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afió
verb
third-person singular preterite perfect simple indicative of afiar
aflamencado
adjective
flamenco-like
to give a flamenco style
aflatoxina
noun, feminine
aflatoxin (mycotoxin produced by moulds of the Aspergillus genus)
aflautado
adjective
fluty
aflechado
adjective
swept
aflechamiento
noun, masculine
wing sweep
aflicción
noun, feminine
affliction; sorrow
aflictivo
adjective
afflictive
afligente
adjective
upsetting
afligido
adjective
sorrowful; grief-stricken
afligimiento
noun, masculine
affliction
to afflict
aflojamiento
noun, masculine
loosening
to loosen; to slacken, to unclench; to ease up, to let up; to cough up, shell out (pay money); to slack off, to relax
to cough up; to pay up
to pay up; to cough up
synonym of soltar la lengua
to loosen up (act less seriously)
afloración
noun, feminine
surfacing; emergence
afloramiento
noun, masculine
outcrop (coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground); outcrop (part of a rock formation that appears at the surface)
aflorante
adjective
outcropping
to emerge, appear, surface; to sift
afluencia
noun, feminine
inflow, influx
afluente
adjective
affluent; abundant; flowing
afluente
noun, masculine
affluent (tributary)
affluently
afluir
verb
to flow into
aflujo
noun, masculine
affluence; influx
burning stews in the pot where they are cooked due to lack of moisture.
afonía
noun, feminine
aphonia (loss of voice)
aforado
adjective
immune (to certain legal proceedings); wealthy, rich
aforado
noun, masculine
someone protected by a certain type of political immunity enabling them to be tried under a Supreme Court, regardless of the offence committed
aforamiento
noun, masculine
a political immunity in which certain people, especially those with high political power, are judged by the Supreme Court of Spain and the High Courts of Justice of Spain instead of by a regular court
aforar
verb
to gauge, measure
aforar
verb
to grant (a privilege or immunity)
aforismo
noun, masculine
aphorism (short phrase conveying some principle or concept of thought)
aforo
noun, masculine
capacity (maximum number of people a public place e.g. cinema, theatre, can hold); graduation mark (mark on a container to show the volume held); gauging (agent noun of "gauge")
to line, cover the inside; to slap
fortunately; luckily
afortunado
adjective
lucky, fortunate
to make lucky
aforístico
adjective
aphoristic
afrancesado
adjective
Frenchified
afrancesado
noun, masculine
afrancesado; Francophile
afrancesamiento
noun, masculine
fondness for France, the French, or French things; Frenchification
to frenchify
afrecho
noun, masculine
bran (outside layer of a grain)
afrenta
noun, feminine
affront
to affront
insultingly
afrentoso
adjective
insulting
africación
noun, feminine
affrication
africada
noun, feminine
affricate (a sound produced using a combination of a plosive and a fricative)
africado
adjective
affricate
africanidad
noun, feminine
Africanity
africanismo
noun, masculine
Africanism (an African cultural practice); a word or linguistic feature borrowed from an African language
africanista
noun, masculine/feminine
Africanist (a specialist in African studies); A person with a Eurocentric vision or colonizing ambition over Africa, its territories, and populations.
africanización
noun, feminine
Africanization
to Africanize (to make African)