Dictionary of Spoken Spanish/Part 1/Z

by the United States War Department

Z

• zacate [m] grass; hay [Am].
• zafarse to slip off, come off [Am] Se zafó la rueda. The wheel came off. ^▲ to dislocate [Am] Se ha zafado un brazo. He dislocated his arm. ^▲ to get out of, avoid No'sé como zafarme de ese compromiso. I don't know how to get out of that engagement.
• zafio coarse, vulgar.
• zaguán [m] entrance, hall, vestibule.
• zambo [adj; n] half-breed (Negro and Indian).
• zambullida dive, plunge.
• zambullir to plunge.
  ○ zambullirse to dive.
• zanahoria carrot.
• zancudo long-legged. ^▲ [m] mosquito [Am].
• zangolotear to shake violently [Am].
• zanja ditch, trench.
• zapatería shoemaker's shop, shoe store.
• zapatero shoemaker.
• zapatilla slipper.
• zapato shoe.
• zarco blue-eyed.
• zarpar to weigh anchor; to sail, start moving (of a boat).
• zarza bramble.
• zarzuela musical comedy.
• zona district, zone.
• zonzo dull, stupid, silly [Am].
• zoológico zoological.
• zoquete [m] piece of stale bread; chuck, block; blockhead.
• zorro fox.
• zozobra worry.
• zozobrar to capsize, founder, sink.
• zumbar to buzz.
• zumbido buzz, buzzing.
• zumo juice (of fruit); juice (of fruit skin) [Am].
• zurcir to darn, mend.
• zurdo left-handed.
• zurrar to whip, flog.