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1 pizca
f.1 tiny bit (informal) (poco).ni pizca not one bit2 pinch, small portion, bit, mite.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: pizcar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: pizcar.* * *\no tener ni pizca de gracia familiar not to be the slightest bit funny* * *noun f.1) pinch2) trace* * *SF1) (=partícula) tiny bit; (=migaja) crumb2) (=rastro)3) Méx (Agr) maize harvest* * *1) ( cantidad pequeña)una pizca de algo — ( de sal) a pinch of something; ( de vino) a drop of something
ni pizca: no tiene ni pizca de gracia it's not the slightest bit funny; no me gusta ni pizca — I don't like it one little bit
2) (Méx) ( cosecha) harvest* * *= speck, spark, iota.Ex. In comparison with China, Cuba is just a speck on the map.Ex. However, the spark that really set librarians alight came from outside Australia.Ex. Modern log houses live in harmony with the environment without giving up an iota of comfort.----* una pizca de = a dash of, a grain of, a pinch of.* una pizca de verdad = a grain of truth.* * *1) ( cantidad pequeña)una pizca de algo — ( de sal) a pinch of something; ( de vino) a drop of something
ni pizca: no tiene ni pizca de gracia it's not the slightest bit funny; no me gusta ni pizca — I don't like it one little bit
2) (Méx) ( cosecha) harvest* * *= speck, spark, iota.Ex: In comparison with China, Cuba is just a speck on the map.
Ex: However, the spark that really set librarians alight came from outside Australia.Ex: Modern log houses live in harmony with the environment without giving up an iota of comfort.* una pizca de = a dash of, a grain of, a pinch of.* una pizca de verdad = a grain of truth.* * *A(cantidad pequeña): añadir una pizca de sal add a pinch of salt¿quieres más vino? — bueno, una pizquita would you like some more wine? — well, just a dropni pizca: el chiste no me hizo ni pizca de gracia I didn't find the joke the slightest bit funny o in the least funny o remotely funnylevantarme tan temprano no me gusta ni pizca I don't like getting up so early one little bit* * *
Del verbo pizcar: ( conjugate pizcar)
pizca es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
pizca
pizcar
pizca sustantivo femenino
1 ( cantidad pequeña):
(de vino, agua) a drop of sth;
2 (Méx) ( cosecha) harvest
pizcar ( conjugate pizcar) verbo transitivo (Méx) ‹ maíz› to harvest;
‹ algodón› to pick
verbo intransitivo (Méx) to take in the harvest
pizca sustantivo femenino bit, tiny amount: una pizca de sal, a pinch of salt
♦ Locuciones: ni pizca, not a bit: eso no tiene ni pizca de gracia, that's not at all funny
' pizca' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ápice
- brizna
- chispa
- sombra
English:
dash
- iota
- jot
- modicum
- ounce
- pinch
- salt
- shred
- speck
- streak
- touch
- flat
* * *pizca nf1. [poco] tiny bit;[de sal] pinch;pásame una pizca de pan pass me a little bit of bread;le falta una pizca de velocidad para ser campeón he's just slightly short of the pace you need to be a champion;Famni pizca not one bit;ahora no tengo ni pizca de tiempo I've got absolutely no time just now;no me hace ni pizca de gracia I don't find it in the least bit funny* * *f1 pinch;ni pizca de not a bit of;una pizca a little bit2 MéxAGR harvest* * *pizca nf1) : pinchuna pizca de canela: a pinch of cinnamon2) : speck, traceni pizca: not a bit* * * -
2 átomo
m.atom.* * *1 atom2 figurado atom, particle, speck\ni un átomo de not a trace ofátomo de vida spark of life* * *noun m.* * *SM atom* * *masculino atomni un átomo de — (fam)
no tiene ni un átomo de sensatez — he hasn't an ounce o an iota of sense
* * *= atom.Ex. Thus atoms, mountains and men are things studied by discipline such as physics, geology and biology.----* átomo de hidrógeno = hydrogen atom.* átomo de oxígeno = oxygen atom.* átomo monovalente = monad.* * *masculino atomni un átomo de — (fam)
no tiene ni un átomo de sensatez — he hasn't an ounce o an iota of sense
* * *= atom.Ex: Thus atoms, mountains and men are things studied by discipline such as physics, geology and biology.
* átomo de hidrógeno = hydrogen atom.* átomo de oxígeno = oxygen atom.* átomo monovalente = monad.* * *atomni un átomo de ( fam): no hay ni un átomo de verdad en lo que dice there isn't an iota o a grain o an ounce of truth in what she saysno tiene ni un átomo de sensatez he hasn't an ounce o an iota of sense* * *
átomo sustantivo masculino
atom
átomo sustantivo masculino atom
' átomo' also found in these entries:
English:
atom
- split
* * *átomo nm1. [de elemento químico] atomátomo gramo gram atom2. [pequeña cantidad]en sus declaraciones no hay un átomo de verdad there isn't a grain of truth in what she said;sin un átomo de humildad, declaró que se lo merecía without even the faintest suggestion of humility, he said he deserved it;no tenemos ni un átomo de esperanza de que esto vaya a cambiar we haven't the slightest hope of this changing* * *m atom;ni un átomo de fig not an iota of* * *átomo nm: atom* * *átomo n atom
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