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depreciación
noun, feminine
depreciation, devaluation
to depreciate (to reduce in price)
depredación
noun, feminine
depredation; embezzlement
depredador
adjective
predatory
depredador
noun, masculine
predator
to prey on; to pillage, sack
depresivo
adjective
depressive
depresión
noun, feminine
depression; depression (area of low air pressure)
depresor
adjective
depressive
depresor
noun, masculine
depressor
deprimente
adjective
depressing; miserable, dreary
deprimido
adjective
depressed
to depress; to humiliate; to become depressed
deprisa
adverb
quickly, hurriedly
lickety-split; on the double
deprivación
noun, feminine
deprivation
deprotonación
noun, feminine
deprotonation
depto
noun, masculine
apartment, flat
depuración
noun, feminine
purification, depuration, treatment; cleansing; purge; debugging
depurado
adjective
refined
depurador
adjective
purifying
depurador
noun, masculine
purifier; debugger
depuradora
noun, feminine
sewage works, sewage-treatment facility
to purify; to debug
depurativo
adjective
purifying; depurative (cleansing the blood)
depurinación
noun, feminine
depurination
depósito
noun, masculine
deposit; store, stock, depot, warehouse, repository; tank, reservoir; pound, car pound (UK); impound lot, impound (US); sediment, dregs
morgue
depósito legal
noun, masculine
statutory deposit
dequeísmo
noun, masculine
the nonstandard use of de que instead of que alone as a complementizer
der.
adjective
abbreviation of derecho or derecha
derbi
noun, masculine
derby, local derby
derecha
noun, feminine
right (direction); right (ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group)
straight; properly; correctly
derechazo
noun, masculine
right-handed punch, forehand
derechismo
noun, masculine
rightism
derechista
adjective
right-wing, rightish (of political ideologies: opposing political and social equality, especially conservative, traditional and/or reactionary politics)
derechista
noun, masculine/feminine
right-winger, rightist (a person who belongs to the political right; a member of the right wing of a party or group)
derechización
noun, feminine
moving to the right wing
to make more right-wing; to become right-wing (politically)
derecho
adjective
straight (not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length); straight; upright (perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique); right, right-hand (designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north); correct, appropriate, right
derecho
noun, masculine
right (a legal, just or moral entitlement); law, jurisprudence (the study of laws); law (the profession of dealing with laws (as lawyers, judges, etc.)); right (the outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.); a knit stitch
derecho
adverb
straight (of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line); straight (directly; without pause, delay or detour)
derecho administrativo
noun, masculine
administrative law
derecho adquirido
noun, masculine
acquired right
derecho canónico
noun, masculine
canon law
derecho civil
noun, masculine
civil law
derecho comunitario
noun, masculine
community law
derecho común
noun, masculine
common law
derecho constitucional
noun, masculine
constitutional law
common law
derecho de admisión
noun, masculine
right of admission
derecho de asilo
noun, masculine
right of asylum
derecho de autor
noun, masculine
copyright (of an author)
derecho de familia
noun, masculine
family law
derecho de gentes
noun, masculine
ius gentium; synonym of derecho internacional (“international law”)
derecho de pernada
noun, masculine
droit de seigneur
derecho de piso
noun, masculine
A fee, akin to protection money, that business owners are obligated to pay to drug cartels for the "right" to operate their businesses in territories controlled by these criminal organizations.
derecho del trabajo
noun, masculine
labour law
derecho divino
noun, masculine
divine right