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encubierto, ta p.p. 1. de encubrir. adj. 2. covert
(clandestino). s. 3. fraud (fraude).
encubridor, ra s. 1. receiver, (fam.) fence.
2. DER. accessory after the fact. 3. DER.
harbourer. adj. 4. hiding, concealing.
encubrimiento s. 1. concealment, hiding
(ocultación). 2. DER. receiving of stolen
goods. 3. DER. complicity, (p.u.) abetment. 4.
DER. harbouring, concealment.
encubrir v.t. 1. to hide, to conceal (ocultar). 2.
DER. to receive stolen goods. 3. to harbour (a
un delincuente).
encuentro s. 1. meeting, encounter. 2. meeting.
3. DEP. game, match. 4. DEP. meeting,
fixture. 5. MIL. encounter, clash (lucha). 6.
(fig.) clash (de ideas). 7. (fig.) find (hallazgo).
8. collision (de coches, etc.). 9. discovery
(descubrimiento). 10. ir al ~ de uno, to go
to meet someone. 11. salir al ~ de, to go to
meet (salir a recibirle).
encuerar v.t. (Am.) to strip.
encuesta s. 1. DER. inquiry, investigation
(investigación). 2. poll, opinion poll, survey
(opinión pública). 3. DER. ~ judicial, post-
mortem, coroner’s inquest.
encuestador, ra s. pollster.
encumbrado, da adj. 1. high, lofty, towering
(edificio, etc.). 2. conceited, haughty, (fam.)
high and mighty (presumido). 3. eminent,
distinguished. 4. of high social standing,
upper/high class (de clase alta).
encumbramiento s. 1. raising, elevation
(elevación). 2. height (altura). 3. praise,
extolling. 4. exaltation (exaltación).
encumbrar v.t. 1. to raise, to elevate (elevar). 2.
to elevate, to exalt. 3. (fig.) to extol (ensalzar).
4. to climb to the top. v.r. 5. to rise (elevarse).
6. to become conceited (engreírse). 7. to rise,
to soar, to tower.
ende adv. 1. there. 2. por ~, therefore, hence.
endeble adj. 1. feeble, weak, frail. 2. puny,
scrawny. 3. flimsy, fragile.
endeblez s. 1. feebleness, weakness. 2.
flimsiness.
endecasílabo, ba adj. 1. GRAM.
hendecasyllabic. s. 2. GRAM.
hendecasyllable.
endecha s. 1. dirge, lament. 2. quatrain with
lines of six or seven syllables.
endemia s. MED. endemic disease.
endémico, ca adj. 1. MED. endemic. 2. (fig.)
chronic.
endemoniado, da adj. 1. possessed (by the
devil). 2. furious. 3. mischievous (travieso).
4. diabolical, terrible (terrible). 5. damned,
wretched (maldito). 6. devilish, fiendish
(endiablado). s. 7. person possessed
(poseído). 8. como un ~, like the devil.
endemoniar v.t. 1. to possess whit the devil, to
possess whit an evil spirit. 2. to infuriate, to
anger (encolerizar). 3. to provoke. v.r. 4. to get
angry (enfadarse).
enderezado, da adj. appropriate, suitable
(propicio).
enderezamiento s. 1. straightening. 2. righting.
enderezar v.t. 1. to straighten. 2. to put straight.
3. MAR. to right. 4. to put back on its wheels
(vehículo, etc.). 5. to put in order, to set to
rights, to correct (enmendar). 6. to direct
(encaminar). v.i. 7. to head, to make one’s
way (dirigirse). v.r. 8. MAR. to right itself. 9. to
straighten up, to stand up straight (persona).
10. to straighten out (cosa). 11. to be directed
at.
endeudarse v.r. 1. to get or run into debt. 2. (fig.)
to become indebted
endiabladamente adv. diabolically, fiendishly.
endiablado, da adj. 1. possessed. 2. devilish,
fiendish, diabolical. 3. evil, wicked (malo). 4.
mischievous (travieso). 5. diabolical, terrible
(terrible). 6. furious. 7. ugly.
endibia s. BOT. endive.
endilgar v.t. 1. to land, to deal. 2. to send. 3. to
guide. 4. to attribute. 5. (fam.) to palm off, to
lumber with.
endiosamiento s. 1. vanity. 2. conceit
(presunción). 3. pride (orgullo).
endiosado, da adj. 1. conceited, stuck-up. 2.
deified.
endiosar v.t. 1. to deify, to make a god out of. v.r.
2. to get or become conceited (engreído). 3. to
become proud.
endoblado, da adj. BIOL. suckling.
endocardio s. MED. endocardium.
endocarpio s. BOT. endocarp.
endocrino, na adj. BIOL. endocrine, endocrinal,
endocrinic, endocrinous.
endocrinología s. MED. endocrinology.
endocrinólogo, ga s.endocrinologist.
endodermo s. BIOL. endoderm.
endogamia s. endogamy, inbreeding.
endogénesis s. BIOL. endogeny.
endomingarse v.pron. to put on one’s Sunday
best.
endosar v.t. 1. COM. to endorse. 2. (fam.) to
palm something off on someone, to lumber
someone with something.
endosfera s. GEOL. endosphere.
endósmosis o endosmosis s. QUÍM.
endosmosis.
endoso s. COM. endorsement.
endosperma s. BOT. y BIOL. endosperm.
endotelio s. BIOL. endothelium.
endotérmico, ca adj. QUÍM. endothermic,
endothermal.
endrina s. BOT. sloe (fruto).
endrino, na adj. 1. blue-black. s. 2. BOT.
blackthorn, sloe (arbusto).
endrogarse v.pron. (Am.) to get into debt.
endulzar v.t. 1. to sweeten. 2. (fig.) to sweeten,
to soften (persona). 3. to alleviate, to soften.
endurecer v.t. 1. to harden, to make hard (poner
duro). 2. to set, to harden (pegamento).
