Spanish to English Dictionary (Diccionario Español-Inglés)

Blood pressure

The pressure of circulating blood against the walls of the body's arteries, constituting one of the principal vital signs.

Boast

To talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.

Bridging

The act of connecting two or more different things, ideas, or groups to reduce a gap or separation.

Buddy-cop

A film, television show, or narrative featuring a pair of dissimilar protagonists—typically police officers with contrasting personalities or backgrounds—who must work together to solve a case.

Career planning

The lifelong process of managing learning, work, leisure, and transitions in order to move toward a personally determined and evolving preferred future.

Carrier

An organism, such as an animal or human, that harbors a specific infectious agent without necessarily displaying clinical disease and can transmit it to others.

Catchy

Pleasing and easily remembered, especially applied to a tune or song.

Chase

To pursue someone or something quickly in order to catch them.

Chat-up line

A familiar remark or rehearsed phrase intended to start a conversation with a stranger in order to initiate romantic or sexual interest.

Commodity

A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold.

Compound word

A lexeme that consists of two or more independent words that function as a single grammatical unit with a specific meaning.

Cornerstone

An important stone that is the base of a building, traditionally laid at a special ceremony; a vital basis or foundation.