- calva
- f.1 bald patch.2 bald pate, pate, bald patch, bare patch.3 bald-head.* * *calva► nombre femenino1 (de la cabeza) bald patch2 (de un bosque) clearing* * *1. f., (m. - calvo) 2. f., (m. - calvo)* * *SF (=cabeza) bald head; (=parte sin pelo) bald patch; [en alfombra, piel, tela] bare patch, worn place; [de bosque etc] clearing* * *femenino (cabeza sin pelo) bald head; (parte sin pelo) bald patch* * *= bald head, bald pate.Ex. The visually spectacular landscape of granite outcrops at Matobo Hills were called 'the bald heads'.Ex. Hair restoration has come a long way since the Middle Ages when a rancid rhino fat and rosemary concoction was applied on bald pates by virgins.----* hacer una calva = moon, do + a moony.* la ocasión la pintan calva = make + hay while the sun shines.* * *femenino (cabeza sin pelo) bald head; (parte sin pelo) bald patch* * *= bald head, bald pate.
Ex: The visually spectacular landscape of granite outcrops at Matobo Hills were called 'the bald heads'.
Ex: Hair restoration has come a long way since the Middle Ages when a rancid rhino fat and rosemary concoction was applied on bald pates by virgins.* hacer una calva = moon, do + a moony.* la ocasión la pintan calva = make + hay while the sun shines.* * *calvafeminine1 (cabeza sin pelo) bald head2 (parte sin pelo) bald patch* * *
calva sustantivo femenino (cabeza sin pelo) bald head;
(parte sin pelo) bald patch
calvo,-a
I adjetivo bald, glabrous: Juan se está quedando calvo, Juan is going bald
II m, f bald person
♦ Locuciones: ni tanto ni tan calvo, there's no need to go as far as that
calva sustantivo femenino
1 (piel sin pelo) bald patch: el sol le quemó la calva, the sun burnt his bald patch
2 (mujer) bald woman
'calva' also found in these entries:
English:
balding
* * *calva nf1. [en la cabeza] bald patch2. [en tejido, terreno] bare patch* * *calvaf bald patch* * *calva nf: bald spot, bald head
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.