sleepy dust

sleepy dust(
sli
-
pi
 
duhst
)
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
1.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
(anatomy)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
(United Kingdom)
a. las legañas
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
Wake up and wipe the sleepy dust from your eyes!¡Despiértate y quítate las legañas de los ojos!
b. las lagañas
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
You have some sleepy dust in the corner of your eye.Tienes unas lagañas en el rabo del ojo.
c. los cheles
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
(Central America)
You have something stuck to your eyelash. - It's sleepy dust.Tienes algo pegado a la pestaña. - Son cheles.
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