Spanish words starting with M:
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| Spanish word | meaning in English | features |
|---|---|---|
| m. | noon | {abbr} |
| m | Used in SMS for me | {abbr} |
| mí | Declined form of yo used as the object of a preposition. Me | {pron} |
| m | The 13th letter of the Spanish alphabet | {letter} |
| Mª | abbreviation of the given name María | {abbr} |
| M | The 13th letter of the Spanish alphabet | {letter} |
| mía | feminine form of mío Mine, my | {adj} |
| mía | feminine form of mío Mine | {pron} |
| maña | bad habit, vice, mania | {f} [Latin America] |
| maña | bad temper, ill humor | {f} [Latin America] |
| maña | Skill or ability | {f} |
| mañana | soon, shortly | {adv} |
| mañana | tomorrow | {adv} |
| mañana | the morning | {mf} [f] |
| mañana | the near future; tomorrow | {mf} [m] |
| macabeo | henpecked, whipped | {adj} [Chile] |
| macabeo | Of, from, or pertaining to Macas (city in Ecuador) | {adj} |
| macabeo | Of or pertaining to the Maccabees (Jewish liberation movement) | {adj} |
| macabeo | A person from Macas (city in Ecuador) | {m} |
| macabeo | one who is henpecked or whipped | {m} [Chile] |
| macabro | macabre | {adj} |
| macaca | binge, drunken spree, drunk, jag | {f} |
| macaca | female hobgoblin | {f} |
| macaca | female macaque monkey; see macaco | {f} |
| macaca | macaca, a small coin equal to one peso | {f} [Honduras] |
| macaca | Brazilian woman | {f} [South America, pejorative] |
| macaco | ugly, misshapen, deformed, squat | {adj} [slang] |
| macaco | hobgoblin, bogeyman | {m} |
| macaco | macaque | {m} |
| macaco | Brazilian | {m} [South America, pejorative] |
| macanudo | great, extraordinary | {adj} [Latin America, colloquial] |
| macanudo | pretentious, ostentatious, magnificent | {adj} [Latin America, colloquial] |
| macaquitos | Brazilians (often implying a perceived tendency to copy American and European fads) | {mp} [by extension, slang, derogatory] |
| macaquitos | little monkeys | {mp} [literally] |
| macarrón | pimp (prostitution solicitor) | {m} [colloquial] |
| macarrón | macaroon | {m} |
| macarrón | sheath, sleeving | {m} |
| macarrón | sleeving tube or pipe | {m} |
| macarrónico | macaronic | {adj} |
| macartismo | McCarthyism | {m} |
| Macedonia | Macedonia | {prop} |
| macedonio | Macedonian | {adj} |
| macedonio | Macedonian | {m} |
| maceración | maceration | {f} |
| macerar | to macerate (soften in a liquid) | {v} |
| maceta | flowerpot | {f} |
| macha | Chilean razor clam (edible mollusk) | {f} |
| machaca | machada (insect) | {f} |
| machaca | machada (meat) | {f} |
| machacar | To crush | {v} |
| machar | to grind, to pound | {v} |
| macharse | to get drunk | {v} [Latin America] |
| machetazo | cut or hit with a machete | {m} |
| machete | machete | {m} |
| machete | mediocre method for obtaining somewhat accurate results; shortcut | {m} |
| machetear | to chop with a machete | {v} |
| machismo | machismo | {m} |
| machista | chauvinistic | {adj} |
| machista | male chauvinist | {m} |
| macho | male | {adj} |
| macho | strong, brave | {adj} |
| macho | anvil | {m} |
| macho | large hammer used to forge | {m} |
| macho | male | {m} |
| machorra | virago, tomboy | {f} [Mexico] |
| machorra | sterile female | {f} |
| machorro | male, big daddy, a pussyman | {m} [augmentative] |
| machucar | to bruise | {v} |
| machucar | to squash, crush | {v} |
| macis | mace (spice) | {m} |
| macizo | massive, large | {adj} |
| macizo | hunky, dishy | {adj} [slang] |
| macizo | solid | {adj} |
| macizo | flowerbed | {m} |
| macizo | massif | {m} |
| macizo | mass, solid | {m} |
| macizo | A hunk | {m} [slang] |
| maco | prison | {m} |
| macolla | Stems, flowers, tillers, etc. growing in a clump or tuft, as with bunchgrass | {f} |
| macrón | macron | {m} |
| macro- | macro- | {prefix} |
| macroeconómico | macroeconomic | {adj} |
| macroeconomía | macroeconomics | {f} |
| macroeconomía | macroeconomy | {f} |
| macroelemento | macroelement | {m} |
| macroglobulina | macroglobulin | {f} [protein] |
| macroscópico | macroscopic | {adj} |
| Madagascar | Madagascar | {prop} |
| madeja | skein, hank, ball of yarn | {f} |
| madera | makings | {f} |
| madera | wood | {f} |
| madera | wooden plank, board | {f} |
| maderería | shop selling wood and wood products | {f} |
| maderero | related to logging | {adj} |
| maderero | A lumberjack | {m} |
| maderero | A male woodworker | {m} |
| maderero | An overseer of something wood related | {m} |
| maderero | A wooden raft or log navigator on a watercourse | {m} |
| madero | a piece of wood | {m} |
| madero | a clumsy person | {m} [Spain, derogatory] |
| madero | police officer, compare pig | {m} [Spain, derogatory] |
| madrastra | stepmother | {f} |
| madre | mother | {f} |
| madreña | clog | {f} |
| madrear | to look like one's mother | {v} |
| madrearse | to turn sour | {v} [said especially of wine] |
| Madrid | Madrid | {prop} |
| Madrid | The letter M in the Spanish phonetic alphabet | {prop} |
| madridista | Of or from Madrid | {adj} |
| madridista | Of or connected to Real Madrid, a famous football club from Madrid | {adj} [soccer] |
| madridista | Madridista (Someone who plays for or works for Real Madrid) | {mf} [soccer] |
| madridista | Someone from Madrid | {mf} |
| madriguera | burrow, den | {f} |
| madrileño | Madrilenian; of or from Madrid | {adj} |
| madrileño | Madrilenian; a person from Madrid | {m} |
| madrina | godmother | {f} |
| Madriz | Madriz | {prop} |
| madroño | Fruit of the strawberry tree | {m} |
| madroño | strawberry tree, Arbutus unedo | {m} |
| madrugada | dawn | {f} |
| madrugada | early hours of the morning, before dawn | {f} |
| madrugada | period of time between midnight and before the sunrise | {f} |
| madrugador | rising or waking early | {adj} |
| madrugador | early riser, early bird | {m} |
| madrugar | to get up early | {v} |
| madrugón | early riser, early bird | {m} [colloquial] |
| madrugón | early start | {m} [colloquial] |
| maduración | maturation | {f} |
| maduración | ripening | {f} |
| madurar | to mature | {v} |
| madurar | to ripen | {v} |
| madurativo | Made mature | {adj} |
| madurez | maturity | {f} |
| madurita | MILF (older sexually attractive woman) | {f} |
| maduro | mature, of relatively old age (said of people) | {adj} |
| maduro | ripe | {adj} |
| maduro | short for plátano maduro - "ripe plantain" | {m} |
| mae | guy, man | {m} [Costa Rica] |
| maese | master | {m} [obsolete] |
| maeso | (disuse) master | {m} |
| maestra | (master) craftswoman | {f} |
| maestra | mistress | {f} |
| maestra | teacher (female) | {f} |
| maestría | mastery | {f} |
| maestre de campo | colonel (rank below capitán general in the Spanish Empire) | {m} [archaic] |
| maestro | expert, master | {adj} |
| maestro | master | {m} |
| maestro | (master) craftsman, handyman, contractor, construction worker | {m} |
| maestro | teacher (male) | {m} |
| mafia | Mafia (any criminal organisation) | {f} |
| mafia | Mafia (Italian Mafia) | {f} |
| mafioso | Mafioso | {m} |
| maga | female magician, female conjurer | {f} |
| magdalena | cupcake | {f} |
| magdalena | madeleine (cake) | {f} |
| Magdalena | female given name, cognate to Magdalene | {prop} |
| magia | magic | {f} |
| magia | spell, charm, conjuration | {f} |
| magia blanca | white magick, white magic | {n} |
| magia gris | gray magick | {n} |
| magia negra | black magick, black magic | {n} |
| magistrado | judge | {m} |
| magistral | magistral, magisterial | {adj} |
| magistralmente | magisterially, masterly | {adv} |
| magistratura | magistracy | {f} |
| magmático | magmatic | {adj} |
| magnanimidad | magnanimity | {f} |
| magnate | magnate, tycoon | {m} |
| magnesia | magnesia | {f} |
| magnesio | magnesium | {m} |
| magnetar | magnetar | {f} |
| magnetismo | magnetism (the property of being magnetic) | {m} |
| magnetita | magnetite | {f} |
| magneto | magneto | {m} |
| magnetoestrella | magnetar | {f} |
| magnetosfera | magnetosphere | {f} |
| magnífico | magnificent | {adj} |
| magnicidio | assassination | {m} |
| magnitud | magnitude | {f} |
| magnánimo | magnanimous | {adj} |
| magno | great | {adj} |
| magnético | magnetic | {adj} |
| mago | magician (attributive) | {adj} |
| mago | Magi | {m} |
| mago | magician, sorcerer | {m} |
| magro | lean, without fat | {adj} |
| magro | loin of pork | {m} |
| magíster | magister (the possessor of a master's degree) | {m} |
| maguey | maguey | {m} |
| magulladura | bruise | {f} |
| magullar | to bruise | {v} |
| Maguncia | Mainz (capital of Rhineland-Palatinate) | {prop} |
| Mahoma | Muhammad (Islamic prophet) | {prop} |
| mahometano | Muslim | {adj} |
| mahometano | Muslim | {m} |
| Maine | Maine | {prop} |
| Maite | female given name | {prop} |
| maizal | piece of land cultivating corn; cornfield | {m} |
| maizena | cornflour, cornstarch | {f} |
| majaderamente | foolishly | {adv} |
| majadero | clown | {m} |
| majadero | fool | {m} |
| majadero | pestle | {m} |
| majar | to crush | {v} |
| majar | to grind | {v} |
| majar | to pound | {v} |
| majestad | majesty | {f} |
| majestuosamente | majestically, kingly | {adv} |
| majestuoso | majestic, majestical, august, grand | {adj} |
| majestuoso | stately, pompous | {adj} |
| majo | good-looking, handsome | {adj} [Spain, informal] |
| majo | likeable, nice, pretty | {adj} [Spain, informal] |
| mal | badly; poorly | {adv} |
| mal | evil, harm; a bad thing or situation | {m} |
| Malí | Mali (country in Western Africa) | {prop} |
| mala | suitcase | {f} |
| malabar | Malayalam (language) | {m} |
| malabarismo | juggling | {m} |
| malabarista | juggler | {mf} |
| malacate | A type of capstan or winch formerly used in mines to extract minerals and water | {m} [historical] |
| malacitano | of or from Málaga | {adj} |
| malacitano | person from Málaga | {m} |
| malagueño | of or from Malaga | {adj} |
| malagueño | person from Malaga | {m} |
| malaguista | A person connecting with Malaga CF, as a fan, player, coach etc. | {mf} [soccer] |
| mala leche | Bad intention when doing something harmful to someone | {f} [colloquial, Spain] |
| malandro | delinquent | {m} [colloquial, Uruguay, masculine only] |
| malandro | young delinquent | {m} [colloquial, Venezuela] |
| malaquita | malachite | {f} |
| malaria | malaria | {f} |
| Malasia | Malaysia | {prop} |
| malasio | Malaysian | {adj} |
| malasio | Malaysian | {m} |
| mala suerte | bad luck; tough luck | {interj} |
| malatión | malathion | {m} |
| malato | malate | {m} |
| malauí | Malawian | {adj} |
| malauí | Malawian | {mf} |
| Malaui | Malawi (Republic of Malawi) | {prop} |
| Malawi | alternative spelling of Malaui | {prop} |
| malayalam | Malayalam (language) | {m} |
| malayo | Malay (from Malaysia) | {adj} |
| malayo | Malay (language) | {m} |
| malayo | Malay (person) | {m} |
| malbaratar | to squander | {v} |
| malcriada | feminine form of malcriado | {f} |
| malcriado | spoiled (having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering) | {adj} |
| malcriado | One who is spoiled | {m} |
| maldad | badness; evilness | {f} |
| maldad | bad or evil deed | {f} |
| maldecir | to damn, to curse | {v} |
| mal de coco | off one's head, off one's rocker (crazy) | {adj} [colloquial, idiomatic] |
| mal de ojo | evil eye (curse done by a malevolent gaze) | {m} |
| maldición | curse | {f} |
| malditamente | very badly | {adv} |
| maldito | cursed, damned | {adj} |
| maldito | damn | {interj} |
| Maldivas | Maldives | {prop} |
| maldivo | Maldivian | {adj} |
| maldivo | Maldivian (person) | {m} |
| Maldonado | A city in Uruguay | {prop} |
| Maldonado | Spanish surname | {prop} |
| maleabilidad | malleability, malleableness | {f} |
| maleable | malleable | {adj} |
| maleable | plastic (capable of adapting to varying conditions) | {adj} |
| maleante | malicious | {adj} |
| maleante | gangster, criminal | {mf} |
| malear | to corrupt | {v} |
| malear | to make bad | {v} |
| malear | to pervert | {v} |
| maledicencia | gossip, slander | {f} |
| maleducado | bad mannered, rude | {adj} |
| malentendido | misunderstanding | {m} |
| malestar | discomfort | {m} |
| malestar | unease | {m} |
| maleta | trunk, boot (of a car) | {f} [Chile, Venezuela] |
| maleta | suitcase | {f} |
| maletero | trunk, boot (space to carry luggage) | {m} [Cuba, Bolivia, Spain] |
| maletita | diminutive form of maleta | {f} |
| maletín | briefcase | {m} |
| maleza | underbrush | {f} |
| maleza | weed | {f} |
| maléfico | evil | {adj} |
| malformación | malformation | {f} |
| malfuncionar | to malfunction | {v} |
| malgache | Malagasy | {adj} |
| malgache | Malagasy | {mf} |
| malgastar | to waste | {v} |
| malhadado | burdened with bad luck | {adj} |
| malhechor | wrongdoer | {m} |
| malherir | to injure fatally, mortally wound | {v} |
| malhumorado | crabby, peevish | {adj} |
| malhumorado | sullen | {adj} |
| malicia | malice | {f} |
| maliciosamente | maliciously | {adv} |
| malicioso | malicious | {adj} |
| maliense | Malian | {adj} |
| maliense | Malian | {mf} |
| malignidad | malignancy, malignity | {f} |
| maligno | malicious | {adj} |
| maligno | malignant | {adj} [oncology] |
| malintencionado | ill-intentioned, evil-minded | {adj} |
| malinterpretar | to misinterpret | {v} |
| malla | mesh (cloth) | {f} |
| malla | strap handle | {f} |
| mallar | alternative spelling of majar | {v} |
| mallo | a kind of game | {m} |
| mallo | mallet | {m} |
| Mallorca | Mallorca | {prop} |
| mal nacido | ill-bred, mean | {adj} |
| malnacido | disgusting, abominable (of a person or animal) | {adj} |
| malnutrición | malnutrition | {f} |
| malo | bad | {adj} |
| malo | evil | {adj} |
| malo | sick | {adj} |
| malogrado | unsuccessful; abortive | {adj} |
