially a truck) to prevent mud or rocks from being thrown up (by the wheel), either onto the body panels or into the path of vehicles following behind.


lexentry: eng/mudguard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mudguard
trans_list: aleta | parafango | salvabarros
sense:
A cover over the wheels of a vehicle, or a flap behind that wheel, to prevent water and mud being projected.


lexentry: eng/mudra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mudra
trans_list: mudra | mudrá
sense:
(dance, arts) Any of several formal symbolic hand postures used in classical dance of India and in Hindu and Buddhist iconography.


lexentry: eng/mudskipper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mudskipper
trans_list: pez del fango
sense:
Any of various gobies of the subfamily Oxudercinae that are able to survive out of water by breathing through their skins and having strong pectoral fins that act as simple legs.


lexentry: eng/mudslinger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mudslinger
trans_list: injuriador
sense:
One who casts aspersions or insults; especially a political candidate who makes negative statements about the opposition.


lexentry: eng/mudstone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mudstone
trans_list: fangolita
sense:
(petrology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/muffin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: muffin
trans_list: muffin | panecillo
sense:
A cupcake-shaped baked good (for example of cornbread, banana bread, or a chocolate dough), sometimes glazed but typically without frosting, eaten especially for breakfast (in contrast to a cupcake, which is a dessert).


lexentry: eng/muffin_top__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muffin top
trans_list: neumático
sense:
(colloquial, sometimes, _, derogatory) The roll of flesh that bulges over the top of excessively tight trousers.


lexentry: eng/muffle__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: muffle
trans_list: silenciar
sense:
(transitive, dated) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.


lexentry: eng/mug_shot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mug shot
trans_list: ficha policial | fotografía de prontuario | fotografía policial
sense:
(law enforcement) A photograph of a person's face, especially one taken by the police during an arrest.


lexentry: eng/mukbang__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mukbang
trans_list: meokbang | mukbang
sense:
(neologism, social media) An online video broadcast in which a person eats while interacting with their audience.


lexentry: eng/mulatto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mulatto
trans_list: mulato | mulata
sense:
(historical, now, sometimes, pejorative) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.


lexentry: eng/mulch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mulch
trans_list: mantillo
sense:
(agriculture, horticulture) Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture.


lexentry: eng/mulga_wire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mulga wire
trans_list: rumor
sense:
A message or story transmitted through such an informal network, especially one containing false information.


lexentry: eng/muliebrity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muliebrity
trans_list: feminidad
sense:
(literary) The state or quality of being a woman; the features of a woman's nature; femininity, womanhood.


lexentry: eng/mullein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mullein
trans_list: verbasco | gordolobo
sense:
Any of a few hundred species of European and Asian plants, of the genus Verbascum, especially that majority that have yellow flowers. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/mullet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mullet
trans_list: lisa | mújol | salmonete
sense:
A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (red mullets or goatfish).


lexentry: eng/mullion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mullion
trans_list: mainel
sense:
(architectural element) A vertical bar between the panes of glass or casements of a window or the panels of a screen.


lexentry: eng/multi-touch__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multi-touch
trans_list: multitáctil
sense:
(computing) Of a computer tablet or touch-screen interface, accepting more than one touch at the same time.


lexentry: eng/multiculturalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multiculturalism
trans_list: multiculturalismo | pluriculturalismo
sense:
The characteristics of an organization, society, city etc. which has many different ethnic or national cultures mingling freely; political or social policies which support or encourage such coexistence. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/multifocal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: multifocal
trans_list: multifocal
sense:
(of an eyeglass lens) having several focusing areas that correct for both nearsightedness and farsightedness.


lexentry: eng/multifunctional_cooker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multifunctional cooker
trans_list: multicocinador
sense:
An electric cooking pot, with a timer and a large variety of cooking modes, that can fully replace a kitchen stove and oven.


lexentry: eng/multilateralism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: multilateralism
trans_list: multilateralismo
sense:
A system by which nations consult others in matters of foreign policy, by way of organisations such as the United Nations.


lexentry: eng/multilinear_form__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multilinear form
trans_list: forma multilineal | función multilineal
sense:
(linear algebra, multilinear algebra) Given a vector space V over a field K of scalars, a mapping V k → K that is linear in each of its arguments;(more generally) a similarly multiply linear mapping M r → R defined for a given module M over some commutative ring R.


lexentry: eng/multimedia__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: multimedia
trans_list: multimedia
sense:
(computing) of, or relating to an application that can combine such media into an integrated package


lexentry: eng/multimeter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multimeter
trans_list: multímetro | tester | polimetro
sense:
An electronic measuring instrument that combines multiple functions; a combined voltmeter, ammeter and ohmmeter.


lexentry: eng/multimillion__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multimillion
trans_list: multimillonario
sense:
Having several millions; costing or worth many millions of dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency.


lexentry: eng/multinational__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: multinational
trans_list: multinacional
sense:
(of a business organization) Operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries (especially more than two).


lexentry: eng/multiple-choice_question__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multiple-choice question
trans_list: pregunta de opción múltiple | pregunta multiopción
sense:
(education) A question where several answers are presented and the respondent must choose the correct one.


lexentry: eng/multiple__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multiple
trans_list: múltiple
sense:
Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular).


lexentry: eng/multiple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multiple
trans_list: múltiplo | múltiple
sense:
(mathematics) A whole number that is obtained by multiplying a specific whole number by another whole number.


lexentry: eng/multiple_fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multiple fruit
trans_list: fruto múltiple
sense:
(botany) A fruit that develops from the fusion of carpels from more than one flower, as for instance, a pineapple.


lexentry: eng/multiple_inheritance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multiple inheritance
trans_list: herencia múltiple
sense:
(programming, object-oriented) The ability to inherit from more than one superclass in a single subclass.


lexentry: eng/multiple_myeloma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multiple myeloma
trans_list: mieloma múltiple
sense:
(pathology, oncology) A malignant neoplasm of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell that produces antibodies.


lexentry: eng/multiple_sclerosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multiple sclerosis
trans_list: esclerosis múltiple
sense:
(pathology) A chronic non-contagious disease of the brain and spinal cord characterized by changes in sensation, visual problems, weakness, depression, difficulties with coordination and speech, impaired mobility and disability.


lexentry: eng/multiplication_table__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multiplication table
trans_list: tabla de multiplicar
sense:
(arithmetic) A table showing the products of each of the integers from 1 to 10 (or, especially formerly, 12) with each of the integers from 1 to 10 (or 12).


lexentry: eng/multitasking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multitasking
trans_list: multitarea
sense:
(computing) The simultaneous execution of multiple tasks (programs) under the control of an interrupt-driven operating system.


lexentry: eng/mummery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mummery
trans_list: mojiganga
sense:
(now, chiefly, historical) Mumming; disguising oneself to perform as a mummer, or to take part in some other festivities or performance. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/mummery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mummery
trans_list: mojiganga
sense:
A ridiculous or ostentatious ceremony, formerly especially of a religious nature; extravagant or hypocritical performance. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/mummy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mummy
trans_list: momia | chullpa
sense:
(countable, by extension) A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/mumps__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mumps
trans_list: parotiditis | paperas
sense:
(pathology) A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.


lexentry: eng/munchies__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: munchies
trans_list: bajón
sense:
(slang, with the definite article) Hunger, especially a craving for food as a result of cannabis or alcohol consumption.


lexentry: eng/munge__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: munge
trans_list: dañar
sense:
(transitive, computing, informal) To transform data in an undefined or unexplained manner, as for example when data wrangling requires nonsystemic or nonsystematic edits.


lexentry: eng/municipal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: municipal
trans_list: municipal
sense:
Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).


lexentry: eng/municipality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: municipality
trans_list: municipio
sense:
A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.


lexentry: eng/muntjac__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muntjac
trans_list: muntíaco
sense:
Any of various species of east Asian deer of the genus Muntiacus, having short antlers and a barking call.


lexentry: eng/muon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muon
trans_list: muon | muón
sense:
(physics) An unstable elementary particle in the lepton family, having similar properties to the electron but with a mass 207 times greater.


lexentry: eng/murder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: murder
trans_list: asesinato
sense:
(uncountable, legal, in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule) The act of committing or abetting a crime that results in the killing of a person, regardless of intent, and even if the committer or abettor is not the one who killed the person: felony murder.


lexentry: eng/murdochite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: murdochite
trans_list: murdoquita
sense:
(mineral) An isometric-hexoctahedral black mineral containing bromine, chlorine, copper, lead, and oxygen.


lexentry: eng/murine__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: murine
trans_list: ratonero | murino
sense:
More generally, of, pertaining to, or characteristic of any rodent up to the taxonomic rank of Muroidea, most often with reference to mice and rats of the subfamily Murinae.


lexentry: eng/murmur__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: murmur
trans_list: soplo | murmullo
sense:
(cardiology, medicine) The sound made by any condition which produces a noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart.


lexentry: eng/murmur__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: murmur
trans_list: murmullo
sense:
A muttered complaint or protest; the expression of dissatisfaction in a low muttering voice; any expression of complaint or discontent.


lexentry: eng/murrain__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: murrain
trans_list: morriña
sense:
(countable, veterinary disease, chiefly, historical) Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle or other livestock, such as anthrax, babesiosis, or rinderpest; or a particular epizootic thereof; also, an infectious disease affecting other animals, such as poultry.


lexentry: eng/muscle_dysmorphia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muscle dysmorphia
trans_list: TDC
sense:
(bodybuilding, psychology) A disorder in which a person becomes obsessed with the idea that they are not muscular enough.


lexentry: eng/muscle_memory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muscle memory
trans_list: memoria muscular
sense:
(physiology) The ability to reproduce a particular movement using subconscious neuromuscular control which is acquired as a result of the physiological adaptation of the body to repetition of the movement.


lexentry: eng/muscle_tone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muscle tone
trans_list: tono muscular
sense:
(physiology) The continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles, which helps maintain posture.


lexentry: eng/muscovite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muscovite
trans_list: moscovita | muscovita
sense:
(mineral) A pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2; used as an electrical insulator etc.


lexentry: eng/muscular_dystrophy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muscular dystrophy
trans_list: distrofia muscular
sense:
(pathology) A group of genetic diseases which cause progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue.


lexentry: eng/musette__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: musette
trans_list: chuspa | macuto | morral | tanate | zorrón | zurrón
sense:
(chiefly, US, originally, military) In full musette bag: a small bag or knapsack with a shoulder strap, formerly used by soldiers, and now (cycling) chiefly by cyclists to hold food and beverages or other items. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/museum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: museum
trans_list: museo
sense:
A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.


lexentry: eng/mush__Noun__5
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mush
trans_list: che | güey | tronco | tío
sense:
(British, slang, primarily, Southern England) (American, slang, primarily, Nonantum) A form of address, normally to a man.


lexentry: eng/mushroom_cloud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mushroom cloud
trans_list: nube de hongo
sense:
A large cloud of smoke, flame and debris that rises into the sky as a result of a large explosion, especially after a nuclear explosion, characterized by a long shaft rising from the ground into a much-larger or more-spread-out top, reminiscent of a mushroom in shape.


lexentry: eng/music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: music
trans_list: música
sense:
A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, etc., often to convey a mood.


lexentry: eng/music_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: music box
trans_list: caja de música
sense:
A box that generates or plays music, particularly one using mechanical means rather than electronic, generally using a cylinder or disk containing the music.


lexentry: eng/music_of_the_spheres__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: music of the spheres
trans_list: armonía de las esferas
sense:
A continuous, glorious, harmonious set of sounds that are not audible to ordinary human beings, said in ancient and medieval Western cosmology to be produced by the movement of the celestial bodies.


lexentry: eng/music_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: music theory
trans_list: teoría musical
sense:
The field of study dealing with how music works, typically examining the language and notation of music, the patterns and structures in composers' techniques, and so on.


lexentry: eng/music_to_someone's_ears__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: music to someone's ears
trans_list: música para los oídos
sense:
(idiomatic) A spoken expression or a sound which is pleasing; specifically, some good news, or welcome information or remarks.


lexentry: eng/musical__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musical
trans_list: musical
sense:
A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.


lexentry: eng/musical_bow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musical bow
trans_list: arco
sense:
(musical instrument) A simple musical instrument consisting of a string supported by a flexible wooden bearer.


lexentry: eng/musical_chairs__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musical chairs
trans_list: juego de las sillas | baile de las sillas | sillas musicales | sillita musical
sense:
(children's games) A children's game in which players circle a group of chairs. There is one chair fewer than the number of players. When someone who is not watching stops playing music, everybody sits down, and the player left without a chair is eliminated.


lexentry: eng/musical_saw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musical saw
trans_list: hoja de sierra
sense:
(musical instrument) A musical instrument consisting of a thin sheet of metal, or sometimes a saw, usually played with a bow.


lexentry: eng/musician__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musician
trans_list: músico | música | musicante | musicastro | saltimbanqui
sense:
A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.


lexentry: eng/musicology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musicology
trans_list: musicología
sense:
(music) The scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, music theory, or the physical nature of sound.


lexentry: eng/musk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musk
trans_list: almizcle
sense:
A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.


lexentry: eng/musk_ox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musk ox
trans_list: buey almizclero
sense:
An Arctic mammal, Ovibos moschatus of the Caprinae subfamily of the family Bovidae, having a thick coat and long curved horns.


