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13,140 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

after hours: after hours bar
afterhours: alternative spelling of after hours
aftersun: aftersun lotion
aftoso: aphthous, foot-and-mouth
afuera: out, outside; peripheral
afuera: get out!
afueras: outskirts, suburbs
afuerear: to go outside to defecate
afuereño: outsider
afuerino: foreign
afuerita: outside, out
afuste: mount (of a weapon)
afán: desire; thirst; effort; eagerness; keenness
afásico: aphasic (affected by, or relating to, aphasia)
afémico: aphemic (afflicted with aphemia)
aféresis: apheresis
afín: akin, related (standing in connection); adjacent (lying next to)
afín: relative through marriage
afónico: hoarse; without voice or sound
agachada: squat
agachadiza: snipe (bird)
agachadiza común: common snipe
agachado: crouched; stooped, with a stoop
agachar: to lower; to bend down, to crouch, to squat, to hunker down; to duck
agachona: snipe (bird of the family Scolopacidae); Gallirallus striatus
agachona grande: rufous-bellied seedsnipe (Attagis gayi)
agalactia: agalactia
agalacto: agalactous
agalla: oak apple; gill
agallas: gall, nerve; spunk, grit, backbone; guts, balls, stomach, gumption, stones, spine, courage
agaláctico: agalactic (that decreases or suppresses milk secretion)
agaláctico: agalactic (any drug of this kind)
agamí: agami
aganchado: hamiform, hooklike
agandalle: stealing; robbery
agangliónico: aganglionic
agapanto: agapanthus (any member of the genus Agapanthus of flowering plants, especially the African lily)
agar-agar: agar
agaragar: alternative spelling of agar-agar
agarbarse: to stoop, to hunch.
agarosa: agarose
agarrada: scuffle, row
agarradera: handle, grab bar (in a bathroom or shower); potholder (in the kitchen); handhold, grip (projection to hold); connections
agarradero: hold; grip; handle
agarrado: stingy; robust, muscular
agarrar: to grab or take hold of; to hold on; to catch (an illness, feeling etc.)
agarrar a putazos: to beat up; come to blows
agarrar de pato: to mock (someone)
agarrar el gusto: to take a liking
agarrar fuego el cañal: to have a situation or problem get more complicated or worse; to have a situation or problem go downhill.
agarrar llave: to become angry easily.
agarrarse a un clavo ardiendo: to clutch at straws; any port in a storm
agarrarse de las greñas: to fight by hitting and hair-pulling
agarre: grip, grasp; synonym of agarrada
agarro: grab, hold
agarrotar: to make stiff, to stiffen (muscles etc.); to tie tight; to strangle; to cause to seize up; to stiffen
agarrón: tug; pull; tugging; hiding; scolding
agasajar: to wine and dine, treat lavishly; to lavish
agasajo: lavish welcome; gift
agastache: agastache