arca
arca
feminine noun
1. chest (arcón)
- arcas (figurative) -> coffers (fondos)
- las arcas públicas (figurative) -> the Treasury
2. (barco)
- arca de Noé -> Noah's Ark
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arca [ar’-cah]
noun
1. A chest. (f)
- Arcas -> Coffer, iron chest for money
- Hacer arcas -> to open the coffers or treasury chest
2. In glass-houses, the tempering oven, in which glassware, just blown, is put to cool. (f)
3. A reserved person. (Metaphorical) (f)
- Arca de Noé -> (Met.) lumber-chest
- Arca de fuego -> (Naut.) fire-chest, a small box, filled with combustibles, used to annoy an enemy that attempted to board a ship
- Ser arca cerrada -> to be yet unknown (personas, cosas)
- Sangrar a uno de la vena del arca -> to drain one of his money
- Arca de agua -> reservoir, cistern
- Arcas -> cavities of the body under the ribs
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