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grano

/ˈɡɾano/, [ˈɡɾa.no]

grain

Noun grano m (plural granos)

  1. grain (the seed of grass food crops)
  2. grain, seed, kernel, bean (a single seed of certain crops)
    un grano de arroz
    a grain of rice
    un grano de maíz
    a kernel of corn
  3. grain (single particle of a substance)
    un grano de arena
    a grain of sand
  4. pimple, blackhead (inflamed spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus)
    Estoy tan estresada que me salen granos.
    I'm so stressed that I'm getting pimples.
  5. point (the focus of a conversation)
  6. (photography) grain (visual texture in processed photographic film)
  7. grain (linear texture of a material or surface)

Verb grano

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of granar.

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • ¡Ve al grano!

    Get to the point!

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  • De un grano de arena hace una montaña.

    He makes a mountain out of a molehill.

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  • 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.

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  • 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 desapercibida.

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

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  • Ya deja de andar con rodeos y ve al grano.

    Please stop beating around the bush and come straight to the point.

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  • Iré directa al grano. Estás despedida.

    I'll come straight to the point. You're fired.

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  • Iré directo al grano. Estás despedido.

    I'll come straight to the point. You're fired.

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  • No creo que la gente deba hacer una montaña de un grano de arena.

    I don't think people should make a mountain of a mole hill.

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  • Ve al grano.

    Get to the point.

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  • ¿A qué es semejante el reino de Dios, y con qué lo compararé? Es semejante al grano de mostaza, que un hombre tomó y sembró en su huerto; y creció, y se hizo árbol grande, y las aves del cielo anidaron en sus ramas.

    What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches.

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