aboriginal

es-noun

aboriginal m or f by sense (plural aboriginales)

Aborigine (original inhabitant of Australia)


webmaster

webmaster m or f by sense (plural webmasters or webmaster)


andante

es-adj

andante m or f (masculine and feminine plural andantes)

Caballero andante.


andante

es-noun

andante m or f by sense (plural andantes)


panista

es-adj

panista m or f (masculine and feminine plural panistas)

(relational) of PAN (a Mexican political party)


chihuahuense

chihuahuense m or f (masculine and feminine plural chihuahuenses)

chihuahuenses (feminine masculine plural)

(relational) of Chihuahua (state of Mexico)


chihuahuense

es-noun

chihuahuense m or f by sense (plural chihuahuenses)


yanqui

es-adj

yanqui m or f (masculine and feminine plural yanquis)

Borrowed from English Yankee, from Dutch (see more at said entry).


estadounidense

estadounidense m or f (masculine and feminine plural estadounidenses)

estadounidenses (feminine masculine plural)

From Estados Unidos (“United States”) + -ense.

suffix

of the United States of America; US-American, U.S. American


estadounidense

es-noun

estadounidense m or f by sense (plural estadounidenses)

citizen of the United States of America; US-American


pariente

pariente m or f by sense (plural parientes, feminine pariente or parienta, feminine plural parientes or parientas)

parientes (plural)
pariente (feminine)
parienta (feminine)
parientes (feminine plural)
parientas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Spanish pariente, from Latin parentem.

Acto seguido, 11 parientes le enviaron una carta de dos páginas en la que le acusan de haberse unido al “ejército del diablo”.

2021 February 17, Amanda Mars, “Ostracismo familiar para un congresista republicano por renegar de Trump: “Eres una decepción para Dios””, in El País:

Immediately afterwards, 11 relatives sent a two-page letter accusing him of having joined the “devil's army”.

relative, relation (member of one's family)


juez

juez m or f by sense (plural jueces, feminine juez or jueza, feminine plural jueces or juezas)

jueces (plural)
juez (feminine)
jueza (feminine)
jueces (feminine plural)
juezas (feminine plural)

→ Tagalog: huwes

Inherited from Old Spanish juez, juiz, judez, from Latin iūdicem.


negociante

negociante m or f by sense (plural negociantes)

→ Cebuano: negosyante

→ Tagalog: negosyante


liberal

es-adj

liberal m or f (masculine and feminine plural liberales)

From Latin līberālis (“befitting a freeman”), from līber (“free”).


liberal

es-noun

liberal m or f by sense (plural liberales)


vocal

→ Cebuano: bokal


vocal

es-adj

vocal m or f (masculine and feminine plural vocales)


we

Variant of güey, representing the relaxed pronunciation of the /gw/ sounds and in some cases loss of the /i/ sound.

(Mexico, colloquial slang) chump, punk, dumbass, idiot, jerk


criminal

es-noun

criminal m or f by sense (plural criminales)

Borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin criminālis (“criminal”), from Latin crīmen (“verdict; crime”).


simple

es-adj

simple m or f (masculine and feminine plural simples)

> Chavacano: simple (inherited)


leader

es-noun

leader m or f by sense (plural leaderes)


homosexual

es-adj

homosexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural homosexuales)

homosexuales (feminine masculine plural)

El comportamiento homosexual se observa con frecuencia entre los mamíferos.

Homosexual behaviour is frequently observed among mammals.


homosexual

es-noun

homosexual m or f by sense (plural homosexuales)


nazi

Borrowed from German Nazi, a shortening of Nationalsozialist (“National Socialist”).


nazi

es-adj

nazi m or f (masculine and feminine plural nazis)


premier

es-noun

premier m or f by sense (plural premieres)

Borrowed from French premier (literally “first”).


millennial

es-noun

millennial m or f by sense (plural millennials)


primavera

Inherited from Old Spanish primavera, from Late Latin prīma vēra, from Latin prīmus (“first”) + vēr (“spring”). Compare Italian primavera and Romanian primăvară.

Turdus migratorius
Turdus migratorius#Translingual

(Mexico) American robin, Turdus migratorius


fan

fan m or f by sense (plural fans or fanes)

Ella es una gran fan tuya.


bestia

Papiamentu: bestia

Probably borrowed from Latin bēstia. Compare English beast.

(derogatory) brute (person who acts stupidly)


hippie

Unadapted borrowing from English hippie.


leo

es-adj

leo m or f (masculine and feminine plural leos)


libra

From Latin libra (“Roman pound, scale”). Doublet of lira. In reference to the English unit, a calque of English pound. Cognate with Galician and Portuguese libra and Catalan lliura.

English or American pound avoirdupois (a unit of mass equivalent to 453.6 g)

(historical) libra, Spanish pound (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 460 g)

British pound (the currency of the United Kingdom and its dependencies, originally notionally equivalent to a pound of stirling silver)

(chiefly historical) pound (various other currencies originally notionally equivalent to a pound of gold or silver)


libra

Libra (someone with the Libra star sign)


speaker

es-noun

speaker m or f by sense (plural speakers or speaker)


teenager

teenager m or f by sense (plural teenagers or teenager)

Unadapted borrowing from English teenager.

ubor

teenager (a person between 13 and 19 years of age)


heterosexual

es-adj

heterosexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural heterosexuales)

heterosexuales (feminine masculine plural)


heterosexual

es-noun

heterosexual m or f by sense (plural heterosexuales)


amateur

amateur m or f by sense (plural amateurs)

Unadapted borrowing from French amateur. Doublet of amador.

amateur (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)


rival

es-adj

rival m or f (masculine and feminine plural rivales)


canguro

es-noun

canguro m or f by sense (plural canguros)

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: canguro

Borrowed from English kanguroo, variant of kangaroo, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.

hacer de canguro

ya podía hacerles de canguro.


bisexual

es-adj

bisexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural bisexuales)


bisexual

es-noun

bisexual m or f by sense (plural bisexuales)


runner

runner m or f by sense (plural runners or runner)


yuki

es-adj

yuki m or f (masculine and feminine plural yukis or yuki)

yukis (feminine masculine plural)
yuki (feminine masculine plural)


yuki

es-noun

yuki m or f by sense (plural yukis or yuki)


single

Unadapted borrowing from English single. Doublet of sendos.


novel

Borrowed from Catalan novell, from Latin novellus. Doublet of novillo.


che

name of the digraph Ch/ch; previously considered a letter


che

(Argentina, colloquial) dude; bro; man; mate

(Spain, soccer) a person connected with Valencia Club de Fútbol, as a player, fan, coach, etc.


cámara

Inherited from Old Spanish camara, borrowed from Vulgar Latin camara, variant of Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “something with an arched cover, a vaulted chamber”). Doublet of cambra.


cámara

(cinematography) cameraman, camera operator (somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera)


pro

Inherited from Old Spanish pro, from Late Latin prōde (“useful”).


pro

A recent Latinism, borrowed from Latin prō; see above. Doublet of por.


pro

A very recent anglicism, borrowed from English pro.

Ella es toda una pro.


pro

es-adj

pro m or f (masculine and feminine plural pro or pros)

pro (feminine masculine plural)
pros (feminine masculine plural)

Los atletas pro llegaron ayer, los otros vienen hoy.

The pro athletes arrived yesterday, the rest are coming today.

2016, Club de la Lucha, 2016-01-12 Entrevista The Fight Cub Torre Del Mar:https://www.clubdelalucha.es/blog/entrevistas/entrevista-the-fight-cub-torre-del-mar

We've had pro and newbie fighters, but right now they're not active.

Hemos tenido luchadores pro y neo pero en este momento no están activos.


soprano

es-noun

soprano m or f by sense (plural sopranos)

Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superanus, from Latin super. Doublet of soberano.


performer

performer m or f by sense (plural performeres)


pirata

From Latin pīrāta, from Ancient Greek πειρᾱτής (peirātḗs).

pirate (person who commits robbery at sea against other ships)

pirate (person who reproduces copyrighted works without permission)

(Argentina, derogatory) English, British


hooligan

hooligan m or f by sense (plural hoolíganes)

Unadapted borrowing from English hooligan.


teacher

es-noun

teacher m or f by sense (plural teachers)

Unadapted borrowing from English teacher.


royal

(Chile) baking powder (dry leavening agent used in baking)


occidental

es-adj

occidental m or f (masculine and feminine plural occidentales)

occidentales (feminine masculine plural)


idiota

idiota m or f (masculine and feminine plural idiotas)

Borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).


idiota

(derogatory) idiot, moron, fool, dork, eejit

(derogatory) dick, jerk, schmuck, douchebag, asshole, ass, jackass, prick (i.e., a cocky or self-important individual without any foundation for it)


Japón

→ Guaraní: Hapõ

→ Tagalog: Hapon, Sapon (obsolete)

From either Portuguese Japão or directly from Early Manila Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún) as recorded in the Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum (1626-1642), ultimately from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, literally “sun origin”).


chauffeur

es-noun

chauffeur m or f by sense (plural chauffeurs or chauffeur)


antisemita

es-adj

antisemita m or f (masculine and feminine plural antisemitas)


antisemita

es-noun

antisemita m or f by sense (plural antisemitas)


ala

From Old Spanish ala (compare Ladino ala), from Latin āla.


ninja

(martial arts, historical) ninja (person trained in stealth, espionage, assassination and ninjutsu)


geta

From Latin Geta, from Ancient Greek Γέτης (Gétēs).


Labrador

Borrowed from English Labrador, which is an eponym of Portuguese explorer João Fernandes Lavrador, derived from Latin labor (“work”).

[la.β̞ɾaˈð̞oɾ]

Labrador (mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador)


Labrador

English: Labrador

[la.β̞ɾaˈð̞oɾ]


espada

→ Cebuano: espada

→ Tagalog: espada

Inherited from Old Spanish espada, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Doublet of espata.

(bullfighting) matador (person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight)


hacker

hacker m or f by sense (plural hackers or hacker)

Unadapted borrowing from English hacker.


bonaerense

es-adj

bonaerense m or f (masculine and feminine plural bonaerenses)

From a Latinate form of Buenos Aires + -ense.

(relational) of the Province of Buenos Aires


bonaerense

es-noun

bonaerense m or f by sense (plural bonaerenses)

an inhabitant of the Province of Buenos Aires


lateral

es-adj

lateral m or f (masculine and feminine plural laterales)


lateral

es-noun

lateral m or f by sense (plural laterales)

(soccer) full-back, fullback (a player who plays on the left or right side of defence)


wari

es-adj

wari m or f (masculine and feminine plural wari or waris)

wari (feminine masculine plural)
waris (feminine masculine plural)


wari

es-noun

wari m or f by sense (plural wari or waris)


orate

Borrowed from Catalan orat, from a derivative of Latin aura, in the sense of an ill or unhealthy air or aura.


celebrity

celebrity m or f by sense (plural celebritys)

Unadapted borrowing from English celebrity.

ubor

En la realidad, la celebrity y empresaria Kim Kardashian (41 años) ha estado saliendo nueve meses con el cómico Pete Davidson (28), hasta que rompieron a principios de agosto.

2022 August 18, Enrique Alpañés, “Pete Davison no saldrá en ‘Las Kardashian’: así es como los novios, maridos y exparejas del clan aparecen en el ‘reality’”, in El País:

In reality, the celebrity and businesswoman Kim Kardashian (41 years old) has been dating comedian Pete Davidson (28) for nine months, until they broke up in early August.


mir

Initialism of médico interno residente m, médica interna residente f.

initialism

(Spain) resident (physician in training)


asexual

es-adj

asexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural asexuales)


asexual

es-noun

asexual m or f by sense (plural asexuales)


chef

Unadapted borrowing from French chef. Doublet of jefe and cabo.


referee

referee m or f by sense (plural referees)

Unadapted borrowing from English referee.


extra

es-adj

extra m or f (masculine and feminine plural extras)


vietnamita

vietnamita m or f (masculine and feminine plural vietnamitas)


vietnamita

es-noun

vietnamita m or f by sense (plural vietnamitas)


popular

es-adj

popular m or f (masculine and feminine plural populares)

(politics, Spain) Pertaining to PP (Partido Popular), a Spanish political party


popular

es-noun

popular m or f by sense (plural populares)

(politics, Spain) a member or supporter of PP (Partido Popular), a Spanish political party


yoruba

es-adj

yoruba m or f (masculine and feminine plural yorubas or yoruba)

yorubas (feminine masculine plural)
yoruba (feminine masculine plural)

[ɟ͡ʝoˈɾu.β̞a]

[ɟ͡ʝoˈɾu.β̞a]


yoruba

es-noun

yoruba m or f by sense (plural yorubas or yoruba)

[ɟ͡ʝoˈɾu.β̞a]

[ɟ͡ʝoˈɾu.β̞a]


yoruba

[ɟ͡ʝoˈɾu.β̞a]

[ɟ͡ʝoˈɾu.β̞a]


cana

Borrowed from Lunfardo [Term?], a slang term for police.

