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dust
1. s. Polvo
2. vt. Desempolvar
3. vt. Rociar con un polvo
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dust
1. s. Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc.
2. s. The act of cleaning by dusting.
3. s. (obsolete) A single particle of earth or other material.
4. s. The earth, as the resting place of the dead.
5. s. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
6. s. (figurative) Something worthless.
7. s. (figurative) A low or mean condition.
8. s. (slang) cash; money (in reference to gold dust).
9. s. (colloquial) A disturbance or uproar.
to raise, or kick up, a dust
10. s. (mathematics) A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.
11. v. To remove dust from.
The cleaning lady needs a stool to dust the cupboard.
12. v. (intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.
Dusting always makes me cough.
13. v. (intransitive) Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.
14. v. To spray or cover something with fine powder or liquid.
The mother dusted her baby's bum with talcum powder.
15. v. (chiefly US slang) To leave; to rush off.
16. v. To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.
español > inglés
polvo
1. n-m. dust (fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects)
2. n-m. powder, dust (fine particles of a dry substance)
3. n-m. (vulgar, colloquial) fuck, screw (sexual intercourse)
(synonyms, folleteo, q1=Spain, cogida, q2=Latin America)
4. n-m. (plurale tantum) (see) polvos

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Covered with dust, the doll stood in the corner of the room.      Cubierta de polvo, la muñeca estaba de pie en el rincón de la habitación. You must keep this machine free from dust.      Tienes que mantener esta máquina libre de polvo. All the furniture was covered with dust.      Todos los muebles estaban llenos de polvo. Did you ever try keeping your flat completely free from dust?      ¿Alguna vez has intentado mantener tu piso completamente libre de polvo? Hail all faithful souls, whose bodies here and everywhere do rest in the dust.      Os saludo, oh todas las almas fieles, cuyos cuerpos aquí y en todas partes descansan en el suelo.

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