Dust, powder in Spanish 🇪🇸

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Similar to pulverize

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polvo info.

**Tips to remember the word ‘polvo’**:
– Associate ‘polvo’ with ‘powder’. They both start with ‘p’ and refer to fine particles.
– Imagine a powder puff (used for applying makeup) and think that ‘puff’ sounds a bit like ‘polvo’.
– Use a mnemonic: Picture yourself “polishing” furniture, and the polish dust (polvo) is flying around.

**Explanations**:
– ‘Polvo’ is a noun in Spanish, referring to fine, loose particles of any dry substance like dust or powder.

**Other words that mean the same thing**:
– ‘Polvillo’: fine dust or powder, slightly diminutive form.
– ‘Polvo fino’: fine powder.

**Alternate meanings like slang**:
– ‘Polvo’ can be a colloquial or slang term for sexual intercourse in Spain and some Latin American countries.

**Examples of sentences that use it**:
– “Por favor, limpia el polvo de los muebles.” (Please, clean the dust off the furniture.)
– “Ella agregó un poco de polvo de hornear a la receta.” (She added some baking powder to the recipe.)
– “Después de la construcción, todo quedó cubierto de polvo.” (After the construction, everything was covered in dust.)
– “Este medicamento viene en forma de polvo para diluir.” (This medication comes in the form of powder to be diluted.)
– In a slang context: “La pareja se escapó para echar un polvo.” (The couple snuck away to have a quickie.)

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