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to break out.
afluencia s.f. 1. flow. 2. plenty, abundance. 3.
verbosity. 4. flow.
afluente adj. 1. flowing. 2. fluent, eloquent. s.m.
3. tributary.
afluir v.i. 1. to flock. 2. to flow.
aflujo s.m. MED. afflux.
afonía s.f. MED. loss of voice, (p.u.) aphony.
afónico -ca adj. hoarse, (p.u.) aphonic.
aforado -da adj. privileged.
aforamiento s.m. 1. gauging, measuring. 2.
evaluation. 3. assessment.
aforar v.t. 1. to grant a privilege. 2. to value,
to assess. 3. to gauge, to measure. 4. to
calculate.
aforismo s.m. aphorism.
aforo s.m. 1. gauging, measuring. 2. valuation. 3.
calculation. 4. capacity.
afortunadamente adv. fortunately, luckily.
afortunado -da adj. 1. fortunate, lucky. 2. happy.
afrancesado -da adj. 1. francophile, (desp.)
Frenchified. s.m. y f. 2. francophile, (desp.)
Frenchified-person.
afrenta s.f. 1. shame, disgrace. 2. affront, insult.
afrentar v.t. 1. to shame, to disgrace. 2. to
humiliate. 3. to insult, to affront. 4. to offend.
v.pron. 5. to be ashamed.
afrentosamente adv. insultingly, offensively.
afrentoso -sa adj. insulting, offensive.
africado -da adj. GRAM. affricative.
africanismo s.m. Africanism.
africanista adj. /s.m. y f. Africanist.
africanizar v.t. to Africanize.
afrodisiaco -ca o afrodisíaco –ca adj. y s.m.
aphrodisiac.
afrodita s.f. Aphrodite.
afrontar v.t. e i. 1. to place opposite. v.t. 2. to
bring face to face. 3. to face up to.
afta s.f. MED. aphtha.
afuera adv. 1. outside, out. s.f. pl. 2. outskirts,
suburbs. interj. 3. get out!; out!
afuetear v.t. (Am.) to whip.
afusilar v.t. (Am.) to shoot.
agachado -da adj. 1. bent. 2. crouching. 3.
(Am.) sly, cunning. 4. (Am.) servile.
agachar v.t. e i. 1. to bend, to bow. v.pron. 2. to
bend down, to stoop. 3. to squat, to
crouch. 4. to lie low, to go into hiding. 5. (Am.) to
give in, to submit. 6. (Am.) to keep maliciously
quiet. 7. agacharse con algo, (Am.) to pinch,
to make off with.
agalla s.f. 1. BOT. gall. 2. gill. 3. guts. 4. (Am.)
greed. pl. 5. tonsils. 6. tener agallas, to have
guts.
ágape s.m. 1. HIST. love feast. 2. feast, banquet.
agarrada s.f. row, quarrel.
agarradera s.f. 1. (Am.) handle. 2. influence.
agarradero s.m. 1. handle. 2. help, influence.
agarrado -da adj. 1. mean, tight. 2. baile ~,
slow dance.
agarrar v.t. y pron. 1. to grab, to seize. v.t. 2. to
catch an illness. 3. BOT. to take root. 4. to
stick. v.pron. 5. to quarrel, to row.
agarrotado -da adj. 1. tied, bound. 2. stiff. 3.
seized up, broken.
agarrotamiento s.m. 1. tying, binding. 2.
strangling, garrotting. 3. seizing up.
agarrotar v.t. 1. to tie up, to bind. 2. to garrotte.
3. to torment, to dispirit. v.pron. 4. to stiffen, to
tighten, to go stiff. 5. to seize up.
agasajador -ra adj. welcoming, warm.
agasajar v.t. 1. to put up. 2. to treat well.
agasajo s.m. good treatment, warm welcome.
