hueso

Inherited from Old Spanish huesso, from Latin ossum, popular variant of os, ossis, from Proto-Italic *ōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”), *h₂óst.
Compare Catalan os, French os, Interlingua osso, Italian osso, Portuguese osso, Romanian os, Sardinian ossu.
Political sense comes from comparing a dog looking for and defending a bone and a politician searching for a position.

(botany) stone, pit (the central part of some fruits, consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer (like those of peach, olive, avocado or mango))


PA

potencial de acción
potencial de acción#Spanish

(biology) Initialism of potencial de acción.


pico

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: tlölpico

→ Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec: píko

Inherited from Old Spanish bico, from Latin beccus, from Gaulish *bekkos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos. It was phonetically influenced by the verb picar (“to peck”). Compare English beak.


coral

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

Kennedia coccinea
Wikispecies:Kennedia coccinea


huevo

Chavacano: huevo

Papiamentu: webu

→ Cahuilla: wéevu'

→ English: huevo

Inherited from Old Spanish hueuo, from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum.


linear

es-adj

linear m or f (masculine and feminine plural lineares)


talo

From Latin thallus, from Ancient Greek θαλλός (thallós).


palomita

From paloma (“dove”) + -ita (diminutive suffix).

cuello palomita

wing collar, a type of shirt collar often used with tuxedo


ADN

Initialism of ácido desoxirribonucleico (“deoxyribonucleic acid”).

initialism

ácido desoxirribonucleico
ácido desoxirribonucleico#Spanish

deoxyribonucleic acid
deoxyribonucleic acid#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of ácido desoxirribonucleico. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)


chupacabras

→ English: chupacabra, chupacabras

Verb-object compound, composed of chupa (“to suck”) + cabras (“goats”), literally “goatsucker”.


placenta

Borrowed from New Latin placenta, from Latin placenta (“cake”), from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα (plakóenta), accusative of πλακόεις (plakóeis, “flat”).


gema

→ Catalan: gema (dialectal, Castilianism)

Borrowed from Latin gemma (“bud, precious stone, jewel”). Doublet of yema. According to Coromines and Pascual, a recent learned borrowing not registered even in the 18th-century first edition of the DRAE (Diccionario de Autoridades).


cultivar

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cultīvāre (“to till, cultivate”), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“to till, cultivate”).


hombre

Chavacano: hombre

→ English: hombre

→ French: hombre
→ English: ombre

→ Papiamentu: hòmber

Inherited from Old Spanish omne, from Latin hominem, homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”). The Old Spanish form omne was first dissimilated to omre and then a gliding sound -b- arose before the -r-. Compare the same development in hambre and nombre.

manos besa el hombre, que querría ver cortadas

(anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) man, (individual of the species Homo sapiens, the genus Homo, or the subtribe Hominina)


bonito

From Late Latin boniton, representing a specific use of bonito (“pretty”, literally “the good one”), referring to the fish's appearance; see Etymology 1 above.


soma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).


meiosis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μείωσις (meíōsis).


locus

Learned borrowing from Latin locus. Doublet of luego.


FA

fosfatasa alcalina
fosfatasa alcalina#Spanish

(biochemistry) Initialism of fosfatasa alcalina (“alkaline phosphatase”).


mangle

(botany) A mangrove, any of various plants of the genus Rhizophora


bulbo

Borrowed from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).


cloaca

Borrowed from Latin cloāca (“sewer”), from cluō (“cleanse”).


dinosaurio

Borrowed from New Latin dīnosaurus, from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible, awesome”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).


seminal

es-adj

seminal m or f (masculine and feminine plural seminales)


chalaza

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χάλαζα (khálaza, “hailstone, lump”).


zarcillo

From earlier cercillo, from Old Spanish cerciello, inherited from Latin circellus.


zapatero

es-noun

zapatero m (plural zapateros, feminine zapatera, feminine plural zapateras)

zapateros (plural)
zapatera (feminine)
zapateras (feminine plural)

Tagalog: sapatero


yema

→ Cebuano: yema

→ Tagalog: yema

Inherited from Old Spanish yema, inherited from Latin gemma. Doublet of gema.


cubrir

es-verb

cubrir (first-person singular present cubro, first-person singular preterite cubrí, past participle cubierto)

cubro (first-person present singular)
cubrí (first-person preterite singular)
cubierto (participle past)
cubrir (infinitive)
cubriendo (gerund)
cubierto (masculine participle past singular)
cubierta (feminine participle past singular)
cubiertos (masculine participle past plural)
cubiertas (feminine participle past plural)
cubro (first-person indicative present singular)
cubres (indicative informal present second-person singular)
cubrís (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
cubre (indicative present singular third-person)
cubrimos (first-person indicative plural present)
cubrís (indicative plural present second-person)
cubren (indicative plural present third-person)
cubría (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cubrías (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cubría (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cubríamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cubríais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cubrían (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cubrí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
cubriste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
cubrió (indicative preterite singular third-person)
cubrimos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
cubristeis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
cubrieron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
cubriré (first-person future indicative singular)
cubrirás (future indicative second-person singular)
cubrirá (future indicative singular third-person)
cubriremos (first-person future indicative plural)
cubriréis (future indicative plural second-person)
cubrirán (future indicative plural third-person)
cubriría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
cubrirías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
cubriría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
cubriríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
cubriríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
cubrirían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
cubra (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cubras (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
cubrás (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
cubra (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cubramos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cubráis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cubran (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cubriera (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cubrieras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cubriera (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cubriéramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cubrierais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cubrieran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cubriese (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
cubrieses (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
cubriese (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
cubriésemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
cubrieseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
cubriesen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
cubriere (first-person future singular subjunctive)
cubrieres (future second-person singular subjunctive)
cubriere (future singular subjunctive third-person)
cubriéremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
cubriereis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
cubrieren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
cubre (imperative informal second-person singular)
cubrí (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
cubra (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
cubra (imperative singular third-person)
cubramos (first-person imperative plural)
cubrid (imperative plural second-person)
cubran (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
cubran (imperative plural third-person)
cubras (imperative negative second-person singular)
cubra (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
cubra (imperative negative singular third-person)
cubramos (first-person imperative negative plural)
cubráis (imperative negative plural second-person)
cubran (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
cubran (imperative negative plural third-person)
cubrirme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
cubrirte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
cubrirle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
cubrirse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
cubrirnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
cubriros (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
cubrirles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
cubrirse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
cubrirme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
cubrirte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
cubrirlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
cubrirla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
cubrirse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
cubrirnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
cubriros (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
cubrirlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
cubrirlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
cubrirse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
cubriéndome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
cubriéndote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
cubriéndole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
cubriéndose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
cubriéndonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
cubriéndoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
cubriéndoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
cubriéndose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
cubriéndome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
cubriéndote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
cubriéndolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
cubriéndola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
cubriéndose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
cubriéndonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
cubriéndoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
cubriéndolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
cubriéndolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
cubriéndose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
cúbreme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
cúbrete (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
cúbrele (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
cúbrenos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
cúbreles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
cúbreme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
cúbrete (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
cúbrelo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
cúbrela (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
cúbrenos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
cúbrelos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
cúbrelas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
cubrime (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
cubrite (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
cubrile (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
cubrinos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
cubriles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
cubrime (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
cubrite (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
cubrilo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
cubrila (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
cubrinos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
cubrilos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
cubrilas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
cúbrame (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
cúbrale (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
cúbrase (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
cúbranos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
cúbrales (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
cúbrame (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
cúbralo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
cúbrala (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
cúbrase (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
cúbranos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
cúbralos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
cúbralas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
cubrámoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
cubrámosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
cubrámonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
cubrámoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
cubrámosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
cubrámoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
cubrámoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
cubrámosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
cubrámonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
cubrámoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
cubrámoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
cubrámoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
cubridme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
cubridle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
cubridnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
cubríos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
cubridles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cubridme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
cubridlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
cubridla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
cubridnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
cubríos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
cubridlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cubridlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cúbranme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
cúbranle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
cúbrannos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
cúbranles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cúbranse (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cúbranme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
cúbranlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
cúbranla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
cúbrannos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
cúbranlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cúbranlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cúbranse (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cubrirse (infinitive)
cubriéndose (gerund)
cubierto (masculine participle past singular)
cubierta (feminine participle past singular)
cubiertos (masculine participle past plural)
cubiertas (feminine participle past plural)
cubrirme (first-person infinitive singular)
cubrirte (infinitive second-person singular)
cubrirse (infinitive singular third-person)
cubrirnos (first-person infinitive plural)
cubriros (infinitive plural second-person)
cubrirse (infinitive plural third-person)
cubriéndome (first-person gerund singular)
cubriéndote (gerund second-person singular)
cubriéndose (gerund singular third-person)
cubriéndonos (first-person gerund plural)
cubriéndoos (gerund plural second-person)
cubriéndose (gerund plural third-person)
me cubro (first-person indicative present singular)
te cubres (indicative informal present second-person singular)
te cubrís (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
se cubre (indicative present singular third-person)
nos cubrimos (first-person indicative plural present)
os cubrís (indicative plural present second-person)
se cubren (indicative plural present third-person)
me cubría (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
te cubrías (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
se cubría (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
nos cubríamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
os cubríais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
se cubrían (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
me cubrí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
te cubriste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
se cubrió (indicative preterite singular third-person)
nos cubrimos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
os cubristeis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
se cubrieron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
me cubriré (first-person future indicative singular)
te cubrirás (future indicative second-person singular)
se cubrirá (future indicative singular third-person)
nos cubriremos (first-person future indicative plural)
os cubriréis (future indicative plural second-person)
se cubrirán (future indicative plural third-person)
me cubriría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
te cubrirías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
se cubriría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
nos cubriríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
os cubriríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
se cubrirían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
me cubra (first-person present singular subjunctive)
te cubras (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
te cubrás (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
se cubra (present singular subjunctive third-person)
nos cubramos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
os cubráis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
se cubran (plural present subjunctive third-person)
me cubriera (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
te cubrieras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
se cubriera (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
nos cubriéramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
os cubrierais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
se cubrieran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
me cubriese (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
te cubrieses (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
se cubriese (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
nos cubriésemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
os cubrieseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
se cubriesen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
me cubriere (first-person future singular subjunctive)
te cubrieres (future second-person singular subjunctive)
se cubriere (future singular subjunctive third-person)
nos cubriéremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
os cubriereis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
se cubrieren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
cúbrete (imperative informal second-person singular)
cubrite (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
cúbrase (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
cúbrase (imperative singular third-person)
cubrámonos (first-person imperative plural)
cubríos (imperative plural second-person)
cúbranse (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
cúbranse (imperative plural third-person)
te cubras (imperative negative second-person singular)
se cubra (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
se cubra (imperative negative singular third-person)
nos cubramos (first-person imperative negative plural)
os cubráis (imperative negative plural second-person)
se cubran (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
se cubran (imperative negative plural third-person)

