puff

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puff
[pʌf]
sustantivo
1bocanada (f) (of breath); soplo (m) (of air); nube (f) (of smoke); chupada (f) (of cigarette)calada (f) (español de España)pitada (f) (Am)
  • to be out of puff (familiar) -> resoplar, estar sin aliento (británico)
  • puff pastry -> hojaldre (m)
verbo transitivo
también:
  • to puff smoke into somebody's face -> echar una bocanada de humo a la cara de alguien
verbo intransitivo
2resoplar, jadear (person)
  • to puff along -> avanzar echando humo (steam engine)
  • to puff on a cigarette -> dar chupadas or caladas or (español de España) pitadas a un cigarrillo (Am)

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puff [paf]
sustantivo
1Resoplido, bufido, soplo, bocanada de humo.
2Borla para empolvar o echar polvos en el pelo.
3Bollos.
4Tocados, etc., de los vestidos de mujer 4.
5Colcha, edredón.
6Chupada (of a cigar).
7Borla para empolvarse.
8V.
  • Puff of wind -> ventarrón, ventolera
  • Puff-paste -> hojaldre, hojuela de pasta
  • Spanis -> puff, buñuelo
  • Puff-adder -> víbora muy venenosa de África, con cuyo veneno emponzoñan los indígenas sus saetas
9Interj.
La exageración en alabar y recomendar alguna cosa para llamar la atención sobre ella. Bulto; mesa hinchada, abultada. PUFFBALL. ¡Puf!, ¡bah!
1Hinchar, inflar o llenar alguna cosa de aire.
2Soplar, apartar algo de donde estaba por medio del viento (blow).
3Ensoberbecer, engreír, envanecer (make vain).
4Alabar o ensalzar desmedidamente una persona o cosa con el objeto de llamar la atención hacia ella y de hacerla parecer mejor y más excelente de lo que en sí es.
sustantivo
5Cacarear. (Familiar) (m)
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
6Inflarse, hincharse con aire alguna cosa. (n)
7Inflarse, hincharse, engreírse, envanecerse. (n)
8Bufar, manifestar enojo o desprecio. (n)
9Resoplar, fumar, resollar con fuerza, jadear, hipar. (n)
10Mover alguna cosa muy agitadamente. (n)
va.

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puff [pʌf]
noun
1 [of breathing, engine] resoplido; (m) [of air] soplo; (m) [of wind] racha; (f) ráfaga; (f) [of smoke] bocanada; (f) (on cigarette, pipe) chupada; (f)
I'm out of puff (informal) estoy sin aliento
2 (powder puff) borla; (f)
3 (Cookery)
cream puff petisú; (m) pastel de crema; (m)
4 (informal) (advert) bombo; (informal) (m)
5 (Drugs) (very_informal) canabis; (m)
verb:transitive
1 (blow) soplar; [+pipe etc] chupar
to puff smoke echar bocanadas de humo; to puff smoke in sb's face echar humo a la cara de algn
2 (also puff up) (inflate) hinchar; inflar; (LAm)
verb:intransitive
1 (breathe heavily) jadear; resoplar
to puff (away) at on one's pipeor chupar la pipa
2
the train puffed into/out of the station el tren entró en/salió de la estación echando humo
modifier
puff adder (n) víbora puff; (f)
puff paste (n) (US)
puff pastry See culture box in entry puff.
puff pastry (n) hojaldre; (m)
puff sleeves (n) mangas filipinas; (f)

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Verb Conjugation for "puff"

Imperative
  • puff
  • you puff
  • he/she puffs
  • we puff
  • you puff
  • they puff
Preterite
  • I puffed
  • you puffed
  • he/she puffed
  • we puffed
  • you puffed
  • they puffed
Present Continuous
  • I am puffing
  • you are puffing
  • he/she is puffing
  • we are puffing
  • you are puffing
  • they are puffing
Present Perfect
  • I have puffed
  • you have puffed
  • he/she has puffed
  • we have puffed
  • you have puffed
  • they have puffed
Past Continuous
  • I was puffing
  • you were puffing
  • he/she was puffing
  • we were puffing
  • you were puffing
  • they were puffing
Past Perfect
  • I had puffed
  • you had puffed
  • he/she had puffed
  • we had puffed
  • you had puffed
  • they had puffed
Future
  • I will puff
  • you will puff
  • he/she will puff
  • we will puff
  • you will puff
  • they will puff
Future Perfect
  • I will have puffed
  • you will have puffed
  • he/she will have puffed
  • we will have puffed
  • you will have puffed
  • they will have puffed
Future Continuous
  • I will be puffing
  • you will be puffing
  • he/she will be puffing
  • we will be puffing
  • you will be puffing
  • they will be puffing
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been puffing
  • you have been puffing
  • he/she has been puffing
  • we have been puffing
  • you have been puffing
  • they have been puffing
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been puffing
  • you will have been puffing
  • he/she will have been puffing
  • we will have been puffing
  • you will have been puffing
  • they will have been puffing
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been puffing
  • you had been puffing
  • he/she had been puffing
  • we had been puffing
  • you had been puffing
  • they had been puffing
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