lexentry: eng/musket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musket
trans_list: mosquete
sense:
A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.


lexentry: eng/must__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: must
trans_list: deber | tener que
sense:
To do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sentence predicate, with failure to do so resulting in a failure or negative consequence.


lexentry: eng/mustard_gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mustard gas
trans_list: gas mostaza
sense:
A highly cytotoxic vesicant, C4H8Cl2S, used in World War I that is known to cause skin burns, blisters, inflammation, edema, and potentially other respiratory effects.


lexentry: eng/mustard_plaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mustard plaster
trans_list: sinapismo
sense:
A poultice of mustard seed powder spread inside a protective dressing and applied to the chest or abdomen to stimulate healing.


lexentry: eng/mustelid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mustelid
trans_list: mustélido
sense:
Any carnivorous mammal of the diverse weasel family Mustelidae, which also includes badgers, otters, martens, mink and wolverines.


lexentry: eng/muster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muster
trans_list: revista
sense:
(military) An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/muster__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: muster
trans_list: aglomerar | congregar | juntar | reagrupar | reunir | yuntar
sense:
(intransitive) To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like (especially of a military force); to come together as parts of a force or body. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/musth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musth
trans_list: must
sense:
(also, attributive, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by in or on: the state each year during which a male animal (usually a camel or an elephant) exhibits increased aggressiveness and sexual activity due to a high level of testosterone; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/mutant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutant
trans_list: mutante
sense:
(genetics) Of, relating to, undergoing (i.e. mutating), or resulting from change or mutation; that has undergone mutation.


lexentry: eng/mutarotation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutarotation
trans_list: mutarrotación
sense:
(organic chemistry, physical chemistry, carbohydrate) A dynamic change in the rotation of polarized light as it passes through a fresh solution of some sugars as an equilibrium mixture of anomers is formed


lexentry: eng/mutation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mutation
trans_list: mutación
sense:
(linguistics) An alteration in a particular sound of a word, especially the initial consonant, which is triggered by the word's morphological or syntactic context and not by its phonological context.


lexentry: eng/mutatis_mutandis__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutatis mutandis
trans_list: mutatis mutandis
sense:
(especially, law) With the necessary changes being made; with the necessary modifications; with such changes as are necessary to ensure congruence.


lexentry: eng/mute_h__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mute h
trans_list: h muda | hache muda
sense:
(phonology) In the French language usage of the letter h at the start of a word which allows liaison with a preceding consonant.


lexentry: eng/mute_swan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mute swan
trans_list: cisne mudo | cisne vulgar
sense:
A species of white plumaged swan, Cygnus olor, having a distinctive orange bill with a black tip, native to Eurasia and widely introduced elsewhere as an ornamental waterbird.


lexentry: eng/mutex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutex
trans_list: exclusión mutua
sense:
(programming) An object in a program that serves as a lock, used to negotiate mutual exclusion among threads.


lexentry: eng/mutilate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutilate
trans_list: mutilar
sense:
To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.


lexentry: eng/mutiny__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutiny
trans_list: motín | sedición
sense:
An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.


lexentry: eng/mutter__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutter
trans_list: murmurar | mascullar
sense:
To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.


lexentry: eng/mutual_aid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutual aid
trans_list: apoyo mutuo
sense:
(biology, sociology) The state of cooperation, as opposed to competition, as a factor in evolution and social development.


lexentry: eng/mutual_assured_destruction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutual assured destruction
trans_list: destrucción mutua / mutual / recíproca asegurada
sense:
(politics, public policy, military) The threat of massive retaliation using nuclear weapons should a potential enemy use them first, both sides being annihilated in the event of war.


lexentry: eng/mutual_fund__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutual fund
trans_list: fondo mutuo / mutual / mutualista
sense:
(finance) A form of collective investment in which money from many investors is pooled and invested in stocks, bonds, short-term money market instruments, or other securities under the direction of a fund manager.


lexentry: eng/mutual_masturbation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutual masturbation
trans_list: masturbación mutua
sense:
A sexual activity in which two or more persons simultaneously masturbate themselves, usually while observing or otherwise communicating with one another.


lexentry: eng/mutualism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutualism
trans_list: mutualismo
sense:
(ecology) Any interaction between two species that benefits both; typically involves the exchange of substances or services.


lexentry: eng/muzzle__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: muzzle
trans_list: boca
sense:
(firearms) The mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from.


lexentry: eng/muzzle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: muzzle
trans_list: amordazar | atar | censurar | limitar
sense:
(transitive, figuratively) To restrain (from speaking, expressing opinion or acting); to gag; to silence; to censor.


lexentry: eng/muzzle_brake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muzzle brake
trans_list: freno de boca
sense:
(firearms) A device placed at the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the recoil energy by redirecting the escaping gases.


lexentry: eng/muzzleloader__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muzzleloader
trans_list: cañón de avancarga
sense:
A variety of firearm in which the weapon is loaded from the end that discharges the projectile (the muzzle).


lexentry: eng/my_Lord__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: my Lord
trans_list: señor
sense:
(UK) Used in direct address to peers of the realm, usually now excluding dukes and the Lords Spiritual.


lexentry: eng/my_arse__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: my arse
trans_list: y una mierda
sense:
(slang, UK, Irish, Commonwealth, sometimes, vulgar) Indicates incredulous disapproval, contradiction or disbelief.


lexentry: eng/my_ass__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: my ass
trans_list: los cojones | mi culo | mis huevos | ni qué niño muerto | y una mierda
sense:
(slang, sometimes, vulgar) Indicates disapproval, disagreement, or disbelief, often with a tone of disregard, disdain, or disgust, referring to the buttocks.


lexentry: eng/mycelium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mycelium
trans_list: micelio
sense:
The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground.


lexentry: eng/mycobacterium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mycobacterium
trans_list: micobacteria
sense:
(bacteriology) Any of many rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria, of the genus Mycobacterium, that cause diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy.


lexentry: eng/mycorrhiza__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mycorrhiza
trans_list: micorriza
sense:
(ecology, botany, mycology) A plant root formed in symbiosis with a fungus; the symbiosis between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/mycotoxin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mycotoxin
trans_list: micotoxina
sense:
(biochemistry) Any substance, produced by a mold or fungus, that is injurious to vertebrates upon ingestion, inhalation or skin contact.


lexentry: eng/mycotrophic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mycotrophic
trans_list: microtrófico
sense:
(botany) Describing any plant that obtains (all or some of) its nutrients through symbiosis with fungi


lexentry: eng/myelin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: myelin
trans_list: mielina
sense:
(neuroanatomy) A white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins, that surrounds the axons of nerves.


lexentry: eng/myeloma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: myeloma
trans_list: mieloma
sense:
(pathology, oncology) A malignant tumour arising from cells of the bone marrow, specifically plasma cells.


lexentry: eng/myocardium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: myocardium
trans_list: miocardio
sense:
(anatomy, cardiology) The muscular substance of the heart; the middle of the three layers forming the outer wall of the human heart.


lexentry: eng/myofibril__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: myofibril
trans_list: miofibrilla
sense:
(muscle) Any of the cylindrical organelles, found within muscle cells, that are the contractile unit of muscles.


lexentry: eng/myoma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: myoma
trans_list: mioma
sense:
(pathology) A tumor composed of muscle tissue, usually benign and commonly occurring in the uterus and the esophagus.


lexentry: eng/myosin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: myosin
trans_list: miosina
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of a large family of motor proteins found in eukaryotic tissues, allowing mobility in muscles.


lexentry: eng/myrobalan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: myrobalan
trans_list: mirobálano
sense:
A plum-like fruit from various trees of the genus Terminalia, formerly used in medicine and now in the dyeing industry; also, the tree itself.


lexentry: eng/myroblyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: myroblyte
trans_list: miroblita
sense:
A saint whose relics or place of burial are said to have produced the Oil of Saints ("an aromatic liquid with healing properties" or "holy water (very much like myrrh)") or the odour of sanctity.


lexentry: eng/myrrh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: myrrh
trans_list: mirra
sense:
A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine.


lexentry: eng/myself__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: myself
trans_list: mismo
sense:
Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/myself__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: myself
trans_list: me
sense:
(proscribed) Me, as the object of a verb or preposition without a reflexive trigger. Sometimes used for intensifying the pronoun of oneself. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/mystery_play__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mystery play
trans_list: misterio
sense:
(performing arts) A medieval dramatic performance depicting events from Christian scriptures, especially events from the life of Jesus Christ.


lexentry: eng/myth__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: myth
trans_list: mito
sense:
A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.


lexentry: eng/mythology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mythology
trans_list: mitología
sense:
(countable, _, and, _, uncountable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people, history, deities, ancestors and heroes.


lexentry: eng/mythos__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mythos
trans_list: mito
sense:
Anything transmitted by word of mouth, such as a fable, legend, narrative, story, or tale (especially a poetic tale).


lexentry: eng/mythos__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mythos
trans_list: mito
sense:
A story or set of stories relevant to or having a significant truth or meaning for a particular culture, religion, society, or other group; a myth, a mythology.


lexentry: eng/mâche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mâche
trans_list: canónigos | lechuga de campo
sense:
Valerianella locusta, a small dicot annual plant of the family Caprifoliaceae often cultivated as a salad green or herb.


lexentry: eng/na-na_na-na_boo-boo__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: na-na na-na boo-boo
trans_list: toma ya
sense:
(North America, idiomatic, colloquial, childish, pejorative, taunt, often) A taunt or putdown, typically used to indicate that the speaker believes he or she has beaten the listener in a competition or is better in some other way or in a general sense; or an expression of satisfaction that the listener has received some supposedly deserved minor punishment or misfortune (that is to say, schadenfreude). [c. mid 20th century?]


lexentry: eng/nacelle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nacelle
trans_list: góndola
sense:
A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house, originally, an engine, and now also cargo or crew.


lexentry: eng/nadir__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nadir
trans_list: nadir
sense:
The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.


lexentry: eng/naevus_flammeus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naevus flammeus
trans_list: mancha de vino
sense:
(anatomy) A vascular birthmark or naevus, usually on the head and neck, consisting of an overgrowth of capillaries which produce a reddish to purplish discoloration of the skin.


lexentry: eng/naff__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naff
trans_list: de mal gusto
sense:
(Britain, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial, Polari) Bad; tasteless, poorly thought out, not workable.


lexentry: eng/nag__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nag
trans_list: fastidiar | regañar
sense:
(ambitransitive) To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.


lexentry: eng/naiad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naiad
trans_list: náyade
sense:
(Greek mythology) A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.


lexentry: eng/nail__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: nail
trans_list: clavo | estoperol | punta
sense:
A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.


lexentry: eng/nail_file__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nail file
trans_list: lima de uñas
sense:
A small file made of soft metal, or a board covered with fine sandpaper, for filing and shaping one's fingernails and toenails.


lexentry: eng/nail_gun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nail gun
trans_list: clavadora | pistola de clavos
sense:
A power tool used to drive nails into a surface easily. It is powered pneumatically, electrically, or in some cases with a propellant cartridge; conceptually akin to air guns and firearms.


lexentry: eng/nailset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nailset
trans_list: punzón de clavos
sense:
A tool used with a hammer for driving in nails, rather than striking the nail directly at the risk of damaging the surrounding surface.


lexentry: eng/naira__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naira
trans_list: naira
sense:
The official currency of Nigeria, which replaced the pound in 1973; the principal denomination of the currency, equal to 100 kobo.


lexentry: eng/naive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
sense: Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
written_rep: naive
trans_list:
cándido | ingenuo | crédulo | incauto | caído de la hamaca / cama / esfera / mata | caído del palto / catre / níspero / zarzo


lexentry: eng/naked_singularity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naked singularity
trans_list: singularidad desnuda
sense:
(astrophysics) An as yet theoretical gravitational singularity with no event horizon, making it observable, unlike a black hole whose event horizon prevents light from reaching an observer situated outside the event horizon.


lexentry: eng/naloxone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naloxone
trans_list: naloxona
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) An opioid inverse agonist used to counter the effects of an overdose on opioids (such as heroin or morphine).


lexentry: eng/name__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: name
trans_list: nombrar | denominar
sense:
(transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.


lexentry: eng/name_after__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: name after
trans_list: llamar en honor a
sense:
To give (someone or something) the name of another person, place, or thing; to name (someone or something) in honour of


lexentry: eng/name_names__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: name names
trans_list: al pan, pan, y al vino, vino
sense:
(idiom) To identify specific people, especially people involved in misdeeds or other secretive activity.


lexentry: eng/namesake__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: namesake
trans_list: tokayo
sense:
(by extension) Something (especially a ship, a building, or a medical condition, symptom, or sign) that is named after someone or something.


lexentry: eng/namespace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: namespace
trans_list: espacio de nombres
sense:
(programming) A conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. in order to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that carry the same names.


lexentry: eng/nanny_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nanny state
trans_list: estado paternalista
sense:
(pejorative) A state whose government institutions are authoritative and over-paternalistic, interfering with and controlling people's lives. [from mid-20th c.]


lexentry: eng/nano-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nano-
trans_list: nano-
sense:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10−9 (short scale billionth or long scale milliardth). Symbol: n


lexentry: eng/nanocellulose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nanocellulose
trans_list: nanocelulosa
sense:
(materials science) Cellulose, in the form of nanosized fibrils, that produces a gel on contact with water.


