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mariposa

/maɾiˈposa/, [ma.ɾiˈpo.sa]

butterfly

Noun mariposa f (plural mariposas)

  1. butterfly
  2. (slang) male homosexual
  3. (swimming) butterfly stroke
  4. creeping beggarweed, Desmodium incanum

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Examples

  • Él vio una mariposa sobre la pared.

    He saw a butterfly on the wall.

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  • El niño, al ver una mariposa, comenzó a correr tras ella, provocando así la cólera de su madre que le había ordenado que se quedase quieto mientras ella cotilleaba con la vecina.

    The boy, upon seeing a butterfly, proceeded to run after it, provoking the anger of his mother, who had ordered him to stay quiet while she gossiped with the lady next door.

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  • Una mariposa es una oruga adulta.

    A butterfly is a mature caterpillar.

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  • ¡Ah, allí hay una mariposa!

    Oh, there's a butterfly!

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  • Una vez Zhuangzi soñó que era una mariposa, pero cuando se despertó no estaba seguro de si era Zhuangzi que había soñado ser una mariposa o si era una mariposa que estaba soñando que era Zhuangzi.

    Once, Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly, but when he woke up, he wasn't sure whether he was Zhuangzi who had dreamed being a butterfly or if he was a butterfly now dreaming he was Zhuangzi.

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  • Esta oruga se convertirá en una hermosa mariposa.

    This caterpillar will become a beautiful butterfly.

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  • Gracias por atraparme una mariposa.

    Thank you for catching me a butterfly.

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  • Sucedió que él vio una mariposa rara.

    He happened to catch sight of a rare butterfly.

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  • Un día esta oruga se convertirá en una hermosa mariposa.

    One day this caterpillar will turn into a beautiful butterfly.

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  • Le toma dos años a la mariposa madurar.

    It takes two years for the butterfly to mature.

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