| malograr | to ruin | {v} |
| maloka | house | {f} [Colombia] |
| malos tratos | domestic violence | {m} |
| malparido | disgusting, abominable (of a person or animal) | {adj} |
| malpaís | akin to badlands, but of volcaniclastic origin | {m} |
| malpaís | karst | {m} [geology] |
| malsano | unhealthy | {adj} |
| malísimo | superlative form of malo Very bad, dreadful | {adj} |
| malta | malt | {f} |
| malta | malta | {f} |
| Malta | Malta | {prop} |
| maltasa | maltase | {f} [enzyme] |
| maltesa | feminine form of maltés | {f} |
| maltitol | maltitol | {m} [organic compound] |
| maltodextrina | maltodextrin | {f} |
| maltosa | maltose | {f} [carbohydrates] |
| maltotriosa | maltotriose | {f} [carbohydrates] |
| maltratar | to mistreat | {v} |
| maltés | Maltese (from or native to Malta) | {adj} |
| maltés | Maltese (pertaining to Malta) | {adj} |
| maltés | a Maltese person | {m} |
| maltés | the Maltese language | {prop} |
| malva | mauve | {adj} |
| malva | mallow | {f} |
| malva | mauve | {f} |
| malvadamente | wickedly, naughtily, mischievously, hellishly | {adv} |
| malvado | evil, wicked, mean, bad | {adj} |
| malvavisco | mallow | {m} |
| malvavisco | marshmallow | {m} [Mexico] |
| malvender | to sell for less than cost | {v} |
| malversador | embezzler, grafter, peculator | {m} |
| malversar | to embezzle | {v} |
| Malvinas | Falklands, Falkland Islands | {prop} |
| malvinense | Falkland Islands | {adj} [attributive] |
| malvinense | Falklander, Falkland Islander | {mf} |
| malvivir | to live badly | {v} |
| malévolo | malicious, evil | {adj} |
| mamá | mum, mom | {f} [colloquial, familiar] |
| mama | breast, mamma | {f} |
| mamacita | diminutive form of mamá | {f} |
| mamacita | babe, hottie (sexually attractive woman) | {f} [Latin America, slang] |
| mamada | drunkenness | {f} [Argentina, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Uruguay, colloquial] |
| mamada | cinch, something easy | {f} [Latin America] |
| mamada | milk; (of baby) feeding time | {f} |
| mamada | suck | {f} |
| mamadera | baby bottle | {f} |
| mamadita | diminutive form of mamada | {f} |
| mamado | muscular (having well-developed muscles) | {adj} [slang, Mexico] |
| mamar | to bull… around | {v} |
| mamar | to suck | {v} |
| mamar | to suckle | {v} |
| mamario | mammary | {adj} |
| mamarracho | buffoon, clown (ridiculous, badly dressed person) | {m} [pejorative, colloquial] |
| mamba | mamba | {f} |
| mambo | mambo (dance) | {m} |
| mambo | mambo (music) | {m} |
| mamey | The mamey or mammee apple, Mammea americana | {m} |
| mamífero | mammalian | {adj} |
| mamífero | mammal | {m} |
| mami | mommy; (fam) mother | {f} |
| mamita | diminutive form of mamá mummy | {f} |
| mamón | sucking | {adj} |
| mamón | shoot (of a plant) | {m} [botany] |
| mamón | mama's boy, mommy's darling (person clinging to his mother) | {m} [Chile, pejorative] |
| mamón | mamoncillo (tree and fruit), scientific name Melicoccus bijugatus | {m} |
| mamón | stupid person, dumbass, sucker | {m} [Mexico, pejorative] |
| mamón | suckling | {m} |
| mamografía | mammography | {f} |
| mamoncillo | The mamoncillo | {m} |
| mamotreto | A huge object | {m} |
| mampara | panel, small movable screen | {f} |
| mamparo | bulkhead | {m} |
| mamut | mammoth (animal) | {m} |
| mamut lanudo | woolly mammoth | {m} |
| maná | manna | {m} |
| maní | peanut | {m} |
| -mana | feminine form of -mano | {suffix} |
| manía | dislike | {f} |
| manía | mania, bad habit, obsession | {f} |
| manía | mania (craze, something popular at the time) | {f} |
| manía | mania (violent derangement) | {f} |
| -manía | -mania | {suffix} |
| MANA | Movimiento Auténtico Nacionalista | {acronym} |
| maníaco | maniac | {m} |
| manada | handful (amount held in hand) | {f} |
| manada | herd, pride | {f} [zoology] |
| Managua | Managua | {prop} |
| manantial | spring (water) | {m} |
| manar | gush forth | {v} |
| manatí | manatee | {m} |
| mancebo | juvenile | {adj} [rare] |
| mancebo | youth | {m} [archaic] |
| mancebo | bachelor | {m} [rare] |
| mancebo | young servant, waiter | {m} |
| manchú | Manchu | {adj} |
| manchú | Manchu | {mf} |
| manchú | Manchu language | {prop} |
| mancha | blemish | {f} |
| mancha | stain | {f} |
| manchado | spotted | {adj} |
| manchar | to sully (one's name, reputation, honour, etc.) | {vt} [figuratively] |
| manchar | to spot, stain, mark | {vt} |
| -mancia | -mancy | {suffix} |
| mancillar | to besmirch | {v} |
| manco | defective, faulty | {adj} |
| manco | oarless, without oars | {adj} [figuratively, nautical] |
| manco | one-handed, one-armed, maimed | {adj} |
| manco | horse | {m} [Chile, collquial] |
| mancomún | By common agreement, conjointly | {adv} [de mancomún] |
| mancomunadamente | conjointly | {adv} |
| mancomunar | To require both sides pay jointly the costs of a lawsuit | {vt} [legal] |
| mancomunar | to pool, to combine | {vt} |
| mancomunidad | commonwealth | {f} |
| mancuerna | dumbbell | {fp} |
| manda | vow | {f} |
| mandar | to lead | {v} [dancing] |
| mandar | to enjoin | {v} |
| mandar | to lead, to be in charge, to command | {v} |
| mandar | to order | {v} |
| mandar | to send | {v} |
| mandar a freir espárragos | tell someone to take a long walk on a short pier; go jump in the lake | {v} [idiomatic] |
| mandar a hacer puñetas | tell someone to take a long walk on a short pier; go jump in the lake | {v} [idiomatic] |
| mandarín | mandarin | {adj} |
| mandarín | Mandarin | {m} |
| mandatario | head of state | {m} |
| mandato | mandate | {m} |
| mandíbula | jaw | {f} |
| mandíbulas de la vida | jaws of life | {fp} |
| mandil | apron | {m} |
| mandilón | coward, weakling | {m} |
| mandilón | henpecked husband (powerless married man) | {m} [Mexico] |
| mandioca | manioc plant | {f} |
| mandón | bossy | {adj} |
| mandón | bossyboots | {m} |
| mando | command | {m} |
| mando | remote control | {m} |
| mandolina | mandolin (musical instrument) | {f} |
| mandonear | to boss | {v} |
| mandril | mandrill | {m} |
| manecilla | hand (of a clock) | {f} |
| manecilla | pointer, needle, arrow (of an instrument) | {f} |
| manejar | to drive (a vehicle) | {v} |
| manejar | to handle | {v} |
| manejar | to manage | {v} |
| manejo | handling | {m} |
| manera | way; manner | {f} |
| mangú | food dish consisting of mashed, cooked plantains | {m} [Dominican Republic, ] |
| manga | sleeve | {f} |
| manga | manga | {m} |
| manganeso | manganese | {m} |
| manglar | mangrove swamp | {m} |
| mangle | mangrove | {m} |
| mango | handle | {m} |
| mango | mango | {m} [plants] |
| mangonear | to be bossy | {v} |
| mangonear | to loiter | {v} |
| mangonear | to meddle | {v} |
| mangosta | mongoose | {f} |
| mangostino | The mangosteen | {m} |
| mangostán | The mangosteen | {m} |
| manguera | A mango orchard | {f} |
| manguera | hose | {f} |
| manguito | armband (for floating) | {m} |
| manguito | muff (of clothing) | {m} |
| maniatar | to place in manacles | {v} |
| manicomio | A medical facility for the treatment of mental health issues; an insane asylum | {m} |
| manicura | manicure | {f} |
| manido | trite; hackneyed | {adj} |
| manifestación | demonstration | {f} |
| manifestamente | obviously; self-evidently; manifestly | {adv} |
| manifestante | demonstrator | {mf} |
| manifestar | to declare, express | {v} |
| manifestar | to manifest, reveal, display, show | {v} |
| manifiesto | manifest, clear, apparent | {adj} |
| manifiesto | manifesto, pronunciamento | {m} |
| manillar | handlebar (bar for steering) | {m} |
| maniobra | maneuver | {f} |
| maniobrar | to maneuver | {v} |
| manipulación | manipulation | {f} |
| manipulador | manipulating | {adj} |
| manipulador | manipulative | {adj} |
| manipulador | manipulator | {m} |
| manipular | to manipulate | {v} |
| maniquí | mannequin (person who models clothes) | {mf} |
| maniquí | mannequin, dummy (life-size model of the human body) | {m} |
| manirroto | spendthrift | {adj} |
| manita | diminutive form of mano, little hand | {f} |
| manitas | diminutive form of mano | {f} |
| manitas | handyman | {f} |
| maniático | cranky, crazy | {adj} |
| maniático | pedantic, fussy | {adj} |
| maniático | maniac | {m} |
| manito | diminutive form of mano, little hand | {f} |
| manitol | mannitol | {m} [organic compound] |
| manivela | handle | {f} |
| manómetro | pressure gauge | {m} |
| mano | round; hand | {f} [in a game] |
| mano | hand | {f} [of a clock] |
| mano | front foot | {f} [of an animal] |
| mano | hand | {f} [of a person] |
| mano | coat | {f} [of paint] |
| mano | buddy, friend | {m} [slang, Mexico] |
| -mano | -mane, -maniac | {suffix} |
| mano a mano | A corrida in which two rival matadors alternate in fighting several bulls each | {m} |
| mano a mano | hand to hand (competition), or sometimes hand in hand (cooperation); on equal terms, close together | {phrase} |
| mano auxiliar | helping hand | {f} |
| mano de obra | labor (manual laborers) | {f} |
| manojo | handful, bunch | {m} |
| manopla | baseball glove | {f} [baseball, Nicaragua] |
| manopla | gauntlet (glove) | {f} |
| manopla | mitten | {f} |
| manosa | mannose | {f} [carbohydrates] |
| manos a la obra | Let's get to work | {v} [idiomatic] |
| manosamina | mannosamine | {f} [carbohydrates] |
| manosear | to fondle | {v} |
| manosear | to meddle with; to tamper with, or handle something ignorantly | {v} |
| manotear | to gesticulate | {vi} |
| manotear | to slap, smack, spank | {vt} |
| manípulo | handful | {m} [literary, medicine] |
| manípulo | maniple (all senses) | {m} |
| manés | Manx | {prop} |
| mansamente | quietly, meekly, gently | {adv} |
| mansedumbre | meekness | {f} |
| mansión | estate | {f} |
| mansión | mansion | {f} |
| manso | tame, meek, not threatening | {adj} |
| manta | blanket | {f} |
| manta | manta ray | {f} |
| manta | poncho | {f} |
| mantarraya | manta ray | {f} |
| manteca | fat; butter; lard | {f} |
| mantecoso | buttery | {adj} |
| mantecoso | mellow | {adj} |
| mantel | tablecloth | {m} |
| mantelería | table linen | {f} |
| mantener | To maintain; to keep, to preserve | {v} |
| mantenida | feminine form of mantenido | {f} |
| mantenido | a person who does want neither work nor study, either for laze or fun, being come of age and able, and is sustained by other (even parents) or a government without a merit (see huevón) | {adj} [pejorative] |
| mantenido | Person sustained by alimony, kept | {adj} |
| mantenido | freeloader | {m} |
| mantenido | kept man, kept woman | {m} |
| mantenimiento | maintenance, support | {m} |
| mantequera | butter dish | {f} |
| mantequera | churn | {f} |
| mantequero | of or pertaining to butter | {adj} |
| mantequero | butter maker | {m} |
| mantequilla | butter | {f} |
| mantis religiosa | praying mantis | {f} |
| manto | layer, surface, blanket, carpet | {m} |
| manto | shroud, cloak | {m} |
| mantra | mantra (all senses) | {m} |
| manual | manual | {m} |
| manualmente | manually; by hand | {adv} |
| manubrio | manubrium | {m} [anatomy, zoology] |
| manubrio | handle, crank | {m} |
| manubrio | handlebar | {m} [Latin America] |
| manubrio | wheel | {m} |
| Manuel | male given name, derived from biblical Emanuel | {prop} |
| Manuela | female given name, feminine form of Manuel | {prop} |
| manufacturar | to manufacture | {v} |
| manuscrito | manuscript | {m} |
| manutener | alternative form of mantener | {v} |
| manzana | apple | {f} |
| manzana | city block | {f} |
| manzana de Adán | Adam's apple | {f} [Latin America] |
| manzana de caramelo | candy apple | {f} |
| manzanar | apple grove; place where apples are grown | {m} |
| manzana silvestre | crabapple (fruit) | {f} |
| manzanilla | a type of wine from Cádiz, Andalucía | {f} |
| manzanilla | camomile | {f} |
| manzanita | diminutive form of manzana | {f} |
| manzano | apple tree | {m} |
| mañoso | cranky, crazy (grouchy, irritable, easily upset) | {adj} [Latin America] |
| mañoso | pedantic, fussy | {adj} [Latin America] |
| mañoso | skillful, crafty | {adj} |
| mapa | map (sheet with geographical information on it) | {m} |
| mapache | raccoon (nocturnal omnivore living in Northern America) | {m} |
| mapuche | Mapuche | {adj} |
| mapuche | Mapuche | {m} |
| mapuchino | Chilean | {adj} [pejorative] |
| mapuchino | indigenous man, most likely mapuches that look like a Chinese | {adj} [pejorative] |
| mapuey | cush-cush; tropical herb | {m} |
| mapuey | tuber of the same plant | {m} |
| maqueta | demo | {f} |
| maqueta | model (miniature representation of a physical object) | {f} |
| maquiavélico | Machiavellian | {adj} |
| maquiladora | assembly plant | {f} |
| maquillaje | makeup | {m} |
| maquillar | to apply makeup or cosmetics | {v} |
| maquillarse | to put on makeup, to apply cosmetics | {vr} |
| maquinación | plot, machination | {f} |
| maquinador | deviser, plotter, machinator | {m} |
| maquinador | Metalworker who works pieces with the use of machines | {m} [metallurgy] |
| maquinal | mechanical (referring to the movements of machines) | {adj} |
| maquinal | [of a person or action] mechanical, automatic (not having or showing thought or spontaneity) | {adj} |
| maquinalmente | mechanically | {adv} |
| maquinar | to machinate, plot | {v} |
| maquinaria | machinery | {f} |
| maquinista | machinist | {mf} |
| mar | sea | {mf} |
| mar | seaside | {mf} |
| mara | gang | {f} [El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico] |
| María | Mary; Miriam | {prop} [biblical character] |
| María | female given name. Spanish and Galician equivalent of Mary | {prop} |
| maraña | snarl | {f} |
| maraña | tangle, muddle | {f} |
| maraña | thicket | {f} |
| maraca | A maraca, percussion instrument | {f} |
| maracuyá | passion fruit | {f} |
| mar adentro | offshore, out to sea | {adv} |