Que nos callásemos, que va a mandar a la policía.
-¡La policía no ! -dice Azucena- ¡ Rajemos chicas , que viene la cana ... !

1972, Osvaldo Guglielmino, Las leguas amargas:

(Argentina, Uruguay) police force, police department


rookie

Unadapted borrowing from English rookie.


contable

contable m or f by sense (plural contables)

From contabilidad (“accountancy”) + -able.


salame

(derogatory, colloquial, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) a stupid person


iraquí

es-adj

iraquí m or f (masculine and feminine plural iraquís or iraquíes)

iraquís (feminine masculine plural)
iraquíes (feminine masculine plural)


iraquí

es-noun

iraquí m or f by sense (plural iraquís or iraquíes)


oriental

es-adj

oriental m or f (masculine and feminine plural orientales)

Señor, ¿usted es oriental o argentino?

1975, Jorge Luis Borges, “The Other”, in The Book of Sand, page 10:


oriental

es-noun

oriental m or f by sense (plural orientales)


telefonista

telefonista m or f by sense (plural telefonistas)

telephone operator, telephonist (person who operates a telephone switchboard)

telephone operator, telephonist (person who provides information or takes messages via the telephone)


admin

(Internet) admin (A user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges)


barista

barista m or f by sense (plural baristas)


ombudsman

ombudsman m or f by sense (plural ombúdsmanes)


grande

es-adj

grande m or f (masculine and feminine plural grandes, superlative grandísimo or mayor)

grandes (feminine masculine plural)
grandísimo (superlative)
mayor (superlative)

[ˈɡɾãn̪.d̪e]

Inherited from Latin grandem (“large, great”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə- (“to fell, put down, fall in”).

der

(after the noun or predicatively) big, large

Mi papá ya es muy grande para hacer eso.


grande

→ English: grandee

→ German: Grande

[ˈɡɾãn̪.d̪e]


gentil

es-adj

gentil m or f (masculine and feminine plural gentiles)

Borrowed from Latin gentīlis, from gēns (“Roman clan”).


gentil

es-noun

gentil m or f by sense (plural gentiles)


plebe

(colloquial, Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico) kid, child


árabe

es-adj

árabe m or f (masculine and feminine plural árabes)

Borrowed from Latin Arabs, from Ancient Greek Ἄραψ (Áraps, “Arab, Arabian”), from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).


habitante

es-adj

habitante m or f (masculine and feminine plural habitantes)

inhabiting; said of something that inhabits


Francisco

a male given name, equivalent to English Francis


Francisco

a surname transferred from the given name


DJ

DJ, deejay, disk jockey (person who plays or mixes recorded music at nightclubs)


fashionista

es-noun

fashionista m or f by sense (plural fashionistas)


socialite

socialite m or f by sense (plural socialites)


gracioso

gracioso m or f by sense (plural graciosos)

Borrowed from Latin grātiōsus, from grātia. Compare English gracious.

(historical, theater) gracioso (bawdy clown or jester in 16th-century Spanish comedy)


estudiante

estudiante m or f by sense (plural estudiantes)

Chavacano: estudiante

→ Cebuano: estudyante

→ Hiligaynon: estudyante

→ Ilocano: estudiante

→ Maranao: istodiyanti

→ Tagalog: estudyante

student (a person who studies or learns about a particular subject)


joven

Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico

From Latin iuvenis. First attested in 1251. Coromines calls it 'semi-learned' on account of the preservation of /e/, the expected development being *jovene > *jovne > *jone; also because it was quite rare until the seventeenth century, the general term until then having been mozo.


clavadista

clavadista m or f by sense (plural clavadistas)


insular

insular m or f by sense (plural insulares)

(Philippines, obsolete, historical) Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent


peche

es-adj

peche m or f (masculine and feminine plural peches)


peche

(El Salvador) skinny person; skin and bones


zarista

zarista m or f (masculine and feminine plural zaristas)


zarista

es-noun

zarista m or f by sense (plural zaristas)


zimbabuense

es-adj

zimbabuense m or f (masculine and feminine plural zimbabuenses)

zimbabuenses (feminine masculine plural)


zimbabuense

es-noun

zimbabuense m or f by sense (plural zimbabuenses)


zombi

zombi m or f by sense (plural zombis or zombies)


yemenita

es-adj

yemenita m or f (masculine and feminine plural yemenitas)


yemenita

es-noun

yemenita m or f by sense (plural yemenitas)


bartender

bartender m or f by sense (plural bartenders)


zulú

es-adj

zulú m or f (masculine and feminine plural zulús or zulúes)

zulús (feminine masculine plural)
zulúes (feminine masculine plural)

Borrowed from English Zulu, from Zulu umZulu. The change to oxytone perhaps is a direct influence of Spanish demonyms ending with "i" (marroquí, andalusí, etc.), wich are a minority but end with a weak vowel, and indirect influence of more common demonyms ending with -és (francés, inglés, holandés, etc.).


zulú

es-noun

zulú m or f by sense (plural zulús or zulúes)


ultra

es-adj

ultra m or f (masculine and feminine plural ultras)

Finalmente, se termina preguntando si el líder del PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, ha asumido el discurso del partido ultra a raíz de los pactos que se han dado en ayuntamientos y algunas comunidades autónomas.

2023 June 20, Eliona Rakipaj, “Una lona de Vox en el centro de Madrid propone tirar a la basura el feminismo, el colectivo LGTBIQ+ y la Agenda 2030”, in El País:


sex symbol

es-noun

sex symbol m or f by sense (plural sex symbols)

Unadapted borrowing from English sex symbol.


vacacionista

es-noun

vacacionista m or f by sense (plural vacacionistas)

(Mexico, California, Cuba, El Salvador, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Venezuela) vacationer


sabelotodo

sabelotodo m or f by sense (plural sabelotodos)

Verb-object compound, composed of sabe (“to know”) + lo (“it”) + todo (“all”), literally “know it all”.

es-verb-obj

A Entoven padre lo retrata como a un ingenuo que se cuidó poco de la educación del hijo y, al mismo tiempo, lo consideraba su “obra maestra”: un repelente sabelotodo, un niño prodigio de Saint-Germain-des-Près, el barrio del poder intelectual parisino.

2020 September 23, “Venganza, enredos y trapos sucios en Saint-Germain-des-Près”, in El País:

He portrays Entoven Sr. as a naive man who took little care of his son's education and, at the same time, considered him his “master work”: a repulsive know-it-all, a child prodigy from Saint-Germain-des-Près, the neighborhood of Parisian intellectual power.


jerarca

es-noun

jerarca m or f by sense (plural jerarcas)


jinete

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic زَنَاتِي (zanáti), the Zenati or Zenata Berbers, known as excellent horse breeders.


juerguista

es-noun

juerguista m or f by sense (plural juerguistas)


jingoísta

es-adj

jingoísta m or f (masculine and feminine plural jingoístas)


jesuita

es-noun

jesuita m or f by sense (plural jesuitas)


jesuita

es-adj

jesuita m or f (masculine and feminine plural jesuitas)


querellante

es-noun

querellante m or f by sense (plural querellantes)


jeta

Borrowed from Arabic خَطْم (ḵaṭm, “snout”). Some senses are derived from the association of prominent lips on angry or sleepy faces.

bor+

voy a echarme una jeta

cada vez que hablo de eso pones tu jeta

every time I talk about it you show your angry face

Escribiendo en servilletas, que tú tienes mucha jeta
 Ahondando en lo profundo de las mierdas de este mundo

2008, The New Raemon (lyrics and music), “La cafetera”, in A propósito de Garfunkel:

(Spain, colloquial) insolence, impudence, crust, rind


jeta

(familiar) face, mush, mug, scoundrel (impudent person)


borderline

es-noun

borderline m or f by sense (plural borderlines)

borderline personality disorder
borderline personality disorder

(colloquial) someone with borderline personality disorder


Delosreyes

a surname, especially common in the Philippines


ilegal

ilegal m or f by sense (plural ilegales)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin illēgālis, from Latin lēgālis corresponding to i- + legal.


penitente

penitente m or f by sense (plural penitentes)


Chinchilla

[t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʝa]

[t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʝa]

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines

[t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʎa]

[t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʃa]

[t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʒa]


Delgado

Delgado (a city in the San Salvador department, El Salvador)


Cruz

From cruz (“cross”), in the religious sense, and as a topographic surname.


Grande

[ˈɡɾãn̪.d̪e]


mari

es-adj

mari m or f (masculine and feminine plural maris)


Moreno

From moreno, a nickname in Spanish and Portuguese meaning "dark".


Natividad

natividad (“birthday”), shortened from María (de la) Natividad, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary, often given to someone born on her birthday.


Johnson

[ˈɟ͡ʝõn.sõn]

[ˈɟ͡ʝõn.sõn]

Unadapted borrowing from English Johnson.


Ponce

First attested in 1646. The city is named after Spanish administrator Juan Ponce de León y Loayza.

A city and municipality of Puerto Rico, United States.


Viola

Occupational surname for a viola player, from Late Latin vitula, or for a dyer or seller of violet fabric.


chickasaw

es-noun

chickasaw m or f by sense (plural chickasaw)


aymara

es-adj

aymara m or f (masculine and feminine plural aymaras)


tamil

tamil m or f (masculine and feminine plural tamiles)

Tamil; of or pertaining to the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, their culture, or language


tamil

a Tamil person, belonging to the Tamil people


tonga

Borrowed from Tongan Tonga, from Samoan toga (“southern”).


wolof

Wolof (a Niger-Congo language spoken in Senegal and the Gambia)


quechua

es-noun

quechua m or f by sense (plural quechuas)

Quechua (member of one of several South American ethnic groups)


culpable

culpable m or f by sense (plural culpables)


guaraní

es-adj

guaraní m or f (masculine and feminine plural guaranís or guaraníes)

guaranís (feminine masculine plural)
guaraníes (feminine masculine plural)

Borrowed from Guaraní guarani (“war, warrior, fight”).


guaraní

es-noun

guaraní m or f by sense (plural guaranís or guaraníes)


guaraní

guaraní m (plural guaranís or guaraníes)


trece

Inherited from Old Spanish treze, tredze from Latin trēdecim.

a member of the Council of Thirteen of the Order of Santiago


xhosa

es-adj

xhosa m or f (masculine and feminine plural xhosas)


xhosa

es-noun

xhosa m or f by sense (plural xhosas or xhosa)


feminazi

es-adj

feminazi m or f (masculine and feminine plural feminazis)

Calque of English feminazi: blend of feminista + nazi.


feminazi

es-noun

feminazi m or f by sense (plural feminazis)


Guillermo

a male given name, equivalent to English William


detective

detective m or f by sense (plural detectives, feminine detective or detectiva, feminine plural detectives or detectivas)

detectives (plural)
detective (feminine)
detectiva (feminine)
detectives (feminine plural)
detectivas (feminine plural)


drag queen

drag queen m or f by sense (plural drag queens)


Andrade

[ãn̪ˈd̪ɾa.ð̞e]


stripper

stripper m or f by sense (plural strippers or stripper)

stripper (one who removes one’s clothes as entertainment)


amante

From Latin amantem, or amar (“to love”) + -ante.

