Meanings (ES + gloss)
hogaza • pan
A block of bread after baking.
Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry b…
pan
Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar.
sugar-loaf
mollera • testa
Ellipsis of loaf of bread: the brain or the head.
It is frequently said of Bertram Wooster that he is a man who can think on his feet, and if the necessity arises he can also use his loaf when on all fours. [...] “Why didn't the i…
use one's loaf
barra
A solid block of soap, from which standard bar soap is cut.
Phrases
Dutch loafFrench loafPullman loafVienna loafbarracouta loafcatloafcatloafedconfinement loafcottage loafdisciplinary loaffarmhouse loaffarthing loafflesh loaffleshloaffoodloaffrosted ribbon loafgranary loafhalf a loaf is better than no breadhalf a loaf is better than no loafhalf a loaf is better than noneliverloafloaf breadloaf of breadloaf panloaf sugarloafletloaflikemalt loafmeat loafmeatless loafmeatloafnut loafolive loafpan-loafpimento loafpinch a loafplain loafribbon loafsandwich loafsugar loaf
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
estar a la bartola • golfear • holgazanear
To do nothing, to be idle.
2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)https://web.archive.org/web/20151213095110/http://ngm.nationalge…
loaf about, loaf around
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