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782 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

querer
noun, masculine
love; affection; fondness
To live beyond one's means; To be proud as a peacock; To bite off more than one can chew
to mean, to get at, to be getting at (in the sense of the want to convey something)
to have one's cake and eat it too
where there's a will, there's a way
to ask for it
queretano
adjective
of, from or relating to the state of Querétaro, Mexico
queretano
noun, masculine
native or inhabitant of the state of Querétaro, Mexico (usually male)
querible
adjective
likeable, loveable
querida
noun, feminine
female equivalent of querido; dear, honey, darling; mistress
querido
adjective
dear (also used in letter introductions, etc.); handsome (guy), beautiful (girl)
querido
noun, masculine
sweetheart; lover; the letter Q in the Spanish spelling alphabet
queriendo
adverb
willingly
querindongo
noun, masculine
boyfriend, lover
quermesita
noun, feminine
kermesite
quermés
noun, feminine
alternative spelling of kermés
quero
noun, masculine
quero; kero
queroseno
noun, masculine
kerosene
querosén
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of queroseno
querosín
noun, masculine
kerosene
querque
noun, masculine
southern crested caracara
querubín
noun, masculine
cherub
querulante
adjective
querulant
querulante
noun, masculine/feminine
querulant
querusco
noun, masculine
Cherusci
querógeno
noun, masculine
kerogen
querúbico
adjective
cherubic
quesadilla
noun, feminine
quesadilla; a type of pan dulce made with rice flour and queso duro blanco and topped with sesame seeds, known elsewhere in the Spanish-speaking world as a quesadilla salvadoreña
a type of pan dulce in Salvadoran cuisine, made with rice flour and queso duro blanco and topped with sesame seeds; the Salvadoran quesadilla
quesero
adjective
cheese
quesero
noun, masculine
cheesemaker, cheeser, cheesemonger
quesería
noun, feminine
cheese shop, cheese factory, cheesery
quesillo
noun, masculine
any soft, white cheese, e.g. ricotta, quark, etc.; a stringy cheese from Oaxaca, Mexico which comes wound like a ball of twine; Venezuelan flan made with condensed milk, milk, eggs and sugar caramelized on top
queso
noun, masculine
cheese; foot; sexual desire
queso de bola
noun, masculine
Edam cheese
queso de cabeza
noun, masculine
head cheese, brawn
queso de cerdo
noun, masculine
head cheese
queso flameado
noun, masculine
a Tex-Mex food made of a fried mixture of mozzarella cheese, chorizo sausage, tomato, onion, and red or green pepper, served on a flour tortilla
queso fresco
noun, masculine
queso fresco
queso suizo
noun, masculine
Swiss cheese (cheese with holes)
quesque
adverb
synonym of dizque
quesuismo
noun, masculine
the nonstandard use of que su or que + article as a relative determiner denoting posession equivalent to cuyo and English whose
queta
noun, feminine
chaeta
queteno
noun, masculine
ketene
quetiapina
noun, feminine
quetiapine
quetoglobosina
noun, feminine
chaetoglobosin
quetognato
noun, masculine
chaetognath, arrow worm
quetona
noun, feminine
ketone
quetri
noun, masculine
Chilean myrtle, Luma apiculata
quetro
noun, masculine
steamer duck; Fuegian steamer duck
Chubut steamer duck (Tachyeres leucocephalus)
quetro malvinero
noun, masculine
loggerhead duck (Tachyeres brachypterus)
quetro no volador
noun, masculine
Fuegian steamer duck (Tachyeres pteneres)
quetro volador
noun, masculine
Flying steamer duck (Tachyeres patachonicus)
quetzal
noun, masculine
quetzal (bird); quetzal (monetary unit)
quetzalteco
adjective
of, from or relating to the city of Quetzaltenango, capital of Quetzaltenango department, Guatemala
quetzalteco
noun, masculine
native or inhabitant of the city of Quetzaltenango, capital of Quetzaltenango department, Guatemala (usually male)
queule
noun, masculine
a tree found in Chile, of species Gomortega keule
quevediano
adjective
of the style of Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645) (a Spanish poet); Quevedo's