el amante en lo que ama, imperfecciones no halla

lover (a sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair)


cheerleader

cheerleader m or f by sense (plural cheerleaders or cheerleader)

cheerleaders (plural)
cheerleader (plural)

Unadapted borrowing from English cheerleader.


alcaide

es-noun

alcaide m or f by sense (plural alcaides)

→ English: alcaide

→ Polish: alkad

Borrowed from Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʔid, “leader”).


sami

From Northern Sami Sámi, from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē (“land”). More at Sápmi and Sami.


sami

es-adj

sami m or f (masculine and feminine plural samis)


outsider

es-noun

outsider m or f by sense (plural outsideres)

Unadapted borrowing from English outsider.


chófer

es-noun

chófer m or f by sense (plural chóferes)


chofer

chofer m or f by sense (plural choferes)

→ Tagalog: tsuper


pigmeo

Borrowed from Latin pygmaeus, from Ancient Greek Πυγμαῖος (Pugmaîos).


botones

botones m or f by sense (plural botones)


debutante

es-adj

debutante m or f (masculine and feminine plural debutantes)


debutante

es-noun

debutante m or f by sense (plural debutantes)


streamer

streamer m or f by sense (plural streamers)

Unadapted borrowing from English streamer.

ubor

(Internet) streamer (a person who streams on the Internet)


maquis

maquis (Resistance during the Second World War)

maquis (member of the Resistance during the Second World War)


recluta

es-noun

recluta m or f by sense (plural reclutas)


parce

Clipping of parcero, borrowed from Portuguese parceiro.


carioca

es-adj

carioca m or f (masculine and feminine plural cariocas)

(relational) of the city of Rio de Janeiro

(Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, relational) of Brazil; Brazilian


carioca

es-noun

carioca m or f by sense (plural cariocas)

Carioca (an inhabitant of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)


lao

es-adj

lao m or f (masculine and feminine plural lao or laos)

lao (feminine masculine plural)
laos (feminine masculine plural)


lao

es-noun

lao m or f by sense (plural lao or laos)


maya

Originally from Yucatec Maya mayab (flat).


corresponsal

corresponsal m or f by sense (plural corresponsales)

correspondent (a journalist who sends reports from a distant location)


policía

From Latin politīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía).

police, police department, police force, police service


narcotraficante

narcotraficante m or f by sense (plural narcotraficantes)


manifestante

manifestante m or f by sense (plural manifestantes)


compatriota

compatriota m or f by sense (plural compatriotas)


agente

Borrowed from Latin agentem, present active participle of agō.


representante

representante m or f by sense (plural representantes)

→ Tagalog: representante


oficial

es-adj

oficial m or f (masculine and feminine plural oficiales)

From Latin officiālis. Cognate with English official.


oficial

es-noun

oficial m or f by sense (plural oficiales)

→ Basque: ofizial

→ Cebuano: opisyal

→ Tagalog: opisyal

→ Tausug: upisyal


adolescente

es-adj

adolescente m or f (masculine and feminine plural adolescentes)

adolescentes (feminine masculine plural)


adolescente

es-noun

adolescente m or f by sense (plural adolescentes)


periodista

periodista m or f by sense (plural periodistas)


analista

analista m or f by sense (plural analistas)


soldado

soldado m or f by sense (plural soldados)

> Chavacano: soldao (inherited)

→ Basque: soldadu

→ Cebuano: sundalo

→ Chamicuro: soltalo

→ Chayuco Mixtec: zandaru

→ Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: soldado

→ English: soldado

→ Ilocano: soldado

→ Maguindanao: sundalu

→ Navajo: siláo

→ San Juan Colorado Mixtec: jandaru

→ Tataltepec Chatino: stadu, staru

→ Tagalog: sundalo

A derivative of sueldo (“military salary”) + -ado; compare Portuguese soldado, Italian soldato, French soldat. A calque or imitation of Italian soldato, from the past participle of soldare, from soldo (“money, military pay”).


hipster

hipster m or f by sense (plural hipsters or hipster)

Unadapted borrowing from English hipster.

ubor

Manu Chao es una figura estigmatizada por los hipsters por vulgar.

2014 October 28, Ferran Bono, quoting Víctor Lenore, ““Entre los ‘hipsters’, ‘Clandestino’ de Manu Chao fue despreciado””, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:

Yo creo que Sua ya es más como una hipster treintañera que no puede dárselas de neorrural: ama los coches, teme a las ovejas, ya le vale a la perra – dice Jimena mientras tira fuerte de la correa.

2021 April 21, Sergio C. Fanjul, “Los ‘punkis’ y la mastina”, in El País:


atacante

es-adj

atacante m or f (masculine and feminine plural atacantes)


atacante

es-noun

atacante m or f by sense (plural atacantes)


integrante

es-adj

integrante m or f (masculine and feminine plural integrantes)

[ĩn̪.t̪eˈɣ̞ɾãn̪.t̪e]

parte integrante


insurgente

es-noun

insurgente m or f by sense (plural insurgentes)


bolchevique

bolchevique m or f by sense (plural bolcheviques)

Borrowed from French bolchevique, from Russian большеви́к (bolʹševík).


comandante

comandante m or f by sense (plural comandantes, feminine comandante or comandanta, feminine plural comandantes or comandantas)

comandantes (plural)
comandante (feminine)
comandanta (feminine)
comandantes (feminine plural)
comandantas (feminine plural)


pacifista

es-adj

pacifista m or f (masculine and feminine plural pacifistas)


pacifista

es-noun

pacifista m or f by sense (plural pacifistas)


visitante

es-adj

visitante m or f (masculine and feminine plural visitantes)


visitante

es-noun

visitante m or f by sense (plural visitantes)

visitor (someone who visits someone or somewhere)


turista

turista m or f by sense (plural turistas)

→ English: turista


socialista

es-adj

socialista m or f (masculine and feminine plural socialistas)

(politics, Spain) Pertaining to PSOE (Partido Socialista Obrero Español), a Spanish political party


socialista

es-noun

socialista m or f by sense (plural socialistas)

(politics, Spain) a member or supporter of PSOE (Partido Socialista Obrero Español), a Spanish political party


oficinista

oficinista m or f by sense (plural oficinistas)


futbolista

futbolista m or f by sense (plural futbolistas)

(soccer) footballer (British); football player (Britain), soccer player (US, Canada, Australia)


sunita

es-adj

sunita m or f (masculine and feminine plural sunitas)


pipa

→ Basque: pipa

From Vulgar Latin *pipa, from Latin pipō (“to pip”).


cómplice

es-noun

cómplice m or f by sense (plural cómplices)


testigo

testigo m or f by sense (plural testigos)

Varios testigos y un compañero del vendedor aseguran que la muerte se produjo tras una persecución de los agentes, que iban en motocicleta.

2018 March 16, Miguel Ángel Medina, “Seis detenidos en las protestas en Lavapiés por la muerte de un mantero”, in El País:

Several witnesses and a colleague of the vendor claim that his death occurred after a chase by the officers, who were on a motorcycle.

(law) witness (one who is called upon to witness an event or action)


Rodríguez

[roˈð̞ɾi.ɣ̞eθ]


Vega

From vega (“meadow”), from Basque *bai-ko (“river plain, water meadow”). Related to Las Vegas (but these without surname sense).


goy

Borrowed from Yiddish גוי (goy, “gentile”), from Hebrew גּוֹי (goi, “nation”).


militar

es-adj

militar m or f (masculine and feminine plural militares)

Borrowed from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles (“soldier”).


militar

es-noun

militar m or f by sense (plural militares)


cuate

cuate m or f by sense (plural cuates, feminine cuate or cuata, feminine plural cuates or cuatas)

cuates (plural)
cuate (feminine)
cuata (feminine)
cuates (feminine plural)
cuatas (feminine plural)

→ Mecayapan Nahuatl: cua̱tej


Batista

→ English: Batista

From batista. See bautista and baptista.


buscavidas

buscavidas m or f by sense (plural buscavidas)

Verb-object compound, composed of busca (“to look for”) + vidas (“livings”).

es-verb-obj

hustler, go-getter (one who is good at finding easy employment, and who can easily exploit any ability he has to succeed in life and earn money)


menor

Aquí no hay menores; todos somos adultos.

There are no minors here; we're all adults.


viajante

es-adj

viajante m or f (masculine and feminine plural viajantes)

that travels, who travels, travelling (person)


viajante

es-noun

viajante m or f by sense (plural viajantes)


chuj

es-adj

chuj m or f (masculine and feminine plural chujes)


igual

Inherited from Old Spanish igual~egual (both common in the 13th century), from Latin aequālis.

Se te olvidó poner un igual en la última línea.

You forgot to add an equals sign on the last line.


Soto

Cebuano: Sotto

Kapampangan: Sotto

Tagalog: Sotto


influencer

es-noun

influencer m or f by sense (plural influencers)

Unadapted borrowing from English influencer.

ubor

La ropa y calzado de equitación –que ha sido una inspiración constante en las colecciones de las grandes firmas de moda– se ha dejado notar también esta temporada en las propuestas que han hecho distintas influencers en sus redes sociales.

2021 January 26, María Sánchez Sánchez, “¿Buscas unas botas de agua baratas y estilosas? Este es el modelo que llevan las ‘influencers’”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:


conserje

es-noun

conserje m or f by sense (plural conserjes)


opa

(derogatory, colloquial, Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay) a fool, a stupid person


celeste

celeste m or f by sense (plural celestes)

(soccer) a fan, player, or other person associated with Celta de Vigo, a football team from the Spanish town of Vigo


courier

courier m or f by sense (plural couriers)


bambara

bambara m or f by sense (plural bambaras)


Anderson

Unadapted borrowing from English Anderson.


velocista

es-noun

velocista m or f by sense (plural velocistas)


zorrastrón

zorrastrón m or f by sense (plural zorrastrones)


hincha

Los hinchas hacen dos kilómetros de cola para despedirse del astro del fútbol argentino

2020 November 26, Enric González, “Decenas de miles de personas despiden a Maradona en la Casa Rosada”, in El País, retrieved 2020-11-26:

(Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay) fan (person who likes and supports a sports team or an athlete very much)


sprinter

sprinter m or f by sense (plural sprinters)


vanguardista

es-adj

vanguardista m or f (masculine and feminine plural vanguardistas)

vanguardistas (feminine masculine plural)


vigilante

vigilante m or f (masculine and feminine plural vigilantes)


indígena

es-noun

indígena m or f by sense (plural indígenas)


organista

organista m or f by sense (plural organistas)


titular

es-adj

titular m or f (masculine and feminine plural titulares)

From título + -ar, or borrowed from Late Latin titulāris.


titular

es-noun

titular m or f by sense (plural titulares)

Tejada se lució ante su exequipo, al pegar de 3-2, mientras salía de titular en el campo corto y alineaba octavo en el orden ofensivo.

2016 March, “Dio palo a los Mets - El Siglo”, in El Siglo, archived from the original on 2016-04-04:

(sports) starter (a player who plays from the start a game)


apagafuegos

apagafuegos m or f by sense (plural apagafuegos)

Verb-object compound, composed of apaga (“to extinguish”) + fuegos (“fires”).


sim

(video games) Sim (a character in the video game The Sims)


marca

Inherited from Late Latin marca, of Germanic origin, related to Old High German marka and Old Norse mark.


mae

(Costa Rica, colloquial, used in the vocative) dude, you


indie

indie (person who follows the indie style)


barman

es-noun

barman m or f by sense (plural barman or bármanes)


torpe

Inherited from Latin turpis (“ugly; dishonest”) (whence English turpitude). Compare archaic English turpid. Not related to English torpid.


Pablo

Inherited from Old Spanish Pablo, from Latin Paulus. The change from Latin /aw/ to /aβ/ may suggest that the name passed through Byzantine Greek (unsurprising for a biblical name), or it could simply be the converse of the native change from /aβ/ to /aw/ found in cases like froga < */ˈfraβɡa/ < fabrica.

Y después de algunos días, Pablo dijo á Barnabé: Volvamos á visitar á los hermanos por todas las ciudades en las cuales hemos anunciado la palabra del Señor, cómo están.