Inherited from Old Spanish cubrir, cobrir, from Latin cooperīre. Cognate with English cover.


cerco

Borrowed from New Latin cercus, from Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos).


junquillo

→ Catalan: jonquillo

desctree

→ French: jonquille
→ English: jonquil
→ German: Jonquille

→ Italian: giunchiglia

→ Portuguese: junquilho

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines


quiste

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “pouch, bladder”).


morena

from Latin muraena (“sea eel, lamprey”), from Ancient Greek σμυραινα (smuraina), from σμυρος (smuros, “sea eel”).


protista

Borrowed from New Latin Protista, from Ancient Greek πρώτιστος (prṓtistos), corresponding to proto- + -ista.


orden

Semi-learned term derived from Latin ōrdinem. Cognate with English order.


hilo

→ Cebuano: hilo

→ Kapampangan: hilo

From Old Spanish filo, from Latin fīlum. Doublet of filo. Although both were inherited, it is not fully certain why the two diverged and why filo, preserving the initial -f- from Old Spanish, took on the sense of “edge”, while hilo maintained that of “string, thread” (in line with the original Latin meaning). Cognate with English file.

(zoology) ellipsis of hilo de oro (type of stinging jellyfish, Guanacaste, Costa Rica)


reo

Uncertain; probably from Celto-Latin rhēdō, redo.


peto

Borrowed from Italian petto (“chest, breast”), from Latin pectus (whence also Spanish pecho).


cepa

cepa de hongos

cepa de bacteria

En eso y en que tampoco parecen de momento muy alarmados los ciudadanos de una de las capitales financieras del mundo por la aparición en su país de una nueva cepa del coronavirus, con mayor poder de contagio.

2020 December 21, Ferran Bono, Guillermo Vega, Rafa Burgos, ““En Londres la gente pasa de llevar mascarilla en la calle y no parece muy preocupada por la nueva cepa””, in El País:

Besides this, the citizens of one of the world's largest financial capitals don't seem very concerned with the appearance of a new strain of the coronavirus in their country, one with greater contagious power.


planta

Borrowed from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Compare the now obsolete inherited form llanta.

(botany) plant (organism of the kingdom Plantae)


filo

Borrowed from New Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “race”).


cacique

es-noun

cacique m (plural caciques, feminine cacique or cacica, feminine plural caciques or cacicas)

caciques (plural)
cacique (feminine)
cacica (feminine)
caciques (feminine plural)
cacicas (feminine plural)

→ Catalan: cacic

→ English: cacique

→ French: cacique

→ Galician: cacique

→ German: Kazike

→ Portuguese: cacique

Borrowed from Taíno *kasike (“chieftain”) or Lokono kassequa (“chieftain; power”).


barracuda

→ Cebuano: barakuda

→ English: barracuda

→ Italian: barracuda

→ Portuguese: barracuda

Unknown, perhaps from a Cariban term. According to Watkins, from Valencian/Catalan barracó (“snaggletooth”); see barraca.


homólogo

es-adj

homólogo (feminine homóloga, masculine plural homólogos, feminine plural homólogas)

homóloga (feminine)
homólogos (masculine plural)
homólogas (feminine plural)

From Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos, “in agreement, of one mind”).

der

(genetics) homologous (having the same morphology as another chromosome)


manta

Chavacano: manta

→ Cebuano: manta

→ English: manta; manta ray

→ French: manta

→ Ilocano: manta

→ Polish: manta

→ Tagalog: manta


tejido

Past participle of tejer (“to weave”). Compare English tissue.

(biology) tissue (a group of cells similar in origin that function together to do a specific job)


reino

From Old Spanish reino~regno, borrowed from Latin rēgnum.

en el reino de los ciegos, el tuerto es el rey


estilo

→ Tagalog: estilo, istilo


haba

→ Mezquital Otomi: aba

→ Quechua: jawas

Inherited from Old Spanish faba, from Latin faba, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”). Cognate with English fava.

(veterinary) equine palatitis (disease of horses)


apical

es-adj

apical m or f (masculine and feminine plural apicales)


savia

→ Ye'kwana: sawiya

Borrowed from Galician seiva or Portuguese seiva, from French sève, itself from Latin sapa. The /a/ may be due to the influence of Catalan saba.


vaina

→ Tagalog: baina

Inherited from Latin vāgīna (“sheath”). Doublet of vagina.


binominal

binominal m or f (masculine and feminine plural binominales)


coronavirus

In part from English coronavirus (also formed from combination with corona + virus).

Se cree que el coronavirus es un precursor de la infección por E. coli.

1985, Carlos Buxadé Carbó, El pollo de carne: sistemas de explotación y técnicas de producción:

It is believed that the coronavirus is a precursor to E. coli infection.

El estudio sero-epidemiológico, efecutado en 1987, ha demostrado la presencia y difusión de coronavirus respiratorio porcino en la Región de Murcia.

1993, María José Cubero Pablo, El coronavirus respiratorio porcino en la región de Murcia, page 57:

The seroepidemiological study, carried out in 1987, has demonstrated the presence and spread of porcine respiratory coronavirus in the Region of Murcia.

La nueva cepa de coronavirus, descubierta por primera vez en la ciudad de Wuhan, centro de China, causó alarma debido a su conexión con el Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo Severo (SARS), que mató a casi 650 personas en China continental y Hong Kong en 2002-2003.

2020 January 20, Ricardo Pérez Vallejos, “Virus que provoca neumonía causa tercera muerte en China y llega a Corea del Sur”, in La Nación [Chile], archived from the original on 2020-01-28:

The new strain of coronavirus, first discovered in the city of Wuhan, central China, caused concern due to its connection to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), which killed almost 650 people in mainland China and Hong Kong in 2002-2003.


viudo

es-noun

viudo m (plural viudos, feminine viuda, feminine plural viudas)

viudos (plural)
viuda (feminine)
viudas (feminine plural)

From Latin viduus (“widowed”), probably modeled on the feminine form viuda, which predated it. It may have been altered from an Old Spanish form vidu (itself a learned borrowing from Latin) due to influence from the feminine; a naturally inherited form would be viso, which was attested once in isolation.

(botany) Sixalix atropurpurea, syn. Scabiosa atropurpurea (mourning bride, mourning widow, sweet scabious)


fruto

Borrowed from Latin frūctus. Compare the inherited Old Spanish frucho.

(botany) any fruit from a plant, whether sweet or not (like avocado or tomato), edible or not


piña

→ English: piña

→ Bikol Central: pinya

→ Cebuano: pinya

→ Hiligaynon: pinya

→ Tagalog: pinya

Inherited from Latin pīnea. The sense "pineapple" comes from its resemblance to a pinecone, similarly to English pineapple. The sense "core of the agave plant" comes from its resemblance to a pineapple after the leaves are chopped off for harvesting.