| mar Adriático | Adriatic Sea | {prop} |
| María Jesús | female given name | {prop} |
| María José | female given name | {prop} |
| María Magdalena | Mary Magdalene | {prop} [biblical character] |
| María Magdalena | female given name | {prop} |
| Mar Amarillo | Yellow Sea (Asian sea) | {prop} |
| marañón | cashew (fruit of the tree) | {m} |
| marañón | cashew (tree) | {m} |
| maranta | arrowroot | {f} |
| marasmo | marasmus | {m} [pathology] |
| maratón | marathon | {m} |
| maratoniano | Having the characteristics of a marathon | {adj} |
| maratoniano | Of or pertaining to a marathon | {adj} |
| maratonista | marathon runner | {mf} |
| maravedí | maravedi | {m} [historical] |
| maravilla | sunflower | {f} |
| maravilla | sunflower seed | {f} |
| maravilla | wonder, marvel | {f} |
| maravillar | to marvel | {v} |
| maravillarse | to marvel, to wonder | {vr} |
| maravillosamente | wonderfully, marvelously | {adv} |
| maravilloso | wonderful, marvelous | {adj} |
| mar Balear | Balearic Sea | {prop} |
| marbete | label | {m} |
| marbete | tag | {m} |
| mar Blanco | White Sea | {prop} |
| mar Báltico | Baltic Sea | {prop} |
| marca | brand | {f} |
| marca | mark | {f} |
| marcado | marked, pronounced | {adj} |
| marcador | bookmark | {m} |
| marcador | marker | {m} |
| marcador | scoreboard | {m} |
| mar Cantábrico | Cantabrian Sea | {prop} |
| marcapasos | pacemaker (medical implement) | {m} |
| Marcapomacocha | Marcapomacocha | {prop} |
| marcar | to beat, make (a rhythm) | {v} |
| marcar | to dial | {v} |
| marcar | to mark | {v} |
| marcar | to mark (in sports) | {v} |
| marcar | to show, read, say (of a measuring device) | {v} |
| marcar | to write down, jot down | {v} |
| marca registrada | trademark | {f} |
| Mar Caribe | Caribbean Sea | {prop} |
| mar Caspio | Caspian Sea | {prop} |
| Marcela | female given name, cognate to Marcella | {prop} |
| Marcelina | female given name | {prop} |
| Marcelino | male given name | {prop} |
| Marcelo | male given name, equivalent to Marcellus | {prop} |
| mar Celta | Celtic Sea | {prop} |
| marcha | mojo | {f} [colloquial, Spain] |
| marcha | party (social gathering) | {f} [colloquial, Spain] |
| marcha | departure | {f} |
| marcha | gear (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) | {f} |
| marcha | march | {f} |
| marcha atlética | race walking | {f} [athletics] |
| marchar | to leave | {vir} [or] |
| marchar | to function, work, run | {vi} |
| marchar | to go, travel | {vi} |
| marchar | to march | {vi} |
| Marcha Real | Marcha Real (the national anthem of Spain) | {prop} |
| marcharse | reflexive form of marchar To leave, to go away | {vr} |
| Marchihue | Marchihue | {prop} |
| marchitar | to wilt | {v} |
| marchito | wilted, faded | {adj} |
| marchosa | feminine form of marchoso | {f} |
| marchoso | fun-loving, lively (enjoying parties) | {adj} |
| marchoso | party animal | {m} |
| marcial | martial | {adj} |
| Marcial | male given name, cognate to English Martial | {prop} |
| marciano | Martian (of Mars) | {adj} |
| marciano | Martian | {m} |
| marco | frame | {m} |
| marco | mark (money) | {m} |
| marco alemán | Deutsche Mark | {m} |
| Marcos | Mark | {prop} [biblical character] |
| Marcos | male given name, cognate to Mark | {prop} |
| mar de Azov | Sea of Azov | {prop} |
| mar de Bering | Bering Sea | {prop} |
| mar de Irlanda | Irish Sea | {prop} |
| mar del Norte | North Sea | {prop} |
| mar de Noruega | Norwegian Sea | {prop} |
| mar de Timor | Timor Sea | {prop} |
| marea | tide | {f} |
| mareado | dizzy | {adj} |
| mareal | tidal | {adj} |
| marear | to get dizzy | {vr} |
| marear | to dizzy | {v} |
| marear | to sicken | {v} |
| marea roja | red tide | {f} |
| Marechal | Spanish surname | {prop} |
| mar Egeo | Aegean Sea | {prop} |
| maremoto | seaquake | {m} [geology] |
| mareo | vertigo, dizziness | {m} |
| marfil | ivory | {m} |
| marfileño | Ivorian | {adj} |
| marfileño | Ivorian | {m} |
| margajita | marcasite, white iron pyrites | {f} |
| margarita | daisy | {f} |
| margarita | margarita (cocktail) | {f} |
| Margarita | female given name, meaning Daisy, cognate to English Margaret | {prop} |
| margarita común | daisy | {f} |
| margaxita | alternative spelling of margajita | {f} |
| margen | margin, edge | {m} |
| marginado | ostracized, cast out | {adj} |
| marginado | outsider, outcast | {m} |
| marginal | marginal | {adj} |
| marginar | to exclude | {v} |
| margrave | A margrave | {m} |
| mariache | rare spelling of mariachi | {m} |
| mariachi | A mariachi band | {m} |
| mariachi | A musician in such a band | {m} |
| mariachi | A traditional form of music from the Mexican state of Jalisco | {m} |
| mariachi | An instrumental ensemble accompanying other types of popular Mexican dance and song | {m} [by extension, Mexico] |
| Mariana | female given name, cognate to the English Mariana | {prop} |
| marianismo | the concept, found in Latin American folk culture, that a virtuous woman should emulate the Virgin Mary as closely as possible (in terms of piousness, sexual purity, modesty, etc.) | {m} |
| Mariano | male given name, cognate to Italian Mariano | {prop} |
| marica | magpie | {f} |
| maricón | coward, irresponsible husband or father (mean or rude person) | {m} [Chile] |
| maricón | coward | {m} |
| maricón | (effeminate boy) girl | {m} |
| maricona | feminine form of maricón | {f} |
| maricota | effeminate | {adj} |
| maridablemente | conjugally | {adv} |
| maridar | to marry | {v} [rare] |
| maridar | to combine | {v} |
| marido | husband | {m} |
| marihuanera | Female form of marihuanero; a female stoner, pothead, weedhead | {f} |
| marihuanero | weedhead, pothead, stoner | {m} |
| marimba | marimba | {f} |
| marina | navy | {f} |
| Marina | female given name, cognate to English Marina | {prop} |
| marinar | to marinate, to marinade | {v} |
| marinero | sailor | {m} |
| marino | marine, nautical | {adj} |
| marino | sailor | {adj} |
| Mario | male given name, cognate to Marius | {prop} |
| marionas | marionberry | {f} |
| marionberi | marionberry | {f} |
| marioneta | marionette, puppet | {f} |
| mariposa | a butterfly | {f} |
| mariquita | ladybird (Commonwealth exc. Canada), ladybug (US, Canada) | {f} |
| mariscada | seafood platter | {f} |
| mariscal | marshal | {m} |
| mariscal | quarterback | {m} |
| mariscal | seafood dish | {m} |
| marisco | edible shellfish or alga | {m} |
| mariscos | seafood | {mp} |
| marisma | saltwater marsh, tideland marsh | {f} |
| marisquería | seafood store | {f} |
| Mar Jónico | Ionian Sea (European sea) | {prop} |
| marmita | pressure cooker | {f} |
| marmitako | A stew made with tuna, potatoes, onions, pepper and tomato | {m} |
| marmolado | marbled | {adj} |
| marmosa | marmoset | {f} |
| marmota | marmot | {f} |
| Marín | Spanish surname, meaning marine or sailor | {prop} |
| mar Negro | Black Sea | {prop} |
| marojo | red-berried mistletoe (Viscum cruciatum) | {m} |
| maroma | circus stunt | {f} |
| maroma | rope | {f} |
| marquesa | marchioness | {f} |
| Marquito | A diminutive of the male given name Marcos. It is generally associated with a child and can be translated in English as little Marcos | {prop} |
| marqués | marquess | {m} |
| marrano | pig (disgusting person) | {m} [colloquial, pejorative] |
| marrano | pig | {m} |
| marraqueta | bread type, common in Chile, Uruguay, Perú and Argentina | {m} |
| marrar | to miss | {v} |
| marrón | brown (colour) | {adj} |
| marrón | brown (colour) | {m} |
| marrón | bug; (something annoying) | {m} [colloquial] |
| Mar Rojo | Red Sea (sea between Africa and Arabia) | {prop} |
| marroquí | Moroccan | {adj} |
| marroquí | Moroccan | {mf} |
| Marruecos | Morocco (country) | {prop} |
| marrullero | devious | {adv} |
| marshalés | Marshallese | {adj} |
| marshalés | Marshallese (person) | {m} |
| marshalés | Marshallese (language) | {prop} |
| marsupial | marsupial | {adj} |
| marsupial | marsupial | {m} |
| marta | marten | {f} |
| Marta | Martha | {prop} [biblical character] |
| Marta | female given name, cognate to Martha | {prop} |
| Marte | Mars | {prop} |
| martes | Tuesday | {m} |
| martillar | to hammer | {v} |
| martillazo | blow with a hammer | {m} |
| martilleo | hammering | {m} |
| martillo | malleus | {m} [anatomy] |
| martillo | hammer | {m} [athletics] |
| martillo | auction house | {m} |
| martillo | hammer | {m} |
| martillo de agua | water hammer | {m} [physics] |
| martillo neumático | jackhammer | {m} |
| martillo perforador | jackhammer | {m} |
| martillo sacaclavos | claw hammer | {m} |
| marítimo | maritime | {adj} |
| Martina | female given name, cognate to English Martina | {prop} |
| martinete | a type of Flamenco chant | {f} |
| martinete | black-crowned night heron (nycticorax nycticorax) | {f} |
| martinete | hammer (of a piano) | {f} |
| martinete | large forge hammer | {f} |
| martirio | agony, torture | {m} [figuratively] |
| martirio | martyrdom | {m} |
| martirio | martyrium | {m} |
| martirologio | martyrology | {m} |
| Martita | diminutive form of Marta | {prop} |
| Martín | male given name, cognate to English Martin | {prop} |
| Martínez | Spanish surname | {prop} |
| martín pescador | kingfisher (Alcedinidae) | {m} |
| maruja | housewife | {f} [colloquial, pejorative] |
| Maryland | Maryland | {prop} |
| marzo | March | {m} |
| mas | but | {conj} |
| mas | however | {conj} |
| mías | feminine plural of mío Mine, my | {adj} |
| mías | feminine plural of mío Mine | {pron} |
| masa | dough | {f} |
| masa | mass | {f} [physics] |
| masacrar | to massacre | {v} |
| masacre | massacre | {f} |
| masa en reposo | rest mass | {f} |
| masaje | massage | {m} |
| masajear | to rub or massage | {v} |
| masajista | massagist | {mf} |
| masar | to knead | {v} |
| Masaya | Masaya | {prop} |
| mascar | to chew | {v} |
| mascarilla | face mask | {f} |
| mascota | A mascot; the animal that represents a team | {f} |
| mascota | A pet. | {f} |
| mascujar | to mumble | {v} |
| masculinidad | masculinity | {f} |
| masculino | masculine, male | {adj} |
| mascullar | to mumble; to say through one's teeth | {vt} [ditransitive, colloquial] |
| masetero | masseter | {m} |
| masicote | massicot | {m} [chemistry] |
| masificación | overcrowding | {f} |
| masilla | caulk, putty | {f} |
| masivamente | massively | {adv} |
| masivo | massive | {adj} |
| Massachusetts | Massachusetts | {prop} |
| mastectomía | mastectomy | {f} [surgery] |
| masticar | to chew | {v} |
| masticar | to think (about an idea) | {v} |
| mastín | mastiff | {m} |
| mastocito | mastocyte, mast cell | {m} [cytology] |
| mastozoología | mammalogy | {f} |
| mastuerzo | cress (a plant, Lepidium sativum) | {m} |
| mastuerzo | dumbass | {m} [pejorative, colloquial, Spain] |
| masturbación | masturbation | {f} |
| masturbación mutua | mutual masturbation | {n} |
| masturbar | to masturbate | {vt} |
| masturbarse | reflexive form of masturbar To masturbate oneself | {vr} |
| mata | plant (organism of the kingdom Plantae) | {f} [Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba] |
| mata | mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus | {f} |
| mata | shrub | {f} |
| mata | sprig | {f} |
| matabichos | bug spray | {m} |
| mataburros | grille guard, bumper guard (car accessory) | {m} |
| mataburros | dictionary | {m} [Latin America] |
| matacandelas | snuffer, candlesnuffer | {m} |
| matachín | clown, buffoon | {m} |
| matacucarachas | cockroach killer; cockroach spray | {m} |
| matadero | a place for killing | {m} |
| matadero | a slaughterhouse, abattoir | {m} |
| matado | fugly, hideous (person) | {adj} |
| matado | bookish (lover of reading and or study) | {adj} [Mexico] |
| matador | a slaughterer, a killer | {m} |
| matador | matador, a featured bullfighter at a bullfight event | {m} [bullfighting] |
| matadora | Female killer | {f} |
| matadura | callus | {f} |
| matafuego | fire extinguisher | {m} |
| matagallina | flax-leaved daphne, Daphne gnidium | {f} [plant] |
| Matagalpa | Matagalpa | {prop} |
| matahormigas | ant killer; ant spray | {m} |
| matamoscas | fly agaric, Amanita muscaria | {m} |
| matamoscas | flyswatter | {m} |
| matanza | a slaughter, a killing | {f} |
| matar | to butcher | {v} |
| matar | to dull | {v} |
| matar | to kill | {v} |
| matar | to put out | {v} |
| matar | to round off | {v} |
| matar | to ruin | {v} |
| matarse | to become galled, to become chafed, to get sores (said of horses) | {v} |
| matarse | to be killed, to meet one’s death | {v} |
| matarse | to kill oneself, to commit suicide | {v} |
| matarse | to wear oneself out | {v} |
| Matías | male given name of biblical origin | {prop} |
| Matías | Matthias (Biblical figure) | {prop} |
| matasellar | to postmark | {v} |
| matasellos | postmark | {m} |
| matasuegras | party horn | {m} |
| mate | matte (not reflective of light) | {adj} |
| mate | tan, tanned (skin colour) | {adj} [South America] |
| mate | A hollow calabash gourd, in which the maté is traditionally served | {m} |
| mate | mate, checkmate | {m} [chess] |
| mate | A head | {m} [colloquial, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay] |
| mate | maths, mathematics (short for "matemática") | {m} [colloquial] |
| mate | The drink maté prepared of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) | {m} |
| matear | To drink mate, yerba mate | {v} [Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay] |
| matemática | feminine form of matemático; a female mathematician | {f} |
| matemática | mathematics | {f} |
| matemáticamente | mathematically | {adv} |
| matemáticas | mathematics (study of numbers, shapes, structure and change and the relationships between these concepts) | {fp} |
| matemáticas | Plural form of matemática | {fp} |
