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alacrancillo de playa
noun, masculine
salt heliotrope (Heliotropum curassavicum)
alacranera
noun, feminine
Salicornia fruticosa, a samphire.; Stenorrhina freminvillei, the blood snake.
alacridad
noun, feminine
alacrity
alacrán
noun, masculine
scorpion
aladierno
noun, masculine
Italian buckthorn
alado
adjective
winged
aladroque
noun, masculine
European anchovy
alahé
adverb
truly; certainly; actually
alahílca
noun, feminine
wall hanging
alajuelense
adjective
of, from or relating to the city of Alajuela, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
alajuelense
noun, masculine/feminine
native or inhabitant of the city of Alajuela, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
alajú
noun, masculine
a sweet paste of almonds, nuts and bread crumbs mixed with spices and honey; a traditional confection made by spreading this paste between two wafers
alalimón
noun, masculine
a game consisting of two lines of people holding hands, each group facing each other, and they step forward and backwards chanting "Alalimón, alalimón, que se ha roto la fuente"
alamar
noun, masculine
frog
to distill; to scrutinize, to examine closely; to complicate excessively
alambique
noun, masculine
still (device for distilling liquids); alembic
alambrada
noun, feminine
wire fence
alambrado
noun, masculine
wire fence, chainlink fence; wire mesh, screen; wiring
to put a wire fence around
alambre
noun, masculine
wire (metal formed into a long, narrow thread); wire (a thread of metal); alambre (Mexican food dish consisting of meat topped with cheese, salsa, and chopped bacon, pepper and onion)
alambre de espino
noun, masculine
barbed wire (twisted strands of steel wire)
alambre de púas
noun, masculine
barbed wire, barbwire
alambrera
noun, feminine
synonym of alambrado (“wire net”); window screen
alambrón
noun, masculine
wire rod
alameda
noun, feminine
poplar grove; avenue lined with trees (of any kind)
to bug; to bother; to crave
alamán
adjective
Alemanni
alamán
noun, masculine
Alemanni
to spear
alanina
noun, feminine
alanine
alanismo
noun, masculine
the political ideology of Alan García, president of Peru from 1985 to 1990, and 2005 to 2011.
alano
adjective
Alanic
alano
noun, masculine
Alan (a member of a group of Sarmatian tribes)
alano
noun, masculine
mastiff, wolfhound
alano alemán
noun, masculine
Great Dane (mastiff)
alante
adverb
syncopic form of adelante
alantoide
noun, masculine
allantois
alantoide
adjective
allantoid
alantoideo
adjective
allantoid
alantoína
noun, feminine
allantoin
alapívot
noun, masculine/feminine
alternative spelling of ala-pívot
alar
adjective
alar (having or resembling wings)
alar
noun, masculine
eaves
alaraco
noun, masculine
complainer, whiner, crybaby; person from the streets, with no education and a felon
alaraco
adjective
peevish, complaining, whining person
alarbe
noun, masculine/feminine
obsolete spelling of árabe
alarbe
adjective
obsolete spelling of árabe
alarde
noun, masculine
boast, boasting, brag; military parade, inspection, display; review, inspection; large display, ostentation
to boast, brag
alargadera
noun, feminine
lengthener
alargado
adjective
elongated
alargador
noun, masculine
extension cord (US), extension lead (UK), power extender, drop cord; extender (any of various components designed to extend the length of a device); power strip; penis extender
alargamiento
noun, masculine
lengthening
compensatory lengthening (lengthening of a vowel which occurs when a following consonant is lost)
to lengthen; to stretch, to extend
to offer a handshake; to reach out (to grab or touch something)
alargascencia
noun, feminine
Extending the life of objects in order to limit the purchase of new ones and thus reduce the consumption of natural resources.
alargue
noun, masculine
extra time (UK), overtime (US); extension cord (US), extension lead (UK), power extender, drop cord
alarguez
noun, masculine
barberry (Berberis vulgaris); rosewood, princewood (the slightly aromatic wood of Cordia gerascanthus)
alarido
noun, masculine
shriek, shout