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septenario -ria, adj. 1. septenary. s.m. 2.
septenaries.
septentrión s.m. 1. ASTR. Great Bear. 2. North.
septentrional adj. northern, north.
septicemia s.f. MED. septicaemia.
septiembre o setiembre s.m. September.
séptimo -ma, adj. /s.m. y f. / pron. 1. seventh. 2.
the seventh: julio es el séptimo mes = July is
the seventh month. s.f. 3. MÚS. seventh. 4. la
séptima parte, one/a seventh.
septingentésimo -ma, adj. / s.m. y f. / pron.
seven hundredth.
septuagenario -ria, adj. 1. septuagenarian,
seventy-year-old. s.m. y f. 2. person in his
seventies, seventy-year-old.
septuagésimo -ma, adj. / s.m. y f. / pron.
seventieth.
septuplicar v.t. to septuple, to multiply by seven.
séptuplo adj. sevenfold.
sepulcral adj. 1. sepulchral. 2. (fig.) deathly,
sepulchral, gloomy. 3. lápida ~, gravestone,
tombstone.
sepulcro s.m. 1. tomb, grave, sepulchre, (EE
UU) sepulcher. 2. el Santo Sepulcro, the
Holy Sepulchre. 3. ~ blanqueado, whited
sepulchre.
sepultador -ra, s.m. y f. gravedigger.
sepultar v.t. 1. to bury, to entomb. 2. to trap. 3.
(fig.) to hide, to conceal, to bury: sepultado en
sus pensamientos = buried in thought.
sepulto -ta, adj. buried.
sepultura s.f. 1. burial. 2. tomb, grave. 3. dar ~
a, to bury. 4. recibir ~, to be buried.
sepulturero s.m. gravedigger.
sequedad s.f. 1. dryness. 2. (fig.) abruptness,
curtness, bluntness.
sequedal o sequeral s.m. dry land.
sequía s.f. 1. drought, dry season. 2. (Am.) thirst.
séquito s.m. 1. entourage, retinue. 2. POL.
followers, adherents. 3. aftermath, train (de
acontecimientos).
ser s.m. 1. being. 2. existence, life. 3. essence.
4. en lo más íntimo de mi ~, in my innermost
being, deep down inside, in my heart of
hearts. 5. un ~ vivo, a living creature.
ser v.i. 1. to be. 2. to be, to happen. 3. to be, to
belong. 4. to be, to make: tres y dos son cinco
= three and two make five. 5. to be, to cost:
¿a cuánto es el kilo de manzanas? = how
much is a kilo of apples? 6. to be, to come.
7. como debe ~, as it should be. 8. ¿cómo
es que...?, how come...? how is it that...? 9.
con ~, in spite of being. 15. érase que se era,
once upon a time. 16. es más, what’s more.
10. por si fuera poco, to top it all. 11. puede
~, perhaps. 12. ¿quién es?, who’s speaking?,
who is it? 13. sea lo que sea, be that as it
may. 14. si no fuera por, if it weren’t for. 15.
si yo fuera..., if I were...
sera s.f. pannier, basket.
seráficamente adv. angelically, like an angel.
seráfico -ca, adj. angelic, seraphic.
serafín s.m. 1. REL. seraph. 2. (fam.) angel.
Serbia s.f. Serbia.
serbio -bia, adj. / s.m. y f. Serbian.
serenar v.t. 1. to calm. 2. (fig.) to calm down,
to pacify. 3. to clarify, to settle. v.i. 4. (Am.)
to drizzle. v.pron. 5. to calm down, to calm
oneself. 6. to grow calm. 7. to settle, to clear.
serenata s.f. MÚS. serenade.
serenera s.f. cape, wrap.
serenísimo -ma, adj. serene: Su Alteza
Serenísima = His / Her Serene Highness.
sereno -na, adj. 1. calm, serene, tranquil. 2.
fine, settled; clear, cloudless. 3. peaceful,
quiet, calm. 4. (fam.) sober. s.m. 5. night
watchman. 6. night dew, cool night air. 7. al ~,
in the open air.
serial s.m. serial.
seriar v.t. to arrange in series.
serie s.f. 1. series. 2. MAT. series. 3. (fig.) string,
series, succession. 4. artículos fuera de ~,
oddments, remnants. 5. en ~, mass-produced.
