Palabras que empiezan por L — 777 entradas

Las 777 palabras del diccionario que empiezan por la letra L, en orden alfabético, cada una con su primera definición. Los acentos no alteran la ordenación —una inicial acentuada se coloca bajo su letra base—, pero la Ñ sí es una letra propia y tiene su propia sección.

• leadership3 acepcionesThe capacity of someone to lead others.
• leading6 acepcionesProviding guidance or direction.
• leaf18 acepcionesThe usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
• Leaf4 acepcionesA surname from Old English.
• league9 acepcionesA group or association of cooperating members.
• League1 acepciónA surname.
• Leah3 acepcionesThe elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob.
• leak16 acepcionesA crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
• Leak1 acepciónA surname.
• leaked1 acepciónOf a document, etc, produced by a company or organization, intended to be confidential but having been released to the public or the press.
• leaking2 acepcionesThe act by which something leaks.
• lean16 acepcionesTo incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
• Lean1 acepciónA surname.
• leaning1 acepciónA tendency or propensity.
• Leanne1 acepciónA female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Lee Ann.
• leap17 acepcionesTo jump.
• Leap1 acepciónA surname.
• LEAP1 acepciónA solution stack consisting of the Linux operating system, Eucalyptus cloud, AppScale cloud computing framework, and Python programming language.
• lear4 acepcionesSomething learned; a lesson.
• Lear2 acepcionesA surname.
• learn7 acepcionesTo acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
• Learn1 acepciónA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• learned4 acepcionesHaving much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
• Learned1 acepciónA surname.
• learner2 acepcionesOne who is learning; one receiving instruction.
• learning3 acepcionesAn act in which something is learned.
• lease16 acepcionesAn interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.
• Lease1 acepciónA surname.
• leash9 acepcionesA strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
• least13 acepcionesChiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little. Chiefly used with abstract nouns: less than all others in extent or size; littlest,…
• leather14 acepcionesA tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no…
• Leather1 acepciónA surname.
• leave22 acepcionesTo have a consequence or remnant. To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of…
• Lebanon27 acepcionesA country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Lebanese Republic. Capital: Beirut. Also (especially formerly) known as "the Lebanon".
• Lebeau1 acepciónA surname from French.
• lecture6 acepcionesA spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
• lecturing1 acepciónThe act of delivering a lecture or harangue.
• led2 acepcionesUnder somebody's control or leadership.
• ledge11 acepcionesA narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.
• ledger9 acepcionesA book for keeping notes; a record book, a register.
• Ledger1 acepciónA surname.
• lee6 acepcionesA protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
• Lee32 acepcionesAn English topographic surname from Middle English.
• leech10 acepcionesA typically aquatic blood-sucking annelid of the subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
• Leech1 acepciónA surname originating as an occupation, derived from the profession leech, a former word for a physician.
• Leeds11 acepcionesA large city and metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England.
• Leela1 acepciónA female given name from Sanskrit used in India, a spelling variant of Lila.
• left13 acepcionesDesignating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the…
• Left1 acepciónThe political left wing seen as a whole, as distinguished from an individual left-wing political party.
• left-handed8 acepcionesUsing one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right.
• leftover3 acepcionesRemaining; left behind; extra; odd; in reserve.
• lefty7 acepcionesOne who is left-handed.
• leg32 acepcionesA limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.
• legacy5 acepcionesMoney or property bequeathed to someone in a will.
• legal11 acepcionesRelating to the law or to lawyers.
• Legal1 acepciónA town in Alberta, Canada.
• legally2 acepcionesAs permitted by law; not contrary to law.
• legend14 acepcionesThe life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend).
• Legend1 acepciónA male given name.
• legendary7 acepcionesOf or pertaining to a legend or to legends.
• legion9 acepcionesNumerous; vast; very great in number.
• legislation2 acepcionesThe act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws.
• legit9 acepcionesA legitimate; a legitimate actor.
• legitimate9 acepcionesIn accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
• legs3 acepcionesEleven.
• lei1 acepciónA garland of flowers in Hawaii.
• Lei1 acepciónA surname from Chinese.
• leigh1 acepciónA meadow.
