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pene s.m. ANAT. penis.
penetración s.f. 1. penetration. 2. insight,
intelligence (perspicacia).
penetrante adj. 1. penetrating, piercing. 2. (fig.)
penetrating, piercing (mirada); penetrating,
pungent (olor); piercing (sonido); bitter (frío).
penetrar v.t. 1. to penetrate, to pierce. 2. to be
penetrating, to be piercing. 3. to become
aware of, to grasp (comprender). v.i. 4. to
enter, to go in (to).
penicilina s.f. penicillin.
península s.f. GEOG. peninsula.
peninsular adj. 1. GEOG. peninsular. s.m. y f. 2.
inhabitant of a peninsula.
penique s.m. penny.
penitencia s.f. 1. REL. penitence (confesión). 2.
penance (castigo).
penitencial adj. 1. penitential. s.m. 2. REL.
penitential.
penitenciaría s.f. 1. REL. penitentiary. 2. prison.
penitenciario -ria, adj. 1. REL. penitentiary. 2.
prison, penitentiary. s.m. 3. REL. penitentiary.
penitente adj. REL. 1. penitent. s.m. y f. 2.
penitent. adv. 1. sorrowfully, grievously,
painfully. 2. laboriously, arduously.
peñón s.m. rock, large crag.
penoso -sa, adj. 1. arduous, laborious. 2.
distressing, painful, sad.
pensado adj. 1. planned, prepared, devised.
3. bien ~, well devised; well-intentioned
(persona). 4. mal ~, badly devised; evil-
minded.
pensado -da,p.p. de pensar.
pensador -ra, adj. 1. thinking. s.m. y f. 2.
philosopher. 3. thinker. 4. intellectual.
pensamiento s.m. 1. thought. 2. mind (mente).
3. idea. 4. BOT. pansy. 5. beber a uno los
pensamientos, to read someone’s thoughts.
6. como el ~, in a flash.
pensar v.i. 1. to think, to ponder. v.t. 2. to think,
to think about, to think over, (fig.) to weigh up.
3. to intend to, think of, to plan 4. pensándolo
bien, on reflection. 5. sin ~, without stopping
to think.
pensativamente adv. thoughtfully, pensively.
pensativo -va, adj. thoughtful, pensive.
penseque s.m. slip, lapsus.
pensil adj. 1. hanging. s.m. 2. beautiful garden.
pensión s.f. 1. ECONnsion. 2. bursary,
fellowship (beca). 3. guest house, boarding
house. 4. board. 5. (Am.) anxiety, remorse.
pensionado -da, adj. 1. on a pension. s.m. y f.
2. pensioner. s.m. 3. boarding school.
pensionista s.m. y f. 1. pensioner. 2. lodger,
boarder (huésped). 3. boarding school pupil,
boarder.
pentágono -na, adj. 1. pentagonal. 2. s.m.
GEOM. pentagon. 3. MIL. Pentagon.
pentecostés s.m. 1. Whitsun, Whitsuntide. 2.
Pentecost.
penúltimo -ma, adj. 1. penultimate. s.m. y f. 2.
penultimate.
penumbra s.f. penumbra.
penuria s.f. penury.
peón s.m. 1. unskilled worker. 2. MIL. foot
soldier, infantryman. 3. pawn (ajedrez). 4.
(spinning) top. 5. LIT. foot of four syllables.
peonada s.f. 1. day’s labour. 2. land measure of
about three thousand square metres.
peonaje s.m. 1. gang of labourers. 2. MIL. squad
of infantrymen.
peonía s.f. 1. peonada. 2. BOT. peony.
peonza s.f. 1. (spinning) top. 2. (fam.) little fidget
(persona).
peor adj. (grados de malo) 1. (comp.) worse;
(super.) worst. adv. (grados de mal) 2. (comp.)
worse; (super.) worst. 3. ~ que ~, worse and
worse. 4. tanto ~, so much the worse.
Pepa s.f. 1. Josie. 2. ¡Viva la ~! hooray!; (fam.)
and to hell with everybody else!
pepazo s.m. (Am.) lie, (fam.) whopper (mentira).
pepe s.m. (Am.) drunkenness.
pepinillo s.m. 1. BOT. gherkin. 2. MIL. shell.
pepino s.m. 1. BOT. cucumber. 2. (Am.) carnival
figure. 3. importar un ~, not to care two
hoots. 4. no dársele a uno un ~ por una
cosa, not to give a fig about something.
pepita s.f. 1. BOT. seed, pip. 2. MIN. nugget.
3. pip.
pepitoria s.f. 1. GAST. fricassee. 2. jumble,
tangle.
pepona s.f. large cardboard doll.
pepónide s.f. BOT. pepo.
pepsina s.f. BIOL. pepsin.
péptico -ca, adj. BIOL. peptic.
peptona s.f. BIOL. peptone.
pequeñez s.f. 1. littleness, smallness. 2. triviality,
insignificance. 3. meanness. 4. infancy
(niñez).
pequeño -ña, adj. 1. small. 2. young. 3.
unimportant. 4. short (breve). 5. humble
(humilde). s.m. y f. 6. youngest child. s.m. pl.
7. little ones. 8. puppies (de perro).
pequinés -esa, adj. ZOOL. 1. Pekinese (tipo de
perro). s.m. y s.f. 2. Pekinese.
pera s.f. 1. pear. adj. 2. vain, conceited. s.m. 3.
(fam.) bighead. 4. pedir peras al olmo, to ask
for the moon.
peral s.m. BOT. pear tree.
peralte s.m. 1. ARQ. superelevation. 2.
embankment, bank.
perborato s.m. QUÍM. perborate.
perca s.f. ZOOL. perch (tipo de pez).
percal s.m. 1. percale, calico. 2. (fam.) dough
(dinero).
percance s.m. setback, mishap.
percatar v.i. y pron. to realize, to notice.
percebe s.m. ZOOL. goose barnacle.
percepción s.f. 1. perception. 2. feeling. 3. idea.