1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Los Hechos 15:36

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Paul


Pablo

→ Tagalog: Pablo

a surname transferred from the given name


schnauzer

es-noun

schnauzer m or f by sense (plural schnauzers or schnauzer)


okupa

→ Portuguese: okupa

Shortening of ocupante, intentionally misspelled with a K, letter that reflects a willingness to transgress orthographic rules.

“No puede ser que las víctimas sean los okupas y los culpables los propietarios. Los okupas campan a sus anchas. ¿Pero a dónde hemos llegado en esta tierra, que no podemos salir de fin de semana, de supermercado, al cine o a dar paseo sin miedo a que vengan a tu casa?”.

2020 July 10, “El PP acusa al PSOE de querer “cargarse la Monarquía y dar la independencia a Cataluña y Euskadi””, in El País:

“It cannot be that the victims are the squatters and the owners are to blame. The squatters roam freely. But where have we come to in this country that we cannot go out for the weekend, to the supermarket, to the movies or for a walk without fearing that they will come to your house?


paulista

paulista m or f by sense (plural paulistas)


rasta

es-adj

rasta m or f (masculine and feminine plural rastas)

Borrowed from English; shortened from Rastafarian.


rasta

dreadlocks (a hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings)


fluminense

fluminense m or f (masculine and feminine plural fluminenses)

From Latin flūmen + Spanish suffix -ense.

(relational) of the state of Rio de Janeiro


fluminense

es-noun

fluminense m or f by sense (plural fluminenses)

an inhabitant of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


semita

es-adj

semita m or f (masculine and feminine plural semitas)


volante

volante m or f (masculine and feminine plural volantes)


volante

es-noun

volante m or f by sense (plural volantes)


ambulante

es-adj

ambulante m or f (masculine and feminine plural ambulantes)

Borrowed from Latin ambulantem. Cognate with English ambulant.

un circo ambulante

un vendedor ambulante


ambulante

es-noun

ambulante m or f by sense (plural ambulantes)


Peralta

From place names in Spain, inherited from Latin petra alta (literally “high rock”).


pianista

es-noun

pianista m or f by sense (plural pianistas)


intendente

intendente m or f by sense (plural intendentes, feminine intendente or intendenta, feminine plural intendentes or intendentas)

intendentes (plural)
intendente (feminine)
intendenta (feminine)
intendentes (feminine plural)
intendentas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from the French intendant, introduced by the common Bourbon dynasty for various functions.

(historical) intendant (a high-ranking local administrator in the Spanish Empire)


naranja

es-adj

naranja m or f (masculine and feminine plural naranja or naranjas)

naranja (feminine masculine plural)
naranjas (feminine masculine plural)

Borrowed from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”). Compare Portuguese laranja and Catalan taronja.

der

(politics, Spain) Pertaining to Ciudadanos, a Spanish political party


naranja

es-noun

naranja m or f by sense (plural naranjas)

→ Alcozauca Mixtec: láxa

→ Guaraní: narã

→ Italian: narancia

→ Hungarian: narancs

desctree

⇒ Italian: arancia
→ Old Occitan: auranja
Occitan: irange
→ Old French: orenge
French: orange
→ Breton: orañjez
→ Belarusian: ара́нжавы (aránžavy)
→ Bulgarian: ора́нжев (oránžev)
→ German: Orange
Haitian Creole: zoranj
→ Latvian: oranžs
Louisiana Creole: zoranj
→ Low German: Orange
→ Luxembourgish: Orange
→ Norwegian: oransje
→ Romanian: oranj
→ Russian: ора́нжевый (oránževyj)
→ Swedish: orange
Norman: orange, oraunge
→ Middle English: orenge, orange
English: orange
→ Esperanto: oranĝo
→ Japanese: オレンジ (orenji)
→ Kashubian: orendż (Canada, United States)
→ Korean: 오렌지 (orenji)
→ Makah: ʔo·linčas
→ Malay: oren
→ Marshallese: oran

→ Southeastern Tepehuan: naraankas

→ Tagalog: narangha

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: alöxöx

desc

→ Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: naranja

(politics, Spain) a member or supporter of Ciudadanos, a Spanish political party


superstar

es-noun

superstar m or f by sense (plural superstars)

Unadapted borrowing from English superstar.

ubor

No soy una superstar aunque haya fotos en revistas y fans

2007, El sueño de Morfeo, Mi columna de opinión:

I'm not a superstar even if there are photos in magazines and fans


pandeísta

es-noun

pandeísta m or f by sense (plural pandeístas)


mam

es-adj

mam m or f (masculine and feminine plural mames)

(relational) Mam (of or relating to the Mam people)


mam

es-noun

mam m or f by sense (plural mam or mames)


panteísta

es-adj

panteísta m or f (masculine and feminine plural panteístas)

Borrowed from French panthéiste or from pan- + teísta (“theist”).


salvaje

es-noun

salvaje m or f by sense (plural salvajes)

→ English: salvage

→ Tagalog: salbahe

First attested 1335; borrowed from Old Catalan and Occitan or Old Occitan salvatge, sauvatge, from Vulgar Latin salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”), from silva (“forest, grove”). Doublet of selvático.


inmortal

es-adj

inmortal m or f (masculine and feminine plural inmortales)

From Latin immortālis. By surface analysis, in- + mortal.


inmortal

es-noun

inmortal m or f by sense (plural inmortales)


gilipollas

gilipollas m or f by sense (plural gilipollas)

From gilí (“stupid”) + polla (“pullet; cock”).

af

Sentado en su amplio sillón de piel, me felicitó por la jugada que le había hecho a aquella gilipollas cuyo nombre había olvidado y luego me preguntó si había reflexionado sobre nuestra charla de la última vez.

2011, Romain Monnery, Libre, solo y sin pasta, GRIJALBO, →ISBN:

(Spain, vulgar, derogatory) dickhead, dumbass, wanker


atlante

Borrowed from Latin Atlas (via the accusative Atlantem), from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas)).

(architecture) atlas (figure of a man used as a column)


atlante

es-noun

atlante m or f by sense (plural atlantes)

Atlantean (native or resident of legendary island of Atlantis)


atlante

es-adj

atlante m or f (masculine and feminine plural atlantes)

Atlantean (of or relating to the legendary island of Atlantis)


pinche

pinche m or f (masculine and feminine plural pinches)

Deverbal from pinchar. The semantic evolution is unclear.

Y luego, cuando estos hijos que tanto querías vienen a este pinche mundo, te comienzas a quejar de cómo son, los tratas mal, los adiestras como animales de circo[…]

2017, Prem Dayal, Autobiografía de un pinche güey:

And then, when those children that you wanted so much come to this fucking world, you start complaining about how they are, you treat them wrong, you train them like circus animals […]

(Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, also by a minority in El Salvador) stingy, cheap


pinche

(Chile, Puerto Rico) hairpin (fastener for the hair)


boricua

boricua m or f (masculine and feminine plural boricuas)


boricua

es-noun

boricua m or f by sense (plural boricuas)

→ English: boricua


rebelde

es-adj

rebelde m or f (masculine and feminine plural rebeldes)

Borrowed from Latin rebellis, with the -ld- arising from the effort of pronouncing a double Latin -ll- at the time (cf. celda).


rebelde

es-noun

rebelde m or f by sense (plural rebeldes)


gendarme

gendarme m or f by sense (plural gendarmes)


Albuquerque

Albuquerque (a city in New Mexico, United States)


guía

Probably deverbal from guiar. Cf. also French guide (Old French guie), Italian guida.


guía

→ Tagalog: giya


Calderón

From Vulgar Latin *caldāria (“cooking pot”) + -ón; see English cauldron.


israelita

es-adj

israelita m or f (masculine and feminine plural israelitas)

From Latin Isrāēlīta, from Ancient Greek Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́της (Isrāēlī́tēs).


israelita

es-noun

israelita m or f by sense (plural israelitas)


partidista

es-adj

partidista m or f (masculine and feminine plural partidistas)


partidista

es-noun

partidista m or f by sense (plural partidistas)


facha

(Spain, derogatory, by extension) right-wing person


pensionista

pensionista m or f by sense (plural pensionistas)


Albano

a male given name, equivalent to English Alban


malgache

es-adj

malgache m or f (masculine and feminine plural malgaches)


malgache

es-noun

malgache m or f by sense (plural malgaches)


ateísta

ateísta m or f by sense (plural ateístas)


teísta

From Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) + -ista.


portuense

es-adj

portuense m or f (masculine and feminine plural portuenses)

(relational) of El Puerto de Santa María, Spain


portuense

es-noun

portuense m or f by sense (plural portuenses)


Big Mac

Big Mac m or f by sense (plural Big Macs)


tenista

tenista m or f by sense (plural tenistas)


monarca

monarca m or f by sense (plural monarcas)

Borrowed from Late Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs), variant of μόναρχος (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”).


auxiliar

es-adj

auxiliar m or f (masculine and feminine plural auxiliares)

Borrowed from Latin auxiliāris. Cognate with English auxiliary.


auxiliar

es-noun

auxiliar m or f by sense (plural auxiliares)

assistant, attendant, steward, stewardess, aide


doble

From Latin duplus or duplex; if from the former, it is uncertain whether it was inherited or not, and may have been taken from a Catalan or Provençal intermediate, as the final '-e' rather than '-o' is unexpected. If from the latter, it is possible that it came from a Vulgar Latin *duplem as a variant accusative to Latin duplex (rather than the normal duplicem), formed analogically. Alternatively, it may derive from duple, the vocative of duplus, though this is less likely. The word may have also simply undergone a change of suffix internally within Spanish; an old form doblo was attested, but only in a legal sense. Compare Galician dobre, Portuguese dobro. Cf. also duplo and dúplex, which were later borrowed from Latin and may be doublets.


escolta

Borrowed from Italian scorta (“accompaniment”).


grapo

From the group's acronym GRAPO (Grupos de Resistencia Antifascista Primero de Octubre).

a member of GRAPO, a Spanish clandestine violent militant Maoist group aiming for the formation of a Spanish Marxist-Leninist Republican state, based on the model of Maoist China


guarda

Deverbal from guardar, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną (“to guard”), from *warduz (“guard”), *wardaz, or directly from the latter. Compare Italian guardia, French garde.

(Argentina) conductor (on public transportation)


geneticista

es-noun

geneticista m or f by sense (plural geneticistas)


pasma

(slang, colloquial, Spain) cop, pig (police officer)


piloto

piloto m or f by sense (plural pilotos, feminine piloto or pilota, feminine plural pilotos or pilotas)

pilotos (plural)
piloto (feminine)
pilota (feminine)
pilotos (feminine plural)
pilotas (feminine plural)

→ Tagalog: piloto


dentista

dentista m or f by sense (plural dentistas)

→ Cebuano: dentista

→ Tagalog: dentista


mimo

From Latin mīmus, from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos).

mime, mime artist (an actor or actress who practices mime)


regente

regente m or f by sense (plural regentes)

regent (one who rules in place of the monarch)


transa

Los “transas” que vendían en la calle y constituían la base de esta estructura piramidal no eran plenamente conscientes –y la evidencia lo muestra– de estos arreglos.

2021 June 30, Katherine Sobering, Javier Auyero, “Entre narcos y policías”, in Anfibia, retrieved 2023-12-20:


Navarra

Believed to be of Basque origin, possibly from nabar (“brownish, multicolored”), or from naba (“valley”) + herri (“land, people”). More at Navarre.

the letter N in the Spanish spelling alphabet


suicida

es-adj

suicida m or f (masculine and feminine plural suicidas)


suicida

es-noun

suicida m or f by sense (plural suicidas)


psiquiatra

psiquiatra m or f by sense (plural psiquiatras)


terrorista

es-adj

terrorista m or f (masculine and feminine plural terroristas)


motorista

es-noun

motorista m or f by sense (plural motoristas)


ecologista

es-adj

ecologista m or f (masculine and feminine plural ecologistas)


ecologista

es-noun

ecologista m or f by sense (plural ecologistas)

environmental activist
environmental activist


Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher


cronista

cronista m or f by sense (plural cronistas)


guiri

Borrowed from Basque giristino, the Basque adaptation of the Spanish cristino, the term for the liberal forces in the Spanish Carlist Wars, after the then Queen Cristina.


guiri

(historical) a supporter of Queen Isabella II of Spain

Las políticas de la vivienda, con carta blanca para la especulación y el gangsterismo inmobiliario, y la invasión guiri, como Daenerys a lomos de Drogon, son armas de destrucción masiva […]

2019 May 16, Àlex Montoya, “'City for Sale': alerta turista en Barcelona”, in El Mundo:

Housing politics, with a carte blanche for speculation, real estate gangsterism and the guiri invasion, like Daenerys riding the back of Drogon, are weapons of mass destruction […]

(Spain, colloquial, ethnic slur) A pale-skinned English or Germanic tourist.