-ina

-ina f (noun-forming suffix, plural -inas)


tribu

→ Cebuano: tribo

→ Tagalog: tribo, tribu

Inherited from Old Spanish tribu, from Latin tribus.


cobaya

Likely from Old Tupi çabuia, sabuia with loss of the initial cedilla. Compare Portuguese cobaia.


albur

From Andalusian Arabic البوري (al-búri), from Arabic بُورِيّ (būriyy), named from a city in Egypt.


abrojo

Inherited from Latin aperī oculōs (“open [your] eyes!”).


anillo

Inherited from Old Spanish aniello, from Latin ānellus (“little ring”), from ānulus, diminutive of ānus (“ring”). Compare Catalan anell, French anneau, Italian anello, Portuguese anel.


acetilcolina

(biochemistry) acetylcholine (a neurotransmitter in humans and other animals)


asca

Borrowed from New Latin ascus, from Ancient Greek ἀσκός (askós, “bag, sack”).


menta

From Latin menta, mentha (compare Catalan menta, French menthe, Italian menta), from Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē).

(botany) mint, peppermint (specifically mentha × piperita)


porro

From Latin porrum, possibly borrowed through Catalan porro. Compare the (undoubtedly) inherited doublet puerro, showing the expected diphthongization of stressed Latin ŏ.


rabo

Inherited from Old Spanish rabo, from Latin rāpum (“turnip”), from Proto-Indo-European *rap-. Cognate with English rape as in rapeseed the plant.


brama

Deverbal from bramar, perhaps from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍉𐌽 (*bramōn), cognate with Middle Low German brammen, Old High German brëman, and Old English bremman.


caduco

es-adj

caduco (feminine caduca, masculine plural caducos, feminine plural caducas)

caduca (feminine)
caducos (masculine plural)
caducas (feminine plural)


broma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βρῶμα (brôma, “food, shipworm, cavity”). Semantic connection is uncertain. Compare Sicilian bromu.


clase

→ Bikol Central: klase

→ Tagalog: klase


plátano

Borrowed from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

(Spain, botany) sycamore, plane (a tree belonging to the genus Platanus)


cachondo

es-adj

cachondo (feminine cachonda, masculine plural cachondos, feminine plural cachondas)

cachonda (feminine)
cachondos (masculine plural)
cachondas (feminine plural)


adrenalina

Borrowed from English adrenaline, equivalent to adrenal + -ina.

La adrenalina que me irriga el cerebro había anestesiado el dolor.

2013, Mathias Malzieu, translated by Tros de Ilarduya, Sofía, Metamorfosis en el Cielo, page 97:

The adrenaline that irrigates my brain had anesthesized the pain.

(biochemistry) adrenaline (epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter)


marsupio

From Latin marsūpium, from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion).


cono

Borrowed from Latin cōnus, from Ancient Greek κώνος (kṓnos).

es:Cono (botánica)
es:Cono (célula)
es:Cono (geometría)


estipular

estipular m or f (masculine and feminine plural estipulares)

Borrowed from New Latin stipulāris, from stipula (“stalk of hay”).


brote

From Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌿𐍄𐍃 (*bruts); compare Old High German broz, Portuguese broto and Catalan brot.


copado

copado (feminine copada, masculine plural copados, feminine plural copadas)

copada (feminine)
copados (masculine plural)
copadas (feminine plural)


guepardo

Borrowed from French guépard. Doublet of gatopardo.


labro

El labro de algunos insectos es muy prominente y ayuda en la masticación.

The upper lip of some insects is very prominent and helps in chewing.

(zoology) upper lip of the mouths of insects, very apparent in chewing insects, and sometimes confusing or modified in others


vicio

Borrowed from Latin vitium. Doublet of vezo, which was inherited.

contra el vicio de pedir, la virtud de no dar


muscarina

From Scientific Latin muscarina, from translingual Amanita muscaria.


guiri

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


sierpe

Inherited from Latin serpēns, apparently via the nominative form, perhaps remodeled into a Vulgar Latin *serpēs, *serpem. Ultimately from Latin serpere (“slither, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-. Cf. Spanish pavo (“turkey”) and gorgojo (“weevil”) for other animal names that may derive from the Latin nominative. Doublet of serpiente, from the Latin accusative serpentem. Compare Portuguese serpe, Catalan serp, Italian serpe, Romanian șarpe.


dinosauro

Los dinosauros de las edades prehistóricas se orientaron hacia el gigantismo y se extinguieron.

1941, Julius Cantala, El Insipido: Panorama Del Hombre Civilizado, page 40:


pericarpio

Borrowed from Ancient Greek περικάρπιον (perikárpion).


panocha

Likely from a Mozarabic derivative of a Vulgar Latin *pannucea or *pānucea, based either on Latin pannus (“cloth”) or pānus (“ear of millet”). Despite being heavily associated with panoja, not a straightforward doublet of it.


tuya

Borrowed from New Latin thuja, from Ancient Greek θυία (thuía), an African tree that was formerly included in the genus.


-ido

es-noun

-ido m (noun-forming suffix, plural -idos)


-cito

-cito m (noun-forming suffix, plural -citos)

From Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “vessel, container”).


involucro

Borrowed from Latin involūcrum (“envelope”).


enzima

Borrowed from German Enzym, from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “within”) + ζύμη (zúmē, “leaven”).


macroglobulina

es-noun

macroglobulina f (plural macroglobulinas)


poligamia

Borrowed from Late Latin polygamia, from Ancient Greek πολυγαμία (polugamía).

(zoology) polygamy (the condition of having more than one mate)

(botany) polygamy (the condition of bearing both perfect and unisexual flowers)


calcar

(anatomy, botany) calcar (a spur-like projection)


buche

From Late Latin bucula, from Vulgar Latin *buccula, from Latin bucca. The form was influenced by Old French bouge (“small bag”).

La causa por que el Alicanto no puede volar, no reside en sus alas, que son perfectamente normales, sino en su buche, por la pesadez de los alimentos que ingiere.

1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 1:

The reason that the Alicanto cannot fly is not to be found in its wings, which are perfectly normal, but in its crop, due to the weight of the foods it eats.

(ornithology, anatomy) crop (pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds)


ácaro

Borrowed from New Latin acarus, from Ancient Greek ἄκαρι (ákari, “cheese mite”), from ἀκαρής (akarḗs, “tiny”).


ceruloplasmina

es-noun

ceruloplasmina f (plural ceruloplasminas)


cerner

es-verb

cerner (first-person singular present cierno, first-person singular preterite cerní, past participle cernido)

cierno (first-person present singular)
cerní (first-person preterite singular)
cernido (participle past)
cerner (infinitive)
cerniendo (gerund)
cernido (masculine participle past singular)
cernida (feminine participle past singular)
cernidos (masculine participle past plural)
cernidas (feminine participle past plural)
cierno (first-person indicative present singular)
ciernes (indicative informal present second-person singular)
cernés (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
cierne (indicative present singular third-person)
cernemos (first-person indicative plural present)
cernéis (indicative plural present second-person)
ciernen (indicative plural present third-person)
cernía (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cernías (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cernía (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cerníamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cerníais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cernían (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cerní (first-person indicative preterite singular)
cerniste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
cernió (indicative preterite singular third-person)
cernimos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
cernisteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
cernieron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
cerneré (first-person future indicative singular)
cernerás (future indicative second-person singular)
cernerá (future indicative singular third-person)
cerneremos (first-person future indicative plural)
cerneréis (future indicative plural second-person)
cernerán (future indicative plural third-person)
cernería (conditional first-person indicative singular)
cernerías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
cernería (conditional indicative singular third-person)
cerneríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
cerneríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
cernerían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
cierna (first-person present singular subjunctive)
ciernas (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
cernás (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
cierna (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cernamos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cernáis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
ciernan (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cerniera (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cernieras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cerniera (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cerniéramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cernierais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cernieran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cerniese (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
cernieses (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
cerniese (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
cerniésemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
cernieseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
cerniesen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
cerniere (first-person future singular subjunctive)
cernieres (future second-person singular subjunctive)
cerniere (future singular subjunctive third-person)
cerniéremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
cerniereis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
cernieren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
cierne (imperative informal second-person singular)
cerné (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
cierna (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
cierna (imperative singular third-person)
cernamos (first-person imperative plural)
cerned (imperative plural second-person)
ciernan (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
ciernan (imperative plural third-person)
ciernas (imperative negative second-person singular)
cierna (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
cierna (imperative negative singular third-person)
cernamos (first-person imperative negative plural)
cernáis (imperative negative plural second-person)
ciernan (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
ciernan (imperative negative plural third-person)
cernerme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
cernerte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
cernerle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
cernerse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
cernernos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
cerneros (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
cernerles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
cernerse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
cernerme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
cernerte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
cernerlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
cernerla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
cernerse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
cernernos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
cerneros (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
cernerlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
cernerlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
cernerse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
cerniéndome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
cerniéndote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
cerniéndole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
cerniéndose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
cerniéndonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
cerniéndoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
cerniéndoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
cerniéndose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
cerniéndome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
cerniéndote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
cerniéndolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
cerniéndola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
cerniéndose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
cerniéndonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
cerniéndoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
cerniéndolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
cerniéndolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
cerniéndose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
ciérneme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
ciérnete (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
ciérnele (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
ciérnenos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
ciérneles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
ciérneme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
ciérnete (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
ciérnelo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
ciérnela (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
ciérnenos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
ciérnelos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
ciérnelas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
cerneme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
cernete (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
cernele (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
cernenos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
cerneles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
cerneme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
cernete (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
cernelo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
cernela (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
cernenos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
cernelos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
cernelas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
ciérname (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
ciérnale (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
ciérnase (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
ciérnanos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
ciérnales (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
ciérname (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
ciérnalo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
ciérnala (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
ciérnase (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
ciérnanos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
ciérnalos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
ciérnalas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
cernámoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
cernámosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
cernámonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
cernámoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
cernámosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
cernámoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
cernámoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
cernámosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
cernámonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
cernámoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
cernámoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
cernámoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
cernedme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
cernedle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
cernednos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
cerneos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
cernedles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cernedme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
cernedlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
cernedla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
cernednos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
cerneos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
cernedlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cernedlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
ciérnanme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
ciérnanle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
ciérnannos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
ciérnanles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
ciérnanse (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
ciérnanme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
ciérnanlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
ciérnanla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
ciérnannos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
ciérnanlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
ciérnanlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
ciérnanse (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

