Piedra in english
pronunciation: stoʊn part of speech: noun
piedra = stone ; rock.
Example: A manuscript is a writing made by hand (including musical scores), typescripts, and inscriptions on clay tablets, stone, etc.Example: The Museum's scientific research draws on unique fossil, rock and mineral collections.more:
» algo grabado en piedra = tablet of stone .
Example: While the operating instructions must be regarded as authoritative, they should not be seen as sacrosanct tablets of stone.» arco de piedra = stone arch .
Example: Behind the canal is the viaduct with its large stone arches.» a un tiro de piedra = just a shot away ; within a stone's throw (away/from) ; a stone's throw away/from .
Example: The song's lyrics paint a picture of social apocalypse -- storm, fire, flood, war, rape, murder, all 'just a shot away'. Example: His childhood home is a squat little bungalow perched on a hill within a stone's throw from Jack London's cabin. Example: Though only a stone's throw away across the grand Atlantic, Europeans and Americans are as different as night and day.» banco de piedra = stone bench .
Example: Evan took a seat on the stone bench, eagerly folding his legs into the lotus position.» bloque de piedra = stone block .
Example: A famous gaolbreak there led to Henry VIII ordering re-enforcement of the floor with giant stone blocks.» caer como una piedra = zonk out .
Example: Whatever the reason, this pup is zonked out and won't even budge when mom tries to wake him.» cartón piedra = papier mâché .
Example: When appropriate, give the material(s) of which the object is made; e.g., 1 diorama (various pieces) : plywood and papier mâché.» con corazón de piedra = stony-hearted .
Example: In vain I walked from one end of London to the other, and trod the 'stony-hearted streets' from morning to night, day after day.» con (muchas) piedras = stony [stonier -comp., stoniest -sup.] .
Example: Nice hotel but no air con in restaurant and very stony beach.» corazón de piedra = stony heart ; heart of stone ; cold-hearted .
Example: In fact, then as now, a publisher, to achieve success, needed charm, financial acumen, a knowledge of the future, a stony heart, and a very rich wife. 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 . Example: He treats others in a very callous manner, throwing in his opinion no matter how cold-hearted it is and not caring for whatever the response is.» cubierto de piedras = stony [stonier -comp., stoniest -sup.] .
Example: Nice hotel but no air con in restaurant and very stony beach.» dejar de piedra = throw + Nombre + for a loop ; floor ; astonish ; knock + Nombre + for a loop .
Example: The unexpected sound of his voice -- she had no idea how he got her number -- threw her for a loop. Example: My best friend floored me recently when casually revealed that women are constantly having a dig at her for deciding not to have children. Example: But in his eyes she saw something she couldn't ignore, something that astonished her -- loneliness as deep as her own. Example: She discovered a shocking secret about her mother's past that knocked her for a loop and suddenly called into question everything she knew about herself.» de piedra = stone ; flinty [flintier -comp., flintiest -sup.] .
Example: Selection, in this broad sense, is a stone adze in the hands of a cabinet maker. Example: 'I wish she'd tell me when she asks one of my people to do something,' she added in the same flinty tone.» de tirar la piedra y esconder la mano = hit-and-run .
Example: But on the other hand, these electronic message boards can have a hit-and-run quality where vitriolic or off-topic comments are posted by contributors hidden in the safety of anonymity.» devolver a la Edad de Piedra = take + Nombre + back to the Dark Ages .
Example: This decision is a threat to Yemen as a whole and will take Yemen back to the Dark Ages.» duro como una piedra = rock-hard .
Example: In this article we have discussed the most popular and efficient workout program to get rock-hard abs and gain muscle.» Edad de Piedra, la = Stone Age, the .
Example: Generally made from massive tree trunks, dugouts are known as the best prehistoric boats, which date back to the Stone Age.» en la edad de la piedra = in the dark ages .
Example: It would be highly desirable to have a phone sitting on top of the library catalogue (if your are still in the dark ages with a card catalogue that is).» grabado en piedra = carved in a tablet of stone .
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.» grabar en piedra = engrave in + stone .
Example: In no sense are policies engraved in stone and unchangeable.» más duro que una piedra = as tough as nuts ; as tough as nails ; as tough as leather ; as tough as old boots ; as tough as shoe leather .
Example: Not only was he talented, but he was tough as nuts and rarely has anyone personified grit and determination more than he. Example: She was a tough-as-nails realist ready to see the dark side of things. Example: Moleskin is a wonderfully comfortable, tough and hard-wearing cotton fabric that is as tough as leather but as soft as velvet to the touch. Example: Ferns are as tough as old boots even if the top dies off there is plenty under the ground waiting for the warmer weather so they can erupt. Example: Chefs sometimes use the term 'shoemaker' as an insult, implying that the chef in question has made his food as tough as shoe leather.» más frío que una piedra = as cold as a stone ; stone cold .
