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5,190 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

R
noun
abbreviation of rey (“king”)
RAAN
proper noun
North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, a region in northeast Nicaragua on the Mosquito Coast.
RAAS
proper noun
South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, a region of Nicaragua. Capital: Bluefields
RAE
proper noun
acronym of Real Academia Española (“Royal Spanish Academy”); acronym of Radiodifusión Argentina al Exterior
RAE
noun, feminine
acronym of región administrativa especial; SAR (special administrative region)
RAM
noun, feminine
RAM
RAP
proper noun
initialism of Régimen de Aportaciones Privadas
RASD
proper noun
initialism of República Árabe Saharaui Democrática (“Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic”): SADR
RCA
proper noun
initialism of República Centroafricana (“Central African Republic”): CAR
RCN
proper noun
initialism of Radio Cadena Nacional, a Colombian radio chain.
RCP
noun
initialism of reanimación cardiopulmonar (“cardiopulmonary resuscitation”): CPR; initialism of reacción en cadena de la polimerasa (“polymerase chain reaction”): PCR
RCTM
interjection
initialism of reconchatumadre (“motherfucker, son of a bitch”)
RCTV
proper noun
initialism of Radio Caracas Televisión (defunct Venezuelan television station)
RDA
proper noun
abbreviation of República Democrática Alemana (“German Democratic Republic”): GDR (East Germany)
RDSI
noun, feminine
ISDN
REA
phrase
initialism of responsable empresa anunciadora (“any company that puts up advertisements here will be held responsible”)
REE
proper noun
initialism of Red Eléctrica de España
RENFE
proper noun
a state-owned company that managed the Spanish railway network (both the infrastructure and the trains running on it) from 1941 to 2005; alternative letter-case form of Renfe (the current state-owned company that runs trains in Spain)
RENFE
noun, feminine
alternative letter-case form of Renfe (“station”)
RFA
noun, masculine
abbreviation of reactante de fase aguda (acute-phase protein)
RFA
proper noun
abbreviation of República Federal de Alemania (Federal Republic of Germany)
RFEF
proper noun
initialism of Real Federación Española de Fútbol (“Royal Spanish Football Federation”)
RGPD
proper noun
initialism of Reglamento General de Protección de Datos (“General Data Protection Regulation”): GDPR
RIF
noun, feminine
reducción de personal; RIF.
RM
noun, feminine
initialism of resonancia magnética; initialism of Región Metropolitana de Santiago
RNA
noun, masculine
RNA
RNE
proper noun
initialism of Radio Nacional de España.
RPC
proper noun
initialism of República Popular China (“PRC”)
RPD
proper noun
initialism of República Popular de Donetsk (“DPR”)
RPDC
proper noun
DPRK (initialism of República Popular Democrática de Corea (“Democratic People's Republic of Korea”), official name of North Korea: a country in East Asia)
RPL
proper noun
initialism of República Popular de Lugansk (“LPR”)
RPM
noun, feminine
initialism of rotura prematura de membranas (“prelabor rupture of membranes”)
RR. HH.
noun, masculine
acronym of recursos humanos (“HR (human resources)”)
RR. PP.
noun, feminine
acronym of relaciones públicas
RSS
noun, feminine
initialism of república socialista soviética SSR
RSS de Armenia
proper noun
Armenian SSR
RSS de Azerbaiyán
proper noun
Azerbaijan SSR
RSV
noun, masculine
RSV (virus)
RTVE
proper noun
initialism of Radiotelevisión Española, a Spanish broadcaster
RU
proper noun
initialism of Reino Unido (“UK”)
RUN
noun, masculine
acronym of Rol Único Nacional, a national identification number used in Chile
RUT
noun, masculine
acronym of Rol Único Tributario, a tax identification code used in Chile
RVR09
proper noun
initialism of Reina-Valera de 1909
Rabadán
proper noun
a surname
Rabanal
proper noun
a surname
Rabanales
proper noun
a surname
Rabat
proper noun
Rabat (the capital city of Morocco, and capital city of the region of Rabat-Sale-Kenitra, Morocco)
Rachêl
proper noun
Rachel (Biblical character)
Racing
proper noun
Racing de Santander, a football club from Santander, Spain
Radulescu
proper noun
a surname from Romanian
Rafa
proper noun
a diminutive of the male given name Rafael, equivalent to English Rafe
Rafael
proper noun
Raphael; a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Raphael
Rafael
proper noun
a surname transferred from the given name
Rafaela
proper noun
a female given name, masculine equivalent Rafael, equivalent to English Raphaela; a city in Argentina
Rafi
proper noun
a diminutive of the female given name Rafaela
Raimunda
proper noun
a female given name
Raimundo
proper noun
a male given name
Rajastán
proper noun
Rajasthan (a state in northwestern India, created in 1949 and replacing the former province of Rajputana)
Rajoy
proper noun
a surname
Raków
proper noun
Raków (Polish town 1569–1869 and village 1869–present, important centre of Socinianism in the 16th–17th CC.)