abrogable

es-adj

abrogable m or f (masculine and feminine plural abrogables)


abaxial

abaxial m or f (masculine and feminine plural abaxiales)


aboral

aboral m or f (masculine and feminine plural aborales)


abactinal

abactinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural abactinales)


abominable

abominable m or f (masculine and feminine plural abominables)


chiapaneco

chiapaneco (feminine chiapaneca, masculine plural chiapanecos, feminine plural chiapanecas)

chiapaneca (feminine)
chiapanecos (masculine plural)
chiapanecas (feminine plural)

From Chiapas + -eco (“-ish, -ic: forming demonyms”).

af

(relational) of Chiapas (state of Mexico)


abdominal

es-adj

abdominal m or f (masculine and feminine plural abdominales)


accidental

accidental m or f (masculine and feminine plural accidentales)

accidentales (feminine masculine plural)


amoral

amoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural amorales)


centavo

centavo (feminine centava, masculine plural centavos, feminine plural centavas)

centava (feminine)
centavos (masculine plural)
centavas (feminine plural)

[θẽn̪ˈt̪a.β̞o]

una centava parte


perro

perro (feminine perra, masculine plural perros, feminine plural perras)

perra (feminine)
perros (masculine plural)
perras (feminine plural)

From Old Spanish perro (ca. 1200), of uncertain origin. Originally had a pejorative connotation, but soon began to supplant the Latin word can. Perhaps from a call used for dogs; compare Galician apurrar (“set the dogs on”). Another theory derives it from Iberian, compare Asturian perru. If so, it may be related to Spanish zorro.


viable

viable m or f (masculine and feminine plural viables)


libre

libre m or f (masculine and feminine plural libres)

→ English: libre

→ Hiligaynon: libre

→ Tagalog: libre

Probably borrowed from Latin līber, from Old Latin loeber, from Proto-Italic *louðeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-er-os, from *h₁lewdʰ- (“people”).

free (unconstrained by timidity or distrust)

(grammar) free (that can be unattached to another morpheme)


monetario

monetario (feminine monetaria, masculine plural monetarios, feminine plural monetarias)

monetaria (feminine)
monetarios (masculine plural)
monetarias (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin monētārius (“of or belonging to the mint”).


derecho

es-adj

derecho (feminine derecha, masculine plural derechos, feminine plural derechas)

derecha (feminine)
derechos (masculine plural)
derechas (feminine plural)

Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *dērēctus, from Latin dīrectus. Doublet of directo.

straight (not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length)

sentarse derecho

straight; upright (perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique)

la mano derecha

right, right-hand (designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north)


mundial

mundial m or f (masculine and feminine plural mundiales)

related to all the parts of the world; global


andante

andante m or f (masculine and feminine plural andantes)

Caballero andante.


andante

Borrowed from Italian andante (“going”).

(music) played in a moderately slow tempo


fiscal

fiscal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fiscales)


global

global m or f (masculine and feminine plural globales)

global (concerning all parts of the world)


deal

deal m or f (masculine and feminine plural deales)


plural

plural m or f (masculine and feminine plural plurales)


digital

digital m or f (masculine and feminine plural digitales)

Borrowed from Latin digitālis. Doublet of dedal, which was inherited.

digital; having to do with the fingers or toes

digital; dealing with discrete values rather than a continuous spectrum of values

digital; dealing with the display of numerical values


paceño

paceño (feminine paceña, masculine plural paceños, feminine plural paceñas)

paceña (feminine)
paceños (masculine plural)
paceñas (feminine plural)

(relational) of La Paz (a city in several countries)


singular

singular m or f (masculine and feminine plural singulares)

Borrowed from Latin singulāris. Doublet of señero.


industrial

industrial m or f (masculine and feminine plural industriales)

industriales (feminine masculine plural)


bio

Clipping of biológico (“organic (grown without agrochemicals)”).


bancario

bancario (feminine bancaria, masculine plural bancarios, feminine plural bancarias)

bancaria (feminine)
bancarios (masculine plural)
bancarias (feminine plural)

From banca + -ario or banco + -ario. Doublet of banquero.

related to banks (financial institution)


foxista

foxista m or f (masculine and feminine plural foxistas)

el gobierno foxista

the Quesada government, Quesada's government

(relational) of Vicente Fox Quesada (president of Mexico from 2000 to 2006); Quesada's


panista

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)


transcultural

transcultural m or f (masculine and feminine plural transculturales)

transculturales (feminine masculine plural)


perpendicular

perpendicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural perpendiculares)

perpendiculares (feminine masculine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin perpendiculāris, from perpendiculum.


mental

es-adj

mental m or f (masculine and feminine plural mentales)

Borrowed from Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns; equivalent to mente + -al.


guanaco

guanaco (feminine guanaca, masculine plural guanacos, feminine plural guanacas)

guanaca (feminine)
guanacos (masculine plural)
guanacas (feminine plural)

(colloquial, Central America) Salvadoran, pertaining to El Salvador


musical

musical m or f (masculine and feminine plural musicales)


yanqui

yanqui m or f (masculine and feminine plural yanquis)

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


dual

dual m or f (masculine and feminine plural duales)


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


irregular

es-adj

irregular m or f (masculine and feminine plural irregulares)


habitable

habitable m or f (masculine and feminine plural habitables)


general

general m or f (masculine and feminine plural generales)


anterior

anterior m or f (masculine and feminine plural anteriores)

anterior (in time), previous, earlier, former, past


habitual

habitual m or f (masculine and feminine plural habituales)


regular

regular m or f (masculine and feminine plural regulares)


cool

cool m or f (masculine and feminine plural cools or cool)

cools (feminine masculine plural)
cool (feminine masculine plural)


animal

animal m or f (masculine and feminine plural animales)

Borrowed from Latin animal. See also alimaña, an inherited doublet.


barato

barato (feminine barata, masculine plural baratos, feminine plural baratas)

barata (feminine)
baratos (masculine plural)
baratas (feminine plural)

→ Belizean Creole: braata (from the feminine form)

→ Bikol Central: barato

→ Portuguese: barato

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: baröto


marina

Inherited from Latin marinus (“of the sea, marine”).


civil

es-adj

civil m or f (masculine and feminine plural civiles, superlative civilísimo)

civiles (feminine masculine plural)
civilísimo (superlative)

Borrowed from Latin cīvīlis (“civil, civic”), from cīvis (“citizen”).


salsa

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *salsa, noun use of the feminine of Latin salsus (“salted”), from saliō, from sal.


juramentado

es-adj

juramentado (feminine juramentada, masculine plural juramentados, feminine plural juramentadas)

juramentada (feminine)
juramentados (masculine plural)
juramentadas (feminine plural)


coral

coral m or f (masculine and feminine plural corales)

Inherited from Old Spanish coral, from Old French coral, from Latin corallium, from Ancient Greek κοράλλιον (korállion).


burro

burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burras)

burra (feminine)
burros (masculine plural)
burras (feminine plural)

From borrico (“donkey”), from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

der

(colloquial, euphemistic, of a man) well-endowed


plata

es-adj

plata m or f (masculine and feminine plural platas)

From Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide”), because silver was often made into sheets. As with plato, this word may be semi-learned or avoided certain phonetic changes due to use by mainly the upper classes. Compare Portuguese prata, Catalan plata. Displaced Old Spanish ariento from Latin argentum. Compare English plate.


oral

oral m or f (masculine and feminine plural orales)


acre

acre m or f (masculine and feminine plural acres)


loco

loco (feminine loca, masculine plural locos, feminine plural locas, superlative loquísimo)

loca (feminine)
locos (masculine plural)
locas (feminine plural)
loquísimo (superlative)

→ English: loco

→ Swedish: loco

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: luco

Inherited from Old Spanish loco, perhaps from Andalusian Arabic لَوْقَاء (láwqa), from Arabic لَوْقَاء (lawqāʔ), feminine singular form of أَلْوَق (ʔalwaq, “stupid”), by reinterpreting the final Andalusian Arabic -a as the Ibero-Romance -a and back-forming the masculine with -o. Edward Roberts thinks the term is related to Arabic لَاق (lāq, “to soften”), but this verb is of root l-y-q, not l-w-q like أَلْوَق (ʔalwaq). Alternatively, derived from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós, “clear”). Compare Portuguese louco and Sicilian loccu.

der

Estoy loco por ti.

I am crazy for you, madly in love with you.

David está muy loco.

Lorena se pone algo loca cuando bebe.

Lorena gets a bit crazy when she drinks [alcohol].

crazy, insane, mad, nuts (asserting that something is out of place in the head)

una decisión loca de último momento

a rash decision taken at the last minute

No sean locos, tómense su tiempo.

Tuviste una suerte loca al ganar la rifa.

You had some huge luck when winning the raffle.

El reloj de la abuela se ha vuelto loco.

Grandma's clock has started malfunctioning.

malfunctioning, broken and working incorrectly (said of a machine)

Los arbustos se ven locos, deberías podarlos.

The bushes look overgrown now, you should trim them.

El cabello se te ve loco, ve a cortártelo.

Your hair looks overgrown, go get a haircut.

Pero qué loca es, qué loca se ve.


natal

es-adj

natal m or f (masculine and feminine plural natales)

Borrowed from Latin nātālis (“natal”). Compare also the doublet nadal.

país natal


cosido a sus faldas

cosido a sus faldas (feminine cosida a sus faldas, masculine plural cosidos a sus faldas, feminine plural cosidas a sus faldas)

cosida a sus faldas (feminine)
cosidos a sus faldas (masculine plural)
cosidas a sus faldas (feminine plural)

(idiomatic) dependent on someone, to be tied to their skirts


helado

helado (feminine helada, masculine plural helados, feminine plural heladas, superlative heladísimo)

helada (feminine)
helados (masculine plural)
heladas (feminine plural)
heladísimo (superlative)

Inherited from Latin gelātus, perfect passive participle of Latin gelō (“to freeze”). Cognate to Italian gelato.


pollo

pollo (feminine polla, masculine plural pollos, feminine plural pollas)

polla (feminine)
pollos (masculine plural)
pollas (feminine plural)

→ Portuguese: polho

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines

Inherited from Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”).


español

es-adj

español (feminine española, masculine plural españoles, feminine plural españolas)

española (feminine)
españoles (masculine plural)
españolas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Spanish espanyol, espannol. Probably a thirteenth-century borrowing from Old Occitan espaignol (compare modern Occitan espanhòl, Catalan espanyol, Portuguese espanhol, French espagnol), from Vulgar Latin *Hispaniolus (“of Spain”), from Latin Hispānus, back-formed from Hispānia, assumed in comparison to Hebrew שָׁפָן (šap̄ā́n) to reflect Punic *𐤀𐤉𐤔𐤐𐤍 (*ʾyšpn /*ʔī šap̄ān/, literally “coast of hyraxes”).
According to phonetic rules, if inherited from Latin, the Castilian Spanish result would have been *españuelo (though some argue that this did not take root because the suffix -uelo would be perceived as diminutive; more likely, it was simply because there was no need at the time for a common secular name for all the inhabitants of Christian Iberia/Spain, and a common identity as a unified people or entity had not yet been formed. Until then, the people used cristiano (“Christian”) to refer to themselves). The word español was supposedly imported from Provence by a medieval chronicler (it was originally introduced by pilgrims in Santiago) because there was no existing translation of the earlier Roman word Hispani when writing a chronicle of Spanish history, but this was the word Provençal speakers used to refer to the Christian kingdoms of what would later become Spain. In Old Spanish there was also a form españón which disappeared after the first half of the 14th century, possibly derived from a Vulgar Latin *Hispaniōnem. Compare also espanesco, the word Mozarabic speakers used for themselves, presumably from a Vulgar Latin *Hispaniscus.

der

Spanish (pertaining to Spain or to the language)


simba

es-adj

simba m or f (masculine and feminine plural simbas)


hot

hot m or f (masculine and feminine plural hot or hots)

hot (feminine masculine plural)
hots (feminine masculine plural)


sana

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


molar

es-adj

molar m or f (masculine and feminine plural molares)


larva

larva m or f (masculine and feminine plural larvas)

From Latin larva (“ghost-like, masked”).

