Cofre in english
Chest
pronunciation: tʃest part of speech: noun
pronunciation: tʃest part of speech: noun
In gestures
cofre = coffin ; coffer ; treasure chest ; casket.
Example: Next morning the heap, now damp right through, was set up on one end of the horse (later called the bank), a bench long enough to take two piles of paper end to end, and about as high as the coffin of the press.Example: The organizers announced that the high conference attendance in Glasgow will bring 160,000 Euros into the IFLA coffers -- news to warm the cockles of a parsimonious treasurer's heart.Example: For grades 3-4, children estimate the value of treasure chests filled with gold coins and explore the size and weight of gold bars.Example: For 25 years, this exquisitely enamelled medieval casket had been on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.more:
» el cofre de oro al final del arco iris = the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow [Expresión utilizada para indicar algo que es inalcanzable o imposible] ; the crock of gold at the end of the rainbow [Expresión utilizada para indicar algo que es inalcanzable o imposible] .
Example: They agreed that whenever a rainbow appeared, they would contact each other and would try to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Example: It seems to me that trying to pin down 'quality' is a bit like trying to find the crock of gold at the end of the rainbow.