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buen rollo = that girl’s got a nice little scene going.
Roma s.f. Rome.
romana s.f. steelyard.
romance adj. 1. LIT. Romance. s.m. 2. Spanish.
3. LIT. romance novel. 4. MÚS. ballad. 5.
hablar en ~, (fig.) to speak in simple terms.
romancear v.t. 1. to translate into Spanish. 2.
(Am.) y (fam.) to chat up. v.i. 3. (Am.) to
indulge in idle chatter.
romancero s.m. 1. MÚS. ballad singer. 2. LIT.
ballad anthology.
romanear v.t. to weigh with a steelyard.
románico -ca, adj. 1. ARQ. Romanesque. 2.
LIT. Romance. s.m. 3. ARQ. Romanesque.
romanista s.m. y f. 1. Roman Law specialist. 2.
student of Romance languages.
romanística s.f. study of Romance languages.
romanizar v.t. 1. to Romanize. v.pron. 2. to
become Romanized.
romano -na,adj. / s.m. y f. 1. Roman. s.m. 2.
fam. copper.
románticamente adv. romantically.
romanticismo s.m. romanticism.
romántico -ca, adj. romantic.
romantizar v.i. to romanticize, fantasize.
romanza s.f. MÚS. ballad.
rombo s.m. 1. GEOM. rhombus. 2. ZOOL. turbot
rodaballo.
romboedro s.m. GEOM. rhombohedron.
romboide s.m. GEOM. rhomboid.
romeral s.m. BOT. rosemary patch.
romería s.f. 1. REL. pilgrimage. 2. trip into the
country. 3. country feast. 4. throng.
romero s.m. 1. pilgrim. 2. BOT. rosemary.
romo -ma, adj. 1. blunt. 2. snub-nosed. 3. (fig.)
dim, obtuse.
rompecabezas s.m. puzzle.
rompeolas s.m. mole, breakwater.
romper v.t. 1. to break. 2. to tear. 3. to wear
out. 4. AGR. to plough. 5. (fig.) to interrupt.
6. MIL. to open.v.i. 7. to start, to begin: está
rompiendo el día = day is breaking. 8. to
burst out. 9. ~ a llorar, to burst into tears.
10. (fig.) to break out. 11. to finish with: mi
hermano ha roto con su novia = my brother
has finished with his girlfriend. v.pron. 12.
to break. 13. to tear. 14. to wear out. 15. to
snap. 16. de rompe y rasga, couldn’t-care-
less, hot-headed, risk-taking.
rompible adj. breakable.
rompiente s.m. MAR. reef, shoal.
ron s.m. rum.
roña s.f. 1. scab. 2. mange. 3. layer of filth,
grime. 4. rust. 5. BOT. mould. 6. (fig.) tight-
fistedness. s.m. y f. 7. tight-fisted person,
miser.
roncar v.i. 1. to snore. 2. to bellow. 3. (fig.) to
threaten.
roncero -ra, adj. 1. slow, lazy. 2. grumbling,
grousing. 3. unctuous, soapy. 4. MAR. slow,
leisurely.
roncha s.f. 1. ZOOL. boil. 2. bruise. 3. hacer ~,
(Am.) to create an impression. 4. levantar ~,
(Am.) to hurt a great deal.
ronco -ca, adj. 1. hoarse: 2. croaky, husky.
3. raucous, guttural. 4. quedarse ~, to go
hoarse.
ronda s.f. 1. night check, night patrol, night
watch. 2. patrol, group of guards. 3. MÚS.
group of serenaders. 4. round. 5. DEP. round.
