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recoveco s.m. 1. turn, corner of a street. 2. (fig.)
ruse, trick. 3. (Am.) elaborate decoration. pl. 4.
nooks and crannies. 5. (fig.) twists and turns.
recovero -ra adj. poultry dealer.
recreación s.f. 1. recreation. 2. entertainment,
relaxation. 3. playtime.
recrear v.t. 1. to recreate. 2. to entertain. v.pron.
3. to have a good time.
recreativo -va, adj. entertaining, recreational.
recrecer v.t. 1. to make bigger. v.i. 2. to happen
again. v.pron. 3. to buck up.
recrecimiento s.m. growth, increase.
recremento s.m. MED. recrement.
recreo s.m. 1. entertainment. 2. playtime.
recría s.f. fattening up.
recriar v.t. to fatten up.
recriminación s.f. recrimination, reproach.
recriminador -ra, adj. 1. recriminating. s.m. y f.
2. denouncer.
recriminar v.t. 1. to recriminate. 2. DER. to
countercharge.
recriminatorio -ria, adj. recriminatory,
reproachful.
recrudecerse v.pron. 1. to get worse, to intensify.
2. to break out again.
recrudecimiento s.m. 1. worsening. 2. fresh
outbreak, renewal.
recrudescencia s.f. recrudescence.
recrudescente adj. recrudescent, deteriorating.
recrujir v.i. to squeak.
recta s.f. 1. straight line. 2. la ~ final, the home
straight.
rectal adj. ANAT. rectal.
rectangular adj. rectangular.
rectángulo -la, adj. 1. rectangular; right-angled
triangle. s.m. 2. MAT. rectangle, oblong figure.
rectificable adj. rectifiable.
rectificación s.f. rectification.
rectificador -ra, adj. 1. rectifying. s.m. 2. ELEC.
rectifier.
rectificar v.t. 1. to rectify, to put right; to correct;
to correct. 2. to flatten out, to straighten. 3. to
distil. 4. MEC. to coat, to face.
rectificativo -va, adj. corrective.
rectilíneo -a, adj. GEOM. rectilinear, made up of
straight lines.
rectitud s.f. 1. straightness. 2. (fig.) rectitude.
recto -ta, adj. 1. straight. 2. (fig.) upright, honest.
3. basic, proper. s.m. 4. ANAT. rectum. s.f. 5.
GEOM. straight line.
rector -ra, adj. 1. ruling, guiding. s.m. y f. 2.
superior, head. 3. rector, brit. vice-chancellor.
s.m. 4. REL. parish.
rectorado s.m. 1. rectorship, brit. vice-
chancellorship. 2. rector’s office, brit. vice-
chancellor’s office.
rectoral adj. 1. of the rector. s.f. 2. parish
priest’s house.
rectoría s.f. 1. principal’s or rector’s office. 2.
rectorship. 3. rectory, curacy.
rectriz adj. ZOOL. rectrix.
recua s.f. 1. pack, team. 2. (fig.) y (fam.) herd,
bunch.
recuadrar v.t. MAT. to divide into squares.
recuadro s.m. 1. box in form. 2. inset in book.
recuaje s.m. toll for the passage of mules.
recuarta s.f. string of a guitar.
recubrir v.t. to cover.
recudir v.t. 1. to pay for wages. v.i. 2. to revert,
return.
recuelo s.n. strong lye for bucking clothes.
recuento s.m. 1. recount electoral. 2.
registration, enumeration.
recuerdo s.m. 1. memory, recollection. 2.
keepsake; souvenir. 3. commemoration. pl.
4. regards.
recuero s.m. driver of a drove.
recuesta s.f. 1. request. 2. intimation.
recuestar v.t. to request, ask, demand.
reculada s.f. 1. backward. 2. kick of gun. 3. (fig.)
cold feet.
recular v.i. 1. to go back, to go backwards. 2. to
kick. 3. (fig.) to get cold feet. 4. MIL. to beat
a retreat.
reculo -a adj. tailless (aves)
reculones a loc. adv. backwards.
recuperable adj. retrievable.
recuperación s.f. 1. recovery, retrieval. 2. repeat.
recuperador -ra adj. / s.m. y f. recuperator.
recuperar v.t. 1. to get back, to recover, to
retrieve. 2. to repeat. 3. to reclaim. v.pron. 4.
to get better, to recover.
recuperativo -va adj. recuperative.
recura s.f. comb saw.
recurar v.t. to tooth.
recurrente adj. 1. recurrent. s.m. y f. 2. DER.
petitioner, appellant.
recurrir v.i. 1. to look to, to ask for help. 2. to
make use of, to resort to. 3. DER. to appeal.
recurso s.m. 1. recourse, resort. 2. means.
3. DER. appeal. pl. 4. resources; natural
resources. 5. como último ~, as a last resort.
recusable adj. rejectable, refusable.
recusación s.f. DER. 1. challenge. 2. recusation.
recusación s.f. DER. objection, challenge.
recusante adj. 1. recusant, disobedient. s.m. y f.
2. recusant.
recusar v.t. 1. to reject. 2. DER. to object to, to
challenge.
red s.f. 1. net. 2. TEC. network. 3. (fig.) trap,
device: has vuelto a caer en la red = you’ve
fallen into the trap again. 4. hairnet. 5. mesh.