3. (fig.) to harden, to make tough. v.r. 4. to
harden, to go or get hard. 5. to set, to harden.
6. to become hardened or inured (persona).
endurecimiento s. 1. hardening. 2. hardness. 3.
setting,. 4. toughness. 5. (fig.) cruelty, hard-
heartedness.
ene s. n, sound of the letter n.
eneasílabo adj. GRAM. nine syllable.
enebrina s. BOT. juniper berry.
enebro s. BOT. juniper (tree).
eneldo s. BOT. dill.
enema s. MED. enema.
enemiga s. 1. ill will. 2. enmity, hostility.
enemigo, ga adj. y s. 1. enemy, (p.u.) foe. adj.
2. enemy, hostile. 3. ~ malo/el enemigo,
the devil. 4. hacerse enemigos, to make
enemies. 5. pasarse al ~, to go over to the
enemy. 6. ser ~ de, to dislike.
enemistad s. enmity.
enemistar v.t. 1. to make enemies, to cause
a rift, to set at odds. v.pron. 2. to become
enemies. 3. to fall out (enfadarse).
energético, ca adj. 1. TEC. energetic. s. 2. TEC.
energetics. s. pl. 3. fuels.
energía s. 1. FÍS. energy. 2. energy, vitality. 3.
ELEC. power, current.
enérgicamente adv. 1. energetically. 2.
vigorously. 3. forcefully. 4. drastically.
enérgico, ca adj. 1. energetic, spirited (carácter).
2. vigorous, strong (ataque). 3. strong
(palabras). 4. strenuous (esfuerzo). 5. MED.
drastic, powerful (medicina).
energúmeno, na s. 1. madman. 2. madwoman.
3. fanatic. 4. REL. energumen.
enero s. January (mes).
enervación s. enervation.
enervante o enervador, ra adj. enervating.
enésimo, ma adj. 1. MAT. Nth, n. 2. (fig.)
umpteenth.
enfadadizo, za adj. irritable, crotchety, touchy.
enfadado, da adj. angry.
enfadar v.t. 1. to annoy, to get on someone’s
nerves (molestar). 2. to anger, to madden
(enojar). v.r. 3. to get angry, to become
irritated, to lose one’s temper. 4. enfadarse
con alguien, to get angry with someone
(enojarse); to fall out with someone.
enfado s. 1. anger (enojo). 2. quarrel (riña). 3.
annoyance (disgusto).
enfadoso, sa adj. 1. irritating, annoying
(molesto). 2. unpleasant (desagradable).
enfangar v.t. 1. to cover with mud. v.r. 2. to get
muddy, to get covered with/in mud. 3. to sink
into the mud. 4. (fig.) to dirty one’s hands. 5. to
degrade oneself. 6. MAR. to stick in the mud.
enfardar v.t. 1. to package, to parcel up
(empaquetar). 2. to bale.
énfasis s. emphasis, stress.
enfáticamente adv. emphatically.
enfático, ca adj. emphatic.
enfatizar v.t. to emphasize.
enfermar v.i. y pron. 1. MED. to fall or become
ill, to be taken ill. v.t. 2. MED. to make ill, to
cause illness. 3. (fig.) to make sick.
enfermedad s. 1. MED. illness, sickness,
disease. 2. illness, ill health (indisposición).
3. ausentarse por ~, to be off/away sick. 4. ~
contagiosa, contagious disease.
enfermería s. 1. MED. sick bay, infirmary. 2.
hospital.
enfermero, ra s. MED. male nurse (hombre),
nurse (mujer).
enfermizo, za adj. 1. sickly, poorly, unhealthy.
2. morbid.
enfermoso, sa adj. (Am.) enfermizo.
enfervorizar v.t. 1. to encourage. 2. to enthuse.
enfiestar v.pron. (Am.) to have a good time, to
make merry.
enfilar v.t. 1. to line up, to align. 2. to thread. 3.
to go straight along or down (una calle). 4. to
point, to direct (arma, etc.). 5. MIL. to rake, to
enfilade.
enfisema s. emphysema.
enflaquecimiento s. 1. loss of weight. 2.
slimming, losing weight. 3. (fig.) weakening.
enflaquecer v.i. 1. to lose weight, to get
thin (adelgazar). 2. (fig.) to lose heart
(desanimarse). v.t. 3. to make thin. 4. (fig.) to
weaken (debilitar).
enfocar v.t. 1. to focus (cámara, etc.). 2. to
approach, to consider, to look at (problema,
etc.). 3. to shine. v.i. y r. 4. to focus.
enfoque s. 1. TEC. focusing. 2. TEC. focus. 3.
(fig.) point of view, approach (perspectiva).
enfoscado s. TEC. pointing.
enfoscar v.t. 1. TEC. to point. v.r. 2. to look
sullen. 3. to go or get cloudy, to cloud over
(nublarse el cielo). 4. to wrap oneself up
(abrigarse). 5. to hide (ocultarse).
enfrascamiento s. (fig.) absorption.
enfrascar v.t. 1. to bottle. 2. to put in a jar or
flask. v.r. 3. to get caught in brambles. 4. (fig.)
to get deeply involved or absorbed in.
enfrentar v.t. 1. to confront, to face (hacer
frente). 2. to put face to face. v.r. 3. to face
up to, to confront. 4. to face up to, to face
(arrostrar). 5. DEP. to meet, to play against or
with. 6. to antagonize (contrariar).