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| q {letter} | :: letter |
| q {pron} [Internet slang, text messaging] | :: abbreviation of que |
| q {pron} [Internet slang, text messaging] | :: abbreviation of qué |
| q̃ {conj} [archaic] | :: abbreviation of que |
| Q {letter} | :: The 18th letter of the Spanish alphabet |
| Qatar {prop} {m} | :: superseded spelling of Catar |
| qatarí {adj} | :: alternative form of catarí |
| qatarí {mf} | :: alternative form of catarí |
| QE {prop} | :: abbreviation of Querétaro (Mexican state) |
| q. e. p. d. {phrase} | :: initialism of que en paz descanse |
| qoppa {f} | :: koppa; the Greek letter Ϙ, ϙ |
| qq {m} | :: abbreviation of quintal |
| QR {prop} | :: initialism of Quintana Roo (Mexican state) |
| qu {n} | :: A digraph from the letters q and u |
| Qu {n} | :: A digraph from the letters Q and U |
| QU {n} | :: A digraph from the letters q and u |
| quad {f} | :: all-terrain vehicle |
| qual {pron} | :: obsolete spelling of cual |
| quál {pron} | :: obsolete form of cuál |
| quales {pron} | :: plural of qual |
| quáles {pron} | :: plural of quál |
| qualquier {adj} | :: obsolete spelling of cualquier |
| qualy {f} [sports] | :: qualifying round |
| quando {adv} | :: obsolete form of cuando |
| quando {conj} | :: obsolete form of cuando |
| quándo {adv} | :: obsolete form of cuándo |
| quantizado {adj} | :: quantized |
| quanto {adj} | :: obsolete form of cuanto |
| quanto {adv} | :: obsolete form of cuanto |
| quanto {pron} | :: obsolete form of cuanto |
| quánto {adv} | :: obsolete spelling of cuánto |
| quánto {adj} | :: obsolete spelling of cuánto |
| quark {m} | :: quark |
| quark abajo {m} | :: down quark |
| quark arriba {m} | :: up quark |
| quark cima {m} | :: top quark |
| quark encantado {m} | :: charm quark |
| quark extraño {m} | :: strange quark |
| quark fondo {m} | :: bottom quark |
| quarterback {m} | :: quarterback |
| quásar {m} | :: alternative spelling of cuásar |
| quasitropical {adj} | :: quasi-tropical |
| quatro {num} | :: obsolete spelling of cuatro |
| quatrocientos {num} | :: obsolete spelling of cuatrocientos |
| que {conj} | :: that |
| que {conj} | :: than |
| que {conj} | :: indicating a reason, roughly because |
| que {conj} | :: indicating desire or permission (usually used with the subjunctive) |
| que {pron} | :: who; that |
| que {pron} | :: that; whom |
| que {pron} | :: that; which |
| que {prep} | :: than |
| que {prep} | :: like, as |
| que {particle} | :: to |
| qué {adj} | :: what; which [interrogative only] |
| qué {adj} | :: what; which |
| qué {adv} [before a noun] | :: what a; such (used as an intensifier) |
| qué {adv} [before an adjective] | :: how (used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings) |
| qué {pron} | :: what [interrogative only] |
| que aproveche {phrase} | :: bon appétit, enjoy your meal |
| Quebec {prop} {m} | :: Quebec (province) |
| Quebec {prop} {m} | :: Quebec (capital city) |
| Québec {prop} | :: alternative form of Quebec |
| quebequense {adj} | :: Québécois |
| quebequense {mf} | :: Québécois |
| quebequés {adj} | :: Quebecois |
| quebequés {m} | :: Quebecois |
| quebequesa {f} | :: feminine noun of quebequés |
| qué bolá {phrase} [Cuba] | :: what's up; 'sup |
| quebrachal {m} | :: quebracho forest or plantation |
| quebracho {m} | :: quebracho (tree of South America) |
| quebrada {f} | :: gorge, ravine |
| quebradero {m} | :: dated form of quebrador |
| quebradero de cabeza {m} [figurative, idiom] | :: headache, worry |
| quebradita {f} | :: quebradita, a Mexican dance |
| quebradizo {adj} | :: brittle, crumbly, friable, fragile, delicate |
| quebradizo {adj} | :: crisp (e.g. air, food) |
| quebrado {adj} | :: bankrupt; broke |
| quebrado {adj} | :: broken |
| quebrado {adj} | :: uneven; coarse; rough |
| quebrado {m} | :: fraction |
| quebrado de compás {m} [music] | :: time signature |
| quebrador {m} | :: breaker |
| quebradora {f} | :: feminine noun of quebrador |
| quebradura {f} | :: breakage, break, crack |
| quebradura {f} | :: ravine |
| quebrantado {adj} | :: broken, shattered [often figuratively] |
| quebrantado {adj} | :: downbeat |
| quebrantado {adj} | :: broken-hearted |
| quebrantahuesos {m} | :: The bearded vulture or lammergeier |
| quebrantamiento {m} | :: brokenness, weakening |
| quebrantamiento {m} | :: breaking, violation (e.g. of law or rules, of a covenant or pact) |
| quebrantamiento {m} | :: breach, breaching (i.e. failure to perform some obligation) |
| quebrantamiento {m} | :: breakdown, disruption (of established social order) |
| quebrantamiento {m} [literary] | :: destruction |
| quebrantar {v} | :: to break (physically) |
| quebrantar {v} [figuratively] | :: to break (e.g. someone's spirit, one's faith or trust, one's power) |
