esparto

m.

esparto (grass).

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: espartar.

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esparto

► nombre masculino

1 esparto grass

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SM esparto, esparto grass

- estar como el esparto

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masculino esparto grass, esparto

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= esparto, esparto grass, rope-fibre.

Ex. The situation was probably similar in Britain, except that very little straw pulp was used, and a considerable amount of esparto.

Ex. The article of international commerce was, not paper, but the raw materials from which paper was made: rags, esparto grass, and wood pulp.

Ex. The boards were generally made of wood up to the later fifteenth century; then of sheets of paper pasted together ('pasteboard'); and then, from the early eighteenth century in good-quality binding but later in cheap work, of rope-fibre millboard.

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* papel de esparto = esparto paper.

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masculino esparto grass, esparto

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= esparto, esparto grass, rope-fibre.

Ex: The situation was probably similar in Britain, except that very little straw pulp was used, and a considerable amount of esparto.

Ex: The article of international commerce was, not paper, but the raw materials from which paper was made: rags, esparto grass, and wood pulp.

Ex: The boards were generally made of wood up to the later fifteenth century; then of sheets of paper pasted together ('pasteboard'); and then, from the early eighteenth century in good-quality binding but later in cheap work, of rope-fibre millboard.

* papel de esparto = esparto paper.

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esparto

masculine

esparto grass, esparto

tienes el pelo como (el) esparto your hair's like straw

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esparto m Bot esparto grass
'esparto' also found in these entries:
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esparto nm

esparto (grass)

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esparto

m BOT esparto grass