ágata s.f. agate.
agazapar v.t. 1. to grab. v.pron. 2. to hide. 3. to
crouch.
agencia s.f. 1. agency. 2. office.3. ~ de prensa,
news agency. 4. ~ de publicidad, advertising
agency.
agenciar v.t. e i. 1. to manage. v.t. y pron. 2. to
procure.
agenda s.f. 1. agenda. 2. diary.
agente s.m. 1. agent. 2. QUÍM. agent. 3. ~ de
cambio y de bolsa, stockbroker. 4. ~ de
policía, policeman. 5. ~ fiscal, tax inspector.
agigantado -da adj. huge, enormous, gigantic.
agigantar v.t. y pron. 1. to enlarge, to increase
enormously. v.pron. 2. to be encouraged.
ágil adj. agile, nimble.
agilidad s.f. agility, nimbleness.
agilizar v.t. to speed up, to make agile.
ágilmente adv. with agility, nimbly.
agitación s.f. 1. agitation, shaking. 2. movement,
hustle and bustle. 3. roughness. 4. roll. 5.
waving. 6. POL. restlessness.
agitador -ra s.m. y f. 1. agitator. s.m. 2. MEC.
shaker, agitator.
agitar v.t. y pron. 1. to shake. 2. to agitate, to
disturb. v.t. 3. to agitate, to rouse. 4. to wave.
aglomeración s.f. 1. agglomeration, mass. 2.
crowd. 3. build-up.
aglomerado -da adj. 1. crowded together. s.m.
2. agglomerate. 3. chipboard.
aglomerante s.m. binding substance.
aglomerar v.t. y pron. 1. to pile, to amass. 2. to
crowd together.
aglutinación s.f. agglutination.
aglutinante adj. y s.m. agglutinant, binder.
aglutinar v.t. y pron. to agglutinate, to bind.
aglutinativo -va adj. MED. agglutinative.
agnosticismo s.m. agnosticism.
agnóstico -ca adj. / s.m. y f. agnostic.
agobiado -da adj. 1. tired, exhausted. 2.
weighed down. 3. snowed under.
agobiante adj. 1. oppressive. 2. tiring,
exhausting, tiresome. 3. overwhelming.
agobiar v.t. y pron. 1. to weigh down. 2. to
exhaust. 3. to overwhelm.
agolpamiento s.m. 1. crowd, throng. 2. pile,
heap.
agolparse v.pron. 1. to throng, to crowd together.
2. to pile up, to amass.
agonía s.f. 1. agony. 2. death throes. 3. longing,
desire. 4. knell, toll.
agónico -ca adj. 1 .dying.2 .in agony.
agonizante adj. 1. dying. s.m. y f. 2. dying
person.
agonizar v.i. to be dying.
ágora s.f. agora.
agorafobia s.f. agoraphobia.
agorero -ra adj. 1. ominous, of ill-omen.2.
prophetic. s.m. y f. 3. prophet, soothsayer.
agostamiento adj. withering.
agostar v.t. y pron. 1. to dry up, to wither. v.t. 2.
to plough in August. v.i. 3. to graze, to pasture.
agosto s.m. 1. August. 2. hacer uno su ~, to
make one’s fortune.
agotado -da adj. 1. exhausted, worn out. 2.
sold out, out of stock. 3. flat, dead.
agotador -ra adj. tiring, exhausting.
agotamiento s.m. exhaustion, tiredness.
agotar v.t. 1. to exhaust, to tire out, to wear
out. 2. to empty. 3. to exhaust. v.pron. 4. to
exhaust oneself. 5. to run out.
agracejo s.m. 1. BOT. berberry. 2. unripe grape.
agraciadamente adv. attractively, prettily.
agraciado -da adj. 1. pretty, attractive, good-
looking. 2. graceful. 3. salir ~, to be the
winner.
agraciar v.t. 1. to award. 2. to pardon. 3. to
grace. 4. to make beautiful.
agradable adj. nice, pleasant.
agradablemente adv. pleasantly, nicely.
agradar v.i. 1. to please, to be pleasing to.
v.pron. 2. to be pleased. 3. to like each other.
agradecer v.t. 1. to thank. 2. to be
grateful.v.pron. 3. to be welcome, to be
appreciated.
agradecido -da adj. grateful.
agradecimiento s.m. gratitude, gratefulness, thanks.
agrado s.m. 1. friendliness, affability. 2. pleasure.
