pomada

ointment

cream

USAGE NOTE

This word must be preceded by the definite article in the sense shown in 2.

la pomada(poh-mah-dah)

feminine noun

1. (medicine)

a. ointment

Su madre le puso pomada en la picadura de abeja.

Her mother put ointment on the bee sting.

b. cream

Juan se aplicó una pomada de cortisona al sarpullido para reducir la inflamación.

Juan applied a cortisone cream to his rash to reduce the swelling.

2. (influential group)

a. cream

Solo me interesa crear arte, no pertenecer a la pomada de la sociedad.

I'm only interested in creating art, not in being part of the cream of society.

3. (cosmetics)

a. cream

¿Cómo te peinaste? ¿Con pomada o con gel?

How did you do your hair? With cream or with gel?

4. (shoeshine) (River Plate)

a. shoe polish

En el ejército no nos daban pomada y teníamos que lustrar las botas con saliva.

In the army we didn't have any shoe polish, so we had to polish our shoes with spit.