6. la Red, the Net Internet. 7. ~ de area local,
INF. local area network. 8. ~ de arrastre,
MAR. dragnet. 9. ~ viaria, road network.
redacción s.f. 1. LIT. composition, essay. 2.
writing. 3. editorial staff. 4. newspaper office.
redactar v.t. 1. to write, to compose, to draft. 2.
to edit.
redactor -ra, s.m. y f. 1. writer; journalist. 2.
editor. 3. ~ jefe, editor-in-chief.
redada s.f. swoop, raid.
redaño s.m. ANAT. omentum, caul, kell.
redar v.t. 1. to cast a net. 2. to haul in.
redargución s.f. retort, refutation.
redargüir v.t 1. to retort, reargue. 2. DER. to
impugn.
redecilla s.f. hairnet.
rededor s.m. 1. surroundings. 2. al ~/en ~,
around.
redel s.m. MAR. loof frame.
redención s.f. 1. ransom. 2. REL. redemption.
redentor -ra, adj. 1. redeeming. s.m. 2. REL.
redeemer.
redero -ra adj. 1. reticular. 2. reticulated. s.m. 3.
netmaker. 4. net-fisher.
redicho -cha, adj. (fam.) pedantic, pretentious.
redición s.f. repetion, reiteration.
redil s.m. 1. sheepfold. 2. volver al ~, (fig.) to
return to the fold, to mend one’s ways.
redimible adj. redeemable.
redimir v.t. 1. to redeem, to buy back. 2. HIST. to
buy the freedom of. v.pron. 3. to free oneself
from.
rédito s.m. ECON. return, interest.
redituable adj. that produces profit.
redituar v.t. 1. to produce, to yield. 2. to draw
(intereses).
redivivo -va, adj. resuscitated.
redoblado -da, adj. 1. short and squat. 2.
increased, redoubled. 3. MÚS. double-quick.
redobladura s.f. 1. doubling. 2. clinching. 3.
repetition.
redoblante s.m. 1. MÚS. long-sided drum. s.m.
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redoblar v.t. 1. to redouble, to increase. 2. to
clinch. 3. to repeat. v.i. 4. MÚS. to play a
drumroll.
redoble s.m. 1. redoubling, increase acto de
redoblar. 2. MÚS. drumroll.
redoblón s.m. rivet, clinck-nail.
redoma s.f. 1. flask. 2. (Am.) goldfish bowl. 3.
(Am.) safety island.
redomado -da, adj. utter, perfect: es un hipócrita
redomado = he’s a perfect hypocrite.
redonda s.f. 1. MÚS. brit. semibreve; (EE UU)
whole note. 2. GEOG. region. 3. meadow. 4. a
la ~, around, away.
redondamente adv. 1. around en torno. 2. (fig.)
categorically.
redondamiento s.m. rounding.
redondeado -da, adj. round, rounded.
redondear v.t. 1. to make round, to make curved.
2. MAT. to round. v.pron. 3. to clear oneself of
debts. 4. to become rich.
redondel s.m. 1. fam. circle. 2. arena, bullring.
redondete adj.dim. roundish.
redondez s.f. roundness.
redondilla s.f. LIT. quatrain.
redondo -da, adj. 1. round, circular. 2. (fig.)
straightforward. 3. (Am.) separate, external,
adjacent: una tienda redonda = an adjacent
shop. 4. successful, very well: el asunto me
salió redondo = it went very well for me. s.m.
5. round, ring. 6. caer ~, fam. to fall like a
dead weight. 7. en ~, round about. 8. mesa
redonda, round table. 9. número ~, round
number. 10. negocio ~, successful business.
11. virar en ~, to turn right round.
redondón s.m. large sphere or circle.
redor s.m 1. round mat. 2. contr. surroundings.
3. en ~, roundabout.
redova s.f. redowa (danza).
redro adv. (fam.) behind, backward.
redro s.m. each ring upon the horn of a goat.
redrojo o redruejo s.m. 1. BOT. late fruit. 2. vine
stubble. 3. (fig.) y (fam.) puny lad.
reducción s.f. 1. reduction. 2. subjecting. 3.
MAT. conversion. 4. MED. setting.
reduccionismo s.m. reductionism.
reducible adj. reducible, convertible.
reducido -da, adj. 1. reduced. 2. restricted,
limited. 3. small.
reducimiento s.m reduction, reducement.
reducir v.t. 1. to reduce. 2. to restrict. 3. to
subject, to subdue. 4. MAT. to convert, to
transform. 5. MED. to set. 6. to summarize, to
resume. 7. QUÍM. to concentrate. v.pron. 8. to
tighten one’s belt, to make economies. 9. to
be reduced to, to come down to, to amount to
no more than.10. ~ a común denominador,
to reduce to a common denominator.
reductivo -va adj. reducing.
reducto s.m. MIL. redoubt.
redundancia s.f. 1. surfeit, superabundance. 2.
GRAM. redundancy, pleonasm.
redundante adj. 1. superfluous, profuse. 2.
GRAM. redundant.
redundantemente adv. redundantly.
redundar v.i. 1. to overflow. 2. to turn out to be,
to redound.
reduplicación s.f. 1. reduplication, reduplicating.
2. re-echo, repetition.
reduplicado -da adj. 1. reduplicated, doubled.
2. repeated.
reduplicar v.t. 1. GRAM. to reduplicate. 2. to
re-echo, to repeat.
reedificación s.f. rebuilding.
reedificador -ra s.m. y f. rebuilder.
reedificar v.t. to rebuild.
reeditar v.t to reprint.