Spanish Open dictionary by furoya

furoya
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Position	2	2
Accepted meanings	15204	2
Obtained votes	88	2
Votes by meaning	0.01	7
Inquiries	439402	3
Queries by meaning	29	7
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escandir: In poetry it is to make the meter of the verses, counting their feet or their syllables.
furcio: It is an "error", but it applies almost exclusively to speech, to pronunciation; very rarely and by extension to writing. It is not a synonym for mistake, let alone "fatal". It comes from the French fourcher ("to get tangled, to get stuck [like noodles on a fork]"). See furcia , saraza , gazapo ( error ) , errata , lapsus linguae .
sermocinatio: It is a resource of oratory, also called dialoguism, where a dialogue or a declamation of others is represented -but always fictitious, they are not quotations- to reinforce or legitimize a discourse of its own in the feeling of the listeners. It comes from the Latin sermocinationem, which can be translated as "the popular discourse", which goes out of oratory to speak as ordinary people do.
frase: A group of words with a sense of their own, but that do not necessarily complete a sentence or a locution.
impétigo: Skin infection, more common in children than in adults, caused by strep or staph bacteria that can enter the body through skin lesions. The name comes from the Latin impetere ("to attack, to assault by entering").
tuberculosis: It is an infectious disease of bacterial origin (mainly Koch's); it produces nodules anywhere in the body, although it is more common for it to attack the lungs. It is spread by aerosol and microdroplets between people, and can remain dormant in an individual and reactivate after recovery. The name associates the shape of the nodule with a tubercle. See BCG (vaccine).
pertussis: Airway disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis that causes a violent cough with a feeling of suffocation. It is formed with the Latin prefix per- tussis, is ("cough").
fiebre: Body temperature higher than normal in an individual, with a pathological origin. Figuratively it is the state of arousal, obsession in a person. It comes from the Latin febris, is, with the same meaning.
diarrea: Evacuation of liquid stool, with incontinence. Spanish inherits it from the Latin diarrhoea, but the origin is Greek by 948; 953; 945; 961; 961; 959; 953; 945; ( diarroia "pathological flow") , formed by 948; 953; 945; ( say "between , through" ) 961; 949; 969; ( reo "flow") .
flurona: 'Flurona' is the name of a combined flu or influenza infection with covid-19. While co-infection is common in infectology, and appears much more in pandemic situations, at the beginning of 2022 this name was invented as another typical journalistic spawn combining the English flu ("influenza") with a part of the word coronavirus. See syndemic .
end: It can be an acronym for several phrases in Spanish, as an example I can think of "non-destructive testing".
tap: 1º_ Type of dance with rhythmic movements of the feet that produce when hitting the shoes against the ground a sound that accompanies the music. It is of Afro origin, very popular in the USA. In Spanish llama also tap. 2º_ 'TAP' is the IATA code for Tapachula International Airport (Chiapas, Mexico). 3º_ In English 'tap' has several meanings as an acronym.
ler: 1º_ 'LER' is the acronym of "European Waste List". 2º_ 'LER' is the IATA code for Leinster Airport (Ireland).
toc: 1º_ 'OCD' is an acronym for obsessive compulsive disorder. 2º_ 'TOC' is the IATA code for the airport of the city of Toccoa (Georgia, USA).
gac: In addition to the espam of Chinese automakers, 'GAC' is the IATA identification for the Los Molinos airfield in the city of Gracias (Honduras).
rop: 1º_ ROP is the acronym for the "Ophthalmic Retinopathy of the Premature (baby)", which coincides with the English Retinopathy of Prematurity. 2º_ IATA identification for the airport of the island of Rota (Northern Mariana Islands, USA).
pub: 1º_ It is a British commercial establishment similar to a bar or brewery, with characteristics of café-concert and even game club. The name is used in the rest of the world (without Anglo-Saxon tradition) for locals who sell alcoholic beverages, but not always with the same original spirit. The name pub is a reduction of public house. 2º_ 'PUB' is the IATA code for Pueblo Memorial Airport in Colorado (USA).
rnb: 1º_ 'GNI' is a shortened way of referring in economics to "gross national income". 2º_ 'RnB' is a shorthand way to write rhythm and blues. In Spanish the same English spelling is used for this musical genre. See R B . 3º_ 'RNB' is the IATA code for Ronneby Airport (Götaland, Sweden).
crique: 1º_ It is a tool to lift from the ground a very large weight with little manual effort. The name comes from the French cric, with the same meaning. See cat (mechanic) . 2º_ It is a name for a geographical entrance, such as a cave, a bay, a stream (derived from a major river), . . . See also crica ("vulva"). 3º_ Variant for cricket (sport).
cizalla: Tool as a guillotine to cut rigid plates in cold, especially metals. There are also shears for sheets of paper or cardboard.