puro

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pure

adjetivo

puro, -a

adjective

1. pure (limpio, sin mezcla); solid (oro)

pura lana virgen -> pure wool

2. clear (cielo, atmósfera)

3. decent, honorable (conducta, persona)

4. sheer (mero); plain (verdad)

por pura casualidad -> by pure chance
fue una pura coincidencia -> it was pure coincidence
me quedé dormido de puro, -a cansancio -> I fell asleep from sheer exhaustion
y ésta es la realidad pura y dura (informal) -> and that is the harsh reality of the matter

masculine noun

5. cigar (cigarro)

puro, -a habano -> Havana cigar

6. (informal)

meterle un puro, -a a alguien -> to give somebody a row o rocket; (regañina) (peninsular Spanish) to throw the book at somebody (castigo)

puro [poo’-ro, rah]

adjective

1. Pure (color, lengua, sustancia), free, unmingled.

2. Pure, clear (cielo), clean, neat, genuine, net, fine.

3. Pure (moralmente), chaste, modest.

4. Pure, guiltless, innocent, just.

5. Pure, incorrupt, not vitiated, exempt from imperfections.

6. Only, just. (Mexico)

7. Identical. (Andes & Caribbean & Mexico)

noun

8. Cigar, a little roll of tobacco for smoking, to distinguish it from cigarro and cigarrillo, a small roll of paper filled with fine-chopped tobacco. (m)