Hay muchas personas larvas aquí.

There are so many freeloading people here.


rata

From Vulgar Latin rattus (“rat”), of Germanic origin. It is not known how the noun made the jump to a feminine noun.

(colloquial, derogatory) stingy, miserly, tight-fisted

(colloquial, derogatory) rat, jerk (a despicable person, especially who has been deceitful or disloyal)

(colloquial, derogatory) rat, snitch, informant


liberal

liberal m or f (masculine and feminine plural liberales)

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


god

god m or f (masculine and feminine plural godes)

Borrowed from English god. Compare with god tier.

Esta película es god.

(Internet slang) fire; cool, amazing; excellent


capital

capital m or f (masculine and feminine plural capitales)

Borrowed from Latin capitālis. Doublet of caudal.

Es asunto de capital importancia.

Lo condenaron a la pena capital.


vocal

vocal m or f (masculine and feminine plural vocales)


legible

legible m or f (masculine and feminine plural legibles)


pronominal

pronominal m or f (masculine and feminine plural pronominales)

pronominales (feminine masculine plural)


legal

legal m or f (masculine and feminine plural legales)

Borrowed from Latin lēgālis, from lēx (“law”). Compare leal, an inherited doublet.


incontrovertible

incontrovertible m or f (masculine and feminine plural incontrovertibles)

incontrovertibles (feminine masculine plural)

Tras los dogmas incontrovertibles del nuevo régimen advierte no obstante, sagazmente, el influjo de la ortodoxia religiosa bizantina: el viejo credo de un solo poder y una sola fe.

2015 July 18, “De los Ríos en el país de los soviets”, in El País:

Behind the undisputable dogmas of the new regime, however, he shrewdly notes the influence of Byzantine religious orthodoxy: the old creed of one power and one faith.


tractor

tractor (feminine tractora, masculine plural tractores, feminine plural tractoras)

tractora (feminine)
tractores (masculine plural)
tractoras (feminine plural)

[t̪ɾaɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]

Borrowed from English tractor, formed from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of trahere (“to pull”), + agent noun suffix -or.


exterior

exterior m or f (masculine and feminine plural exteriores)


interior

interior m or f (masculine and feminine plural interiores)


central

central m or f (masculine and feminine plural centrales)

[θẽn̪ˈt̪ɾal]


funeral

funeral m or f (masculine and feminine plural funerales)

Borrowed from Late Latin fūnerālis, from Latin funus.


verbal

verbal m or f (masculine and feminine plural verbales)


fit

fit m or f (masculine and feminine plural fits)

fit (canonical feminine masculine)
fit (canonical)
fits (feminine masculine plural)


cruel

cruel m or f (masculine and feminine plural crueles)

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin crūdēlis.


ideal

ideal m or f (masculine and feminine plural ideales)


vero

vero (feminine vera, masculine plural veros, feminine plural veras)

vera (feminine)
veros (masculine plural)
veras (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin vērus, from Proto-Italic *wēros, from a Proto-Indo-European *weh₁-ros, from *weh₁- (“true”).


criminal

criminal m or f (masculine and feminine plural criminales)

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


albero

albero (feminine albera, masculine plural alberos, feminine plural alberas)

albera (feminine)
alberos (masculine plural)
alberas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin albārius (“pertaining to the whitening of walls”).


simple

es-adj

simple m or f (masculine and feminine plural simples)

> Chavacano: simple (inherited)

Soy un simple pescador.


bien

bien m or f (masculine and feminine plural bienes)

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin bene (“well”).

Amanda y Carlos vienen de una familia bien.

Amanda and Carlos come from a well-to-do family.

(postpositive, colloquial) well-to-do; affluent; wealthy; upper-class

Las colonias bienes están en las afueras de la ciudad.

The upscale neighborhoods are in the city suburbs.

(postpositive, colloquial) exclusive; upscale; high-class


chingón

chingón (feminine chingona, masculine plural chingones, feminine plural chingonas)

chingona (feminine)
chingones (masculine plural)
chingonas (feminine plural)

(Mexico, colloquial, of a person) intelligent, skilled, capable


horizontal

horizontal m or f (masculine and feminine plural horizontales)

horizontales (feminine masculine plural)

landscape (a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides; in smartphones)


vertical

vertical m or f (masculine and feminine plural verticales)

portrait (a print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.; in smartphones)


mal

Latin language
Proto-Indo-European language

Apocopic form of malo, from Latin malus, possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“bad, wrong”).

der-lite

(before the noun) Apocopic form of malo bad; evil

Me di cuenta de que algo estaba mal.


impersonal

es-adj

impersonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural impersonales)

impersonales (feminine masculine plural)

(grammar) impersonal (not having a subject)


potable

potable m or f (masculine and feminine plural potables)


teen

teen m or f (masculine and feminine plural teens)


celestial

celestial m or f (masculine and feminine plural celestiales)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin caelestiālis, from Latin caelestis, based on caelum (“sky, heaven”).


light

light (low in fat, calories, salt, alcohol, etc.)

(of cigarettes) light (low in tar, nicotine and other noxious chemicals)

(by extension) Lacking substance or seriousness; lite


heavy

es-adj

heavy m or f (masculine and feminine plural heavys)

Unadapted borrowing from English heavy (metal).


san

(before the noun) Apocopic form of santo (“saint”)


metrosexual

metrosexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural metrosexuales)

metrosexuales (feminine masculine plural)


mole

mole m or f (masculine and feminine plural moles)

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin mollis. Doublet of muelle.


reprehensible

es-adj

reprehensible m or f (masculine and feminine plural reprehensibles)

reprehensibles (feminine masculine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin reprehēnsibilis, from Latin reprehendō.


k

(Argentina) Alternative letter-case form of K: kirchnerista


gourmet

es-adj

gourmet m or f (masculine and feminine plural gourmets)

Unadapted borrowing from French gourmet.


mayor

mi novio es mayor que yo

tengo una hermana mayor

comparative degree of viejo: older; elder

(of a person) comparative degree of viejo: old; at an advanced age

Cuando (yo) sea mayor voy a ser médico

When I'm grown-up, I want to be a doctor.

una preocupación mayor

la plaza mayor

(as a superlative, el/la/lo mayor) superlative degree of grande: the biggest

(as a superlative) superlative degree of viejo: the oldest


instrumental

instrumental m or f (masculine and feminine plural instrumentales)

instrumentales (feminine masculine plural)


invariable

invariable m or f (masculine and feminine plural invariables)


palpable

palpable m or f (masculine and feminine plural palpables)


homosexual

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.


latino

latino (feminine latina, masculine plural latinos, feminine plural latinas)

latina (feminine)
latinos (masculine plural)
latinas (feminine plural)

→ English: Latino

Borrowed from Latin latīnus. Compare ladino.

Romance (of or related to any of the various Romance languages)

(colloquial, proscribed) Latino, Latin American


artificial

artificial m or f (masculine and feminine plural artificiales)

artificiales (feminine masculine plural)


astral

astral m or f (masculine and feminine plural astrales)

Borrowed from Late Latin astrālis, from Latin astrum (“star”).


cardinal

cardinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural cardinales)

cardinal (describing a number used to indicate quantity)


permeable

permeable m or f (masculine and feminine plural permeables)


sartorial

sartorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural sartoriales)


gratuito

gratuito (feminine gratuita, masculine plural gratuitos, feminine plural gratuitas)

gratuita (feminine)
gratuitos (masculine plural)
gratuitas (feminine plural)

unjustified, unwarranted, gratuitous, uncalled for


original

original m or f (masculine and feminine plural originales)


nazi

nazi m or f (masculine and feminine plural nazis)

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


ordinal

ordinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural ordinales)


ruin

ruin m or f (masculine and feminine plural ruines)

From an earlier *ruino, from ruina, or from a Vulgar Latin root *ruīnus, ultimately from Latin ruīna. Compare Portuguese ruim, Catalan roí. The lack of a final /-o/ may suggest a borrowing.

un pequeño grupo de ovejas ruines e inútiles para la marcha

1881, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael, section 46:


música

Borrowed from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (τέχνη) (mousikḗ (tékhnē), “(art) of the Muses”). Compare the doublet murga, which probably resulted from a semi-popular form of the word.

der

μουσική (τέχνη)


dino

es-adj

dino (feminine dina, masculine plural dinos, feminine plural dinas)

dina (feminine)
dinos (masculine plural)
dinas (feminine plural)


linear

linear m or f (masculine and feminine plural lineares)


lunar

lunar m or f (masculine and feminine plural lunares)


café

café m or f (masculine and feminine plural café or cafés)

café (feminine masculine plural)
cafés (feminine masculine plural)

Borrowed from French café, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”).


natural

natural m or f (masculine and feminine plural naturales)

En realidad prefiero yogur natural.

natural, plain (without artificial additives)

Said about the lord that he has vassals, or that by his lineage, he has a right to lordship, even though he was not of the land.