| matemático | mathematical (relating to mathematics) | {adj} |
| matemático | A male mathematician | {m} |
| mateo | geeky | {adj} [colloquial, Chile] |
| mateo | swot, geek, nerd | {m} [colloquial, Chile] |
| Mateo | male given name | {prop} |
| Mateo | Matthew, the apostle. | {prop} |
| Mateo | One of the Gospel books of the New Testament | {prop} |
| materia | matter | {f} |
| materia | subject | {f} |
| materia fecal | excrement, fecal matter | {f} |
| material | material | {adj} |
| material | material | {m} |
| materialismo | materialism, constant concern over material possessions and wealth | {m} |
| materialista | materialist | {adj} |
| materialista | materialist | {mf} |
| materialización | materialization | {f} |
| materialmente | materially | {adv} |
| materia oscura | dark matter | {f} |
| maternal | maternal | {adj} |
| maternidad | maternity | {f} |
| maternidad | motherhood | {f} |
| mates | maths (study) | {fp} |
| Mathusalam | Methuselah (Biblical character) | {prop} |
| Matilde | female given name, cognate to English Matilda | {prop} |
| matiz | hue | {m} |
| matiz | nuance | {m} |
| matizar | To blend colours in an agreeable way | {v} |
| matizar | To clarify a concept. Be more specific | {v} |
| matón | thug, bully, hoodlum | {m} |
| matorral | brush (wild vegetation) | {m} |
| matorral | scrub | {m} |
| matorral | thicket | {m} |
| matraca | a pestering, plaguing | {f} [colloquial] |
| matraca | ratchet, wooden rattle | {f} [musical instruments] |
| matraz | Any kind of flask, or glass container used in a chemical laboratory | {m} |
| matrícula | matriculation | {f} |
| matrícula | number plate, license plate | {f} |
| matrícula | registration number | {f} |
| matricial | matrix | {adj} |
| matricular | to matriculate | {v} |
| matrimonio | marriage | {m} |
| matrimonio | married couple | {m} |
| matrimonio | wedding (the ceremony) | {m} |
| matriz | matrix | {f} |
| matriz | womb, uterus | {f} |
| matriz diagonal | diagonal matrix | {f} [linear algebra] |
| matriz identidad | identity matrix | {f} [linear algebra] |
| matriz inversa | inverse matrix | {f} [linear algebra] |
| matrona | matron | {f} |
| matrona | midwife | {f} |
| matula | wick (of a candle, lamp, etc.) | {f} |
| matutinas | feminine plural of matutino | {adj} |
| matutino | morning | {adj} |
| maullar | To meow | {v} |
| maullido | meow | {m} |
| mauriciano | Mauritian | {adj} |
| mauriciano | Mauritian | {m} |
| Mauricio | Mauritius | {prop} |
| Mauritania | Mauritania | {prop} |
| mauritano | Mauritanian | {adj} |
| mauritano | Mauritanian | {m} |
| mausoleo | mausoleum | {m} |
| maximización | maximization | {f} |
| maximizar | to maximise | {vt} |
| mayate | figeater beetle, June bug (Cotinis mutabilis) | {m} |
| mayo | May | {m} |
| mayonesa | mayonnaise | {f} |
| mayonesa vegetariana | veganaise | {f} |
| mayor | bigger; comparative form of grande | {adj} |
| mayor | older; in this sense, comparative form of viejo, vieja | {adj} |
| mayor | Superlative forms of (1) and (2). The biggest, the oldest | {adj} |
| mayor | wholesale | {adj} |
| mayor | major (military rank) | {m} |
| mayoría | majority | {f} |
| mayordomo | butler, majordomo | {m} |
| mayorista | wholesaler, wholesale dealer | {mf} |
| mayoritariamente | mostly, mainly, by a majority | {adv} |
| mayormente | mainly, largely | {adv} |
| mayormente | mostly, for the most part | {adv} |
| mayúscula | upper case, uppercase | {adj} |
| mayúscula | capital letter | {f} |
| mayúsculo | upper case, uppercase | {adj} |
| Mayte | female given name. A less common spelling of Maite | {prop} |
| mayéutico | maieutical | {adj} |
| maíz | corn, maize | {m} |
| mazacote | a crude work of art | {m} |
| mazacote | annoying person | {m} [colloquial] |
| mazacote | dry, hard food | {m} [colloquial] |
| mazacote | concrete | {m} |
| mazacote | barilla (Salsola soda) | {m} [plants] |
| mazapán | marzipan | {m} |
| mazmorra | dungeon | {f} |
| mazo | gavel | {m} |
| mazo | hammer | {m} |
| mazorca | cob (such of corn) | {f} |
| MC | Michoacán (Mexican state) | {abbr} |
| Míchigan | Michigan | {prop} |
| médano | dune (ridge or hill of sand) | {m} |
| médano | sandbank | {m} |
| módem | modem | {m} |
| médica | Female physician | {f} |
| médicamente | medically | {adv} |
| médico | medical | {adj} |
| médico | physician | {m} |
| módico | limited, scarce | {adj} |
| módico | moderate | {adj} |
| médium | medium (a person who contacts the dead) | {m} |
| médula | alternative spelling of medula | {f} |
| médula espinal | spinal cord | {f} |
| módulo | module | {m} |
| me | me | {pron} [personal, direct object] |
| me | to me, for me | {pron} [personal, indirect object] |
| me | myself | {pron} [personal] |
| mear | to piss oneself | {vr} |
| mear | to piss | {v} |
| mearse | to wet, to urinate accidentally in or on | {v} |
| meca | excrement | {f} [colloquial, Chile] |
| meca | mecca | {f} |
| mecanógrafa | feminine form of mecanógrafo | {f} |
| mecanógrafo | typist | {m} |
| mecanismo | mechanism | {m} |
| mecanización | mechanization | {f} |
| mecanografía | touch typing | {f} |
| mecanografía | typing | {f} |
| mecanoterapia | mechanotherapy | {f} |
| mecapal | tumpline | {m} [Central America, Mexico] |
| mecate | rope, cord | {m} [Central America, Mexico, Venezuela] |
| Mecayapan | The municipality of the same name | {prop} |
| Mecayapan | The town of Mecayapan | {prop} |
| mecedor | rocking (that rocks, swings) | {adj} |
| mecedor | rocking chair | {m} |
| mecedora | rocking chair | {f} |
| mecedorcito | diminutive form of mecedor | {m} |
| mecenas | patron, sponsor | {mf} |
| mecenazgo | sponsorship, patronage | {m} |
| mecer | to milk | {v} [rural, Asturias] |
| mecer | to rock (movement), to cradle | {v} |
| mecha | lock (length of hair) | {f} |
| mecha | wick, fuse | {f} |
| mecha de lado | sidelock | {f} |
| mechero | lighter | {m} |
| mechón | fresher, freshman (in university) | {m} [colloquial] |
| mechón | lock, tuft (of hair) | {m} |
| mecánica | machinery | {f} |
| mecánica | mechanics | {f} |
| mecánica cuántica | quantum mechanics | {f} |
| mecánicamente | mechanically | {adv} |
| mecánico | mechanical | {adj} |
| mecánico | mechanic | {m} |
| medalla | medal | {f} |
| medallero | medal table | {m} |
| medallista | medallist | {mf} |
| medallón | locket | {m} |
| medallón | medallion | {m} |
| media | half an hour | {f} |
| media | mean, average | {f} [mathematics] |
| media | pantyhose | {f} |
| media | sock, stocking | {f} |
| mediador | mediator | {m} |
| mediados | in the middle | {adv} |
| mediana | median | {f} [statistics] |
| media naranja | better half, significant other | {f} [idiomatic, Spain] |
| mediano | average | {adj} |
| mediano | mediocre | {adj} |
| mediano | medium | {adj} |
| medianoche | a small meat pie | {f} |
| medianoche | midnight | {f} |
| mediante | by means of, through, using | {prep} |
| mediar | to center, to give a central, medium or average value | {v} |
| mediar | to mediate | {v} |
| medias | pantyhose | {fp} |
| medias | socks | {fp} |
| mediastinoscopia | mediastinoscopy | {f} [surgery] |
| mediastínico | mediastinal | {adj} |
| mediateca | library of tapes, videos and similar media; media library, hybrid library | {f} |
| MediaWiki | MediaWiki, a wiki software | {prop} [Wiktionary and WMF jargon] |
| medible | measurable | {adj} |
| medicación | medication | {f} |
| medicamento | medicine | {m} |
| medicar | to medicate | {vt} |
| medición | measurement | {f} |
| medicina | medicine | {f} |
| medicinal | medicinal | {adj} |
| medicinalmente | medicinally | {adv} |
| medida | action, step, sanction | {f} |
| medida | measure | {f} |
| medida | measurement | {f} |
| medida | moderation | {f} |
| medidor | measuring | {adj} |
| medidor | meter (device that measures things) | {m} [Latin America] |
| medidor | measurer | {m} |
| medidor de flujo espiratorio | peak flow meter | {m} |
| medieval | medieval | {adj} |
| medimno | medimnus | {m} |
| medio | a bit of a, somewhat of a | {adj} |
| medio | half, half a/an | {adj} |
| medio | mean, average | {adj} |
| medio | middle, mid | {adj} |
| medio | mid, in the middle of | {adj} |
| medio | half, partly | {adv} |
| medio | channel, vehicle, medium | {m} |
| medio | environment, surroundings, medium, milieu | {m} |
| medio | halfback | {m} [football] |
| medio | habitat | {m} |
| medio | half | {m} |
| medio | medium (spiritualism) | {m} |
| medio | method, way | {m} |
| medio | medio (an ancient coin) | {m} [Mexico] |
| medio | middle, center | {m} |
| medio | middle course | {m} |
| medio | five cents | {m} [Peru, Cuba] |
| medio | means | {m} [plural] |
| medio | media | {m} [plural] |
| medio | resources, funds, means | {m} [plural] |
| medio | society | {m} |
| medioambiental | environmental | {adj} |
| mediocre | mediocre | {adj} |
| mediocridad | mediocrity | {f} |
| mediodía | meridian | {m} |
| mediodía | noon, midday | {m} |
| mediodía | south | {m} |
| Medio Oriente | Middle East | {prop} |
| medios | means | {mp} |
| medios | media | {mp} |
| medios | resources, funds, means | {mp} |
| medir | To measure | {v} |
| meditabundo | thoughtful, reflective | {adj} |
| meditación | meditation | {f} |
| meditar | to meditate | {v} |
| mediterráneo | Mediterranean | {adj} |
| Mediterráneo | the Mediterranean | {prop} |
| mediático | media (attributive) | {adj} |
| medrar | to thrive or grow | {v} |
| medula | marrow | {f} [anatomy] |
| medula | medulla | {f} [anatomy] |
| medusa | jellyfish | {f} |
| Medusa | Medusa | {prop} [Greek mythology] |
| megafonía | tannoy, PA system | {n} |
| megalito | megalith | {m} [archaeology] |
| megalómana | feminine form of megalómano | {f} |
| megalómano | megalomaniac | {m} |
| megalomanía | megalomania | {f} |
| megalítico | megalithic | {adj} |
| megavoltio | megavolt | {m} |
| megámetro | megametre | {m} |
| mego | gentle, mild, peaceable | {adj} [archaic] |
| me gustas | You are pleasing to me | {phrase} [literally] |
| MEH | Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda | {initialism} |
| meigo | A person who is believed to have made a pact with the devil | {m} [NW Spain] |
| meñique | tiny | {adj} |
| meñique | little finger | {m} |
| meitnerio | meitnerium | {m} |
| mejicano | alternative spelling of mexicano | {adj} |
| mejilla | cheek | {f} [anatomy] |
| mejillón | mussel | {m} |
| mejor | better | {adj} |
| mejor | better | {adv} |
| mejora | improvement, amelioration | {f} |
| mejoría | improvement, amelioration | {f} |
| mejorana | marjoram, Origanum majorana | {f} |
| mejorana | mastic thyms, Spanish wood marjoram, Thymus mastichina | {f} |
| mejorar | to improve | {v} |
| mejorar | to make better | {v} |
| mejorarse | to improve; get better; get well | {vr} |
| melafo | A term used to express the sexual appeal of another | {interj} [Internet] |
| melamina | melamine | {f} |
| melancólicamente | melancholically | {adv} |
| melancólico | melancholic | {adj} |
| melancolía | melancholy | {f} |
| melanina | melanin | {f} |
| melanosoma | melanosome | {m} [cytology] |
| melaza | molasses | {f} |
| Melbourne | Melbourne | {prop} |
| Melchîsedec | Melchizedek (Biblical character) | {prop} [archaic] |
| melódico | melodic | {adj} |
| melecitosa | melezitose | {f} [organic compound] |
| melena | mane (longer hair growth around head of male lions) | {f} |
| melífero | melliferous | {adj} |
| melicitosa | alternative spelling of melecitosa | {f} |
| Melilla | A Spanish enclave at the edge of Morocco | {prop} |
| melindroso | finikin, finicky (excessively fastidious) | {adj} |
| melisa | lemon balm | {f} |
| melisopalinología | melissopalynology (study of honey) | {f} |
| mella | nick, dent, scratch | {f} |
| mellado | rough | {adj} |
| mellar | to nick, to dent | {v} |
| mellizo | twin | {m} |
| melómana | feminine form of melómano | {f} |
| melómano | melomaniac | {m} |
| melón | melon | {m} |
| melocotón | peach | {m} |
| melocotonero | peach tree | {m} |
| melodía | melody | {f} |
| melodioso | melodious | {adj} |
| melodramático | melodramatic | {adj} |
| melomanía | melomania | {f} |
| Melquisedec | Melchizedek (Biblical character) | {prop} |
| membrana | membrane | {f} |
| membranáceo | membranaceous | {adj} |
| membranoso | membranous | {adj} |
| membrillo | quince (fruit) | {m} |
| membrillo | quince (tree) | {m} |
| memo | memorandum | {m} |
| memorable | memorable | {adj} |
| memoria | memory | {f} |
| memorizar | to memorize | {v} |
| memorándum | memorandum | {m} |
| menú | menu | {m} |
| mena | ore | {f} |
| menarquia | menarche | {f} |
| mención | mention | {f} |
| mencionar | to mention | {v} |
| mendelevio | mendelevium | {m} |
| mendicante | mendicant (depending on alms) | {adj} [religion] |
| mendicante | beggar, mendicant | {mf} |
| mendiga | feminine form of mendigo | {f} |
| mendigar | to beg | {v} |
| mendigo | beggar | {m} |
| Mendoza | Spanish surname | {prop} |
| mendrugo | crust. Particularly the heel of a loaf of bread | {m} |
| menear | to wiggle | {v} |
| menestral | handicraftsman, craftsperson, craftsman (manual laborer) | {m} |
| mengano | what's-his-name; so-and-so | {m} |
| menguante | decreasing, diminishing | {adj} |
| menguar | to wane | {v} |
| menisco | A lens that is convex on one surface and concave on the other | {m} |
| menisco | A meniscus; curved surface of a liquid | {m} |
| menisco | meniscus, a part of the knee | {m} [anatomy] |
| meñique | little finger | {m} |
| menopausia | menopause | {f} |
| menopáusico | menopausal | {adj} |
| menor | smaller | {adj} |
| menor | younger | {adj} |
| menorá | menorah | {f} |
| menos | less | {adv} |
| menos | minus | {m} |
| menoscabar | to lessen | {v} |
| menoscabo | deterioration, uglification | {m} |