4. receipt.
perceptible adj. noticeable, perceptible, visible.
perceptiblemente adv. noticeably, perceptibly,
visibly.
perceptividad s.f. perceptivity.
perceptor -ra,s.m. y f. collector, receiver.
percha s.f. 1. hanger, coat hanger. 2. coat stand
(mueble). 3. carding. 4. perch (pájaros). 5.
rack (para la caza). 6. tener uno buena ~, to
have a good figure, to have a fine physique.
perchero s.m. 1. clothes rack, hatstand. 2. coat
hanger.
percherón s.m. ZOOL. percheron (tipo de
caballo).
percibir v.t. 1. to receive, to collect (recibir).
2. to perceive, to sense (sentir). 3. to notice
(conocer).
percusio -sia, adj. (Am.) insignificant, trivial.
percusión s.f. percussion.
percusor s.m. 1. TEC. hammer, firing pin. 2.
striker, hitter.
percutir v.t. to strike, to hit.
percutor s.m. percusor.
perdedor -ra, adj. 1. losing: el equipo perdedor
= the losing team.s.m. y f. 2. loser.
perder v.t. 1. to lose. 2. to waste (malgastar). 3.
to miss: perdió el bus: she miissed the bus. 4.
to ruin. 5. to spoil, to damage. v.i. 6. to lose. 7.
to fade, to discolour. v.r. 8. to lose one’s way,
to go astray. 9. to go to rack and ruin. 10. to
founder. 11. (fig.) to be crazy (about). 12. to
get lost. 13. no habérsele perdido nada a
uno: no se te ha perdido nada: you’ve got no
business coming.14. ¡piérdete!, get lost!
perdición s.f. undoing, ruin.
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pérdida s.f. 1. loss. 2. waste. 3. wastage,
leakage.
perdidamente adv. passionately, hopelessly
(enamorado).
perdido -da, adj. 1. stray. 2. lost. 3. (Am.)
vicious, hardened. s.m. y s.f. 4. wastrel,
libertine. 5. (Am. y brit.) tramp, (EEUU) bum,
hobo. 6. estar ~, to be in a desperate plight;
to be filthy.
perdigón s.m. 1. ZOOL. young partridge
(perdiz). 2. (lead) shot, pellet.
perdiguero -ra, adj. 1. partridge-hunting. s.m. 2.
ZOOL. setter (perro).
perdiz s.f. ZOOL. partridge.
perdón s.m. 1. DER. pardon. 2. forgiveness. 3.
mercy. 4. con ~, if you don’t mind.
perdonable adj. forgivable.
perdonar v.t. 1. to forgive. 2. DER. to pardon. 3.
to excuse. 4. no ~ esfuerzo u ocasión, not
to miss an opportunity, to spare no effort. v.i.
5. to forgive.
perdonavidas s.m. bully, braggart.
perdulario -ria, adj. 1. negligent, slovenly. 2.
dissolute. 3. forgetful, careless. s.m. y f. 4.
slovenly person. 5. rake. 6. absent-minded
individual.
perdurable adj. lasting.
perdurablemente adv. lastingly.
perdurar v.i. to last a long time, to endure.
perecedero -ra, adj. perishable.
perecer v.i. to perish, to die.
peregrinación o peregrinaje s.f. pilgrimage.
peregrinamente adv. 1. rarely, oddly, strangely.
2. wonderfully.
peregrinar v.i. 1. REL. to go on a pilgrimage. 2.
to travel far afield.
peregrino -na, adj. 1. REL. of pilgrimage.
2. wandering, travelling (errante). 3.
odd, outlandish (extraño): 4. outstanding
(excelente) s.m. y f. 5. pilgrim.
perejil s.m. BOT. parsley.
perendengue s.m. trinket, cheap earring.
perengano -na, s.m. y f. so-and-so.
perenne adj. perennial, everlasting.
perennemente adv. everlastingly, constantly.
perennifolio -lia, adj. evergreen.
perentoriamente adv. peremptorily.
perentorio -ria, adj. 1. peremptory. 2. urgent,
pressing (apremiante).
pereza s.f. 1. laziness. 2. idleness. 3. sloth. 4.
sacudir la ~, to shake off one’s laziness. 5.
sentir/tener ~, to feel lazy.
perezosamente adv. lazily, idly.
perezoso -sa, adj. 1. lazy, sluggish, slothful.
s.m. y f. 2. lazy person. s.m. 3. ZOOL. sloth.
perfección s.f. 1. perfection. 2. a la ~, to
perfection.
perfeccionador -ra, adj. perfecting.
perfeccionamiento s.m. improvement.
perfeccionar v.t. 1. to perfect, to improve. 2. to
complete.
perfeccionista s.m. y f. perfectionist.
perfectible adj. perfectible.
perfectivo -va, adj. 1. perfective. 2. GRAM.
perfective.
perfecto -ta, adj. 1. perfect. 2. finished,
complete. 3. GRAM. perfect.
pérfidamente adv. perfidiously, treacherously.
perfidia s.f. perfidy, treachery.
pérfido -da, adj. perfidious, treacherous.
perfil s.m. 1. profile. 2. edging. 3. outline,
silhouette. pl. 4. finishing touches. 5. de ~, in
profile, side on.
perfilado -da, adj. 1. in profile (de lado). 2.
outlined. 3. thin faced (rostro).
perfilar v.t. 1. to profile. 2. (fig.) to round off, to
put the finishing touches to (rematar). v.r. 3. to