balanza

balanza
feminine noun
1. scales (báscula)
  • balanza de cocina -> kitchen scales
  • balanza de precisión -> precision balance
  • la balanza se inclinó a nuestro favor -> the balance o scales tipped in our favor
2. (finance)
  • balanza comercial/de pagos -> balance of trade/payments

balanza [bah-laan'-thah]
noun
1. Scale. (f)
  • Balanza de presión -> precision balance
2. Balance, a pair of scales. (f)
3. A kind of fishing-net. (f)
4. Comparative estimate, judgment. (Metaphorical) (f)
  • Fiel de balanza de la romana -> needle of the balance
  • Fiel de balanza -> (in the mints) the weigh-master
  • Andar en balanza -> (Met.) to be in danger of losing one's property or place
5. Gallows, in cant. (f)

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