Straw in spanish
pronunciation: pɑxɑ part of speech: noun
straw1 = paja.
Example: The situation was probably similar in Britain, except that very little straw pulp was used, and a considerable amount of esparto.more:
» be the last straw = ser el colmo, ser el acabose, ser el copón.
Example: She said they've tolerated his moods, his viciousness -- everything else -- but that this was the last straw.» catch at + straws = agarrarse a un clavo ardiendo.
Example: She thought the director had got to the point of catching at straws.» clutch at + straws = agarrarse a un clavo ardiendo.
Example: While global economic turmoil continues to undermine air transport, die-hards within the aviation industry are left clutching at straws.» grasp at + straws = agarrarse a un clavo ardiendo.
Example: They are grasping at straws trying to scare people into thinking homosexuality is akin to incest, polygamy, bestiality, whatever.» make + bricks without straw = intentar hacer Algo sin contar con los medios necesarios.
Example: Reference librarians can no more make bricks without straw that could the Israelites of old.» straw bale = alpaca de paja.
Example: The book discusses the use of straw bales as a building material.» strawboard = cartón hecho de paja.
Example: The typical yellow-back of the mid nineteenth century was a cheap edition of fiction in small crown octavo, retailing a 2 shillings, and its case was made of glazed coloured paper on strawboard.» straw boater = sombrero canotier, canotier, sombrero de paja.
Example: Straw boaters, scarce since the war, are now once more part of the uniform for boys at many schools in Sydney.» straw figure = quimera, testaferro, hombre de paja.
Example: The form this 'hypothesis' has come to take is easily dismissed as a straw figure and serious consideration of the relation between language diversity and thinking has largely tumbled with it.» straw hat = sombrero de paja.
Example: The scythe, to me, conjures up a vision of warm summer days and lingering sunsets, straw hats, sackcloth and shire horses.» straw man = hombre de paja, testaferro, quimera.
Example: This has long been known to be a straw man (i.e., an obvious fallacy) to be knocked down.» straw poll = sondeo informal de opinión.
Example: Their last straw poll listed Hillary at a 6% popularity among its members, who are considered 'lefties'.» straws in the wind = indicio, indicación.
Example: Recently, however, there have been a number of straws in the wind.» the last straw = el colmo, el acabose.
Example: If the U.S. government goes along with this outrageous request, that ought to be the last straw for every patriotic American.» the last straw of bad luck = el colmo de la mala suerte.
Example: Be nice because we've been through a lot and are having a bad time and think this is the last straw of bad luck.» the straw that broke the camel's back = la gota que colmó el vaso.
Example: They've had their differences of opinion, but recently there was a blow-up that was the straw that broke the camel's back.straw2 = pajita.
Example: Have you ever wondered how bendy straws are made? .more:
» drinking straw = pajita, pajita para beber.
Example: I think the little flags that people sometimes attach to old-fashioned, paper drinking straws are adorable.