lexentry: eng/nanocrystal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nanocrystal
trans_list: nanocristal
sense:
A crystalline entity whose size is measured in nanometers; an individual nanometer-sized crystal of such a material.


lexentry: eng/nanori__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nanori
trans_list: nanori
sense:
(linguistics) A Japanese reading of a kanji character that is used for names of people or places, but that is otherwise a non-standard reading for that character.


lexentry: eng/nanorobotics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nanorobotics
trans_list: nanorrobótica
sense:
The science and technology of designing and manufacturing nanoscale machines, especially robotic machines.


lexentry: eng/nanotechnology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nanotechnology
trans_list: nanotecnología
sense:
The science and technology of creating nanoparticles and of manufacturing machines which have sizes within the range of nanometres (1–100 nm).


lexentry: eng/nanotube__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nanotube
trans_list: nanotubo
sense:
Shortening of carbon nanotube; A carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube, having a fullerene structure and a diameter of about 1 or 2 nanometers.


lexentry: eng/napa_cabbage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: napa cabbage
trans_list: col china | repollo chino
sense:
A species of Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, commonly used as an ingredient in East-Asian cuisines.


lexentry: eng/napalm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: napalm
trans_list: napalm
sense:
A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas. [from 1942]


lexentry: eng/naphtha__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: naphtha
trans_list: nafta
sense:
(petrochemistry) Any of a wide variety of aliphatic or aromatic liquid hydrocarbon mixtures distilled from petroleum or coal tar, especially as used in solvents or petrol.


lexentry: eng/napkin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: napkin
trans_list: servilleta | toalleta | toballeta
sense:
A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating.


lexentry: eng/napoleon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: napoleon
trans_list: napoleón
sense:
(historical, _, numismatics, slang) The franc germinal: a 20-franc gold coin issued under Napoleon I of France.


lexentry: eng/napoleon__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: napoleon
trans_list: napoleón
sense:
(historical, _, weaponry) Clipping of Napoleon gun, a 12-pounder cannon first used by the Second French Empire.


lexentry: eng/narcissistic_personality_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcissistic personality disorder
trans_list: trastorno narcisista de la personalidad
sense:
(psychiatry) A personality disorder characterized by an overinflated sense of self-importance (incl. subordination of other people's needs), sensitivity to criticism and difference in opinion and the denigration of others that are deemed lesser.


lexentry: eng/narcissus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcissus
trans_list: narciso
sense:
Any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus, having white or yellow cup- or trumpet-shaped flowers, notably the daffodil


lexentry: eng/narcoanalysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcoanalysis
trans_list: narcoanálisis
sense:
(medicine) A form of psychotherapy in which the patient is administered drugs in order to attain a sleeplike state.


lexentry: eng/narcodollar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcodollar
trans_list: narcodólar
sense:
(especially in the plural) Money (especially in the form of US dollars) obtained from narcotrafficking.


lexentry: eng/narcolepsy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcolepsy
trans_list: narcolepsia
sense:
(pathology) A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations.


lexentry: eng/narcoleptic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcoleptic
trans_list: narcoléptica | narcoléptico
sense:
One who suffers from narcolepsy ("a disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep").


lexentry: eng/narcotic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcotic
trans_list: estupefaciente
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) Any substance or drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour; in some contexts, especially in reference to the opiates-and-opioids class, especially in reference to illegal drugs, and often both.


lexentry: eng/narcotize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcotize
trans_list: narcotizar
sense:
(transitive) To use a narcotic in order to make (someone) drowsy or insensible; to anesthetize, to drug. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/narration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narration
trans_list: narración
sense:
The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.


lexentry: eng/narration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: narration
trans_list: narración
sense:
That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.


lexentry: eng/narrow-minded__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
sense: Having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas.
written_rep: narrow-minded
trans_list:
estrecho de miras | cerrado | cerrado de mente | cuadriculado | de mentalidad cerrada | mente cuadriculada


lexentry: eng/narrow__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narrow
trans_list: estrecho | angosto
sense:
Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.


lexentry: eng/narrowness__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: narrowness
trans_list: estrechez
sense:
(countable) A constriction; a narrow passage or place; an instance or aspect of being narrow, or having a limited scope or extent.


lexentry: eng/narwhal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narwhal
trans_list: narval
sense:
Monodon monoceros, an Arctic cetacean that grows to about 20 feet (6 meters) long, the male having a single horn-like tusk, a twisted, pointed canine tooth that projects forward.


lexentry: eng/nasal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nasal
trans_list: nasal
sense:
(phonetics) Having a sound imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng.


lexentry: eng/nasal_bone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasal bone
trans_list: hueso nasal
sense:
(skeleton, zootomy) Either of two bones of the skull of vertebrates above the fishes which lie in front of the frontal bones and in humans are oblong in shape forming by their junction the bridge of the nose and partly covering the nasal cavity.


lexentry: eng/nasal_cavity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasal cavity
trans_list: fosa nasal | cavidad nasal
sense:
(anatomy) In higher vertebrates, a large air-filled space above and behind the nose in the middle of the face.


lexentry: eng/nasal_polyp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasal polyp
trans_list: pólipo nasal
sense:
(pathology) A growth in the nose commonly connected with allergic rhinitis, but not directly caused by it, arising mainly from the mucous membranes and paranasal sinuses.


lexentry: eng/nasal_septum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasal septum
trans_list: tabique nasal
sense:
(anatomy) A bony and cartilaginous partition in the nose, separating the left and right airways in the nose and dividing the two nostrils.


lexentry: eng/nasal_vowel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasal vowel
trans_list: enfermedad de Carré
sense:
(phonetics) A vowel that is produced with a lowering of the velum so that air escapes both through nose as well as the mouth.


lexentry: eng/nasalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasalization
trans_list: nasalización
sense:
(phonetics, uncountable) the articulation of a vowel or continuant consonant in such a way that air flows through the nose at the same time as it flows through the mouth


lexentry: eng/nasalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nasalize
trans_list: nasalizar
sense:
(phonetics) To lower the soft palate so that air flows through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound.


lexentry: eng/nasopharynx__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasopharynx
trans_list: nasofaringe
sense:
(anatomy) The nasal part of the pharynx, lying behind the nose and above the level of the soft palate.


lexentry: eng/nasturtium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasturtium
trans_list: capuchina
sense:
The popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America.


lexentry: eng/nata_de_coco__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nata de coco
trans_list: nata de coco
sense:
A chewy, translucent jelly produced by the fermentation of coconut water, a delicacy of the Philippines.


lexentry: eng/nation-state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nation-state
trans_list: estado-nación
sense:
(politics) A political entity (a state) associated with a common national identity (historically, culturally, or ethnically; as with a nation) and a sovereign territorial unit.


lexentry: eng/nation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nation
trans_list: nación
sense:
(collective) A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.


lexentry: eng/nation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nation
trans_list: estado | nación
sense:
(international, _, legal, metonymically) A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymically, proscribed) a country.


lexentry: eng/nation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nation
trans_list: sindicato | nación
sense:
(chiefly, historical) An association of students based on the birthplace or ethnicity of its members.


lexentry: eng/national__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national
trans_list: nacional
sense:
Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/national_academy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national academy
trans_list: academia
sense:
A body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, that co-ordinates the activities of research in (nearly always) the sciences and (sometimes) other disciplines.


lexentry: eng/national_bourgeoisie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national bourgeoisie
trans_list: burguesía nacional
sense:
(Marxism) A section of an indigenous entrepreneurial class interested in an independent political and economic development of the country.


lexentry: eng/national_day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national day
trans_list: día nacional
sense:
A day marking a country's establishment as a sovereign entity, typically a celebration of its independence, revolution or former ruler.


lexentry: eng/national_park__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national park
trans_list: parque nacional
sense:
An area of land that is not built upon, but reserved by the national government for conservation of nature and usually also for recreational use.


lexentry: eng/national_security__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national security
trans_list: seguridad nacional
sense:
The safety of a country as managed through the exercise of economic and political power, intelligence agencies and diplomacy.


lexentry: eng/national_service__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national service
trans_list: servicio militar
sense:
Service, especially compulsory service, either in military service or in non-military service, on behalf of one's nation.


lexentry: eng/national_treasure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national treasure
trans_list: tesoro nacional
sense:
A place, object, or person that is deemed to be of value to an entire nation, usually because of cultural significance.


lexentry: eng/nationalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nationalism
trans_list: nacionalismo
sense:
A more extreme form of patriotism; the idea of a more extreme support for one's country, people or culture.


lexentry: eng/nationality__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nationality
trans_list: nacionalidad
sense:
National origin or identity; legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/nationalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: nationalize
trans_list: nacionalizar
sense:
(archaic) To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.


lexentry: eng/nativity_play__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nativity play
trans_list: belén
sense:
(Christianity) A dramatic depiction of the story of the birth of Jesus Christ, commonly performed by children in churches and in Christian schools during the Christmas season.


lexentry: eng/nativity_scene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nativity scene
trans_list: belén | pesebre | nacimiento | portal | pasito
sense:
(Christianity) A depiction—which may be pictorial, dramatic, or by means of figurines—of the birth of Jesus Christ in a manger, as described in the New Testament account.


lexentry: eng/natremia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natremia
trans_list: natremia
sense:
(physiology, especially, in combination) The presence of sodium in the blood, and (usually, especially) the degree (that is, its concentration).


lexentry: eng/natrolite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natrolite
trans_list: natrolita
sense:
(mineral) A fibrous zeolite mineral, being a sodium aluminosilicate, of the chemical formula Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O.


lexentry: eng/natural__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural
trans_list: natural
sense:
Containing no artificial or man-made additives; especially (of food) containing no colourings, flavourings or preservatives. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/natural__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural
trans_list: natural
sense:
Normally associated with a particular person or thing; inherently related to the nature of a thing or creature. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/natural__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural
trans_list: natural
sense:
Pertaining to death brought about by disease or old age, rather than by violence, accident etc. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/natural__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: natural
trans_list: natural
sense:
Related genetically but not legally to one's father; born out of wedlock, illegitimate. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/natural_gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural gas
trans_list: gas natural
sense:
A mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits; mostly methane with smaller amounts of ethane, propane and butane; principally used as a fuel.


lexentry: eng/natural_gender__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural gender
trans_list: género
sense:
(grammar) The gender that a noun, etc. would be expected to have, based on attributes of the referent, such as physical sex.


lexentry: eng/natural_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural language
trans_list: lengua natural
sense:
(retronym, linguistics) Any human language that has evolved naturally in a community, usually in contrast to computer programming languages, to controlled natural languages, and to constructed languages such as Esperanto (although constructed languages are subject to change by natural forces among fluent speakers).


lexentry: eng/natural_language_processing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural language processing
trans_list: procesamiento del lenguaje natural
sense:
A field of computer science and linguistics concerned with the interactions between computers and human (natural) languages, especially computational analysis and processing of large amounts of natural language data.


lexentry: eng/natural_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural law
trans_list: derecho natural
sense:
(law, philosophy) The set of universal legal or moral principles said to be discernible from nature by reason alone; one of these principles.


lexentry: eng/natural_logarithm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural logarithm
trans_list: logaritmo natural
sense:
(mathematics) The logarithm in base e: either the function that given x returns y such that ey = x, or the value of y given by the function.


lexentry: eng/natural_monopoly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural monopoly
trans_list: monopolio natural
sense:
Control over the market for a product which occurs when a firm gains large benefit from economies of scale, or from a superior business model or product, and is thus able to produce a very large percentage of the total market demand for a given product and unintentionally exclude meaningful competition via price structures.


lexentry: eng/natural_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (mathematics) A positive integer {1, 2, 3, ...}.
written_rep: natural number
trans_list:
número natural | entero no negativo | entero positivo | número entero no negativo | número entero positivo


lexentry: eng/natural_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural science
trans_list: ciencia natural
sense:
Any science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world: physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, and so on.


lexentry: eng/natural_selection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural selection
trans_list: selección natural
sense:
(evolutionary theory) A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.


lexentry: eng/naturalist__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: naturalist
trans_list: naturalista
sense:
(philosophy) A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/nature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nature
trans_list: naturaleza | natura
sense:
(uncountable, often, _, capitalized) The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology.


lexentry: eng/nature__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nature
trans_list: naturaleza
sense:
The essential or innate characteristics of a person or thing which will always tend to manifest, especially in contrast to specific contexts, reason, religious duty, upbringing, and personal pretense or effort.


lexentry: eng/naturism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naturism
trans_list: naturismo
sense:
The belief in or practice of going nude in social settings, often in mixed-gender groups, specifically either in cultures where this is not the norm or for health reasons.


lexentry: eng/naturist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naturist
trans_list: naturista | naturisto
sense:
One who follows a philosophical belief in a naked, natural life and prefers to live without clothes, often for reasons of ecology, health, religious belief, and/or ethical concerns.


lexentry: eng/naturopathy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naturopathy
trans_list: naturopatía
sense:
(alternative medicine) A system of therapy that avoids synthetic drugs and surgery, while emphasizing the use of natural remedies (plants and the elements) and physical means (massage, acupuncture) to treat illness.