| quebrantar {v} [figuratively] | :: to break, to breach (e.g. peace, the rules, a policy, a principle) |
| quebrantar {vr} | :: to break down, to be broken [typically used figuratively] |
| quebrantarse {v} | :: reflexive of quebrantar |
| quebranto {m} | :: A break |
| quebranto {m} | :: A loss |
| quebranto {m} | :: An affliction or grief |
| quebrar {vt} | :: to break, to snap, to shatter (i.e. to smash or rupture) |
| quebrar {vt} [figuratively] | :: to break (often in legal contexts) |
| quebrar {vt} | :: to bend, flex or twist |
| quebrar {vi} | :: to fail; to go broke; to become bankrupt; to go out of business; to crash, to go bust, to go under (used in political, economic and business/financial/investment contexts) |
| quebrar {vi} | :: to break up |
| quebrar {vi} [slang, Mexico] | :: to kill |
| quebrar {vr} | :: to crack, to break, to shatter [putting the onus on the thing cracking itself, absolving any sentient subject of responsibility] |
| quebrar {vr} [figuratively] | :: to crack, to break (e.g. crack under pressure, break after interrogation) |
| quebrarse {v} | :: reflexive of quebrar |
| queche {m} | :: ketch |
| quechemarín {m} [nautical] | :: gaff cutter |
| quechua {adj} | :: Quechuan |
| quechua {m} | :: Quechua (member of one of several South American ethnic groups) |
| quechua {m} | :: Quechua (language) |
| quechuahablante {mf} | :: Quechua speaker |
| quechuañol {m} | :: A language blend of Quechua and Spanish |
| quechuismo {m} | :: A Spanish word of Quechua origin |
| quechuismo {m} | :: Quechua-ness |
| que chuta {adv} [idiomatic] | :: brilliantly; sweetly; damn well perfectly |
| que conste {adv} | :: for the record |
| queda {f} | :: curfew |
| quedada {f} | :: meeting |
| quedamente {adv} | :: quietly |
| quedar {vi} | :: to be |
| quedar {vi} | :: to be situated; to be located (used with only static objects, such as buildings) |
| quedar {vi} | :: to be left; to remain |
| quedar {vi} | :: to fit, to suit (clothes) |
| quedar {vi} | :: to turn out, e.g. well or poorly |
| quedar {vi} | :: to agree; to arrange |
| quedar {vi} | :: to agree on |
| quedar {vi} | :: to meet up (for drinks) |
| quedar {vr} | :: to stay; to remain, to stick |
| quedar {vr} | :: to continue; to keep on |
| quedar {vr} | :: to keep, take |
| quedar {vp} [colloquial] | :: to play for a fool |
| quedar {vr} | :: to turn out, become, go (usually used for negative, physical descriptions) |
| quedar como Cagancho en Almagro {v} [idiom] | :: to make a show of oneself |
| quedar en agua de borrajas {v} [idiomatic] | :: to be put on hold; to not be fulfilled |
| quedarle cuerda {v} [idiom] | :: To have plenty of life left in (one) |
| quedarse {v} | :: reflexive of quedar |
| quedarse {v} | :: to stay, remain |
| quedarse {v} | :: to kid, to pull someone's leg |
| quedarse {v} | :: to become; to turn; to go |
| quedarse a la puerta {v} [idiomatic] | :: to not quite make it; fall at the last hurdle |
| quedarse con la copla {v} [idiomatic] | :: to understand; to know the score |
| quedarse frito {v} [idiomatic] | :: to go out like a light |
| quedarse para vestir santos {v} [idiom] | :: to remain on the shelf (of a woman, remain unmarried) |
| quedarse tan ancho {v} [idiomatic] | :: to act as if nothing has happened |
| quedarse tan fresco {v} [idiomatic] | :: to act as if nothing has happened |
| que descanse en paz {phrase} | :: may he/she rest in peace |
| que Dios te bendiga {phrase} | :: God bless you (said as a short prayer for the recipient) |
| quedito {adv} | :: very quietly |
| quedo {adj} | :: quiet, still |
| quedo {adv} | :: quietly |
| Queensland {prop} | :: Queensland (state) |
| qué es eso {phrase} | :: what is that? |
| quehacer {m} | :: work |
| quehacer {m} | :: task |
| quehacer {m} | :: chore |
| quehacer {m} [Mexico] | :: homemaking |
| qué hora es {phrase} | :: what time is it?; what's the time? |
| queimada {f} | :: queimada |
| queísmo {m} [linguistics] | :: The nonstandard use of que alone (instead of a preposition, usually de, preceding que) in various constructions |
| queja {f} | :: complaint, grievance, gripe, grumble |
| queja {f} | :: complaining [plural] |
| queja {f} [colloquial] | :: beef |
| quejar {vp} | :: to complain, to whine, to gripe, to grouse, to fuss, to bitch, to beef |
| quejar {vp} | :: to grumble, to moan, to groan |
| quejarse {v} | :: to complain, to whine, to gripe, to grouse, to fuss, to bitch, to beef |
| quejarse {v} | :: to grumble, to moan, to groan |
| quejarse {v} | :: to quarrel |
| quejazón {m} [Central America] | :: frequent complaints, groan, wine |
| quejica {adj} | :: moany, moaning |
| quejica {mf} | :: moaner, whiner, complainer, sniveler |
| quejicoso {adj} | :: complaintive |
