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1 pelea a tiros
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2 pólvora
f.gunpowder, powder.* * *1 gunpowder\correr como la pólvora familiar to spread like wildfire* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=explosivo) gunpowder2) (=fuegos artificiales) fireworks pl3) (=mal genio) bad temper, crossness4) (=viveza) life, liveliness* * *a) ( explosivo) gunpowderarder como la pólvora — to go up like a torch
b) ( fuegos artificiales) fireworks (pl)* * *= gunpowder, powder.Ex. Cai's works, many of which prominently feature gunpowder, emphasize the cosmic laws of opposition between creation and destruction, yin and yang.Ex. If Anderson was short of food, he was also short of powder and fuses.----* barril de pólvora = tinder box, powder keg.* como la pólvora = like wildfire.* como un reguero de pólvora = like wildfire.* extenderse como un reguero de pólvora = spread like + wildfire.* propagarse como un reguero de pólvora = spread like + wildfire.* * *a) ( explosivo) gunpowderarder como la pólvora — to go up like a torch
b) ( fuegos artificiales) fireworks (pl)* * *= gunpowder, powder.Ex: Cai's works, many of which prominently feature gunpowder, emphasize the cosmic laws of opposition between creation and destruction, yin and yang.
Ex: If Anderson was short of food, he was also short of powder and fuses.* barril de pólvora = tinder box, powder keg.* como la pólvora = like wildfire.* como un reguero de pólvora = like wildfire.* extenderse como un reguero de pólvora = spread like + wildfire.* propagarse como un reguero de pólvora = spread like + wildfire.* * *1 (explosivo) gunpowderarder como la pólvora to go up like a torchgastar pólvora en salvas or ( RPl) en chimangos or ( Andes) en gallinazos ( fam); to waste one's energyinventar la pólvora ( fam): es útil, pero no se puede decir que haya inventado la pólvora it's useful but not exactly earth-shattering ( colloq)2 (fuegos artificiales) fireworks (pl)Compuestos:guncotton● pólvora detonante or fulminantefulminating mercury, mercury fulminate* * *
pólvora sustantivo femenino
pólvora sustantivo femenino gunpowder
' pólvora' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
reguero
- barril
English:
fire
- gunpowder
- gun
- sweep
- wild
* * *pólvora nf1. [sustancia explosiva] gunpowder;correr como la pólvora to spread like wildfire;Faminventar la pólvora: me parece que has inventado la pólvora that's not exactly news;Famno ha inventado la pólvora [es tonto] he's no genius2. [fuegos artificiales] fireworks* * *f gunpowder;no ha inventado la pólvora he’ll never set the world on fire;gastar la pólvora en salvas fig waste one’s energy* * *pólvora nf1) : gunpowder2) : fireworks pl* * *pólvora n gunpowder -
3 estuche de arma portátil
• gunboat• guncottonDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > estuche de arma portátil
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4 funda de arma portátil
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5 tiroteo
• exchange of shots• firework• firing angle• fusillade• guncotton• gunfighter• rapid fire• repeated fire• shoot out• shooting• skirmish -
6 algodón pólvora
m.guncotton, nitrocellulose, cotton powder, pyroxylin.
См. также в других словарях:
Guncotton — Gun cot ton See under {Gun}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
guncotton — [gun′kät΄ n] n. nitrocellulose in a highly nitrated form, used as an explosive substance and propellant … English World dictionary
guncotton — piroksilinas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Sprogstamoji medžiaga iš trinitroceliuliozės. atitikmenys: angl. guncotton; pyroxylin rus. пироксилин … Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
guncotton — noun Date: 1846 nitrocellulose; especially an explosive highly nitrated product used chiefly in smokeless powder … New Collegiate Dictionary
guncotton — /gun kot n/, n. a highly explosive cellulose nitrate, made by digesting clean cotton in a mixture of one part nitric acid and three parts sulfuric acid: used in making smokeless powder. [1840 50; GUN1 + COTTON] * * * … Universalium
guncotton — noun nitrocellulose … Wiktionary
guncotton — gun·cot·ton gən .kät ən n any of various cellulose nitrates esp an explosive consisting of a higher nitrated product (as one containing at least 13.2 percent nitrogen) * * * gun·cot·ton (gun kotґən) pyroxylin … Medical dictionary
guncotton — n. highly explosive compound … English contemporary dictionary
guncotton — noun a highly nitrated form of nitrocellulose, used as an explosive … English new terms dictionary
guncotton — gun•cot•ton [[t]ˈgʌnˌkɒt n[/t]] n. chem. a highly explosive nitrocellulose made by digesting clean cotton in a mixture of one part nitric acid and three parts sulfuric acid and used in making smokeless powder • Etymology: 1840–50 … From formal English to slang
guncotton — /ˈgʌnkɒtn/ (say gunkotn) noun a highly explosive cellulose nitrate, made by digesting clean cotton in a mixture of one part nitric acid and three parts sulphuric acid …