polvo

/ˈpolbo/, [ˈpol.β̞o]

dust, powder


Examples
  • Aspiré el polvo del suelo con una aspiradora.

    I sucked up the dust on the floor with a vacuum cleaner.

  • Hay una nube de polvo sobre la provincia.

    There is a smoke cloud over the province.

  • Jack se sacudió el polvo de su abrigo.

    Jack brushed the dust off his coat.

  • No hay ni un grano de polvo, ni un átomo que pueda convertirse en nada, sin embargo el hombre cree que la muerte es la aniquilación de su ser.

    There is not a grain of dust, not an atom that can become nothing, yet man believes that death is the annihilation of his being.

  • Tom es alérgico al polvo.

    Tom is allergic to dust.

  • Probablemente eres alérgica al polen o al polvo.

    Probably you are allergic to pollen or dust.

  • Hay polvo en la mesa.

    There's dust on the table.

  • Soy alérgica al polvo.

    I'm allergic to dust.

  • ¿Alguna vez has intentado mantener tu piso completamente libre de polvo?

    Did you ever try keeping your flat completely free from dust?

  • Recuerda que eres polvo.

    Remember that you are dust.

  • Tienes que mantener esta máquina libre de polvo.

    You must keep this machine free from dust.

  • El suelo estaba cubierto de polvo.

    The floor was covered with dust.

  • Los bebés son granos de polvo estelar que sale por la mano de Dios. Feliz de la mujer que conoce el dolor del parto porque ella albergó una estrella.

    Babies are bits of star-dust blown from the hand of God. Lucky the woman who knows the pangs of birth, for she has held a star.

  • Más de 100 toneladas de polvo y partículas del tamaño de un grano de arena bombardean la Tierra todos los días desde el espacio, la mayoría de las cuales pasa inadvertida.

    Over 100 tons of dust and sand-sized particles bombard the earth every day from space, most of which goes unnoticed.

  • El asbesto es un material desagradable y puede causar cáncer de pulmón si se inhala el polvo

    Asbestos is nasty stuff and it can cause lung cancer if you breathe in the dust

  • Necesitamos barrer el polvo.

    We need to sweep up the dust.

  • La máquina fue cubierta con polvo.

    The machine was coated with dust.

  • Y quien sea que no te reciba ni oiga tus palabras, cuando salgas de esa casa o ciudad, sacude el polvo de tus pies.

    And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

  • La escalera estaba cubierta de polvo y óxido.

    The ladder was covered with dust and rust.

  • Todo aquí está cubierto de polvo.

    Everything here is covered in dust.


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