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caigua s.f. BOT. cucurbitaceous plant.
caimacán s.m. Kaimakan, assistant to Grand
Vizier.
caimán s.m. ZOOL. 1. caiman, alligator. 2. (fig.)
crafty person.
caimiento s.m. 1. fall, falling. 2. decline.
caimital s.m. BOT. star apple tree place.
caimito s.m. BOT. star apple.
Caín s.p.m. BIBL.Cain.
cainita adj. murderous.
cairel s.m. 1. wig. 2. fringe.
Cairo (El) s.p. GEOG. Cairo.
caito s.m. (Am.) coarse wool.
caja s.f. 1. box. 2. coffin (ataúd). 3. MÚS.
case, drum. 4. MEC. body (coche). 5. Com.
cash desk. 6. stock (arma de fuego). 7. ~
de ahorros, savings bank. 8. ANAT. ~ del
cuerpo, thorax. 9. ANAT. ~ del tambor/~ del
tímpano, eardrum. 10. MÚS. ~ de música,
musical box. 11. ~ de reclutamiento,
recruiting office. 12. ~ registradora, till. 13.
~ fuerte, safe. 14. MIL. entrar en ~, to be
called up.
cajería s.f. box shop, factory.
cajero -ra, s.m. y f. cashier.
cajetilla s.f. 1. cigarette packet. 2. (Am.) dandy,
dude.
cajetín s.m. 1. small box. 2. rubber stamp.
cajista s.m. y f. typesetter.
cajo s.m. edging (libro).
cajón s.m. 1. big box. 2. drawer. 3. Com. stall.
4. (Am.) ravine. 5. muddle-headed person. 6.
(fig.) ~ de sastre, hotchpotch. 7. (fig.) ser de
~ una cosa, to be quite common.
cajonada s.f. MAR. crew´s lockers.
cajonera s.f. chest of drawers.
cajonería s.f. drawers.
cajuela s.f. (Am.) brit. boot, (EEUU) trunk.
cal s.f. 1. lime. 2. ~ anhidra/viva, quicklime. 3. ~
muerta, slaked lime. 4. ~ hidráulica, cement.
cala s.f. 1. cove. 2. slice (fruta). 3. plug. 4. MED.
suppository. 5. MAR. hold.
calabacear v.i. (fam.) to flunk.
calabacero -ra, s.m. y f. 1. pumpkin seller. s.f. 2.
BOT. pumpkin plant.
calabacín s.m. 1. BOT. courgette brit., zucchini
(EEUU). 2. (fam.) blockhead.
calabacino s.m. hollow gourd.
calabaza s.f. 1. BOT. pumpkin. 2. gourd. 3.
head. 4. blockhead. 5. dar calabazas, to fail
(examen). 6. dar o recibir calabazas, to jilt,
to give (a un pretendiente).
calabazar s.m. BOT. squash, pumpkin field.
calabobos s.m. drizzle.
calabozo s.m. cell, dungeon.
calabriada s.f. mix-up.
calabriar v.t. to mix up.
calabrote s.m. MAR. Cable, hawser.
calada s.f. 1. soaking. 2. swoop (ave de rapiña).
3. drag (de cigarrillo).
caladero s.m. fishing ground.
calado s.m. 1. drawnwork (costura). 2. draught
(barco). 3. depth (mar).
calador s.m. 1. sounder. 2. MED. probe.
caladura s.f. 1. MEC. driller, perforator 2. MAR.
Calking iron.
calafate s.m. MAR. shipwright.
calafateador s.m. shipwright.
calafatear v.t. to seal.
calafateo s.m. sealing.
calagozo s.m. pruning hook, knife.
calagraña s.f. poor quality grape.
calaguala s.f. BOT. polypody.
calaíta s.f. turquoise stone.
calaluz s.m. small vessel in east Indies.
calamaco s.m. calamanco, woolen cloth.
calamar s.m. ZOOL. squid.
calambac s.m. BOT. calambac, agalloch.
calambre s.m. 1. cramp (muscular). 2. shock (de
electricidad).
calambuco s.m. BOT. calaba.
calambur s.m. pun.
calamento s.m. BOT. calamint.
calamidad s.f. calamity.
calamiforme adj. cane-shaped.
calamina s.f. calamine.
calamita s.f. 1. lodestone. 2. compass.
calamitoso adj. calamitous, disastrous.
cálamo s.m. 1. cane. 2. (fig.) pen. 3. ~ currente,
off the cuff.
calamocha s.f. yellow ochre.
calamón s.m. 1. purple gallinule. 2. round-
headed nail.
calamorra adj. 1. woolly-faced (oveja). s.f. 2.
(fam.) nut.
calamorrada s.f. (fam.) head butt.
calamorrar v.t. to butt with the head.
calaña s.f. 1. sample. 2. (fig.) nature. 3. fan.
calandraca s.f. MAR. hardtack soup.
calandrar v.t. TEC. to press in a calender.
calandria s.f. 1. lark. 2. TEC. calender, mangle.
3. hypochondriac.
calañés s.m. wide-brimmed hat.
cálao s.m. hornbill.
calar v.t. 1. to penetrate. 2. to perforate. 3. TEC.
to do drawn work (costura). 4. to slice (fruta).
5. to fix (bayoneta). 6. to size up (intenciones,
secreto). 7. MAR. to lower. 8. MAR. to
draw (profundidad). v.r. 9. to pull right down
(sombrero). 10. to get soaked (empaparse).