| quejido {m} | :: groan |
| quejido {m} | :: whimper; whine |
| quejido {m} | :: yip, yap, yelp |
| quejigal {m} | :: A grove of Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea) |
| quejigar {m} | :: Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea) wood or forest |
| quejigo {m} | :: Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea) |
| quejigo {m} | :: A small oak, or one that is not fully grown |
| quejoso {adj} | :: whining; whimpering |
| quejoso {adj} | :: complaining |
| quejumbre {m} | :: moan, qualm |
| quejumbrosamente {adv} | :: whiningly |
| quejumbroso {adj} | :: complaining, whiny, whining, querulous |
| quelación {f} [chemistry] | :: chelation |
| quelante {adj} [chemistry] | :: chelating |
| quelar {v} | :: to chelate |
| quelato {m} | :: chelate |
| quelele {m} | :: crested caracara, Caracara cheriway, northern crested caracara |
| quelele {m} | :: crested caracara, Caracara plancus, southern crested caracara |
| quelenquelén {m} [Chile] | :: One of two species of polygalaceous plants, either Polygala stricta or Monnina linearifolia |
| quelicerado {m} | :: chelicerate |
| quelícero {m} | :: chelicera |
| quelite {m} [usually, in the plural, Mexico] | :: Any of a number of plants eaten fresh as leaf vegetables or herbs |
| que lo haga Rita {phrase} | :: let George do it; I can't be bothered to do it |
| queloide {m} | :: keloid |
| quelonio {adj} | :: chelonian |
| quelonio {m} | :: chelonian; turtle |
| que lo que {interj} [idiomatic, slang] | :: what's up, wassup, what is it, what it is, what is what it is, what is what, what are you doing, what's happening, what's going on |
| que lo que {phrase} [idiomatic, slang] | :: what's up, wassup, what is it, what it is, what is what it is, what is what, what are you doing, what's happening, what's going on |
| que lo que {pron} | :: what |
| quelpo {m} | :: kelp |
| queltehue {m} | :: lapwing |
| quelvacho {m} | :: gulper shark |
| quema {f} | :: fire; flame |
| quema {f} | :: burning |
| quemacocos {m} | :: sunroof |
| quemado {adj} | :: burnt |
| quemado {adj} | :: burned out |
| quemado {adj} | :: annoyed |
| quemado {m} | :: The Caribbean coloquial spelling of quemado, quemao, is the burnt bit at the edge of a pot of beans specifically |
| quemador {adj} | :: burning |
| quemador {mf} | :: burner (for cooking) |
| quemadora {f} | :: burner (for DVDs, videos, music, etc.) |
| quemador Bunsen {m} | :: Bunsen burner |
| quemadura {f} | :: burn |
| quemadura de congelación {f} | :: freezer burn |
| quemagrasa {m} | :: fat burner |
| quemante {adj} | :: burning |
| quemar {vt} | :: to burn |
| quemar {vt} | :: to scorch, to sear |
| quemar {vt} | :: to tan |
| quemar {vi} | :: to be very hot |
| quemar {vt} [colloquial] | :: to freeze |
| quemar {vi} [colloquial] | :: to be very cold |
| quemar {vt} [computing] | :: to burn (e.g. a CD) |
| quemar las naves {v} [idiom] | :: to burn one's bridges |
| quemarropa {n} | :: only used in a quemarropa |
| quemarse {v} | :: reflexive of quemar |
| quemarse las cejas {v} [idiomatic] | :: to burn the midnight oil |
| qué más da {phrase} | :: who cares?; who gives a shit?; so what? |
| quemazón {f} | :: great heat |
| quemazón {f} | :: burning |
| quemazón {f} | :: itch |
| quemazón {f} | :: jab; cutting remark |
| queme {m} | :: burnout (psychology and ergonomics) |
| qué mosca te ha picado {phrase} | :: what's eating you? |
| quemosis {f} [ophthalmology] | :: chemosis |
| quena {f} | :: a type of reed flute from Peru |
| quena {f} [Latin America] | :: pan flute |
| que nadie se llame a engaño {adv} [idiomatic] | :: don't be fooled |
| quenefa {f} | :: a type of quenelle from Catalonia |
| quenista {mf} | :: quena player |
| quenístico {adj} [attributive] | :: quena |
| queñoa {f} | :: Polylepis besseri, a somewhat unremarkable plant from Bolivia and Peru |
| quenodesoxicolato {m} [organic compound] | :: chenodeoxycholate |
| quenodesoxicólico {adj} | :: chenodeoxycholic |
| queñual {m} [Peru] | :: A tree of the genus Polylepis |
| quenya {m} | :: Quenya |
| qué ondas {interj} [colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador] | :: What's up? |
| qué pasa {phrase} [US Spanish, colloquial] | :: what's up? |
| qué pasó {phrase} | :: what's happening?, what's up? |
| qué pasó {phrase} | :: what happened? |
| qué pena me das {phrase} [sarcastic] | :: cry me a river; too bad, so sad |
| queperí {m} | :: alternative spelling of keperí |
| quepí {m} [Peru] | :: kepi |
| quepis {m} | :: kepi |
| quepoa {adj} | :: Of or pertaining to the Quepoa |
| quepoa {mf} | :: An extinct indigenous people of Costa Rica |
| qué puñetas {phrase} [idiomatic] | :: WTF; what the fuck |
| queque {m} [colloquial] | :: cake |
| queque {m} [colloquial] | :: cupcake |
