Stone in spanish

Piedra

pronunciation: piedɹ̩ɑ part of speech: noun
In gestures

stone1 = piedra, chino, china. 

Example: A manuscript is a writing made by hand (including musical scores), typescripts, and inscriptions on clay tablets, stone, etc.

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» 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.

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» 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.

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» 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.

Stone synonyms

rock in spanish: , pronunciation: rɑk part of speech: noun pit in spanish: , pronunciation: pɪt part of speech: noun gem in spanish: , pronunciation: dʒem part of speech: noun colored in spanish: , pronunciation: kʌlɜrd part of speech: adjective chromatic in spanish: , pronunciation: kroʊmætɪk part of speech: adjective gemstone in spanish: , pronunciation: dʒemstoʊn part of speech: noun hailstone in spanish: , pronunciation: heɪlstoʊn part of speech: noun lapidate in spanish: , pronunciation: læpədeɪt part of speech: verb
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