Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Tuesday March 30, 2010
polvo, noun:
dust
El polvo is the basic word for dust:
una nube de polvo
a cloud of dust
The phrase for to dust something is quitar el polvo:
Quitaba el polvo de los bordes de la mesa.
He was dusting the side of the table.
The phrase en polvo refers to things which are powdered:
la leche en polvo
powdered milk
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