What does piedra in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word piedra in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use piedra in Spanish.

The word piedra in Spanish means stone, stone, hailstone, stone, calculus, stone, piece, chunk, lump, ball, crack, millstone, a stone's throw away, coal, mute, dumb, of stone, shocked, deterioration, cornerstone, cornerstone, artificial stone, limestone, touchstone, cornerstone, a bump in the road, a pebble in your shoe, a rock in your shoe, philosopher's stone, elixir, pumice, pumice stone, precious gem, precious stone, be stunned, be amazed, be flabbergasted, throw the first stone, cast the first stone, stone tower, go back to the stone age. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word piedra

stone

nombre femenino (roca)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le tiró una piedra a la cabeza.
She threw a stone at his head.

stone

nombre femenino (mineral) (material)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Hay una cantera de piedra a las afueras del pueblo.
There's a stone quarry on the outskirts of town.

hailstone

nombre femenino (grano, roca espacial) (meteorology)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ayer cayeron piedras y estropearon mis flores.
Yesterday, hailstones fell and ruined my flowers.

stone, calculus

nombre femenino (coloquial (cálculo renal) (medicine)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le extrajeron una piedra de la vesícula.
They extracted a stone (or: a calculus) from his bladder.

stone

nombre femenino (material de construcción) (construction)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El tercer cerdito se hizo una casa de piedra.
The third little pig built a house out of stone.

piece, chunk, lump, ball

nombre femenino (ES: jerga (droga: hashish) (hashish)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Una piedra te cuesta diez euros.
A lump will cost you ten euros.

crack

nombre femenino (CR, MX: jerga (droga: crack) (cocaine)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
¿Fumaste piedra? Tienes los ojos muy dilatados.
Did you smoke crack? Your eyes look very dilated.

millstone

nombre femenino (rueda de molino) (grain)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La piedra muele el maíz.
The millstone grinds the grain.

a stone's throw away

locución adverbial (muy cerca)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
No hace falta que tomes un taxi: la universidad se encuentra a un tiro de piedra.
There's no need to take a taxi: the university is just a stone's throw away.

coal

nombre masculino (roca sedimentaria)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El carbón mineral que tiene mayor proporción de carbono es la antracita.

mute, dumb

locución nominal masculina (figurado (persona callada) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
En nuestra mesa nos tocó el convidado de piedra, que no nos dijo ni su nombre.
It's like we had a mute at our table; not a single peep came out of her mouth.

of stone

locución adjetiva (sin sentimientos) (figurative: heart)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Tiene un corazón de piedra.
He has a heart of stone.

shocked

locución adjetiva (persona: sorprendido)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Me dejas de piedra con la noticia.
You've shocked me with the news.

deterioration

nombre masculino (monumento: degradación)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Todo la estatua tiene mal de la piedra.

cornerstone

nombre femenino (la que une dos paredes)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El alcalde puso una piedra angular para el nuevo polideportivo.
The mayor placed the cornerstone for the new sport center.

cornerstone

nombre femenino (base, fundamento) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Las matemáticas y la lengua son la piedra angular de la educación.
Mathematics and language are the cornerstones of education.

artificial stone

nombre femenino (material de construcción)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Queremos construir un estanque de piedra artificial.
We want to build a pool with artificial stone.

limestone

nombre femenino (roca sedimentaria)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La piedra caliza es muy común en la naturaleza.
Limestone is very common in nature.

touchstone

nombre femenino (mineral: basalto)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La piedra de toque se emplea para determinar la pureza de ciertos metales.
The touchstone is used to determine the purity of certain metals.

cornerstone

nombre femenino (figurado (ejemplo) (society, value)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Este país quiere erigirse en la piedra de toque de los derechos humanos.
This country wants to establish itself on the cornerstone of human rights.

a bump in the road

locución nominal femenina (figurado (percance, contratiempo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Antes que tu empresa llegue al éxito, te encontrarás muchas piedras en el camino.

a pebble in your shoe, a rock in your shoe

locución nominal femenina (figurado (algo que molesta)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

philosopher's stone, elixir

nombre femenino (alquimia: cambia metal en oro) (transmutation)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
En la Edad Media se creía que la piedra filosofal existía.
In the Middle Ages, people believed in the existence of the philosopher's stone.

pumice, pumice stone

nombre femenino (roca volcánica)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La piedra pómez sirve para quitar las durezas de los pies.
Pumice (or: Pumice stone) is used to remove rough spots on the feet.

precious gem, precious stone

(gema valiosa)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El pirata quiso comprar la lealtad del joven herrero con una piedra preciosa.
The pirate wished to buy the loyalty of the young blacksmith with a precious gem (or: precious stone).

be stunned, be amazed, be flabbergasted

locución verbal (conmocionarse)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Me quedé de piedra al saber de su traición.
I was stunned when I learned of his betrayal.

throw the first stone, cast the first stone

locución verbal (coloquial (atacar primero)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

stone tower

(defensa)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Las torres de piedra son comunes en los castillos.
Stone towers are common in castles.

go back to the stone age

expresión (figurado (retroceso cultural)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Anular los derechos humanos nos haría volver a la edad de piedra.
Annulling human rights would make us go back to the stone age.

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