ceniza

f.

ash.

cenizas ashes (de cadáver)

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ceniza

► nombre femenino

1 ash, ashes plural

► nombre femenino plural cenizas

1 (restos) ashes

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noun f.

ash

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SF

1) (=polvo) ash

reducir algo a cenizas — to reduce sth to ashes

- huir de las cenizas y dar en las brasas

2) pl cenizas [de persona] ashes, mortal remains

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femenino

a) (residuo) ash

reducir algo a cenizas — to reduce something to ashes

b) cenizas femenino plural (restos mortales) ashes (pl)

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= ash [ashes, -pl.], cinder.

Ex. He wrote a paper with the title 'Our silent enemy: ashes in our libraries'.

Ex. Here we all are, insignificant microbes on the surface of a cinder left over from the formation of the Sun.

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* Miércoles de Ceniza = Ash Wednesday.

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femenino

a) (residuo) ash

reducir algo a cenizas — to reduce something to ashes

b) cenizas femenino plural (restos mortales) ashes (pl)

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= ash [ashes, -pl.], cinder.

Ex: He wrote a paper with the title 'Our silent enemy: ashes in our libraries'.

Ex: Here we all are, insignificant microbes on the surface of a cinder left over from the formation of the Sun.

* Miércoles de Ceniza = Ash Wednesday.

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ceniza

feminine

1 (residuo) ash

reducir algo a cenizas ‹edificio› to reduce something to ashes

todos nuestros planes quedaron reducidos a ceniza all our plans came to nothing o were thwarted

tomar la ceniza to receive ashes on Ash Wednesday

2 cenizas fpl (restos mortales) ashes (pl)

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ceniza sustantivo femenino
ash
ceniza sustantivo femenino ash
♦ Locuciones: reducir a cenizas, to burn to ashes
'ceniza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
miércoles
English:
ash
- Ash Wednesday
- cinder
- flick

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ceniza nf

1. [de cigarrillo, madera] ash;

reducir algo a ceniza to reduce sth to ashes;

tomar la ceniza = to be marked on the forehead with ashes on Ash Wednesday

Comp

ceniza volcánica volcanic ash

2.

cenizas [de cadáver] ashes

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ceniza

f ash;

cenizas ashes;

reducir a cenizas reduce to ashes

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ceniza nf

1) : ash

2) cenizas nfpl

: ashes (of a deceased person)

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ceniza n ash [pl. ashes]