6. fuera de ~, out of the ordinary, special.
seriedad s.f. 1. seriousness. 2. gravity, solemnity.
3. staidness. 4. reliability, dependability,
trustworthiness. 5. honesty, straightness. 6.
sense of propriety. 7. gravity, seriousness. 8.
falta de ~, frivolity, irresponsibility.
sérif chérif o shérif, s.m. sheriff.
serigrafía s.f. 1. serigraphy, silk screen printing.
2. silk screen print.
serio -ria, adj. 1. serious. 2. grave, solemn. 3.
staid. 4. reliable, dependable, trustworthy.
5. honest. 6. proper. 7. grave, serious. 8.
hablar en ~, to speak seriously, to be serious.
9. ponerse ~, to look serious, to become
serious. 10. poco ~, frivolous, irresponsible,
unreliable. 11. tomar en ~, to take seriously.
12. mantenerse ~, to keep a straight face.
sermón s.m. sermon.
sermoneador -ra, adj. 1. fault-finding. s.m. 2.
fault-finder. 3. sermonizer.
sermonear v.t. (fam.) 1. to lecture. 2. to preach.
v.i. 3. to sermonize.
sermoneo s.m. sermon, lecture.
seropositivo -va, adj. seropositive; HIV-positive.
serosidad s.f. serosity.
seroso -sa, adj. serous.
serpenteante adj. 1. winding, twisting. 2.
meandering, winding.
serpentear v.i. 1. ZOOL. to slither, to wriggle.
2. (fig.) to wind, to twist and turn. 3. (fig.) to
meander, to wind.
serpenteo s.m. 1. slithering, wriggling. 2.
winding, twisting. 3. meandering, winding (un
río).
serpentín s.m. 1. coil. 2. worm.
serpentino -na, adj. 1. serpentine. 2. winding,
meandering.
serpiente s.f. 1. ZOOL. snake, serpent. 2.
(fig.) snake, snake in the grass. 3. ~ boa,
ZOOL. boa constrictor. 4. ~ cascabel, ZOOL.
rattlesnake. 5. ~ de mar, sea serpent. 6. ~
de anteojo, ZOOL. cobra. 7. ~ pitón, ZOOL.
python. 8. ~ de vidrio, slow worm.
serpollo s.m. shoot.
serrado -da, adj. 1. serrated. 2. jagged, uneven.
serraduras s.f. pl. sawdust.
serrallo s.m. harem, seraglio.
serranía s.f. mountains, mountain range,
mountainous country.
serranilla s.f. LIT. lyric composition.
serrano -na, adj. 1. mountain, highland. s.m. 2.
highlander. 3. jamón ~, cured ham.
serrar v.t. to saw.
serrería s.f. sawmill.
serreta s.f. small saw.
serrín o aserrín s.m. sawdust.
serruchar v.t. (Am.) to saw.
serrucho s.m. 1. handsaw, saw. 2. (Am.) whore.
servible adj. serviceable, usable.
servicial adj. helpful, obliging.
servicio s.m. 1. service. 2. servants; domestic
help. 3. service, set. 4. service charge,
service. 5. serve, service. 6. REL. service.
pl. 7. toilet, lavatory; (EE UU) rest room. 8.
hacer un flaco ~ a uno, to play a dirty trick on
someone. 9. poner en ~, to put into operation.
10. prestar ~, to serve. 11. ~ a domicilio,
home delivery service. 12. ~ de información,
MIL. intelligence service.
servidor -ra, s.m. y f. 1. servant. 2. your humble
servant. interj. 3. present!.. s.m. 4. INF. server.
