Glory in spanish
pronunciation: gloʊɹ̩iɑ part of speech: noun
glory = gloria, virtud.
Example: One of the great glories of books is that there are plenty to suit everybody, no matter what our taste, our mood, our intellectual ability, age or living experience.more:
» bask in + reflected glory = beneficiarse del triunfo ajeno, disfrutar de la gloria ajena, disfrutar del triunfo ajeno.
Example: Instead of working hard to succeed, we always try to bask in reflected glory.» be a stepping stone to glory = ser un puente hacia la virtud, servir de puente para la virtud, ser un paso intermedio para la virtud.
Example: Sacrifice and unselfishness are the stepping stones to glory.» crowning glory = culmen.
Example: The new library should indeed be the 'crowning glory of the school system'.» eternal glory = gloria eterna.
Example: The eternal glory is where the Lord Jesus is united in a special way with his redeemed people.» Posesivo + former glory = antigua grandeza, antiguo esplendor, antigua gloria.
Example: It was the biggest military parade since Soviet times providing visitors with a glimpse of its former glory.» glory days = fama, época dorada.
Example: The author of 'Glory days or the lure of scientific misconduct' looks at fabrication, falsification and plagiarism in scientific research.» glory hole = leonera, trastero, cuarto de los trastos.
Example: Because it was a glory hole full of junk and lots of spiders and other nasties, I still have a bug hanging over one of the windows, but its made of wire and fish scales.» glory hole = conejo, coño, almeja, mejillón, chichi, chocho.
Example: Apparently she got wasted and made a list of all the weiners in Hollywood that have graced her glory hole.» reflected glory = gloria ajena, triunfo ajeno, fama ajena.
Example: But with all the reflected glory from Austen's books, the movie never truly shines on its own.» regain + Posesivo + former glory = recuperar + Posesivo + antigua grandeza, recuperar + Posesivo + antiguo esplendor, recuperar + Posesivo + antigua gloria.
Example: It'll take years to find out which of the four have what's needed to beat the odds and regain their former glory.» restore + Nombre + to + Posesivo + former glory = restituir Algo a su antigua grandeza.
Example: After four decades of exposure to the elements, the garden has been fully renovated and restored to its former glory.» vainglory = vanagloria, presunción.
Example: In the play fragment mentioned above, Robin is captured almost certainly out of the foolishness of his vainglory -- a lesson to be brave but cautious and not to boast of one's accomplishments.