(dated, Spain, colloquial) police agent from la Guardia Civil


imbécil

imbécil m or f by sense (plural imbéciles)

From Latin imbēcillus, from in- (“no”) + baculum (“walking stick, staff”), in the sense of “weak, vulnerable”.

(offensive) imbecile, moron, dimwit, nitwit, sucker, dolt, shithead, nincompoop


izquierdista

es-adj

izquierdista m or f (masculine and feminine plural izquierdistas)

izquierdistas (feminine masculine plural)

left-wing, leftish (of political ideologies: favoring political and social equality)


izquierdista

es-noun

izquierdista m or f by sense (plural izquierdistas)

(person, politics) left-winger, leftist (a person who belongs to the political left; a member of the left wing of a party or group)


transexual

es-adj

transexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural transexuales)

transexuales (feminine masculine plural)


transexual

es-noun

transexual m or f by sense (plural transexuales)


danzante

es-adj

danzante m or f (masculine and feminine plural danzantes)

[d̪ãn̟ˈθãn̪.t̪e]


danzante

es-noun

danzante m or f by sense (plural danzantes)

[d̪ãn̟ˈθãn̪.t̪e]

La música electrónica encontró al perfecto icono para marcar la diferencia con respecto a los rituales fosilizados de la cultura rock en la figura anti-espectacular del DJ: un sujeto en ensimismado aislamiento, que iba trenzando sus tapices rítmicos frente a una marea de cuerpos danzantes que también parecían más atentos a su espacio interior que al universo que les rodeaba.

2015 September 18, “Paraíso perdido”, in El País:


atleta

→ Chavacano: atleta

Borrowed from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).


cosplayer

cosplayer m or f by sense (plural cosplayers)

Unadapted borrowing from English cosplayer.


persa

es-adj

persa m or f (masculine and feminine plural persas)

Borrowed from Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /Pārsa/).

Persian (of, from, or pertaining to Persia)


persa

Su padre es de Teherán, pero no empezó a aprender persa hasta este año.

His/her father is from Tehran, but he/she didn't start to learn Persian until this year.


snowboarder

es-noun

snowboarder m or f by sense (plural snowboarders or snowboarder)

snowboarders (plural)
snowboarder (plural)


paraguariense

paraguariense m or f by sense (plural paraguarienses)


entusiasta

entusiasta m or f by sense (plural entusiastas)

Borrowed from Late Latin enthūsiasta, from Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs, “inspired”). See entusiasmo.

der

ἐνθουσιαστής


cantante

es-noun

cantante m or f by sense (plural cantantes)

Inherited from Latin cantantem. By surface analysis, cantar (“to sing”) + -ante.


regista

es-noun

regista m or f by sense (plural registas)


skinhead

skinhead m or f by sense (plural skinheads or skinhead)

Unadapted borrowing from English skinhead.


pelota

Via Old French and Occitan from Latin pila.


artista

es-noun

artista m or f by sense (plural artistas)


genocida

es-adj

genocida m or f (masculine and feminine plural genocidas)

From Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “race, kind”) + -cida, or geno- + -cida.

suffix

genocidal (causing or relating to a genocide)


genocida

es-noun

genocida m or f by sense (plural genocidas)

genocider, genocidaire (one who commits genocide)


autista

es-adj

autista m or f (masculine and feminine plural autistas)


MENA

En el autobús, una señora le decía a otra que prefería mil veces un centro de metadona que uno de MENAS (me encanta cómo nos hemos aprendido todos la palabreja).

2019 November 10, Elvira Lindo, “Chiringuitos, inmigrantes, MENAS”, in El País:

Dos menas del centro de la Casa de Campo insultaron, agredieron y causaron daños en el coche de una educadora del centro que decidió retirarles la paga semanal al incumplir las normas establecidas.

2021 January 25, Luis F. Durán, “Dos 'menas' insultan, amenazan y rompen el coche de una educadora que les retiró la paga por inhalar disolvente en el centro de Casa de Campo”, in El Mundo:

2021 August 17, Pablo Gómez, “El duro ataque de Vox contra Almeida: “El PP con la izquierda: paguitas a los menas y Madrid Central””, in La Razón:

(Spain) Acronym of menor extranjero no acompañado m., menor extranjera no acompañada f (“unaccompanied foreign minor”)


Picasso

From pica (“pike, lance”) or Italian pica (“magpie”), in which case it was likely originally a nickname for a gossipy or wordy person.


mercante

mercante m or f (masculine and feminine plural mercantes)


mercante

es-noun

mercante m or f by sense (plural mercantes)


ponente

ponente m or f by sense (plural ponentes)

Borrowed from Latin ponentem. Doublet of poniente.


tetrarca

tetrarca m or f by sense (plural tetrarcas)

From Late Latin tetrarcha, from Latin tetrarchēs, from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs). By surface analysis, tetra- + -arca.

Los historiadores recuperan la figura de los tetrarcas que compartían el poder en el imperio romano desde los tiempos de Diocleciano, creador de la fórmula y que supo aprovecharla con astucia.


componente

componente m or f by sense (plural componentes)


componente

es-adj

componente m or f (masculine and feminine plural componentes)


pentatleta

es-noun

pentatleta m or f by sense (plural pentatletas)


peshmerga

peshmerga m or f by sense (plural peshmergas)


ainu

es-adj

ainu m or f (masculine and feminine plural ainus)

Ainu (pertaining to the language or people)


hindú

es-noun

hindú m or f by sense (plural hindús or hindúes)

Borrowed from Classical Persian هندو (hindu, “Indian”), from هند (hind, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, the Indus”).


hutu

es-adj

hutu m or f (masculine and feminine plural hutus)


Valdez

English: Valdez

desc

→ Chinese: → 巴爾德斯／巴尔德斯 (Bā'ěrdésī) (transliteration)

From Valdés + -ez (“patronymic”). From Asturian Valdés, from Valle de Esva (“Val de Ese”), composed of valle (“valley”) + de (“of”) + Esva (a river in Asturias).

a surname, Valdez, from Asturian [in turn originating as a patronymic]


nazista

es-adj

nazista m or f (masculine and feminine plural nazistas)


nazista

es-noun

nazista m or f by sense (plural nazistas)


comunista

es-adj

comunista m or f (masculine and feminine plural comunistas)


comunista

es-noun

comunista m or f by sense (plural comunistas)

→ Cebuano: komunista

→ Tagalog: komunista


fascista

es-adj

fascista m or f (masculine and feminine plural fascistas)

(informal) fascist (unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict)


marxista

marxista m or f (masculine and feminine plural marxistas)


marxista

es-noun

marxista m or f by sense (plural marxistas)


paria

Borrowed from Tamil பறையர் (paṟaiyar), from பறையன் (paṟaiyaṉ, “drummer”), from பறை (paṟai, “drum”) or from Malayalam പറയർ (paṟayaṟ), from പറയൻ (paṟayaṉ, “drummer”), from പറ (paṟa, “drum”).


arpista

arpista m or f by sense (plural arpistas)


María

Inherited from Latin Marīa, from Ancient Greek Μαρίᾱ (Maríā), from Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryām).

a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Mary


protestante

es-adj

protestante m or f (masculine and feminine plural protestantes)

protestantes (feminine masculine plural)


protestante

es-noun

protestante m or f by sense (plural protestantes)


indigente

es-adj

indigente m or f (masculine and feminine plural indigentes)

Learned borrowing from Latin indigentem (“needing, requiring”).


indigente

es-noun

indigente m or f by sense (plural indigentes)

pauper; indigent (one who is extremely poor)


gei

es-adj

gei m or f (masculine and feminine plural geis)


aborigen

aborigen m or f (masculine and feminine plural aborígenes)

Borrowed from Latin aborigines, a plural form maybe derived from ab- (“from”) + origo (“origin, beginning”).


aborigen

es-noun

aborigen m or f by sense (plural aborígenes)


interrogante

es-adj

interrogante m or f (masculine and feminine plural interrogantes)

interrogantes (feminine masculine plural)


interrogante

es-noun

interrogante m or f by sense (plural interrogantes)


integralista

integralista m or f by sense (plural integralistas)


intransigente

es-adj

intransigente m or f (masculine and feminine plural intransigentes)

intransigentes (feminine masculine plural)

desctree

→ French: intransigeant
→ English: intransigent
→ German: intransigent
→ Romanian: intransigent

→ Italian: intransigente

By surface analysis, in- + transigir (“to give in”) + -ente.


intransigente

es-noun

intransigente m or f by sense (plural intransigentes)


intrigante

intrigante m or f by sense (plural intrigantes)


confidente

confidente m or f by sense (plural confidentes)


croata

es-adj

croata m or f (masculine and feminine plural croatas)


croata

Croatian (language variety of the Serbo-Croatian language)


cicerone

es-noun

cicerone m or f by sense (plural cicerones)


jazzista

jazzista m or f by sense (plural jazzistas)


idealista

idealista m or f by sense (plural idealistas)


ignorante

es-adj

ignorante m or f (masculine and feminine plural ignorantes)

→ Cebuano: ignorante

→ Hiligaynon: ignorante

→ Tagalog: ignorante

From Latin īgnōrante or īgnōrantī, singular ablative of īgnōrāns (“ignorant”).


ignorante

es-noun

ignorante m or f by sense (plural ignorantes)


bautista

bautista m or f by sense (plural bautistas)

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs). Doublet of baptista.


emigrante

es-adj

emigrante m or f (masculine and feminine plural emigrantes)


emigrante

es-noun

emigrante m or f by sense (plural emigrantes)


troglodita

es-adj

troglodita m or f (masculine and feminine plural trogloditas)


troglodita

es-noun

troglodita m or f by sense (plural trogloditas)


mamañema

mamañema m or f by sense (plural mamañemas)

(Dominican Republic, literally) cocksucker


buga

(Mexico, gay slang) heterosexual (person)


consorte

consorte m or f by sense (plural consortes)


conchatumadre

conchatumadre m or f by sense (plural conchatumadres)


Timoteo

Despúes llegó á Derbe, y á Listra: y he aquí, estaba allí un discípulo llamado Timoteo, hijo de una mujer Judía fiel, mas de pagre Griego.

1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Los Hechos 16:1

a male given name, equivalent to English Timothy


Timoteo

a surname transferred from the given name


ceramista

ceramista m or f by sense (plural ceramistas)


altruista

es-adj

altruista m or f (masculine and feminine plural altruistas)


altruista

es-noun

altruista m or f by sense (plural altruistas)


ambientalista

ambientalista m or f by sense (plural ambientalistas)

From ambiental (“environmental”) + -ista.

environmentalist, environmental activist, ecologist, eco-warrior


culturista

culturista m or f by sense (plural culturistas)

From cultura + -ista, compare French culturiste.


estafeta

estafeta m or f by sense (plural estafetas)


ciclista

es-adj

ciclista m or f (masculine and feminine plural ciclistas)


docente

docente m or f (masculine and feminine plural docentes)


docente

es-noun

docente m or f by sense (plural docentes)

A member of teachers and professors set. Anyone who teaches.


huejutlense

huejutlense m or f by sense (plural huejutlenses)


anarquista

anarquista m or f by sense (plural anarquistas)


causante

es-adj

causante m or f (masculine and feminine plural causantes)


causante

es-noun

causante m or f by sense (plural causantes)

(law) deceased, source (a person) of a right that someone possesses


minimalista

es-adj

minimalista m or f (masculine and feminine plural minimalistas)

minimalistas (feminine masculine plural)

minimalistic (characterised by extreme simplicity)


mutante

mutante m or f (masculine and feminine plural mutantes)


mutante

es-noun

mutante m or f by sense (plural mutantes)


firmante

firmante m or f by sense (plural firmantes)


adorante

es-adj

adorante m or f (masculine and feminine plural adorantes)


celebrante

es-noun

celebrante m or f by sense (plural celebrantes)


fumata

smoke (smoke signal used to declare if there's a new pope)


mandante

mandante m or f by sense (plural mandantes)


rapai

es-adj

rapai m or f (masculine and feminine plural rapais)


citante

es-noun

citante m or f by sense (plural citantes)


responsable

responsable m or f by sense (plural responsables)

person responsible, someone obliged, obligor


delineante

delineante m or f by sense (plural delineantes)


depositante

depositante m or f by sense (plural depositantes)

Se abre así un periodo de máxima incertidumbre, con un corralito en Grecia que impide a los depositantes disponer del dinero que tienen en los bancos y un control de capitales que estrangula la economía.

