pluma

adj.

featherweight (sport).

peso pluma featherweight

f.

1 feather.

un sombrero de plumas a feathered hat

2 (fountain) pen.

pluma estilográfica fountain pen

3 style (figurative) (estilo de escribir).

4 tap (British), faucet (United States). (Caribbean Spanish (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela), Colombian Spanish, Mexican Spanish)

5 crane boom, boom, boom of the crane, jib.

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pluma

► nombre femenino

1 (de ave) feather

2 (de relleno) feather, down

3 (de escribir - estilográfica) fountain pen; (- usada antiguamente) quill pen

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a vuela pluma off the top of one's head

tener pluma familiar to be really camp

pluma estilográfica fountain pen

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noun f.

1) feather

2) pen

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1. SF

1) [de ave] feather; [como adorno] plume, feather

colchón de plumas — feather bed

- hacer a pluma y a pelo

- tener pluma

2) [para escribir] [de metal, plástico] pen; [de ave] quill

y otras obras de su pluma — and other works from his pen

dejar correr la pluma — to write spontaneously

- escribir algo a vuela pluma

pluma atómica — Méx ballpoint pen

pluma electrónica — light pen

pluma esferográfica — LAm ballpoint pen

pluma estilográfica, pluma fuente — fountain pen

3) (=caligrafía) penmanship, writing

4) (Bádminton) (=volante) shuttlecock

5) CAm (=mentira) fib, tale; (=truco) hoax

6) Cono Sur * (=puta) prostitute

7) And, Caribe, Cono Sur (=grifo) tap, faucet (EEUU)

8) Cono Sur (=grúa) crane, derrick

9) Esp ** (=peseta) one peseta

10) Esp *** (=pene) prick ***

11) Esp * (=periodista) hack

2.

SM (Dep) featherweight

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femenino

1) (de aves) feather; (usada antiguamente para escribir) quill; (como adorno) plume, feather

mudar la pluma — to molt*

pesar menos que una pluma — to be as light as a feather

ser ligero or (esp AmL) liviano como una pluma — to be as light as a feather

2)

a) (para escribir) pen

a vuela pluma — <anotar> to jot down

dejar correr la pluma — to let one's pen run on

b) (actividad literaria) writing

vivir de la pluma — to make a living out of writing o as a writer

c) (escritor) writer

- pluma atómica

- pluma estilográfica or fuente

3) (Col, Méx) (del agua) faucet (AmE), tap (BrE)

4) (Bol fam) (prostituta) tart (colloq)

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femenino

1) (de aves) feather; (usada antiguamente para escribir) quill; (como adorno) plume, feather

mudar la pluma — to molt*

pesar menos que una pluma — to be as light as a feather

ser ligero or (esp AmL) liviano como una pluma — to be as light as a feather

2)

a) (para escribir) pen

a vuela pluma — <anotar> to jot down

dejar correr la pluma — to let one's pen run on

b) (actividad literaria) writing

vivir de la pluma — to make a living out of writing o as a writer

c) (escritor) writer

- pluma atómica

- pluma estilográfica or fuente

3) (Col, Méx) (del agua) faucet (AmE), tap (BrE)

4) (Bol fam) (prostituta) tart (colloq)

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pluma¹

¹ = feather.

Ex: If none of these terms is appropriate, give the specific name of the item or the names of the parts of the item as concisely as possible; e.g., 2 feather headbands, 1 pair beaded moccasins.

* cubierto en plumas = feathery.

* ligero como una pluma = light as a feather.

pluma²

² = pen, quill.

Nota: De animal usada para escribir.

Ex: Not until 1543 were these 2 different approaches reconciled with the idea of the surgeon wielding both pen and scalpel.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Beyond quills and inkwells: electronic distribution of economic data'.

* dibujo a pluma = pen drawing.

* nombre de pluma = pen name.

* pluma estilográfica = fountain pen.

pluma³

³ = winch, capstan, hoist.

Ex: They supply capstans and winches powered by electric motors to the industrial marine industry and shipyards.