lexentry: eng/naumachia__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: naumachia
trans_list: naumaquia
sense:
(historical) The location where such recreated sea battles took place; a building featuring an artificial body of water. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/nauplius__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nauplius
trans_list: nauplio
sense:
(zoology) A crustacean larva that has three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/nausea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nausea
trans_list: náusea
sense:
A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.


lexentry: eng/nautical_mile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nautical mile
trans_list: milla náutica
sense:
A unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian. By international agreement it is exactly 1,852 metres (approximately 6,076 feet or 1.151 statute mile).


lexentry: eng/nautilus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nautilus
trans_list: nautilo
sense:
A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.


lexentry: eng/nave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nave
trans_list: nave
sense:
(architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.


lexentry: eng/navel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: navel
trans_list: ombligo | pupo | pupu
sense:
(anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.


lexentry: eng/navigable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: navigable
trans_list: navegable
sense:
(of a body of water) Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels.


lexentry: eng/navigate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: navigate
trans_list: navegar
sense:
(transitive) To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course.


lexentry: eng/navigation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: navigation
trans_list: navegación | náutica
sense:
(uncountable) The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship.


lexentry: eng/navigation_channel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: navigation channel
trans_list: caño
sense:
(nautical) A deeper channel cut into the sea or river bed, to enable larger ships to pass through to a port.


lexentry: eng/navigator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: navigator
trans_list: navegante
sense:
A person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft.


lexentry: eng/nay__Adverb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nay
trans_list: antes
sense:
(archaic, otherwise, jocular) Or rather, or should I say; moreover (introducing a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/ne'er_cast_a_clout_till_May_be_out__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ne'er cast a clout till May be out
sense:
(UK, dialectal) Do not change from winter clothes to summer clothes until June, as there is often a sudden cold snap in May.

trans_list:
abriles y condes, los más traidores | si quieres criarte gordito y sano, la ropa del invierno gasta en verano


lexentry: eng/neap__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: neap
trans_list: muerta
sense:
Designating a tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is the least difference between high tide and low tide.


lexentry: eng/near-death_experience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: near-death experience
trans_list: experiencia cercana a la muerte
sense:
A sensation of detachment from one's body, the presence of a tunnel of light, the apparent viewing of one's own body from on high, and similar manifestations, experienced by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function.


lexentry: eng/near_infrared__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: near infrared
trans_list: infrarrojo cercano
sense:
(physics, often in compounds) Infrared light closest in wavelength to visible light, from .7–1.4 µm.


lexentry: eng/neat__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: neat
trans_list: derecho
sense:
Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.


lexentry: eng/neat__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: neat
trans_list: puro
sense:
(chemistry) Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.


lexentry: eng/nebula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nebula
trans_list: nebulosa
sense:
(astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).


lexentry: eng/nebulizer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nebulizer
trans_list: nebulizador
sense:
(medicine) A device used to administer a medicine into the lungs, by converting the medicine from liquid state into a fine spray of aerosols, to be inhaled through the nose or mouth.


lexentry: eng/necessary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necessary
trans_list: necesario | menester | preciso
sense:
Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.


lexentry: eng/necessary_evil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necessary evil
trans_list: mal necesario
sense:
(idiomatic) An unfavorable thing that must be done or accepted, especially because the available alternative courses of action or inaction would be worse.


lexentry: eng/necessitate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necessitate
trans_list: necesitar
sense:
(transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/necessity_knows_no_law__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necessity knows no law
trans_list: a falta de pan buenas son tortas
sense:
A person who is in great need of something will find a way to obtain it, and violate the law if needed.


lexentry: eng/neckbrace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neckbrace
trans_list: collarín | minerva
sense:
(emergency medicine) An orthopedic device used to support the neck and head of those with neck or head injuries.


lexentry: eng/necklace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necklace
trans_list: collar
sense:
(jewelry) An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.


lexentry: eng/neckline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neckline
trans_list: escote | escotadura
sense:
The line formed by the edge of an article of clothing that surrounds the neck, especially as seen at the front.


lexentry: eng/necrocracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: necrocracy
trans_list: necrocracia
sense:
A form of government where a dead person is recognised as its head; usually a deceased former leader.


lexentry: eng/necromancy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: necromancy
trans_list: nigromancia | necromancia | necromancía | nigromancía
sense:
Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.


lexentry: eng/necropsy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necropsy
trans_list: necropsia
sense:
(medicine) The pathological examination of a corpse, particularly to determine cause of death. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/necrosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necrosis
trans_list: necrosis
sense:
(pathology) The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.


lexentry: eng/nectar__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nectar
trans_list: néctar
sense:
(botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/needle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: needle
trans_list: aguja | manecilla | saeta | saetilla | yauri | yawri
sense:
A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.


lexentry: eng/needlenose_pliers__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: needlenose pliers
trans_list: alicate de boca semirredonda
sense:
A variety of pliers with long, narrow extensions of the gripping faces, used to reach into narrow spaces.


lexentry: eng/needless_to_say__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (idiomatic) Clearly, obviously.
written_rep: needless to say
trans_list:
estando de más decir | holgando decir | sin falta de decir | sobreentendidamente | subentendidamente | teniendo ni que decir


lexentry: eng/neem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neem
trans_list: margosa | nim
sense:
Azadirachta indica, a large, mostly evergreen tree from India, whose seeds yield neem oil, the insecticide azadirachtin.


lexentry: eng/nefarious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nefarious
trans_list: feo | infame | inicuo | malvado | nefando | nefario
sense:
Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.


lexentry: eng/negligence__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: negligence
trans_list: negligencia
sense:
(legal, uncountable) The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.


lexentry: eng/negligible__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: negligible
trans_list: insignificante | negligible | desdeñable | despreciable
sense:
Able to be neglected, ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.


lexentry: eng/negotiable_instrument__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: negotiable instrument
trans_list: efecto negociable
sense:
(legal, banking, business) a legal document, as a cheque or bill of exchange, that is freely negotiable.


lexentry: eng/negus__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: negus
trans_list: negus
sense:
(historical) A ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), or of a province of Ethiopia; specifically, the king of Ethiopia before 1974.


lexentry: eng/neighbour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neighbour
trans_list: vecino | vecina
sense:
A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.


lexentry: eng/neither_..._nor__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neither … nor
trans_list: ni … ni
sense:
used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/neither_fish,_flesh,_nor_good_red_herring__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring
trans_list: ni carne ni pescado | ni chicha ni limonada | sin pies ni cabeza
sense:
(idiomatic) Synonym of neither fish nor fowl (“not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options”).


lexentry: eng/neither_fish_nor_fowl__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neither fish nor fowl
trans_list: ni chicha ni limonada | ni de aquí ni de allá
sense:
(idiomatic) Not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options.


lexentry: eng/neither_here_nor_there__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (idiomatic) Having no influence or significance on the issue at hand.
written_rep: neither here nor there
trans_list:
ni una cosa ni la otra | no tener nada que ver | no venir a cuento | no venir al caso | no viene ni va al caso


lexentry: eng/nemesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nemesis
trans_list: antípoda
sense:
A person or character who specifically brings about the downfall of another person or character, as an agent of that character's fate or destiny, especially within a narrative.


lexentry: eng/nemesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: nemesis
trans_list: destino
sense:
(usually, in the singular, formal) A punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided; (an instance of) retribution.


lexentry: eng/neo-Luddite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neo-Luddite
trans_list: neoludita
sense:
(sometimes, _, pejorative) One who opposes technology or scientific progress, in the fashion of the Luddites.


lexentry: eng/neo-Nazi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neo-Nazi
trans_list: neonazi
sense:
An adherent of neo-Nazism, any of various (far right, authoritarian, or bigoted) post-World War II Nazi ideologies.


lexentry: eng/neo-colony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neo-colony
trans_list: neocolonia
sense:
A country, especially a former colony, controlled or dominated by another country, by the use of economic pressure, political suppression and cultural dominance.


lexentry: eng/neoclassical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neoclassical
trans_list: neoclásico
sense:
Of pertaining to a style of architecture based on classical models, especially such a style of the 18th century.


lexentry: eng/neoclassicism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neoclassicism
trans_list: neoclasicismo
sense:
Any of several movements in the arts, architecture, literature and music that revived forms from earlier centuries.


lexentry: eng/neocolonialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neocolonialism
trans_list: neocolonialismo
sense:
The control or domination by a powerful country over weaker ones (especially former colonies) by the use of economic pressure, political suppression and cultural dominance.


lexentry: eng/neoconservatism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neoconservatism
trans_list: neoconservadorismo | neoconservadurismo | neoconservatismo
sense:
(US) A right-wing political movement that opposes liberalism in economic areas and supports an interventionist foreign policy.


lexentry: eng/neodymium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neodymium
trans_list: neodimio
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Nd) with an atomic number of 60: a hard, slightly malleable silvery metal that quickly tarnishes in air and moisture.


lexentry: eng/neoimperialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neoimperialism
trans_list: imperialismo moderno | neoimperialismo | nuevo imperialismo
sense:
(politics) A contemporary form of imperialism; modern imperialistic practices by a country, such as using influence and power to dominate smaller countries. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/neoliberalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neoliberalism
trans_list: neoliberalismo
sense:
(often, _, derogatory) A political ideology or ideological trend based on neoclassical economics that espouses economic liberalism, favouring trade liberalisation, financial deregulation, a small government, privatisation and liberalisation of government businesses, passive antitrust enforcement, accepting greater economic inequality and disfavouring unionisation.


lexentry: eng/neologism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neologism
trans_list: neologismo
sense:
(linguistics, lexicography, countable) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.


lexentry: eng/neon_sign__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neon sign
trans_list: letrero de neón | marquesina
sense:
An illuminated sign constructed from fluorescent lights in the form of bent glass tubes; the different colours being obtained by adding different noble gases to the neon.


lexentry: eng/neonatology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neonatology
trans_list: neonatología
sense:
(medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn infant.


lexentry: eng/neophyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: neophyte
trans_list: neófito
sense:
(Christianity) Among the early Christians, and still among the Roman Catholics, one who has recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, especially those converts from heathenism or Judaism.


lexentry: eng/neophyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: neophyte
trans_list: planta neófita
sense:
(botany) A plant species recently introduced to an area (in contrast to archaeophyte, a long-established introduced species).


lexentry: eng/neoprene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neoprene
trans_list: neopreno
sense:
A synthetic rubber, a polymer of chloroprene, commonly used in wetsuits, laptop sleeves, orthopedic braces, electrical insulation, liquid and sheet-applied elastomeric membranes and flashings, car fan belts, etc.


lexentry: eng/neopronoun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neopronoun
trans_list: neopronombre
sense:
(grammar) A pronoun used in place of he, she, one, it, or singular they, especially one of the modern coinages used by some non-binary people.


lexentry: eng/nepheline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nepheline
trans_list: nefelina
sense:
(mineral) A feldspathoid mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically, nepheline is a plagioclase feldspar with insufficient silica to satisfy the chemical bonds. Because of the unfilled bonds, nepheline weathers rapidly and can only be seen as inclusions in freshly broken rock.


lexentry: eng/nephew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nephew
trans_list: sobrino
sense:
A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).


lexentry: eng/nephrite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nephrite
trans_list: nefrita
sense:
(mineral) A semi-precious stone, one of the two types of stone commonly referred to as jade (the other being jadeite).


lexentry: eng/nephron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nephron
trans_list: nefrona | nefrón
sense:
(anatomy) The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney, which filters the blood in order to regulate chemical concentrations, and thereby produces urine.


lexentry: eng/nephrosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nephrosis
trans_list: nefrosis
sense:
(pathology) A non-inflammatory disease of the kidneys that is characterised by the leaking of blood protein into the urine, swelling or oedema, and degenerative lesions.


lexentry: eng/nepotism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nepotism
trans_list: nepotismo | sobrinazgo
sense:
The favoring of relatives (most strictly) or also personal friends (more broadly) because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.


lexentry: eng/nepotism_baby__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nepotism baby
trans_list: hija de | hijo de | nepobebé
sense:
(slang, derogatory) A person, especially a celebrity, whose success in an occupation or field is perceived as attributable at least partly to their parent's influence or support (as a necessary input albeit not the sole one).


lexentry: eng/nerdy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nerdy
trans_list: extraño
sense:
(colloquial, derogatory, of a quality or interest) Of, pertaining to, in the style of, or appealing to nerds.


lexentry: eng/neroli__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neroli
trans_list: aceite de flores de naranjo | neroli
sense:
More fully neroli oil or oil of neroli: an essential oil distilled from the blossoms of the bitter orange or Seville orange (Citrus × aurantium subsp. amara) used to make perfumes.


lexentry: eng/nerve_gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nerve gas
trans_list: gas nervioso
sense:
A toxic chemical compound and banned weapon of mass destruction which, when inhaled or ingested, impairs nervous system functions, typically causing extreme physical distress and death by asphyxiation.


lexentry: eng/nerve_impulse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nerve impulse
trans_list: impulso nervioso
sense:
(physiology) The signal transmitted along a nerve fibre, either in response to a stimulus (such as touch, pain or heat), or as an instruction (such as causing a muscle to contract).


lexentry: eng/nervous_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nervous system
trans_list: sistema nervioso
sense:
An organ system whose principal constituent is nervous tissue that coordinates the activities of muscles, monitors organs, constructs and processes data received from the senses, and initiates actions.