(music) natural (neither sharp nor flat)

(of a child) illegitimate (born to unmarried parents)

(of a drink) room-temperature (neither heated nor chilled)

(bullfighting) Said about the pass of the red flag with the left hand without the sword

(Ecuador, euphemistic) native; indigenous (as called by the native Amerindians of Ecuador about themselves)

(Philippines, of a child) of indigenous parentage on both parents (unlike a mestizo)


intermodal

intermodal m or f (masculine and feminine plural intermodales)

intermodales (feminine masculine plural)


sexual

sexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural sexuales)

sexual (pertaining to the sex of an organism)

sexual (pertaining to sexual orientation or identity)

sexual (characterized by sexual feelings or behaviors)


universal

universal m or f (masculine and feminine plural universales)


semiconductor

semiconductor (feminine semiconductora, masculine plural semiconductores, feminine plural semiconductoras)

semiconductora (feminine)
semiconductores (masculine plural)
semiconductoras (feminine plural)


kosher

kosher m or f (masculine and feminine plural kosheres)


multicolor

multicolor m or f (masculine and feminine plural multicolores)

multicolores (feminine masculine plural)


acusado

acusado (feminine acusada, masculine plural acusados, feminine plural acusadas)

acusada (feminine)
acusados (masculine plural)
acusadas (feminine plural)


terminal

terminal m or f (masculine and feminine plural terminales)

Borrowed from Late Latin terminālis, from Latin terminus.


multicultural

multicultural m or f (masculine and feminine plural multiculturales)

multiculturales (feminine masculine plural)


supernatural

supernatural m or f (masculine and feminine plural supernaturales)

supernaturales (feminine masculine plural)


mini

mini m or f (masculine and feminine plural minis)


bicultural

bicultural m or f (masculine and feminine plural biculturales)

biculturales (feminine masculine plural)


eternal

eternal m or f (masculine and feminine plural eternales)


toroidal

toroidal m or f (masculine and feminine plural toroidales)


secular

secular m or f (masculine and feminine plural seculares)

Borrowed from Latin saeculāris. Doublet of seglar.


individual

individual m or f (masculine and feminine plural individuales)

individuales (feminine masculine plural)


mercurial

mercurial m or f (masculine and feminine plural mercuriales)


online

Unadapted borrowing from English online.


binomial

binomial m or f (masculine and feminine plural binomiales)


execrable

execrable m or f (masculine and feminine plural execrables)


rectangular

rectangular m or f (masculine and feminine plural rectangulares)

rectangulares (feminine masculine plural)


venal

venal m or f (masculine and feminine plural venales)


venal

Borrowed from Latin vēnālis (“for sale”), from vēnum (“something for sale”).


banal

es-adj

banal m or f (masculine and feminine plural banales)

Borrowed from French banal, from Medieval Latin bannālis, from bannum.


nuclear

nuclear m or f (masculine and feminine plural nucleares)

From nucleo + -ar, ultimately from Latin nuculeus.


negro

negro (feminine negra, masculine plural negros, feminine plural negras)

negra (feminine)
negros (masculine plural)
negras (feminine plural)

q

cross-loan with Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">niger</i>

→ English: negro (or via Portuguese), nigro (cross-loan with Latin niger, obsolete), nigra [1900s]

→ French: nègre

→ Dutch: neger

→ English: neger

⇒ English: niger, nigger, nigga (cross-loan with Latin niger)

→ Danish: nigger

→ Dutch: nikker

→ German: Nigger

→ Norwegian: nigger

→ Swedish: nigger

→ German: Neger

→ Norwegian: neger

→ Swedish: neger

→ Russian: негр (negr)

→ French: négro

black (absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless)

black (of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin)

está negro

(Latin America) (mi ~) my darling, my honey


visible

es-adj

visible m or f (masculine and feminine plural visibles)

Borrowed from Late Latin vīsibilis (“that may be seen”), from Latin vīsus, perfect passive participle of videō (“to see”).


cerebral

es-adj

cerebral m or f (masculine and feminine plural cerebrales)


mate

mate m or f (masculine and feminine plural mates)


mate

Possibly from sense 1 in the sense of "dull" or "not reflective of light."

(South America) tan, tanned (skin colour)


invisible

invisible m or f (masculine and feminine plural invisibles)


ido

ido (feminine ida, masculine plural idos, feminine plural idas)

ida (feminine)
idos (masculine plural)
idas (feminine plural)

away with the fairies
away with the fairies


forte

forte m or f (masculine and feminine plural fortes)

Borrowed from Italian forte. Doublet of fuerte.


acá

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *eccum hāc. Compare Galician acá, Portuguese cá, Italian qua, French çà and Sicilian cca.


arrogante

arrogante m or f (masculine and feminine plural arrogantes)

Borrowed from Latin arrogantem, arrogar + -ante.


real

real m or f (masculine and feminine plural reales)

Borrowed from Late Latin reālis (“actual”), from Latin rēs (“matter, thing”).


real

Inherited from Latin rēgālis (“regal, royal”), from rēx. Cognate with English regal and royal.


virtual

es-adj

virtual m or f (masculine and feminine plural virtuales)


panda

Borrowed from Latin pandus, from pandō (“to extend, spread out”).


manual

manual m or f (masculine and feminine plural manuales)


peculiar

peculiar m or f (masculine and feminine plural peculiares)


lexical

lexical m or f (masculine and feminine plural lexicales)


lumbar

lumbar m or f (masculine and feminine plural lumbares)


random

random m or f (masculine and feminine plural randoms)

Unadapted borrowing from English random.

(Internet slang, youth slang, colloquial) random


secreto

secreto (feminine secreta, masculine plural secretos, feminine plural secretas)

secreta (feminine)
secretos (masculine plural)
secretas (feminine plural)


nebulosa

From Latin nebula ("fog"), influenced by nebuloso.


virgo

virgo (feminine virga, masculine plural virgos, feminine plural virgas)

virga (feminine)
virgos (masculine plural)
virgas (feminine plural)

No sabía que érais virgos.

Ese siempre es virgo con sus chistes.

That guy is always funny and vulgar with his jokes.

(colloquial, El Salvador) funny and vulgar


ex

head

ex (indeclinable, always before the noun)

former, ex- (referring to a condition that has ended)


leo

es-adj

leo m or f (masculine and feminine plural leos)


sumo

sumo (feminine suma, masculine plural sumos, feminine plural sumas)

suma (feminine)
sumos (masculine plural)
sumas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin summus. Compare the inherited Old Spanish somo, cf. also Spanish somero.

Caifás era sumo sacerdote.


italiano

italiano (feminine italiana, masculine plural italianos, feminine plural italianas)

italiana (feminine)
italianos (masculine plural)
italianas (feminine plural)

(Chile) (of a hot dog or a sandwich) having avocado, mayonnaise, and tomato


lento

lento (feminine lenta, masculine plural lentos, feminine plural lentas, superlative lentísimo)

lenta (feminine)
lentos (masculine plural)
lentas (feminine plural)
lentísimo (superlative)

Borrowed from Latin lentus. Compare the inherited Old Spanish form liento (“humid, wet”), which has a meaning also found in some senses of Galician and Portuguese lento, Asturian llentu; cf. also Valencian Catalan llenta.


tubular

tubular m or f (masculine and feminine plural tubulares)


inevitable

inevitable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inevitables)

inevitable, inescapable, unavoidable (unable to be avoided)


anal

anal m or f (masculine and feminine plural anales)


mexicano

mexicano (feminine mexicana, masculine plural mexicanos, feminine plural mexicanas)

mexicana (feminine)
mexicanos (masculine plural)
mexicanas (feminine plural)

Mexican (native or pertaining to the country of the United Mexican States: compare mexiquense)

Mexican (pertaining to the Mexican language, i.e. Nahuatl)


similar

similar m or f (masculine and feminine plural similares)

(rare)


cansado

cansado (feminine cansada, masculine plural cansados, feminine plural cansadas)

cansada (feminine)
cansados (masculine plural)
cansadas (feminine plural)


corporal

corporal m or f (masculine and feminine plural corporales)


abrupta

[aˈβ̞ɾuβ̞.t̪a]


local

local m or f (masculine and feminine plural locales)

Borrowed from Late Latin locālis, from Latin locus. Compare the inherited doublet lugar.


rosa

rosa m or f (masculine and feminine plural rosa or rosas)

rosa (feminine masculine plural)
rosas (feminine masculine plural)

From Old Spanish rosa, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin rosa.


zaino

zaino (feminine zaina, masculine plural zainos, feminine plural zainas)

zaina (feminine)
zainos (masculine plural)
zainas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Arabic سَاحِم (sāḥim, “blackened”).

bor+

—¿Qué tal los toros?—les preguntó un cochero al cruzar a nuestro lado. —¡Finos, finos! Hay uno negro, zaino, de mucho cuidado.

1889, Armando Palacio Valdés, La hermana San Sulpicio:

(of horses or cattle) chestnut (of a dark, reddish-brown color)


zaino

From Andalusian Arabic زَهِيم (zahīm, “unpleasant”), from Arabic زَهِم (zahim, “greasy, filthy, fetid”).


adaptable

es-adj

adaptable m or f (masculine and feminine plural adaptables)

adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)


moderno

moderno (feminine moderna, masculine plural modernos, feminine plural modernas, superlative modernísimo)

moderna (feminine)
modernos (masculine plural)
modernas (feminine plural)
modernísimo (superlative)

Borrowed from Late Latin modernus; from Latin modo (“just now”).


rauco

rauco (feminine rauca, masculine plural raucos, feminine plural raucas)

rauca (feminine)
raucos (masculine plural)
raucas (feminine plural)


admirable

admirable m or f (masculine and feminine plural admirables)


famoso

famoso (feminine famosa, masculine plural famosos, feminine plural famosas)

famosa (feminine)
famosos (masculine plural)
famosas (feminine plural)


portal

portal m or f (masculine and feminine plural portales)


final

final m or f (masculine and feminine plural finales, superlative finalísimo)

finales (feminine masculine plural)
finalísimo (superlative)

From Latin fīnālis. By surface analysis, fin + -al.


diagonal

diagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural diagonales)

From Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”).


alma

From Old Spanish alma, inherited from Latin anima. Doublet of ánima, borrowed from the same source.


mongol

es-adj

mongol (feminine mongola, masculine plural mongoles, feminine plural mongolas)

mongola (feminine)
mongoles (masculine plural)
mongolas (feminine plural)

Mongolian (of or relating to Mongolia or its peoples, languages, or cultures)


africano

africano (feminine africana, masculine plural africanos, feminine plural africanas)

africana (feminine)
africanos (masculine plural)
africanas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin āfricānus (“African”).


ordinario

es-adj

ordinario (feminine ordinaria, masculine plural ordinarios, feminine plural ordinarias)

ordinaria (feminine)
ordinarios (masculine plural)
ordinarias (feminine plural)


largo

largo (feminine larga, masculine plural largos, feminine plural largas)

larga (feminine)
largos (masculine plural)
largas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin largus. Displaced luengo from Latin longus. Cognate with English large.
The coffee was named by don José Prado Crespo, see: nube.

long (having much distance from one terminating point to another)

long, lengthy, extended, prolonged, protracted, (having great duration)

long, long-running (seemingly lasting a lot of time)

un kilo largo de naranjas

good (slightly larger than the given amount)

(Andalusia, Malaga) A type of coffee made out of roughly 10% milk and 90% coffee


comparable

comparable m or f (masculine and feminine plural comparables)


deluxe

Unadapted borrowing from English deluxe, from French de luxe.


tangible

tangible m or f (masculine and feminine plural tangibles)

Borrowed from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tangō.


santo

santo (feminine santa, masculine plural santos, feminine plural santas, superlative santísimo)

santa (feminine)
santos (masculine plural)
santas (feminine plural)
santísimo (superlative)

From earlier sancto, from Latin sānctus.


actual

actual m or f (masculine and feminine plural actuales)

Borrowed from Latin actuālis. Cognate with English actual although a false friend.

San Pablo nació en Tarso de Cilicia en la actual Turquía.

Saint Paul was born in Tarsus of Cilicia in present-day Turkey.


raro

raro (feminine rara, masculine plural raros, feminine plural raras, superlative rarísimo)

rara (feminine)
raros (masculine plural)
raras (feminine plural)
rarísimo (superlative)

Borrowed from Latin rārus. Doublet of the inherited ralo.


gris

gris m or f (masculine and feminine plural grises)

→ Basque: gris

Derived from Occitan or Old Occitan gris, from Frankish *gris, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (“grey”).

materia gris

zona gris

Ella lleva una vida gris.

Hay poca luz porque el día está gris.

There's little light because the day is overcast.

Juan de Galicia es un personaje muy gris.

Juan de Galicia is a very morally ambiguous character.

¿qué mucho que abunden tanto las desengañadas, ese tipo de mujer moralmente gris, ni mala ni buena, ociosa é inútil desde el punto de vista social, que da á la Iglesia la beata; á una intelectualidad exacerbada, la feminista, y á la revolución, las fieras que ponen las notas de mayor violencia en las convulsiones populares?

1912 April 17, “Aproposito de campanas”, in Salvador Canals, editor, Mundo gráfico: Revista popular ilustrada, number 25, page 4:

Hay zonas de la administración en que por su índole, porque su campo está demasiado próximo a la delincuencia, la corrupción se presenta al mismo tiempo por abajo y por arriba y se crea esa moral gris de la que hemos hablado, en donde lo ilícito es lo "natural" y sólo se distingue por grados que generalmente van acuerdo con la 164.

1977, La otra opinión: editoriales de El Siglo, Volume 2, Editorial Revista Colombiana, page 164:

Aunque el jeitinho es siempre un instrumento que posibilita la quiebra de las reglas (de modo particularista), el problema es que ante asimetrias sociales y leyes que no se pueden cambiar, el jeitinho es una adaptación, equivale a una zona moral gris entre lo “correcto” y lo “incorrecto”.

2015, Vicente Palermo, La alegría y la pasión: Relatos brasileños y argentinos en perspectiva comparada, Katz, page 133:

León es un personaje gris: es un defensor de que la mina es sagrada porque es del Gobierno, es un estricto persecutor de quienes pretenden asaltarla, pero igualmente.

2020, Serna Dimas Adrián, Poética de la tierra caliente: Hecho colonial, mitología nacional y violencia en la cuenca media del río Magdalena, Colombia, Editorial Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, page 388:

Asi, junto al heroico abogado defensor del inocente y al artero defensor del culpable, ha aparecido el personaje gris de moral autonoma —cuestionable, si se quiere, pero real— que puede llegar a convertirse en protagonista.

2021, Silvia Magro Vela, Belén Puebla Martínez, Nuria Navarro Sierra, editors, Ficcionando sinergias. Los profesionales se buscan en la ficción televisiva española, Editorial Dykinson, page 94:

Ese es el que bebe de tu vaso el agua cristalina que con su sentir lo convierte en turbia y el personaje extremo, nunca sabe como va a jugar ese personaje gris, o si lo sabe y no se juega. Porque para él su jugada no es blanca ni oscura, es el gris y entonces aparecen sus actitudes educadas que se llaman hipocresia. Y el estudio de su diagnéstico certero puede consumirte afios de vida, porque siempre hace que juega el papel del correcto y correctamente hipécrita.

2022, César Augusto Pires Torres, Vivencias cantadas en prosas y relatos, Editorial Autores de Argentina, page 116:


superficial

superficial m or f (masculine and feminine plural superficiales)

superficiales (feminine masculine plural)


presto

presto (feminine presta, masculine plural prestos, feminine plural prestas)

presta (feminine)
prestos (masculine plural)
prestas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Late Latin praestus, from the adverb praesto. Compare Catalan prest, Italian presto, French prêt. The meaning pertaining to music comes from Italian presto.


heterosexual

heterosexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural heterosexuales)

heterosexuales (feminine masculine plural)


pedo

pedo (feminine peda, masculine plural pedos, feminine plural pedas)

peda (feminine)
pedos (masculine plural)
pedas (feminine plural)


top

top m or f (masculine and feminine plural tops)

(proscribed) top (situated on the top of something)

(proscribed) top (best; of the highest quality or rank)

(proscribed) top (very good, of high quality)


anglo

anglo (feminine angla, masculine plural anglos, feminine plural anglas)

angla (feminine)
anglos (masculine plural)
anglas (feminine plural)


ancestral

ancestral m or f (masculine and feminine plural ancestrales)

From the Old French ancestrel, from the noun ancestre (“ancestor”), from Late Latin antecessor (“predecessor”), an agent noun from the past participle stem of Latin antecedere (“to proceed”), from the prefix ante- with the infinitive cedere (“to go”), the latter from Proto-Italic *kezdō (“to avoid or to go away”), from the Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to yield or to go”).


ornamental

es-adj

ornamental m or f (masculine and feminine plural ornamentales)

ornamentales (feminine masculine plural)


fraternal

fraternal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fraternales)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin frāternālis (“fraternal”), from Latin frāternus (“of or relating to a brother, fraternal”), from frāter (“brother”).


flamenco

es-adj

flamenco (feminine flamenca, masculine plural flamencos, feminine plural flamencas)

flamenca (feminine)
flamencos (masculine plural)
flamencas (feminine plural)


amateur

amateur m or f (masculine and feminine plural amateurs)

Unadapted borrowing from French amateur. Doublet of amador.


angular

angular m or f (masculine and feminine plural angulares)


sano

sano (feminine sana, masculine plural sanos, feminine plural sanas, superlative sanísimo)

sana (feminine)
sanos (masculine plural)
sanas (feminine plural)
sanísimo (superlative)

From Latin sānus, from Proto-Indo-European *swā-n- (“healthy; whole; active; vigorous”). Cognate with Galician san and Portuguese são.


noruego

es-adj

noruego (feminine noruega, masculine plural noruegos, feminine plural noruegas)

noruega (feminine)
noruegos (masculine plural)
noruegas (feminine plural)

Norwegian (pertaining to Norway or the Norwegian language)


fungicidal

fungicidal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fungicidales)

fungicidales (feminine masculine plural)


episcopal

episcopal m or f (masculine and feminine plural episcopales)


semilunar

semilunar m or f (masculine and feminine plural semilunares)


naval

naval m or f (masculine and feminine plural navales)

Inherited from Latin nāvālem, accusative singular form of nāvālis (“of ships”), from nāvis (“ship”).

(nautical) naval (of or relating to a navy)


variable

variable m or f (masculine and feminine plural variables)


diluvial

diluvial m or f (masculine and feminine plural diluviales)

From diluvio + -al, from Latin dīluvium (“flood”).


rival

rival m or f (masculine and feminine plural rivales)


mayúsculo

mayúsculo (feminine mayúscula, masculine plural mayúsculos, feminine plural mayúsculas)

mayúscula (feminine)
mayúsculos (masculine plural)
mayúsculas (feminine plural)


minúsculo

minúsculo (feminine minúscula, masculine plural minúsculos, feminine plural minúsculas)

minúscula (feminine)
minúsculos (masculine plural)
minúsculas (feminine plural)

From Latin minusculus, from minus (“less”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).


mayúscula

Borrowed from Latin maiusculus. Cognate with English majuscule.


traduccional

es-adj

traduccional m or f (masculine and feminine plural traduccionales)

traduccionales (feminine masculine plural)


surreal

surreal m or f (masculine and feminine plural surreales)


imperial

imperial m or f (masculine and feminine plural imperiales)

Borrowed from Latin imperiālis (“of the empire or emperor, imperial”), from imperium (“empire, imperial government”) + -ālis, from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (“form of in”) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”).


madrileño

es-adj

madrileño (feminine madrileña, masculine plural madrileños, feminine plural madrileñas)

madrileña (feminine)
madrileños (masculine plural)
madrileñas (feminine plural)

(relational) of the city of Madrid or the Community of Madrid; Madrilenian (of or from Madrid)


caro

caro (feminine cara, masculine plural caros, feminine plural caras)

cara (feminine)
caros (masculine plural)
caras (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin cārus, cognate with French cher. From the same Latin root as the English verbs caress and cherish.


inductor

inductor (feminine inductora, masculine plural inductores, feminine plural inductoras)

inductora (feminine)
inductores (masculine plural)
inductoras (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin inductor, from Latin inducō.


serial

serial m or f (masculine and feminine plural seriales)


quarto

quarto (feminine quarta, masculine plural quartos, feminine plural quartas)

quarta (feminine)
quartos (masculine plural)
quartas (feminine plural)


bisexual

bisexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural bisexuales)


quinto

quinto (feminine quinta, masculine plural quintos, feminine plural quintas)

quinta (feminine)
quintos (masculine plural)
quintas (feminine plural)

From Latin quintus. Pushed out Old Spanish cinquén(o), quintén(o) in line with the re-Latinization of many other numerals – compare Ladino sinkeno. The meanings “18-year-old boy” and “conscript” comes from the days of King John II of Castile, who decreed that one boy in five were obliged to serve in the army.


feral

feral m or f (masculine and feminine plural ferales)

Borrowed from a Late Latin ferālis, from Latin ferus (“wild”), or formed from fiero + -al.


notable

notable m or f (masculine and feminine plural notables, superlative notabilísimo)

notables (feminine masculine plural)
notabilísimo (superlative)

Borrowed from Latin notābilis. Cognate with English notable.

remarkable, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, significant, marked, outstanding, striking, noted


nono

nono (feminine nona, masculine plural nonos, feminine plural nonas)

nona (feminine)
nonos (masculine plural)
nonas (feminine plural)


mesto

mesto (feminine mesta, masculine plural mestos, feminine plural mestas)

mesta (feminine)
mestos (masculine plural)
mestas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin mixtus. Doublet of mixto.


yuki

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

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


sustantivo

sustantivo (feminine sustantiva, masculine plural sustantivos, feminine plural sustantivas)

sustantiva (feminine)
sustantivos (masculine plural)
sustantivas (feminine plural)

From Latin substantīvus (“substantive”), from substantia (“substance, essence”), from substāns, present active participle of substō (“stand under; exist”), from sub + stō (“stand”).


polaco

polaco (feminine polaca, masculine plural polacos, feminine plural polacas)

polaca (feminine)
polacos (masculine plural)
polacas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Polish Polak.
For the etymology of the Catalan sense, see the Wikipedia article Polaco (slur).


abusivo

abusivo (feminine abusiva, masculine plural abusivos, feminine plural abusivas)

abusiva (feminine)
abusivos (masculine plural)
abusivas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin abūsīvus, equivalent to abuso + -ivo.

abusive (practising, containing or being an abuse)


actuarial

actuarial m or f (masculine and feminine plural actuariales)


substantivo

substantivo (feminine substantiva, masculine plural substantivos, feminine plural substantivas)

substantiva (feminine)
substantivos (masculine plural)
substantivas (feminine plural)

Alternative form of sustantivo (“substantive”)


acicular

acicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural aciculares)


padre

padre m or f (masculine and feminine plural padres, superlative padrísimo)

padres (feminine masculine plural)
padrísimo (superlative)

Inherited from Latin patrem, pater, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.


bienvenido

bienvenido (feminine bienvenida, masculine plural bienvenidos, feminine plural bienvenidas)

bienvenida (feminine)
bienvenidos (masculine plural)
bienvenidas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Spanish bienvenido, inherited from Vulgar Latin *bene venītus, presumably a calque of a Frankish term, derived from Proto-Germanic *wiljakwemô (“a welcome guest or arrival”), from which many modern Germanic forms descend, such as English welcome. By surface analysis, bien (“well”) + venido (“come”).


ablativo

es-adj

ablativo (feminine ablativa, masculine plural ablativos, feminine plural ablativas)

ablativa (feminine)
ablativos (masculine plural)
ablativas (feminine plural)


visceral

visceral m or f (masculine and feminine plural viscerales)


acerbo

acerbo (feminine acerba, masculine plural acerbos, feminine plural acerbas)

acerba (feminine)
acerbos (masculine plural)
acerbas (feminine plural)


adrenal

adrenal m or f (masculine and feminine plural adrenales)


miscible

miscible m or f (masculine and feminine plural miscibles)


filial

filial m or f (masculine and feminine plural filiales)


radical

radical m or f (masculine and feminine plural radicales)


clave

clave m or f (masculine and feminine plural clave or claves)

clave (feminine masculine plural)
claves (feminine masculine plural)

Borrowed from Latin clāvis (“key”). Compare the inherited doublet llave.


novel

novel m or f (masculine and feminine plural noveles)

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


hexadecimal

hexadecimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural hexadecimales)

hexadecimales (feminine masculine plural)


nuevo

nuevo (feminine nueva, masculine plural nuevos, feminine plural nuevas, superlative novísimo or nuevísimo)

nueva (feminine)
nuevos (masculine plural)
nuevas (feminine plural)
novísimo (superlative)
nuevísimo (superlative)

Inherited from Latin novus, from Proto-Italic *nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

un nuevo comienzo


dental

dental m or f (masculine and feminine plural dentales)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”).


adverbial

adverbial m or f (masculine and feminine plural adverbiales)

[að̞.β̞eɾˈβ̞jal]


bicameral

bicameral m or f (masculine and feminine plural bicamerales)

From bi- + cameral, or borrowed from French bicaméral.


húngaro

húngaro (feminine húngara, masculine plural húngaros, feminine plural húngaras)

húngara (feminine)
húngaros (masculine plural)
húngaras (feminine plural)


bizarro

bizarro (feminine bizarra, masculine plural bizarros, feminine plural bizarras)

bizarra (feminine)
bizarros (masculine plural)
bizarras (feminine plural)

Presumably from the same source as bizarre, which may be Basque bizardun (“bearded”), from bizar (“beard”), or from Italian bizzarro, further etymology unknown. See English bizarre for more.

[...]; y conociendo su posición se fortaleció con los auxilios de la religión, ostentando hasta en su último aliento la resignación de un buen cristiano, y espirando como el hombre de bien, y con la serenidad de un bizarro militar.

January 3rd, 1832, Necrologia Gaceta de Madrid, Imprenta Real, page 98

…; and knowing his position he strengthened himself with the aid of religion, flaunting in his last breath the resignation of a good Christian, and expiring as the good man, and with the serenity of a noble soldier.


bizarro

(colloquial, proscribed) bizarre, strange, weird


listo

listo (feminine lista, masculine plural listos, feminine plural listas, superlative listísimo)

lista (feminine)
listos (masculine plural)
listas (feminine plural)
listísimo (superlative)

Unknown. Cognate to Portuguese lesto (“agile”), Catalan llest (“clever; ready”), Italian lesto (“quick”), Maltese lest (“ready”).
* If "clever" is the original sense, probably from Proto-Germanic *listiz; compare Old High German and Old English list, both "knowledge, experience, cunning, art, trick, slyness" (see English list). A semantic development "clever" → "quick" → "ready" is very plausible, but note that the association with "cleverness" apparently exists only in Spanish and Catalan (and might thus be secondary). Note also Irish cliste (“clever”).
* Alternatively, perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *lextus or *lestus, reduced from *lexitus, as an alteration of Latin lēctus (“chosen; read”), participle of legō.

Cree que es el estudiante más listo de su clase.

He has the illusion that he is the smartest in his class.

¿Estás listo?

Ella siempre estaba lista para un desafío.

Estoy listo para lo que quieras hacer.

ready, set, all set, prepared, poised, up, down (with estar)


catalán

catalán (feminine catalana, masculine plural catalanes, feminine plural catalanas)

catalana (feminine)
catalanes (masculine plural)
catalanas (feminine plural)

From Catalan català (adjective), Catalunya (noun).


sexy

sexy m or f (masculine and feminine plural sexys)


latine

latine gender-neutral (canonical)
latines (plural)

Gender-neutral e replaces the gendered endings/elements a and o.

-a-o-e

(gender-neutral, neologism) Latin American, a gender-neutral form of latino/latina


albo

es-adj

albo (feminine alba, masculine plural albos, feminine plural albas)

alba (feminine)
albos (masculine plural)
albas (feminine plural)

From Old Spanish albo, borrowed from Latin albus. The latter was replaced in Spanish, and much of Romance besides, by blanco (blancus). Doublet of obo and álbum.


cantor

cantor (feminine cantora, masculine plural cantores, feminine plural cantoras)

cantora (feminine)
cantores (masculine plural)
cantoras (feminine plural)


decimal

decimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural decimales)

Borrowed from Late Latin decimālis, from Latin decimus.


pro

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

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

A very recent anglicism, borrowed from English pro.

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.


agro

agro (feminine agra, masculine plural agros, feminine plural agras)

agra (feminine)
agros (masculine plural)
agras (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Spanish agro, in use until the 17th century.


adulto

adulto (feminine adulta, masculine plural adultos, feminine plural adultas)

adulta (feminine)
adultos (masculine plural)
adultas (feminine plural)


segundo

segundo (feminine segunda, masculine plural segundos, feminine plural segundas)

segunda (feminine)
segundos (masculine plural)
segundas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin secundus with, per Coromines, a 'semi-learned' treatment of the stressed vowel (*segondo would have been expected otherwise). Doublet of según. Related to seguir (“follow”).

(ordinal number) second (after the first)


vulgar

vulgar m or f (masculine and feminine plural vulgares)


ducal

ducal m or f (masculine and feminine plural ducales)


papal

papal m or f (masculine and feminine plural papales)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin papālis, from Ecclesiastical Latin papa.


perineal

perineal m or f (masculine and feminine plural perineales)


media

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


sesquipedal

es-adj

sesquipedal m or f (masculine and feminine plural sesquipedales)

sesquipedales (feminine masculine plural)


bello

bello (feminine bella, masculine plural bellos, feminine plural bellas, superlative bellísimo)

bella (feminine)
bellos (masculine plural)
bellas (feminine plural)
bellísimo (superlative)

Inherited from Old Spanish bello, in turn a borrowing from Old Occitan bel, bell, from Latin bellus. According to Coromines and Pascual, first attested in the early 13th century, but not in the Poem of the Cid nor pre-literary Castilian. Part of the evidence for it being a borrowing is the lack of diphthongization, cf. Old Spanish castiello, amariello. The native Old Spanish terms were bellido and fermoso.


off

(theater) off-Broadway; minor-league; small-time


moral

moral m or f (masculine and feminine plural morales)

moral (conforming to a standard of right behaviour)


alto

alto (feminine alta, masculine plural altos, feminine plural altas, superlative altísimo)

alta (feminine)
altos (masculine plural)
altas (feminine plural)
altísimo (superlative)

Borrowed from Latin altus, ultimately of Proto-Indo-European origin. The form alto represents a pronunciation influenced by the most learned layers of the language, and is not the normal phonetic result expected in a naturally inherited word. Cf. the now archaic form oto, which was used more often in Old Spanish and is the form of the word that was completely popularly inherited, preserved in some toponyms/placenames, and its derivative otear and the rare or regional otar. Compare also archaic Galician outo (versus the standard alto today). See also the related Spanish otero (and Portuguese outeiro).

Esas chicas son altas.

Es un número alto.

En voz alta.

alto y claro


sororal

sororal m or f (masculine and feminine plural sororales)


peloso

peloso (feminine pelosa, masculine plural pelosos, feminine plural pelosas)

pelosa (feminine)
pelosos (masculine plural)
pelosas (feminine plural)


albino

albino (feminine albina, masculine plural albinos, feminine plural albinas)

albina (feminine)
albinos (masculine plural)
albinas (feminine plural)

From albo + -ino, ultimately from Latin albus (“white”).

albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism


super

Borrowed from Latin super; cf. also English super. Doublet of the inherited sobre.


globular

globular m or f (masculine and feminine plural globulares)


bravo

bravo (feminine brava, masculine plural bravos, feminine plural bravas, superlative bravísimo)

brava (feminine)
bravos (masculine plural)
bravas (feminine plural)
bravísimo (superlative)

→ Belizean Creole: braabo, braabu

Inherited from Old Spanish bravo, possibly from Vulgar Latin *bravus or *brabus, from a fusion of Latin prāvus and barbarus (or from metathesis of an intermediate form *babru-).


mono

mono (feminine mona, masculine plural monos, feminine plural monas, superlative monísimo)

mona (feminine)
monos (masculine plural)
monas (feminine plural)
monísimo (superlative)

Haplographically from maimón (“monkey”), from Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn, “baboon, mandrill”). Compare English monkey.


abierto

es-adj

abierto (feminine abierta, masculine plural abiertos, feminine plural abiertas)

abierta (feminine)
abiertos (masculine plural)
abiertas (feminine plural)

Chavacano: abyerto

→ Cebuano: abyerto

→ Hiligaynon: abiérto

Inherited from Old Spanish abierto, from Latin apertus, perfect passive participle of verb aperiō (“to open”). Compare English overt.

La puerta está abierta.

A ver si el banco está abierto todavía.

Un buen profesor estará abierto a las sugerencias de sus alumnos.

A good professor will be open to their students' suggestions.

open, overt, outspoken, candid (not subtle in character)

Estas negociaciones son un proceso abierto cuyo resultado no puede garantizarse de antemano

These negotiations are an open-ended process, the outcome of which cannot be guaranteed beforehand.

(phonetics) open (uttered with a wide opening of articulators)


breve

breve m or f (masculine and feminine plural breves, superlative brevísimo)

breves (feminine masculine plural)
brevísimo (superlative)


hardcore

Unadapted borrowing from English hardcore.


adambulacral

es-adj

adambulacral m or f (masculine and feminine plural adambulacrales)

adambulacrales (feminine masculine plural)


alba

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus.


paternal

paternal m or f (masculine and feminine plural paternales)


mona

From mono (“monkey”). Compare English monkey.


pronto

pronto (feminine pronta, masculine plural prontos, feminine plural prontas)

pronta (feminine)
prontos (masculine plural)
prontas (feminine plural)


fome

fome m or f (masculine and feminine plural fomes)

(Chile, colloquial) boring, unfunny, lame, uncool, dull, stale


axial

axial m or f (masculine and feminine plural axiales)


occidental

occidental m or f (masculine and feminine plural occidentales)

occidentales (feminine masculine plural)


transversal

transversal m or f (masculine and feminine plural transversales)

transversales (feminine masculine plural)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus.

bor+

acuerdos transversales


maternal

es-adj

maternal m or f (masculine and feminine plural maternales)


idiota

idiota m or f (masculine and feminine plural idiotas)

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


culo

es-adj

culo (feminine cula, masculine plural culos, feminine plural culas)

cula (feminine)
culos (masculine plural)
culas (feminine plural)

Es bien culo.