Inherited from Latin cernere, cernō, from Proto-Italic *krinō, from Proto-Indo-European *krey-. Doublet of cernir.


concepción

[kõn̟.θeβ̞ˈθjõn]

(biology) conception (fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote)


órgano

→ Basque: organo

→ Tagalog: organo

Probably a borrowing or semi-learned term from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon). Compare the popular form found in place names like Boca de Huérgano.

(anatomy, biology) organ (a larger part of an organism)


estrógeno

Borrowed from English estrogen. By surface analysis, estro + -geno.

(biochemistry, steroids) estrogen (hormone secreted by the ovaries)


potro

es-noun

potro m (plural potros, feminine potra, feminine plural potras)

potros (plural)
potra (feminine)
potras (feminine plural)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pulliter, from Latin pullus (“young animal”). Cognate with Italian poltro (“untamed, lazy”).


morfina

(biochemistry, pharmacology) morphine (opioid used as an anaesthetic or recreational drug)


escombro

Borrowed from Latin scombrī (“mackerel”), from Ancient Greek σκόμβρος (skómbros).


manada

From mano + -ada, or from Latin manuāta, from manus (“hand”).

(zoology) herd, pack, pride, pod (group of animals)


coronilla

Latin: coronilla


metamorfosis

From Latin metamorphōsis, from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis), from μεταμορφόω (metamorphóō, “to transform, change, disguise”), from μετά (metá, “concerning change”) + μορφόω (morphóō, “to form”).

der

μεταμόρφωσις


huésped

es-noun

huésped m (plural huéspedes, feminine huésped or huéspeda, feminine plural huéspedes or huéspedas)

huéspedes (plural)
huésped (feminine)
huéspeda (feminine)
huéspedes (feminine plural)
huéspedas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Spanish huésped, from Latin hospitem, from Proto-Italic *hostipotis, an old compound of hostis and the root of potis, possibly corresponding to a Proto-Indo-European root *gʰóstipotis, a compound of *gʰóstis and *pótis. Doublet of host. See also hueste.

(biology) host (cell or organism which harbors another organism)


médula

Learned borrowing from Latin medulla. Doublet of meollo, inherited from a Vulgar Latin derivative.


plantígrado

es-adj

plantígrado (feminine plantígrada, masculine plural plantígrados, feminine plural plantígradas)

plantígrada (feminine)
plantígrados (masculine plural)
plantígradas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from New Latin plantigradus, from Latin planta + gradus.


antagonista

es-noun

antagonista m or f by sense (plural antagonistas)

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

der

ἀνταγωνιστής


ácido ribonucleico

es-noun

ácido ribonucleico m (plural ácidos ribonucleicos)


adenina

Borrowed from German Adenin, from Ancient Greek ἀδένος (adénos, “gland”) + -ina.

af

(biochemistry, genetics) adenine (a base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA)


congénito

es-adj

congénito (feminine congénita, masculine plural congénitos, feminine plural congénitas)

congénita (feminine)
congénitos (masculine plural)
congénitas (feminine plural)

(genetics, of a trait) congenital (present since birth)


marcador

(biology) marker (a gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome)


marta

Borrowed from French marte, from Old High German mardar, from Proto-West Germanic *marþ.


radicante

radicante m or f (masculine and feminine plural radicantes)


microbio

→ Tagalog: mikrobyo

Borrowed from French microbe, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) and βίος (bíos, “life”).


acaule

acaule m or f (masculine and feminine plural acaules)


antera

Borrowed from New Latin anthēra, from Ancient Greek ἀνθηρά (anthērá), feminine form of ἀνθηρός (anthērós, “flowery, blooming”) from ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower, blossom”).


simiente

Inherited from Old Spanish simiente, semiente, from Latin sēmentis, from sēmen (“seed”).


simiente de papagayos

es-noun

simiente de papagayos f (plural simientes de papagayos)

Carthamus tinctorius
Carthamus tinctorius#Translingual

(botany) safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)


estigma

Borrowed from Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand, mark”), from στίζω (stízō, “to mark”).

der

(botany, pathology, zoology, figuratively) stigma


entomófilo

es-adj

entomófilo (feminine entomófila, masculine plural entomófilos, feminine plural entomófilas)

entomófila (feminine)
entomófilos (masculine plural)
entomófilas (feminine plural)


calículo

Borrowed from Latin caliculus, diminutive of calix (“chalice”).


endocarpio

From endo- + + Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós).


epicarpio

From epi- + Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”).


deciduo

deciduo (feminine decidua, masculine plural deciduos, feminine plural deciduas)

decidua (feminine)
deciduos (masculine plural)
deciduas (feminine plural)

From Latin dēciduus (“falling down or off”), from dēcidō (“fall down”).


drupa

Borrowed from Latin drupa, from Ancient Greek δρύπεπα (drúpepa), accusative of δρύπεψ (drúpeps), from δρῦς (drûs, “tree”) + πέπτειν (péptein, “to ripen”).


cáliz

Borrowed from Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux).


transferasa

Borrowed from English transferase, equivalent to transfer(ir) + -asa.


acompañante

es-noun

acompañante m or f by sense (plural acompañantes)


micorriza

(biology) mycorrhiza (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant)


glutamina

La glutamina es el aminoácido que más abunda en nuestro cuerpo.

2017 November 20, HSN Store, “Qué es la Glutamina?”, in HSN:


cisteína

Borrowed from German Cysteïn, from Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis) + -ina.


periantio

Borrowed from New Latin perianthium, from Ancient Greek περί (perí, “around”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).


estoque

From Old French estoc (“end of a sword”).


panga

(zoology) torpedo scad (Pterogymnus laniarius)


sarmentoso

es-adj

sarmentoso (feminine sarmentosa, masculine plural sarmentosos, feminine plural sarmentosas)

sarmentosa (feminine)
sarmentosos (masculine plural)
sarmentosas (feminine plural)


zigomorfo

zigomorfo (feminine zigomorfa, masculine plural zigomorfos, feminine plural zigomorfas)

zigomorfa (feminine)
zigomorfos (masculine plural)
zigomorfas (feminine plural)

(biology) zygomorphic (having bilateral symmetry)


monosacárido

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) monosaccharide


fructosa

Los tipos de azúcar incluyen azúcar de frutas (fructosa), azúcar de mesa (sucrosa) y azúcar de leche (lactosa).

2022 May 18, “Nutrición y comida saludable [Nutrition and healthy food]”, in Healthy lifestyle, Mayo Clinic, retrieved 2023-03-19:

Types of sugar include fruit sugar (fructose), table sugar (sucrose) and milk sugar (lactose).


glucal

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) glucal


anaplasia

(cytology, oncology) anaplasia (reversion of differentiation in cells)


genotipo

Borrowed from German Genotypus, coined by W. Johannsen in 1909.


mazacote

Borrowed from Italian marzacotto (second element influenced by cotto (“cooked”)), from Arabic مَسْحَقُونِيَّا (masḥaqūniyyā), from Classical Syriac ܡܫܚ ܩܘܢܝܐ (məšaḥ qūnyā, “ointment of sosa”), from ܡܫܚ (məšaḥ, “salve, unguent”) (from ܡܫܚ (məšaḥ, “to anoint”); see Hebrew מָשַׁח (māšaḥ, “to anoint”)) + Ancient Greek κονία (konía, “dust, ashes”).

der

مَسْحَقُونِيَّا

Arabic مَسْحَقُونِيَّا (masḥaqūniyyā)

(botany) barilla (Soda inermis, syn. Salsola soda)


muermo

Inherited from Latin morbus (“disease, illness”). Doublet of morbo.


mapache

→ Basque: mapatxe

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl māpach, māpachin (“raccoon, thief”), from māpachoā (“to seize, lay hold”).

