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peruano: Peruvian (native or inhabitant of Peru) (usually male)
peruca: Peruvian
perukistaní: a Peruvian person.
perulero: synonym of peruano
perulero: synonym of peruano
peruviano: Peruvian (of, from or relating to Peru)
peruviano: Peruvian (native or inhabitant of Peru) (usually male)
perversamente: perversely, wickedly
perversidad: perversity, depravity
perversión: perversion
perverso: bad, mean, wicked; perverse (of desires etc); perverted
pervertido: perverted
pervertir: to pervert, lead astray, garble, corrupt
pervivencia: survival, prevalence
pervivir: to prevail, survive
peryodato: periodate
peryódico: periodic (acid)
perícopa: pericope
perífrasis: periphrasis
perífrasis verbal: construction with a semiauxiliary verb
perímetro: perimeter (the length of the outline of an object); perimeter (outer limits of an area)
período: period (interval of time); period (a geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years)
perípolo: a member of the Peripoli, a kind of patrol or police force in Ancient Greece
períptero: peripterous
períptero: peripteros
peróxido: peroxide
peróxido de hidrógeno: hydrogen peroxide
pesa: weight (object cf. peso); dumbbell; balance, scales
pesa rusa: kettlebell
pesadamente: heavily; annoyingly
pesadez: heaviness, heft (quality of weight); tediousness, boringness; nuisance; ache, pain (feeling of heaviness)
pesadilla: nightmare; bane
pesadillesco: nightmarish
pesado: heavy in weight, weighty; annoying; stressful, exhausting; boring; serious
pesado: pest, annoying person
pesador: weigher
pesadumbre: sorrow; trouble; heaviness
pesaje: weighing; weigh-in
pesar: to weigh (to determine the weight of an object); to weigh (to have a certain weight); to ponder; to be serious, to be grave; to weigh oneself
pesar: grief, regret, chagrin
pesario: pessary (vaginal suppository)
pesaroso: regretful; mournful
pesas: plural of pesa; weightlifting
pesca: fishing
pesca de altura: deep-sea fishing
pesca de arrastre: trawling
pesca de gran altura: deep-sea fishing
pescadero: fishmonger (person who sells fish)
pescadería: fishmonger's, fish shop (shop that sells fish); fishmarket
pescadilla: striped weakfish (Cynoscion striatus); whiting (Merlangius merlangus); fried fish taco (using whiting, tuna, red snapper, cod, etc.)
pescadilla que se muerde la cola: vicious circle; ouroboros
pescado: dead fish intended for consumption; food fish; fish
pescado blanco: white fish (food, general term)
pescador: fishing; that fishes
pescador: fisherman, fisher (a person engaged in fishing)
pescador furtivo: poacher
pescante: davit; driving seat (of a carriage or cart)
pescar: to fish; to angle; to get; to catch; to mind, pay attention to (a person)
pescar una cogorza: to go on a bender; to go out boozing
pescetariano: pescetarian