6. ring road. 7. hand. 8. (Am.) ring-a-ring-a-
roses. 9. canción de ~, MÚS. round.
rondalla s.f. 1. MÚS. band of street players. 2.
old wives’ tale.
rondar v.i. 1. to go on night patrol. 2. MÚS. to go
serenading. 3. to walk the streets. v.t. 4. to go
round. 5. to fly around. 6. (fig.) to plague, to
badger. 7. MED. to produce warning signs.
rondó s.m. MÚS. rondo.
rondón de loc. adv. quite unexpectedly,
suddenly.
roñería s.f. fam. tight-fistedness, meanness.
roñica s.m. y f. (fam.) miserly devil, skinflint.
roñoso -sa, adj. 1. scabby. 2. mangy. 3. (fig.)
stingy, mean.
ronquera s.f. MED. hoarseness, rough voice.
ronquido s.m. 1. snoring, snore. 2. (fig.) gruff
sound, raspy sound.
ronronear v.i. 1. ZOOL. to purr. 2. MEC. to hum,
to purr.
ronroneo s.m. purr, purring.
ronzal s.m. ZOOL. halter.
ronzar v.i. 1. to munch, to champ, to scrunch. v.t.
2. MAR. to lever, to move with levers.
ropa s.f. 1. clothes. 2. ~ blanca, underwear. 3.
~ de cama, bed linen. 4. a quema ropa, a
quemarropa. 5. guardar la ~, to act with
caution. 6. nadar y guardar la ~, to have
one’s cake and eat it. 7. tentarse la ~, to
weigh up the pros and cons.
ropaje s.m. 1. clothes. 2. evening dress, formal
dress. 3. REL. vestments. 4. (fig.) drapery.
ropero s.m. 1. wardrobe. 2. outfitter.
roquedal s.m. o roqueda s.f. rocky area.
roquedo s.m. 1. boulder. 2. crag.
roquero s.m. rocker, teddy boy.
rorcual s.m. rorqual.
rosa s.f. 1. BOT. rose. 2. ANAT. spot. 3. MÚS.
sound hole. 4. ~ de los vientos, compass
card. 5. agua de rosas, rose-water. 6. estar
como una ~, to be in the pink. 7. verlo todo
de color de ~, to see everything through rose-
coloured spectacles. adj. 8. pink.
rosáceo -a, adj. 1. pink, rosy. 2. BOT.
rosaceous.
rosado -da, adj. 1. pink. 2. pink, rosy. 3. rosé.
rosal s.m. 1. BOT. rosebush, rosetree. 2. ~
arbusto, bush rose. 3. ~ silvestre, dog rose.
4. ~ trepador, rambling rose. 5. ~ de tallo
alto, standard rose tree.
rosaleda o rosalera s.f. BOT. rose garden.
rosario s.m. 1. REL. rosary. 2. (fig.) string,
series. 3. ANAT. backbone. 4. TEC.
waterwheel.
rosbif s.m. roast beef.
rosca s.f. 1. screw thread. 2. screw base. 3.
schnecke. 4. pad. 5. comerse una ~, fam.
to score. 6. hacer la ~ a uno, fam. to lick
someone’s boots. 7. pasarse de ~, to have a
crossed thread tornill; (fig.) to go over the top.
rosco s.m. 1. round loaf. 2. rubber ring. 3. (Am.)
COM. intermediary, middleman. 4. fam.
nought.
roscón s.m. ring cake.
roséola s.f. MED. German measles.
roseta s.f. 1. BOT. miniature rose. 2. ANAT. red
spot. 3. DEP. rosette. 4. rose: roseta de la
ducha = shower rose. 5. (Am.) rowel. 6. TEC.
copper crust. pl. 7. popcorn.
rosetón s.m. 1. ARQ. rose window. 2. DEP.
rosette.
roso -sa, adj. red.
rosquete s.m. pretzel.
rosquilla s.f. 1. pretzel. 2. ZOOL. grub. 3. circle,
ring humo.
rostro s.m. 1. ANAT. face. 2. ZOOL. beak. 3.
MAR., HIST. stem. 4. tener ~, fam. to be
saucy.
rotación s.f. 1. rotation. 2. ~ de cultivos, AGR.
crop rotation.
rotar v.i. 1. to roll. 2. to work a rota system.
rotativo -va, adj. 1. revolving. s.m. 2.
newspaper. s.f. 3. TEC. rotary press
tipografía.
roto -ta, adj. 1. broken. 2. torn. 3. smashed.