2015 July 6, “Las Bolsas europeas caen tras el ‘no’ de Grecia, pero evitan un desplome”, in El País:


disciplinante

disciplinante m or f by sense (plural disciplinantes)


reclamante

reclamante m or f by sense (plural reclamantes)


votante

es-adj

votante m or f (masculine and feminine plural votantes)


informante

es-noun

informante m or f by sense (plural informantes)


residente

es-adj

residente m or f (masculine and feminine plural residentes)

From the past active participle of residir, from Latin resĭdentem.


residente

es-noun

residente m or f by sense (plural residentes)


impugnante

impugnante m or f by sense (plural impugnantes)


geriatra

geriatra m or f by sense (plural geriatras)


pediatra

pediatra m or f by sense (plural pediatras)


anestesista

anestesista m or f by sense (plural anestesistas)


pagante

es-adj

pagante m or f (masculine and feminine plural pagantes)


comunicante

es-noun

comunicante m or f by sense (plural comunicantes)


comunicante

es-adj

comunicante m or f (masculine and feminine plural comunicantes)

comunicantes (feminine masculine plural)


vagante

vagante m or f (masculine and feminine plural vagantes)


litigante

litigante m or f (masculine and feminine plural litigantes)


funambulista

es-noun

funambulista m or f by sense (plural funambulistas)


shií

shií m or f by sense (plural shiís or shiíes)


shií

es-adj

shií m or f (masculine and feminine plural shiís or shiíes)

shiís (feminine masculine plural)
shiíes (feminine masculine plural)


peronista

es-noun

peronista m or f by sense (plural peronistas)


peronista

es-adj

peronista m or f (masculine and feminine plural peronistas)


dietista

es-noun

dietista m or f by sense (plural dietistas)


denunciante

denunciante m or f by sense (plural denunciantes)


consumista

es-adj

consumista m or f (masculine and feminine plural consumistas)


consumista

es-noun

consumista m or f by sense (plural consumistas)


cooperante

cooperante m or f by sense (plural cooperantes)


cooperante

es-adj

cooperante m or f (masculine and feminine plural cooperantes)


cónyuge

es-noun

cónyuge m or f by sense (plural cónyuges)

cónyugue

variant used in Argentina, Peru, Chile and some other countries in Latin America


sargento

sargento m or f by sense (plural sargentos, feminine sargento or sargenta, feminine plural sargentos or sargentas)

sargentos (plural)
sargento (feminine)
sargenta (feminine)
sargentos (feminine plural)
sargentas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Spanish sargente, from Middle French sergent, from Old French sergeant, sergent, serjant, sergient, sergant (“sergeant, servant”), from Medieval Latin servientem (“servant, vassal, soldier, apparitor”), from Latin serviēns (“serving”), present participle of serviō (“to serve or to be a slave to”), from servus (“a slave, a serf or a servant”), perhaps from Etruscan; compare Etruscan proper names 𐌔𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌉 (servi) or 𐌔𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌄 (serve); or from Proto-Italic *serwo, from Proto-Indo-European *serwoh₂. Doublet of sirviente.

der

Siete años después, llega la tercera y última temporada de la serie que protagoniza Sarah Lancashire en el papel de su vida, el de una durísima y astuta sargento que patrulla una campiña inglesa nada apacible[.]

2023 January 13, Laura Fernández, “‘Happy Valley’: Pelear, brillantemente, hasta el final”, in El País:


paciente

es-noun

paciente m or f by sense (plural pacientes)


mártir

mártir m or f by sense (plural mártires)

→ Tagalog: martir

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin martyr, from Ancient Greek μάρτυς (mártus, “witness”).


comanche

es-noun

comanche m or f by sense (plural comanches)


alférez

alférez m or f by sense (plural alféreces)

→ English: alferes

→ Italian: alfiere

→ Tagalog: alperes

From Andalusian Arabic الفَارِس (al-fáris), from Classical Arabic الفَارِس (al-fāris).

(military) second lieutenant, subaltern, ensign


federalista

es-adj

federalista m or f (masculine and feminine plural federalistas)

federalistas (feminine masculine plural)


federalista

es-noun

federalista m or f by sense (plural federalistas)


conformista

es-adj

conformista m or f (masculine and feminine plural conformistas)

conformistas (feminine masculine plural)

From conformar (“to conform”) + -ista (“-ist”).


conformista

es-noun

conformista m or f by sense (plural conformistas)


semifinalista

semifinalista m or f by sense (plural semifinalistas)


fisicoculturista

fisicoculturista m or f by sense (plural fisicoculturistas)

2005 — Lee Labrada, La Promesa de un Cuerpo Esbelto, part I, p7; translated 2006 by Margarita Matarranz
He sido un ávido fisicoculturista e instructor de acondicionamiento físico durante más de dos décadas, y durante diez de esos años fui clasificado como uno de los cuatro mejores fisicoculturistas del mundo.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


García

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps of Basque origin; compare Basque hartz (“bear”) or gazte (“young”).


finalista

finalista m or f by sense (plural finalistas)


espía

Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana

From Old Spanish espia, from Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*spaiha), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”) (compare Anglo-Norman espie, French espion, Italian spia, English spy, German spähen (“to peek, spy”) and Latin speciō (“to look, watch”)).


virgen

es-noun

virgen m or f by sense (plural vírgenes)

Inherited from Old Spanish, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin virginem (the expected normal result in Spanish would be *vercen). Also a doublet of the completely learned borrowing virgo.


estratega

estratega m or f by sense (plural estrategas)


traficante

es-adj

traficante m or f (masculine and feminine plural traficantes)

Obsolete present participle of traficar (“to smuggle”), from Italian trafficare.


traficante

es-noun

traficante m or f by sense (plural traficantes)


cobarde

es-adj

cobarde m or f (masculine and feminine plural cobardes)

Borrowed from French couard, from Old French cuard.

cowardly, craven, gutless, spineless, dastardly


cobarde

es-noun

cobarde m or f by sense (plural cobardes)


cadete

→ Cebuano: kadete


opita

es-adj

opita m or f (masculine and feminine plural opitas)


rapista

es-noun

rapista m or f by sense (plural rapistas)


novelista

novelista m or f by sense (plural novelistas)


disponente

disponente m or f by sense (plural disponentes)


proponente

proponente m or f by sense (plural proponentes)


perfeccionista

es-adj

perfeccionista m or f (masculine and feminine plural perfeccionistas)

perfeccionistas (feminine masculine plural)


hinduista

hinduista m or f (masculine and feminine plural hinduistas)


hinduista

es-noun

hinduista m or f by sense (plural hinduistas)


inútil

inútil m or f by sense (plural inútiles)

a useless, hopeless person; idler, loafer


camarada

camarada m or f by sense (plural camaradas)

→ Catalan: camarada

desctree

→ French: camarade
→ German: Kamerad
→ Polish: kamrat
→ Silesian: kamrat
English: comrade

→ Italian: camerata

→ Portuguese: camarada


inocente

es-noun

inocente m or f by sense (plural inocentes)

→ Cebuano: inosente

→ Tagalog: inosente

Borrowed from Latin innocentem (“harmless, inoffensive”).


almirante

es-noun

almirante m or f by sense (plural almirantes)

Tagalog: almirante

From Old Spanish amirate reinterpreted as a present participle with the suffix -ante and under influence from Arabic ال (al-, “the, of the”), from Medieval Latin amiratus, from Byzantine Greek ἀμιράς (amirás), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”), particularly Arabic أمير الأمراء (ʔamīr al-umarāʔ, “emir of emirs, commander-in-chief”) as used as a title for important commanders in Norman Sicily in the mid-12th century.

der

أمير الأمراء


extraterrestre

es-adj

extraterrestre m or f (masculine and feminine plural extraterrestres)

extraterrestres (feminine masculine plural)


extraterrestre

es-noun

extraterrestre m or f by sense (plural extraterrestres)


guitarra

→ Cebuano: gitara

desctree

→ English: guitar
→ Amharic: ጊታር (gitar)
→ Bengali: গিটার (giṭar)
→ Cantonese: 結他／结他 (git3 taa1)
→ Gujarati: ગિટાર (giṭār)
→ Hindi: गिटार (giṭār)
→ Irish: giotár
→ Japanese: ギター (gitā)
→ Hakka: 吉他 (kí-tá)
→ Hokkien: 吉他 (gì-tà, gih-tah)
→ Korean: 기타 (gita)
→ Mandarin: 吉他 (jítā)
→ Scottish Gaelic: giotàr
→ Sidamo: giitare
→ Thai: กีตาร์ (gii-dtâa)

→ French: guitare

⇒ Old French: guiterne

→ English: gittern

⇒ English: cittern

→ German: Gitarre

→ Hungarian: gitár

→ Latvian: ģitāra

→ Macedonian: гитара (gitara)

→ Polish: gitara

→ Russian: гитара (gitara)

→ Mongolian: гитар (gitar)

→ Serbo-Croatian: гитара

→ Tagalog: gitara

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: qui̱töra

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kithárā)bor.
Aramaic קיתראbor.
Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra)bor.
Old Spanish guitarra
Spanish guitarraInherited from Old Spanish guitarra, borrowed from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), borrowed from Aramaic קיתרא, borrowed from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kithárā). Doublet of cítara.


drogata

es-noun

drogata m or f by sense (plural drogatas)

(colloquial) druggie, drughead, drug addiction


camorrista

camorrista m or f by sense (plural camorristas)

From camorra (“quarrel, fight; Camorra”) + -ista (“-ist”).

suffix

Camorrista; Camorrist (member of the Camorra)


economista

es-noun

economista m or f by sense (plural economistas)


nazionalista

es-adj

nazionalista m or f (masculine and feminine plural nazionalistas)

nazionalistas (feminine masculine plural)

From nazi (“Nazi”) + nacionalista (“nationalist”). A comparison of nationalists to Nazis.


nazionalista

es-noun

nazionalista m or f by sense (plural nazionalistas)

Esto es lo que buscan los nazionalistas desde el principio de la democracia en España: que haya un relato entre dos partes iguales.

2019 February 8, Marcos alós, “El relator y el espejo”, in El Mundo:

This is what nazionalistas have been looking for since the beginning of democracy in Spain: for there to be a story between two equal parties.

2018 March 7, Fernando Torres Carbajo, “El mal negocio de los 'nazionalistas' catalanes”, in Vigoé, archived from the original on 2019-06-27:


escita

es-adj

escita m or f (masculine and feminine plural escitas)


protagonista

es-noun

protagonista m or f by sense (plural protagonistas)


karateka

karateka m or f by sense (plural karatekas)


congresista

congresista m or f by sense (plural congresistas)


profesional

es-adj

profesional m or f (masculine and feminine plural profesionales)

profesionales (feminine masculine plural)


profesional

es-noun

profesional m or f by sense (plural profesionales)


ayudante

es-adj

ayudante m or f (masculine and feminine plural ayudantes)


aguafiestas

es-noun

aguafiestas m or f by sense (plural aguafiestas)

Verb-object compound, composed of agua (“to spoil”) + fiestas (“parties”).

es-verb-obj

No seas aguafiestas

party pooper, wet blanket, spoilsport, killjoy


principiante

es-adj

principiante m or f (masculine and feminine plural principiantes)

principiantes (feminine masculine plural)


patriota

patriota m or f (masculine and feminine plural patriotas)

Borrowed from French patriote, from Late Latin patriōta, from Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs, “fellow countryman”).


patriota

es-noun

patriota m or f by sense (plural patriotas)


canadiense

canadiense m or f by sense (plural canadienses)

¿Conoces al canadiense?

