- palomilla
- f.1 grain moth (insect).2 butterfly nut, wing nut (rosca).3 bracket (soporte).4 dyer's alkanet.5 gang, band, mob.6 liver fluke.7 pompano.8 support plate.* * *palomilla► nombre femenino1 (insecto) moth2 (tuerca) wing nut3 (armazón) bracket* * *SF1) (Entomología) moth; [esp] grain moth; (=crisálida) nymph, chrysalis2) (Téc) (=tuerca) wing nut3) (=soporte) wall bracket, angle iron4) [de caballo] back, backbone5) * And, Cono Sur (=niño vagabundo) urchin, ragamuffin; CAm, Cono Sur, Méx [de niños] mob of kids; (=pandilla) crowd of layabouts, band of hooligans* * *Iadjetivo (Andes fam) <niño/muchacho> (callejero) street (before n); (travieso) naughtyIIfemenino1) (mariposa nocturna) moth; (crisálida) chrysalis2) (tuerca) wing nut, butterfly nut; (soporte) wall bracket3) (Méx fam) (pandilla, grupo) gangIIImasculino y femenino (Andes fam) (muchacho - callejero) street kid (colloq); (- travieso) little monkey (colloq), little devil (colloq)* * *= thumb-screw, moth.Ex. Chases with thumb-screws in two of the sides for locking up the forme without the use of quoins were used in France and Germany until the seventeenth century.Ex. Animals profiled include buzzards, moths, leeches, jellyfish, snakes, slugs, and toads.* * *Iadjetivo (Andes fam) <niño/muchacho> (callejero) street (before n); (travieso) naughtyIIfemenino1) (mariposa nocturna) moth; (crisálida) chrysalis2) (tuerca) wing nut, butterfly nut; (soporte) wall bracket3) (Méx fam) (pandilla, grupo) gangIIImasculino y femenino (Andes fam) (muchacho - callejero) street kid (colloq); (- travieso) little monkey (colloq), little devil (colloq)* * *= thumb-screw, moth.
Ex: Chases with thumb-screws in two of the sides for locking up the forme without the use of quoins were used in France and Germany until the seventeenth century.
Ex: Animals profiled include buzzards, moths, leeches, jellyfish, snakes, slugs, and toads.* * *palomilla1adjective(Andes fam) ‹niño/muchacho› (callejero) street (before n); (travieso) naughtypalomilla2feminineA1 (mariposa nocturna) moth2 (crisálida) chrysalisCompuesto:palomilla de San Juan(Méx) woodwormB1 (tuerca) wing nut, butterfly nut2 (soporte) wall bracketC (Méx fam) (pandilla, grupo) gangpalomilla3masculine and feminine(Andes fam)(muchacho — callejero) street kid (colloq); (— travieso) little monkey (colloq), little devil (colloq)* * *
palomilla sustantivo femenino
1 (mariposa nocturna) moth;
(crisálida) chrysalis
2 (tuerca) wing nut, butterfly nut;
(soporte) wall bracket
3 (Méx fam) (pandilla, grupo) gang
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (Andes fam) (muchacho — callejero) street kid (colloq);
(— travieso) little monkey (colloq), little devil (colloq)
'palomilla' also found in these entries:
English:
moth
* * *palomilla♦ adjPerú Fam mischievous♦ nf1. [insecto] grain moth2. [rosca] butterfly nut, wing nut3. [soporte] bracket4. CAm, Chile, Méx Fam [pandilla] gang5. CAm, Chile, Méx Fam [chusma] rabble, riff-raff6. Perú Fam [travieso] little monkey* * *palomillaf C.Am., Méxgang* * *palomilla nf: moth
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.