• Leigh11 acepcionesA surname from Middle English, variant of Lee.
• Leila1 acepciónA female given name from Arabic.
• leisure3 acepcionesFreedom provided by the cessation of activities.
• Leisure1 acepciónA surname.
• Leland9 acepcionesA surname from Irish.
• Lem1 acepciónA surname.
• LEM2 acepcionesOriginally Lunar Excursion Module, latterly Lunar Module.
• lemme1 acepciónLet me.
• lemon13 acepcionesA yellowish citrus fruit.
• Lemon3 acepcionesA surname.
• lemonade3 acepcionesA flavored beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment. (In the UK and Ireland, generally…
• Len3 acepcionesA diminutive of the male given name Leonard.
• Lena5 acepcionesA female given name from Ancient Greek.
• lend8 acepcionesTo allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
• lending1 acepciónThe action of, or an instance of the action of the verb to lend.
• length12 acepcionesThe distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
• lenient2 acepcionesLax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation.
• Lenin1 acepciónVladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician.
• Leningrad3 acepcionesAn oblast of Russia, which surrounds, but no longer contains, Saint Petersburg, its former administrative centre.
• Lennon4 acepcionesA surname from Irish, notably of John Lennon (1940–1980), one of the Beatles.
• Lennox4 acepcionesA region of Scotland centred on Loch Lomond and its outlet, the River Leven.
• Lenny1 acepciónA diminutive of the male given name Leonard.
• Lenore1 acepciónA female given name, variant of Eleanor.
• lens10 acepcionesAn object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
• Lens3 acepcionesA municipality in Hainaut, Belgium.
• Lent5 acepcionesA period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
• leo1 acepciónA fairy chess piece which moves analogously to the xiangqi cannon and queen, moving either orthogonally or diagonally and must hop over a piece of…
• Leo8 acepcionesA male given name from Latin, borne by numerous saints and 14 popes.
• Leon22 acepcionesA male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
• Leonard9 acepcionesA male given name from the Germanic languages.
• Leonardo3 acepcionesA male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Leonard.
• leone1 acepciónA unit of currency of Sierra Leone, divided into 100 cents.
• leopard7 acepcionesA large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia (Panthera pardus).
• Leopard1 acepciónA surname.
• Leopold5 acepcionesA male given name from the Germanic languages. Used in the 19th century but rare today.
• leprechaun2 acepcionesA type of diminutive, solitary fairy or sprite, traditionally depicted as a small, bearded man wearing a green coat and hat, often found repairing a…
• Leroy5 acepcionesA surname from French, borne by English speakers.
• LeRoy5 acepcionesA male given name transferred from the surname.
• Les2 acepcionesA diminutive of the male given names Lester or Leslie.
• lesbian7 acepcionesHomosexual, gay; preferring exclusively women as romantic or sexual partners.
• Lesbian6 acepcionesA native or inhabitant of Lesbos.
• Leslie14 acepcionesA Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• less9 acepcionesUsed for constructing syntactic diminutive comparatives of adjectives and adverbs.
• lesser2 acepcionesOf two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc.
• Lesser1 acepciónA surname.
• lesson9 acepcionesA section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
• lest2 acepcionesFor fear that; that not; in order to prevent something from happening; in case.
• Lester9 acepcionesA surname from Old English derived from the English place name Leicester.
• let13 acepcionesTo allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
• lethal4 acepcionesOf, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal.
• letter12 acepcionesA symbol in an alphabet.
• letters2 acepcionesLiterature (school subject).
• letting2 acepcionesSynonym of tenancy.
• lettuce6 acepcionesAn edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.
• leukemia1 acepciónAny of a class of types of cancer affecting the blood cells, especially the white blood cells (usually with massive leukocytosis), and the blood…
• Leung1 acepciónA surname from Cantonese.
• level32 acepcionesThe same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
• Level1 acepciónA surname from French.
• lever12 acepcionesA rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; —…
• Lever1 acepciónA surname.
• leverage7 acepcionesA force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot.
• Levi4 acepcionesThe third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
• Levine1 acepciónA surname from Hebrew.
• lew11 acepcionesLukewarm, tepid.