Canadian (native or inhabitant of Canada)


canadiense

es-adj

canadiense m or f (masculine and feminine plural canadienses)

No entiendo muy bien el gobierno canadiense.

I don't understand the Canadian government very well.

Canadian (of, from or relating to Canada)


normi

normi m or f (masculine and feminine plural normis)

(slang, usually derogatory, sometimes Internet) normie


dialogante

dialogante m or f (masculine and feminine plural dialogantes)


bilingüe

bilingüe m or f (masculine and feminine plural bilingües)

Un niño bilingüe.


bilingüe

es-noun

bilingüe m or f by sense (plural bilingües)


Andrés

Borrowed from Latin Andreās, Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas), compare Italian Andrea.

Y pasando junto á la mar de Galilea, vió á Simón, y á Andrés su hermano, que echaban la red en la mar; porque eran pescadores.

1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Marcos 1:16:

Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew


chikungunya

chikungunya m or f by sense (uncountable)


enfiteuta

enfiteuta m or f by sense (plural enfiteutas)

a person holding the right to emphyteusis


aristócrata

aristócrata m or f by sense (plural aristócratas)


cedente

cedente m or f by sense (plural cedentes)

(law) assignor (person or party which makes an assignment)


tributante

es-adj

tributante m or f (masculine and feminine plural tributantes)


neuropsiquiatra

es-noun

neuropsiquiatra m or f by sense (plural neuropsiquiatras)


navegante

navegante m or f by sense (plural navegantes)


ensayista

ensayista m or f by sense (plural ensayistas)


cónsul

cónsul m or f by sense (plural cónsules)

consul (official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country)

heads of government
head of government#English

Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire#English

(historical) consul (either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires)


ordenanza

ordenanza m or f by sense (plural ordenanzas)


colonialista

es-adj

colonialista m or f (masculine and feminine plural colonialistas)

colonialistas (feminine masculine plural)


colonialista

es-noun

colonialista m or f by sense (plural colonialistas)


terrateniente

terrateniente m or f by sense (plural terratenientes)


comerciante

comerciante m or f by sense (plural comerciantes)


guardaespaldas

guardaespaldas m or f by sense (plural guardaespaldas)

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard (originally)”) + espaldas (“shoulders, backs”).


contraalmirante

es-noun

contraalmirante m or f by sense (plural contraalmirantes)


nacionalista

es-adj

nacionalista m or f (masculine and feminine plural nacionalistas)

nacionalistas (feminine masculine plural)


nacionalista

es-noun

nacionalista m or f by sense (plural nacionalistas)


nini

Acronym of ni estudia ni trabaja (“neither studies nor works”).


editorialista

es-adj

editorialista m or f (masculine and feminine plural editorialistas)

editorialistas (feminine masculine plural)


editorialista

es-noun

editorialista m or f by sense (plural editorialistas)


donante

es-adj

donante m or f (masculine and feminine plural donantes)


sudaca

An abbreviation of sudamericano (“South American”), influenced by the suffix -aco. It is sometimes seen in folk etymology as a blend of sudamericano and caca, although the precise origins are difficult to verify.

(Spain, ethnic slur, slang) a Hispanic American, more precisely a South American, especially one considered to have Amerindian features or a non-European accent; spic/spick, greaser/greaseball, beaner


guitarrista

es-noun

guitarrista m or f by sense (plural guitarristas)

→ Cebuano: gitarista

→ Tagalog: gitarista


monista

monista m or f by sense (plural monistas)


figurante

figurante m or f by sense (plural figurantes, feminine figuranta or figurante, feminine plural figurantas or figurantes)

figurantes (plural)
figuranta (feminine)
figurante (feminine)
figurantas (feminine plural)
figurantes (feminine plural)

se le aparecían imaginativamente como personajes de ópera bajando de un carro de oro falso entre muchedumbres de coristas y figurantes.

1925, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, El Papa del mar:

extra, bit player, walk-on (in a film, play, TV show etc.)


modernista

es-adj

modernista m or f (masculine and feminine plural modernistas)


modernista

es-noun

modernista m or f by sense (plural modernistas)


purista

es-adj

purista m or f (masculine and feminine plural puristas)


purista

es-noun

purista m or f by sense (plural puristas)


apache

Felis yagouaroundi
Felis yagouaroundi#Translingual


unionista

unionista m or f by sense (plural unionistas)


contratante

contratante m or f by sense (plural contratantes)

(law) contractee (a party to a contract)


escolar

escolar m or f by sense (plural escolares)

Borrowed from Late Latin scholāris, from Latin schola.

student, schoolchild, schoolboy, schoolgirl


viviente

viviente m or f by sense (plural vivientes)

Inherited from Latin vīventem, accusative of Latin vīventem, the present active participle of vīvō (“live, be alive”). The same formation, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃wontm̥, is seen in Ashkun źit, Kamkata-viri ǰat, Sanskrit जीवन्त (jī́vanta), Waigali ǰit.


disertante

disertante m or f by sense (plural disertantes)


miserabilista

miserabilista m or f by sense (plural miserabilistas)


miserabilista

es-adj

miserabilista m or f (masculine and feminine plural miserabilistas)

miserabilistas (feminine masculine plural)


populista

populista m or f (masculine and feminine plural populistas)


populista

es-noun

populista m or f by sense (plural populistas)


especialista

especialista m or f by sense (plural especialistas)


especialista

es-adj

especialista m or f (masculine and feminine plural especialistas)

especialistas (feminine masculine plural)


eremita

es-noun

eremita m or f by sense (plural eremitas)

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).


nordista

nordista m or f by sense (plural nordistas)

Tan estúpido es considerar que todos los nordistas fueron buenos como que todos los sudistas fueron tan malos.

2015 July 22, “Guerra de banderas”, in El País:


mendicante

es-adj

mendicante m or f (masculine and feminine plural mendicantes)

(religion) mendicant (depending on alms)


mendicante

es-noun

mendicante m or f by sense (plural mendicantes)


motociclista

motociclista m or f by sense (plural motociclistas)


otaku

Borrowed from Japanese オタク (otaku, “nerd, geek”), from お宅 (otaku, honorific for “you”), originally the honorific version of 宅 (taku, “home”).

bor+

(fandom slang) weeb (one with an interest in something such as anime or manga)


sirviente

es-noun

sirviente m or f by sense (plural sirvientes, feminine sirviente or sirvienta, feminine plural sirvientes or sirvientas)

sirvientes (plural)
sirviente (feminine)
sirvienta (feminine)
sirvientes (feminine plural)
sirvientas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin servientem. Doublet of sargento, taken from French.


gunner

Gunner (someone associated with Arsenal Football Club)


astronauta

astronauta m or f by sense (plural astronautas)

From astro- + -nauta or English astronaut.


telegrafista

telegrafista m or f by sense (plural telegrafistas)


testimoniante

testimoniante m or f by sense (plural testimoniantes)


travesti

travesti m or f by sense (plural travestis)


anglohablante

anglohablante m or f by sense (plural anglohablantes)

Anglophone, English-speaker (One who speaks English)


aspirante

es-adj

aspirante m or f (masculine and feminine plural aspirantes)


aspirante

es-noun

aspirante m or f by sense (plural aspirantes)


pansexual

es-adj

pansexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural pansexuales)


pansexual

es-noun

pansexual m or f by sense (plural pansexuales)


merengue

merengue m or f by sense (plural merengues)

(soccer) a person connected with Real Madrid, as a player, fan, coach, etc.


bajista

bajista m or f by sense (plural bajistas)


rehén

From Old Spanish arrehen／rehen, borrowed from Arabic رَهِين (rahīn).


egoísta

es-adj

egoísta m or f (masculine and feminine plural egoístas)


forense

forense m or f (masculine and feminine plural forenses)

forensic (relating to the scientific investigation of evidence for a court of law)


forense

es-noun

forense m or f by sense (plural forenses)


bromista

es-adj

bromista m or f (masculine and feminine plural bromistas)


etarra

From ETA + Basque -tar. This word wasn't borrowed from Basque, since in Basque the suffix -tar is only used to form demonyms (the equivalent word in Basque is etakide).


nahua

nahua m or f (masculine and feminine plural nahuas)


postulante

es-noun

postulante m or f by sense (plural postulantes)

BBC Mundo. Obama nombra hispana para Corte Suprema May 26, 2009 http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/internacional/2009/05/090526_1351_sonia_sotomayor_tribunal_eeuu_mr.shtml.
El mandatario estadounidense había dicho que su postulante sería "alguien con una mente aguda y brillante, con historial de excelencia e integridad."

The US head of state had said that his candidate would be "someone with a sharp and brilliant mind, with a record of excellence and integrity."


Rafael

der

Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl)

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Raphael


Rafael

Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl)

a surname transferred from the given name


apelante

es-noun

apelante m or f by sense (plural apelantes)


realista

realista m or f by sense (plural realistas)


DT

director técnico
director técnico#Spanish

directora técnica
directora técnica#Spanish

(Latin America, soccer) Initialism of director técnico m., directora técnica f (“manager (UK), coach (US)”)


migrante

es-adj

migrante m or f (masculine and feminine plural migrantes)

As the politically correct version of inmigrante (“immigrant”) and emigrante (“emigrant”), as a neutral vocable.

migrating (person who moves from one region or country to another)


luminaria

Borrowed from Late Latin lūmināria, neuter plural of lūmināre, from Latin lūmen. Compare the inherited doublet lumbrera.


luminaria

es-noun

luminaria m or f by sense (plural luminarias)


mutuante

mutuante m or f by sense (plural mutuantes)


internauta

internauta m or f by sense (plural internautas)

Borrowed from English internaut. By surface analysis, internet + -nauta (“-naut, navigator”).

surf

(computing) Internet user, netizen, cybercitizen, internaut, cybernaut


granota

es-adj

granota m or f (masculine and feminine plural granotas)

(soccer) associated with Levante UD, a Spanish soccer team


granota

es-noun

granota m or f by sense (plural granotas)

(soccer) someone associated with Levante UD, a Spanish soccer team


psicópata

psicópata m or f by sense (plural psicópatas)

Borrowed from German Psychopath, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering”). By surface analysis, psico- + -pata.


cenobita

cenobita m or f by sense (plural cenobitas)

cenobite (monk who lives in a religious community)


antagonista

antagonista m or f by sense (plural antagonistas)

Borrowed from Latin antagonista, from Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνιστής (antagōnistḗs, “opponent”) (ἀντί (antí, “against”) + ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a combatant, pleader, actor”)), from ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι (antagōnízesthai, “antagonize”).

der

ἀνταγωνιστής


miope

es-adj

miope m or f (masculine and feminine plural miopes)


contrariante

es-noun

contrariante m or f by sense (plural contrariantes)


cineasta

cineasta m or f by sense (plural cineastas)

Borrowed from French cinéaste, from ciné, contraction of cinéma, on pattern of enthousiaste.

filmmaker, moviemaker (a producer or director of films/movies)


Hidalgo

English: Hidalgo

French: Hidalgo

Apiaká: Hidalgo

Central Nahuatl: Hidalgo

From hidalgo, from Old Spanish fijo d'algo.


sionista

sionista m or f by sense (plural sionistas)


delincuente

delincuente m or f by sense (plural delincuentes)


abajofirmante

abajofirmante m or f by sense (plural abajofirmantes)

From abajo (“below”) + firmante (“signer”).


terapista

terapista m or f by sense (plural terapistas)

(Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Puerto Rico) therapist


friki

(colloquial) nerd (a person, often very studious, with poor social skills)


mandolinista

mandolinista m or f by sense (plural mandolinistas)


viandante

es-adj

viandante m or f (masculine and feminine plural viandantes)


violinista

es-noun

violinista m or f by sense (plural violinistas)

third wheel (An unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date)


ariete

Borrowed from Latin arietem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r-i-(e)t- (“certain domestic animal”).


racionalista

es-adj

racionalista m or f (masculine and feminine plural racionalistas)

racionalistas (feminine masculine plural)


racionalista

es-noun

racionalista m or f by sense (plural racionalistas)


nicaragüense

es-adj

nicaragüense m or f (masculine and feminine plural nicaragüenses)

nicaragüenses (feminine masculine plural)


nicaragüense

es-noun

nicaragüense m or f by sense (plural nicaragüenses)


convergente

es-adj

convergente m or f (masculine and feminine plural convergentes)

convergentes (feminine masculine plural)

(politics, relational) of Convergencia (of or relating to any of the political parties of this name)


convergente

es-noun

convergente m or f by sense (plural convergentes)

(politics) an adherent or party member any of the political parties called Convergencia


genetista

genetista m or f by sense (plural genetistas)


rugbista

rugbista m or f by sense (plural rugbistas)

Según explicó uno de los rugbistas al citado medio, la situación habría pasado a mayores, incluso con presencia de armas de fuego dentro del grupo donde se encontraba Pulgar.

