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piedra de toque



Definitions

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piedra de toque
     1. n-f. touchstone
Analysis
piedra
     1. n-f. stone (hard earthen substance that can form large rocks)
     2. n-f. flint (small cylinder used to produce a spark in a lighter, etc.)
     3. n-f. hailstone (single ball of hail, or solid precipitation)
     4. n-f. crack (potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine)
     5. n-f. pumice
de
     1. prep. of; 's; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)
           Constitución española de 1812 - Spanish constitution of 1812
           la cola del perro - the dog’s tail
     2. prep. from (with the source or provenance of or at)
           Soy de España. - I’m from Spain.
toque
     1. n-m. whiff
     2. n-m. touch
     3. n-m. stroke
     4. n-m. toke
     5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of tocar
     tocar
          1. v. to touch
          2. v. to play (a musical instrument)
                Ella toca el piano. - She plays the piano.
          3. v. (impersonal, transitive) to be someone's time or turn
                Ahora me toca jugar. - Now it's my turn to play.



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