Palabra Inglés del Día

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candle
1. s. Bujía, vela.
2. s. Candela (Unidad de medida para la intensidad luminosa).
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candle
1. s. A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
2. s. The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
3. s. (obsolete) A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
4. s. (forestry) A fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer conspicuous.
5. v. (embryology, transitive) To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.
6. v. (pottery) To dry greenware prior to beginning of the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
7. v. To check an item (such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye.
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vela
1. n-f. candle
2. n-f. wakefulness, sleeplessness
una noche en vela (a sleepless night)
3. n-f. vigil, watch
4. n-f. (nautical) sail
5. n-f. (nautical) sailing
Vela = see (or watch) her (a female); see (or watch) it (a feminine noun).

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In Germany, there's a superstition that if you light a cigarette off a candle, a sailor will die at sea.      En Alemania existe la superstición de que, si enciendes un cigarro con una vela, un marinero morirá en el mar. Living life in the fast lane is like burning the candle at both ends.      Vivir la vida en la pista rápida es como quemar una vela por ambos extremos. The candle grew shorter and shorter, until at last it went out.      La vela se hacía más y más corta, hasta que se apagó.

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