(zoology) raccoon (nocturnal omnivore living in Northern America)


transcripción

es-noun

transcripción f (plural transcripciones)


haploide

es-adj

haploide m or f (masculine and feminine plural haploides)


mundillo

From mundo (“world”) + -illo (diminutive suffix).

af

Viburnum opulus
Viburnum opulus#Translingual

(botany) Viburnum opulus (guelder rose, water elder, snowball tree)


áloe

Borrowed from Latin aloē, from Ancient Greek ἀλόη (alóē).


monocito

Borrowed from German Monozyt, coined by A. Ferrata and A. Pappenheim in 1910; equivalent to a blend of mononuclear + leucocito.


aerobiosis

(biology) aerobiosis (form of life that is sustained by the presence of air)


lisis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λύσις (lúsis).

bor+

(biochemistry) lysis (disintegration or destruction of cells)


ungulado

es-adj

ungulado (feminine ungulada, masculine plural ungulados, feminine plural unguladas)

ungulada (feminine)
ungulados (masculine plural)
unguladas (feminine plural)


cogollo

Inherited from Latin cucullus. Cognate with English cowl.

el cogollo de palma

1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael, Buenos Aires: La Tribuna Nacional:


mononuclear

mononuclear m or f (masculine and feminine plural mononucleares)

mononucleares (feminine masculine plural)


gajo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *galleus (“oaken”), from Latin galla (“oak apple”).


espino

From espina (“thorn”), on the model of Latin spīnus (“blackthorn, sloe tree”).


cotiledón

Borrowed from Latin cotylēdōn, from Ancient Greek κοτυληδών (kotulēdṓn).


dicotiledón

From di- + Latin cotylēdōn (found in Pliny), from Ancient Greek κοτυληδών (kotulēdṓn, “cavity”).


gruñón

es-noun

gruñón m (plural gruñones, feminine gruñona, feminine plural gruñonas)

gruñones (plural)
gruñona (feminine)
gruñonas (feminine plural)


retama

Spartium junceum
Spartium junceum#Translingual

(botany) Spanish broom, Spartium junceum


móreo

es-adj

móreo (feminine mórea, masculine plural móreos, feminine plural móreas)

mórea (feminine)
móreos (masculine plural)
móreas (feminine plural)

(botany, relational) mulberry; moraceous


moráceo

moráceo (feminine morácea, masculine plural moráceos, feminine plural moráceas)

morácea (feminine)
moráceos (masculine plural)
moráceas (feminine plural)

From Latin mōrus (“mulberry tree”) + -aceo.


pulpa

Inherited from Latin pŭlpa, perhaps via an unattested Old Spanish *pupa, with /l/ restored by Latin influence or contact with forms like Portuguese polpa. Compare the evolution of Spanish dulce < duce < dŭlcem.

(botany, desserts) the fleshy part, pulp of fruit


peptona

(biochemistry) peptone (water-soluble product of partial protein hydrolysis)


ácido desoxirribonucleico

es-noun

ácido desoxirribonucleico m (plural ácidos desoxirribonucleicos)

deoxyribonucleic acid
deoxyribonucleic acid

(biochemistry) deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA


ovocitario

es-adj

ovocitario (feminine ovocitaria, masculine plural ovocitarios, feminine plural ovocitarias)

ovocitaria (feminine)
ovocitarios (masculine plural)
ovocitarias (feminine plural)


ceñido

ceñido (feminine ceñida, masculine plural ceñidos, feminine plural ceñidas)

ceñida (feminine)
ceñidos (masculine plural)
ceñidas (feminine plural)


carpelar

carpelar m or f (masculine and feminine plural carpelares)

From carpelo + -ar, from Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”).


pepsina

(biochemistry) pepsin (a digestive enzyme)


adipocito

(cytology) adipocyte (a type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a source of energy)


fibroblasto

Las células de la periferia experimentan mayor tensión mecánica, y como consecuencia empiezan a diferenciarse como fibroblastos, las células que forman el tejido conectivo y producen colágeno.

2015 July 21, “Un corazón late por sí mismo encima de la mesa”, in El País:


gimnospermo

gimnospermo (feminine gimnosperma, masculine plural gimnospermos, feminine plural gimnospermas)

gimnosperma (feminine)
gimnospermos (masculine plural)
gimnospermas (feminine plural)

From Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) + σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”).


alantoideo

alantoideo (feminine alantoidea, masculine plural alantoideos, feminine plural alantoideas)

alantoidea (feminine)
alantoideos (masculine plural)
alantoideas (feminine plural)


pectinado

pectinado (feminine pectinada, masculine plural pectinados, feminine plural pectinadas)

pectinada (feminine)
pectinados (masculine plural)
pectinadas (feminine plural)


umbilicado

umbilicado (feminine umbilicada, masculine plural umbilicados, feminine plural umbilicadas)

umbilicada (feminine)
umbilicados (masculine plural)
umbilicadas (feminine plural)


dentado

dentado (feminine dentada, masculine plural dentados, feminine plural dentadas)

dentada (feminine)
dentados (masculine plural)
dentadas (feminine plural)


festoneado

festoneado (feminine festoneada, masculine plural festoneados, feminine plural festoneadas)

festoneada (feminine)
festoneados (masculine plural)
festoneadas (feminine plural)


pedicelo

Borrowed from scientific Latin pedicellus (“small foot”), from pediculus, diminutive of pes.


lúbrico

lúbrico (feminine lúbrica, masculine plural lúbricos, feminine plural lúbricas)

lúbrica (feminine)
lúbricos (masculine plural)
lúbricas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin lubrĭcus. Compare lóbrego, probably a doublet.


tubérculo

From Latin tuberculum, diminutive of tuber.

(anatomy, botany, pathology, mycology) tubercle


adnato

adnato (feminine adnata, masculine plural adnatos, feminine plural adnatas)

adnata (feminine)
adnatos (masculine plural)
adnatas (feminine plural)


acuminado

acuminado (feminine acuminada, masculine plural acuminados, feminine plural acuminadas)

acuminada (feminine)
acuminados (masculine plural)
acuminadas (feminine plural)


acalicino

acalicino (feminine acalicina, masculine plural acalicinos, feminine plural acalicinas)

acalicina (feminine)
acalicinos (masculine plural)
acalicinas (feminine plural)


acantáceo

acantáceo (feminine acantácea, masculine plural acantáceos, feminine plural acantáceas)

acantácea (feminine)
acantáceos (masculine plural)
acantáceas (feminine plural)


campanilla

→ Cebuano: kampanilya

→ Tagalog: kampanilya

Calystegia sepium
Calystegia sepium#Translingual

(botany) Rutland beauty (Calystegia sepium)


ferritina

Borrowed from Czech ferritin, coined by V. Laufberger in 1934.


plancton

Borrowed from German Plankton, from Ancient Greek πλαγκτόν (planktón), neuter form of πλαγκτός (planktós, “wandering”), from πλάζω (plázō, “to turn aside, to wander”).


gliceraldehído

es-noun

gliceraldehído m (plural gliceraldehídos)

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) glyceraldehyde


mutarrotación

mutarrotación f (plural mutarrotaciones)

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) mutarotation


ribulosa

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) ribulose


tetrosa

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) tetrose


lactosa

From Latin lactem + -osa. Doublet of lechoso.


glucosaminaglicano

glucosaminaglicano m (plural glucosaminaglicanos)


dextrina

(biochemistry) dextrin (any of a range of oligomers of glucose, intermediate in complexity between maltose and starch, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch; used commercially as adhesives)


quitina

From Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”).


mamón

mamón m (plural mamones, feminine mamona, feminine plural mamonas)

mamones (plural)
mamona (feminine)
mamonas (feminine plural)


adenosina

(biochemistry, genetics, organic chemistry) adenosine (a nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue)


esteroide

(biochemistry) steroid (any organic compounds having a structure of 17 carbon atoms arranged in four rings)


sustrato

(biochemistry) substrate (what an enzyme acts upon)

(biology) substrate (surface on which an organism grows)


inflorescencia

inflorescencia f (plural inflorescencias)

Borrowed from New Latin īnflōrēscentia, from Late Latin īnflōrēscō (“to be covered in flowers”).


catabolismo

(biochemistry) catabolism (destructive metabolism)


quimotripsina

From Ancient Greek χῡμός (khūmós) and tripsina.


compuesta

Irregularly formed from componer, and Latin composītus, participle of compōnō (“to compose”).

