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1 penniless
adjective (very poor; with little or no money: a penniless old man.) sin un duro, pelado, en números rojostr['penɪləs]1 pobre, sin dinero\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be penniless estar sin un céntimo, estar sin un duropenniless ['pɛniləs] adj: sin un centavoadj.• arrancado, -a adj.• desnudo, -a adj.• lámparo, -a adj.• pelado, -a adj.• sin dinero adj.'peniləs, 'penilɪsadjective pobre, sin un céntimo['penɪlɪs]ADJ [aristocrat, immigrant] sin dineroto be penniless — no tener un céntimo or un centavo
to be left penniless — quedarse sin un céntimo or un centavo
* * *['peniləs, 'penilɪs]adjective pobre, sin un céntimo -
2 blanca
blanca sustantivo femenino 1 (Mús) half note (AmE), minim (BrE) 2 ( en dominó) blank; ( en ajedrez) white piece 3 (Esp fam) ( dinero): estar sin or no tener blanca to be broke (colloq)
blanco,-a
I adjetivo
1 white
2 (pálido) fair
II m,f (hombre) white man (mujer) white woman
los blancos, whites LAm (patrón, cacique, sea blanco o no) landowner, powerful man
III sustantivo masculino
1 (color) white
2 (diana) target: es el blanco de todas las críticas, he's the target of all the criticism
dar en el blanco, to hit the target fig (acertar con algo) to hit the nail on the head
3 (espacio sin imprimir) blank 4 blanco del ojo, white of the eye Locuciones: en blanco: dejó el examen en blanco, he left the exam blank
se quedó en blanco, her mind went blank figurado pasar la noche en blanco, to have a sleepless night
blanca sustantivo femenino Mús minim, US half note Locuciones: familiar estar sin blanca, to be broke o to be penniless ' blanca' also found in these entries: Spanish: arma - carta - escabechar - estar - fumata blanca - hoja - magia - navaja - pimienta - ropa - azúcar - casa - catire - paloma - salsa - uva English: bean - butter bean - carte blanche - dove - fair-skinned - flat - leeway - linen - oval - pepper - pith - skint - white - white flag - white meat - white pepper - white trash - caster - Caucasian - half - hand - minim - rein - WASP
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