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Inquiries4417363
Queries by meaning297
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gotícula
  47

Singular droplet 128521; .

  
brújula
  61

It is a navigation tool, an instrument with a magnetized moving piece that rotates inside a box pointing to the earth's magnetic north, which is usually on a graph with the cardinal or pink points of the winds. Today there are more sophisticated versions, which you can use up to the GPS signal. The name comes from the Italian bussola (sometimes written as breixola), which inherits it from vulgar Latin buxida ( "box of [wood of] boj" ).

  
superclásico
  40

In team sports (especially football) the match facing two historically rival clubs is called "classic", but if those teams are the most popular or powerful in the city, the country, or even the mainland, the super- prefix is added.

  
superboda
  41

It is the union of the super- prefix and the wedding noun.

  
pseudopodia
  42

Characteristic of a pseudonympod or pseudonym. It is the ability of single-celled organisms to extend their cytoplasm as legs to move, attract food or defend themselves.

  
pseudocultural
  40

It pretends to be cult or cultural, sometimes with the intention of deceiving the public. It is formed with the prefix pseudo- ( pseudo- ) cultural (relative to culture).

  
cuatico
  65

I never heard it, but it seems to be a diminutive cuate affectionate. By some mistake see quantum ( Chileanism), quantum, aquatic, sciatica , . . .

  
zapatico
  42

Diminutive shoe.

  
boriquillo
  46

Probably a diminutive boricua affectionate.

  
bolsilla
  56

Diminutive bag.

  
vidilla
  37

1st_ Diminutive of Life . 2nd_ Animation on something or someone.

  
virgulilla
  44

Diminutive of vírgula, ultradiminutive cock. In graph is a line not necessarily in the form of a rod or straight stripe, shorter than hyphens, such as the apostrophe, the tilde, the comma, typically the line on the letter /n/ ( jan ) that forms the letter /ñ/ ( eñe ).

  
saravilla
  40

A petty saravae? Actually 'saravilla' is the name that the writer Adolfo Sarabia gave to the type of stanzas in ninth that he created for his Spanish translation of 'The Hunting of the Snark' (Lewis Carrol, 1876). See also Spencerian, quintilla, round, octave.

  
chispilla
  35

Diminutive of spark. In the region of Granada (Spain) is a way of saying "very small amount" of something, which is also exaggerated as a gossip. See also mihilla.

  
muletilla
  46

Diminutive of crutch. Figuratively speaking is a saying or phrase in which a person leans when speaking, which he regularly repeats in the midst of discourse as a vice of language; something actors or public characters often do as an advertising strategy, so they can be remembered for that hose. It is also the cross or crossbar of the crutch, by extension all handle or small crossbar, as in the T-shaped nails.

  
paréntesis angulares
  44

It is a way of calling angle brackets ( '<' y="" '="">' ). See parentheses , angular , dible .

  
corchetes angulares
  43

It is a way of calling the angle brackets ( '<' y="" '="">' ). See bracket , angle , dible .

  
°c
  40

'C' is the symbol of the "degree Celsius", a unit for measuring temperature that originally used a scale of 0oC for the boiling point of the water and 100oC for freezing, and was later reversed so that the difference "cold to heat" coincided with other existing scales. As the reference range is one hundred degrees it was also called "degree Celsius", but today that name is not used to not confuse it with the angular degree scale and because in reality the current thermometers use a scale with other references for grade zero. Still, it is a tribute to its creator, Swedish physicist Anders Celsius. See kelvin , K , grade Fahrenheit , F .

  
nocebo
  37

Substance that is supposed to have a harmful effect but lacks any active substance and can only create a suggestion of harm in the wearer. The name is of Latin origin and can be translated as "I will damage". See placebo .

  
placebo
  38

Substance that is supposed to have a healing effect but lacks any active substance and can only create a suggestion of efficacy in those who use it. The name is of Latin origin and can be translated as "I will please". See nocebo .

  






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