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desventurado
adjective
unfortunate, luckless, hapless; ill-fated, doomed
shamelessly, or unblushingly
desvergonzado
adjective
shameless
desvergue
noun, masculine
party; mess
desvergüenza
noun, feminine
shamelessness, impudence
desvertebración
noun, feminine
dislocation; stripping
to dislocate; to disrupt, strip
to undress (another); to undress (oneself)
desviacionismo
noun, masculine
deviationism
desviacionista
noun, masculine/feminine
deviationist
desviación
noun, feminine
deviation; detour
desviación estándar
noun, feminine
standard deviation
desviación típica
noun, feminine
standard deviation
desviado
adjective
detoured; redirected; aberrated; homosexual, gay
desviador
noun, masculine
derailleur
desviador
adjective
diverting; that diverts
to divert, to distract, to shift, to sidetrack; to deflect; to derail (e.g. a movement, a process); to bypass, to reroute, to redirect; to siphon, to siphon off (e.g. money, funds)
desvinculación
noun, feminine
separation
outplacement (the process of helping to find new employment for redundant workers)
to separate from; to unpair, unlink, disconnect
desvirgador
noun, masculine
deflowerer
to deflower
desvirtuación
noun, feminine
lack of virtues; nullification
desvirtuante
adjective
counteracting
to distort, alter, corrupt
only used in me desviva, first-person singular present subjunctive of desvivirse
only used in nos desvivamos, first-person plural present subjunctive of desvivirse
only used in se desvivan, third-person plural present subjunctive of desvivirse
only used in se desvive, third-person singular present indicative of desvivirse
only used in se ... desvivir, syntactic variant of desvivirse
to unalive
to long, yearn; crave; to deeply care; to go out of one's way
only used in me desviví, first-person singular preterite indicative of desvivirse
desván
noun, masculine
loft, attic
desvío
noun, masculine
detour, diversion; redirection; deviation
desánimo
noun, masculine
despondency, dejection, discouragement
desértico
adjective
desert
detal
noun, masculine
only used in al detal
in detail
detallado
adjective
detailed; intricate
to detail
detalle
noun, masculine
detail; nice gesture, beau geste, attention; small gift
detallismo
noun, masculine
attention to detail
detallista
noun, masculine/feminine
retailer; shopkeeper
detallista
adjective
characterized by very precise attention to detalles (details); detail oriented, fussy, thoughtful, thoughty, perfectionist, fastidious, finicky, meticulous, precise, exact; demonstrating detalles (kindness or consideration) for others; thoughtful, thoughty, considerate, attentive
detección
noun, feminine
detection
detectabilidad
noun, feminine
detectability
detectable
adjective
detectable
to detect
detective
noun, masculine/feminine
detective
detective privado
noun, masculine
private detective
detectivesco
adjective
detective
detector
adjective
detecting
detector
noun, masculine
detector
detector de humo
noun, masculine
smoke detector
detector de metal
noun, masculine
metal detector
detención
noun, feminine
arrest; detention; stopping, halt; thoroughness
house arrest
detención ilegal
noun, feminine
false arrest; wrongful arrest
detenedor
noun, masculine
stopper (something that stops another)