• Lew3 acepcionesA diminutive of the male given name Lewis.
• lewis3 acepcionesA cramp iron inserted into a cavity in order to lift heavy stones; used as a symbol of strength in Freemasonry.
• Lewis17 acepcionesA male given name from Frankish.
• lex3 acepcionesTo perform lexical analysis; to convert a character stream to a token stream as a preliminary to parsing.
• Lex4 acepcionesLexington.
• Lexi1 acepciónA diminutive of the female given names Alexa, Alexandra, Alexia, or Alexis, from Ancient Greek.
• Lexington13 acepcionesA number of places in the United States: A small city, the county seat of Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
• li6 acepcionesThe Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).
• Li7 acepcionesA surname from Chinese
• liability6 acepcionesAn obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
• liable4 acepcionesBound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
• liaison10 acepcionesA thickening for sauces, typically based on egg yolks.
• Liam1 acepciónA male given name from Irish, currently popular in Ireland, England, Scotland, and the United States.
• Lian1 acepciónA surname.
• liang1 acepciónSynonym of tael, a former Chinese unit of weight (about 40 g) and a related unit of silver currency.
• Liang3 acepcionesA surname from Chinese.
• liar2 acepcionesSomeone who tells a lie; especially, a person who frequently lies.
• Libby3 acepcionesA diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth and Isabel.
• liberal12 acepcionesGenerous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparingly.
• Liberal11 acepcionesA political party and philosophy
• liberate10 acepcionesOften followed by from: to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free; to set free, to release.
• liberated1 acepciónFreed, especially from traditional ideas in social and sexual matters.
• liberation3 acepcionesThe act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
• liberty8 acepcionesThe condition of being free.
• Liberty17 acepcionesA surname. A surname from French.
• librarian3 acepcionesThe keeper, manager of a library.
• library8 acepcionesAn institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing…
• Libya2 acepcionesA country in North Africa. Capital: Tripoli.
• lice1 acepciónlouse
• licence1 acepciónUK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore standard spelling of license.
• license9 acepcionesA legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
• licensed4 acepcionesHaving been issued with a licence (by the required authority).
• lick20 acepcionesTo stroke with the tongue.
• Lick1 acepciónA surname.
• licked2 acepcionesHaving been the target of a lick; touched by a tongue.
• licking3 acepcionesThe act by which something is licked.
• lid13 acepcionesThe top or cover of a container.
• lie21 acepcionesTo rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
• Lie1 acepciónA Norwegian surname.
• lied1 acepciónAn art song, usually sung solo in German and accompanied on the piano.
• liege6 acepcionesA free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.
• lies1 acepciónGreat, wonderful
• lieutenant9 acepcionesThe lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines. In the US Army, Air Force and Marines, holding the…
• life28 acepcionesThe state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from…
• Life3 acepcionesGod.
• lifeguard3 acepcionesA lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.
• lifeless4 acepcionesinanimate; having no life
• lifeline7 acepcionesA line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.
• lifelong1 acepciónExtending for the entire duration of life.
• lifestyle2 acepcionesA style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group.
• lifetime2 acepcionesThe duration of the life of someone or something.
• lift40 acepcionesTo raise or rise.
• lifted2 acepcionesRaised up; held aloft.
• lifting6 acepcionesThe action or process by which something is lifted; elevation
• light63 acepcionesElectromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
• Light6 acepcionesA surname.
• lighten11 acepcionesTo make brighter or clearer; to illuminate.
• lighter5 acepcionesA person who lights things.
• lighthouse1 acepciónA tower or other structure exhibiting a light or lights to warn or guide sailors.
• lighting3 acepcionesThe equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.
• lightly1 acepciónIn a light manner.
• lightning6 acepcionesA flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
• lights1 acepciónThe lungs, now chiefly of an animal (being lighter than adjacent parts).
• lightweight13 acepcionesA particular weight class, or member of such, as prescribed by the rules, between that of the heavier welterweight and the lighter featherweight. See…
• like36 acepcionesTo enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
• Like1 acepciónA surname.
• liked1 acepciónviewed favorably, held in high regard
• likelihood4 acepcionesThe probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable.