Meanings (ES + gloss)
polvo
The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.
Let them stop fretting about vegetables denied by the weather and eat chilli powder. Just explain to them that they really shouldn’t think about spiralising it, because that doesn’…
Phrases
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
pulverizar • reducir a polvo • triturar
To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.
25 October 2016, Bettina Elias Siegel writing in New York Times, Should the Food Industry Sneak Vegetables Into Food? In desperation, they dried fruits and vegetables in an old foo…
espolvorear
To sprinkle with powder, or as if with powder.
23 March 2016, Seth Augenstein in Laboratory Equipment, FDA Proposes Ban on Powdered Surgical Gloves, Decades after Documenting Health Dangers Gloves were powdered for more than a…
to powder one's hair
empolvarse • polvear (Mesoamerica) • polvearse • ponerse polvos
To use powder on the hair or skin.
1778-1787, Frances Burney, The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay If she is grave, and reads steadily on, she dismisses me, whether I am dressed or not; but at all times she neve…