| AMBUSCADO | • ambuscado n. (Obsolete) ambush. • AMBUSCADO n. an ambuscade, also AMBUSCADE. |
| BARRICADO | • barricado n. (Archaic) barricade. • barricado v. (Archaic) To barricade. • BARRICADO n. a barricade. |
| BASTINADO | • bastinado n. A blow with a cudgel or stick. • bastinado n. Beating the bare soles of the feet with a stick as a form of corporal punishment used primarily within… • bastinado v. (Transitive) To punish a person by beating the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon. |
| CARBONADO | • carbonado n. (Cooking, dated) Meat or fish that has been scored and broiled. • carbonado v. (Transitive, dated, also figuratively) To make a carbonado of; to score and broil. • carbonado v. (Transitive, obsolete) To cut or hack, as in combat. |
| CRESCENDO | • crescendo n. (Music) An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex… • crescendo n. (Figuratively) A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax. • crescendo n. (Figuratively, nonstandard) The climax of a gradual increase. |
| DESPERADO | • desperado n. A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West. • desperado n. (Colloquial) A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer… • desperado n. (Colloquial) A person who is desperately in love or is desperate for a romantic or sexual relationship. |
| ENAMORADO | • enamorado n. (Dated) A lover; a person in love. • Enamorado prop.n. A surname from Spanish. • ENAMORADO n. (obsolete) a lover. |
| GLISSANDO | • glissando n. (Music) Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale… • glissando n. A method of playing an electric guitar in which a metal bar is held at right angles across the strings… • glissando v. (Music) To play with a glissando or sliding effect. |
| HACENDADO | • hacendado n. The owner of a hacienda. • HACENDADO n. (Spanish) the owner or proprietor of a hacienda, also HACIENDADO. |
| LATIFONDO | • LATIFONDO n. a great landed estate, also LATIFUNDIO, LATIFUNDIUM. |
| MUSCAVADO | • MUSCAVADO n. (Spanish) raw or unrefined sugar obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporation and draining off the molasses, also MUSCOVADO. |
| MUSCOVADO | • muscovado n. An unrefined brown sugar with a strong flavour of molasses. • MUSCOVADO n. (Spanish) raw or unrefined sugar obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporation and draining off the molasses, also MUSCAVADO. |
| REFORMADO | • reformado n. A monk of a reformed order. • reformado n. A disgraced officer who is deprived of command, but retains rank and sometimes pay. • REFORMADO n. (Spanish) a monk of a reformed order, also REFORMADE. |
| SCORRENDO | • scorrendo adv. (Music) Gliding or passing smoothly between tones. • SCORRENDO adv. (Italian) in a gliding manner. |
| SFORZANDO | • sforzando n. (Music) A mark that indicates that a note is to be played with a strong initial attack. • sforzando n. (Music) A passage having this mark. • sforzando adv. (Music) Played in this style. |
| SMORZANDO | • smorzando adv. (Music) Fading away. • SMORZANDO adv. (Italian) with a gradual fading away, growing slower and softer, also SMORZATO. |
| STRAPPADO | • strappado n. A form of torture in which the victim is hung from the ceiling by a rope attached to the hands, which… • strappado v. (Transitive) To torture by means of this device. • STRAPPADO n. (Italian) a form of torture in which victim is left dangling from a rope. |
| TAEKWONDO | • taekwondo n. A martial arts form from Korea, known for its elaborate kicking techniques. The sparring aspect is a… • tae␣kwon␣do n. Alternative spelling of taekwondo. • TAEKWONDO n. (Korean) a Korean martial art. |
| ZAPATEADO | • zapateado n. A dance of Mexican Indian origin characterized by a lively rhythm punctuated by the striking of the dancer’s shoes. • ZAPATEADO n. (Spanish) a Latin-American dance with rhythmic tapping of the feet. |