Example: I wanted to be free from my pathological father and cold as a stone mother. Example: Our order took forever to arrive and when it did there was something missing and what was served was stone cold.» más muerto que una piedra = stone dead ; as dead as a stone ; as dead as a doornail .
Example: I assumed she was stone dead when he told me she wasn't breathing. 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. Example: They found the poor dog as dead as a doornail, poisoned by the burglars.» más tieso que una piedra = stone dead ; as dead as a stone ; as dead as a doornail .
Example: I assumed she was stone dead when he told me she wasn't breathing. 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. Example: They found the poor dog as dead as a doornail, poisoned by the burglars.» mojón de piedras = cairn .
Example: Continue ahead and take the right-hand fork as the path splits to head up towards a cairn about a further hundred yards ahead = Continúe todo recto por este sendero y cuando llegue a un desvío siga por el camino de la derecha que asciende en dirección de un mojón de piedras que se encuentra a unos cien metros.» muralla de piedra = stone wall ; dry-stone wall .
Example: There may be millions of fine thoughts, all encased within stone walls of acceptable architectural form. Example: The most numerous and impressive networks of dry-stone walls in Australia are found on the western volcanic plains of Victoria.» muro de piedra = stone wall ; masonry wall ; dry-stone wall ; masonry stone wall .
Example: There may be millions of fine thoughts, all encased within stone walls of acceptable architectural form. Example: The perfect sealing of a masonry wall surface is almost impossible since fine cracks and joints will allow the passage of water into the wall. Example: The most numerous and impressive networks of dry-stone walls in Australia are found on the western volcanic plains of Victoria. Example: This photographic still features a masonry stone wall with rocks in a very wide range of colors and textures.» piedra ágata = agate stone .
Example: The design of these napkin rings is inspired by natural patterns in semi-precious agate stone.» piedra angular = cornerstone [corner-stone] ; keystone ; linchpin [lynchpin] .
Example: Abstracts are the cornerstone of secondary publications. Example: These, then, are keystones to labor relations today. Example: Staff are the organisation's communication gatekeepers, they are linchpins in the change process and determine the effectiveness of the communication process.» piedra arenisca = sandstone .
Example: These tombs are made out of grey sandstone which crumbles when outdoors over a hundred years.» piedra caliza = limestone .
Example: With the rain, the limestone rocks and stiles were very slippy and at least one of our party came a cropper.» piedra + charca + formar + ondas = stone + pond + cast + ripples .
Example: This rather large stone in the pond will cast quite widespread ripples.» piedra de afilar = sharpening stone ; whetstone .
Example: Do not use sharpening stone on pinking shears. Example: Some whetstones have a coarse side and a fine side for more accurate sharpening.» piedra de amolar = sharpening stone .
Example: Do not use sharpening stone on pinking shears.» piedra de encendedor = lighter flint .
Example: Cerium is used in lighter flints because it will ignite in air when heated.» piedra de mechero = lighter flint .
Example: Cerium is used in lighter flints because it will ignite in air when heated.» piedra de moler = grinding stone ; millstone ; grindstone .
Example: He covered the roof with tiles, installed new waterwheels and grinding stones, and produced flour that was white as snow. Example: Granite millstones were quarried in Louisiana as early as 1810. Example: Grindstones were made of imported lava or basalt and were relatively expensive.» piedra de molino = grinding stone ; millstone ; grindstone .
Example: He covered the roof with tiles, installed new waterwheels and grinding stones, and produced flour that was white as snow. Example: Granite millstones were quarried in Louisiana as early as 1810. Example: Grindstones were made of imported lava or basalt and were relatively expensive.» piedra de toque = touchstone .
Example: The touchstone for professional practice are the professional codes of ethics that govern medicine in face-to-face relationships with patients.» piedra en el zapato = stone in + Posesivo + shoe [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.» piedra fisosofal, la = philosopher's stone, the .
Example: The philosopher's stone is a mythical substance that supposedly could turn inexpensive metals into gold.» piedra litográfica = press stone ; litho stone ; lithographic stone [Piedra utilizada para imprimir en la litografía] ; limestone [En impresión, piedra caliza sobre la que se dibuja la imagen que se ha de imprimir] .
Example: When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket. 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. 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. Example: Porous Bavarian limestone was used as this absorbs grease and water equally.» piedra litográfica de color = colour stone .
