lana

f.

1 wool.

de lana woolen

ir a por lana y volver trasquilado (Prov) to be hoist with one's own petard

lana de vidrio glass fiber

2 money, capital, dough.

m.

dosh, dough (informal). (Andean Spanish (Bolivia, Chilean Spanish , Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), Mexican Spanish)

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lana

► nombre femenino

1 wool

► nombre femenino plural lanas

1 familiar (pelo) long hair sing

■ ¡córtate esas lanas! get your hair cut!

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de lana woollen (US woolen)

cardarle la lana a alguien familiar to tick somebody off, tell somebody off

ir por lana y salir trasquilado,-a familiar to go for wool and come home shorn

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noun f.

wool

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I

SF

1) [gen] wool; (=vellón) fleece; (=tela) woollen cloth, woolen cloth (EEUU); [para labores] knitting wool

de lana, hecho de lana — wool antes de s , woollen, woolen (EEUU)

- ir por lana y volver trasquilado

lana de acero — steel wool

lana para labores — knitting wool

lana virgen — pure new wool

2) pl lanas * hum long hair sing , locks

3) And, Méx * (=dinero) money, dough *

4) And, Méx (=mentira) lie

5) CAm (=estafador) swindler

II

SF CAm = lama I, 2)

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femenino

1) (material) wool; (vellón, pelambre) fleece

una bufanda de lana — a wool o woolen scarf

son de lana — they're (made of) wool

ir (a) por lana y volver trasquilado — to be hoist with one's own petard

unos cardan la lana y otros cobran la fama — some do all the work and others get all the credit

- lana virgen

2) (AmL fam) (dinero) dough (sl)

tienen mucha lana — they're loaded (colloq)

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= wool, fleece.

Ex. In this subject context the concept wool plays the role of Material.

Ex. Most fleece is carded between two brushes to disentangle and align the fiber.

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* cardar lana = card + wool.

* ovillo de lana = ball of wool.

* paño de lana = woollen [woolen, -USA].

* productor de lana = wool producer.

* pura lana = pure wool.

* pura lana virgen = pure new wool.

* tejido grueso de lana = duffel [duffle].

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femenino

1) (material) wool; (vellón, pelambre) fleece

una bufanda de lana — a wool o woolen scarf

son de lana — they're (made of) wool

ir (a) por lana y volver trasquilado — to be hoist with one's own petard

unos cardan la lana y otros cobran la fama — some do all the work and others get all the credit

- lana virgen

2) (AmL fam) (dinero) dough (sl)

tienen mucha lana — they're loaded (colloq)

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= wool, fleece.

Ex: In this subject context the concept wool plays the role of Material.

Ex: Most fleece is carded between two brushes to disentangle and align the fiber.

* cardar lana = card + wool.

* ovillo de lana = ball of wool.

* paño de lana = woollen [woolen, -USA].

* productor de lana = wool producer.

* pura lana = pure wool.

* pura lana virgen = pure new wool.

* tejido grueso de lana = duffel [duffle].

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lana

feminine

A (material) wool; (vellón, pelambre) fleece

lana de alpaca alpaca wool

una madeja de lana a skein of wool

usó tres lanas distintas she used three different wools o kinds of wool

una bufanda de lana a wool o woolen o (colloq) wooly scarf

tela de lana woolen cloth, wool

no son de nylon, son de lana they're not nylon, they're wool

ir (a) por lana y volver trasquilado to be hoist by one's own petard

unos cardan la lana y otros cobran la fama some do all the work and others get all the credit

Compuestos:

● lana de acero

steel wool

● lana de vidrio

fiberglass*

● lana merino or merina

Botany wool

● lana virgen

new wool

pura lana virgen pure new wool

B (AmL fam) (dinero) dough (sl), cash (colloq)

tienen mucha lana they're loaded (colloq)

caerse con la lana (para algo) (Méx fam); to put up the money (for sth)

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lana sustantivo femenino
1 (material) wool;
(vellón, pelambre) fleece;

◊ lana virgen new wool;

una bufanda de lana a wool o woolen scarf
2 (AmL fam) (dinero) dough (sl);

◊ tienen mucha lana they're loaded (colloq)

lana sustantivo femenino wool
pura lana virgen, pure new wool
'lana' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calceta
- chaleco
- dar
- devanar
- ser
- estambre
- mechón
- paño
- prenda
- tonsurar
- alpaca
- apelmazarse
- cardar
- catalán
- cundir
- desenredar
- enmarañado
- enredado
- enredar
- esponjoso
- gordo
- guante
- hilar
- hueco
- jaspeado
- madeja
- mota
- peinar
- peludo
- picar
- tela
- terminar
English:
ball
- coat
- demand
- fleece
- scarf
- shear
- snarl up
- tangle
- wool
- woolen
- woollen
- woolly
- wooly
- cash
- Catalan
- cough
- dough
- loop
- loot
- ply
- steel
- woolens

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lana nf

1. [de oveja] wool;

de lana woollen;

Prov

ir a por lana y volver trasquilado to be hoist with one's own petard

Comp

lana mineral rock wool;

lana de vidrio glass wool;

lana virgen virgin wool

2. Andes, Méx Fam [dinero] dough, Br dosh;

Comp

ser de lana to be rolling in it

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lana

f

1wool;

pura lana virgen pure new wool

2 Méx pop (dinero) dough fam

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lana nf

1) : wool

lana de acero: steel wool

2) Mex fam : money, dough

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lana n wool

de lana woollen

guantes de lana woollen gloves