piedra

=

stone

noun

piedra
feminine noun
1. stone (material, roca)
  • una casa/un muro de piedra -> a stone house/wall
  • poner la primera piedra -> to lay the foundation stone; (inaugurar) to lay the foundations (figurative)
  • dejar a alguien de piedra -> to stun somebody
  • no dejar piedra sobre piedra -> to leave no stone standing
  • menos da una piedra (informal) -> it's better than nothing
  • quedarse de piedra -> to be thunderstruck
  • tirar la piedra y esconder la mano (figurative) -> to play the innocent
  • piedra angular (también figurative) -> cornerstone
  • piedra pómez/preciosa -> pumice/precious stone
2. flint (de mechero)
3. stone (en vejiga, riñón, vesícula)
  • una piedra en la vesícula -> a gallstone

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piedra [pe-ay'-drah]
noun
1. A stone. (f)
2. Gravel in the kidneys. (f)
3. Hail. (f)
4. Place where foundlings are exposed. (f)
5. Gun-flint. (f)
6. Hardness of things. (f)
  • Piedra de amola -> or afilar, whetstone, grinding stone
  • Piedra imán -> magnet
  • Piedra lipis -> copper sulphate
  • Piedra sepulcral -> a gravestone, a headstone
  • No dejar piedra por mover -> not to leave a stone unturned
  • Quedarse de piedra -> to be thunderstruck
  • Tener el corazón de piedra -> to be hardhearted

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"piedra" in the Answers forum
Q: When do we use "piedra" as opposed to "roca" or "stone" as oposed to "rock"
A: Pues, it is true that they are interchangeable (son intercambiables). But it seems that "piedra" is more general and has several options connected with…
Q: what is similar between the two spanish poems, "Hermandad" and "Viento, agua, piedra"?
A: We cannot answer unless we see the poems.
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