Spanish Open dictionary by furoya

hipocapnia

  29

In biology it is the "abnormal reduction of carbon dioxide in cells, especially when they are from the blood", which can lead to death. It is formed by the prefix hypo- ("underneath, reduction") and the component capno ("smoke", which in this case is associated with CO?) . See dioxide, carbon.

  

hipoxia

  31

In biology it is the "abnormal reduction of oxygen in cells" that can cause their death. It is formed by the prefix hypo- ("underneath, reduction") and the oxy component (for "oxygen").

  

federalismo

  31

System of administration that in politics delegates powers and power to several associated agencies that have a certain autonomy. See unitarianism, centralism.

  

centralismo

  23

It is a form of administration with power and decision concentrated in a single body. In government policies it is often called unitarianism. See federalism.

  

magia negra

  50

In the popular belief of spells and witchcraft, 'black magic' is what produces evils and damage using evil spirits and entities. It is usually called necromancy, which is a confusion by necromancy precisely because in Latin nigrum is "lustrous black" and sounded similar. See white magic.

  

magia blanca

  36

In the popular belief of spells and witchcraft, 'white magic' is the one that produces a beneficial influence, the one that undoes the spells of black magic by connecting with nature spirits.

  

guarda-tiempo

  25

It looks like a lousy translation from the English timekeeper ("chronometer") into Spanish. See save , time .

  

psico-vampírico

  38

Error by psychovampiric.

  

pre-inversión

  26

Pre-investment error ("previous investment").

  

semi-industrial

  30

In Spanish the prefix is not separated with a hyphen, and although it looks weird it should be semi-industrial ("production process that could be industrialized, but that has an artisanal or manual part"). See semi-, industrial.

  

semi-mate

  12

Semi-matte error ("surface with a color between glossy and matte" ). See prefix semi- ( "medium , half") .

  

pre-incubadora

  26

See pre-incubator.

  

flexi-vegetariano

  32

Here flexi- works as a prefix, so you should delete the hyphen and write 'flexivegetarian', but it turns out that they already created a syncopation unfortunately valid as "flexitarian", which is already defined.

  

arqui-deco

  44

Abbreviated form that unites architecture with decoration.

  

entourage

  12

It means "entourage, environment"; it is written the same as in French, and precisely comes from that language from the verb entourer ("to surround, to surround").

  

geoglificos

  28

It is probably an error by the plural of geoglyph ("relative to geoglyphs").

  

simbolo

  30

Surely it is a mistake by symbol.

  

distopico

  32

It must be a dystopian error ("relative to dystopia").

  

concepcion

  27

Surely it is a mistake by conception.

  

miniproteina

  15

Error by miniprotein. See mini-, protein.

  

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