(botany) a composite; a flower or plant in the sunflower family, Compositae


lisosoma

Borrowed from English lysosome, from Ancient Greek λύσις (lúsis) and σῶμα (sôma).


lipasa

Borrowed from French lipase, equivalent to lipo- + -asa.


pluricelular

es-adj

pluricelular m or f (masculine and feminine plural pluricelulares)

pluricelulares (feminine masculine plural)


biomedicina

(biology, medicine) biomedicine (branch of medical science)


diploide

diploide m or f (masculine and feminine plural diploides)

From Ancient Greek διπλόος (diplóos, “double”) + -oide.


fenotipo

Borrowed from German Phaenotypus, coined by W. Johannsen in 1909.


herbáceo

es-adj

herbáceo (feminine herbácea, masculine plural herbáceos, feminine plural herbáceas)

herbácea (feminine)
herbáceos (masculine plural)
herbáceas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin herbāceus (“grassy”).

bor+

(botany, of a plant) herbaceous (not having wood)


andrógino

es-adj

andrógino (feminine andrógina, masculine plural andróginos, feminine plural andróginas)

andrógina (feminine)
andróginos (masculine plural)
andróginas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin androgynus, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρόγυνος (andrógunos), from ἀνήρ (anḗr), ἀνδρός (andrós, “man”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”).


glicosoaminoglicano

es-noun

glicosoaminoglicano m (plural glicosoaminoglicanos)


filogenético

es-adj

filogenético (feminine filogenética, masculine plural filogenéticos, feminine plural filogenéticas)

filogenética (feminine)
filogenéticos (masculine plural)
filogenéticas (feminine plural)


protoplasto

Ultimately from Middle French prothoplaste, from Late Latin prōtoplastus (“the first man”), from Koine Greek πρωτόπλαστος (prōtóplastos, “first-formed”), from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-) + πλαστός (plastós, “formed, moulded”).

der

πρωτόπλαστος


macroscópico

es-adj

macroscópico (feminine macroscópica, masculine plural macroscópicos, feminine plural macroscópicas)

macroscópica (feminine)
macroscópicos (masculine plural)
macroscópicas (feminine plural)


hábitat

(biology) habitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives)


célula madre

(medicine, cytology) stem cell (primal undifferentiated cell)


gammaglobulina

es-noun

gammaglobulina f (plural gammaglobulinas)


oligodendrocito

oligodendrocito m (plural oligodendrocitos)


angiotensina

Borrowed from English angiotensin, equivalent to angio- + (hiper)tens(ión) + -ina.


enterocito

From Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine”), + -cito.


néctar

From Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱtr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”).

es:Néctar (alimento)
es:Néctar (botánica)
es:Néctar (mitología)

(botany) nectar (the sweet liquid secreted by flowers)


ácido aspártico

es-noun

ácido aspártico m (plural ácidos aspárticos)

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) aspartic acid


megaloblasto

From Ancient Greek μεγάλη (megálē) + -blasto.


cladinosa

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) cladinose


colitosa

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) colitose


cloralosa

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) chloralose


acetilglucosamina

acetilglucosamina f (plural acetilglucosaminas)

(biochemistry) acetylglucosamine (an amide derivative of glucose that forms part of the peptidoglycan of bacterial cell walls)


inmunoglobulina

inmunoglobulina f (plural inmunoglobulinas)


dextrano

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) dextran


glicoproteína

Borrowed from French glycoprotéine, equivalent to glico- + proteína.


acetilcolinesterasa

acetilcolinesterasa f (plural acetilcolinesterasas)

(biochemistry) acetylcholinesterase (an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid)


acetiltransferasa

acetiltransferasa f (plural acetiltransferasas)


acuaporina

Borrowed from English aquaporin, from Latin aqua + Ancient Greek πόρος (póros) + -ina.


actina

Coordinate term: miosina

(biochemistry) actin (a globular structural protein)


adenín

(biochemistry, genetics) adenine (a base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA)


alfalipoproteina

es-noun

alfalipoproteina f (plural alfalipoproteinas)


amidofosforribosiltransferasa

amidofosforribosiltransferasa f (plural amidofosforribosiltransferasas)


aminometiltransferasa

aminometiltransferasa f (plural aminometiltransferasas)


aminotransferasa

aminotransferasa f (plural aminotransferasas)


angiotensinógeno

angiotensinógeno m (plural angiotensinógenos)


apolipoproteína

apolipoproteína f (plural apolipoproteínas)


androgénico

es-adj

androgénico (feminine androgénica, masculine plural androgénicos, feminine plural androgénicas)

androgénica (feminine)
androgénicos (masculine plural)
androgénicas (feminine plural)


matagallina

Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + gallina (“hen”).

es-verb-obj

Daphne gnidium
Daphne gnidium#Translingual

(botany) flax-leaved daphne, Daphne gnidium


bacteriorodopsina

es-noun

bacteriorodopsina f (plural bacteriorodopsinas)


fitohemaglutinina

fitohemaglutinina f (plural fitohemaglutininas)


hidroxiprolina

hidroxiprolina f (plural hidroxiprolinas)


nucleoproteína

nucleoproteína f (plural nucleoproteínas)


trombina

Borrowed from German Thrombin, coined by A. Schmidt in 1892; equivalent to trombo + -ina.


selenocisteína

selenocisteína f (plural selenocisteínas)


desnaturalización

desnaturalización f (plural desnaturalizaciones)


colágeno

Borrowed from French collagène, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) and -geno.


transglutaminasa

transglutaminasa f (plural transglutaminasas)


membrana plasmática

membrana plasmática f (plural membranas plasmáticas)


procariótico

es-adj

procariótico (feminine procariótica, masculine plural procarióticos, feminine plural procarióticas)

procariótica (feminine)
procarióticos (masculine plural)
procarióticas (feminine plural)


membrana celular

es-noun

membrana celular f (plural membranas celulares)

(cytology) cell membrane (semipermeable membrane surrounding the cytoplasm of a cell)


transpeptidasa

transpeptidasa f (plural transpeptidasas)


translocación

translocación f (plural translocaciones)


transhidrogenasa

transhidrogenasa f (plural transhidrogenasas)


tirotropina

thyroid-stimulating hormone
thyroid-stimulating hormone

(biochemistry) thyrotropin, thyroid-stimulating hormone


superenrollado

es-adj

superenrollado (feminine superenrollada, masculine plural superenrollados, feminine plural superenrolladas)

superenrollada (feminine)
superenrollados (masculine plural)
superenrolladas (feminine plural)


superenrollamiento

es-noun

superenrollamiento m (plural superenrollamientos)


succiniltransferasa

succiniltransferasa f (plural succiniltransferasas)


aparato de Golgi

aparato de Golgi m (plural aparatos de Golgi)


retículo endoplasmático

retículo endoplasmático m (plural retículos endoplasmáticos)

endoplasmic reticulum
endoplasmic reticulum


butirilcolinesterasa

butirilcolinesterasa f (plural butirilcolinesterasas)


pseudocolinesterasa

pseudocolinesterasa f (plural pseudocolinesterasas)


citoesqueleto

From cito- (“cyto”) + esqueleto (“skeleton”).


ácido nucleico

ácido nucleico m (plural ácidos nucleicos)


vesícula

Borrowed from Latin vēsīcula (“little bladder”). Cognate with French vésicule, Italian vescicola, Portuguese vesícula, Romanian veziculă.


desoxirribonucleótido

es-noun

desoxirribonucleótido m (plural desoxirribonucleótidos)


polinucleótido

polinucleótido m (plural polinucleótidos)


oligonucleótido

oligonucleótido m (plural oligonucleótidos)


deshidrogenasa

deshidrogenasa f (plural deshidrogenasas)


fotofosforilación

fotofosforilación f (plural fotofosforilaciones)


anaeróbico

es-adj

anaeróbico (feminine anaeróbica, masculine plural anaeróbicos, feminine plural anaeróbicas)

anaeróbica (feminine)
anaeróbicos (masculine plural)
anaeróbicas (feminine plural)


hospedador

es-noun

hospedador m (plural hospedadores, feminine hospedadora, feminine plural hospedadoras)

hospedadores (plural)
hospedadora (feminine)
hospedadoras (feminine plural)


palmitoiltransferasa

palmitoiltransferasa f (plural palmitoiltransferasas)


parathormona

(biochemistry) parathormone, parathyroid hormone


mitocondrial

es-adj

mitocondrial m or f (masculine and feminine plural mitocondriales)

mitocondriales (feminine masculine plural)


-osa

es-noun

-osa f (noun-forming suffix, plural -osas)

(biochemistry) -ose (forms names of sugars)


pistilo

Borrowed from Latin pistillum. Compare English pestle in addition to pistil.


ovocito

Borrowed from German Ovocyte. By surface analysis, ovo- + -cito.


cito-

From Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “vessel, container”).


osteoprotegerina

es-noun

osteoprotegerina f (plural osteoprotegerinas)


miocito

Borrowed from English myocyte. By surface analysis, mio- + -cito.


pared celular

pared celular f (plural paredes celulares)


adelomorfo

es-adj

adelomorfo (feminine adelomorfa, masculine plural adelomorfos, feminine plural adelomorfas)

adelomorfa (feminine)
adelomorfos (masculine plural)
adelomorfas (feminine plural)

From Ancient Greek ἄδηλος (ádēlos) + -morfo.


actinomorfo

actinomorfo (feminine actinomorfa, masculine plural actinomorfos, feminine plural actinomorfas)

actinomorfa (feminine)
actinomorfos (masculine plural)
actinomorfas (feminine plural)


monomorfo

monomorfo (feminine monomorfa, masculine plural monomorfos, feminine plural monomorfas)

monomorfa (feminine)
monomorfos (masculine plural)
monomorfas (feminine plural)


rizomorfo

rizomorfo (feminine rizomorfa, masculine plural rizomorfos, feminine plural rizomorfas)

rizomorfa (feminine)
rizomorfos (masculine plural)
rizomorfas (feminine plural)


diafragma

From Latin diaphragma (“partition, diaphragm”), from Ancient Greek διάφραγμα (diáphragma, “partition-wall, barrier; later midriff, diaphragm”), from διά (diá, “through”) + φράγμα (phrágma, “fence, screen”), from φράσσω (phrássō, “to fence in, hedge around”).

der

(botany) diaphragm (membrane that separates one cavity from another)


cianocobalamina

es-noun

cianocobalamina f (plural cianocobalaminas)


cálamo

Borrowed from Latin calamus (“reed, cane”). Cf. carámbano, inherited from a diminutive form of the Latin.

bor+

(botany) sweet flag or calamus, a plant in the genus Acorus


raquis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rhákhis).