3. liking, taste.
agrandamiento s.m. expansion, enlargement.
agrandar v.t. 1. to enlarge, to make bigger.
v.pron. 2. to get bigger.
agrario -ria adj. agrarian, agricultural.
agravamiento s.m. 1. worsening, aggravation.
agravante adj. 1 .aggravating. s.m. y f. 2
.unpleasant circumstances.
agravar v.t. 1. to increase the weight . 2. to
overwhelm, to weigh down. 3. to aggravate.
v.t. y pron. 4. to worsen, to get worse.
agraviante adj. 1. insulting, offensive. s.m. 2.
insulter.
agraviar v.t. 1. to insult. 2. to offend. 3. DER. to
wrong. v.pron. 4. to take offence.
agravio s.m. 1. offence, insult. 2. slight, affront.
3. wrong, injury. 4. deshacer agravios, to
take revenge.
agravioso -sa adj. insulting, offensive.
agraz s.m. 1. unripe grape. 2. sour grape juice.
3. bitterness.
agrazón s.m. 1. wild grape. 2. BOT. gooseberry
bush. 3. (fig.) annoyance.
agredir v.t. to attack, to assault.
agregación s.f. aggregation.
agregado -da s.m. y f. 1. aggregate. 2.
assistant.
agregar v.t. 1. to add. 2. to join. 3. to amass. 4.
to appoint. v.pron. 5. to be added.
agresión s.f. aggression.
agresivamente adv. aggressively.
agresividad s.f. aggresiveness.
agresivo -va adj. aggressive.
agresor -ra s.m. y f. aggressor.
agreste adj. 1. rural. 2. rough, uncouth.
agriado -da adj. 1. rural. 2. rough, uncouth. 3.
(Am.) resentful.
agriar v.t. y pron. 1. to turn sour. 2. to irritate.
agricultor -ra s.m. y f. farmer.
agricultura s.f. agriculture, farming.
agridulce adj. bittersweet.
agridulcemente adv. bittersweetly.
agrietamiento s.m. cracking.
agrietar v.t. y pron. to crack, to chap.
agriamente adv. sourly, bitterly.
agrimensor -ra s.m. y f. land surveyor.
agrio -gria adj. 1. sour, bitter. 2. (fig.) sharp,
bitter. 3. rough. s.m. pl. 4. citrus fruits.
agriparse v.pron. (Am.) to catch (the) flu.
agrisado -da adj. grey.
agro s.m. agriculture.
agroalimentario -ria adj. food and agriculture.
agronomía s.f. agronomy.
agronómico -ca adj. agronomic, agronomical.
agrónomo -ma s.m. y f. 1. agronomist. adj. 2.
agricultural.
agropecuario -ria adj. agricultural, farming.
agrupable adj. able to be grouped.
agrupación s.f. 1. group. 2. MÚS. group. 3.
grouping. 4. association.
agrupar v.t. 1. to group, to group together.
v.pron. 2. to form a group, to group together.
agua s.f. 1. water. 2. tide. 3. leak. pl. 4. rain.
5. waters. 6. waters. 7. wake. 8. water. 9. ~
bendita, holy water. 10. ~ blanda, soft water.
11. ~ de colonia, eau de cologne. 12. ~ de
azahar, orange-flower water. 13. ~ de Seltz,
soda water. 14. ~ de socorro, emergency
baptism. 15. ~ dulce, fresh water. 16. ~ dura,
hard water. 17. ~ fuerte, nitric acid. 18. ~