candelero

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candelero
masculine noun
1candlestick
  • estar en candelero -> to be in the limelight

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candelero [can-day-lay’-ro]
noun
1Candlestick. (m)
  • Candelero con muchos brazos -> chandelier
2Wax or tallow chandler. (Obsolete) (m)
3Lamp. (m)
4Fishing-torch. (m)
  • Estar en candelero -> (Met.) To be high in office, to hold an exalted station
  • Candeleros -> (Naut.) Stanchions or crotches, pieces of timber which support the waist-trees
  • Candeleros de trincheras y parapetos -> quarter-netting stanchions
  • Tema en candelero -> hot subject
  • Poner en candelero a uno -> to give somebody a high post
  • Poner algo en candelero -> to bring something into the limelight

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candelero
sustantivo:masculino
1 (candelabro) candlestick; (lámpara) oil lamp
en (el) candelero
estar en el candelero [+persona] to be in the spotlight limelight;o [+tema] to be in the news; poner algo en candelero to bring sth into the limelight; tema en candelero hot topic; subject of great current interest
2 (Náutica) stanchion

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