zacate: hay; fodder; grass; scourer
zafado: cheeky; forward; impudent zafaduría: nerve; cheek zafarrancho: clearing of the decks; mess; row; shindy; breaking; destruction; zafarrancho de combate: call to action stations zafarse: to escape; to come untied or undone; to dislocate zafio: rough; uncouth; course; clumsy; rustic; ignorant zafiro: sapphire zafra: oil container; drip pan; sugar harvest; sugar-making season; rubbish zaga: defence; rear; back part; load in the rear of a carriage zagal: lad; youth; girl; shepherd; assistant of the driver of a stagecoach; underskirt zaguán: hall; hallway; entry; entrance-hall; vestibule zaguero: back; rear; hind; lagging behind; backstop zaherir: to hurt; to humiliate; to taunt; to blame; to upbraid zahones: chaps zahorí: clairvoyant; water diviner; perspicacious person zahúrda: pigsty; pigpen zaíno: insincere; false; treacherous; bay; black; dark-chestnut; vicious Zaire: Zaire zaireño: Zairean zalamería: flattery; blandishment; cajolery zalamero: flatterer; smooth talker; caresser; cajoler; honeyed; caressing; flattering zalema: flattery; bow; curtsy; salaam zamacuco: sly and crafty devil; dolt; blockhead; drunk; drunken fit zamarra: sheepskin jacket zamba: popular dance from Argentina and Uruguay Zambia: Zambia zambiano: Zambian zambo: knock-kneed person; born of an Indian and a Negro zambomba: drum-type instrument; wow zambombazo: thump; explosion; bang zambra: type of gypsy dance; noise; racket; merrymaking zambullida: dive; plunge; ducking zambullir: to dip; to submerge; to dive; to plunge; to duck zambullirse: to dive; to immerse oneself; to go underwater; to be engrossed; to immerse oneself; to dive; to hide zamorano: inhabitant of Zamora zampabollos: glutton; greedy guts zampar: to gobble up; to stuff oneself zamparse: to wolf down; to gobble up zampatortas: glutton; greedy guts; boor; rustic zampoña: panpipes; rustic flute; reed pipe zanahoria: carrot zanca: leg; shank; string; stringboard zancada: long stride zancadilla: trip; obstacle; snare; poner la zancadilla: to strip up zancadillear: to trip up zanco: stilt zancudo: long-legged; mosquito; wading; wader; wading bird zanganear: to laze around; to drone; to idle; to loaf zángano: drone; lazy; lazybones; oaf; idler; loafer zanguango: idler; lazy person; slothful zanja: ditch; trench zanjar: to put an end to; to settle; to resolve; to obviate; to surmount; to dig ditches or trenches zanquilargo: long-legged; long-shanked zapa: trench; trenching; sap; spade; shagreen; sharkskin zapador: zapper; sapper zapallo: courgette zapata: shoe; brake shoe; buskin; half-boot; bolster; false keel zapatazo: stamp; kick; thump; thud; whack; large shoe; flap zapateado: type of flamenco music and dance zapatear: to stamp one's feet; to strike with the shoe; to tap with the feet; to ill-treat; to flap zapatería: shoemaking; shoemaker's; shoe shop zapatero: shoemaker; cobbler; shoe cupboard; water skipper; water strider; hard; poorly cooked; stale zapatiesta: fuss; rumpus zapatilla: shoe; pump; slipper; sports shoe; trainer; washer; leather button zapato: shoe; low shoe zapote: sapodilla; sapote; naseberry zapping: channel-hopping zar: tzar; czar zarabanda: saraband; bustle; commotion; noise Zaragoza: Saragossa zaragozano: inhabitant of Zaragoza zarandaja: trifle; unimportant thing zarandear: to shake; to stir; to move to and fro; to jostle; to knock about; to shove around; to sift; to winnow; to strain; to harass; to overwork zarapito: curlew zarcillo: earring; eardrop; tendril; weeding hoe zarigüeya: opossum zarina: tsarina; czarina zarismo: tzarism zarpa: claw; paw; hand; weighing anchor; footing zarpar: to weight anchor; to set sail zarpazo: clawing; blow with a paw zarrapastroso: scruffy; ragged; scruff; tattered; shabby; slovenly; dirty; tramp; ragamuffin; slut zarza: bramble; blackberry bush zarzal: bramble patch; blackberry patch; brambles zarzamora: blackberry; blackberry bush; brambleberry zarzaparrilla: sarsaparilla zarzuela: zarzuela; type of light opera; fish and seafood dish zas: bang; wham zascandil: good-for-nothing; busybody zascandilear: to fuss about; to meddle zen: Zen zenit: zenith zepelín: zeppelin zigzag: zigzag zigzaguear: to zigzag Zimbabue: Zimbabwe zimbabuense: Zimbabwean zinc: zinc zíper: zip zipizape: row; shindy; scuffle zócalo: skirting board; plinth; baseboard; main square; socle; dado zoco: souk; Arabian market; clog; wooden shoe; socle zodiaco, zodíaco: zodiac zombi, zombie: zombie zona: zone; area; belt; region; zoster; shingles zoncear: to fool about zonzo: dim-witted; stupid; dimwit; insipid; silly; simpleton zoo: zoo zoología: zoology zoológico: zoo; zoological; zoologic zoólogo: zoologist zoom: zoom lens zopenco: nitwit; dopey; daft; dumb; idiot; dope; doltish; block-headed; dolt; blockhead zopilote: vulture; turkey buzzard zoquete: ankle sock; blockhead; dense; thick; block; chunk; short, fat and ugly fellow zorcico: Basque dance and music zorra: vixen; prostitute; tart; drunk; drunkenness; truck; dray zorrillo: skunk zorrino: skunk zorro: fox; cunning; astute; crafty; duster zorzal: thrush; fieldfare; sly feloow; simpleton zote: dim-witted; idiot; dimwit; dull; ignorant; dolt; blockhead zozobra: anxiety; worry; uneasiness zozobrar: to be shipwrecked; to fall through; to founder; to capsize; to go under; to fail zueco: clog; sabot; wooden shoe zulo: hideout zulú: Zulu zumba: joke; banter; chaff; mockery; beating; bell worn by a leading mule or ox; bull-roarer zumbado: crazy; nuts zumbar: to buzz; to whirr; to hum; to drone; to whizz; to ring; to deal; to deliver; to thump; to belt zumbarse: to make fun zumbido: buzz; hum; drone; whizz; buzzing; whirr; whirring; ringing; ping; blow; box; smack zumbón: joking; teasing; bantering; rallying; mocking; joker; jester; wag zumo: juice; profit; advantage zurcido: darn; mend; darned; darning; fine-drawing zurcir: to darn; to mend; to fine-draw; to join; to unite; to make a tissue of lies zurda: left hand; left leg zurdazo: left-handed punch; shot with the left foot zurdo: left; left-handed zurra: beating; drubbing; hiding; currying; dressing zurrar: to beat; to drub; to spank; to thrash; to wallop; to curry; to dress zurriagazo: lash with whip zurriago: whip; lash zurrón: pouch; game bag; leather bag; husk zutano: so-and-so; what's-his-name
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