Grain in spanish
pronunciation: gɹ̩ɑnoʊ part of speech: noun
grain1 = grano.
Example: Most of these (like the photo on the right) are aluminum oxide, but a few grains of spinel have also been found.more:
» a grain of = una pizca de.
Example: One is sometimes lulled into thinking that there might be a grain of rationality in his commentaries.» a grain of truth = una pizca de verdad.
Example: However, that does not mean that his point regarding the librarian's attitude doesn't have a grain of truth to it.» fine grain = de textura fina, de granularidad fina.
Example: The rise of documentation in this country takes a rather different turn, due largely to the development of fine grain photographic emulsions and the miniature camera using a film with an acetate, non-explosive, base.» food grain = grano para alimento humano.
Example: Is it possible to produce food grains and vegetables by just spreading seeds without tilling the land and sowing the seeds in a cultivated land?.» grain-fed = alimentado con cereales, alimentado con grano.
Example: Grass-fed beef also excels nutritionally in vitamin A, E and Beta Carotene, over grain-fed beef.» grain of rice = grano de arroz.
Example: And if donating a few grains of rice is not enough the you can always loan a few dollars so a farmer can buy a bag of seeds to grow his own.» grain of salt = grano de sal.
Example: Putting all this together, we come out at a figure of two to three grains of salt in each teardrop.» grain of sand = grano de arena.
Example: Again, in the past, as many aeons ago as there are grains of sand in the Ganges, a Buddha named Jewel Nature appeared in the world.» grain of wheat = grano de trigo.
Example: Children too exhausted even to wave the flies off their faces, and men and women in rags scrabbling in the dirt for grains of wheat.» long-grain(ed) = de grano largo.
Example: Most Thai food is served with a helping of jasmine rice that are long-grained but turn sticky once cooked.» short-grain(ed)
» wholegrain = integral.
Example: Wholemeal breads and pastas, high-fibre cereals and brown rice are wholegrain foods.» with a grain of salt = con cautela, con pinzas.
Example: Futuristic food for thought needs to be absorbed with a grain of salt: the real force that shapes the future is effective leadership.grain2 = cereal.
Example: There will be occasions when it is difficult to see any helpful principle; for example, in what order should we arrange grain crops, root crops, legumes, etc. in the crops facet in Agriculture?.more:
» cereal grain = grano de cereal, cereal.
Example: Sorghum, a cereal grain, is the fifth most important cereal crop in the world, largely because of its natural drought tolerance and versatility as food, feed and fuel.» feed grain = grano para los animales, cereal para los animales, cereales pienso, grano forrajero.
Example: The growing of feed grains also requires huge quantities of pesticides and fertilizers, which often end up polluting the environment.» fodder grain = grano para los animales, cereal para los animales, cereales pienso, grano forrajero.
Example: Approximately one quarter of the grain is cultivated for bread and bakery products; the rest is used as fodder grain.» grain elevator = silo.
Example: From the library she could see miles and miles of unobstructed vistas of rich, coffee-brown, almost black soil, broken only by occasional small towns, farms, and grain elevators.» grain thrasher = trilladora, trilla.
Example: See molasses made, see antique farming equipment like grain thrashers and steam tractors working in a re-creation of years gone by.» grain thresher = trilladora, trilla.
Example: An ordinary grain thresher can be used for threshing vetch, whether grown alone or in combination with a small grain.grain3 = fibra, veta.
Example: Flong moulds were liable to shrink as they dried, often differentially according to the grain of the paper of which they were made.more:
» against the grain = a contracorriente, a contrapelo.
Example: There are many able people who are endeavouring to do the kind of things discussed in this article against the grain of an historically received pattern of organisation.» cut + across the grain = cortar perpendicularmente a la veta de crecimiento.
Example: Fine-grained hardwoods were preferred, nearly always cut across the grain, although the largest size types were sometimes cut on the plank.» end-grain block = bloque xilográfico a contrafibra.
Example: Early woodcut initials, coats of arms, etc., were sometimes made from wood cut across the grain, but the use of end-grain blocks remained uncommon until the later eighteenth century.» end-grain wood = madera cortada a contrafibra.
Example: The normal procedure was to fasten several pieces of end-grain wood together to make one large block.» labour against + the grain = luchar (en) contra (de) (la) corriente.
Example: So teachers find themselves laboring against the grain.grain4 = granear.
Example: Collotype was a version of bichromate photolithography in which tone was given by reticulation of the gelatine in the chemical film rather than by graining the underlying surface.