lexentry: eng/nesh__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nesh
trans_list: friolento | friolero
sense:
(now, _, UK, _, dialectal) Delicate; weak; poor-spirited; susceptible to cold weather, harsh conditions etc.


lexentry: eng/net__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: net
trans_list: red
sense:
A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.


lexentry: eng/netball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: netball
trans_list: netball
sense:
(uncountable) A (usually women's) team sport derived from basketball, with seven players on each side who attempt to score goals by passing a ball and throwing it into the opponent's goal, which is a raised hoop with a net at one end of the playing area. Unlike basketball, a player in possession of the ball cannot move until the ball is passed to another player.


lexentry: eng/netherworld__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: netherworld
trans_list: inframundo
sense:
The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.


lexentry: eng/netiquette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: netiquette
trans_list: netiqueta
sense:
(Internet) Conduct while online that is appropriate and courteous to other Internet users, and may be expected or enforced by others.


lexentry: eng/network__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: network
trans_list: red | red informática
sense:
(computing, Internet) A computer network: multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information.


lexentry: eng/network__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: network
trans_list: red
sense:
A set of people with sociocultural connections to one another; especially, such a set consisting of occupational or business connections.


lexentry: eng/network__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: network
trans_list: red
sense:
(literal) A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals; the act or process of making such an object.


lexentry: eng/network__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: network
trans_list: emitir | transmitir
sense:
(transitive, broadcasting) To broadcast across an entire network of stations and affiliates at the same time.


lexentry: eng/neural_network__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neural network
trans_list: red neuronal | red neural
sense:
(ML) A real or virtual computer system designed to emulate the brain in its ability to "learn" to assess imprecise data.


lexentry: eng/neural_tube__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neural tube
trans_list: tubo neural
sense:
(anatomy) A hollow longitudinal dorsal tube formed in the folding and subsequent fusion of the opposite ectodermal folds in the embryo that gives rise to the brain and spinal cord.


lexentry: eng/neuraminic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neuraminic acid
trans_list: ácido neuramínico
sense:
(sugar acid) A 9-carbon atom amino carbohydrate, 5-amino-3,5-dideoxy- D-glycero-D-galacto-non-2-ulosonic acid, many of whose derivatives are found in nature, mostly as glycoproteins and gangliosides


lexentry: eng/neurasthenia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurasthenia
trans_list: neurastenia
sense:
(psychiatry, dated) An ill-defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance.


lexentry: eng/neurodegenerative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurodegenerative
trans_list: neurodegenerativo
sense:
(neurology, pathology) Of, pertaining to, or resulting in the progressive loss of nerve cells and of neurologic function.


lexentry: eng/neurodiverse__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurodiverse
trans_list: neurodiverso
sense:
Of a person: exhibiting neurodiversity; varying in mental configuration from others, especially being on the autism spectrum; of a group: made up of neurodivergent people. [from early 21st c.]


lexentry: eng/neurofibromatosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurofibromatosis
trans_list: neurofibromatosis
sense:
(medicine) A genetic disorder characterized by the presence of multiple neurofibromas under the skin.


lexentry: eng/neurohypophysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurohypophysis
trans_list: neurohipófisis
sense:
(anatomy) The posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, responsible for the release of oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone (ADH), also called vasopressin.


lexentry: eng/neurolinguistics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurolinguistics
trans_list: neurolingüística
sense:
(linguistics) Science concerned with the human brain mechanisms underlying the comprehension, production and abstract knowledge of language, be it spoken, signed or written.


lexentry: eng/neurological__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurological
trans_list: neurológico
sense:
Dealing with neurology, the study of the nervous system or the health care specialty that provides care for it.


lexentry: eng/neurology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurology
trans_list: neurología
sense:
The branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of nervous system including the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system and the nerves, muscles, and neuromuscular junction of the peripheral nervous system.


lexentry: eng/neuron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neuron
trans_list: neurona
sense:
(cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.


lexentry: eng/neuropathology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neuropathology
trans_list: neuropatología
sense:
Neural pathology: The pathology of the nervous system, usually and especially in the sense of its cytopathology and histopathology (as opposed to the study of diseases generally).


lexentry: eng/neuropathy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: neuropathy
trans_list: neuropatía
sense:
(medicine) Any disease of the nerves and nervous system, usually and more specifically the peripheral nervous system, thus including both non-neuraxial and neuraxial instances of neural damage or dysfunction but excluding the neuraxis's psychiatric aspects (mental illnesses).


lexentry: eng/neuropsychiatry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neuropsychiatry
trans_list: neuropsiquiatría
sense:
(medicine) The branch of medicine dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features


lexentry: eng/neuropsychology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neuropsychology
trans_list: neuropsicología
sense:
A branch of neurology and of clinical psychology that investigates the physiological basis of psychological processes.


lexentry: eng/neurosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurosis
trans_list: neurosis
sense:
(pathology) A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear which differ from normal measures by their intensity, which disorder results from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society.


lexentry: eng/neurosurgery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurosurgery
trans_list: neurocirugía
sense:
(neurology, surgery, uncountable) The surgical discipline focused on treating those central and peripheral nervous system diseases.


lexentry: eng/neurosurgery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: neurosurgery
trans_list: neurocirugía
sense:
(neurology, surgery, countable) Any surgical procedure performed on the nervous system, especially the brain.


lexentry: eng/neurotoxin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurotoxin
trans_list: neurotoxina
sense:
(neuroscience, toxicology, pharmaceutical drug) A toxin that specifically acts upon neurons, their synapses, or the nervous system in its entirety.


lexentry: eng/neurotransmitter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurotransmitter
trans_list: neurotransmisor
sense:
(biochemistry, neuroscience) Any substance, such as acetylcholine or dopamine, responsible for sending nerve signals across a synapse between two neurons.


lexentry: eng/neurotypical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurotypical
trans_list: neurotípico
sense:
Having a typical way of processing sensory, linguistic, and social information. [from early 21th c.]


lexentry: eng/neuter__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: neuter
trans_list: neutro
sense:
(grammar) Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.


lexentry: eng/neuter__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: neuter
trans_list: género neutro | neutro
sense:
(grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.


lexentry: eng/neuter__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neuter
trans_list: castrar | capar
sense:
(transitive) To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.


lexentry: eng/neuter_gender__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neuter gender
trans_list: género neutro
sense:
(linguistics) A grammatical gender in some languages: which is not masculine nor feminine, or which is not of common gender.


lexentry: eng/neutral__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: neutral
trans_list: neutral | neutro
sense:
(physics) Neither positive nor negative; possessing no charge or equivalent positive and negative charge such that there is no imbalance.


lexentry: eng/neutral_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutral zone
trans_list: zona neutral
sense:
(American football) A zone between the defensive line of scrimmage and the offensive line of scrimmage.


lexentry: eng/neutral_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: neutral zone
trans_list: zona neutral
sense:
(ice hockey) A zone on the playing surface between the attacking zone and the defending zone as delineated by the two blue lines.


lexentry: eng/neutrality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutrality
trans_list: neutralidad
sense:
The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side.


lexentry: eng/neutrino__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutrino
trans_list: neutrino
sense:
An elementary particle that is classified as a lepton, and has an extremely small but nonzero mass and no electric charge. It interacts with the surroundings only via the weak force or gravitation, making it very difficult to detect.


lexentry: eng/neutron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutron
trans_list: neutrón
sense:
(particle) A subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and having no charge; it is a combination of an up quark and two down quarks.


lexentry: eng/neutron_activation_analysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutron activation analysis
trans_list: análisis por activación neutrónica
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) An analytical technique that measures the decay of elements when bombarded with neutrons


lexentry: eng/neutron_bomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutron bomb
trans_list: bomba de neutrones
sense:
An atomic bomb that produces a greater amount of neutrons, and a lesser amount of blast; the intention being to create equal lethal neutron radiation and blast radii which increases the effectiveness of the weapon against armour while reducing collateral damage.


lexentry: eng/neutron_capture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutron capture
trans_list: captura neutrónica
sense:
(physics) A form of nuclear reaction in which one or more neutrons are absorbed by an atomic nucleus


lexentry: eng/neutron_star__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutron star
trans_list: estrella de neutrones
sense:
(star) A degenerate star that has been so collapsed by gravity that its electrons and protons have been merged into neutrons by the intense pressure. The solid mass of neutrons is sometimes called neutronium.


lexentry: eng/neutronium__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: neutronium
trans_list: neutronio
sense:
(physics) A hypothetical gravitationally bound system of a neutron and an antineutron (the onium of a neutron), not predicted to exist under normal circumstances.


lexentry: eng/neutrophil__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutrophil
trans_list: neutrófilo
sense:
(biology, medicine) Of a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic or alkaline (basic) ones.


lexentry: eng/never_again__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: never again
trans_list: más nunca | nunca más
sense:
(set phrase) At no time in the future; usually said of a negative event, practice, etc., which should not be allowed to reoccur.


lexentry: eng/never_mind__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: never mind
trans_list: no importa | da igual | es igual | no le hace | qué más da | ya no
sense:
(hortative) It is not important; do not fret; used to reassure or comfort the person to whom it is said.


lexentry: eng/new__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: new
trans_list: nuevo | nueva
sense:
Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.


lexentry: eng/new_normal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: new normal
trans_list: nueva normalidad
sense:
(originally chiefly, _, Canada, US, idiomatic) A current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain. [from 1920s]


lexentry: eng/new_religious_movement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: new religious movement
trans_list: nuevo movimiento religioso
sense:
(religion) (abbreviated NRM) Any religious community or spiritual group of modern origins, having a peripheral place within a state's dominant religious culture.


lexentry: eng/newbie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: newbie
trans_list: principiante | novato | usuario nuevo
sense:
(Internet) A new user or participant; someone who is extremely new and inexperienced (to a game or activity). A beginner.


lexentry: eng/newfangled__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newfangled
trans_list: moderno | ultramoderno
sense:
(usually derogatory, disapproving, or humorous) New and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.


lexentry: eng/news_agency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: news agency
trans_list: agencia de noticias | agencia de información
sense:
An organisation that gathers and distributes news to newspapers and radio and television broadcasters.


lexentry: eng/news_ticker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: news ticker
trans_list: cintillo noticioso
sense:
A device, used primarily in the 20th century, which printed out incoming news stories on paper tape.


lexentry: eng/newscast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newscast
trans_list: telediario | informativo | noticiario | noticiero
sense:
(broadcasting, journalism) A broadcast of the news; a news report that is transmitted over the air for television, radio, etc.


lexentry: eng/newscaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newscaster
trans_list: conductor | presentador de informativos | presentador de noticias
sense:
(broadcasting, journalism) One who delivers the news for broadcast on television, radio, etc; a newsreader.


lexentry: eng/newsletter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newsletter
trans_list: boletín informativo | boletín de noticias
sense:
A periodically sent publication containing current events or the like, generally on a particular topic or geared toward a limited audience.


lexentry: eng/newspaper__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: newspaper
trans_list: papel de periódico
sense:
(uncountable, countable) A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.


lexentry: eng/newspeak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newspeak
trans_list: neolengua
sense:
Use of ambiguous, misleading, or euphemistic words in order to deceive the listener, especially by politicians and officials.


lexentry: eng/newsreel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newsreel
trans_list: noticiero
sense:
(countable) A short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence.


lexentry: eng/newsroom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newsroom
trans_list: redacción
sense:
The office of a news organisation, especially that part of it where the journalists work and news stories are processed.


lexentry: eng/newt__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: newt
trans_list: tritón | salamandra acuática
sense:
(by extension, informal, transitive) To (usually temporarily) expel a user from a MUD or similar system


lexentry: eng/newton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newton
trans_list: newton
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of force; the force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram by one metre per second per second. Symbol: N.


lexentry: eng/next_of_kin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: next of kin
trans_list: allegado | deudo | ser querido
sense:
Close friend, spouse, or partner (for example on a hospital admission form), one of someone's close ones.


lexentry: eng/niacin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: niacin
trans_list: niacina
sense:
(carboxylic acid, vitamin) A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.


lexentry: eng/nibble__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nibble
trans_list: mordisco | mordisqueo
sense:
An act of taking a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, especially with the front teeth; the bite or bites so taken.


lexentry: eng/nibble__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nibble
trans_list: mordisco | ñangazo
sense:
A light bite of a person or animal, or part of their body, especially one which is loving or playful; a nip.


lexentry: eng/nibble__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nibble
trans_list: chancomer | mordisquear
sense:
To lightly bite (a person or animal, or part of their body), especially in a loving or playful manner; to nip.


lexentry: eng/nibble__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nibble
trans_list: mordisquear | picotear | apolillar | carcomer | chancomer | comichear
sense:
Chiefly followed by at, away, or on: to take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites; to eat (at frequent intervals) with small, quick bites.


lexentry: eng/nibling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nibling
trans_list: sobrina | sobrine | sobrino
sense:
(originally, chiefly, anthropology, often, in the plural) Used especially as a gender-neutral term: the child of one's sibling or sibling-in-law; one's nephew or niece. [from 1951]


lexentry: eng/nicety__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nicety
trans_list: delicadeza
sense:
Behaving in an unpleasant or spiteful way that is seemingly, or perceived as, pleasant or agreeable.


lexentry: eng/niche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: niche
trans_list: hornacina | nicho
sense:
(architectural element) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament.