2017 June 10, “Acusan a Erick Pulgar de participar en una riña que incluso habría llegado a amenazas con un arma de fuego”, in Emol:


superviviente

es-adj

superviviente m or f (masculine and feminine plural supervivientes)

supervivientes (feminine masculine plural)


esquimal

es-noun

esquimal m or f by sense (plural esquimales)

Borrowed from French esquimaux, as if its singular were *esquimal instead of actual esquimau.


esquimal

es-adj

esquimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural esquimales)


descendiente

es-noun

descendiente m or f by sense (plural descendientes)


solista

solista m or f by sense (plural solistas)


lisboeta

lisboeta m or f by sense (plural lisboetas)


fiscalista

fiscalista m or f by sense (plural fiscalistas)


culé

es-adj

culé m or f (masculine and feminine plural culés)

Sus rivales, Olga Carmona, compañera de la selección que otorgó el gol decisivo en la victoria del Mundial, y Sam Kerr, la estrella australiana, no han parado el ascenso de la jugadora culé.

2023 August 31, Irene Guevara, “Aitana Bonmatí, mejor jugadora del año por la UEFA: “No podemos permitir el abuso de poder””, in El País:


flautista

es-noun

flautista m or f by sense (plural flautistas)


cosmonauta

cosmonauta m or f by sense (plural cosmonautas)

Borrowed from Russian космона́вт (kosmonávt). By surface analysis, cosmo- + -nauta.


israelí

es-adj

israelí m or f (masculine and feminine plural israelís or israelíes)

israelís (feminine masculine plural)
israelíes (feminine masculine plural)

(relational) of Israel; Israeli (of or describing the country of Israel)


proxeneta

es-noun

proxeneta m or f by sense (plural proxenetas)

Ultimately a borrowing from Ancient Greek προξενητής (proxenētḗs).


bacheletista

es-adj

bacheletista m or f (masculine and feminine plural bacheletistas)

bacheletistas (feminine masculine plural)

(relational) of Michele Bachelet (Chilean president); Bachelet's


bacheletista

es-noun

bacheletista m or f by sense (plural bacheletistas)


taoísta

es-adj

taoísta m or f (masculine and feminine plural taoístas)


taoísta

es-noun

taoísta m or f by sense (plural taoístas)


aliancista

es-adj

aliancista m or f (masculine and feminine plural aliancistas)

(Chile, relational) of the Alianza por Chile


alquimista

es-noun

alquimista m or f by sense (plural alquimistas)


estadista

estadista m or f by sense (plural estadistas)


abortista

es-adj

abortista m or f (masculine and feminine plural abortistas)


abortista

es-noun

abortista m or f by sense (plural abortistas)


abolicionista

abolicionista m or f by sense (plural abolicionistas)

abolitionist (person in favor of the abolition of something)


accionista

accionista m or f by sense (plural accionistas)


darwinista

es-adj

darwinista m or f (masculine and feminine plural darwinistas)


darwinista

es-noun

darwinista m or f by sense (plural darwinistas)


oponente

oponente m or f by sense (plural oponentes)


oponente

es-adj

oponente m or f (masculine and feminine plural oponentes)


taxista

es-noun

taxista m or f by sense (plural taxistas)


humanista

humanista m or f by sense (plural humanistas)


inca

→ English: Inca


manierista

manierista m or f by sense (plural manieristas)


manicurista

manicurista m or f by sense (plural manicuristas)

Dicen que la firma nació como una marca que está a la vanguardia de la moda, “pero con un enfoque claro hacia el bienestar y la salud de los usuarios finales de los servicios de belleza y de las manicuristas profesionales que están en contacto con el producto de manera continua”.

2017 August 5, “Manicure en seco por la salud de tus uñas”, in Listin Diario:


acompañante

es-adj

acompañante m or f (masculine and feminine plural acompañantes)

acompañantes (feminine masculine plural)


acompañante

es-noun

acompañante m or f by sense (plural acompañantes)


metalúrgico

metalúrgico m or f by sense (plural metalúrgicos)


contrabandista

contrabandista m or f by sense (plural contrabandistas)


vudú

vudú m or f by sense (plural vudús or vudúes)

Me había impresionado su historia muchos años atrás, cuando fui a su isla a entrevistar a Aristide, y ahora me carcome una duda: me pregunto cómo será morirse si uno cree, como creen los vudús, que las personas no viven una vez sino 18, nueve como hombres, nueve como mujeres.


lobbista

lobbista m or f by sense (plural lobbistas)


gay

gay m or f by sense (plural gays or gais)


stalinista

es-adj

stalinista m or f (masculine and feminine plural stalinistas)


stalinista

es-noun

stalinista m or f by sense (plural stalinistas)

Dicen las mismas cosas y tienen las mismas actitudes que los prochinos de mi primer curso de Facultad, con algún tic de los trostkos y algún otro de los miembros del PCE más cerriles y stalinistas, ya anticuados entonces.

2015 July 24, “¿Todo se repite tan pronto?”, in El País:


animalista

animalista m or f by sense (plural animalistas)


maoista

es-adj

maoista m or f (masculine and feminine plural maoistas)


maoista

es-noun

maoista m or f by sense (plural maoistas)


salmista

salmista m or f by sense (plural salmistas)


capitalista

es-adj

capitalista m or f (masculine and feminine plural capitalistas)

capitalistas (feminine masculine plural)


capitalista

es-noun

capitalista m or f by sense (plural capitalistas)

→ Basque: kapitalista

→ Cebuano: kapitalista

→ Tagalog: kapitalista


duranguense

duranguense m or f by sense (plural duranguenses)

From Durango, a state in northwestern Mexico.


acordeonista

acordeonista m or f by sense (plural acordeonistas)


psicoanalista

psicoanalista m or f by sense (plural psicoanalistas)


ortopedista

ortopedista m or f by sense (plural ortopedistas)


asceta

Borrowed from Late Latin ascēta, from Ancient Greek ἀσκητής (askētḗs).


golfista

golfista m or f by sense (plural golfistas)


imperialista

es-adj

imperialista m or f (masculine and feminine plural imperialistas)

imperialistas (feminine masculine plural)


imperialista

es-noun

imperialista m or f by sense (plural imperialistas)


baptista

es-adj

baptista m or f (masculine and feminine plural baptistas)

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs). Doublet of bautista.


baptista

es-noun

baptista m or f by sense (plural baptistas)


determinista

determinista m or f by sense (plural deterministas)


bubi

es-adj

bubi m or f (masculine and feminine plural bubis)


pedante

es-noun

pedante m or f by sense (plural pedantes)

pedant (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)


cazatalentos

cazatalentos m or f by sense (plural cazatalentos)

Verb-object compound, composed of caza (“to hunt”) + talentos (“talents”). A calque of English talent scout and headhunter.


pragmatista

es-adj

pragmatista m or f (masculine and feminine plural pragmatistas)

pragmatistas (feminine masculine plural)


pragmatista

es-noun

pragmatista m or f by sense (plural pragmatistas)


pluralista

es-adj

pluralista m or f (masculine and feminine plural pluralistas)


pluralista

es-noun

pluralista m or f by sense (plural pluralistas)


militante

militante m or f by sense (plural militantes)


alpinista

alpinista m or f by sense (plural alpinistas)


marinista

marinista m or f by sense (plural marinistas)


perico

→ Cebuano: periko

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: pereco

Diminutive of archaic Pero, the precursor to the modern name Pedro.

a Venezuelan dish made of scrambled eggs, butter, onions and tomatoes


perico

es-adj

perico (feminine perica, masculine plural pericos, feminine plural pericas)

perica (feminine)
pericos (masculine plural)
pericas (feminine plural)


perico

(soccer) a person connected with RCD Espanyol, as a player, fan, coach, etc.


albañil

es-noun

albañil m or f by sense (plural albañiles, feminine albañil or albañila, feminine plural albañiles or albañilas)

albañiles (plural)
albañil (feminine)
albañila (feminine)
albañiles (feminine plural)
albañilas (feminine plural)

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: ölbañil

→ Zoogocho Zapotec: albanil

Borrowed from Arabic بَنَّاء (bannāʔ), via Andalusian Arabic. Cognate with Portuguese alvenel.

Y ese perro muerto en la cuneta / Y esos albañiles en "samarreta"…

1978, Joan Manuel Serrat (lyrics and music), “Qué bonito es Badalona”:


Clemente

a male given name, equivalent to English Clement


Clemente

a surname transferred from the given name


limpiachimeneas

limpiachimeneas m or f by sense (plural limpiachimeneas)

Verb-object compound, composed of limpia (“to clean”) + chimeneas (“chimneys”).


electricista

es-noun

electricista m or f by sense (plural electricistas)


intérprete

intérprete m or f by sense (plural intérpretes)

→ Tagalog: interprete

interpreter (one who interprets speech in another language)


florista

florista m or f by sense (plural floristas)


amanuense

amanuense m or f by sense (plural amanuenses)

amanuensis (one employed to take dictation)


cientista

cientista m or f by sense (plural cientistas)


extremista

extremista m or f by sense (plural extremistas)


extremista

es-adj

extremista m or f (masculine and feminine plural extremistas)


hipócrita

es-noun

hipócrita m or f by sense (plural hipócritas)

From Ecclesiastical Latin hypocrita, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs, “actor, hypocrite”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “to answer, act, feign”).


partenaire

es-noun

partenaire m or f by sense (plural partenaires)

Borrowed from French partenaire, from English partner.


azteca

es-adj

azteca m or f (masculine and feminine plural aztecas)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl aztēcah, plural of aztēcatl (“inhabitant of Aztlan”). Aztlan is said to be the legendary homeland of the Aztec, but of unknown meaning. More at Aztlán.


azteca

→ English: Aztec

→ French: aztèque, Aztèque

→ Italian: azteco

→ Japanese: アステカ (Asuteka)


ascendiente

es-noun

ascendiente m or f by sense (plural ascendientes)

From the old present participle of ascender.


maronita

maronita m or f by sense (plural maronitas)


moralista

es-adj

moralista m or f (masculine and feminine plural moralistas)


exhibicionista

es-noun

exhibicionista m or f by sense (plural exhibicionistas)

exhibitionist (one who exposes genitalia), streaker


congregante

congregante m or f by sense (plural congregantes)


Bartolomé

a male given name, equivalent to English Bartholomew


sofista

sofista m or f by sense (plural sofistas)


carroza

carroza m or f by sense (plural carrozas)


terapeuta

terapeuta m or f by sense (plural terapeutas)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek θεραπευτής (therapeutḗs, “attendant”).


pesimista

es-adj

pesimista m or f (masculine and feminine plural pesimistas)

Borrowed from French pessimiste, from Latin pessimus, equivalent to pésimo + -ista.


pesimista

es-noun

pesimista m or f by sense (plural pesimistas)


optimista

es-adj

optimista m or f (masculine and feminine plural optimistas)

Borrowed from French optimiste, from Latin optimus, equivalent to óptimo + -ista.


optimista

es-noun

optimista m or f by sense (plural optimistas)


publicista

publicista m or f by sense (plural publicistas)


criminalista

criminalista m or f by sense (plural criminalistas)