| queque {m} [colloquial] | :: biscuit |
| quequisque {m} | :: Any plant of the Xanthosoma family |
| quequito {m} [Latin America, colloquial] | :: cupcake |
| querandí {adj} | :: Querandí |
| querandí {mf} | :: Querandí |
| queratina {f} [protein] | :: keratin |
| queratinización {f} | :: keratinization |
| queratinocito {m} | :: keratinocyte |
| queratitis {f} [medicine] | :: keratitis |
| queratoconjuntivitis {f} | :: keratoconjunctivitis |
| queratocono {m} | :: keratoconus |
| queratodermia {f} | :: cheratodermia |
| queratoplastia {f} [surgery] | :: keratoplasty |
| qué rayos {phrase} | :: what the heck |
| quercetina {f} [biochemistry] | :: quercetin |
| querella {f} [legal] | :: lawsuit |
| querella {f} | :: complaint |
| querellante {mf} | :: plaintiff |
| querellarse {v} | :: to sue; to bring suit |
| querellarse {v} | :: reflexive of querellar |
| querelloso {adj} | :: querulous |
| querencia {f} | :: an animal's lair |
| querencia {f} [bullfighting] | :: the bull's querencia |
| querencia {f} | :: the homing instinct of an animal |
| querencia {f} | :: longing, want |
| querencia {f} | :: homesickness, nostalgia |
| querendón {adj} [Latin America] | :: loving, affectionate |
| querendón {m} | :: lover, paramour |
| querendona {f} | :: feminine noun of querendón |
| querer {v} | :: to desire, to want, to want to |
| querer {v} | :: to love; to be fond of |
| querer {v} [as an indication of a request] | :: would you ... ? |
| querer {v} | :: to mean to, to try to |
| querer {v} [reciprocal] | :: to love each other |
| querer {m} | :: love; affection; fondness |
| querer como la trucha al trucho {v} [humorous, idiomatic, simile] | :: to love so much |
| querer decir {v} [idiom] | :: to mean, to get at, to be getting at (in the sense of the want to convey something) |
| querer el oro y el moro {v} [idiomatic] | :: to have one's cake and eat it too |
| querer es poder {proverb} | :: where there's a will, there's a way |
| querer guerra {v} [idiom] | :: To ask for it |
| quererse {v} | :: reflexive of querer |
| queretano {adj} | :: Of or pertaining to the Mexican state of Querétaro |
| Querétaro {prop} {m} | :: Querétaro (state) |
| querible {adj} | :: likeable, loveable |
| querida {f} | :: feminine noun of querido |
| querida {f} | :: dear, honey, darling |
| querida {f} | :: mistress |
| queridísimo {adj} | :: superlative of querido |
| queridísmo {adj} | :: superlative of querido |
| querido {adj} | :: dear |
| querido {adj} [colloquial, Colombia] | :: handsome (guy), beautiful (girl) |
| querido {m} | :: sweetheart |
| querido {m} | :: lover |
| querido {m} | :: The letter Q in the Spanish phonetic alphabet |
| quero {m} | :: quero; kero |
| querógeno {m} | :: kerogen |
| querosene {m} | :: alternative form of queroseno |
| queroseno {m} | :: kerosene |
| querosín {m} [especially, Caribbean] | :: kerosene |
| querube {m} [poetic] | :: alternative form of querubín |
| querúbico {adj} | :: cherubic |
| querubín {m} | :: cherub |
| querusca {f} | :: Cherusci |
| querusco {m} | :: Cherusci |
| quesadilla {f} | :: quesadilla |
| quesería {f} | :: cheese shop, cheese factory, cheesery |
| quesero {adj} [attributive] | :: cheese |
| quesero {m} | :: cheesemaker, cheeser, cheesemonger |
| que si {phrase} | :: See: es que si |
| que si {phrase} [followed by subjunctive] | :: if only |
| quesillo {m} | :: Any soft, white cheese, e.g. ricotta, quark, etc |
| quesillo {m} | :: A stringy cheese from Oaxaca, Mexico which comes wound like a ball of twine |
| quesín {m} | :: diminutive of queso |
| que si quieres arroz, Catalina {phrase} | :: It fell on deaf ears; it came to nothing; nothing came of it |
| quesito {m} | :: diminutive of queso |
| queso {m} | :: cheese |
| queso {m} [Spain, colloquial] | :: foot |
| queso de cabeza {m} | :: head cheese, brawn |
| queso flameado {m} | :: queso flameado (a fried mixture of mozzarella cheese, chorizo sausage, tomato, onion, and red or green pepper, served on a flour tortilla). A common Tex-Mex food of Texas and Mexico |
| queso fresco {m} | :: queso fresco |
| qué sopá {phrase} [back slang, vesre] | :: what's up? |
| qué tal {interj} | :: what's up |
| qué tal {interj} | :: how are you? |
| qué tal {interj} | :: how was, how is |
| qué tanto {adj} [Mexico] | :: how many or how much |
| qué tanto {adv} [Mexico] | :: how many or how much |
| que te cagas {phrase} [idiomatic, vulgar, slang] | :: (used as an intensifier) |
| qué te cuentas {phrase} | :: what's new? |
| que te follen {phrase} [idiomatic, vulgar, offensive] | :: fuck you, fuck off, get fucked, go fuck yourself, go to hell |
| que te folle un pez {phrase} [idiomatic, vulgar, offensive] | :: fuck you, get fucked, go fuck yourself go to hell |
| que te jodan {interj} | :: fuck you |