lexentry: eng/niche__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: niche
trans_list: nicho | hornacina
sense:
(by extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business.


lexentry: eng/nick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nick
trans_list: mella
sense:
(printing, dated) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.


lexentry: eng/nickeline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nickeline
trans_list: niquelina
sense:
(mineral) A mineral, a form of nickel arsenide, NiAs, having a metallic lustre and copper-red colour, that is a minor ore of nickel.


lexentry: eng/nickname__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nickname
trans_list: apodo | mote | sobrenombre | chapa | cognombre | cognomen
sense:
A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.


lexentry: eng/nicotine_gum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nicotine gum
trans_list: chicle de nicotina | goma de mascar de nicotina
sense:
A form of chewing gum that slowly releases nicotine into the body; used by people who are trying to quit smoking


lexentry: eng/nictate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nictate
trans_list: parpadear
sense:
(intransitive) To wink or blink; (of certain animals) to close the nictating membrane. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/nictitating_membrane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nictitating membrane
trans_list: membrana nictitante
sense:
A transparent protective fold of skin acting as an inner eyelid in birds, reptiles and some mammals.


lexentry: eng/niddy-noddy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: niddy-noddy
trans_list: aspa
sense:
A tool used to make skeins from yarn, consisting of a central bar with crossbars at each end, offset from each other by 90°.


lexentry: eng/niece__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: niece
trans_list: sobrina
sense:
A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").


lexentry: eng/niello__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: niello
trans_list: niel
sense:
(metallurgy) Any of various black metal alloys, made of sulphur with copper, silver or lead, used to create decorative designs on other metals.


lexentry: eng/nigella__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nigella
trans_list: arañuela | ajenuz
sense:
Any plant of the genus Nigella of about twelve species of annual flowering plants, the blooms of which are generally blue in colour but also found in shades of pink, white and pale purple.


lexentry: eng/nigger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nigger
trans_list: negro | negrata | gorila | mayate | mona | mono
sense:
(offensive, ethnic slur, vulgar, see usage notes) A black person; a person of black African descent.


lexentry: eng/night__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: night
trans_list: noche
sense:
(astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.


lexentry: eng/night__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: night
trans_list: noche | cheno | sorna
sense:
(legal, countable) A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.


lexentry: eng/night_owl__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: night owl
trans_list: trasnochador | noctámbulo | ave nocturna | noctívago
sense:
(idiomatic) One who goes to bed late, or stays up late at night or in the early hours of the morning.


lexentry: eng/night_person__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: night person
trans_list: búho
sense:
(idiomatic) A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the evening and early morning (night) hours, and who usually sleeps during part of the daytime.


lexentry: eng/night_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: night school
trans_list: escuela nocturna
sense:
A school, typically used for the purpose of continuing education with classes held predominantly in the evening to accommodate students with typical day shift work schedules.


lexentry: eng/night_vision__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: night vision
trans_list: visión nocturna
sense:
The ability, either naturally, by technology or by superpowers, to see in a low light or even dark environment.


lexentry: eng/night_watchman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: night watchman
trans_list: vigilante
sense:
(historical) Prior to police forces, a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers.


lexentry: eng/night_watchman_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: night watchman state
trans_list: estado vigilante nocturno
sense:
(political philosophy) Government that is limited to a bare minimum of functions, usually just military, police, and courts.


lexentry: eng/nightcap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightcap
trans_list: gorro de dormir
sense:
(headwear) A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas, being common attire in northern Europe before effective home heating became widespread. [From 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/nightclothes__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightclothes
trans_list: ropa para dormir
sense:
Clothing worn while sleeping in bed, such as pyjamas or a nightgown, and, when worn over nightclothes, a robe.


lexentry: eng/nightclub__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightclub
trans_list: club nocturno | boliche | discoteca
sense:
A public or private establishment that is open late at night to provide entertainment, food, drink, music or dancing.


lexentry: eng/nightcrawler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightcrawler
trans_list: lombriz
sense:
An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.


lexentry: eng/nightcrawler__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nightcrawler
trans_list: carnada | cebo
sense:
(chiefly, Northern US, Western US) More generally, any arbitrarily large earthworm, especially those favored in angling.


lexentry: eng/nightingale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightingale
trans_list: ruiseñor
sense:
A Eurasian and African songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, family Muscicapidae, famed for its beautiful singing at night; a common nightingale.


lexentry: eng/nightjar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightjar
trans_list: chotacabras | caprimulgo | guardacaminos
sense:
Any of various medium-sized nocturnal birds, of the family Caprimulgidae from the order Caprimulgiformes, that feed predominantly on moths and other large flying insects.


lexentry: eng/nightmare__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nightmare
trans_list: pesadilla | suplicio | tormento
sense:
(figuratively) Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/nightmare__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: nightmare
trans_list: pesadilla | suplicio | tormento
sense:
(now, chiefly, historical) A feeling of extreme anxiety or suffocation experienced during sleep; Sleep paralysis. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/nightshade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightshade
trans_list: solanácea
sense:
Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.


lexentry: eng/nightstand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightstand
trans_list: mesita de noche | mesilla de noche | mesa de noche | mesita de luz | velador | nochero
sense:
(US) A small table or cabinet, usually with two drawers one above the other or one drawer and a lower shelf, placed beside the head of a bed.


lexentry: eng/nihilism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nihilism
trans_list: nihilismo
sense:
(usually, uncountable) The rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, (inherent or objective) moral principles, legal rules, etc., often due to the view that life is meaningless (sense 1).


lexentry: eng/nihilism__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: nihilism
trans_list: nihilismo
sense:
(countable, uncountable, philosophy) A doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life; in particular, the view that nothing in the world actually exists.


lexentry: eng/nikud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nikud
trans_list: nikud
sense:
The system of optional diacritics attached to Hebrew letters that indicate vowels and consonant variations.


lexentry: eng/nilpotent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nilpotent
trans_list: nilpotente
sense:
(of an algebra over a commutative ring) Such that there exists some natural number n (called the index of the algebra) such that all products (of elements in the given algebra) of length n are zero.


lexentry: eng/nine-banded_armadillo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nine-banded armadillo
trans_list: armadillo de nueve bandas
sense:
A species of armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, ranging from much of the southern US to warmer South America.


lexentry: eng/nine_hundred__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nine hundred
trans_list: novecientos | novecientas
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after eight hundred ninety-nine and before nine hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 900. Ordinal: nine-hundredth.


lexentry: eng/nine_men's_morris__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nine men's morris
trans_list: juego del molino | molino
sense:
An ancient strategic board game for two players, each having nine pieces, and in which forming a row of three of one's own pieces earns the removal of one of the other player's pieces.


lexentry: eng/nine_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nine o'clock
trans_list: las nueve
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the tenth hour of the day; 9:00 a.m. (09:00).


lexentry: eng/nineteen__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nineteen
trans_list: diecinueve
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".


lexentry: eng/nineteenth_hole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nineteenth hole
trans_list: agujero
sense:
(golf) A pub/bar where golfers go for drinks after a game of golf, usually in the clubhouse at the course; equivalent to après-ski.


lexentry: eng/ninety-eight__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ninety-eight
trans_list: noventa y ocho
sense:
The cardinal number immediately following ninety-seven — ninety plus eight — and preceding ninety-nine.


lexentry: eng/ninety__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ninety
trans_list: noventa
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.


lexentry: eng/ninja__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ninja
trans_list: ninja
sense:
(martial arts) A person trained in ninjutsu, especially (historical) one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period.


lexentry: eng/ninth__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ninth
trans_list: noveno | novena | nono
sense:
(music) The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth).


lexentry: eng/niobium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: niobium
trans_list: niobio
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Nb) with an atomic number of 41: a light grey, crystalline, ductile transition metal used in superconducting materials.


lexentry: eng/nip__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nip
trans_list: cerrar
sense:
To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.


lexentry: eng/nipple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nipple
trans_list: pezón | tetilla
sense:
(anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/nirvana__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nirvana
trans_list: nirvana
sense:
(Buddhism) Complete cessation of suffering; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.


lexentry: eng/nitpick__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (figurative) To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.
written_rep: nitpick
trans_list:
buscar el pelo en el huevo | buscarle la quinta pata al gato | buscarle tres pies al gato | cogérsela con papel de fumar


lexentry: eng/nitpicking__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nitpicking
trans_list: criticar
sense:
(figuratively, by extension) A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly if the pointed-out details seem insignificant or irrelevant to all but the finder.


lexentry: eng/nitric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitric acid
trans_list: ácido nítrico
sense:
(inorganic compound) A transparent, colorless to pale yellow, fuming corrosive liquid, HNO3; a highly reactive oxidizing agent used in the production of fertilizers, explosives, and rocket fuels and in a wide variety of industrial processes; once called aqua fortis.


lexentry: eng/nitric_oxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitric oxide
trans_list: óxido nítrico
sense:
(chemistry) the binary compound of nitrogen and oxygen NO; an unstable compound which rapidly oxidizes in the presence of air.


lexentry: eng/nitrile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrile
trans_list: nitrilo
sense:
(organic compound) Any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group −C≡N; they are named as derivatives of the appropriate carboxylic acid.


lexentry: eng/nitrobenzene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrobenzene
trans_list: nitrobenceno
sense:
(organic compound) A nitro derivative of benzene, C6H5NO2, prepared by reacting benzene with a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids; any of a series of such compounds having two or more nitro groups.


lexentry: eng/nitrocellulose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrocellulose
trans_list: algodón pólvora | fulmicotón | nitrocelulosa | piroxilina
sense:
(organic compound) A cotton-like material, made from cellulose by the action of nitric and sulphuric acids, used in the manufacture of explosives, collodion etc.


lexentry: eng/nitrogen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrogen
trans_list: nitrógeno
sense:
(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.


lexentry: eng/nitrogen_dioxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrogen dioxide
trans_list: dióxido de nitrógeno
sense:
(inorganic compound) The binary compound NO₂, a brownish gas that is a poisonous air pollutant; it exists in equilibrium with dinitrogen tetroxide.


lexentry: eng/nitroglycerine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitroglycerine
trans_list: nitroglicerina
sense:
(organic compound) The compound glyceryl-tri-nitrate or 1,2,3 tri-nitrooxy propane; the ester of glycerol with nitric acid; prepared by the careful addition of a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids to glycerol with constant stirring and cooling; it is a thick, pale yellow liquid, that is highly explosive on concussion or on exposure to sudden heat; it is used in medicine as a vasodilator, and as an explosive in the form of dynamite which is safe to handle.


lexentry: eng/nitrous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nitrous
trans_list: nitroso
sense:
(chemistry) Of, relating to, or derived from nitrogen, especially in which the valence of the nitrogen is lower than that of a corresponding nitric species. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/nitrous_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrous acid
trans_list: ácido nitroso
sense:
(inorganic compound) A weak acid, HNO2, known only in solution, or as its salts and esters, the nitrites; it has a linear structure, H-O-N=O


lexentry: eng/nitrous_oxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrous oxide
trans_list: óxido nitroso
sense:
(inorganic compound) A non-flammable gas (N₂O) commonly used in surgery and dentistry for its anaesthetic and analgesic effects and in motorsport for bursts of added power.


lexentry: eng/nixtamalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nixtamalization
trans_list: nixtamalización
sense:
A process for the preparation of maize (corn) in which the grain is soaked and cooked in an alkaline solution, usually limewater, and hulled.


lexentry: eng/no-show__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no-show
trans_list: incomparecencia
sense:
An absence; failure to show up or to make a scheduled appearance, especially at a hotel or a place of employment.


lexentry: eng/no_comment__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no comment
trans_list: sin comentarios
sense:
(idiomatic) An official refusal to relay any further information, used for example in response to a question by a newspaper reporter or police officer. [from c. 1950]


lexentry: eng/no_good_deed_goes_unpunished__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no good deed goes unpunished
sense:
Beneficial actions often go unappreciated or are met with outright hostility or demands for further work.

trans_list:
ninguna buena acción queda impune | no hay bien sin castigo | todas las buenas obras serán castigadas


lexentry: eng/no_hard_feelings__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no hard feelings
trans_list: sin resentimientos
sense:
(idiomatic) (I, etc.) hold no lingering anger or resentment toward (you, etc.); there's no bad blood between (us, etc.).


lexentry: eng/no_less__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: Even, furthermore, not to mention.
written_rep: no less
trans_list:
ahí es nada | ahí que no es nada | nada menos | ni más ni menos | que se dice pronto | que ya es decir


lexentry: eng/no_man's_land__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: no man's land
trans_list: tierra de nadie
sense:
The stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states, sometimes separated by great distance.


lexentry: eng/no_pain,_no_gain__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no pain, no gain
sense:
One must be willing to endure some inconvenience or discomfort in order to achieve worthwhile goals.

trans_list:
no hay atajo sin trabajo | el que no arriesga no gana | el que quiera peces, que se moje el culo | para presumir, hay que sufrir | perro que no camina, no encuentra hueso | quien algo quiere, algo le cuesta


lexentry: eng/no_parking__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no parking
trans_list: prohibido estacionar
sense:
On a traffic sign, indicates that parking a vehicle is not allowed within the area of influence of the sign.


lexentry: eng/no_smoking__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no smoking
trans_list: no fumar | prohibido fumar | se prohíbe fumar
sense:
A phrase used in notices indicating that the smoking of cigarettes, etc., is not permitted in the surrounding area.