| menoscabo | dishonor | {m} |
| menoscabo | Effect of diminishing, reduction | {m} |
| menosprecio | contempt | {m} |
| menos mal | just as well | {adv} |
| menos mal | thank God | {adv} |
| menos mal | phew | {interj} |
| menospreciar | to despise scorn | {v} |
| menospreciar | to underestimate, undervalue | {v} |
| menárquico | menarcheal | {adj} |
| mensaje | A message | {m} |
| mensaje | A speech | {m} |
| mensajera | feminine form of mensajero | {f} |
| mensajero | messenger | {m} |
| menso | distracted, absent-minded | {adj} [offensive, Mexico, Central America] |
| menso | foolish, dull | {adj} [offensive, Mexico, Central America] |
| menso | ignorant | {adj} [offensive, Mexico] |
| menso | inexpert | {adj} [offensive, Mexico] |
| menso | ingenuous, naive | {adj} [offensive, Mexico] |
| menso | timid, shy | {adj} [offensive, Mexico] |
| menstruación | menstruation | {f} |
| menstruar | to menstruate | {v} |
| mensual | monthly | {adj} |
| mensualidad | monthly payment (amount payed by a debtor) | {f} |
| mensualidad | monthly salary | {f} |
| mensualmente | monthly | {adv} |
| menta | mint (plant) | {f} |
| menta de gato | catnip | {f} |
| mental | mental | {adj} |
| mentalidad | mentality | {f} |
| mentalmente | mentally | {adv} |
| mentar | to mention, name | {v} |
| mente | mind, intellect | {f} |
| -mente | -wise, -ly, in a specified way; used to form adverbs from adjectives | {suffix} |
| mentir | to lie (say something untrue) | {v} |
| mentira | lie, trick, falsity | {f} |
| mentirijilla | fib, white lie | {f} |
| mentirilla | white lie | {f} |
| mentirosa | feminine form of mentiroso | {f} |
| mentiroso | having lies | {adj} |
| mentiroso | having the qualities of a liar | {adj} |
| mentiroso | liar | {m} |
| mentón | chin | {m} |
| -mento | forming concrete nouns from verbs, with the sense of ‘result, product (of process)’ | {suffix} |
| mentol | menthol | {m} [organic compound] |
| mentoplastia | mentoplasty | {f} [surgery] |
| mentoría | mentorship | {f} |
| menudear | to frequently occur | {v} |
| menudo | insignificant | {adj} |
| menudo | small, tiny | {adj} |
| menudo | what a (+ noun) | {adj} |
| menudo | A traditional Mexican spicy soup made with tripe | {m} [Mexico] |
| meramente | purely | {adv} |
| mercader | merchant | {m} |
| mercadera | feminine form of mercader | {f} |
| mercadera | feminine form of mercadero | {f} |
| mercadería | merchandise | {f} |
| mercaderil | merchant | {adj} [rare] |
| mercadero | merchant | {m} [obsolete] |
| mercadillo | A street market, a market or a small street market | {m} |
| mercado | market | {m} |
| mercado negro | black market | {m} |
| mercadotecnia | marketing (the promotion, distribution and selling of a product or service) | {f} |
| mercancía | ware, merchandise, goods | {f} |
| mercantil | mercantile | {adj} |
| mercaptoetanol | mercaptoethanol | {m} [organic compound] |
| merced | mercy | {f} |
| Mercedes | female given name | {prop} |
| mercenario | hired | {adj} |
| mercenario | mercenary (soldier) | {m} |
| mercería | haberdasher's, haberdashery (a shop selling goods for sewing) | {f} |
| mercerizar | to mercerize | {v} |
| mercurio | mercury | {m} |
| Mercurio | Mercury | {prop} |
| merecedor | deserving | {adj} |
| merecer | To deserve | {v} |
| merecido | deserved | {adj} |
| merecimiento | merit, desert (that which is deserved) | {m} |
| merendar | to have a snack | {v} |
| merengue | A type of music common in the Caribbean | {m} |
| merengue | meringue | {m} |
| meretricio | meretricious (pertaining to prostitutes) | {adj} |
| meretricio | prostitution | {m} |
| meridiano | bright, luminous | {adj} |
| meridiano | meridian, midday (attributive) | {adj} |
| meridiano | meridian | {m} [astronomy, geography] |
| meridional | southern | {adj} |
| merienda | lunch (meal around midday) | {f} |
| merienda | tea (afternoon meal) | {f} |
| meritar | to merit, to earn or deserve | {v} |
| meritorio | deserving, meritorious | {adj} |
| merlán | whiting (fish, Merlangius merlangus) | {m} |
| merlón | merlon | {m} [architecture, military] |
| merluza | Any of the fish in the genus Merluccius, all commonly called hakes in English; in Spain especially the European hake, Merluccius merluccius | {f} |
| mermar | to reduce | {v} |
| mermelada | jam | {f} |
| mermelada | marmalade | {f} |
| mero | mere | {adj} |
| mero | pure | {adj} |
| mero | grouper (fish) | {m} |
| merode | The action or effects of marauding or pillaging | {m} |
| merodear | to maraud; to raid; to pillage | {v} |
| merodear | to stalk, loiter | {v} |
| meroterpenoide | meroterpenoid | {m} [organic compound] |
| mes | month | {m} |
| mesa | mesa | {f} |
| mesa | table | {f} |
| me sabe mal | I'm sorry | {phrase} |
| mesa de billar | billiard table; pool table | {f} |
| mesa electoral | polling station | {f} |
| mesías | messiah | {m} |
| mesencéfalo | midbrain | {m} |
| mesera | waitress | {f} |
| mesero | waiter | {m} [Mexico, Central America, parts of South America] |
| meseta | plateau | {f} [geography] |
| meseta de hielo | ice shelf | {f} |
| mesita | diminutive form of mesa | {f} |
| mesón | meson | {m} [Chemistry, Physics] |
| mesón | inn, tavern | {m} [dwelling] |
| mesopausa | mesopause | {f} |
| mesosfera | mesosphere | {f} |
| mesosternón | gladiolus | {m} |
| mesquital | alternative spelling of mezquital | {m} [Mexico] |
| mesquite | alternative spelling of mezquite | {m} [Mexico] |
| mesteño | stray (animal) | {adj} |
| mesteño | untamed, wild | {adj} |
| mesteño | mustang (of horses) | {m} |
| mesteño | stray (animal) | {m} |
| mestizaje | A miscegenation, especially between Spaniards and natives of their former colonies | {m} |
| mestizo | also of mixed indigenous (aboriginal) and colonial (European) descent | {adj} |
| mestizo | Of mixed, Spanish and Native American heritage | {adj} |
| mestizo | A person of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage | {m} |
| mestizo | A person whose ethnic heritage is of both aboriginal and colonial descent | {m} |
| mesurar | to temper | {v} |
| meta | goal | {f} |
| meta | target | {f} |
| meta- | meta- | {prefix} |
| metabidisminuido | metabidiminished | {adj} [geometry] |
| metabólico | metabolic | {adj} |
| metabolismo | metabolism | {m} |
| metabolito | metabolite | {m} [biochemistry] |
| metafóricamente | metaphorically, figuratively | {adv} |
| metafórico | metaphoric, metaphorical | {adj} |
| metafísica | metaphysics (branch of philosophy that studies first principles) | {f} |
| metafísico | metaphysical | {adj} |
| metafísico | metaphysician | {m} |
| metahemoglobina | metahemoglobin | {f} |
| metal | metal | {m} |
| metal de transición | transition metal (transition element) | {m} |
| metalera | feminine form of metalero | {f} |
| metalero | metal (attributive) | {adj} [Bolivia, Chile] |
| metalero | headbanger, metalhead | {m} [informal] |
| metalero | metalworker | {m} [rare] |
| metalizar | to coat with metal | {v} |
| metalizar | to make metallic, to become metallic | {v} |
| metal precioso | precious metal | {m} |
| metalúrgico | metallurgic, pertaining to metallurgy | {adj} [metallurgy] |
| metalúrgico | metallurgist, metal worker | {mf} [metallurgy] |
| metalurgia | metallurgy (science of metals) | {f} [metallurgy] |
| metalurgista | metallurgist | {m} [metallurgy] |
| metamorfosis | metamorphosis | {f} [biology] |
| metanfetamina | methamphetamine | {f} [organic compound] |
| metanógeno | methanogenic | {adj} |
| metanógeno | methanogen | {m} |
| metano | methane | {m} [organic compound] |
| metanol | methanol | {m} [organic chemistry] |
| metaplasmo | figure of speech | {m} |
| metastatizar | to metastasize | {v} |
| metate | metate | {m} |
| metazoo | metazoan | {adj} |
| metazoo | metazoan | {m} [zoology] |
| metódicamente | methodically | {adv} |
| metódico | methodical | {adj} |
| metedura | blunder | {f} [familiar] |
| meteorito | meteorite | {m} |
| meteorólogo | meteorologist | {m} |
| meteoro | meteor | {m} |
| meteoroide | meteoroid | {m} |
| meteorológico | meteorologic, meteorological | {adj} |
| meteorología | meteorology | {f} |
| meter | to meddle, interfere | {vr} |
| meter | to put, to insert | {v} |
| meter el pie | to slip up (make a mistake) | {v} [idiomatic] |
| metereológico | meteorologic | {adj} |
| meterete | nosy | {adj} [Latin America, familiar] |
| meterete | busybody | {mf} [Latin America, familiar] |
| meteórico | meteoric | {adj} |
| meter la cuchara | To butt in; to stick one's oar in | {v} [idiomatic] |
| meter la nariz | to be nosy, to put one's nose in someone else's business | {v} [idiomatic] |
| meter la nariz | to meddle, interfere | {v} [idiomatic] |
| meter la pata | mess up; slip up; screw up | {v} [idiomatic, colloquial] |
| meter las narices en | To stick one's nose in | {v} [idiomatic] |
| metete | nosy, meddlesome | {adj} [colloquial] |
| metáfora | metaphor (figure of speech) | {f} |
| metiche | nosy, meddlesome | {adj} [Central & South America] |
| metiche | busybody | {m} [Nicaragua, Cuba, Mexico] |
| meticulosamente | meticulously | {adv} |
| metido | nosy | {adj} |
| metilacetileno | propyne, methylacetylene | {m} [organic compound] |
| metilbenceno | methylbenzene | {m} [organic compound] |
| metileno | methylene | {m} [chemistry] |
| metileritritol | methylerythritol | {m} [organic compound] |
| metiletilcetona | butanone | {m} [organic compound] |
| metilfenidato | methylphenidate | {m} |
| metilpropano | methylpropane | {m} [organic compound] |
| metionina | methionine | {f} [amino acid] |
| metlapil | A cylindrical grinding stone, especially one used with a metate | {m} [Honduras, Mexico] |
| metálico | metallic | {adj} |
| me toca a mi | it's my turn | {phrase} |
| metodológico | methodological | {adj} |
| metodología | methodology | {f} |
| metonimia | metonymy | {f} |
| metonímico | metonymic | {adj} |
| metéoro | alternative form of meteoro | {m} |
| -metría | -metry | {suffix} |
| metraje | Distance measured in meters | {m} |
| metralla | grapeshot | {f} |
| metralla | shrapnel | {f} |
| metralleta | submachine gun | {f} |
| metrónomo | metronome | {m} [music] |
| metro | meter | {m} |
| metro | metro | {m} |
| -metro | -meter | {suffix} |
| metro cuadrado | A square meter, a meter squared | {m} |
| metropolitano | metropolitan | {adj} |
| metrópoli | metropolis | {f} |
| metrópolis | metropolis | {f} |
| metástasis | metastasis | {f} [medicine] |
| me vale | I don't care | {interj} [Mexico] |
| mevalonato | mevalonate | {m} [organic compound] |
| mexica | Mexica, Aztec | {adj} |
| mexica | Mexica, Aztec | {mf} |
| mexicalense | Of or pertaining to the Mexican city of Mexicali | {adj} |
| mexicanismo | A word, usage thereof, or linguistic feature particular to Mexican Spanish; Mexicanism | {m} |
| mexicano | Mexican | {adj} |
| mexicano | Mexican | {m} |
| mexiquense | Of or pertaining to the Mexican state of Estado de México, or Mexico State | {adj} |
| mexiqueño | Describing a native or inhabitant of Mexico City | {adj} |
| mexiqueño | Native or inhabitant of Mexico City | {m} |
| mezcal | mezcal | {m} |
| mezcal | The variety of the agave plant from with mezcal is distilled | {m} |
| mezcla | blend | {f} |
| mezcla | mixture | {f} |
| mezclar | to mix | {v} |
| mezclilla | denim | {f} |
| mezclilla | diminutive form of mezcla | {f} |
| mezquindad | meanness, stinginess, paltriness | {f} |
| mezquindad | small-mindedness, pettiness | {f} |
| mezquino | miserly, mean, stingy | {adj} |
| mezquino | small-minded | {adj} |
| mezquita | mosque | {f} |
| mezquital | A mesquite grove | {m} |
| mezquite | mesquite (tree) | {m} |
| mágico | magic, magical | {adj} |
| mágico | wonderful | {adj} |
| mi | apocopic form of mío, my | {adj} [before the noun] |
| mi | mu; the Greek letter Μ, μ | {f} |
| miador | miaowing | {adj} |
| miador | miaower | {m} |
| miasma | miasma | {m} |
| miau | meow (the sound a cat makes) | {interj} |
| miau | meow | {m} |
| Micaela | female given name, cognate to English Michaela | {prop} |
| mi casa es su casa | Formal phrase meaning "my house is your house" | {phrase} |
| mi casa es tu casa | Informal phrase meaning "my house is your house"; make yourself at home | {phrase} |
| miéchica | damn, blast | {interj} [colloquial] |
| michoacano | Of or pertaining to the Mexican state of Michoacán | {adj} |
| Michoacán | A state of Mexico | {prop} |
| mico | A monkey with a prehensile tail | {m} |
| mico | An ugly person | {m} |
| mico | child | {m} [familiar] |
| mico | (Nicaragua) Vulva | {m} |
| micología | mycology | {f} |
| micotoxina | mycotoxin | {f} [biochemistry] |
| micrófito | microphyte | {m} [biology, botany] |
| micrófono | microphone | {m} |
| micrómetro | micrometre | {m} |
| micro | public bus | {m} [Chile, Argentina] |
| micro | minibus | {m} [Mexico] |
| micro- | micro- | {prefix} |
| microalga | microalga | {f} |
| microbiano | microbial | {adj} |
| microbio | microbe | {m} [microbiology] |
| microbiológica | feminine form of microbiológico | {adj} |
| microbiológico | microbiological | {adj} |
| microbiología | microbiology | {f} |
| microbús | minibus | {m} |
| microclima | microclimate | {f} |
| microcuerpo | microbody | {m} [cytology] |
| microeconómico | microeconomic | {adj} |
| microeconomía | microeconomics | {f} |
| microelemento | trace element | {m} |
| microgramo | microgram | {m} |
| micrometeorito | micrometeorite | {m} |
| micrometeoro | micrometeor | {m} |
| Micronesia | Micronesia | {prop} |
| micronesio | Micronesian | {adj} |
| micronesio | Micronesian | {m} |
| microonda | microwave (the electro-magnetic wave) | {f} |
| microondas | microwave oven, microwave | {m} |
| microondas | necklacing (execution by burning tyre) | {m} |
