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furoya
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  Value Position Position 2 2 Accepted meanings 15147 2 Obtained votes 88 2 Votes by meaning 0.01 7 Inquiries 435042 3 Queries by meaning 29 7 Feed + Pdf

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mal de todos
  20

It must be a fragment of some text where it makes sense. See evil (noun, adjective), of (preposition), all (indefinite pronoun "all people", adjective).

  
estar echo uva
  22

It's some mistranscribed version for "like a grape" ("fresh, fresh, healthy"), or "to be like a vat" ("drunk, drunk." See "like a rose", "be between San Juan and Mendoza"

  
fembra placentera
  19

It seems to me that I already know where this fragment comes from: regardless of the concept that the consultant has of herself to choose her nick, surely it is a quote made by someone somewhere in the work known -among other names- as The Book of Good Love ( Juan Ruiz , Archpriest of Hita?; 1330 ) [note: I am leaving the complete stanza in the example , with the writing a little more faithful to the original]. See female ("archaism for female"), pleasurable ("producing pleasure").

  
actinómetro
  19

It is an instrument for measuring radiation values, especially that of solar rays. It is a word formed by the Greek voices 945; 954; 964; 953; 957; 959; 962; ( actinus "lightning" ) 956; 949; 964; 961; 959; 957; ( metron "measure" ) .

  
dendrógrafo
  19

1º_ Who is engaged in making denphrography ("family tree graphs"). See system , medico/genealógico , tree . 2º_ Although it may come from a bad translation, in dasonomia is called dendrograph to an instrument to measure the increase in diameter in the trunk of trees during their development. Also to those who take care of graphing it. See dendrometer, dendrogram.

  
taxímetro
  23

1º_ It is an accountant used by rental vehicles to calculate the rate to be charged to the passenger. The car and its driver were also called that. The word is composed of the Greek voices 964; 945; 958; 953; 962; ( taxis "rate, tax" ) 956; 949; 964; 961; 959; 957; ( metron "measure" ) . See taxi , tacho . 2º_ Nautical instrument that allows to orient the horizontal angle of navigation taking as reference the North of the compass.

  
cronómetro
  16

It is a watch that allows you to measure partial lapses very accurately. Formed by chrono- ("time") and -meter ("measurement").

  
albóndiga
  19

Ball of minced meat and bound with egg, breadcrumbs, spices, and then cooked. Spanish borrows this word from Arabic 1575; 1604; 1576; 1606; 1583; 1602; 1577; ( to the bunduca "the hazelnut") that was used to name any ball, pellet, walnut, piece of round and small shape. But the origin is in the Greek 960; 959; 957; 964; 953; 954; 959; 957; (pontikón "pontic, Ponto") by the "pontic nuts" that at some point passed into Arabic and became associated with its form. See almondiga, alhóndiga .

  
xamue
  19

It is a common name for the insect Thasus gigas. See also maguire . Its larva is edible between 3 and 4 weeks of development.

  
azúcar
  14

1º_ Crystallized carbohydrate, very sweet, extracted from some vegetables such as beetroot or sugar cane; Composed of glucose and fructose. It seems to have its etymological origin in Sanskrit 2358; 2352; 2381; 2325; 2352; 2366; ( sárkaraa "arenilla" ), which through Persian 1588; 1705; 1585; (Sakar) and Arabic 1575; 1604; 1587; 1603; 1585; ( as Sukar) came to Spanish already as 'sugar'. See sucrose. 2º_ Precisely because of the sweetness, it is used as an adjective in a figurative sense to call something or someone affectionately.

  
vainilla
  19

1º_ Diminutive of sheath ( "sheath, elongated shell, . . . " ) . 2º_ By the previous one, common name of the plant Vanilla planifolia and of many other species of Orchidaceae, whose fruits (also called 'vanilla') are shaped like a pod containing the seeds. 3º_ Species of sponge cake in long portions and vanilla flavor, although the name also comes from the form .

  
mississauga
  21

1º_ Name of a Chippewa people originally from North America, in the current Canadian territory. In Ojibwa language misi-zaagiing means "people of the mouth of the great river", 2º_ For the above, Mississauga is the name of a city in the Regional Municipality of Peel (province of Ontario, Canada).

  
eslavo
  30

1º_ Name of a people of Asian origin that expanded through Central and Eastern Europe. 2º_ Relative to that ethnic group and its language.

  
inuk
  38

Native people of North America, misknown as "Eskimo". In their language it means "man, person", because they considered themselves the only ones on Earth, although over time they were finding other tribes. The plural is Inuit.

  
esquimal
  27

Voice with which the Cris Indians called the Inuit of northern Canada. In Ojibwa language or e-skipot means "the one who eats raw meat", and it was always a derogatory qualification, but it is the word known by the Europeans who visited the region and that is why they made it popular all over the world.

  
celta
  20

A group of related peoples who inhabited a vast territory, from Portugal and the British Isles to Asiatic Galicia. Also regarding their language and culture.

  
cíngaro
  25

It is a way of calling the gypsy ("of a nomadic people originating in India"), although it is widely used for the European Gypsy. Spanish comes from the Italian zingaro, which probably has an origin in the Greek 945; 964; 963; 953; 947; 947; 945; 957; 959; 962; ( atsínganos "untouchable" ), with a tsigan root that seems to be earlier .

  
chalé
  12

1º_ It is a type of single-family house, one or two floors surrounded by a garden. The name is the Castilianization of the Swiss French chalet ("rural housing of shepherds") which is also used in Spanish. 2º_ Inflection of the verb chalar . See verbs/chalet .

  
venda
  18

1º_ Strip or tape to cover a wound, also to surround and hold a part of the body that must be immobilized. By extension any girdle or tape that surrounds a part of a body. 2º_ Inflections for the verbs sell and sell. See verbs/bandage .

  
pizarreo
  19

1º_ It is a term related to the blackboard in its various meanings. How to work that mineral to obtain it or shape it. Or do design on advertising boards. Or in sports referred to the scorer (which was formerly a blackboard), as a ruse to alter the points, or making a more lucid game, more carefree because the many are very much in favor of the player. 2º_ It can also be an inflection of the verb slate for the action of any of the previous definitions. See verbs/blackboard.

  




       


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