- plumazo
- m.stroke of the pen.de un plumazo with a stroke of one's pen; (al tachar) in one fell swoop, at a stroke (figurative) (al hacer algo)* * *plumazo► nombre masculino1 stroke of the pen\FRASEOLOGÍAde un plumazo at/in one fell swoop, at a stroke* * *SM1) (=trazo fuerte) stroke of the pen
de un plumazo — with one stroke of the pen; Caribe in a jiffy *
es un cuento que escribió de un plumazo — it's a story which she dashed off
2) (=colchón) feather mattress; (=almohada) feather pillow* * *masculino stroke of the pende un plumazo — at a stroke
* * *masculino stroke of the pende un plumazo — at a stroke
* * *plumazomasculinestroke of the pende un plumazo at a strokeeliminó mis dudas de un sólo plumazo he dispelled all my doubts in an instant o (colloq) just like thatde un plumazo terminó con esos beneficios she did away with all those benefits at a stroke o in one fell swoop* * *
plumazo sustantivo masculino
1 (trazo enérgico) stroke of the pen
de un plumazo, at a stroke
* * *plumazo nm, Am plumada nfstroke of the pen;de un plumazo [al tachar] with a stroke of one's pen;Fig at a stroke;el nuevo presidente suprimió de un plumazo las barreras arancelarias the new president abolished the tariff barriers with a stroke of his pen;la empresa eliminó a sus rivales de un plumazo the company got rid of its rivals at a stroke;la decisión resuelve de un plumazo varios problemas the decision solves several problems at a stroke o at once* * *plumazom:de un plumazo suprimir with one stroke of the pen
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.