(botany, zoology, anatomy, ornithology) rachis


ababillarse

es-verb

ababillarse (first-person singular present me ababillo, first-person singular preterite me ababillé, past participle ababillado)

me ababillo (first-person present singular)
me ababillé (first-person preterite singular)
ababillado (participle past)
ababillarse (infinitive)
ababillándose (gerund)
ababillado (masculine participle past singular)
ababillada (feminine participle past singular)
ababillados (masculine participle past plural)
ababilladas (feminine participle past plural)
ababillarme (first-person infinitive singular)
ababillarte (infinitive second-person singular)
ababillarse (infinitive singular third-person)
ababillarnos (first-person infinitive plural)
ababillaros (infinitive plural second-person)
ababillarse (infinitive plural third-person)
ababillándome (first-person gerund singular)
ababillándote (gerund second-person singular)
ababillándose (gerund singular third-person)
ababillándonos (first-person gerund plural)
ababillándoos (gerund plural second-person)
ababillándose (gerund plural third-person)
me ababillo (first-person indicative present singular)
te ababillas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
te ababillás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
se ababilla (indicative present singular third-person)
nos ababillamos (first-person indicative plural present)
os ababilláis (indicative plural present second-person)
se ababillan (indicative plural present third-person)
me ababillaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
te ababillabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
se ababillaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
nos ababillábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
os ababillabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
se ababillaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
me ababillé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
te ababillaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
se ababilló (indicative preterite singular third-person)
nos ababillamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
os ababillasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
se ababillaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
me ababillaré (first-person future indicative singular)
te ababillarás (future indicative second-person singular)
se ababillará (future indicative singular third-person)
nos ababillaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
os ababillaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
se ababillarán (future indicative plural third-person)
me ababillaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
te ababillarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
se ababillaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
nos ababillaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
os ababillaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
se ababillarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
me ababille (first-person present singular subjunctive)
te ababilles (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
te ababillés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
se ababille (present singular subjunctive third-person)
nos ababillemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
os ababilléis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
se ababillen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
me ababillara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
te ababillaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
se ababillara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
nos ababilláramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
os ababillarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
se ababillaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
me ababillase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
te ababillases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
se ababillase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
nos ababillásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
os ababillaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
se ababillasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
me ababillare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
te ababillares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
se ababillare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
nos ababilláremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
os ababillareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
se ababillaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
ababíllate (imperative informal second-person singular)
ababillate (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
ababíllese (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ababíllese (imperative singular third-person)
ababillémonos (first-person imperative plural)
ababillaos (imperative plural second-person)
ababíllense (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
ababíllense (imperative plural third-person)
te ababilles (imperative negative second-person singular)
se ababille (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
se ababille (imperative negative singular third-person)
nos ababillemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
os ababilléis (imperative negative plural second-person)
se ababillen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
se ababillen (imperative negative plural third-person)

From a- + babilla (“the stifle (as of a horse)”) + -ar.

af

(veterinary medicine, Chile, Mexico) to be sick with the stifle (of horses and other quadrupeds)


clado-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos, “shoot, branch”).


hidrocortisona

es-noun

hidrocortisona f (plural hidrocortisonas)


aciltransferasa

aciltransferasa f (plural aciltransferasas)


esterasa

(biochemistry) esterase (any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an ester)


fosfodiesterasa

fosfodiesterasa f (plural fosfodiesterasas)


fosfofructoquinasa

fosfofructoquinasa f (plural fosfofructoquinasas)


ciclooxigenasa

ciclooxigenasa f (plural ciclooxigenasas)


holocarboxilasa

holocarboxilasa f (plural holocarboxilasas)


oxidorreductasa

oxidorreductasa f (plural oxidorreductasas)


ciliado

es-adj

ciliado (feminine ciliada, masculine plural ciliados, feminine plural ciliadas)

ciliada (feminine)
ciliados (masculine plural)
ciliadas (feminine plural)


poligalacturonasa

es-noun

poligalacturonasa f (plural poligalacturonasas)


pirofosfatasa

From piro- (“pyro-”) + fosfatasa (“phosphatase”).


fruticoso

es-adj

fruticoso (feminine fruticosa, masculine plural fruticosos, feminine plural fruticosas)

fruticosa (feminine)
fruticosos (masculine plural)
fruticosas (feminine plural)


espiga

Inherited from Old Spanish espiga, from Latin spīca.


mutualismo

(ecology) mutualism (interaction between two species that benefits both)


proteinoplasto

es-noun

proteinoplasto m (plural proteinoplastos)


microsporangio

microsporangio m (plural microsporangios)


aaleniano

es-adj

aaleniano (feminine aaleniana, masculine plural aalenianos, feminine plural aalenianas)

aaleniana (feminine)
aalenianos (masculine plural)
aalenianas (feminine plural)

From German Aalen, name of a city in Baden-Württemberg, -iano.

(geology, paleontology) Aalenian (of or relating to the Aalenian epoch)


colecistocinina

es-noun

colecistocinina f (plural colecistocininas)


cotransportador

cotransportador m (plural cotransportadores, feminine cotransportadora, feminine plural cotransportadoras)

cotransportadores (plural)
cotransportadora (feminine)
cotransportadoras (feminine plural)


colecistoquinina

colecistoquinina f (plural colecistoquininas)


ápice

Borrowed from Latin apicem. Doublet of ápex.


inmunitario

es-adj

inmunitario (feminine inmunitaria, masculine plural inmunitarios, feminine plural inmunitarias)

inmunitaria (feminine)
inmunitarios (masculine plural)
inmunitarias (feminine plural)

(biology, medicine) immune (relating to immunity)


mutágeno

(genetics) mutagen (agent or substance that can cause genetic mutation)


gastroenterología

(anatomy, biology, sciences) gastroenterology


simbiosis

Borrowed from New Latin symbiosis, from Ancient Greek σῠμβῐ́ωσῐς (sumbíōsis, “a living together, companionship”), from συμβιόω (sumbióō, “to live together”), from συν- (sun-, “with”) + βῐ́ος (bíos, “life”).


bulboso

es-adj

bulboso (feminine bulbosa, masculine plural bulbosos, feminine plural bulbosas)

bulbosa (feminine)
bulbosos (masculine plural)
bulbosas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin bulbōsus (“bulbous; bearing bulbs”), from bulbus (“bulb”).

bor+

(botany) bulbous (growing from or producing bulbs)


folículo

Borrowed from Latin folliculus. Doublet of hollejo, which was inherited.


penca

Probably from hoja pendenca, from hoja (“leaf”) + a derivative of Latin pedis (“foot”), referring to the leaf growing from the foot of the plant. Also compare Italian pinco (“penis”).


progesterona

(biochemistry, steroids) progesterone (steroid hormone secreted by the ovaries)


fibrinoso

es-adj

fibrinoso (feminine fibrinosa, masculine plural fibrinosos, feminine plural fibrinosas)

fibrinosa (feminine)
fibrinosos (masculine plural)
fibrinosas (feminine plural)


rizomatoso

rizomatoso (feminine rizomatosa, masculine plural rizomatosos, feminine plural rizomatosas)

rizomatosa (feminine)
rizomatosos (masculine plural)
rizomatosas (feminine plural)


pruinoso

pruinoso (feminine pruinosa, masculine plural pruinosos, feminine plural pruinosas)

pruinosa (feminine)
pruinosos (masculine plural)
pruinosas (feminine plural)


heteroblástico

heteroblástico (feminine heteroblástica, masculine plural heteroblásticos, feminine plural heteroblásticas)

heteroblástica (feminine)
heteroblásticos (masculine plural)
heteroblásticas (feminine plural)


espora

Borrowed from New Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “sowing, seed”) or maybe from Frankish *sporo (“spur”).


microbioma

Yo soy yo y mi microbioma.


infusorio

Borrowed from New Latin īnfūsōrium, from Latin īnfūsus, perfect passive participle of īnfundō (“to pour in, to cause to absorb, to sprinkle”).


amebiano

es-adj

amebiano (feminine amebiana, masculine plural amebianos, feminine plural amebianas)

amebiana (feminine)
amebianos (masculine plural)
amebianas (feminine plural)


azor

From Old Spanish aztor, adtor, from Vulgar Latin *acceptor, replacement of Latin accipiter. For the simplification of the cluster, compare rezar from recitāre and plazo from placitum.


bagre

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: bögre

Of unclear immediate origin, perhaps from Mozarabic, ultimately from Latin pagrus~phager, of Greek origin.


