plata

/ˈplata/, [ˈpla.t̪a]

silver

Examples

Quiero mi plata.

I want my money.

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Oí que uno puede matar hombres lobos disparándoles con balas de plata.

I've heard that you can kill werewolves by shooting them with silver bullets.

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Escondé la plata.

Hide the money.

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Hice humo mi plata en muy poco tiempo.

I made my money go up in smoke in a very short time.

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¿Sabes cuál es la diferencia entre plata y estaño?

Can you tell silver and tin apart?

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Ellos ganaron la medalla de plata.

They won the silver medal.

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La mancha en la bata de laboratorio se debe al nitrato de plata.

The stain on the lab coat is due to silver nitrate.

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El cloruro de plata no se disuelve en agua por completo.

Silver chloride is not completely water-soluble.

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Él había oído historias maravillosas de ciudades de oro y árboles de plata.

He had heard wonderful stories about cities of gold with silver trees.

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¿Puedes distinguir la plata del estaño?

Do you know the difference between silver and tin?

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María lleva puesto un anillo de plata.

Mary is wearing a silver ring.

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El problema es que estamos escasos de plata.

The trouble is that we are short of money.

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La palabra es plata y el silencio oro.

Speech is silver, but silence is golden.

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Si la palabra es plata, el silencio es oro.

Speech is silver, but silence is golden.

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Le compro plata a un hombre que tiene una mina.

I buy silver from a man who owns a mine.

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Yo no quiero ni tu oro ni tu plata.

I don't want your gold or your silver.

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Cuando no tenía plata, solo tenía una alfombra como cama.

When I didn't have any money, I only had a rug for a bed.

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Alguien se voló mi plata.

Someone stole my money.

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Yo tengo muchas monedas de plata.

I have several silver coins.

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En las competiciones olímpicas, la medalla de oro es para el primer puesto, la medalla de plata para el segundo, y la medalla de bronce es para el tercer puesto.

In Olympic competitions, a gold medal is for first place, a silver medal for second, and a bronze medal is for third place.

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