cofre

m.

1 chest, trunk (arca).

2 jewel box.

3 coffer, box, ark, trunk.

4 sea chest.

5 hood, car's hood, bonnet.

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cofre

► nombre masculino

1 (grande) trunk, chest; (pequeño) box, casket

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SM (=caja) chest; [para joyas] casket, jewellery o (EEUU) jewelry box, jewel case; Méx (Aut) bonnet, hood (EEUU)

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masculino

1)

a) (joyero) jewel case, jewelry* box

b) (baúl - para ropa) trunk; (- para dinero, joyas) chest

2) (Méx) (capó) hood (AmE), bonnet (BrE)

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= coffin, coffer, treasure chest, casket.

Ex. Next morning the heap, now damp right through, was set up on one end of the horse (later called the bank), a bench long enough to take two piles of paper end to end, and about as high as the coffin of the press.

Ex. The organizers announced that the high conference attendance in Glasgow will bring 160,000 Euros into the IFLA coffers -- news to warm the cockles of a parsimonious treasurer's heart.

Ex. For grades 3-4, children estimate the value of treasure chests filled with gold coins and explore the size and weight of gold bars.

Ex. For 25 years, this exquisitely enamelled medieval casket had been on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

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masculino

1)

a) (joyero) jewel case, jewelry* box

b) (baúl - para ropa) trunk; (- para dinero, joyas) chest

2) (Méx) (capó) hood (AmE), bonnet (BrE)

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= coffin, coffer, treasure chest, casket.

Ex: Next morning the heap, now damp right through, was set up on one end of the horse (later called the bank), a bench long enough to take two piles of paper end to end, and about as high as the coffin of the press.

Ex: The organizers announced that the high conference attendance in Glasgow will bring 160,000 Euros into the IFLA coffers -- news to warm the cockles of a parsimonious treasurer's heart.

Ex: For grades 3-4, children estimate the value of treasure chests filled with gold coins and explore the size and weight of gold bars.

Ex: For 25 years, this exquisitely enamelled medieval casket had been on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

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cofre

masculine

A

1 (joyero) jewel case, jewelry* box

2 (baúl — para ropa) trunk; (— para dinero, joyas) chest

Compuesto:

cofre del tesoro

treasure chest

B (Méx) (capó) hood (AmE), bonnet (BrE)

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cofre sustantivo masculino

a) (joyero) jewel case, jewelry^{(conjugate jewelry)} box

b) (arcón) chest

c) (Méx) (capó) hood (AmE), bonnet (BrE)

cofre sustantivo masculino (arca) trunk, chest
'cofre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desenterrar
- herrar
- arca
English:
casket
- chest
- salvage

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cofre nm

1. [arca] chest, trunk;

cofre del tesoro treasure chest

2. [para joyas] jewel box

3. Méx [capó] Br bonnet, US hood

4. Ecuad [maletero] Br boot, US trunk

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cofre

m

1 de tesoro chest

2 para alhajas jewelry box, Br

jewellery box

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cofre nm

1) baúl: trunk, chest

2) Mex capote: hood (of a car)

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cofre n (arca) chest