| queteno {m} [chemistry] | :: ketene |
| qué te pasa, calabaza {interj} [colloquial, humorous] | :: what's up? |
| quetiapina {f} | :: quetiapine |
| qué tienen que ver los cojones con comer trigo {phrase} [Spain] | :: what does that have to do with the price of tea in China |
| qué tienes {interj} [colloquial] | :: What's the matter? |
| quetognato {m} [zoology] | :: chaetognath, arrow worm |
| quetógnato {m} | :: alternative form of quetognato |
| quetona {f} [chemistry] | :: ketone |
| qué tripa se te ha roto {phrase} [Spain, colloquial, idiomatic] | :: what's the matter; what's with you |
| quetzal {m} | :: quetzal (bird) |
| quetzal {m} | :: quetzal (monetary unit) |
| Quetzalcóatl {prop} {m} | :: Quetzalcoatl |
| quetzalteco {adj} | :: Of or from Quetzaltenango, Guatemala |
| quetzalteco {m} | :: Someone from Quetzaltenango |
| Quetzaltenango {prop} {m} | :: Quetzaltenango (department) |
| Quetzaltenango {prop} {m} | :: Quetzaltenango (city) |
| qué va {interj} [colloquial] | :: come on, no way, of course not (indicates refusal or disbelief) |
| quevediano {adj} | :: Of or pertaining to, or in the style of Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645), a Spanish poet |
| quevedos {mp} | :: pince-nez |
| qué xopá {phrase} [Panama, back slang, vesre] | :: what's up? |
| Quezada {prop} {mf} | :: surname |
| quezalteca {f} | :: feminine noun of quezalteco |
| quezalteco {m} | :: Someone from Quezaltepeque |
| quia {interj} [Spain] | :: Denotes incredulity |
| quía {f} | :: feminine noun of quío |
| quiaqueña {f} | :: feminine noun of quiaqueño |
| quiaqueño {adj} | :: Of or from La Quiaca |
| quiaqueño {m} | :: Someone from La Quiaca |
| quiasma {m} [anatomy] | :: chiasma (a crossing of two nerves, ligaments, etc.) |
| quiasma óptico {m} | :: optic chiasm |
| quiasmo {m} [rhetoric] | :: chiasmus |
| Quica {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| quiche {mf} | :: quiche (pie made from eggs) |
| quiché {adj} | :: Of or pertaining to the K'iche' (Mayan people) |
| quiché {m} | :: K'iche' (people) |
| quiché {m} [uncountable] | :: K'iche' (language) |
| Quiché {prop} {m} | :: Quiché (department) |
| quichicientos {mp} | :: a zillion |
| quichua {mf} | :: alternative spelling of quechua |
| quicio {m} | :: doorjamb |
| quicio {m} | :: hinge |
| quicir {adv} [colloquial] | :: I mean; that is to say |
| Quico {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| quid {m} | :: gist; point; crux |
| quídam {m} [colloquial] | :: nobody; zero; small fry (person of little value and unimportant) |
| quideñe {m} | :: dihueñe |
| quiebra {f} | :: crack |
| quiebra {f} | :: bankruptcy |
| quiebra {f} | :: ravine |
| quiebre {m} [Chile] | :: breakup, rupture (of human relations) |
| quiebre {m} [Argentine] | :: breaking, break (action and effect of breaking) |
| quiebro {m} [bullfighting] | :: dodge, swerve |
| quiebro {m} | :: dodge, swerve |
| quiebro {m} [music] | :: trill |
| quien {pron} | :: who |
| quien {pron} [construed with a] | :: whom |
| quien {pron} | :: whoever; whomever; anyone who |
| quien {pron} | :: the one who |
| quién {pron} | :: who?, whom?; [with “de”] whose? |
| quién {pron} [followed by a subjunctive clause in the imperfect or pluperfect tense] | :: if only; I wish |
| quien a buen árbol se arrima, buena sombra le cobija {proverb} | :: it's not what you know but who you know |
| quien a hierro mata, a hierro muere {proverb} | :: live by the sword, die by the sword |
| quien algo quiere, algo le cuesta {proverb} | :: no pain no gain |
| quien bien te quiere, te hará llorar {proverb} | :: spare the rod and spoil the child |
| quien calla, otorga {proverb} | :: silence gives consent |
| quien empieza ganando acaba llorando {proverb} [rare] | :: If you win at gambling in the beginning, you'll end up losing big |
| quienes {pron} | :: plural of quien |
| quiénes {pron} | :: plural of quién |
| quiénes {pron} | :: whom? (what person; object of a verb) |
| quien más, quien menos {adv} [idiomatic] | :: mostly; to some extent |
| quien mucho abarca, poco aprieta {proverb} | :: don't bite off more than you can chew |
| quien no llora, no mama {proverb} | :: the squeaky wheel gets the grease |
| quien parte y reparte se lleva la mejor parte {proverb} | :: If you share out, you get the lion's share for yourself |
| quienquiera {pron} | :: whoever; whomever |
| quien quiera peces, que moje el culo {proverb} | :: you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs; one must sometimes deal with unpleasant circumstances in order to achieve a goal |
| quién quita {phrase} [Latin America] | :: you never know, who knows |
| quien roba a un ladrón, tiene cien años de perdón {proverb} | :: It's justifiable to commit crimes against criminals |