| microorganismo | microorganism | {m} |
| microprocesador | microprocessor | {m} |
| microscopio | microscope | {m} |
| microscópico | microscopic | {adj} |
| microsismo | microseism | {m} |
| miedo | fear | {m} |
| miedoso | fearful, timid, tremulous | {adj} |
| miel | honey | {f} |
| miel de palma | palm syrup | {f} |
| mielina | myelin | {f} |
| mieludo | very sweet | {adj} [figuratively] |
| mieludo | full of honey | {adj} [literally] |
| mieludo | auto mechanic | {m} [El Salvador] |
| miembro | limb | {m} |
| miembro | member | {m} |
| -miento | -ment, forming nouns from verbs with the sense of the action or process | {suffix} |
| mientras | meanwhile | {adv} |
| mientras | while | {conj} |
| mientras tanto | meanwhile | {adv} |
| mierda | worthless, pissass | {adj} |
| mies | cereal seed (for making bread) | {f} |
| mies | seed, grain harvest time | {f} |
| miga | a bit; a small amount | {f} |
| miga | crumb | {f} |
| miga | essence, core | {f} |
| migaja | crumb | {f} |
| migraña | migraine | {f} |
| migración | migration | {f} |
| migrar | to migrate | {v} |
| migratorio | migratory | {adj} |
| Miguel | Michael. | {prop} [biblical character] |
| Miguel | male given name | {prop} |
| Miguela | female given name, a feminine form of Miguel | {prop} |
| Miguelito | male given name, diminutive form of Miguel | {prop} |
| Miguel Ángel | male given name | {prop} |
| Miguel Ángel | Michelangelo, the artist | {prop} |
| mija | sweetie, daughter, baby girl, little one | {f} |
| mijita | diminutive form of mija; sistergirl, homegirl, girlfriend, honey | {f} |
| m'ijo | Mi and hijo | {contraction} |
| mijo | millet | {m} [botany] |
| mijo | darling | {m} [colloquial, Chile] |
| mijo | friend, guy | {m} [colloquial, Mexico] |
| mil | thousand | {num} [cardinal] |
| Mila | female given name, Camila or Ludmila | {prop} |
| milagro | miracle | {m} |
| Milagros | female given name | {prop} |
| milagrosamente | miraculously | {adv} |
| milagroso | miraculous | {adj} |
| milanesa | A thin slice of beef, dipped into beaten eggs, seasoned with salt and other condiments (like parsley and garlic), dipped in breadcrumbs and shallow-fried in oil | {f} |
| milano | down of a thistle | {m} |
| milano | flying gurnard (Dactylopteridae) | {m} |
| milano | kite | {m} |
| milenario | millenary | {adj} |
| milenario | millennial | {adj} |
| milenario | thousand-year-old | {adj} |
| milenio | millennium | {m} |
| milhojas | mille-feuille | {m} |
| mili | military service | {f} [colloquial] |
| mili- | milli- | {prefix} |
| milicia | army | {f} |
| milicia | military service | {f} |
| milicia | militia | {f} |
| milico | soldier | {m} [derogatory, Latin America] |
| miligramo | milligram | {m} |
| mililitro | millilitre (a unit of volume) | {m} |
| milisegundo | millisecond (one one-thousandth of a second) | {m} |
| militar | military | {adj} |
| militar | any person serving in the military | {mf} |
| militar | soldier | {mf} |
| militar | to participate actively in a political organization, especially in the military | {v} |
| militarista | militarist | {mf} |
| militarizar | to militarize | {v} |
| milla | Mile | {f} |
| millaje | mileage | {m} |
| millar | A large, indeterminate number | {m} |
| millar | A unit or group of one thousand | {m} |
| millón | million (106) | {m} |
| millonario | millionaire | {adj} |
| millonario | millionaire | {m} |
| millonésimo | one millionth | {adj} |
| millonésimo | millionth | {m} |
| milímetro | millimeter | {m} |
| mil millones | one billion, 109 | {num} |
| Milán | Milan, city and province of Italy | {prop} |
| milord | milord | {m} |
| milpa | cornfield | {f} |
| milpiés | millipede | {m} |
| milésimo | one thousandth | {adj} |
| mimar | to look after | {v} |
| mimar | to pamper | {v} |
| mimbre | wicker | {m} |
| mimeógrafo | mimeograph | {m} |
| mimeografiar | to mimeograph | {v} |
| mimetizar | to disguise | {v} |
| mimetizar | to imitate | {v} |
| mimoso | cuddly | {adj} |
| mina | prostitute | {f} [Argentina, slang] |
| mina | girl or woman | {f} [Chile, Argentina, colloquial] |
| mina | lead (of a pencil) | {f} |
| mina | mine | {f} |
| mina a tajo abierto | open-pit mine | {n} |
| minar | to mine | {v} |
| minera | miner | {f} |
| minería | mining | {f} |
| mineral | mineral | {adj} |
| mineral | mineral | {m} |
| mineral de hierro | iron ore | {m} |
| mineralogía | mineralogy | {f} |
| mineralogista | mineralogist | {mf} |
| minero | mining | {adj} |
| minero | miner | {m} |
| miniatura | miniature (painting or model) | {f} |
| minifalda | miniskirt | {f} |
| minimizar | to minimise | {vt} |
| minimosca | light flyweight (boxing class) | {m} [boxing] |
| minino | kitty (a cat) | {m} [colloquial] |
| ministerial | ministerial | {adj} |
| ministerio | ministry | {m} |
| ministra | feminine form of ministro | {f} |
| ministro | minister | {m} |
| Minnesota | Minnesota | {prop} |
| mino | boy (young man) | {m} [Argentina, Chile, colloquial] |
| minoría | minority | {f} |
| minoría sexual | sexual minority | {f} |
| Minotauro | Minotaur | {prop} |
| minúscula | lowercase letter | {f} |
| minúsculo | lower case, lowercase | {adj} |
| minuciosamente | carefully, meticulously, minutely | {adv} |
| minucioso | thorough, detailed | {adj} |
| minusvalía | disability, handicap | {f} |
| minusválido | handicapped, disabled | {adj} |
| minuta | bill; fee | {f} |
| minuta | rough draft | {f} |
| minutero | A minute hand (clock) | {m} |
| minuto | minute (60 seconds) | {m} |
| mio | meow (sound of a cat) | {interj} |
| miocardio | myocardium | {m} [anatomy, cardiology] |
| mioglobina | myoglobin | {f} [protein] |
| miope | myopic | {adj} |
| miope | short-sighted | {adj} |
| miope | A myopic or short-sighted person | {mf} |
| miosina | myosin | {f} [protein] |
| miostatina | myostatin | {f} [protein] |
| mira | purpose, object | {f} |
| mira | target | {f} |
| mirada | look, glance | {f} |
| miríada | myriad | {f} |
| mirador | An enclosed balcony, or bay window | {m} |
| mirador | A viewpoint or vantage point | {m} |
| mirar | to face a certain direction | {vi} [of a structure] |
| mirar | to look at (something) | {vt} |
| mirar | to watch | {vt} |
| mirar de hito en hito | to stare at | {v} [idiomatic] |
| mirarse | (reflexive form of mirar) to look at oneself | {vr} |
| miércoles | Shoot! (euphemism for mierda) | {interj} |
| miércoles | Wednesday | {m} |
| Mireia | female given name | {prop} |
| Mirella | female given name, variant of Mireia | {prop} |
| Mireya | female given name, variant of Mireia | {prop} |
| mirilla | spyhole, peephole | {f} |
| miriámetro | myriametre | {m} |
| miriápodo | myriapod | {adj} |
| miriápodo | myriapod | {m} |
| mirlo | blackbird | {m} |
| mirón | nosy | {adj} |
| mirón | busybody | {m} |
| mirón | rubbernecker | {m} |
| mirón | voyeur, peeping tom | {m} |
| mirra | myrrh | {f} |
| mirtilo | bilberry | {m} |
| misa | mass (church) | {f} |
| miserabilismo | miserabilism | {m} |
| miserabilista | miserabilist | {adj} |
| miserabilista | miserabilist | {mf} |
| miserable | miserable | {adj} |
| miserable | poor | {adj} |
| miserablemente | miserably | {adv} |
| miseria | avarice, greed | {f} |
| miseria | misery | {f} |
| miseria | poverty | {f} |
| miseria | very small amount | {f} |
| misericordia | mercy | {f} |
| misericordia | misericord | {f} |
| misericordioso | merciful | {adj} |
| misógino | misogynous | {adj} |
| misil | missile | {m} |
| misión | mission | {f} |
| misionero | missionary | {m} |
| Misisipi | Mississippi | {prop} |
| misiva | missive | {f} |
| mismo | same; identical; one and the same; indicates that the two compared noun clauses both represent the one thing | {adj} |
| mismo | similar; alike; practically identical; indicates that the two compared noun clauses have one or more matching qualities | {adj} |
| mismo | self; myself; yourself; himself; herself; itself; ourselves; themselves; emphasises the identity or singularity of the modified noun phrase | {adj} [with a personal pronoun] |
| mismo | own; emaphasizes the owner or the exclusivity of ownership in a noun phrase with a possessive pronoun | {adj} [with a possessive pronoun] |
| mismísimo | superlative form of mismo, (the) very | {adj} |
| misoginia | misogyny | {f} |
| misterio | mystery | {m} |
| misteriosamente | mysteriously | {adv} |
| misterioso | mysterious | {adj} |
| misticismo | mysticism | {m} |
| mistificación | mystification | {f} |
| Misuri | Missouri | {prop} |
| mitad | half | {f} |
| mitificar | to mystify | {v} |
| mitigar | to mitigate, alleviate, allay, assuage, quench | {v} |
| mitigar | to soothe | {v} |
| mitin | meeting; discussion | {m} |
| mitómana | feminine form of mitómano | {f} |
| mitómano | mythomaniac | {m} |
| mito | myth | {m} |
| mitocondria | mitochondrion | {f} [cytology] |
| mitocondrial | mitochondrial | {adj} |
| mitología | mythology (collection and study of myths) | {f} |
| mitomanía | mythomania | {f} |
| mitosis | mitosis | {f} [cytology] |
| mitosoma | mitosome | {f} [cytology] |
| mitra | mitre | {f} |
| mitótico | mitotic | {adj} |
| mixomatosis | myxomatosis | {m} |
| mixto | compound | {adj} |
| mixto | mixed | {adj} |
| mixto | match (stick) | {m} |
| miyako | Miyako (language) | {m} |
| Méjico | Variant spelling of México | {prop} |
| mújol | mullet | {m} |
| ML | Morelos (Mexican state) | {abbr} |
| Málaga | Málaga | {prop} |
| málico | malic | {adj} |
| múltiple | multiple | {adj} |
| Mónaco | Monaco | {prop} |
| ménade | maenad (follower of Dionysus) | {f} |
| Méndez | Spanish surname | {prop} |
| mnemotécnica | mnemonics | {f} |
| mnemotécnicas | mnemonics | {fp} |
| Mónica | female given name, equivalent to English Monica | {prop} |
| mínimo | least | {adj} |
| mínimo | minimal | {adj} |
| mínimo | smallest | {adj} |
| mínimo | minimum | {m} |
| mío | mine, my | {adj} [predicative or after the noun] |
| mío | Mine | {pron} |
| moñas | mummy's boy, wimp, wuss | {m} [colloquial] |
| mobbing | workplace bullying | {m} |
| mobiliario | a set of furniture | {m} |
| mocedad | prank | {f} |
| mocedad | youth (stage of life) | {f} |
| mochil | errand boy, messenger boy, especially for farmers | {m} |
| mochila | backpack | {f} |
| mochilero | backpacker | {m} |
| mocho | hornless (when should have) | {adj} |
| mocho | having a hypocritical and ostentatious faith | {adj} [Mexico, slang] |
| mocho | mutilated, incomplete | {adj} |
| moción | motion | {f} |
| moco | mucus | {m} |
| moco | slime | {m} |
| mocoso | having lots of mucus | {adj} |
| mocoso | mucilaginous | {adj} |
| mocoso | mucous | {adj} |
| mocoso | snotty | {adj} |
| mocoso | a kid | {m} [colloquial, Chile] |
| mocoso | brat | {m} [colloquial, pejorative] |
| moda | fad | {f} |
| moda | fashion | {f} |
| moda | mode | {f} [statistics] |
| modal | modal | {adj} |
| modales | conduct, manners | {mp} |
| modalidad | modality | {f} |
| modelar | to model | {v} |
| modelizar | to represent in the form of a model or template | {v} |
| modelo | A model (machine, miniature) | {m} |
| modelo | A fashion model | {mf} |
| moderación | moderation | {f} |
| moderadamente | moderately | {adv} |
| moderado | moderate | {adj} |
| moderador | moderating | {adj} |
| moderador | moderator | {m} |
| moderar | to moderate | {v} |
| modernismo | modernism | {m} |
| modernización | modernization | {f} |
| modernizar | to modernize | {v} |
| moderno | modern | {adj} |
| Modesta | , female variant of Modesto | {prop} [given name] |
| modesto | modest, humble, unpretentious | {adj} |
| Modesto | male given name, male variant of Modesta | {prop} |
| modificación | modification | {f} |
| modificar | to modify | {v} |
| modismo | idiom (linguistics) | {m} |
| modista | A tailor, fashion designer, or milliner | {mf} |
| modisto | A tailor, fashion designer, or milliner | {m} |
| modo | mood | {m} [grammar] |
| modo | way | {m} |
| modo condicional | conditional mood | {m} [grammar] |
| modo imperativo | imperative mood | {m} [grammar] |
| modo indicativo | indicative mood | {m} [grammar] |
| Modona | Methoni | {prop} |
| modo subjuntivo | subjunctive mood | {m} [grammar] |
| modular | modular | {adj} |
| modular | to modulate | {v} |
| modus operandi | modus operandi | {m} |
| modus vivendi | modus vivendi | {m} |
| mofa | taunt, joke | {f} |
| mofar | taunt (to make fun of someone) | {vr} |
| mofeta | skunk | {f} |
| mofongo | A Caribbean dish of fried green plantains or yucca seasoned with garlic, olive oil and pork crackling, then mashed | {m} |
| mogate | varnish | {m} |
| mogollón | shedload; lot (large amount) | {m} [colloquial] |
| mohawk | (hairstyle) A Mohawk | {n} |
| mohicano | A Mohawk hairstyle | {m} |
| mohína | displeasure, annoyance | {f} |
| moho | mildew, mold | {m} |
| moho | rust | {m} |
| mohoso | musty, moldy | {adj} |
| mohoso | rusty | {adj} |
| moisés | crib | {m} |
| Moisés | male given name | {prop} |
| Moisés | Moses | {prop} |
| mojada | (female) wetback | {f} |
| mojado | wet | {adj} |
| mojado | Wetback; one who crosess an international border by passing through a body of water by wading, swimming, etc from the shore of one country to illegally enter the adject country. For example, so crossing the border into the United States from Mexico or from Morocco to Spain | {m} [slang, pejorative] |
| mojar | to make wet, to wet | {v} |
| mojar | to moisten | {v} |
| mojar | to toast | {v} |
| mojarse | (reflexive form of mojar) to get wet | {vr} |
| mojigato | sanctimonious (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically) | {adj} |
| mojito | mojito | {m} |
| mojón | landmark | {m} |
| mojón | milestone | {m} |
| mojón | pile | {m} [rare] |
| mojo | A type of spicy sauce from the Canary Islands made from chilli, oil, vinegar, garlic and cumin | {m} |
