Grass in spanish
pronunciation: ieɹ̩bɑ part of speech: noun
grass1 = hierba, césped, yerba.
Example: In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.more:
» artificial grass = césped artificial, hierba artificial.
Example: The most influential factor in recent hockey success has been artificial grass.» at grass roots level = en el nivel básico. [A diferencia de niveles superiores de responsabilidad]
Example: The most important element of any new approach is not materials, buildings or impressive information files but a commitment by staff at 'grass roots' level to helping those in need of community information.» be like watching (the) grass grow = ser aburridísimo, ser un plomo, ser capaz de aburrir a un muerto.
Example: Watching golf on television is like watching grass grow.» blade of grass = brizna de hierba, hoja de hierba.
Example: In the midst of green and growing lands was a moonscape city of blasted land where no leaf of tree or blade of grass could grow.» canary grass = alpiste.
Example: The pollen of canary grass, which was introduced as a pasture grass from Europe, is a major allergen in southern Australia.» couch grass = grama.
Example: We are fully aware that the quickest and easiest way to clear an area of couch grass is to strim the grass to a height of about 2cm .» crabgrass = digitaria, grama salvaje.
Example: Put another way, if broadcasting were a garden, pirate radio stations would be poisonous crabgrass.» esparto grass = esparto.
Example: The article of international commerce was, not paper, but the raw materials from which paper was made: rags, esparto grass, and wood pulp.» grass area = zona de césped, área de césped.
Example: An individual, aged in his 30s, was found in a grass area close to a commercial premises in the early hours of Friday morning.» grass blade = brizna de hierba.
Example: Set your mower at its highest level, to allow grass blades to be about 3 inches long.» grass cuttings = recortes de césped.
Example: Use grass cuttings as a mulch around shrubs and trees in the garden to help them conserve water and to stop weeds growing.» grass-fed = alimentado con pasto.
Example: Grass-fed beef also excels nutritionally in vitamin A, E and Beta Carotene, over grain-fed beef.» grasshopper = saltamontes.
Example: A lot more work needs to be done for other groups, including caterpillars, aquatic insects, grasshoppers, snails, and spiders.» grassland = pradera, pastizales, pastos.
Example: The article is entitled 'Satellite-based monitoring of grassland curing in Victoria, Australia'.» grassroots [grass-roots] = popular, de base popular, formado por gente cotidiana de la calle.
Example: For a year or two, any wholesome grass-roots group, aiming at anything from wholemeal bread to revolution, would tap one public agency or another.» grassroots organisation = organismo de base popular.
Example: The most significant response has been the growth in every town of a widening range of citizen action groups -- consumer groups, parent-teacher associations and branches of CASE, Shelter groups, Civic Trust groups, tenants' and residents' associations and many other kinds of 'grass roots' organisation.» grass shavings = recortes de césped.
Example: He was shirtless and covered with grass shavings, because the bag on the mower was ripped and held together with clothes pins.» grass skirt = falda de rafia.
Example: Lu Flux's signature style is playful and eccentric and her pink grass skirt is no exception.» lemongrass = yerbalimón, pasto de limón.
Example: Our testing found that gently pounding individual stalks released the delicate, perfumed and flavorful oils of the lemongrass.» pampas grass = cortadera.
Example: The silky, feathery plumes of pampas grass add a nice texture to the home landscape.» put out to + grass = relevar, destituir, jubilar, dejar en el dique seco.
Example: The article 'Should the computer be put out to grass?' argues that successful transfer of information relies more on quality than quantity.» ryegrass = raigrás. [Tipo de yerba fina utilizada como césped o pasto para animales]
Example: The treatment was also applied to applied to sugarbeet, rape, potato, ryegrass, maize, wheat and barley.» snake in the grass = traidor.
Example: You can fend off a danger which you can see, but you are more liable to be taken unawares and be bitten by a snake in the grass.» the grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence) = nadie está contento con lo que tiene, nadie esta contento con su suerte.
Example: This is one of those 'The grass is greener on the other side of the fence' situations.» twitch grass = grama.
Example: If your garden is not very big, practically the only way to eradicate twitch grass is to cover the whole area with a light-excluding cover.grass over2 = cubrir con/de hierba, plantar con/de hierba, cubrir con/de césped, plantar con/de césped.
Example: This is the edge of an old spoil tip from the colliery which has now been stabilised and grassed over.more:
» grass on = chivarse de, delatar a, dar un chivatazo de, chivarse de, dar un soplo de.
Example: Everybody, too, knows the gang leaders in town but you don't grass on them.