5. ~ de usted, at your service. 6. su seguro
~, yours faithfully.
servidumbre s.f. 1. servants, staff. 2. servitude.
3. DER. obligation. 4. ~ de la gleba, HIST.
serfdom. 5. ~ de paso, right of way.
servil adj. 1. servile. 2. menial. 3. abject, base.
4. slavish.
servilismo s.m. 1. servility. 2. submissiveness. 3.
(fig.) subservience.
servilleta s.f. serviette, napkin.
servilletero s.m. serviette ring, napkin ring.
serviola s.f. MAR. cathead.
servir v.t. 1. to serve: servir a la patria = to serve
one’s country. 2. to serve, to wait on. 3. to be
of service, to help: ¿en qué le puedo servir?
= what can I do for you? 4. to tend, to man, to
mind. 5. to serve (tenis). 6. REL. to serve. 7.
to serve out; to pour (out) v.i. 8. to serve; to
do one’s military service. 9. to be in service.
10. to serve, to wait. 11. to serve, to be useful,
to be of use. 12. to follow suit. v.pron. 13. to
help/serve oneself. 14. to be kind enough:
sírvase decirme sus señas = would you be
kind enough to tell me your address.15. para
servirle, at your service. 16. ~ de, to serve
as, to act as. 17. ~ para, to be good at. 18.
servirse de algo, to use something, to make
use of something.
servofreno s.m. servo brakes.
servomotor s.m. servomotor.
sésamo s.m. 1. BOT. sesame. 2. ¡ábrete ~!,
open Sesame!
sesear v.i. to pronounce c (before e or i) and z
as s.
sesenta adj. 1. sixty. 2. sixtieth. s.m. 3. sixty.
sesentón -na, adj. 1. in one’s sixties, sixty-year-
old. s.m. 2. sixty-year-old (person), man in his
sixties. s.f. 3. woman in her sixties.
seseo s.m. pronunciation of c (before e and i)
and z as s.
sesera s.f. 1. ANAT. brainpan. 2. (fam.) grey
matter, brains.
sesgadamente adv. on the bias, on a slant.
sesgado -da, adj. 1. slanted, slanting. 2. cut on
the bias.
sesgadura s.f. cut on the bias.
sesgar v.t. 1. to cut on the bias, to cut on a slant.
2. TEC. to bevel. 3. to slant, to slope; to put
askew, to skew.
sesgo -ga, adj. 1. cut/placed askew. 2. slanting,
slanted. s.m. 3. bias. 4. slant, slope. 5. TEC.
bevel. 6. (fig.) turn, direction. 7. (fam.) dodge,
subterfuge. 8. al ~, on the bias.
sesión s.f. 1. session, sitting, meeting. 2.
performance, show. 3. showing. 4. abrir la
~, to open the meeting. 5. ~ pública, public
meeting. 6. levantar la ~, to adjourn/close the
meeting. 7. ~ de espiritismo, seance.
sesionar v.i. (Am.) to meet.
seso s.m. 1. ANAT. brain. 2. (fig.) brains,
grey matter, intelligence. pl. 3. brains.. 4.
calentarse o devanarse los sesos, to rack
one’s brains. 5. perder el ~, to lose one’s
head, to go off one’s head. 6. tener sorbido
el ~ a uno, to be crazy about something.
sestear v.i. 1. to take a nap, to have a siesta. 2.
to rest in the shade.
sesteo s.m. (Am.) nap, siesta.
sesudo -da, adj. 1. wise, sensible. 2. brainy. 3.
(Am.) stubborn.
seta s.f. BOT. (wild) mushroom.
setecientos -tas,adj. / s.m. y f. seven hundred.
setenta adj. 1. seventy. 2. seventieth. s.m. 3.
seventy.
setentón -na, adj. 1. seventy-year-old, in one’s
seventies. s.m. 2. seventy-year-old, man in his
seventies. s.f. 3. woman in her seventies.