| moksha | Moksha language | {prop} |
| mol | mole (unit) | {m} |
| molar | molar | {adj} |
| molar | to rule, to rock (be pleasing) | {vi} [colloquial, Spain] |
| molcajete | A small mortar, typically carved from vesicular basalt and used in traditional Mexican cuisine. | {m} [Mexico] |
| molécula | molecule | {f} |
| Moldavia | Moldova (country) | {prop} |
| moldavo | Moldavian | {adj} |
| moldavo | Moldavian | {m} |
| molde | mold, cast | {m} |
| molde | pan, tin (for baking) | {m} |
| moldear | to mold | {v} |
| moldura | mold, molding | {f} |
| molduras de corona | crown molding | {n} |
| mole | soft, mild | {adj} |
| mole | large size or quantity | {f} |
| mole | massiveness | {f} |
| mole | mole, a type of stew | {m} [Mexico] |
| molecular | molecular | {adj} |
| moler | to grind | {v} |
| molestar | to bother | {v} |
| molestia | annoyance, vexation, trouble | {f} |
| molesto | annoyed, vexed | {adj} |
| molesto | annoying | {adj} |
| molesto | uncomfortable | {adj} |
| molibdeno | molybdenum | {m} |
| molicie | softness, tenderness | {f} |
| molido | ground (crushed into a powder) | {adj} |
| molido | minced | {adj} |
| molido | grind or powder | {m} |
| Molina | Spanish surname | {prop} |
| molinera | female miller | {f} |
| molinero | miller | {m} |
| molinillo de café | coffee grinder | {m} |
| molino | a mill | {m} |
| molino de café | coffee grinder | {m} |
| molino de viento | windmill | {m} |
| molla | the soft flesh of a fruit | {f} |
| molleja | gizzard | {f} |
| molondrón | okra | {m} |
| molusco | molluscan | {adj} |
| molusco | mollusc | {m} |
| momentáneamente | momentarily | {adv} |
| momento | moment, instant | {m} |
| momia | mummy | {f} |
| mona | drunkenness, fuddle | {f} |
| mona | (female) monkey | {f} |
| mona | doll, puppet | {f} [Mexico, Chile] |
| monada | action of a monkey | {f} |
| monada | childish behavior | {f} |
| monada | cute gesture or action of a child | {f} |
| monada | neat little thing | {f} |
| monaguillo | altar boy, acolyte | {m} |
| monarca | monarch | {mf} |
| monarquía | monarchy | {f} |
| monasterio | monastery | {m} |
| mondadientes | toothpick | {m} |
| mondar | to peel | {v} |
| mondo | net, pure | {adj} |
| mondo | world | {m} |
| mondongo | tripe | {m} |
| moneda | coin | {f} |
| moneda | currency | {f} |
| monedero | purse, wallet | {m} |
| monegasca | feminine form of monegasco | {f} |
| monegasco | Monégasque (from or native to Monaco) | {adj} |
| monegasco | Monégasque (pertaining to Monaco) | {adj} |
| monegasco | a Monégasque | {m} |
| monetario | Related to the currency; monetary | {adj} |
| monógamo | monogamous | {adj} |
| monógamo | monogamous | {adj} [zoology] |
| mongo | idiotic | {adj} [colloquial, Chile, Cuba] |
| mongo | idiot | {m} [colloquial, Chile, Cuba] |
| mongol | Mongolian (of or relating to Mongolia or its peoples, languages, or cultures) | {adj} |
| mongol | Mongol, Mongolian (person) | {m} |
| mongol | Mongolian language | {prop} |
| Mongolia | Mongolia | {prop} |
| monismo | monism | {m} |
| monitor | coach, trainer | {m} |
| monitor | instructor, monitor | {m} |
| monitor | monitor (electronic device) | {m} |
| monitorear | to monitor | {v} |
| monja | nun | {f} |
| monje | monk | {m} |
| monólogo | monologue | {m} |
| monómero | monomer | {m} [chemistry] |
| mono | cute, pretty | {adj} [colloquial] |
| mono | blond, blonde | {adj} [Colombia, colloquial] |
| mono | tracksuit, joggers (garment consisting of a top and trousers for sports and casual wear) | {m} [Chile, Peru] |
| mono | withdrawal symptom | {m} [colloquial] |
| mono | doll, puppet | {m} [Mexico, Chile] |
| mono | monkey | {m} |
| mono | overalls [in non-US sense], coveralls | {m} |
| mono- | mono- | {prefix} |
| monoamino | monoamine | {adj} |
| monoamino | monoamine | {m} |
| monoceja | unibrow | {f} |
| monocerote | unicorn | {m} [rare] |
| monociclo | unicycle | {m} |
| monoclínico | monoclinic | {adj} [chemistry] |
| monoclonal | monoclonal | {adj} |
| monocotiledónea | monocotyledon | {f} |
| monocotiledóneo | monocotyledonous | {adj} |
| monocromático | monochromatic | {adj} |
| monofosfato | monophosphate | {m} |
| monogamia | monogamy (all senses) | {f} |
| monografía | monograph | {f} |
| monografista | monographer, monographist | {mf} |
| monográfico | monographic | {adj} |
| monokini | monokini | {m} |
| monolingüe | monolingual | {adj} |
| monopatinaje | skateboarding | {m} [dated] |
| monopatín | skateboard | {m} |
| monoplaza | (of a vehicle) Having only one seat | {adj} |
| monoplaza | A vehicle having only one seat | {m} |
| monopolio | monopoly | {m} |
| monopolizar | to monopolize | {v} |
| monoprótico | monoprotic | {adj} |
| monoquini | monokini | {m} |
| monosacárido | monosaccharide | {m} [organic chemistry, carbohydrates] |
| monosílabo | monosyllabic | {adj} [linguistics] |
| monosílabo | taciturn, untalkative, curt | {adj} |
| monoterpeno | monoterpene | {m} [organic compound] |
| monoterpenoide | monoterpenoid | {m} [organic compound] |
| monoteísmo | monotheism | {m} |
| monárquico | monarchic | {adj} |
| monárquico | monarchist | {adj} |
| monárquico | monarchist | {m} |
| monseñor | Monsignor | {m} |
| monserga | gibberish, drivel | {f} |
| monstruito | diminutive form of monstruo; little monster | {m} |
| monstruo | monster | {m} |
| monstruosamente | monstrously | {adv} |
| monstruosidad | monstrosity, monstrousness | {f} |
| monstruoso | horrible | {adj} |
| monstruoso | monstrous | {adj} |
| montaña | mountain | {f} |
| montaña rusa | rollercoaster | {n} |
| montacargas | forklift | {m} |
| montañismo | mountaineering | {m} |
| montaje | arrangement, orchestration | {m} |
| montaje | assembly | {m} |
| montaje | editing | {m} [cinematography] |
| montaje | montage | {m} |
| Montana | Montana | {prop} |
| montañoso | mountainous | {adj} |
| montar | to establish | {v} |
| montar | to mount | {v} |
| montar | to ride | {v} |
| montar | to set up | {v} |
| montaraz | wild, rough (i.e. not quite civilized) | {adj} |
| montaraz | ranger, mountaineer, roughneck, ranchhand (i.e. guardian of a vast, wild estate, especially mountainous) | {m} |
| montaraza | female ranger (i.e. guardian of a vast and wild estate) | {f} |
| montaraza | wife of a montaraz | {f} |
| montar el pollo | to make a scene | {v} [colloquial, idiomatic] |
| Montblanc | Montblanc, a village in Tarragona, Spain | {prop} |
| montículo | mound; monticule | {m} |
| monte | mountain, mount | {m} |
| monte | underbrush | {m} |
| Montenegro | Montenegro | {prop} |
| montón | a lot | {m} |
| montón | ton, lot, bunch, pile, heap, lode, load | {m} |
| monto | amount | {m} |
| monótonamente | monotonously | {adv} |
| montonazo | great bunch | {m} |
| montoncito | diminutive form of montón | {m} |
| monótono | monotonous | {adj} |
| Montoya | Spanish surname | {prop} |
| Montserrat | A hill near Barcelona in Catalonia, the site of a monastery | {prop} |
| Montserrat | female given name, shortened from María (de) Montserrat, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as the patron of Catalonia | {prop} |
| Montserrat | Montserrat (the island) | {prop} |
| montura | assembling | {f} |
| montura | harness (gear used for riding) | {f} |
| montura | mount (animal used for riding) | {f} |
| montura | mounting | {f} |
| monumental | monumental | {adj} |
| monumento | monument | {m} |
| monzón | monsoon | {m} |
| moño | bow (of ribbon) | {m} |
| moño | ponytail (hairstyle) | {m} |
| mopane | mopane | {m} |
| moquear | to run | {vr} |
| moquear | to have a runny nose | {v} |
| moqueta | fitted carpet | {f} |
| moquete | A punch to the nose | {m} |
| moquito | booger | {m} |
| mora | A mulberry, a mulberry fruit | {f} |
| mora | default (failure to meet an obligation on time) | {f} |
| mora | mora (unit of syllable weight) | {f} [phonology] |
| mora azul | blueberry | {n} |
| mora chehalem | Chehalem berry | {n} |
| morada | dwelling | {f} |
| mora de los pantanos | cloudberry | {n} |
| morado | purple | {adj} |
| morado | bruise | {m} |
| morado | purple, mulberry | {m} |
| moral | moral | {adj} |
| moral | moral | {f} |
| moral | (tree) mulberry | {f} |
| moraleja | moral. La moraleja del cuento (The moral of the story) | {f} |
| Morales | Spanish surname Derived from mora | {prop} |
| moralidad | morality | {f} |
| moralización | moralization | {f} |
| moralizador | moralizing | {adj} |
| moralizador | moralizer | {m} |
| moralizar | to moralize | {v} |
| moralmente | morally | {adv} |
| morapio | red wine | {m} |
| morar | to reside | {v} |
| mora santiam | Santiam berry | {n} |
| moratón | bruise | {m} |
| moratoria | moratorium | {f} |
| moratorio | moratory | {adj} [legal, finance] |
| morbo | attraction for unwholesome things. morbidity | {m} |
| morbo | disease | {m} [diseases] |
| morbo | morbid interest in other people or things | {m} |
| morbosamente | morbidly, ghoulishly | {adv} |
| morboso | Causing sickness | {adj} |
| morboso | morbid, sick | {adj} |
| morboso | sickening | {adj} |
| morcella | spark (fiery particle) | {f} |
| moráceo | moraceous | {adj} [botany] |
| morcilla | blood sausage, black pudding | {f} |
| mordaz | caustic; corrosive | {adj} |
| mordaza | clamp (tool) | {f} |
| mordaza | gag | {f} |
| mordedura | bite | {f} |
| morder | to bite, to nip | {v} |
| morder | to corrode(i.e., acid on metal) | {v} |
| morder | to criticize, to run down, to gossip about, to find fault with | {v} |
| morder | to gnaw | {v} |
| morder | to grasp, to clutch | {v} |
| morder | to wear away, to wear down | {v} |
| mordida | bite | {f} |
| mordida | bribe | {f} [Mexico, slang] |
| mordida | petty theft | {f} [Mexico, slang, in the plural] |
| mordido | bitten | {adj} |
| mordiente | mordant | {adj} |
| mordisco | bite | {m} |
| mordisquear | to nibble | {v} |
| morelense | Of or pertaining to the Mexican state of Morelos | {adj} |
| Morelos | A state of Mexico | {prop} |
| morena | dark-skinned person, brunette | {f} |
| morena | moray | {f} |
| moreno | dark colored | {adj} |
| moreno | dark-haired | {adj} |
| moreno | dark-skinned, tan | {adj} |
| moreno | a dark-skinned or tan person | {m} |
| moreno | a person with dark-hair | {m} |
| Moreno | Spanish surname | {prop} |
| morenísimo | superlative form of moreno | {adj} |
| morera | white mulberry, Morus alba | {f} |
| moretón | bruise | {m} |
| -morfa | feminine form of -morfo | {suffix} |
| morfema | morpheme | {m} |
| Morfeo | Morpheus, god of dreams | {prop} [Greek god] |
| morfina | morphine | {f} |
| -morfo | -morph | {suffix} |
| -morfo | -morphic, -morphous | {suffix} |
| morfoanatomía | morphoanatomy | {f} |
| morfogénesis | morphogenesis | {f} [biology] |
| morfogénico | morphogenic | {adj} |
| morfológicamente | morphologically | {adv} |
| morfológico | morphological | {adj} |
| morfología | morphology | {f} |
| morgue | morgue | {f} |
| moribundo | moribund, nearing death | {adj} |
| morillo | andiron | {m} |
| moringa | moringa | {f} |
| morir | to die | {v} |
| morirse | to die | {vr} |
| mormonismo | Mormonism | {m} |
| moro | A Moor (North African Muslim) | {m} |
| moro | a Muslim or Arab | {m} [colloquial] |
| moroso | defaulting, delinquent (late or failing to pay a debt) | {adj} |
| moroso | defaulter | {m} |
| morrear | to snog | {v} [colloquial] |
| morrena | moraine | {f} |
| morreo | snog | {m} [colloquial] |
| morriña | homesickness, nostalgia | {f} [colloquial] |
| morriña | murrain | {f} [veterinary medicine] |
| morrión | morion (kind of helmet) | {m} |
| morro | mouth | {m} [figuratively] |
| morro | hill | {m} |
| morro | snout | {m} |
| morsa | walrus | {f} |
| mortadela | baloney | {f} |
| mortadela | mortadella | {f} |
| mortaja | shroud (dress for the dead) | {f} |
| mortal | deadly | {adj} |
| mortal | mortal | {adj} |
| mortalidad | mortality | {f} |
| mortandad | mortality (death on a large scale) | {f} |
| mortero | mortar | {m} |
| mortificación | mortification | {f} |
| mortificar | to feel ashamed | {vr} |
| mortificar | to mortify | {vt} |
| mortificar | to torment, to annoy | {vt} |
| mortuorio | mortuary | {adj} |
| mosaico | mosaic | {m} |
| Moscú | Moscow | {prop} |
| mosca | fly (boxing class) | {f} [boxing] |
| mosca | fly | {f} |
| mosco | mosquito | {f} |
| moscovita | Muscovite | {adj} |
| moscovita | Muscovite | {mf} |
| mosquetero | musketeer | {m} |
| mosquitero | mosquito net | {m} |
| mosquito | mosquito, gnat, small fly | {m} |
| mostacho | mustache | {m} |
| mostaza | mustard | {f} |
| mosto | must (fruit juice) | {m} |
| mostoleño | of or from Móstoles | {adj} |
| mostoleño | someone of or from Móstoles | {n} |
| mostrador | (shop) counter | {m} |
| mostrar | to show | {vt} |
| mota | speck (tiny spot) | {f} |
| mota | marihuana | {f} [uncountable, slang, Mexico] |
| mote | fluff, pill | {m} |
| mote | motto (heraldry) | {m} |
| mote | nickname | {m} |
| mote | pearl barley | {m} |
| mote | type of maize grain | {m} |
| moteado | (having spots) spotted | {adj} |
| moteado | mottled | {adj} |
| motel | brothel | {m} [Mexico] |
| motel | motel | {m} |
| motera | Female form of motero; a female stoner, pothead, weedhead | {f} |
| motero | A motorcyclist | {m} |
| motero | Someone who sells mote | {m} |
| motilidad | motility | {f} |
| motivación | motivation | {f} |
| motivador | motivating, encouraging | {adj} |
| motivador | motivator | {m} |
| motivar | to motivate | {v} |
| motivo | reason, ground, motive | {m} |
| motín | mutiny | {m} |
| moto | motorcycle | {f} |
| motocicleta | motorcycle | {f} |
| motociclista | biker, motorcyclist | {mf} |
| motoconcho | motorcycle taxi used for public transport | {m} [Dominican Republic, slang] |
| motocross | motocross | {m} |
