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1 pluma
adj.featherweight (sport).peso pluma featherweightf.1 feather.un sombrero de plumas a feathered hat2 (fountain) pen.pluma estilográfica fountain pen3 style (figurative) (estilo de escribir).4 tap (British), faucet (United States). (Caribbean Spanish (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela), Colombian Spanish, Mexican Spanish)5 crane boom, boom, boom of the crane, jib.* * *1 (de ave) feather2 (de relleno) feather, down3 (de escribir - estilográfica) fountain pen; (- usada antiguamente) quill pen\a vuela pluma off the top of one's headtener pluma familiar to be really camppluma estilográfica fountain pen* * *noun f.1) feather2) pen* * *1. SF1) [de ave] feather; [como adorno] plume, feather2) [para escribir] [de metal, plástico] pen; [de ave] quillpluma atómica — Méx ballpoint pen
pluma esferográfica — LAm ballpoint pen
pluma estilográfica, pluma fuente — fountain pen
3) (=caligrafía) penmanship, writing4) (Bádminton) (=volante) shuttlecock6) Cono Sur * (=puta) prostitute8) Cono Sur (=grúa) crane, derrick9) Esp ** (=peseta) one peseta10) Esp *** (=pene) prick ***11) Esp * (=periodista) hack2.SM (Dep) featherweight* * *1) ( de aves) feather; ( usada antiguamente para escribir) quill; ( como adorno) plume, feathermudar la pluma — to molt*
pesar menos que una pluma — to be as light as a feather
ser ligero or (esp AmL) liviano como una pluma — to be as light as a feather
2)a) ( para escribir) pena vuela pluma — < anotar> to jot down
b) ( actividad literaria) writingvivir de la pluma — to make a living out of writing o as a writer
c) ( escritor) writer3) (Col, Méx) ( del agua) faucet (AmE), tap (BrE)4) (Bol fam) ( prostituta) tart (colloq)* * *1) ( de aves) feather; ( usada antiguamente para escribir) quill; ( como adorno) plume, feathermudar la pluma — to molt*
pesar menos que una pluma — to be as light as a feather
ser ligero or (esp AmL) liviano como una pluma — to be as light as a feather
2)a) ( para escribir) pena vuela pluma — < anotar> to jot down
b) ( actividad literaria) writingvivir de la pluma — to make a living out of writing o as a writer
c) ( escritor) writer3) (Col, Méx) ( del agua) faucet (AmE), tap (BrE)4) (Bol fam) ( prostituta) tart (colloq)* * *pluma11 = feather.Ex: If none of these terms is appropriate, give the specific name of the item or the names of the parts of the item as concisely as possible; e.g., 2 feather headbands, 1 pair beaded moccasins.
* cubierto en plumas = feathery.* ligero como una pluma = light as a feather.pluma22 = pen, quill.Ex: Not until 1543 were these 2 different approaches reconciled with the idea of the surgeon wielding both pen and scalpel.
Ex: The article is entitled 'Beyond quills and inkwells: electronic distribution of economic data'.* dibujo a pluma = pen drawing.* nombre de pluma = pen name.* pluma estilográfica = fountain pen.pluma33 = winch, capstan, hoist.Ex: They supply capstans and winches powered by electric motors to the industrial marine industry and shipyards.
Ex: They supply capstans and winches powered by electric motors to the industrial marine industry and shipyards.Ex: They use a variety of hand and power tools, such as air hammers, nail guns, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, and surveying equipment.pluma44 = feather.Nota: En encuadernación, decoración de la cubierta con líneas curvas dando la impresión de plumas superpuestas.Ex: The contrast between the fine feathers of these superb bindings and their jackdaw contents is often quaint.
