polvo

=

dust

noun

polvo
masculine noun
1. dust (en el aire)
  • limpiar o quitar el polvo -> to do the dusting
2. powder (de un producto)
  • en polvo -> powdered
  • polvos -> powder (maquillaje)
  • polvos (de) picapica -> itching powder
  • polvos de talco -> talcum powder
3. screw (muy informal) (coito), shag (British)
  • echar un polvo -> to have a screw o a shag (British)
  • ¡qué polvo tiene! -> what a babe!
4. (expresiones) (informal)
  • estar hecho polvo -> to be dead beat o (cansado) knackered; (British) to be shattered o (deprimido) gutted (British)
  • hacer polvo algo (informal) -> to smash something
  • morder el polvo (informal) -> to be humiliated
  • hacer morder el polvo a alguien (informal) -> to make somebody eat dirt

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polvo [pol’-vo]
noun
1. Dust, earth reduced to dust. (m)
2. Powder, dust, the state of solid bodies comminuted. (m)
3. Powder for the hair: in the two last senses it is commonly used in the plural. (m)
4. A pinch (porción), so much as can be taken between the ends of the fingers. (m)
  • Polvo de patat -> or patata en polvo, a confectioned potato
  • Sacudir el polvo -> to bent out the dust with a stick: to whip severely
  • Quitar el polvo de un mueble -> to dust a piece of furniture
  • Hacer algo polvo -> to smash something
  • Ponerse polvos -> to powder one's face

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