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DEP
phrase
initialism of descanse en paz (“RIP (requiescat in pace)”)
DF
proper noun
abbreviation of Distrito Federal: a federal district of Mexico, surrounding the city of Mexico City
DGT
proper noun
initialism of Dirección General de Tráfico (“Directorate-General for Traffic”)
DHS
proper noun
Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de los Estados Unidos; DHS.
DIA
proper noun
alternative letter-case form of Dia
DIA
proper noun
Agencia de Inteligencia de la Defensa; DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency).
DIH
noun, masculine
initialism of derecho internacional humanitario (“international humanitarian law”): IHL
DINA
proper noun
acronym of Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (“National Intelligence Directorate”), the secret police of Chile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet
DIU
noun, masculine
acronym of dispositivo intrauterino (“IUD (intrauterine device)”)
DJ
noun, masculine/feminine
DJ, deejay, disk jockey (person who plays or mixes recorded music at nightclubs)
DLE
proper noun
initialism of Diccionario de la lengua española
DLV
adjective
initialism of de la verga: very bad; terrible; crappy
DLV
adverb
initialism of de la verga: badly; terribly
DNA
noun, masculine
DNA
DNI
noun, masculine
initialism of documento nacional de identidad
DNS
noun, masculine
initialism of dominio de nivel superior de código de país (“ccTLD”)
DNU
proper noun
initialism of decreto de necesidad y urgencia (“necessity and urgency decree”)
DOGE
proper noun
Departamento de Eficiencia Gubernamental; DOGE.
DPM
adverb
abbreviation of de puta madre
DPN
noun, feminine
initialism of disnea paroxística nocturna (paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea)
DRAE
proper noun
initialism of Diccionario de la Real Academia Española
DT
noun, masculine/feminine
initialism of director técnico m, directora técnica f (“manager (UK), coach (US)”)
DU
proper noun
abbreviation of Durango (Mexican state).
DUI
noun, masculine
acronym of declaración unilateral de independencia (“UDI (unilateral declaration of independence)”)
DVD
noun, masculine
DVD (optical disc)
Daca
proper noun
Dhaka (the capital of Bangladesh)
Dacia
proper noun
Dacia (an ancient region and former kingdom located in the area now known as Romania. The Dacian kingdom was conquered by the Romans and later named Romania after them)
Dacosta
proper noun
a surname from Galician
Daguestán
proper noun
Dagestan (a republic and federal subject of Russia, located in the Caucasus region)
Daiana
proper noun
a female given name
Daiquirí
proper noun
Daiquirí (a beach in Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba)
Daisy
proper noun
a female given name from English
Dakar
proper noun
Dakar (the capital city of Senegal)
Dakota del Norte
proper noun
North Dakota (a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States)
Dakota del Sur
proper noun
South Dakota (a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States)
Dalai Lama
noun, masculine
Dalai Lama (head of Tibetan Buddhism)
Dalecarlia
proper noun
Dalarna (a county in central Sweden)
Dalia
proper noun
a female given name, equivalent to English Dahlia
Dalila
proper noun
Delilah (mistress of Samson); a female given name, equivalent to English Delilah
Dalmacia
proper noun
Dalmatia (a historical region of Croatia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea); Dalmatia (a province of the Roman Empire)
Damasco
proper noun
Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)
Damián
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Damian
Damocles
proper noun
Damocles
Dan
proper noun
Dan (Biblical character and tribe)
Danbo
noun, masculine
Danbo (cheese originating in Denmark)
Danghu
proper noun
a town in Tasquillo, Hidalgo, Mexico
Dani
proper noun
a diminutive of the male given name Daniel
Dani
proper noun
a diminutive of the female given name Daniela
Daniano
proper noun
Danian (a subdivision of the Paleocene epoch)
Daniel
proper noun
Daniel (biblical book and prophet); a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel; the letter D in the Spanish spelling alphabet
Daniela
proper noun
a female given name, masculine equivalent Daniel
Daniense
proper noun
Danian (a subdivision of the Paleocene epoch)
Danilo
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Daniel
Dante
proper noun
a male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Dante
Danubio
proper noun
Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2,850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine, into the Black Sea)
Dardanelos
proper noun
Dardanelles (strait)
Daritza
proper noun
a female given name
Darién
proper noun
Darién (a province of Panama)
Darío
proper noun
Darius; a male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Darius
Datong
proper noun
Datong (a city in China)