* * *mudar la pluma to molt*almohada de pluma(s) feather pillowpesar menos que una pluma to be as light as a featherser ligero or ( esp AmL) liviano como una pluma to be as light as a featherser or tener pluma ( fam); to be gayB1 (para escribir) pena vuela pluma: son sólo unas ideas anotadas a vuela pluma they're just a few ideas I scribbled o jotted downdejar correr la pluma to let one's pen run on2 (actividad literaria) writingvivir de la pluma to make a living out of writing o as a writer, to live by the pen ( liter)3 (escritor) writerCompuestos:( Méx) ballpoint penfountain penC1 (de una grúa) jib2 (barrera) barrier3 (de un limpiaparabrisas) blade* * *
pluma sustantivo femenino
1 ( de aves) feather;
( antigua para escribir) quill;
( como adorno) plume, feather;
2 ( para escribir) pen;◊ pluma atómica (Méx) ballpoint pen;
pluma estilográfica or (AmL) fuente fountain pen
pluma sustantivo femenino
1 (de ave) feather: es tan ligera como una pluma, she's as light as a feather
2 (para escribir) pen, fountain pen
3 (escritor) writer, pen
4 fam (afeminamiento) effeminacy: tiene algo de pluma, he's a bit affected
' pluma' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cargar
- cartucho
- recambio
- vellosa
- vellosidad
- velloso
- velluda
- velludo
- afilado
- cañón
- capuchón
- carga
- peso
- plumón
- rasgo
- recargable
English:
acclaim
- boom
- cap
- feather
- feather weight
- fountain pen
- fumble
- lay down
- loan
- missing
- molt
- pen
- pull
- quill
- quill pen
- stroke
- top
- ball
- fountain
- nib
- plume
* * *♦ nf1. [de ave] feather;[adorno] plume, feather;tiene un sombrero con plumas she has a feathered hat;un edredón de plumas a feather duvet;2. [de humo, vapor] plume3. [de grúa] boom4. [para escribir] (fountain) pen;[de ave] quill (pen); Carib, Méx [bolígrafo] (ballpoint) pen;dejar correr la pluma, escribir a vuela pluma to jot down;Figvivir de la pluma to live by the penMéx pluma atómica ballpoint (pen);pluma estilográfica fountain pen;Méx, Ven pluma fuente fountain pen5. [estilo de escribir] style6. [escritor] writer7. Carib, Col, Méx [grifo] Br tap, US faucet♦ adj invDep featherweight;peso pluma featherweight* * *f1 ZO featherescribir algo a vuela pluma scribble sth down3 Méxgrifo faucet, Brtap* * *pluma nf1) : feather2) : pen3)pluma fuente : fountain pen* * *pluma n1. (de ave) feather2. (estilográfica) fountain pen -
2 plumazo
m.stroke of the pen.de un plumazo with a stroke of one's pen; (al tachar) in one fell swoop, at a stroke (figurative) (al hacer algo)* * *1 stroke of the pen\de un plumazo at/in one fell swoop, at a stroke* * *SM1) (=trazo fuerte) stroke of the pende un plumazo — with one stroke of the pen; Caribe in a jiffy *
2) (=colchón) feather mattress; (=almohada) feather pillow* * *masculino stroke of the pende un plumazo — at a stroke
* * *masculino stroke of the pende un plumazo — at a stroke
* * *stroke of the pende un plumazo at a strokeeliminó mis dudas de un sólo plumazo he dispelled all my doubts in an instant o ( colloq) just like thatde un plumazo terminó con esos beneficios she did away with all those benefits at a stroke o in one fell swoop* * *
plumazo sustantivo masculino
1 (trazo enérgico) stroke of the pen
de un plumazo, at a stroke
* * *stroke of the pen;de un plumazo [al tachar] with a stroke of one's pen;Fig at a stroke;el nuevo presidente suprimió de un plumazo las barreras arancelarias the new president abolished the tariff barriers with a stroke of his pen;la empresa eliminó a sus rivales de un plumazo the company got rid of its rivals at a stroke;la decisión resuelve de un plumazo varios problemas the decision solves several problems at a stroke o at once* * *m:de un plumazo suprimir with one stroke of the pen
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