| quién sabe {phrase} [rhetorical question] | :: who knows? |
| quien se pica, ajos come {phrase} [idiomatic] | :: if the shoe fits, wear it |
| quien tiene boca, se equivoca {proverb} | :: When speaking, it is normal to say something wrong. Everything one says cannot always be right or true |
| quien va a Sevilla pierde su silla {proverb} | :: move your feet, lose your seat (if you stand up from your seat, someone else will take it.) |
| quiera Dios {adv} [idiom] | :: pray to God |
| quiera que no {adv} [idiom] | :: like it or lump it |
| quieras que no {adv} [idiom] | :: like it or lump it |
| quiero decir {phrase} [idiomatic] | :: I mean |
| quiescencia {f} | :: quiescence |
| quiescente {adj} | :: quiescent |
| quietar {v} | :: to appease |
| quietecito {adj} | :: diminutive of quieto |
| quietismo {m} | :: quietism |
| quietismo {m} | :: stillness; calm; inaction |
| quieto {adj} | :: calm |
| quieto {adj} | :: still |
| quietud {f} | :: calm |
| quietud {f} | :: stillness |
| quife {m} | :: kif |
| quijada {f} | :: jaw, jawbone (of an animal) |
| Quijano {prop} {m} | :: Quijano (locality) |
| Quijano {prop} {m} | :: surname |
| Quijote {prop} {m} | :: Don Quixote (the novel) |
| quijotesco {adj} | :: quixotic |
| quijótico {adj} [rare] | :: synonym of quijotesco |
| quijotismo {m} | :: quixotism, absurd idealism |
| quilatar {vt} | :: synonym of aquilatar |
| quilate {m} | :: karat, carat |
| quiliarca {m} | :: chiliarch |
| Quilicura {prop} {f} | :: Quilicura |
| quilla {f} [nautical] | :: keel |
| quillado {adj} | :: keeled |
| quillo {contraction} [colloquial, Andalusia, Cádiz] | :: contraction of chiquillo; often used as an interjection |
| quilmahue {m} | :: Chilean mussel |
| quilo- {prefix} | :: alternative spelling of kilo- |
| quilo {m} | :: kilo (kilogram) |
| quilocaloría {f} | :: alternative form of kilocaloría |
| quilográmetro {m} | :: alternative form of kilográmetro |
| quilogramo {m} | :: kilogram |
| quilojulio {m} | :: alternative form of kilojulio |
| quilolitro {m} | :: alternative spelling of kilolitro |
| quilombo {m} [Argentina, lunfardo] | :: brothel |
| quilombo {m} [Argentina, lunfardo] | :: big mess |
| quilombo {m} [Venezuela] | :: boondocks |
| quilombola {mf} | :: maroon (runaway slave) |
| quilometraje {m} | :: alternative form of kilometraje |
| quilómetro {m} | :: alternative spelling of kilómetro |
| quilomicrón {m} [biochemistry] | :: chylomicron |
| quiltro {m} [Chile] | :: street, mixed-breed dog |
| quimbar {v} [vulgar, Cuba] | :: to fuck |
| quimbombó {m} [Venezuela, Cuba] | :: alternative form of quingombó |
| quimboso {adj} [Peru] | :: jinky |
| quimera {f} | :: chimera |
| quimera {f} | :: chimera, pipe dream (something illusory or impossible to achieve) |
| quimérico {adj} | :: chimeric |
| química {f} | :: chemistry (the branch of science concerned with the composition of substances) |
| química {f} | :: chemistry (a mutual attraction between two people) |
| química {f} | :: feminine noun of químico |
| químicamente {adv} | :: chemically |
| química nuclear {f} | :: nuclear chemistry |
| química orgánica {f} | :: organic chemistry |
| químico {adj} | :: chemical (of or relating to chemistry) |
| químico {m} | :: chemist (person working in chemistry) |
| quimio- {prefix} | :: chemo- |
| quimio {f} | :: clipping of quimioterapia |
| quimiocina {f} [protein, immunology] | :: chemokine |
| quimioprevención {f} | :: chemoprevention |
| quimioprofilaxis {f} | :: chemoprophylaxis |
| quimiorreceptor {m} | :: chemoreceptor |
| quimioselectividad {f} [chemistry] | :: chemoselectivity |
| quimiosíntesis {f} [biology] | :: chemosynthesis |
| quimiosintético {adj} | :: chemosynthetic |
| quimiosmosis {f} [chemistry] | :: chemiosmosis |
| quimiotáctico {adj} | :: chemotactic |
| quimiotaxis {f} [biology] | :: chemotaxis |
| quimioterapéutico {adj} | :: chemotherapeutic |
| quimioterapia {f} | :: chemotherapy |
| quimioterápico {adj} | :: chemotherapeutic |
| quimono {m} | :: alternative spelling of kimono |
| quimotripsina {f} [enzyme] | :: chymotrypsin |
| quina {f} | :: quinine |
| quina {f} | :: toxic wine |
| quina {f} | :: double five (thrown on the dice) |
| quina {f} | :: five correct numbers on a lottery |
| quina {f} [heraldry] | :: a group of five small blue shields depicted in the flag of Portugal |
| quinaquina {f} | :: cinchona bark, quinquina |
| quinario {m} | :: quinarius (Roman coin) |
| quinasa {f} | :: alternative form of cinasa |
| quinazolina {f} [organic compound] | :: quinazoline |
| quincalla {f} | :: low-value metalware |
| quincallera {f} | :: feminine noun of quincallero |
| quincallería {f} | :: metal shop, ironmonger's |
| quincallero {m} | :: metal merchant, ironmonger |
| quince {num} | :: fifteen |
