Stone in spanish
pronunciation: piedɹ̩ɑ part of speech: noun
stone1 = piedra, chino, china.
Example: A manuscript is a writing made by hand (including musical scores), typescripts, and inscriptions on clay tablets, stone, etc.more:
» agate stone = piedra ágata.
Example: The design of these napkin rings is inspired by natural patterns in semi-precious agate stone.» a rolling stone gathers no moss = piedra movediza nunca moho la cobija.
Example: There's a saying that many people are familiar with that goes: 'A rolling stone gathers no moss'.» as cold as a stone = tan frío como una piedra, más frío que una piedra, ser de piedra.
Example: I wanted to be free from my pathological father and cold as a stone mother.» as dead as a stone = completamente muerto, más muerto que una piedra, más tieso que una piedra, más tieso que un muerto, fiambre, tieso.
Example: And there is a world of difference between these and an artificial, plastic plant, which may look very real but is dead as a stone.» as still as a stone = tan quieto como una estatua, más quieto que una estatua.
Example: A wolf can run like the wind or be as still as a stone.» a stone's throw away/from = a un tiro de piedra, a un paso.
Example: Though only a stone's throw away across the grand Atlantic, Europeans and Americans are as different as night and day.» be a rolling stone = ser ave de paso, ser culo de mal asiento, ser una persona sin raíces ni ataduras.
Example: I was a rolling stone until you changed my ways.» be a stepping stone to = ser un puente hacia, servir de puente para, ser un paso intermedio para.
Example: The workforce is youthful, itinerant and frequently hopeful of using the libary as a stepping stone to jobs in marketing or publishing.» be written in sand, not stone = estar sujeto a cambios.
Example: However, an assumption must undergird the entire process: All decisions are written in sand, not stone.» brownstone = piedra rojiza.
Example: The library building is noteworthy for it use of granite and brownstone on the exterior.» capstone = punto álgido, momento álgido, momento culminante, punto culminante, momento cumbre.
Example: According to Freud, the genital stage serves as the capstone and completes the development of the healthy sexual adult.» capstone = albardilla, albarda, remate de muro, vierteaguas.
Example: The joints between the capstones must be waterproof or must be equipped with a system which will prevent the water from penetrating the joints.» carved in a tablet of stone = grabado en piedra.
Example: What the presidency needs is a job description; not one carved in a tablet of stone and certainly not one which would form all future presidents in the same sanitised mould.» cobblestone = adoquín.
Example: Cells formed a loose monolayer and exhibited a typical cobblestone appearance.» colour stone = piedra litográfica de color.
Example: But for the most part chromolithographers combined the three-colour method with the superimposition of flat tones and used a larger number of colour stones than the basic three.» copestone = albardilla, albarda, remate de muro, vierteaguas.
Example: The exterior of the armory will be chiefly of brick with copestones topping the walls.» coping stone = albardilla, albarda, remate de muro, vierteaguas.
Example: Many parapet walls are finished with a coping stone.» cornerstone [corner-stone] = base, pilar, piedra angular, pieza clave.
Example: Abstracts are the cornerstone of secondary publications.» drop + (stone) dead = caerse muerto.
Example: He dropped dead of a heart attack in 1959 at a screening of the film version of his only best-selling novel because he was outraged at the producers' interpretation of his work.» engrave in + stone = grabar en piedra.
Example: In no sense are policies engraved in stone and unchangeable.» flagstone = losa, laja.
Example: The location of the quarries strongly supports the hypothesis that the Romans carried the flagstones by ship towards the coasts of the central Adriatic Sea.» gallstone = cálculo biliar.
Example: Only two single gene defects are associated with gallstones.» gemstone = gema, piedra preciosa.
Example: In 1897 he quit a wretchedly underpaid job and set out to make his fortune as a prospector in the gemstone fields of Alice Springs.» get + blood from/out of (a) stone = sacar agua de las piedras, hacer lo imposible, hacer milagros.
Example: We might say that getting information from them is like trying to get blood from a stone.» get + water from/out of (a) stone = sacar agua de las piedras, hacer lo imposible, hacer milagros.
Example: Blood may be thicker than water, but you can't get water from a stone either.» gravestone = lápìda.
Example: He couldn't understand why life had again dealt him a bad hand, threw him a curved ball -- why someone like her was now a mere name on a gravestone.» grinding stone = piedra de moler, piedra de molino.
Example: He covered the roof with tiles, installed new waterwheels and grinding stones, and produced flour that was white as snow.» grindstone = piedra de molino, piedra de moler, muela.
