La Palabra Del Día "nácar"
nácar ( NAH-kahr )
(noun) mother-of-pearl
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Examples:
1: Los botones de este traje están hechos de nácar.
The buttons on this suit are made of mother-of-pearl.
2: Mi tía se pone crema de nácar todos los días.
My aunt puts on mother-of-pearl lotion every day.
What is Mother of Pearl?
Mother of pearl, also called nacre, is an iridescent layer of material that forms the shell lining of many mollusks. Pearl oysters and abalone are both sources of this substance, which is widely used as an inlay in jewelry, furniture, and musical instruments. Mother of pearl comes in several natural colors, but is often bleached and dyed for decorative use. The dye retains the shimmering layers which make the material so sought after. Nacre is a tough and resilient material, but it is relatively soft and easily scratched.
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Cuando era niña mi tío tuve una navaja con un mango de nácar en la forma de pez y a mi me gustaba mucho.
When I was a little girl my uncle had a pocket- knife with a mother-of-pearl handle in the shape of a fish and I liked it a lot.
Mi madre tenía un conjunto de cubiertos de perlas que utilizaba todos los días.
My mother had a set of pearl cutlery she used every day.
Este acordeón tiene teclas cubiertas con nácar. ¡De lujo!
This accordion has keys covered with mother-of-pearl. Fancy!
Mother of pearl! Charlie stole my socks again!
Nácar! Charlie robó mis calcetines otra vez!
Estos son botones de nácar.
These are mother-of-pearl buttons.
La madre de Pearl frecuentemente llevaba puesto un collar de nácar.
The mother of Pearl frequently wore a mother-of-pearl necklace.
The mother-of-pearl shell has an iridescent shimmer. La concha de nácar tiene un brillo iridiscente.
Azulejo de nácar está ganando en popularidad.
Mother of pearl tile is gaining in popularity.
Como la palabra "nacre" se usa en crucigramas de inglés con regularidad, fue relativamente fácil aprender la palabra "nácar" cuando la aprendí hace unos pocos años.
As the word "nacre" is used in English-language crosswords regularly, it was relatively easy to learn the word "nácar" when I learned it a few years ago.
Las púas se hacen a veces de nácar.
Guitar picks (plectrums/plectra) are sometimes made from mother of pearl.
Si una pequeña fragmenta de grava se mete dentro la concha de una ostra, lentamente se cubre con la nácar y se convierte a una perla.
If a tiny piece of grit gets inside the shell of an oyster, slowly it becomes covered in nacre and becomes a pearl.