(vulgar, colloquial, Mexico) cowardly, gutless


maestro

maestro (feminine maestra, masculine plural maestros, feminine plural maestras)

maestra (feminine)
maestros (masculine plural)
maestras (feminine plural)

→ Bikol Central: maestro

→ Cebuano: maestro

→ Tataltepec Chatino: mstru

→ Tagalog: maestro

Inherited from Latin magistrum. Doublet of magíster, borrowed from Latin, and máster, borrowed from English.


trans

Internacionalmente, presentan al país como perfecto cumplidor en cuanto a la protección de los derechos humanos de la población LGBTI. Hablan de la recientemente creada línea de atención y de la contratación de mujeres trans en organismos públicos.

2015 July 30, Karla Avelar, ““Tengo miedo constantemente””, in El País (Spain):

Internationally, they present the country as a perfect complier regarding the protection of the LGBTI population's human rights. They talk about the recently created support line and the hiring of trans women in public organizations.

En la Argentina solo existe un antecedente de una persona trans que haya aspirado a un cargo de juez.

2019 September 4, Claudio Andrade, “Es abogada y quiere convertirse en la primera jueza trans de la Argentina”, in Clarín (Argentina):

In Argentine only one precedent exists of a trans person who has aspired to the position of judge.


personal

personal m or f (masculine and feminine plural personales)


japonés

japonés (feminine japonesa, masculine plural japoneses, feminine plural japonesas)

japonesa (feminine)
japoneses (masculine plural)
japonesas (feminine plural)


triste

triste m or f (masculine and feminine plural tristes, superlative tristísimo)

tristes (feminine masculine plural)
tristísimo (superlative)

Borrowed from Latin trīstis. Compare the Old Spanish tristo, inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus.

sad, saddened, blue, gloomy, unhappy, joyless, triste

dismal, dreary, glum, miserable, melancholy


antisemita

antisemita m or f (masculine and feminine plural antisemitas)


medieval

medieval m or f (masculine and feminine plural medievales)

El castellano antiguo también se llama español medieval.

Old Castilian is also called Medieval Spanish.


puerperal

puerperal m or f (masculine and feminine plural puerperales)


par

par m or f (masculine and feminine plural pares)

Inherited from Latin pār (“equal, like”), from Proto-Indo-European *per (“exchange”).


intramural

es-adj

intramural m or f (masculine and feminine plural intramurales)

intramurales (feminine masculine plural)


pastoral

pastoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural pastorales)


ineluctable

ineluctable m or f (masculine and feminine plural ineluctables)

ineluctables (feminine masculine plural)


bilabial

bilabial m or f (masculine and feminine plural bilabiales)

(phonetics) bilabial (articulated with both lips)


intramuscular

intramuscular m or f (masculine and feminine plural intramusculares)

intramusculares (feminine masculine plural)


marsupial

marsupial m or f (masculine and feminine plural marsupiales)

Borrowed from New Latin marsūpiālis, from Latin marsūpium "pouch", from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion). More at marsupio.


parenteral

parenteral m or f (masculine and feminine plural parenterales)

parenterales (feminine masculine plural)


cerdo

cerdo (feminine cerda, masculine plural cerdos, feminine plural cerdas)

cerda (feminine)
cerdos (masculine plural)
cerdas (feminine plural)


uvular

uvular m or f (masculine and feminine plural uvulares)


férreo

férreo (feminine férrea, masculine plural férreos, feminine plural férreas)

férrea (feminine)
férreos (masculine plural)
férreas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin ferreus (“made of iron; hard; rigid”).

bor+

idea férrea


paca

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


abandonado

es-adj

abandonado (feminine abandonada, masculine plural abandonados, feminine plural abandonadas)

abandonada (feminine)
abandonados (masculine plural)
abandonadas (feminine plural)


labiodental

labiodental m or f (masculine and feminine plural labiodentales)

labiodentales (feminine masculine plural)


conjugal

conjugal m or f (masculine and feminine plural conjugales)


factual

factual m or f (masculine and feminine plural factuales)


integral

integral m or f (masculine and feminine plural integrales)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin integrālis, from Latin integer (“entire”).


patrilineal

patrilineal m or f (masculine and feminine plural patrilineales)

patrilineales (feminine masculine plural)


ritual

ritual m or f (masculine and feminine plural rituales)


seco

seco (feminine seca, masculine plural secos, feminine plural secas, superlative sequísimo)

seca (feminine)
secos (masculine plural)
secas (feminine plural)
sequísimo (superlative)

Chavacano: seco

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.


pesado

pesado (feminine pesada, masculine plural pesados, feminine plural pesadas)

pesada (feminine)
pesados (masculine plural)
pesadas (feminine plural)


jalapeño

jalapeño (feminine jalapeña, masculine plural jalapeños, feminine plural jalapeñas)

jalapeña (feminine)
jalapeños (masculine plural)
jalapeñas (feminine plural)


habanero

habanero (feminine habanera, masculine plural habaneros, feminine plural habaneras)

habanera (feminine)
habaneros (masculine plural)
habaneras (feminine plural)


normal

normal m or f (masculine and feminine plural normales)

A mi me parece normal.


palatal

palatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural palatales)


alar

alar m or f (masculine and feminine plural alares)


gitano

gitano (feminine gitana, masculine plural gitanos, feminine plural gitanas)

gitana (feminine)
gitanos (masculine plural)
gitanas (feminine plural)

From egiptano (“Egyptian”), from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos). It was originally mistakenly believed that the Roma/gypsy people originated from Egypt. See also the related etymology of English Gypsy.


burel

burel m or f (masculine and feminine plural bureles)

(bullfighting) reddish-brown (said of a bull)


misericorde

misericorde m or f (masculine and feminine plural misericordes)

misericordes (feminine masculine plural)


velar

velar m or f (masculine and feminine plural velares)

Borrowed from Latin vēlāris, from vēlum.


azul

azul m or f (masculine and feminine plural azules)

Inherited from Old Spanish azur, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azur, from French. Cognate with English azure.


tonto

es-adj

tonto (feminine tonta, masculine plural tontos, feminine plural tontas)

tonta (feminine)
tontos (masculine plural)
tontas (feminine plural)

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: tunto

→ Tagalog: tonto

Uncertain. Latin attonitus has been proposed, but there are phonological difficulties, namely unexpected loss of initial /a/ and lack of diphthongization; cf. the expected outcome atuendo. Tonto may have an expressive or onomatopoeic origin. Another hypothesis is that it derives from *tontum, a 'vulgar' past participle for Latin tondeo (“to shear”). Compare Italian tonto, Portuguese tonto, and Romanian tont, tânt.


rojo

rojo (feminine roja, masculine plural rojos, feminine plural rojas)

roja (feminine)
rojos (masculine plural)
rojas (feminine plural)

From Old Spanish roxo, inherited from Latin russus or russeus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-. Compare Portuguese roxo.


fresco

fresco (feminine fresca, masculine plural frescos, feminine plural frescas)

fresca (feminine)
frescos (masculine plural)
frescas (feminine plural)

→ Belizean Creole: fresko

→ Bikol Central: presko


delgado

delgado (feminine delgada, masculine plural delgados, feminine plural delgadas, superlative delgadísimo)

delgada (feminine)
delgados (masculine plural)
delgadas (feminine plural)
delgadísimo (superlative)

Inherited from Latin dēlicātus and doublet of delicado. Compare also English delicate.


grave

grave m or f (masculine and feminine plural graves, superlative gravísimo)

graves (feminine masculine plural)
gravísimo (superlative)

→ Tagalog: grabe

Inherited from Old Spanish grave, from Latin gravis. Cf. also the attested Old Spanish form grieve, from Early Medieval Latin grevis, which was more common in other Romance-speaking areas.

(phonetics) paroxytone; stressed in the penultimate syllable


lingual

lingual m or f (masculine and feminine plural linguales)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech”).


pectoral

es-adj

pectoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural pectorales)

Borrowed from Latin pectorālis. Doublet of the inherited petral and pretal.

pectoral (of or relating to the breast or chest)


probable

probable m or f (masculine and feminine plural probables)


sui generis

Borrowed from Latin suī generis (literally “of its (own) kind”).


gordo

es-adj

gordo (feminine gorda, masculine plural gordos, feminine plural gordas, superlative gordísimo)

gorda (feminine)
gordos (masculine plural)
gordas (feminine plural)
gordísimo (superlative)

Los jóvenes son gordos.


temporal

temporal m or f (masculine and feminine plural temporales)

(anatomy) temporal (of the temples of the head)


considerable

considerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural considerables)

considerables (feminine masculine plural)


mortal

mortal m or f (masculine and feminine plural mortales)


enano

enano (feminine enana, masculine plural enanos, feminine plural enanas)

enana (feminine)
enanos (masculine plural)
enanas (feminine plural)

From Latin nānus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos). Cognate with Portuguese anão. Compare English nano-.


lacrimoso

lacrimoso (feminine lacrimosa, masculine plural lacrimosos, feminine plural lacrimosas)

lacrimosa (feminine)
lacrimosos (masculine plural)
lacrimosas (feminine plural)

(relational) tear (of the eye), weeping; lachrymose (of or relating to tears or weeping)


lego

lego (feminine lega, masculine plural legos, feminine plural legas)

lega (feminine)
legos (masculine plural)
legas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Spanish lego, from Latin lāicus, borrowed from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós). Doublet of laico.


logical

logical m or f (masculine and feminine plural logicales)


material

material m or f (masculine and feminine plural materiales)


connatural

connatural m or f (masculine and feminine plural connaturales)

connaturales (feminine masculine plural)


ostensible

ostensible m or f (masculine and feminine plural ostensibles)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ostēnsibilis.


miserable

es-adj

miserable m or f (masculine and feminine plural miserables)

Learned borrowing from Latin miserābilis.


flexible

es-adj

flexible m or f (masculine and feminine plural flexibles)

Borrowed from Latin flexibilis, from flectō (“to bend, curve”).


nasal

nasal m or f (masculine and feminine plural nasales)

Borrowed from Late Latin nāsālis, from Latin nāsus.


usual

usual m or f (masculine and feminine plural usuales)


desenfrenado

desenfrenado (feminine desenfrenada, masculine plural desenfrenados, feminine plural desenfrenadas)

desenfrenada (feminine)
desenfrenados (masculine plural)
desenfrenadas (feminine plural)

optimismo desenfrenado


sinónimo

sinónimo (feminine sinónima, masculine plural sinónimos, feminine plural sinónimas)

sinónima (feminine)
sinónimos (masculine plural)
sinónimas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin synōnymus. By surface analysis, sin- + -ónimo.


primer

head

primer m (apocopate, standard form primero)

el primer hijo

(before the noun) Apocopic form of primero (first)

(informal, proscribed) Apocopic form of primera (first)


rural

es-adj

rural m or f (masculine and feminine plural rurales)

From Latin rūrālis (“rural”), from rūs (“countryside”) + -ālis.


inferior

inferior m or f (masculine and feminine plural inferiores)

España derribó la puerta de la eternidad para hacerse inmortal, para ponerse el laurel de oro y diamantes, para significarse al fin como la mejor del mundo, cosa que llevaba años haciendo en las categorías inferiores.