lexentry: eng/no_use__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no use
trans_list: inútil
sense:
Condition of being pointless, useless, not worth doing, especially because it is not likely to succeed.


lexentry: eng/noble__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noble
trans_list: noble
sense:
Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.


lexentry: eng/noble_gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noble gas
trans_list: gas noble
sense:
(chemistry) Any of the elements of group 18 of the periodic table, being monatomic, usually inert (with very limited exceptions), and gaseous at familiar temperatures.


lexentry: eng/noble_metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noble metal
trans_list: metal noble
sense:
(inorganic chemistry, alchemy) A metal resistant to corrosion, oxidizing and tarnishing, such as gold or platinum.


lexentry: eng/noble_rot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noble rot
trans_list: podredumbre noble
sense:
A benevolent form of the fungus Botrytis cinerea which, in the right conditions, leads to a concentrated sweet wine.


lexentry: eng/noble_savage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noble savage
trans_list: buen salvaje
sense:
(literature) A stock character embodying the concept of an idealized indigene or outsider who has not been corrupted by civilization and therefore symbolizes humanity's innate goodness.


lexentry: eng/noblesse_oblige__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noblesse oblige
trans_list: nobleza obliga
sense:
The honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank; in American English this often includes the expectation of benevolent actions such as helping those less fortunate.


lexentry: eng/nobody's_perfect__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nobody's perfect
trans_list: nadie es perfecto
sense:
Used when someone's mistakes or flaws are acknowledged, to remind that everyone else makes mistakes and has flaws.


lexentry: eng/nocardiosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nocardiosis
trans_list: nocardiosis
sense:
An infectious disease affecting either the lungs or the whole body, caused by infection by bacteria of the genus Nocardia.


lexentry: eng/nocebo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nocebo
trans_list: nocebo
sense:
(pharmacology, also, _, attributive) A substance which a patient experiences as harmful due to a previous negative perception, but which is in fact pharmacologically (medicinally) inactive. [from 1961]


lexentry: eng/noctilucent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noctilucent
trans_list: noctilucente
sense:
(meteorology) Shining or glowing at night, especially of very high-altitude clouds that reflect sunlight long after sunset; nightshining.


lexentry: eng/node__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: node
trans_list: nodo
sense:
(astronomy) The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are ☊ and ☋.


lexentry: eng/noetherian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: noetherian
trans_list: noetheriano
sense:
(mathematics, of a binary relation on a set) Such that the converse relation is well-founded (on that set).


lexentry: eng/noise__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: noise
trans_list: ruido
sense:
(technology) Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output.


lexentry: eng/noise__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: noise
trans_list: ruido
sense:
(genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.


lexentry: eng/noisome__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: noisome
trans_list: abominable
sense:
(literary) Offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous, especially having an undesirable smell.


lexentry: eng/noisy_miner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noisy miner
trans_list: mielero chillón | manorina alborotadiza
sense:
A grey honeyeater, Manorina melanocephala, that has a large range of songs, calls, and alarms, is endemic to eastern and south-eastern Australia, and has a black head, orange-yellow beak and feet, and a yellow patch behind the eye.


lexentry: eng/noma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noma
trans_list: noma
sense:
(disease) A gangrenous disease leading to tissue destruction of the face, especially the mouth and cheek.


lexentry: eng/nomad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nomad
trans_list: nómada
sense:
(anthropology) A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.


lexentry: eng/nombril__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nombril
trans_list: ombligo
sense:
(heraldry) A point halfway between the fess point (centre of the shield) and the middle base (bottom) point of an escutcheon.


lexentry: eng/nomenklatura__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nomenklatura
trans_list: nomenclatura
sense:
A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union and other communist countries, filled by those appointed by the Party. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/nominal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: nominal
trans_list: nominal
sense:
(finance) Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value.


lexentry: eng/nominalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nominalism
trans_list: nominalismo
sense:
(philosophy) A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects.


lexentry: eng/nominalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nominalization
trans_list: nominalización | substantivación
sense:
(linguistics, countable) A noun derived from an adjective, verb, etc., often (in English) by adding a suffix such as -ity, -tion or -ism.


lexentry: eng/nominative_absolute__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nominative absolute
trans_list: nominativo absoluto
sense:
(grammar) A grammatically independent element of a sentence conveying additional circumstances; present:


lexentry: eng/nominee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nominee
trans_list: nominado | nominada
sense:
A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.


lexentry: eng/nomogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nomogram
trans_list: nomograma
sense:
(mathematics) A diagram in which the relationship between three variables is represented by a straight line or curve for each variable; the value of the third variable corresponding to particular values of the first two is obtained by drawing a straight line through the points on the first two curves that represent particular values of the first two variables and noting the point at which the line intersects the third line or curve.


lexentry: eng/non-binary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: non-binary
trans_list: no binario | no binarie | no binarix
sense:
Having or pertaining to a gender identity not represented by the gender binary; not exclusively male or female; genderqueer.


lexentry: eng/non-breaking_space__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-breaking space
trans_list: espacio de no separación
sense:
(computing) A variant of the space character that prevents text from wrapping onto the next line at that point.


lexentry: eng/non-commissioned_officer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-commissioned officer
trans_list: suboficial
sense:
A person of authority in the military who has not received a commission (a direct conveyance of authority from the sovereign government); as such they can have charge or control but not command in the most technical use of the word.


lexentry: eng/non-compete__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-compete
trans_list: de no competencia
sense:
(legal) Describing a contractual clause that prevents a person or company from competing with another, especially with a former employer or partner.


lexentry: eng/non-finite_verb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-finite verb
trans_list: verbo no finito
sense:
(grammar) A verb form that lacks a subject, is not inflected by tense, aspect, mood, number, gender or person and cannot serve as a predicate.


lexentry: eng/non-governmental_organization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-governmental organization
trans_list: organización no gubernamental
sense:
A legally constituted non-commercial organization (created by natural or legal persons) with no direct control, participation or representation of a state or government, whose funding, however, may be largely public (which creates the possibility of indirect control).


lexentry: eng/non-player_character__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-player character
trans_list: personaje no jugador
sense:
(role-playing games, video gaming) A character in a role-playing game or computer game whose actions are not controlled by a player.


lexentry: eng/non-refoulement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-refoulement
trans_list: principio de no devolución
sense:
(international law) The principle that a person (particularly a refugee) should not be returned to an area (chiefly their country of origin) where they would face mistreatment.


lexentry: eng/non-verbal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-verbal
trans_list: no verbal
sense:
(of communication) In a form other than written or spoken words, such as gestures, facial expressions or body language.


lexentry: eng/nonce__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nonce
trans_list: nonce
sense:
(cryptography) A value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks.


lexentry: eng/nonce__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonce
trans_list: violeta
sense:
(British, Ireland, pejorative) A sex offender, especially one who is guilty of sexual offences against children. [1975]


lexentry: eng/nonconformity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonconformity
trans_list: inconformismo
sense:
Refusal to conform to the doctrine, discipline, or practice of a state religion, especially refusal by other Protestants to conform to the doctrine or discipline of the Church of England; the principles or practice of nonconformists; nonconformists as a class.


lexentry: eng/noncontributory__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noncontributory
trans_list: no contributivo
sense:
Describing a pension plan in which the members do not provide their own direct contributions (that is, the employer makes all monetary contributions; the employees make no monetary contributions, whereas their service toward the company's ability to operate is their indirect contribution, for which the pension is remuneration).


lexentry: eng/nondeterministic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nondeterministic
trans_list: indeterminista
sense:
(computer science) Exhibiting nondeterminism; involving choices between indistinguishable possibilities.


lexentry: eng/none_of_someone's_business__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: none of someone's business
sense:
(idiomatic) A matter (especially a private or personal one) that someone is not entitled to be involved in or informed about.

trans_list:
no es asunto suyo | no es de su concernencia | no es de su incumbencia | no le concierne | no le incumbe


lexentry: eng/none_of_your_beeswax__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: none of your beeswax
trans_list: eso a ti te importa un bledo
sense:
A riposte to badgering questioning, expressing a refusal to answer, and an insistence that the questioner cease prying any further.


lexentry: eng/nonfiction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonfiction
trans_list: no ficción
sense:
Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively.


lexentry: eng/nonfree__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonfree
trans_list: de pago
sense:
(rare) Not free, not free of charge, that costs money, that must be paid for, that must be purchased; paid (as in paid service); pay (as in pay channel); cash (as in cash bar); paywalled (as in paywalled content).


lexentry: eng/nonkilling__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nonkilling
trans_list: no-matar
sense:
(countable) An action or occurrence other than a direct killing (but possibly having a similar effect).


lexentry: eng/nonmetal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonmetal
trans_list: no metal
sense:
(chemistry) An element, such as phosphorus or chlorine, that does not have the chemical or physical properties of a metal.


lexentry: eng/nonogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonogram
trans_list: nonograma
sense:
(games, puzzles) A puzzle in which cells of a grid must be filled or left blank, according to sets of numbers given at the side of the grid, to reveal a hidden picture.


lexentry: eng/nonpareil__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: nonpareil
trans_list: nompareille
sense:
(uncountable, typography, chiefly, historical) A size of type between ruby and emerald (or, in the United States, between agate and minion), standardized as 6-point; (countable) a slug of this size.


lexentry: eng/nonprofit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonprofit
trans_list: organización sin fin lucrativo | organización sin ánimo de lucro
sense:
Ellipsis of nonprofit organization (“an organization that exists for reasons other than to make a profit, such as a charitable, educational or service organization”).


lexentry: eng/nonrepudiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nonrepudiation
trans_list: innegabilidad
sense:
(telecommunication) Assurance that the claimed sender or recipient is in fact the party who sent or received a given message.


lexentry: eng/nonsense__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nonsense
trans_list: sin sentido
sense:
(biochemistry) Resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).


lexentry: eng/nonstarter__Noun__1
written_rep: nonstarter
trans_list:
imposibilidad | impracticabilidad | inasequibilidad | infactibilidad | inviabilidad | irrealizabilidad


lexentry: eng/nonviolence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonviolence
trans_list: abstención de la violencia
sense:
A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts.


lexentry: eng/nonwoven__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonwoven
trans_list: vellocino
sense:
Any of various fabriclike materials made from long fibres bonded together by chemical or mechanical processes.


lexentry: eng/noob__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noob
trans_list: noob | novato
sense:
(Internet slang, chiefly, derogatory) A newb or newbie; refers to the idea that someone is new to a game, concept, or idea; implying a lack of experience. Also, in some areas the word noob can mean someone is obsessed with things.


lexentry: eng/noodle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noodle
trans_list: fideo | tallarín | aletría | noodle
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.


lexentry: eng/noogie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noogie
trans_list: cocacho | cocorronazo | coscacho | coscorrón
sense:
(slang) An act of putting a person in a headlock and rubbing one's knuckles on the other person's head, often a playful gesture of affection when done lightly.


lexentry: eng/nook_and_cranny__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nook and cranny
trans_list: escuadra
sense:
(idiomatic, with "any" or "every") A place or part of a place, especially one that is small, remote, or tedious to access.


lexentry: eng/noose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noose
trans_list: dogal
sense:
An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.


lexentry: eng/nopalery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nopalery
trans_list: nopalar
sense:
(chiefly, historical) A plantation of nopal (a prickly pear cactus of the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera) used as food for the cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus), which is raised to produce carmine dye. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/nor__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nor
trans_list: ni
sense:
A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true.


lexentry: eng/norepinephrine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: norepinephrine
trans_list: norepinefrina
sense:
(neurotransmitter) A neurotransmitter found in the locus coeruleus which is synthesized from dopamine.


lexentry: eng/norm__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: norm
trans_list: norma
sense:
(mathematics) A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the length of a vector. Formally, a real-valued function on a vector space, generally denoted v\mapsto\left|v\right| or v\mapsto\left\|v\right\|, that satisfies the following properties:


lexentry: eng/normal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: normal
trans_list: normal
sense:
(set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) Which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology.


lexentry: eng/normal_distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: normal distribution
trans_list: distribución normal
sense:
(statistics) Any of a family of continuous probability distributions such that the probability density function is the Gaussian function


lexentry: eng/normal_subgroup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: normal subgroup
trans_list: subgrupo normal
sense:
(group theory) A subgroup H of a group G that is invariant under conjugation; that is, for all elements h of H and for all elements g in G, the element ghg−1 is in H.


lexentry: eng/normal_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: normal time
trans_list: tiempo normal
sense:
(sports) The standard period of play, contrasted with any additional periods such as injury time, extra time or penalty shootout.


lexentry: eng/normalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: normalization
trans_list: normalización
sense:
Any process that makes something more normal or regular, which typically means conforming to some regularity or rule, or returning from some state of abnormality.


lexentry: eng/normie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: normie
trans_list: normalucho | normi | nórmico
sense:
(slang, usually, derogatory, sometimes, _, Internet) A normal person; one with commonly held, normative beliefs, neurology, tastes or interests.


lexentry: eng/normie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: normie
trans_list: normalucho | normi | nórmico
sense:
(slang, usually, derogatory, sometimes, _, Internet) A person who is not a member of an ingroup, such as a fandom or other (online) community; an outsider.


lexentry: eng/north__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: north
trans_list: norteño | nortino
sense:
(ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical north (in a church, the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar).