Example: Grindstones were made of imported lava or basalt and were relatively expensive.» hailstone = granizo, granizada.
Example: Don't bank on it, there can be bright sunshine, hailstones, drizzle, pouring rain and snowflurries in any given hour of the day.» headstone = lápida.
Example: Photographs of 24 headstones are included with accompanying details about their location and date.» keystone = piedra angular, pilar, clave.
Example: These, then, are keystones to labor relations today.» kidney stone = piedra renal, cálculo, cálculo renal.
Example: The author examines the relationship between tea consumption and oral health, bone health, thermogenesis, cognitive function, and kidney stones.» leave + no stone unturned = remover Roma con Santiago, remover (el) cielo y (la) tierra, buscar por todas partes.
Example: In out search for Mom's wedding ring, we left no stone unturned.» limestone = caliza, piedra caliza.
Example: With the rain, the limestone rocks and stiles were very slippy and at least one of our party came a cropper.» limestone = piedra litográfica. [En impresión, piedra caliza sobre la que se dibuja la imagen que se ha de imprimir]
Example: Porous Bavarian limestone was used as this absorbs grease and water equally.» lithographic stone = piedra litográfica. [Piedra utilizada para imprimir en la litografía]
Example: Lithographic stones are easy to prepare, they can give a very large number of impressions, and they can be resurfaced by polishing with an abrasive.» litho stone = piedra litográfica.
Example: The 1850s also saw the appearance of photolithography, whereby a chemical film spread on the surface of a litho stone or plate was rendered insoluble and water-repellent by exposure to light.» milestone = hito, mojón, piedra miliar, piedra miliaria.
Example: On their way back the driver lost control over the wheel and the car dashed against a milestone and fell into the river.» millstone = piedra de molino, piedra de moler, muela.
Example: Granite millstones were quarried in Louisiana as early as 1810.» paving stone = baldosa, losa.
Example: If they were watching the nimble movements of a compositor as he gathered the types from the hundred and fifty-two boxes of his case, they would run into a ream of wetted paper weighted down with paving stones.» philosopher's stone, the = piedra fisosofal, la.
Example: The philosopher's stone is a mythical substance that supposedly could turn inexpensive metals into gold.» precious stone = piedra preciosa.
Example: Mineralogists analyze and classify minerals and precious stones according to their composition and structure.» press stone = piedra litográfica.
Example: When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.» pumice stone = piedra pómez.
Example: Using a pumice stone or an emery board can also help with removing hard skin but they don't work well for corns.» rhinestone = diamante de imitación, diamante falso.
Example: These unique hair claws covered with rhinestone are a stepped-up version of today's most popular accessories.» Rosetta stone = piedra Roseta.
Example: In the narrow case, reductionist processes reveal a common underlying principle or process which can serve as a Rosetta stone.» sandstone = piedra arenisca.
Example: These tombs are made out of grey sandstone which crumbles when outdoors over a hundred years.» semi-precious stone = piedra semipreciosa.
Example: Some of these exotic bindings were sometimes enriched with chased metal, semi-precious stones, or pasted-on pictures.» set in + stone = ser inalterable, hacer inalterable.
Example: Reciprocity and mutual understanding are necessary conditions for states who want establish firm relationships and this should be set in stone.» set in + tablets of stone = ser inalterable, hacer inalterable.
Example: Standards are not principles set in tablets of stone -- they are living and contextualised principles open to critique, adaptation and refinement in the light of evolving professional knowledge.» sharpening stone = piedra de afilar, piedra de amolar.
Example: Do not use sharpening stone on pinking shears.» siltstone = aleurolita.
Example: Since shales and siltstones erode faster than sandstones and limestones, the basic topography is flat-topped mountains with stepped flanks.» stepping stone = pasadera. [Piedra que se coloca en los arroyos de agua para atravesarlos sin mojarse]
Example: The workforce is youthful, itinerant and frequently hopeful of using the libary as a stepping stone to jobs in marketing or publishing.» stone cold = tan frío como una piedra, más frío que una piedra.
Example: Our order took forever to arrive and when it did there was something missing and what was served was stone cold.» stonecutter = cantero, picapedrero.
Example: It took more than two hundred stonecutters to finally finish the herculanian task of installing all of the marble in the State Capitol.» stone dead = completamente muerto, más muerto que una piedra, más tieso que una piedra, más tieso que un muerto, fiambre, tieso.