20 August 2023, Jordi Quixano, “España se hace inmortal con la conquista de su primer Mundial femenino”, in El País:


luxemburgués

luxemburgués (feminine luxemburguesa, masculine plural luxemburgueses, feminine plural luxemburguesas)

luxemburguesa (feminine)
luxemburgueses (masculine plural)
luxemburguesas (feminine plural)

Luxembourgish (from or native to Luxembourg)

Luxembourgish (pertaining to Luxembourg)


primera

From primero (“first”), from Latin prīmārius.


principal

principal m or f (masculine and feminine plural principales)

Inherited from Old Spanish prinçipal, principal, borrowed from Latin principālis.


porteño

es-adj

porteño (feminine porteña, masculine plural porteños, feminine plural porteñas)

porteña (feminine)
porteños (masculine plural)
porteñas (feminine plural)

(Spain) native to or inhabiting the port town of El Puerto de Santa María

(Argentina) native to or inhabiting the port town of Buenos Aires

(Chile) native to or inhabiting Valparaíso


bonaerense

bonaerense m or f (masculine and feminine plural bonaerenses)

From a Latinate form of Buenos Aires + -ense.

(relational) of the Province of Buenos Aires


superior

superior m or f (masculine and feminine plural superiores)


virtuoso

virtuoso (feminine virtuosa, masculine plural virtuosos, feminine plural virtuosas)

virtuosa (feminine)
virtuosos (masculine plural)
virtuosas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin virtuōsus (“virtuous”), from Latin virtūs + -ōsus.


virtuoso

Borrowed from Italian virtuoso, from Latin virtuōsus (“virtuous”).

virtuoso (exhibiting the ability of a virtuoso)


lateral

es-adj

lateral m or f (masculine and feminine plural laterales)


algal

algal m or f (masculine and feminine plural algales)


atonal

atonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural atonales)


wari

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

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


amino

amino (feminine amina, masculine plural aminos, feminine plural aminas)

amina (feminine)
aminos (masculine plural)
aminas (feminine plural)


bonito

bonito (feminine bonita, masculine plural bonitos, feminine plural bonitas)

bonita (feminine)
bonitos (masculine plural)
bonitas (feminine plural)

nice, lovely, sweet, fine, charming, great


triple

triple m or f (masculine and feminine plural triples)

un triple empate


fetal

fetal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fetales)


circular

circular m or f (masculine and feminine plural circulares)

Borrowed from Late Latin circulāris, from Latin circulus.


distal

distal m or f (masculine and feminine plural distales)


lobar

lobar m or f (masculine and feminine plural lobares)


basal

basal m or f (masculine and feminine plural basales)


focal

focal m or f (masculine and feminine plural focales)

Learned borrowing from New Latin focālis.


mitral

es-adj

mitral m or f (masculine and feminine plural mitrales)


coreano

coreano (feminine coreana, masculine plural coreanos, feminine plural coreanas)

coreana (feminine)
coreanos (masculine plural)
coreanas (feminine plural)

Korean (relating to the Korean Peninsula)


chic

chic m or f (masculine and feminine plural chics)


nodal

nodal m or f (masculine and feminine plural nodales)


bolo

bolo (feminine bola, masculine plural bolos, feminine plural bolas)

bola (feminine)
bolos (masculine plural)
bolas (feminine plural)


medial

medial m or f (masculine and feminine plural mediales)

Borrowed from Latin mediālis. Cf. also meaja.


neural

neural m or f (masculine and feminine plural neurales)


playa

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


renal

es-adj

renal m or f (masculine and feminine plural renales)

Borrowed from Late Latin renālis, from Latin ren.


puro

puro (feminine pura, masculine plural puros, feminine plural puras)

pura (feminine)
puros (masculine plural)
puras (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Spanish puro, from Latin pūrus. In the noun sense short for cigarro puro, a product to be smoked that is made – unlike the cigarette – of “tabaco puro, sin papel” (pure tobacco, without paper). Note that in Spanish the unqualified term cigarro can also refer to a cigarette.

alone, sheer, mere, just, nothing less than


salvo

salvo (feminine salva, masculine plural salvos, feminine plural salvas)

salva (feminine)
salvos (masculine plural)
salvas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin salvus. Cognate with English safe.


bipedal

bipedal m or f (masculine and feminine plural bipedales)


romano

romano (feminine romana, masculine plural romanos, feminine plural romanas)

romana (feminine)
romanos (masculine plural)
romanas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin rōmānus. Cognate with English Roman. Doublet of rumano.

Roman (from or native to the city or empire of Rome)

Roman (pertaining to Rome or the Romans)


salina

From Old Spanish salina, from Latin salīna.


tensor

tensor (feminine tensora, masculine plural tensores, feminine plural tensoras)

tensora (feminine)
tensores (masculine plural)
tensoras (feminine plural)


labial

labial m or f (masculine and feminine plural labiales)

(relational) lip; labial (of or relating to the lips)

(phonetics) labial (articulated by the lips)


digestible

digestible m or f (masculine and feminine plural digestibles)


crucial

crucial m or f (masculine and feminine plural cruciales)


exigible

exigible m or f (masculine and feminine plural exigibles)


macho

macho (feminine macha, masculine plural machos, feminine plural machas)

macha (feminine)
machos (masculine plural)
machas (feminine plural)

→ Cebuano: matso

→ Dutch: macho

→ English: macho

→ Japanese: マッチョ (matcho)

→ Swedish: macho

→ Tagalog: matso

Inherited from Old Spanish maslo, itself from Vulgar Latin māsclus, contracted form of Latin māsculus (“male”). Doublet of másculo.


chute

chute m or f (masculine and feminine plural chutes)

Borrowed from English shoot. Doublet of chuto.

(colloquial, El Salvador) meddlesome, nosy


inalienable

inalienable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inalienables)

inalienables (feminine masculine plural)


indubitable

indubitable m or f (masculine and feminine plural indubitables)

indubitables (feminine masculine plural)


asexual

asexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural asexuales)


irreversible

irreversible m or f (masculine and feminine plural irreversibles)

irreversibles (feminine masculine plural)


laudable

laudable m or f (masculine and feminine plural laudables)


fatal

fatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fatales)

→ Bikol Central: patal (“stupid”)


irascible

irascible m or f (masculine and feminine plural irascibles)


fundamental

fundamental m or f (masculine and feminine plural fundamentales)

fundamentales (feminine masculine plural)


plausible

plausible m or f (masculine and feminine plural plausibles)


prenatal

prenatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural prenatales)


vestigial

vestigial m or f (masculine and feminine plural vestigiales)


vestal

vestal m or f (masculine and feminine plural vestales)


feudal

feudal m or f (masculine and feminine plural feudales)


ulnar

ulnar m or f (masculine and feminine plural ulnares)


extra

extra m or f (masculine and feminine plural extras)


extensible

extensible m or f (masculine and feminine plural extensibles)


viral

viral m or f (masculine and feminine plural virales)

viral (of or relating to a biologic virus)


macaco

macaco (feminine macaca, masculine plural macacos, feminine plural macacas)

macaca (feminine)
macacos (masculine plural)
macacas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Portuguese macaco, possibly from a Bantu language.

(slang) ugly, misshapen, deformed, squat


frugal

frugal m or f (masculine and feminine plural frugales)


auricular

auricular m or f (masculine and feminine plural auriculares)


continental

continental m or f (masculine and feminine plural continentales)

continentales (feminine masculine plural)


formal

formal m or f (masculine and feminine plural formales)


adelantado

adelantado (feminine adelantada, masculine plural adelantados, feminine plural adelantadas)

adelantada (feminine)
adelantados (masculine plural)
adelantadas (feminine plural)

Past participle of adelantar (“to advance, to promote”).


hueco

hueco (feminine hueca, masculine plural huecos, feminine plural huecas)

hueca (feminine)
huecos (masculine plural)
huecas (feminine plural)

Derived from an Old Spanish verb ocar or aocar, from the Latin occāre (“to harrow”). Compare Portuguese oco.


heptagonal

heptagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural heptagonales)

heptagonales (feminine masculine plural)


racial

racial m or f (masculine and feminine plural raciales)

Borrowed from English racial; compare raza (“race”).


cuadrado

cuadrado (feminine cuadrada, masculine plural cuadrados, feminine plural cuadradas)

cuadrada (feminine)
cuadrados (masculine plural)
cuadradas (feminine plural)


cholo

cholo (feminine chola, masculine plural cholos, feminine plural cholas)

chola (feminine)
cholos (masculine plural)
cholas (feminine plural)

Unknown etymology. Hypotheses include:
* From Classical Nahuatl xolotl ("dog").
* From Classical Nahuatl xolo ("servant").

Mi hijo ya se está poniendo cholo ahora que va al gimnasio.

My son is getting ripped now that he goes to the gym.

Sí, él es bien cholo en taekwondo. Ha estado yendo cuatro días a la semana por años.

Yes, he's pretty good in taekwondo. He's been going four days a week for years.

skillful (especially in a sport, but also figuratively in a dancing style, chess or a science)


mineral

mineral m or f (masculine and feminine plural minerales)


adjetivo

adjetivo (feminine adjetiva, masculine plural adjetivos, feminine plural adjetivas)

adjetiva (feminine)
adjetivos (masculine plural)
adjetivas (feminine plural)

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin adjectīvus.


finito

es-adj

finito (feminine finita, masculine plural finitos, feminine plural finitas)

finita (feminine)
finitos (masculine plural)
finitas (feminine plural)


finito

En la cabeza tenía unos pelos finitos, pocos, ¡pero tan suaves!

On his head he had some fine little hairs. Few, but so soft!


boliviano

boliviano (feminine boliviana, masculine plural bolivianos, feminine plural bolivianas)

boliviana (feminine)
bolivianos (masculine plural)
bolivianas (feminine plural)


mestizo

mestizo (feminine mestiza, masculine plural mestizos, feminine plural mestizas)

mestiza (feminine)
mestizos (masculine plural)
mestizas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Late Latin mixtīcius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Cognate to Portuguese mestiço, French métis.

of mixed, Spanish and Native American heritage

(by extension) of mixed indigenous (aboriginal) and colonial (European) descent


indivisible

indivisible m or f (masculine and feminine plural indivisibles)

indivisibles (feminine masculine plural)


marinero

marinero (feminine marinera, masculine plural marineros, feminine plural marineras)

marinera (feminine)
marineros (masculine plural)
marineras (feminine plural)

From marina + -ero.
Compare Portuguese marinheiro, Catalan mariner, Italian marinaio. Cf. also Vulgar Latin marinarius.


marital

marital m or f (masculine and feminine plural maritales)


metacarpal

metacarpal m or f (masculine and feminine plural metacarpales)

metacarpales (feminine masculine plural)


in vitro

in vitro (in an artificial environment, outside the living organism)


derivable

derivable m or f (masculine and feminine plural derivables)


sensual

sensual m or f (masculine and feminine plural sensuales)


blanco

blanco (feminine blanca, masculine plural blancos, feminine plural blancas)

blanca (feminine)
blancos (masculine plural)
blancas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”). Found as early as the Cantar de Mio Cid.
Compare Old High German blanch (“shining, bright, white”) (German blank), Old English blanc (“white, grey”), blanca (“white steed”). Cognate with English blank, Dutch blank, etc.