| quinceañera {f} | :: feminine noun of quinceañero: fifteen-year-old (girl) |
| quinceañera {f} [Latin America, chiefly Mexico and US Spanish, only in the feminine] | :: quinceañera (fifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman) |
| quinceañero {m} | :: fifteen-year-old |
| quinceaños {m} | :: A Mexican girl’s 15th birthday party (becoming a woman) |
| quinceavo {m} [fractional] | :: fifteenth |
| quincena {f} [time] | :: a period of fifteen days |
| quincena {f} [time] | :: a half month period, specially applied for wage payment |
| quincena {f} [economics] | :: wage payment amount (in a half month period) |
| quincenal {adj} | :: twice a month |
| quincenalmente {adv} | :: biweekly; fortnightly |
| quincenario {adj} | :: fortnightly |
| quincenario {m} | :: biweekly publicaiton |
| quincha {f} | :: a traditional construction system that uses, fundamentally, wood and cane or giant reed forming an earthquake-proof framework that is covered in mud and plaster |
| quincho {m} | :: barbecue area in a kitchen |
| quincuagésimo {adj} | :: fiftieth |
| quincuagésimo {adj} | :: fifty |
| quincuagésimo {m} | :: fiftieth |
| quincuagésimo {m} | :: fifty |
| quincunce {m} | :: quincunx (arrangement of five units with four units forming a sqaure with one in the centre) |
| quinde {m} [Ecuador, Peru] | :: hummingbird |
| quinel {m} [Honduras] | :: stream; brook; waterway |
| quinésico {adj} | :: alternative spelling of kinésico |
| quinesiología {f} | :: alternative form of kinesiología |
| quinesiólogo {m} | :: alternative spelling of kinesiólogo |
| quinético {adj} | :: alternative form of cinético |
| quingentésimo {adj} | :: five hundredth |
| quingnam {m} | :: Quingnam |
| quingombó {m} | :: okra, Abelmoschus esculentus |
| quinidina {f} | :: quinidine |
| quiniela {f} | :: a sporting bet or pool |
| quiniela {f} | :: any game for five people |
| quinientos {num} | :: five hundred |
| quinimil {num} [colloquial, El Salvador] | :: zillion |
| quinina {f} | :: quinine |
| quino {m} | :: cinchona |
| quinoa {f} | :: alternative spelling of quinua |
| quínoa {m} | :: quinoa |
| quinoleína {m} [organic compound] | :: quinoline |
| quinolina {m} [organic compound] | :: quinoline |
| quinolona {f} | :: quinolone |
| quinona {f} [organic compound] | :: quinone |
| Quiñones {prop} | :: surname |
| quinorrinco {m} [zoology] | :: kinorhynch |
| quinoto {m} | :: a kumquat |
| quinqué {m} | :: Argand lamp (kind of oil burning lamp) |
| quinquemestre {m} | :: five-month period |
| quinquenal {adj} | :: quinquennial, five-year |
| quinquenio {m} | :: lustrum, quinquennium |
| quinquerreme {m} | :: quinquereme |
| quinqui {mf} | :: Quinqui |
| quinqui {mf} [colloquial, Spain] | :: crook, hoodlum |
| quinquillero {m} | :: ironmonger |
| quinta {f} | :: villa; country home |
| quinta {f} | :: call-up (to the army) |
| quinta {f} | :: group of people who are the same age |
| quinta {f} [card games] | :: straight flush (in some games) |
| quinta columna {f} | :: fifth column |
| quintacolumnista {mf} | :: fifth columnist |
| Quinta de Tilcoco {prop} {m} | :: Quinta de Tilcoco (city) |
| quintaesencia {f} | :: quintessence |
| quintaesencial {adj} | :: quintessential |
| quintaesenciar {vt} | :: to purify |
| quintal {m} | :: hundredweight |
| quintal métrico {m} | :: A metric quintal (a unit of weight, equal to 100 kilograms) |
| quintana {f} | :: The fifth |
| quintana {f} | :: one of the roads of the Roman camp |
| quintana {f} | :: place |
| quintana {f} | :: farmhouse in the countryside or in a village |
| Quintana {prop} | :: surname |
| Quintana Roo {prop} {m} | :: Quintana Roo (state) |
| quintanarroense {adj} | :: Of or pertaining to the Mexican state of Quintana Roo |
| quintano {adj} | :: from the Chilean city of Quinta de Tilcoco |
| quinta rueda {f} | :: fifth wheel |
| quintento {m} | :: alternative form of quinteto |
| quinterón {m} [archaic] | :: quintroon |
| quinterona {f} | :: feminine noun of quinterón |
| quinteta {f} | :: quintet |
| quinteto {m} | :: quintet |
| quintil {m} | :: quintile |
| quintilla {f} [poetry] | :: A poem of five lines with eight syllables or less |
| quintilliza {f} | :: feminine noun of quintillizo |
| quintillizo {m} | :: quintuplet |
| quintillón {num} | :: 1030 |
| Quintín {prop} {m} | :: Quentin |
| quintito {m} | :: diminutive of quinto |
| quinto {adj} | :: fifth |
| quinto {m} | :: fifth |
| quinto {m} [Spain] | :: A young boy of a various towns who turns 18 years old, especially one who takes part in any of various rites of passage around the country |
| quinto {m} [obsolete, Spain] | :: conscript |
| quinto pino {m} [idiomatic] | :: the sticks, the middle of nowhere, arse end of nowhere |
| quíntuple {adj} | :: quintuple (having five parts or members) |