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.» piedra miliar = milestone .
Example: On their way back the driver lost control over the wheel and the car dashed against a milestone and fell into the river.» piedra miliaria = milestone .
Example: On their way back the driver lost control over the wheel and the car dashed against a milestone and fell into the river.» piedra movediza nunca moho la cobija = a rolling stone gathers no moss .
Example: There's a saying that many people are familiar with that goes: 'A rolling stone gathers no moss'.» piedra pómez = pumice ; pumice stone .
Example: The Romans mixed pumice with their cement to make it lighter when they made the dome of the Pantheon in Rome. Example: Using a pumice stone or an emery board can also help with removing hard skin but they don't work well for corns.» piedra preciosa = gem ; cameo [Figurilla tallada en piedra preciosa y usada como joya] ; precious stone ; gemstone .
Example: For example, DIAMONDS could not be a NT under CUTTING TOOLS as well as under gems. Example: The article 'A passage to India: a bibliographical cameo' celebrates the bibliographical ties between the India and Britain. Example: Mineralogists analyze and classify minerals and precious stones according to their composition and structure. 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.» piedra renal = kidney stone .
Example: The author examines the relationship between tea consumption and oral health, bone health, thermogenesis, cognitive function, and kidney stones.» piedra rojiza = brownstone .
Example: The library building is noteworthy for it use of granite and brownstone on the exterior.» piedra Roseta = Rosetta stone .
Example: In the narrow case, reductionist processes reveal a common underlying principle or process which can serve as a Rosetta stone.» piedra semipreciosa = semi-precious stone .
Example: Some of these exotic bindings were sometimes enriched with chased metal, semi-precious stones, or pasted-on pictures.» piedra volcánica = lava rock .
Example: It is an old legend that taking lava rocks from Hawaii results in being followed by bad luck.» quedarse de piedra = You could have pushed + Nombre + over with a feather .
Example: You could have pushed the young man over with a feather.» sacar agua de las piedras = get + water from/out of (a) stone ; get + blood from/out of (a) stone .
Example: Blood may be thicker than water, but you can't get water from a stone either. Example: We might say that getting information from them is like trying to get blood from a stone.» ser de piedra = as cold as a stone .
Example: I wanted to be free from my pathological father and cold as a stone mother.» sólido como una piedra = rock solid .
Example: The numbers in the ad, which are quite eye-opening, are rock-solid.» tablilla de piedra = stone tablet .
Example: The library also collects old and rare books, rubbings from stone tablets, oracle bones and maps.» tan duro como la piedra = as hard as nails .
Example: From a distance she gives the impression of being as hard as nails.» tan duro como una piedra = as hard as nails ; as tough as nuts ; as tough as nails ; as tough as leather ; as tough as old boots ; as tough as shoe leather .
Example: From a distance she gives the impression of being as hard as nails. Example: Not only was he talented, but he was tough as nuts and rarely has anyone personified grit and determination more than he. Example: She was a tough-as-nails realist ready to see the dark side of things. Example: Moleskin is a wonderfully comfortable, tough and hard-wearing cotton fabric that is as tough as leather but as soft as velvet to the touch. Example: Ferns are as tough as old boots even if the top dies off there is plenty under the ground waiting for the warmer weather so they can erupt. Example: Chefs sometimes use the term 'shoemaker' as an insult, implying that the chef in question has made his food as tough as shoe leather.» tan frío como una piedra = as cold as a stone ; stone cold .
Example: I wanted to be free from my pathological father and cold as a stone mother. Example: Our order took forever to arrive and when it did there was something missing and what was served was stone cold.» tirarse piedras contra + Posesivo + propio tejado = cut + the branch + you sit on ; cut off + Posesivo + nose to spite + Posesivo + face ; shoot + Reflexivo + in the foot ; be + Posesivo + (own) worst enemy .
Example: It may sound as if the librarians and information professionales are about to cut the branch on which they sit, but progress aimed toward informational self-service cannot be stopped. Example: The article 'Cutting off one's nose to spite one's face' discusses the harmful results to British libraries of increasing fees for overseas library students. Example: In other words, we have become our worst enemy, continually shooting ourselves in the foot. Example: If you put a lot of effort into losing weight but just don't seem to get results, you may be your own worst enemy.» tropezar dos veces con la misma piedra = make + the same mistake twice .
Example: And the conventional wisdom is don't make the same mistake twice, learn from your mistakes.» volver a la Edad de Piedra = go back to + the Dark Ages .
Example: We feel like we have gone back to the Dark Ages where politics has trumped science.