inseparable

es-adj

inseparable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inseparables)

inseparables (feminine masculine plural)


vietnamita

vietnamita m or f (masculine and feminine plural vietnamitas)


sacro

sacro (feminine sacra, masculine plural sacros, feminine plural sacras, superlative sacratísimo)

sacra (feminine)
sacros (masculine plural)
sacras (feminine plural)
sacratísimo (superlative)


diverso

diverso (feminine diversa, masculine plural diversos, feminine plural diversas)

diversa (feminine)
diversos (masculine plural)
diversas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin dīversus. Doublet of divieso.


matrilineal

matrilineal m or f (masculine and feminine plural matrilineales)

matrilineales (feminine masculine plural)


areolar

areolar m or f (masculine and feminine plural areolares)


antónimo

antónimo (feminine antónima, masculine plural antónimos, feminine plural antónimas)

antónima (feminine)
antónimos (masculine plural)
antónimas (feminine plural)


paludal

paludal m or f (masculine and feminine plural paludales)


fungible

fungible m or f (masculine and feminine plural fungibles)

From Latin fungī (“to perform”). Cognate with fungible.

fungible, expendable, consumable (exchangeable)


inexorable

inexorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inexorables)


amorfo

amorfo (feminine amorfa, masculine plural amorfos, feminine plural amorfas)

amorfa (feminine)
amorfos (masculine plural)
amorfas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos). By surface analysis, a- + -morfo.


neutral

es-adj

neutral m or f (masculine and feminine plural neutrales)


popular

popular m or f (masculine and feminine plural populares)

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


alfabeto

alfabeto (feminine alfabeta, masculine plural alfabetos, feminine plural alfabetas)

alfabeta (feminine)
alfabetos (masculine plural)
alfabetas (feminine plural)


variante

variante m or f (masculine and feminine plural variantes)


yoruba

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

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

[ɟ͡ʝoˈɾu.β̞a]

[ɟ͡ʝoˈɾu.β̞a]


factorial

factorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural factoriales)


castellano

castellano (feminine castellana, masculine plural castellanos, feminine plural castellanas)

castellana (feminine)
castellanos (masculine plural)
castellanas (feminine plural)

From Latin Castellānus (“Castilian”), from Castella (“Castile”) + -ānus (“-an: forming adjectives”), q.v.

Castilian (of or related to the kingdom or region of Castile)

(inexact, sometimes offensive) Spanish (of or related to Spain, particularly the Castilian or European forms of the Spanish language)


cana

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


débil

es-adj

débil m or f (masculine and feminine plural débiles)

Chavacano: debil

Probably borrowed from Latin dēbilis (“lame”). Compare endeble.


cordial

cordial m or f (masculine and feminine plural cordiales)


contable

contable m or f (masculine and feminine plural contables)


audible

audible m or f (masculine and feminine plural audibles)

Borrowed from Late Latin audibilis. Doublet of oíble.


comida

From the past participle of comer (“to eat”). Compare comestible, of the same ultimate (Latin) origin.


sueco

sueco (feminine sueca, masculine plural suecos, feminine plural suecas)

sueca (feminine)
suecos (masculine plural)
suecas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Suecus, ultimately from Latin Suiōnēs (“Swedes”) (in Tacitus); cognate with Old English Swēon (“Swedes”).


hecho

hecho (feminine hecha, masculine plural hechos, feminine plural hechas)

hecha (feminine)
hechos (masculine plural)
hechas (feminine plural)

Lo hecho, hecho está.

Hecho en México


improbable

improbable m or f (masculine and feminine plural improbables)


zonzo

zonzo (feminine zonza, masculine plural zonzos, feminine plural zonzas)

zonza (feminine)
zonzos (masculine plural)
zonzas (feminine plural)


informal

informal m or f (masculine and feminine plural informales)


iraquí

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

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


noble

noble m or f (masculine and feminine plural nobles)


detrimental

detrimental m or f (masculine and feminine plural detrimentales)

detrimentales (feminine masculine plural)


posterior

posterior m or f (masculine and feminine plural posteriores)


ladino

ladino (feminine ladina, masculine plural ladinos, feminine plural ladinas)

ladina (feminine)
ladinos (masculine plural)
ladinas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin latīnus; compare latín, latino, doublets which were borrowed later. Compare also Portuguese ladino (“learned, cultured”). The sense of "astute" or "crafty" developed from medieval times, when the word was used to describe scholars and learned people, who were familiar with Latin and were involved in a process of "Latinization", i.e. using and incorporating learned terms. It was also used as a general designation for Romance speakers in the Middle Ages, as opposed to others speaking different kinds of languages, especially Arabic in the context of Spain/Iberia (compare the name of Ladino, the Sephardic Jewish language of Spain, descended from a form of Old Spanish, as well as the Ladin of northern Italy). The sense of "mestizo" developed in colonial Central America when the term was originally applied to those indigenous people who came to speak only Spanish.

(Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama) mestizo


mediocre

mediocre m or f (masculine and feminine plural mediocres)


preternatural

preternatural m or f (masculine and feminine plural preternaturales)

preternaturales (feminine masculine plural)


social

social m or f (masculine and feminine plural sociales)

From Latin sociālis (“of or belonging to a companion, companionship or association, social”), from socius (“a companion, ally”).


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:


rector

rector (feminine rectora, masculine plural rectores, feminine plural rectoras)

rectora (feminine)
rectores (masculine plural)
rectoras (feminine plural)


premium

Unadapted borrowing from English premium. Doublet of premio.

ubor

Nos domina hace tiempo una obsesión premium, de sentirnos en el lado caro de la historia.

2021 April 23, Iñigo Domínguez, “La Superliga o la obsesión ‘premium’”, in El País, retrieved 2022-03-21:

We have long been dominated by a premium obsession, of feeling on the expensive side of history.

¿Y cuántas quejas de usuarios hay por el reciente aumento de anuncios en Youtube^([sic]) (aumento que se puede combatir suscribiéndose a la versión premium de la plataforma)?

2022 February 25, Jorge Morla, “¿Quién controlará la publicidad en el metaverso?”, in El País:


hebreo

es-adj

hebreo (feminine hebrea, masculine plural hebreos, feminine plural hebreas)

hebrea (feminine)
hebreos (masculine plural)
hebreas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin hebraeus, from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Aramaic עִבְרַי (ʿiḇray), from Hebrew עִבְרִי (ʿiḇrī́).

der

Hebrew עִבְרִי (ʿiḇrī́)


bobo

es-adj

bobo (feminine boba, masculine plural bobos, feminine plural bobas)

boba (feminine)
bobos (masculine plural)
bobas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin balbus (“stuttering”), influenced by sound symbolism.


mutual

es-adj

mutual m or f (masculine and feminine plural mutuales)


particular

particular m or f (masculine and feminine plural particulares)

particulares (feminine masculine plural)


risible

risible m or f (masculine and feminine plural risibles)

Borrowed from Late Latin rīsibilis, from rīdeō (“to laugh”).


fashion

Unadapted borrowing from English fashion. Doublet of facción.


dorsal

es-adj

dorsal m or f (masculine and feminine plural dorsales)


frontal

frontal m or f (masculine and feminine plural frontales)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin frontālis (“frontal”), from Latin frōns.


proximal

es-adj

proximal m or f (masculine and feminine plural proximales)


familiar

familiar m or f (masculine and feminine plural familiares)


outdoor

[au̯ð̞ˈð̞oɾ]

Unadapted borrowing from English outdoor.


carnal

es-adj

carnal m or f (masculine and feminine plural carnales)

Borrowed from Latin carnālis (“fleshly, of the flesh”), from carō (“flesh”).

bor+

carnal (relating to the physical, especially sexual, appetites)

Por ejemplo, el patíbulo, hasta hoy nadie se ha puesto de acuerdo sobre el origen de la idea, mi hermana la quinta afirma que fue uno de mis primos carnales, que son muy filósofos, pero mi tío el mayor sostiene que se le ocurió a él después de leer una novela de capa y espada.

1962, Julio Cortázar, “Simulacros”, in Historias de cronopios y de famas:

consanguineous, by blood (related through birth)


motor

es-adj

motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motores, feminine plural motoras)

motora (feminine)
motores (masculine plural)
motoras (feminine plural)


comprador

comprador (feminine compradora, masculine plural compradores, feminine plural compradoras)

compradora (feminine)
compradores (masculine plural)
compradoras (feminine plural)

From comprar + -dor, or from Late Latin compāratōrem, from Latin compārō.


nominal

nominal m or f (masculine and feminine plural nominales)


portable

portable m or f (masculine and feminine plural portables)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin portābilis; equivalent to portar + -able.


deplorable

deplorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural deplorables)

Borrowed from Late Latin dēplōrābilis, equivalent to deplorar + -able.


oval

oval m or f (masculine and feminine plural ovales)


molecular

molecular m or f (masculine and feminine plural moleculares)


irrefutable

irrefutable m or f (masculine and feminine plural irrefutables)

irrefutables (feminine masculine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin irrefūtābilis, from in- (“not”) + refūtābilis (“refutable”).


unicameral

unicameral m or f (masculine and feminine plural unicamerales)

unicamerales (feminine masculine plural)


vital

vital m or f (masculine and feminine plural vitales)


intercontinental

intercontinental m or f (masculine and feminine plural intercontinentales)

intercontinentales (feminine masculine plural)


orbital

orbital m or f (masculine and feminine plural orbitales)

(anatomy) orbital (of or relating to the eye socket)


tal

tal m or f (masculine and feminine plural tales)

Inherited from Latin tālis. Compare French tel.

No hay tal cosa como los monstruos.


editorial

editorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural editoriales)


futuro

futuro (feminine futura, masculine plural futuros, feminine plural futuras)

futura (feminine)
futuros (masculine plural)
futuras (feminine plural)


solo

solo (feminine sola, masculine plural solos, feminine plural solas)

sola (feminine)
solos (masculine plural)
solas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin sōlus (“alone, sole, only”).

inh+

La máquina se lava sola.

The machine washes itself.; The machine is self-washing.


zonal

es-adj

zonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural zonales)


total

total m or f (masculine and feminine plural totales)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus (“all, whole, entire”) + -ālis.


casual

casual m or f (masculine and feminine plural casuales)

→ Cebuano: kaswal


penal

penal m or f (masculine and feminine plural penales)


sensible

sensible m or f (masculine and feminine plural sensibles)


caldera

From Late Latin caldāria~caldārium (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Doublet of caldero.


gran

head

gran m or f (apocopate, standard form grande)

From Old Spanish grant, grand, apocopic forms of grande (“great”). Other apocopic forms inherited from Old Spanish include primer, san and según.

(before the noun) Apocopic form of grande; great.


alveolar

es-adj

alveolar m or f (masculine and feminine plural alveolares)


gaucho

gaucho (feminine gaucha, masculine plural gauchos, feminine plural gauchas)

gaucha (feminine)
gauchos (masculine plural)
gauchas (feminine plural)

Of unknown origin, probably from a South American indigenous language, such as Mapudungun cauchu (“vagrant, wanderer”), kauču (“friend”), or Quechua wahcha (“vagabond, poor person”).

der

possessing traditional, especially Argentine, cowboy virtues; noble, valiant, generous


lungo

es-adj

lungo (feminine lunga, masculine plural lungos, feminine plural lungas)

lunga (feminine)
lungos (masculine plural)
lungas (feminine plural)