| moto de agua | jet ski | {m} |
| motoneta | moped (lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle) | {f} |
| motor | engine | {m} |
| motosierra | chainsaw | {f} |
| mountainboarding | mountainboarding | {m} |
| movedizo | literally, mobile, meaning unstable | {adj} |
| mover | to move | {v} |
| mover cielo y tierra | To move heaven and earth; to go to extreme lengths or do whatever is necessary | {v} [idiomatic] |
| moverse | to be moved (by a performance, etc.) | {v} |
| moverse | to move | {v} |
| moverse | to work, to move in an agitated manner | {v} |
| movible | motile | {adj} |
| movible | movable | {adj} |
| movida | move (games) | {f} [colloquial] |
| movida | party (social gathering) | {f} [colloquial] |
| movida | scene (social environment consisting of a large informal, vague group of people) | {f} [colloquial] |
| movido | eventful, turbulent | {adj} |
| movilidad | mobility | {f} |
| movilización | mobilization | {f} |
| movilizar | to activate | {v} |
| movilizar | to mobilize | {v} |
| movimiento | movement | {m} |
| moyote | mosquito | {m} [Mexico] |
| moza | female cat | {f} |
| moza | girl, maidservant | {f} |
| Mozambique | Mozambique | {prop} |
| mozambiqueño | Mozambican | {adj} |
| mozambiqueño | Mozambican | {m} |
| mozo | young; unmarried | {adj} |
| mozo | boy, lad | {m} |
| mozo | cat | {m} |
| mozo | servant, waiter, steward, manservant (in feminine: girl, maidservant) | {m} |
| máquina | machine | {f} |
| máquina de coser | sewing machine | {f} |
| máquina de escribir | typewriter (machine used to print text by pressing keys) | {f} |
| máquina expendedora | vending machine | {f} |
| máquina perforadora | hole punch, or perforator | {f} |
| mórbido | morbid | {adj} |
| móreo | moraceous | {adj} [botany] |
| márfega | straw mattress | {f} |
| Mérida | Latin American cities named Mérida after the above: | {prop} |
| Mérida | The city Mérida in Spain's western region Estremadura, in Badajóz province | {prop} |
| mérito | merit | {m} |
| mármol | marble (rock) | {m} |
| Márquez | Spanish surname | {prop} |
| mártaga | headstall | {f} |
| mártir | martyr | {m} |
| más | else | {adv} |
| más | furthermore | {adv} |
| más | in addition | {adv} |
| más | more | {adv} |
| más | most | {adv} |
| más allá | afterlife | {m} |
| máscara | mask | {f} |
| músculo | muscle (organ) | {m} [countable] |
| músculo | muscle tissue | {m} [uncountable] |
| músculo auricular anterior | anterior auricular muscle | {m} |
| músculo auricular posterior | posterior auricular muscle | {m} |
| músculo auricular superior | superior auricular muscle | {m} |
| músculo dilatador del iris | iris dilator muscle | {m} |
| músculo frontal | frontalis muscle, frontalis | {m} |
| músculo occipital | occipitalis muscle, occipitalis | {m} |
| músculo occipitofrontal | occipitofrontalis muscle, occipitofrontalis | {m} |
| músculo orbicular de los párpados | orbicularis oculi muscle, orbicularis oculi | {m} |
| mísero | of small value | {adj} |
| mísero | stingy | {adj} |
| mísero | unfortunate | {adj} |
| música | music | {f} |
| másico | mass; of or pertaining to mass | {adj} |
| músico | musical | {adj} |
| músico | musician | {m} |
| mísil | missile | {m} |
| más loco que una cabra | mad as a hatter, crazy, insane | {adj} |
| msnm | metros sobre el nivel del mar (meters above sea level) | {initialism} |
| más o menos | give or take, more or less, approximately; pretty much | {adv} |
| más sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo | wisdom comes with age | {proverb} |
| más tarde | later. Literally, more (más) late (tarde) | {adv} |
| míster | coach (sports trainer or instructor, especially football) | {m} [colloquial] |
| mística | (female) mystic | {f} |
| místico | mystical | {adj} |
| místico | mystic | {m} |
| mástil | mast (support of a sail) | {m} |
| más tonto que Abundio | Very idiotic | {adj} |
| más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer | better the devil you know | {proverb} |
| más vale pájaro en mano que ver ciento volando | A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush | {proverb} |
| mítico | mythic, mythical | {adj} |
| mútilo | maimed, mutilated | {adj} |
| método | method | {m} |
| método científico | scientific method | {m} |
| métrico | metric | {adj} |
| mu | mu; the Greek letter Μ, μ | {f} |
| mucama | chambermaid | {f} |
| mucama | maid | {f} |
| muchacha | female teenager | {f} |
| muchacha | feminine form of muchacho | {f} |
| muchacha | girl | {f} |
| muchacha | young lady | {f} |
| muchachita | feminine form of muchachito | {f} |
| muchachito | diminutive form of muchacho | {m} |
| muchacho | boy | {m} |
| muchacho | teenager | {m} |
| muchacho | young man | {m} |
| muchacho | young person, youngster | {m} |
| muchachote | augmentative form of muchacho, a big boy | {m} |
| muchachuela | feminine form of muchachuelo | {f} |
| muchachuelo | diminutive form of muchacho; youngster, a young man | {m} |
| muchas | feminine plural form of mucho | {adj} |
| muchas | feminine plural form of mucho | {adv} |
| muchas | feminine plural form of mucho | {pron} |
| muchas gracias | many thanks | {interj} |
| muchas gracias | Thank you very much | {interj} |
| muchedumbre | crowd | {f} |
| muchedumbre | multitude | {f} |
| muchisísimo | superlative form of muchísimo | {adj} |
| muchisísimo | a hell of a lot, very very much, superlative form of muchísimo | {adv} |
| mucho | a lot of; many; much | {adj} |
| mucho | long, a long time | {adv} |
| mucho | much, a lot | {adv} |
| mucho | a lot, many | {pron} |
| muchocientos | Many; an unspecified, large number. Compare umpteen | {adj} [colloquial] |
| mucho ruido y pocas nueces | all bark and no bite | {m} |
| muchos | much; many (of something) (masculine plural of mucho, much) | {adj} |
| muchísimas gracias | thank you very much, thanks so much | {interj} |
| muchísimo | superlative form of mucho | {adj} |
| muchísimo | a lot, very much, superlative form of mucho | {adv} |
| mudanza | removal | {f} |
| mudar | crown flower (Calotropis gigantea) | {m} |
| mudar | to change clothes | {v} |
| mudar | to change, to alter, to vary | {v} |
| mudar | to convert | {v} |
| mudar | to move, to relocate, to move to a new house | {v} |
| mudar | to shed, to molt | {v} |
| mudarse | (reflexive form of mudar) to move (change one's place of residence) | {vr} |
| mudarse | to change one's clothes | {v} |
| mudéjar | Mudéjar | {adj} |
| mudéjar | Mudéjar | {mf} |
| mudo | mute, dumb | {adj} |
| mudo | mute | {m} |
| mueble | a piece of furniture | {m} |
| mueblería | furniture store | {f} |
| muebles | furniture | {m} |
| mueca | grimace | {f} |
| muñeca | wrist | {f} [anatomy] |
| muñeca | chick, babe, doll (woman) | {f} [colloquial, lag=es] |
| muñeca | doll (figure) | {f} |
| muñeca rusa | Russian doll | {f} |
| muñeco | doll | {m} |
| muñeco | puppet | {m} |
| muela | molar | {f} |
| muelle | soft, mild | {adj} |
| muelle | spring (device made of flexible or coiled material) | {m} |
| muelle | wharf, quay, pier | {m} |
| muñequera | dollmaker | {f} |
| muñequera | wristband | {f} |
| muñequera | wrist pad | {f} |
| muñequero | dollmaker | {m} |
| muermo | A boring person or thing | {m} [colloquial] |
| muermo | Boredom | {m} [colloquial] |
| muermo | Drug-induced lethargy | {m} |
| muermo | Glanders | {m} [veterinary medicine] |
| muermoso | Infected with glanders | {adj} |
| muerte | death | {f} |
| muerte civil | attainder | {m} [legal] |
| muerte súbita | sudden death | {n} |
| muerto | dead | {adj} |
| muerto | A dead person | {m} |
| muestra | sample | {f} |
| muestra | sign | {f} |
| muestra | specimen | {f} |
| muestrario | sample book | {m} |
| mufla | muffle (a kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames) | {f} |
| muger | obsolete spelling of mujer | {n} |
| mugido | moo (the sound a cow makes) | {m} |
| mugir | to moo | {v} |
| mugre | dirt, filth, grease | {f} |
| mugriento | filthy | {adj} |
| muñir | to arrange or dispose of a matter of business | {v} |
| mujer | wife | {f} |
| mujer | woman | {f} |
| mujercita | A sissy, a nancy, a girl: a term of abuse for an effeminate boy | {f} |
| mujercita | diminutive form of mujer | {f} |
| mujer fatal | femme fatale | {f} |
| mujeriego | A womanizer | {m} |
| mujeril | effeminate, womanish | {adj} |
| mujeril | womanly | {adj} |
| mujerona | BBW, large woman | {f} [slang] |
| mujersita | diminutive form of mujer small child | {m} |
| mujersita | (effeminate boy) girl | {m} |
| mujersita | little woman | {m} |
| mula | traitor | {f} [Latin America] |
| mula | a smart, some abusive person | {f} [Mexico] |
| mula | mule | {f} |
| mula | trash | {f} |
| muladar | corruption | {m} |
| muladar | trash heap | {m} |
| mulata | feminine form of mulato | {f} |
| mulato | mulatto | {m} |
| muleta | muleta | {f} [bullfighting] |
| muleta | crutch | {f} |
| muleta | little mule (diminutive of mula) | {f} |
| muletilla | stock phrase | {f} |
| mullir | to loosen | {v} |
| mulo | mule | {m} |
| multa | fine (fee issued as punishment for breaking the law) | {f} |
| multar | fine, penalise, book | {v} |
| multicolor | varicolored (US), varicoloured (UK) | {adj} |
| multicultural | multicultural | {adj} |
| multiculturalidad | multiculturality | {f} |
| multideportivo | multi-sport | {adj} |
| multidisciplinar | multidisciplinary | {adj} |
| multidisciplinario | multidisciplinary | {adj} |
| multilingüe | Common false cognate and mispelling of multilingual and plurilingüe respectively | {adj} |
| multimillonario | billionaire | {m} |
| multimillonario | multimillionaire | {m} |
| multiplicación | multiplication | {f} |
| multiplicador | multiplying | {adj} |
| multiplicador | multiplier | {m} |
| multiplicadora | feminine form of multiplicador | {f} |
| multiplicar | to multiply | {v} |
| multiplicativo | multiplicative | {adj} |
| multiplicidad | multiplicity | {f} |
| multitud | crowd | {f} |
| multitud | multitude | {f} |
| multitudinario | multitudinous | {adj} |
| muñón | A part of the body which was incomplete at birth | {m} |
| muñón | The stump of a limb which has been lost | {m} |
| muón | muon | {m} |
| mundanalidad | worldliness | {f} |
| mundano | mundane | {adj} |
| mundial | related to all the parts of the world; global | {adj} |
| mundial | FIFA World Cup (short form of Copa mundial, and Campeonato mundial) | {mf} |
| mundialmente | worldwide | {adv} |
| mundificativo | mundificant | {adj} |
| mundillo | pad or cushion used to make lace | {m} |
| mundillo | warming pan | {m} |
| mundillo | Viburnum opulus (guelder rose, water elder, snowball tree) | {m} |
| mundo | society | {m} |
| mundo | world | {m} |
| mundo real | real world | {m} |
| munición | ammunition | {f} |
| municipal | municipal | {adj} |
| municipalidad | municipality | {f} |
| municipio | municipality | {m} |
| munificencia | munificence (the quality of being munificent; generosity) | {f} |
| munificente | munificent | {adj} |
| Muntenia | Muntenia | {prop} |
| Muñoz | Spanish surname | {prop} |
| mur | mouse | {m} [archaic] |
| mural | mural | {adj} |
| mural | mural | {m} |
| muralla | large wall built to protect cities or territories | {f} |
| muralla | wall | {f} |
| muramil | muramyl | {m} [organic compound] |
| murar | to surround with a wall | {v} |
| Murcia | Murcia (city and autonomous community in south-eastern Spain) | {prop} |
| murciano | Murcian (of or pertaining to the city of Murcia) | {adj} |
| murciégalo | obsolete form of murciélago | {m} |
| murciélago | bat (winged mammal) | {m} |
| murciélago vampiro | vampire bat | {m} |
| mureína | peptidoglycan | {f} [organic compound] |
| muriático | muriatic, hydrochloric | {adj} [Chemistry, obsolete] |
| murmullo | a murmur | {m} |
| murmullo | a rustling noise; susurrus | {m} |
| murmurar | to gossip | {vi} |
| murmurar | to murmur | {vi} |
| murmurar | to murmur; to mutter | {vt} |
| muro | wall | {m} |
| muro de Berlín | Berlin Wall | {prop} |
| murtilla | crowberry | {f} |
| mus | card game that is very popular in Spain | {m} |
| musa | A poet's creative and poetic genius | {f} |
| musa | poetry | {f} [literary] |
| musa | Muse | {f} |
| musa | muse (a source of inspiration) | {f} |
| musaraña | vermin; small animal | {f} [by extension] |
| musaraña | shrew | {f} |
| musculación | weight training | {f} |
| musculado | muscly; muscular | {adj} |
| muscular | muscular | {adj} |
| museógrafo | museologist | {m} |
| museo | museum | {m} |
| museografía | museography | {f} |
| museología | museology | {f} |
| musgo | moss | {m} |
| musical | musical | {adj} |
| musical | musical | {m} |
| musicalmente | musically | {adv} |
| musicólogo | musicologist | {m} |
| musitar | to murmur | {v} |
| muslo | thigh | {m} |
| mustiamente | sadly, languidly | {adv} |
| musulmán | Muslim | {adj} |
| musulmán | Muslim | {m} |
| mutabilidad | mutability | {f} |
| mutación | mutation | {f} |
| mutante | mutant | {adj} |
| mutante | mutant (all senses) | {mf} |
| mutar | to mutate | {v} |
| mutarrotación | mutarotation | {f} [organic chemistry, carbohydrates] |
| mutágeno | mutagen | {m} [biology] |
| mutilación | mutilation | {f} |
| mutilado | mutilated | {adj} |
| mutilar | to mutilate | {v} |
| mutual | mutual | {adj} |
| mutuamente | mutually | {adv} |
| mutuo | mutual | {adj} |
| muy | very | {adv} |
| muy de vez en cuando | rarely | {adv} [idiomatic] |
| móvil | mobile | {adj} |
| móvil | cell phone | {m} [Spain] |
| MX | México (Mexican state) | {abbr} |
| México | Mexico | {prop} |
| México | Mexico City | {prop} [Mexico] |
| máxima | maxim | {f} |
| máxima | maximum | {f} |
| máximo | greatest | {adj} |
| máximo | maximum | {adj} |
| máximo | maximum | {m} |
| Máximo | male given name | {prop} |