plata

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silver

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plata

feminine noun

1 silver (metal)

2 silverware (objetos de plata)

3 money (dinero) (Am)

plata [plah'-tah]

noun

1 Silver (metal). (f)

2 Plate, wrought silver. (f)

3 money (dinero). (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)

4 Plate; white. (Heraldy) (m)

Plata virgen or bruta -> crude mass of silver
Plata labrada -> (a) wrought silver; (b) payment made in articles equivalent to money
Valer tanto como la plata -> to be worth its weight in gold
En plata -> briefly, without turnings or windings

plata

sustantivo:femenino

1 (metal) silver; (vajilla) silverware; (Economía) silver

como una plata bright as a pin

hablar en plata to speak bluntly; speak frankly

2 especialmente (Latinoamérica) (dinero) money; (riqueza) wealth

podrido en plata (familiar) stinking rich; (familiar) rolling in it; (familiar)

La Plata (río) the (River) Plate

Paid English to Spanish translation

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hearty laughter, raucous laughter, guffaw