Example: I assumed she was stone dead when he told me she wasn't breathing.» stone deaf = sordo como una tapia.
Example: In 1792, when he was forty-seven, the Spanish painter Francisco de Goya contracted a serious illness that left him stone deaf.» stone in + Posesivo + shoe = piedra en el zapato, incordio. [Usado tanto literalmente como metafóricamente]
Example: Nerve damage may mean that you no longer notice the stone in your shoe, due to loss of sensation to your feet.» stone + pond + cast + ripples = piedra + charca + formar + ondas.
Example: This rather large stone in the pond will cast quite widespread ripples.» stone still = tan quieto como una estatua, más quieto que una estatua.
Example: In the dark of the night, he was stone still for a few moments, then he began to tremble out of control.» stonewall = dar largas, dar evasivas.
Example: Some teachers respond with resentment and stonewalling when parents express uneasiness about pedagogical practices.» stoneware = gres, cerámica de gres.
Example: Raw clay materials manufactured for stoneware use are typically compounds of kaolins, silicas and feldspars.» tablet of stone = algo grabado en piedra.
Example: While the operating instructions must be regarded as authoritative, they should not be seen as sacrosanct tablets of stone.» tombstone = lápida.
Example: Some user may come to the library simply to ask the librarian 'Can you suggest a suitable verse for her daughter's tombstone?'.» touchstone = piedra de toque, criterio, principio.
Example: The touchstone for professional practice are the professional codes of ethics that govern medicine in face-to-face relationships with patients.» whetstone = piedra de afilar, muela.
Example: Some whetstones have a coarse side and a fine side for more accurate sharpening.» within a stone's throw (away/from) = a un tiro de piedra, a un paso.
Example: His childhood home is a squat little bungalow perched on a hill within a stone's throw from Jack London's cabin.stone2 = de piedra.
Example: Selection, in this broad sense, is a stone adze in the hands of a cabinet maker.more:
» dry-stone wall = muro de piedra, muro de sillería, muralla de piedra.
Example: The most numerous and impressive networks of dry-stone walls in Australia are found on the western volcanic plains of Victoria.» heart of stone = corazón de piedra.
Example: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys .» masonry stone wall = mampostería, muro de piedra, muro de sillería.
Example: This photographic still features a masonry stone wall with rocks in a very wide range of colors and textures.» Stone Age, the = Edad de Piedra, la.
Example: Generally made from massive tree trunks, dugouts are known as the best prehistoric boats, which date back to the Stone Age.» stone arch = arco de piedra.
Example: Behind the canal is the viaduct with its large stone arches.» stone bench = banco de piedra.
Example: Evan took a seat on the stone bench, eagerly folding his legs into the lotus position.» stone block = bloque de piedra.
Example: A famous gaolbreak there led to Henry VIII ordering re-enforcement of the floor with giant stone blocks.» stone chips = grava.
Example: Hot bitumen is sprayed on the prepared road surface and immediately covered with clean stone chips which are rolled in to ensure adhesion.» stone lithograph = litografía.
Example: It is not usually possible to tell a wood engraving from an electro of an engraving, or a stone lithograph from a zinc-plate lithograph.» stone mason = picapedrero.
Example: One of these collectors was a Captain Cox, stone mason of Coventry, a person with 'great oversight ... in matters of storie'.» stone masonry = mampostería.
Example: Stone masonry has been used for the construction of some of the most important monuments and structures around the world.» stone quarry = cantera.
Example: A 58-year-old taxi driver was found in an abandoned stone quarry on Sunday wearing only his underwear.» stone tablet = tablilla de piedra.
Example: The library also collects old and rare books, rubbings from stone tablets, oracle bones and maps.» stone wall = muro de piedra, muro de sillería, muralla de piedra.
Example: There may be millions of fine thoughts, all encased within stone walls of acceptable architectural form.stone3 = hueso. [De la fruta]
Example: Once you have removed the stones from fruits such as apricots and plums, you can turn the fruit halves inside out, then place them skin down on the tray.stone4 = seis kilos y medio. [Unidad de peso británica equivalente a 14 libras y sin traducción directa al español]
Example: I am a lardy person, 18 stone, and as a part of my new fitness regime I have got myself back into cycling to work.stone5 = apedrear, lapidar.
Example: Government militiamen attempting to supress the rallies were beaten and stoned by the crowds.more:
» stone + Nombe + to death = lapidar, apedrear hasta la muerte.
Example: The killing was committed in the traditional and extremely gruesome way Islam has in store for women accused of adultery: she was stoned to death.