paño

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paño
masculine noun
1cloth, material (tela)
2cloth (trapo); duster (para polvo); tea towel (de cocina)
  • paño de loza -> tea towel (Chilean Spanish)
3panel, length (lienzo)
4(expresiones)
  • conocer el paño -> to know the score
  • ser el paño de lágrimas de alguien -> to be a shoulder to cry on for somebody
  • en paños menores -> in one's underthings
  • paños calientes -> half-measures

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paño [pah’-nyo]
noun
1Cloth, woollen stuff. (m)
2Any woven stuff, whether of silk, flax, hemp, wool or cotton. (m)
  • Paño de seda negro -> strong black silk serge
3The breadth of any stuff made of wool, silk, etc. 4. (m)
  • Paños de corte -> very fine pieces of Flemish tapestry
4The red color of a bloodshot eye; livid spot on the face; a ring-worm. (m)
5Spot in looking glasses, crystals, or precious stones. (m)
6Canvas, sail-cloth. (Nautical) (m)
7(Arquit.) Stretch, length. (m)
8Mist, cloud, cloudiness (en cristal); flaw (en diamantes). (m)
9Fishing net (red). (Caribbean) (m)
10Plot of land (tierra). (Andes) (m)
  • Paños -> clothes, garments
  • Paños menores -> small clothes, undergarments; dishabille
  • Paño de sol -> (Mex.) a large square handkerchief embroidered with colored silk thrown over the head and shoulders as a protection from the sun, when traveling
  • Paño de cocina -> dishcloth
  • Paño higiénico -> sanitary towel
  • Paños de secar -> tea towel

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paño
sustantivo:masculino
1 (tela) cloth
conocerse el paño to know the score; (familiar)
le conozco el paño I know his sort
el buen paño en el arca se vende good wine needs no bush
2 (pieza) cloth; (trapo) duster
jugar a dos paños to play a double game
paño de altar altar cloth
paño de cocina dishcloth
paño de lágrimas
soy su paño de lágrimas I'm a shoulder for him to cry on
paño de los platos tea towel
paño de manos hand towel
paño de secar tea towel
paño higiénico (España) (anticuado) sanitary towel; sanitary napkin; (EEUU)
paño mortuorio pall
paños calientes half measures
no andarse con paños calientes (para solucionar algo) not to go in for half-measures; (al criticar algo) to pull no punches; poner paños calientes to make a half-hearted attempt
paños tibios half-measures
3 (Cos) (ancho) piece of cloth; width
4 paños (ropa) clothes; (Arte) drapes
paños menores underwear; (s)
5
al paño (Teat) offstage
6 (Archit) wall section
7 (en cristal) cloud of mist; [de diamante] flaw
8 (Caribe) (red) fishing net
9 (And) (tierra) plot of land

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