| quintuplicar {v} | :: to quintuple (increase an amount fivefold) |
| quíntuplo {adj} | :: quintuple |
| quinua {f} | :: quinoa |
| quinze {num} | :: obsolete spelling of quince |
| quío {adj} | :: Chian (of or pertaining to Chios in Greece) |
| quío {m} | :: Chian (native or resident of Chios in Greece) |
| Quíos {prop} | :: Chios |
| quiosco {m} | :: kiosk |
| quiosco {m} | :: newsstand |
| quiosquera {f} | :: Seller at a newsstand |
| quiosquero {m} | :: Seller at a newsstand |
| quiosquito {m} | :: diminutive of quiosco |
| quiote {m} [Mexico] | :: The edible peduncle of an agave plant, which supports its inflorescence |
| quipe {m} | :: kibbeh |
| quipo {m} | :: quipu |
| quipu {m} | :: quipu |
| quique {m} [zoology, Chile] | :: grison, lesser grison |
| Quique {prop} {m} [Chile, colloquial] | :: given name, pet names of Henry |
| quiqui {m} [colloquial, slang] | :: shag; fuck; screw (sexual intercourse) |
| quiquiriquí {interj} | :: cock-a-doodle-doo! |
| quiquiriquí {m} | :: cock-a-doodle-doo |
| quiral {adj} | :: chiral |
| quiralidad {f} | :: chirality |
| quireñe {m} | :: dihueñe |
| quireo {m} | :: austral blackbird |
| quiro- {prefix} | :: chiro-; hand |
| quirófano {m} | :: operating room |
| quirografario {adj} | :: chirographic |
| quiromancia {f} | :: palm reading; palmistry |
| quiromántica {f} | :: feminine noun of quiromántico |
| quiromántico {m} | :: palmist (fortune teller) |
| quiromasaje {m} | :: massage (with the hands) |
| quiromasajista {mf} | :: masseur; masseuse (who uses the hands) |
| quiropráctica {f} | :: the practice of chiropractics |
| quiropráctica {f} | :: feminine noun of quiropráctico |
| quiropráctico {adj} | :: chiropractic |
| quiropráctico {m} | :: chiropractor |
| quiróptero {m} | :: bat (mammal) |
| Quiros {prop} | :: surname |
| quirquincho andino {m} | :: Andean hairy armadillo |
| quirúrgicamente {adv} | :: surgically |
| quirúrgico {adj} | :: surgical |
| quisicosa {f} | :: puzzle; riddle |
| quisque {m} [colloquial] | :: person, someone |
| quisqueyana {f} | :: feminine noun of quisqueyano |
| quisqueyano {adj} | :: Of or from Quisqueya or the Dominican Republic |
| quisqueyano {m} | :: Someone from Quisqueya or the Dominican Republic |
| quisqui {m} | :: alternative form of quisque |
| quisquilla {f} | :: shrimp |
| quisquilla {f} | :: trivial things |
| quisquillosa {f} | :: feminine noun of quisquilloso |
| quisquilloso {adj} | :: nitpicking, fussy, picky, persnickety [US], pernickety [UK], fastidious |
| quisquilloso {adj} | :: tetchy, touchy, prickly, testy |
| quisquilloso {m} | :: fussy person |
| quisquilloso {m} | :: picky eater |
| quiste {m} [biology] | :: cyst |
| quístico {adj} | :: cystic |
| quitaesmalte {m} | :: nail polish remover |
| quitamanchas {m} | :: stain remover |
| quitamiedos {m} | :: crash barrier, guardrail, traffic barrier |
| quitanieve {m} | :: alternative form of quitanieves |
| quitanieves {m} | :: snow plow [US], snow plough [UK] |
| quitapinturas {m} | :: paint stripper |
| quitar {vt} | :: To remove, to take away, to take down, to take off, to pull off, to pull out, to clear, to clear away, to strip, to strip away |
| quitar {vt} | :: to get rid of |
| quitar {vt} | :: To get off |
| quitar {vt} | :: to deprive of, to take away from [uses indirect object] |
| quitar {vtr} | :: to take off, to remove, to disrobe, to doff (as clothes or accoutrements) [reflexive when action is done to oneself] |
| quitar {vr} | :: to be removed |
| quitar {vr} | :: to get rid of (something belonging to oneself) |
| quitar {vr} | :: to quit, give up (smoking etc) |
| quitar hierro {v} [idiomatic] | :: to play down |
| quitarse {v} | :: reflexive of quitar, to take off |
| quitarse {v} | :: to remove oneself |
| quitarse {v} | :: to get off, to get away, to move away, to get out of the way |
| quitasol {m} | :: parasol |
| quitavidas {m} [pejorative] | :: crash barrier, guardrail, traffic barrier |
| quite {m} | :: The action of removal |
| quite {m} | :: A swerve or sidestep |
| quiteño {m} | :: a person from Quito |
| quiteño {adj} | :: from or pertaining to Quito |
| quitina {f} [carbohydrate] | :: chitin |
| quitinoso {adj} | :: chitinous |
| Quito {prop} {m} | :: Quito (capital city) |
| quitón {m} | :: chiton (mollusk) |
| quitosano {m} | :: chitosan |
| quitridiomicosis {f} | :: chytridiomycosis |
| quiúbole {interj} [colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador] | :: what's up? |
| quiz {m} [television] | :: quiz show |
| quizá {adv} | :: perhaps, maybe |
| quizás {adv} | :: maybe, perhaps |
| quizás {adv} | :: maybe, might (triggers the subjunctive) |
| quórum {m} | :: quorum (minimum number of votes) |
| quota {f} | :: obsolete spelling of cuota |