11. to stall (motor). 12. to swoop.
calatear v.t. (Am.) to undress, to strip.
calato adj. (Am.) naked, nude.
cálato s.m. calathus.
calavera s.f. 1. skull. s.m. 2. desp. crazy person,
madcap.
calaverada s.f. crazy act.
calaverar v.i. to live it up.
calboche s.m. chestnut roaster.
calca s.f. granary, barn.
calcado -da, adj. 1. identical (idéntico). s.m. 2.
tracing.
calcamar s.m. ZOOL. Brazilian, sea bird.
calcañal o calcañar o calcaño s.m. ANAT. heel.
calcáneo s.m. ANAT. calcaneum.
calcar v.t. 1. to trace. 2. to copy.
calcáreo -a, adj. calcareous.
calce s.m. 1. steel tyre. 2. shim. 3. wedge.
calcedonia s.f. chalcedony.
calceolaria s.f. BOT. calceolaria.
calceta s.f. 1. stocking. 2. shackle.
calcetear v.i. to knit.
calcetería s.f. 1. knitting (acto). 2. knitwear shop.
calcetero -ra, s.m. y f. 1. knitwear worker. 2.
knitwear salesman.
calcetín s.m. sock.
cálcico -ca, adj. QUÍM. calcic.
calcicosis s.f. MED. caclcicosis.
calcídico s.m. ARQUEOL. Gallery, corridor.
calcídidos s.m. pl. ZOOL. Chalcidoidea.
calcífero adj. calciferous.
calcificación s.f. QUÍM. calcification.
calcificar v.t. e i. to calcify.
calcímetro s.m. calcimeter.
calcina s.f. concrete.
calcinación s.f. QUÍM. calcination.
calcinamiento s.m. calcination.
calcinar v.t. 1. QUÍM. to calcine. 2. to burn.
calcinatorio s.m. calcinatory, vessel used for
calcination.
calcio s.m. QUÍM. calcium.
calcita s.f. calcite.
calcitrapa s.f. BOT. star thistle.
calco s.m. 1. traced copy. 2. tracing paper. 3. ~
calentamiento
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lingüístico, calque, loan translation.
calcografía s.f. chalcography, copperplate
engraving.
calcografiar v.t. to do copperplate engraving.
calcógrafo s.m. copperplate engraver.
calcomanía o calcamonía s.f. transfer,
decalcomania.
calcopirita s.f. copper pyrite.
calcosita s.f. chalcocite.
calcotipia s.f. chalcography, copperplate
engraving.
calcotriquita s.f. calculation.
calculable adj. MAT. calculable.
calculación s.f. calculation.
calculadamente adv. calculatedly, deliberately.
calculador -ra, s.f. 1. calculator. adj. 2. (fig.)
calculating.
calcular v.t. 1. to calculate. 2. to think (suponer).
calculatorio -ria, adj. calculatory.
calculista s.m. y s.f. designer.
cálculo s.m. 1. calculation. 2. MAT. calculus. 3.
MED. calculus. 4. ~ mental, mental arithmetic.
5. un ~ aproximado, a rough calculation. 6.
(fig.) según mis cálculos, according to my
calculations.
calculoso adj. containing gravel.
calda s.f. 1. heating. 2 .hot springs.
caldario s.m. spa.
caldas s.f. pl. hot springs, hot mineral baths.
caldeamiento s.m. TEC. heating.
caldear v.t. to heat up.
caldeo s.m. warming.
caldera s.f. 1. TEC. boiler. 2. crater. 3. TEC. ~ de
vapor, MEC. steam boiler.
calderada s.f. TEC. boiler contents.
calderería s.f. TEC. boiler-making.
calderero s.m. TEC. boiler-maker.
caldereta s.f. 1. small boiler. 2. holy-water
vessel. 3. lamb stew (de cordero). 4. fish stew
(de pescado); me encanta la caldereta, I love
fish stew.
calderilla s.f. 1. REL. holy-water vessel. 2. loose
change: ¿tienes calderilla?, have you got any
loose change?
caldero s.m. cauldron.
calderón s.m. 1. large pot. 2. MÚS. pause.
calderoniano adj. LIT. Calderonian.
caldillo s.m. sauce, gravy.
caldo s.m. 1. stock. 2. salad dressing. 3. QUÍM.
MED ~ de cultivo, BIOL. culture medium;
(fig.) favourable environment, breeding
ground.
caldoso -sa, adj. with a lot of stock.
cale s.m. smack.
calé s.m. y f. gypsy.
calecer v.i. to heat up.
Caledonia s.p. HIST. Caledonia, ancient name
for Scotland.
caledonio adj. Caledonian.
calefacción s.f. 1. heating. 2. ~ central, central
heating.
calefactor adj. 1. heating. s.m. y f. 2. heating
installer.
calefón s.m. (Am.) water heater.
caleidoscopio o calidoscopio s.m.
kaleidoscope.
calendar v.t. to date (documento).
calendario s.m. 1. calendar. 2. ~ juliano, Julian
calendar. 3. REL. ~ gregoriano, Gregorian
calendar. 4. ~ perpetuo, life-long calendar.
calendarista s.m. y f. calendar-maker.
calendas s.f. pl. calends.
caléndula s.f. calendula, pot marigold.
caleño -ña, adj. limey.
caleño adj. of, from Cali.
calentador s.m. heater.
calentamiento s.m. 1. warming. 2. ~ del