Ex: They supply capstans and winches powered by electric motors to the industrial marine industry and shipyards.

Ex: They use a variety of hand and power tools, such as air hammers, nail guns, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, and surveying equipment.

pluma⁴

⁴ = feather.

Nota: En encuadernación, decoración de la cubierta con líneas curvas dando la impresión de plumas superpuestas.

Ex: The contrast between the fine feathers of these superb bindings and their jackdaw contents is often quaint.

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pluma

feminine

A (de aves) feather; (usada antiguamente para escribir) quill; (como adorno) plume, feather

mudar la pluma to molt*

almohada de pluma(s) feather pillow

pesar menos que una pluma to be as light as a feather

peso

se le ve/veía la pluma (Esp fam); he is/was gay, he is/was a bit of a fairy (colloq pej)

ser ligero or (esp AmL) liviano como una pluma to be as light as a feather

ser or tener pluma (fam); to be gay

B

1 (para escribir) pen

a vuela pluma: son sólo unas ideas anotadas a vuela pluma they're just a few ideas I scribbled o jotted down

dejar correr la pluma to let one's pen run on

2 (actividad literaria) writing

vivir de la pluma to make a living out of writing o as a writer, to live by the pen (liter)

3 (escritor) writer

Compuestos:

● pluma atómica

(Méx) ballpoint pen

● pluma estilográfica or (AmL) fuente

fountain pen

C

1 (de una grúa) jib

2 (barrera) barrier

3 (de un limpiaparabrisas) blade

D (Col, Méx) (grifo) faucet (AmE), tap (BrE)

E (Bol fam) (prostituta) tart (colloq)

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pluma sustantivo femenino
1 (de aves) feather;
(antigua para escribir) quill;
(como adorno) plume, feather;

◊ mudar la pluma to molt^{(conjugate molt)}

2 (para escribir) pen;

◊ pluma atómica (Méx) ballpoint pen;

pluma estilográfica or (AmL) fuente fountain pen
pluma sustantivo femenino
1 (de ave) feather: es tan ligera como una pluma, she's as light as a feather
2 (para escribir) pen, fountain pen
3 (escritor) writer, pen
4 fam (afeminamiento) effeminacy: tiene algo de pluma, he's a bit affected
'pluma' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cargar
- cartucho
- recambio
- vellosa
- vellosidad
- velloso
- velluda
- velludo
- afilado
- cañón
- capuchón
- carga
- peso
- plumón
- rasgo
- recargable
English:
acclaim
- boom
- cap
- feather
- feather weight
- fountain pen
- fumble
- lay down
- loan
- missing
- molt
- pen
- pull
- quill
- quill pen
- stroke
- top
- ball
- fountain
- nib
- plume

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pluma

♦ nf

1. [de ave] feather;

[adorno] plume, feather;

tiene un sombrero con plumas she has a feathered hat;

un edredón de plumas a feather duvet;

Comp

ser ligero o Am [m5]liviano como una pluma to be as light as a feather

2. [de humo, vapor] plume

3. [de grúa] boom

4. [para escribir] (fountain) pen;

[de ave] quill (pen); Carib, Méx [bolígrafo] (ballpoint) pen;

dejar correr la pluma, escribir a vuela pluma to jot down;

Fig

vivir de la pluma to live by the pen

Comp

Méx pluma atómica ballpoint (pen);

pluma estilográfica fountain pen;

Méx, Ven pluma fuente fountain pen

5. [estilo de escribir] style

6. [escritor] writer

7. Carib, Col, Méx [grifo] Br tap, US faucet

8. Fam [amaneramiento]

tener mucha pluma to be camp

♦ adj inv

Dep featherweight;

peso pluma featherweight

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pluma

f

1 ZO feather

2 para escribir fountain pen;

escribir algo a vuela pluma scribble sth down

3 Méx

grifo faucet, Br

tap

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pluma nf

1) : feather

2) : pen

3)

pluma fuente : fountain pen

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pluma n

1. (de ave) feather

una almohada de plumas a feather pillow

2. (estilográfica) fountain pen

firmó con su pluma he signed with his fountain pen