4. (fig.) dissolute, debauched. 5. ruined,
destroyed. s.m. 6. torn bit. 7. (Am.) pauper.
8. (Am.) y (fam.) dude. 9. (Am.) half-caste.
10. nunca falta un ~ para un descosido,
you can always find someone worse-off than
yourself.
rotonda s.f. 1. rotunda. 2. circular square. 3.
roundhouse. 4. (Am.) roundabout.
rotor s.m. MEC. rotor.
rótula s.f. 1. ANAT. kneecap. 2. MEC. ball-and-
socket joint.
rotular adj. 1. ANAT. of the kneecap. v.t. 2. to
label.
rótulo s.m. 1. sign. 2. title, heading. 3. label.
rotundamente adv. categorically, emphatically.
rotundidad s.f. 1. rotundity, roundness. 2. plain
speaking, frankness. 3. con rotundidad,
frankly, plainly.
rotundo -da, adj. 1. rotund, round. 2. (fig.)
decisive, flat, categorical.
rotura s.f. 1. break, breaking. 2. crack, split.
roturador s.m. MEC. rotavator.
roturar v.t. AGR. to plough the first time.
roulotte o rulot s.f. (Am.) brit. caravan, (EE UU)
trailer.
roza s.f. 1. AGR. field burning. 2. hole, hollow.
rozagante adj. 1. dressy, showy. 2. (fig.)
haughty.
rozamiento s.m. 1. rubbing. 2. MEC. friction.
rozar v.t. 1. to graze, to rub, to scrape. 2. AGR.
to clear. 3. to graze, to feed on comer. v.i.
4. to brush past. v.pron. 5. to be in close
contact con, with. 6. to trip up. 7. to get
tongue-tied.
roznar v.i. 1. to champ. 2. to bray.
rúa s.f. 1. fam. street. 2. (Am.) open poncho.
rubéola s.f. MED. German measles.
rubí s.m. ruby.
rubiales s.m. y f. (fam.) blondie.
rubicón s.m. 1. Rubicon. 2. pasar el ~, (fig.) to
cross the Rubicon.
rubicundo -da, adj. 1. reddish. 2. ruddy.
rubio -bia, adj. 1. fair, blond, blonde. s.f. 2.
fam. estate car. s.m. y f. 3. blond, blonde. 4.
tabaco ~, Virginian tobacco.
rublo s.m. ECON. rouble.
rubor s.m. 1. bright red. 2. blushing, blush. 3.
(fig.) bashfulness.
ruborizarse v.pron. to blush, to flush, to go red.
ruborosamente adv. bashfully, with bashfulness.
ruboroso -sa, adj. 1. blushing. 2. ser ~, to blush
very easily.
rúbrica s.f. 1. rubric. 2. red sign, red mark. 3.
flourish. 4. signature. 5. title, heading. 6. ser
de ~, to be customary.
rubricar v.t. 1. to sign. 2. to sign with a flourish.
3. (fig.) to testify to.
rucio -cia, adj. 1. light brown. 2. fam. grey-
haired.
ruda s.f. 1. BOT. rue. 2. ser más conocido que
la ~, fam. to be a household name.
rudamente adv. 1. desp. roughly, uncouthly. 2.
basically, plainly.
rudeza s.f. 1. desp. coarseness, vulgarity. 2.
matter-of-factness. 3. slowness, dullness,
stupidity.
rudimentario -ria, adj. rudimentary.
rudimento s.m. 1. rudiment. pl. 2. rudiments.
rudo -da, adj. 1. desp. coarse, uncouth. 2.
matter-of-fact. 3. simple, dull, stupid. 4. rough.
5. MEC. stiff.
rueca s.f. MEC. distaff, spinning.
rueda s.f. 1. wheel. 2. tyre. 3. slice. 4. circle. 5.
ZOOL. sunfish. 6. ~ hidráulica, waterwheel.
7. ~ de la fortuna, wheel of fortune. 8. ~
motriz, drive wheel. 9. ~ de prensa, press