What does polvo in Spanish mean?

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

The word polvo in Spanish means dust, powder, fuck, cinnamon powder, cocoa powder, get laid, wear out, beat, beat, wiped out, worn out, torn apart, rotten, powdered milk, bite the dust, dust cloud, gold dust, be beat, be demoralized, be a good lay, be good in bed. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word polvo

dust

nombre masculino (partículas de tierra)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La calle está sin asfaltar, por eso el viento levanta y esparce mucho polvo.
The street doesn't have asphalt, that's why the wind lifts and scatters so much dust.

powder

nombre masculino (sustancia sólida pulverizada)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El polvo de talco se obtiene de un silicato, un mineral blando y de color blanco.
Talcum powder is obtained from a silicate, a soft and white colored mineral.

fuck

nombre masculino (ES: vulgar (copulación) (vulgar, offensive, slang)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se fueron a echar un polvo a los cinco minutos de conocerse.
They had a fuck only five minutes after meeting each other.

cinnamon powder

locución nominal femenina (para condimentar)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Puede decorar esta bebida con chantillí y canela fina.

cocoa powder

locución nominal masculina (para preparar bebidas)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mi papá desayuna chocolate en polvo todas las mañanas.
My father makes chocolate milk with cocoa powder every morning.

get laid

locución verbal (coloquial (coitar, copular) (colloquial)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Tomás está feliz porque echó un polvo anoche.
Thomas is happy because he got laid last night.

wear out

locución verbal (coloquial (agotar físicamente)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
El entrenador nos hizo polvo en el juego de ayer.
The coach wore us out in yesterday's game.

beat

locución verbal (coloquial (vencer, aniquilar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Hicimos polvo al otro equipo; ganamos 5 a 0.
We beat the other team. We won 5 nil.

beat, wiped out, worn out

locución adjetiva (figurado, coloquial (exhausto, agotado) (colloquial)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Quedé hecho polvo después del entrenamiento.
I was wiped out after the training.

torn apart, rotten

locución adjetiva (figurado, coloquial (abatido, desalentado) (emotionally)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Juan está hecho polvo desde que María lo dejó. Tomás se quedó hecho polvo después de que su hermana murió.
Juan has been feeling rotten ever since Maria left him.

powdered milk

locución nominal femenina (leche deshidratada)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Donamos cinco kilos de leche en polvo para las víctimas del huracán.
We donated five kilos of powdered milk to the hurricane victims.

bite the dust

locución verbal (figurado, coloquial (ser derrotado)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
El equipo favorito mordió el polvo y quedó fuera del torneo.
The favorite team bit the dust and is out of the tournament.

dust cloud

(figurado (polvo suspendido)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El camión pasó rápido dejando una nube de polvo en la carretera.

gold dust

(polvo de oro)

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

be beat

(coloquial (quedar fatigado) (informal)

be demoralized

(coloquial (desmoralizarse)

Tomás se quedó hecho polvo después de que su mujer lo dejó.

be a good lay, be good in bed

locución verbal (coloquial (tener sexo casual)

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

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