lexentry: eng/north__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: north
trans_list: norte | septentrión
sense:
The direction towards the pole to the left-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 0°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the northern side of the invariable plane.


lexentry: eng/north__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: north
trans_list: norte | septentrión
sense:
(physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).


lexentry: eng/north_by_west__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: north by west
trans_list: norte quarto al noroeste
sense:
The compass point halfway between north and north-northwest, specifically 348.75°, abbreviated as NbW.


lexentry: eng/northeast_by_east__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northeast by east
trans_list: nordeste cuarto al este
sense:
The compass point halfway between northeast and east-northeast, specifically 56.25°, abbreviated as NEbE.


lexentry: eng/northeast_by_north__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northeast by north
trans_list: nordeste cuarto al norte
sense:
The compass point halfway between northeast and north-northeast, specifically 33.75°, abbreviated as NEbN.


lexentry: eng/northern_firmoss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northern firmoss
trans_list: licopodio
sense:
A firmoss of species Huperzia selago of temperate and boreal environments in the Northern Hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/northern_flicker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northern flicker
trans_list: carpintero de pechera | carpintero escapulario
sense:
Colaptes auratus, a medium-sized member of the woodpecker family, native to most of Central and North America.


lexentry: eng/northern_fur_seal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northern fur seal
trans_list: oso marino ártico
sense:
A fur seal of the species Callorhinus ursinus (formerly Arctocephalus ursinus), of the northern Pacific.


lexentry: eng/northern_shoveler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northern shoveler
trans_list: cuchara común
sense:
Spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata, a duck breeding in northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and across most of North America.


lexentry: eng/northern_snakehead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northern snakehead
trans_list: pez cabeza de serpiente del norte
sense:
A fish of species Channa argus, native to Russia, China and Korea; considered to be invasive in the United States.


lexentry: eng/northern_wild_rice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northern wild rice
trans_list: arroz indígena
sense:
Wild rice of the species Zizania palustris, native to Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and Canada north and west of the Great Lakes.


lexentry: eng/northerner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northerner
trans_list: norteño | norteña
sense:
A native or inhabitant of the north of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as one of the northern United States, the north of Norway, etc.


lexentry: eng/northwest_by_north__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northwest by north
trans_list: noroeste quarto al norte
sense:
The compass point halfway between northwest and north-northwest, specifically 326.25°, abbreviated as NWbN.


lexentry: eng/northwest_by_west__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northwest by west
trans_list: noroeste quarto al oeste
sense:
The compass point halfway between northwest and west-northwest, specifically 303.75°, abbreviated as NWbW.


lexentry: eng/nose__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: nose
trans_list: nariz
sense:
(horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.


lexentry: eng/nose_out_of_joint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nose out of joint
trans_list: estar hasta el cuello
sense:
(idiomatic) An emotional state where someone is in a bad mood because they have been offended by or taken exception (objected) to some action, usually involving being seen in an inferior light to another person.


lexentry: eng/nose_pad__Noun__1
written_rep: nose pad
trans_list:
almohadilla nasal | brazo de la plaqueta nasal | plaqueta nasal | soporte de la plaqueta nasal | soporte nasal


lexentry: eng/nose_ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nose ring
trans_list: anillo de la nariz
sense:
A ring affixed to the snout of cattle, to make them follow immediately when a chain is attached to the ring.


lexentry: eng/nosebleed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nosebleed
trans_list: hemorragia nasal | epistaxis
sense:
haemorrhage from the nose (usually, blood flow exiting the nostrils that originates from the nasal cavity)


lexentry: eng/nosebleed_section__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nosebleed section
trans_list: gallinero
sense:
(North American) The seats high in the back of bleachers, stands, or the balcony at a theater or stadium, usually cheaper and with a poorer view than other seats.


lexentry: eng/noseclip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noseclip
trans_list: pinza para la nariz
sense:
A device that holds a person's nostrils closed to prevent water from entering, or air from escaping, during swimming and other aquatic activities.


lexentry: eng/nosegay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nosegay
trans_list: ramillete
sense:
A small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs tied in a bundle, often presented as a gift; nosegays were originally intended to be put to the nose for the pleasant sensation or to mask unpleasant odours. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/nostril__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nostril
trans_list: narina | ventana
sense:
Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.


lexentry: eng/nostrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nostrum
trans_list: droga de charlatán | remedio milagroso
sense:
A medicine or remedy in conventional use which has not been proven to have any desirable medical effects.


lexentry: eng/not_at_all__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: not at all
trans_list: no hay de qué | de nada
sense:
(idiomatic) Used similarly to you're welcome, as a conventional reply to an expression of gratitude.


lexentry: eng/not_one's_first_rodeo__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: not one's first rodeo
trans_list: haber sido cocinero antes que fraile
sense:
(informal, idiomatic) Not the first time one has been in a particular situation; used to indicate past experience.


lexentry: eng/not_so_fast__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: not so fast
trans_list: no tan deprisa
sense:
(idiomatic) Used to tell someone to cease doing something or to call into question what someone has said.


lexentry: eng/not_to_mention__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: not to mention
sense:
(idiomatic) An apophasis used by a speaker to introduce, despite claiming not to address, a given point of discussion.

trans_list:
para no hablar de | por no decir | por no hablar de | por no mencionar | sin hablar de | sin mencionar


lexentry: eng/not_touch_with_a_ten-foot_pole__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: not touch with a ten-foot pole
trans_list: no tocar ni con un palo
sense:
(idiomatic) To avoid something at all costs; to refuse to associate with something; signifies a strong aversion.


lexentry: eng/notarize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: notarize
trans_list: protocolizar
sense:
(transitive) To be witness of the authenticity of a document and its accompanying signatures in one's capacity as notary public.


lexentry: eng/notary__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: notary
trans_list: notario | escribano | fedatario | nuestramo
sense:
(legal, Canada, US) A notary public, a public officer who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law.


lexentry: eng/notary_public__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: notary public
trans_list: notario | fedatario
sense:
(law) An officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations, witness and authenticate documents and perform certain other acts varying from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/notation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: notation
trans_list: notación
sense:
(uncountable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.


lexentry: eng/note__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: note
trans_list: nota
sense:
A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.


lexentry: eng/note__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: note
trans_list: anotación | membrete | nota
sense:
A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.


lexentry: eng/note__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: note
trans_list: nota
sense:
A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.


lexentry: eng/note_value__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: note value
trans_list: valor de la nota
sense:
(music) A musical notation that indicates the relative duration of a note, using the color or shape of the note head, the presence or absence of a stem, and the presence of flags.


lexentry: eng/notebook__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: notebook
trans_list: cuaderno | libreta
sense:
(computing, sometimes, attributive) A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.


lexentry: eng/notetaking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: notetaking
trans_list: toma de notas
sense:
The practice of writing down pieces of information gained from a particular source, such as a lecture or presentation.


lexentry: eng/nothingburger__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nothingburger
trans_list: palabrería
sense:
Something of less importance than its treatment suggests; also, something which is bland or unremarkable in appearance or impact.


lexentry: eng/notice_period__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: notice period
trans_list: plazo de preaviso
sense:
(labour law) The time period between the receipt of the letter of dismissal and the last working day.


lexentry: eng/nougat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nougat
trans_list: nuégado | turrón francés | turrón
sense:
(uncountable) A mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in, _, western, _, Europe) almonds or (in, _, eastern, _, Europe) hazelnuts or (in, _, America) used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.


lexentry: eng/noumenal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noumenal
trans_list: nouménico
sense:
(philosophy, especially Kantianism) Of or pertaining to the noumenon or the realm of things as they are in themselves.


lexentry: eng/noumenon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noumenon
trans_list: noúmeno
sense:
(from Kantian, _, philosophy, _, on) A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.


lexentry: eng/noun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noun
trans_list: sustantivo | nombre | substantivo | nombre sustantivo | nombre substantivo
sense:
(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.


lexentry: eng/noun__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: noun
trans_list: nombre
sense:
(grammar, now, rare, loosely) Either a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun.


lexentry: eng/noun__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: noun
trans_list: nombre
sense:
(computing) An object within a user interface to which a certain action or transformation (i.e., verb) is applied.


lexentry: eng/noun_phrase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noun phrase
trans_list: sintagma nominal | grupo nominal | frase nominal
sense:
(grammar) A phrase that has a noun (or indefinite pronoun) as its head or performs the same grammatical function as a noun.


lexentry: eng/nourish__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nourish
trans_list: nutrir
sense:
(transitive) To feed and cause to grow; to supply with food or other matter which increases weight and promotes health.


lexentry: eng/nourish_a_viper_in_one's_bosom__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nourish a viper in one's bosom
trans_list: cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos
sense:
(idiom) To do acts of kindness that will be met with ingratitude and will cause one harm in the end.


lexentry: eng/nouveau_riche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nouveau riche
trans_list: nuevo rico | arribista
sense:
(pejorative) New money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy.


lexentry: eng/novation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: novation
trans_list: novación
sense:
(legal) A new contract between the original contracting parties whereby the first obligation is extinguished and a new obligation is substituted.


lexentry: eng/novena__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: novena
trans_list: novena
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) A recitation of prayers and devotions for nine consecutive days, especially one to a saint to ask for their intercession.


lexentry: eng/novichok__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: novichok
trans_list: novichok
sense:
Any of a group of deadly organophosphate nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s to evade restrictions on chemical weapons.


lexentry: eng/now-or-never__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: now-or-never
trans_list: instantáneo
sense:
Of a need for a decision, an opportunity, etc.: arising at the present time and requiring action to be taken immediately, or not at all.


lexentry: eng/now__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: now
trans_list: ahora bien
sense:
(sentential) Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke.


lexentry: eng/nozzle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nozzle
trans_list: tobera | boquilla | inyector
sense:
A short outlet or inlet pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.


lexentry: eng/nubile__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nubile
trans_list: núbil | casadero | edad | viripotente
sense:
Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman). [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/nubuck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nubuck
trans_list: nabuk
sense:
A type of brushed, soft calf leather, similar to suede. Differs from suede in that while suede is created from the flesh (inner) side of a hide, nubuck is created using the grain (outer) side, giving it added strength and durability.


lexentry: eng/nuclear__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nuclear
trans_list: nuclear
sense:
Relating to a weapon that derives its force from rapid release of energy through nuclear reactions. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/nuclear_chemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear chemistry
trans_list: química nuclear
sense:
(chemistry) The application of chemical techniques to the solution of problems in nuclear physics, including the discovery of naturally occurring and synthetic radioactive elements and the results of nuclear fission.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_fallout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear fallout
trans_list: lluvia radiactiva
sense:
(uncountable) Residual radioactive material in the upper atmosphere which settles down to Earth over a protracted period; typically ash which has been propelled upwards by a nuclear explosion or disaster, sometimes mixed with rain or snow.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_fission__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear fission
trans_list: fisión nuclear | fisión
sense:
(nuclear physics) A nuclear reaction in which a large nucleus splits into smaller ones, sometimes accompanied by the simultaneous release of energy.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_fusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear fusion
trans_list: fusión nuclear
sense:
(nuclear physics) The combining of the nuclei of atoms to form the nuclei of larger ones, with a resulting release of large quantities of energy; the process that makes the sun shine, and hydrogen bombs explode.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_magnetic_resonance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear magnetic resonance
trans_list: resonancia magnética nuclear
sense:
(nuclear physics) The absorption of electromagnetic radiation (radio waves), at a specific frequency, by an atomic nucleus placed in a strong magnetic field; used in spectroscopy and in magnetic resonance imaging.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_reaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear reaction
trans_list: reacción nuclear
sense:
A process such as the fission of an atomic nucleus, or the fusion of one or more atomic nuclei and/or subatomic particles in which the number of protons and/or neutrons in a nucleus changes; the reaction products may contain a different element or a different isotope of the same element.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_reactor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear reactor
trans_list: reactor nuclear
sense:
(physics) Any device in which a controlled chain reaction is maintained for the purpose of creating heat (for power generation) or for creating neutrons and other fission products for experimental, medical or other purposes.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_winter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear winter
trans_list: invierno nuclear
sense:
A predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war due to dust in the upper atmosphere reducing sunlight reaching the ground.


lexentry: eng/nuclease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclease
trans_list: nucleasa
sense:
(enzyme) Any of several enzymes capable of cleaving the phosphodiester bonds between the nucleotide subunits of nucleic acids.


lexentry: eng/nucleic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nucleic acid
trans_list: ácido nucleico
sense:
(biochemistry, genetics) Any acidic, chainlike biological macromolecule consisting of multiple repeat units of phosphoric acid, sugar and purine and pyrimidine bases; they are involved in the preservation, replication and expression of hereditary information in every living cell


lexentry: eng/nucleoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nucleoid
trans_list: nucleoide
sense:
(microbiology) The irregularly-shaped region within a prokaryote cell where the genetic material is localized


lexentry: eng/nucleophile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nucleophile
trans_list: nucleófilo
sense:
(chemistry) A compound or functional group that is attractive to centres of positive charge, and donates electrons, especially donating an electron pair to an electrophile to form a bond.


lexentry: eng/nucleosome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nucleosome
trans_list: nucleosoma
sense:
(genetics) Any of the subunits that repeat in chromatin; a coil of DNA surrounding a core of eight histones.


