astilla

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astilla
feminine noun
1splinter
  • hacer astillas (figurative) -> to smash to smithereens

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astilla [as-teel’-lyah]
noun
1Chip of wood, splinter of timber. (f)
  • Hacer algo astillas -> to smash something into little pieces
2Reed or comb of a loom. (Obsolete) (f)
3the dead rising of the floor-timbers of a ship. (Nautical) (f)
  • De tal palo -> tal astilla, or astilla del mismo palo, a chip of the same block
  • Sacar astilla -> to profit by a thing

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astilla
sustantivo:femenino
1 (fragmento) splinter; chip;astillas (para fuego) kindling; (s)
hacer algo astillas to smash sth into little tiny pieces;o hacerse astillas to shatter into little tiny pieces;o
palo
2 (España) (familiar) (soborno) small bribe; sweetener; (familiar)
dar astilla a algn to give sb a cut; (familiar) ese tío no da astilla he's a tight-fisted so-and-so; (familiar)

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