chaff [tʃɑːf]
chaff
∗chaff [tʃɑːf]
sustantivo
1granzas (fpl) barcia (f)
- to separate the wheat from the chaff (sentido figurado) -> separar el grano de la paja
verbo transitivo
2tomar el pelo a (tease)
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chaff [chaf]
sustantivo
1Zurrón u hollejo, la cáscara del grano que se separa después de trillado y aventado.
2Arista, cascabillo, gluma o funda exterior de las gramíneas; también paja menuda.
3Paja, broza, tamo, lo que es de ningún valor o entidad (worthless material). (Metafórico)
4Befa, burla, zumba.
Barcia, ahechaduras (husks).
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Verb Conjugation for "chaff"
Imperative
- chaff
- you chaff
- he/she chaffs
- we chaff
- you chaff
- they chaff
Preterite
- I chaffed
- you chaffed
- he/she chaffed
- we chaffed
- you chaffed
- they chaffed
Present Continuous
- I am chaffing
- you are chaffing
- he/she is chaffing
- we are chaffing
- you are chaffing
- they are chaffing
Present Perfect
- I have chaffed
- you have chaffed
- he/she has chaffed
- we have chaffed
- you have chaffed
- they have chaffed
Past Continuous
- I was chaffing
- you were chaffing
- he/she was chaffing
- we were chaffing
- you were chaffing
- they were chaffing
Past Perfect
- I had chaffed
- you had chaffed
- he/she had chaffed
- we had chaffed
- you had chaffed
- they had chaffed
Future
- I will chaff
- you will chaff
- he/she will chaff
- we will chaff
- you will chaff
- they will chaff
Future Perfect
- I will have chaffed
- you will have chaffed
- he/she will have chaffed
- we will have chaffed
- you will have chaffed
- they will have chaffed
Future Continuous
- I will be chaffing
- you will be chaffing
- he/she will be chaffing
- we will be chaffing
- you will be chaffing
- they will be chaffing
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been chaffing
- you have been chaffing
- he/she has been chaffing
- we have been chaffing
- you have been chaffing
- they have been chaffing
Future Perfect Continuous
- I will have been chaffing
- you will have been chaffing
- he/she will have been chaffing
- we will have been chaffing
- you will have been chaffing
- they will have been chaffing
Past Perfect Continuous
- I had been chaffing
- you had been chaffing
- he/she had been chaffing
- we had been chaffing
- you had been chaffing
- they had been chaffing
