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'pjuə1) (not mixed with anything especially dirty or less valuable: pure gold.) puro2) (clean, especially morally: pure thoughts.) puro3) (complete; absolute: a pure accident.) puro, completo4) ((of sounds) clear; keeping in tune: She sang in a high pure tone.) límpido•- purely- pureness
- purity
- purify
- purification
- pure-blooded
- pure-bred
- pure and simple
pure adj puro
puré sustantivo masculino: puré de tomates tomato purée o paste; puré de papas or (Esp) patatas mashed o creamed potatoes
puré m Culin purée, thick soup
puré de patatas, mashed potatoes Locuciones: estar hecho puré, to be exhausted o familiar to be knackered ' puré' also found in these entries: Spanish: candorosa - candoroso - castiza - castizo - comerse - grumosa - grumoso - impoluta - impoluto - lana - ley - liofilizar - mera - mero - pura - puro - simple - aplastar - carambola - conjetura - mancha English: banger - cream - crisps - mash - potato chips - pure - soup - conjecture - croquette - puree - racially - sheer - solidtr['pjʊəSMALLr/SMALL]1 (gen) puro,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLpure and simple puro,-a y simplepure new wool pura lana virgenadj.• acendrado, -a adj.• castizo, -a adj.• casto, -a adj.• fino, -a adj.• genuino, -a adj.• honesto, -a adj.• incorrupto, -a adj.• limpio, -a adj.• lirondo, -a adj.• mondo, -a adj.• neto, -a adj.• puro, -a adj.• terso, -a adj.pjʊr, pjʊə(r)a) ( unmixed) puroit's negligence pure and simple — se trata de negligencia, lisa or simple y llanamente
b) ( not applied) (before n) <science/mathematics> puro[pjʊǝ(r)]1. ADJ(compar purer) (superl purest)1) (=unadulterated) [wool, alcohol, substance] puro; [silk] naturalit's blackmail, pure and simple — esto es chantaje, lisa y llanamente
2) (=clean, clear) [air, water, sound, light] puro3) (=sheer) [pleasure, luck, coincidence, speculation] puro4) (=theoretical) puro5) (=virgin, blameless) puropure in or of heart — liter limpio de corazón
2.CPDPUREpure vowel N — vocal f simple
Position of "puro"
You should generally put p uro after the noun when you mean pure in the sense of "uncontaminated" or "unadulterated" and before the noun in the sense of "sheer" or "plain":
... pure olive oil...... aceite puro de oliva...
It's pure coincidence Es pura coincidencia For further uses and examples, see main entry* * *[pjʊr, pjʊə(r)]a) ( unmixed) puroit's negligence pure and simple — se trata de negligencia, lisa or simple y llanamente
b) ( not applied) (before n) <science/mathematics> puro
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