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Entre los objetos enterrados con el cadáver, encontraron varios alfileres de oro.Several gold brooches were found among the objects buried with the body.

alfiler

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (para coser)

a. pin

alfiler de ganchosafety pin

no cabe ni un alfilerit's jam-packed

2. (fig)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

prendido con alfileressketchy

3. (joya)

a. brooch, pin

alfiler de corbatatie-pin

alfiler

1 (Cos) pin; (broche) brooch; clip

aquí ya no cabe ni un alfiler you can't squeeze anything else in

prendido con alfileres shaky; hardly hanging together

puesto con 25 alfileres dressed up to the nines

alfiler de corbata tiepin

alfiler de gancho (Arg) safety pin

alfiler de seguridad (Latinoamérica) safety pin

alfiler de sombrero hatpin

2 (propina)

alfileres pin money; dress allowance; pedir para alfileres to ask for a tip

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