ácero

ácero (feminine ácera, masculine plural áceros, feminine plural áceras)

ácera (feminine)
áceros (masculine plural)
áceras (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).

bor+

(zoology) hornless (for vertebrates), antennaless (for arthropods)


caducifolio

es-adj

caducifolio (feminine caducifolia, masculine plural caducifolios, feminine plural caducifolias)

caducifolia (feminine)
caducifolios (masculine plural)
caducifolias (feminine plural)


perennifolio

perennifolio (feminine perennifolia, masculine plural perennifolios, feminine plural perennifolias)

perennifolia (feminine)
perennifolios (masculine plural)
perennifolias (feminine plural)

From Latin perennis (“perennial”) + folium (“leaf, petal”).


sagaz

sagaz m or f (masculine and feminine plural sagaces)


áster

(cytology) aster (star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell)


pechuga

From pecho (“chest”) and a diminutive suffix.


adventicio

adventicio (feminine adventicia, masculine plural adventicios, feminine plural adventicias)

adventicia (feminine)
adventicios (masculine plural)
adventicias (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin adventīcius. Doublet of advenedizo.

(biology) adventitious (developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source)


chupón

(botany) sucker (branch or trunk that devoids of nutrients the main part of the tree)


chita

Borrowed from English cheetah, from Hindi चीता (cītā, “leopard", "panther”), ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “multicolored", "speckled”).

der

Acinonyx jubatus
Acinonyx jubatus#Translingual


bonete

Borrowed from French bonnet. Compare boina.


plastrón

Borrowed from French plastron, from Italian piastrone, augmentative of piastra (“thin metal plate”), short for impiastro (“plaster”), from Latin emplastrum (compare Spanish emplastro), from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, “daub, salve”).


malvavisco

Borrowed from Medieval Latin malvaviscus, from Latin malva (“mallow”) + hibiscum (“marshmallow”), from Ancient Greek ἱβίσκος (hibískos). Cognate with English mallow, mauve, hibiscus.


partenogénesis

From Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos) + -génesis.


pimpollo

(botany) a new stem either soft or wooden


esporangio

Borrowed from New Latin sporangium, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed”) + ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel”).


dermatoesqueleto

es-noun

dermatoesqueleto m (plural dermatoesqueletos)


xilófago

es-adj

xilófago (feminine xilófaga, masculine plural xilófagos, feminine plural xilófagas)

xilófaga (feminine)
xilófagos (masculine plural)
xilófagas (feminine plural)


xilófago

es-noun

xilófago m (plural xilófagos, feminine xilófaga, feminine plural xilófagas)

xilófagos (plural)
xilófaga (feminine)
xilófagas (feminine plural)


hipocampo

Borrowed from Late Latin hippocampus (“sea horse”), from Ancient Greek ἱππόκαμπος (hippókampos, “sea horse, hippocamp”, from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + κάμπος (kámpos, “sea monster”)), describing a mythological creature with a horse's forepart and a fishlike hindquarter.

der

es:Hipocampo (anatomía)
es:Hipocampo (mitología)


acícula

(botany) needle (long, pointed leaf found on some conifers)


monógamo

es-adj

monógamo (feminine monógama, masculine plural monógamos, feminine plural monógamas)

monógama (feminine)
monógamos (masculine plural)
monógamas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin monogamus, from Ancient Greek μονόγαμος (monógamos, “marrying only once”).


-zoo

es-noun

-zoo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -zoos)

From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).


protozoario

es-adj

protozoario (feminine protozoaria, masculine plural protozoarios, feminine plural protozoarias)

protozoaria (feminine)
protozoarios (masculine plural)
protozoarias (feminine plural)

From translingual Protozoa + -ario, from Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + ζῷᾰ (zôia), plural of ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).


autótrofo

autótrofo (feminine autótrofa, masculine plural autótrofos, feminine plural autótrofas)

autótrofa (feminine)
autótrofos (masculine plural)
autótrofas (feminine plural)

From auto- + -trofo. Compare German autotroph.


autótrofo

es-noun

autótrofo m (plural autótrofos, feminine autótrofa, feminine plural autótrofas)

autótrofos (plural)
autótrofa (feminine)
autótrofas (feminine plural)


autotrófico

es-adj

autotrófico (feminine autotrófica, masculine plural autotróficos, feminine plural autotróficas)

autotrófica (feminine)
autotróficos (masculine plural)
autotróficas (feminine plural)


vitáceo

vitáceo (feminine vitácea, masculine plural vitáceos, feminine plural vitáceas)

vitácea (feminine)
vitáceos (masculine plural)
vitáceas (feminine plural)

From the genus name translingual Vitis, from Latin vītis (“vine”) + -áceo.

(botany) of or pertaining to plants in the genus Vitis; vines and grapevines


soro

Borrowed from New Latin sōrus, from Ancient Greek σωρός (sōrós, “heap”).


fíbula

Borrowed from Latin fībula (“buckle”). Compare the inherited doublet hebilla.


tuétano

Variation of tútano, from the onomatopoeic tut. Compare Portuguese tutano.


dicotomía

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διχοτομία (dikhotomía, “a cutting in half”), from διχῆ (dikhê, “in two, asunder”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).


morriña

Borrowed from Galician morriña, ultimately from a form of Latin mori (“to die”).

(pathology, veterinary medicine) murrain


ósculo

Borrowed from Latin ōsculum (“kiss”), diminutive of ōs (“mouth”).


tuya articulada

es-noun

tuya articulada f (plural tuyas articuladas)

Tetraclinis articulata
Tetraclinis articulata#Translingual

(botany) sandarac (Tetraclinis articulata Masters)


polinuclear

es-adj

polinuclear m or f (masculine and feminine plural polinucleares)

polinucleares (feminine masculine plural)


escapulario

Borrowed from Latin scapulāris (“of the back”).


nervadura

(botany) midrib, nerve (of a plant leaf)


congénere

(biology) member of the same genus; congener


pedunculado

es-adj

pedunculado (feminine pedunculada, masculine plural pedunculados, feminine plural pedunculadas)

pedunculada (feminine)
pedunculados (masculine plural)
pedunculadas (feminine plural)


acromático

acromático (feminine acromática, masculine plural acromáticos, feminine plural acromáticas)

acromática (feminine)
acromáticos (masculine plural)
acromáticas (feminine plural)

(biology) achromatic (not absorbing color)


sámara

Borrowed from Latin samara (“elm seed”).


glicosaminoglicano

es-noun

glicosaminoglicano m (plural glicosaminoglicanos)


cortisona

Borrowed from English cortisone, abbrev. of corticosterone, from Latin cortĭcis and -sterone.


polipeptídico

es-adj

polipeptídico (feminine polipeptídica, masculine plural polipeptídicos, feminine plural polipeptídicas)

polipeptídica (feminine)
polipeptídicos (masculine plural)
polipeptídicas (feminine plural)


macrófago

Borrowed from English macrophage, equivalent to macro- + -fago.


acíclico

acíclico (feminine acíclica, masculine plural acíclicos, feminine plural acíclicas)

acíclica (feminine)
acíclicos (masculine plural)
acíclicas (feminine plural)


bacteriostático

bacteriostático (feminine bacteriostática, masculine plural bacteriostáticos, feminine plural bacteriostáticas)

bacteriostática (feminine)
bacteriostáticos (masculine plural)
bacteriostáticas (feminine plural)


hospedante

(biology) host (cell or organism which harbors another organism)


férula

From Latin ferula. Compare obsolete English ferula.

Ferula communis
Ferula communis#Translingual


espermatozoide

es-noun

espermatozoide m (plural espermatozoides)

(cytology) spermatozoon (reproductive cell of the male)


mamalógico

es-adj

mamalógico (feminine mamalógica, masculine plural mamalógicos, feminine plural mamalógicas)

mamalógica (feminine)
mamalógicos (masculine plural)
mamalógicas (feminine plural)


marta cibelina

es-noun

marta cibelina f (plural martas cibelinas)

Martes zibellina
Martes zibellina#Translingual


acónito

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκόνιτον (akóniton).


epigenético

es-adj

epigenético (feminine epigenética, masculine plural epigenéticos, feminine plural epigenéticas)

epigenética (feminine)
epigenéticos (masculine plural)
epigenéticas (feminine plural)

(genetics) epigenetic (of or relating to epigenetics)


lipoproteico

lipoproteico (feminine lipoproteica, masculine plural lipoproteicos, feminine plural lipoproteicas)

lipoproteica (feminine)
lipoproteicos (masculine plural)
lipoproteicas (feminine plural)


procariota

From pro- + Ancient Greek κάρυον (káruon, “nut, kernel”) + -ota.


homeostático

es-adj

homeostático (feminine homeostática, masculine plural homeostáticos, feminine plural homeostáticas)

homeostática (feminine)
homeostáticos (masculine plural)
homeostáticas (feminine plural)

(biology, physiology) homeostatic (of or relating to homeostasis)


ocelo

(zoology) eye (mark on an animal resembling an eye)


aleta anal

(ichthyology) anal fin (fin on the underside of a fish)