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flit
  7

1º_ FLIT is a trademark of insecticide created and marketed in the 1920s by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey (USA), today ExxonMobil. It was composed of DDT but in the 1950s the formula was changed when the serious effects of that compound on the environment became known. The name seems to come from the English fly-tox (for "toxic to flies"). 2º_ It is also called the "flit gun", a sprayer with a hand pump that was used to spray the poison in the air; but that in practice served for any liquid applied as an aerosol.

  
embarazo
  11

1º_ Difficulty or limitation to perform an action, which can be physical or moral. 2º_ State of pregnancy in women, period in which they develop the fetus until the moment of delivery. It is not used in animals unless it is intended to humanize them. Surely its use comes from the previous meaning. 3º_ Inflection of the verb to embarazar . See verbs/pregnancy .

  
preñez
  10

Pregnancy in mammalian females, the period in which the fetus develops until the time of delivery. In humans its synonym "pregnancy" is preferred. It also makes figurative sense for any developing situation that is expected to come to fruition.

  
alba
  15

1º_ Feminine of albo ("white color") . 2º_ Dawn, first light of day. From the Latin albus, a, um ("white, clear, bright). 3º_ Last period in a night military watch. 4º_ Alba is a woman's name, by the first or second meaning. 5º_ It is also the name of several localities in Spain (provinces of Lugo, Pontevedra and Teruel), in Italy (province of Cuneo), in Romania (region of Transylvania), in France (region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), in the USA (states of Texas, Pennsylvania, Michigan, California and Missouri), in Cuba (province of Ciego de Avila), in Bolivia (department of Santa Cruz), in the Philippines (provinces of Aclán, Cagayan and South Surigao), in Russia (Sakhalin Oblast), in Belarus (Brest Oblast), in Indonesia (West Java province) and is still used as a Welsh name for Scotland. 6º_ Lyrical musical genre typical of the troubadours. 7º_ ALBA is the acronym of the Bolivarian Alliance for America. 8º_ It is the name of books, magazines, films, fictional characters, companies, . . .

  
amanecer
  10

1º_ "Clarear the morning", which although it is an impersonal verb can also be used as a transitive for something or someone who arrives or wakes up at sunrise. It comes from the Latin, with the verbal prefix a- mane ("in the clarity of the morning") the verbal suffix -er. 2º_ It is also used as a noun for the time of sunrise. See alba .

  
anteojo
  7

Optical instrument that is placed in front of an eye to protect it, to improve vision, to correct it, . . . In many cases it covers both eyes, but being a single object is called 'eyeglass', although it is more popular to use glasses also as singular. See prefix ante- .

  
gafa
  20

1º_ Hook, wire finished in a curved shape to hold something, which in principle was the hook to tighten the strings of the crossbows. See staple , grampa , pin . It comes from the verb gafar ("to grasp, to hold"). 2º_ For the previous meaning, "suture, closure of a wound (even when thread is used and not staples)". 3º_ Glasses, is almost always used in plural (glasses) and comes from the first meaning, for the sideburns that hold them from the ears. 4º_ Inflection of the verb gafar . See verbs/glasses . 5º_ Gafa is the name of a locality in the municipality of Puerto del Son (autonomous community of Galicia, Spain); from a locality in Porto (Portugal); from a locality in Erbil (Kurdistan Region, Iraq) and from a village in Bukidnon Province (Philippines). 6º_ Feminine of gafo ("foolish, unfortunate, poor") . 7º_ GAFA is an acronym that unites four of the main technology brands on the internet: Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon.

  
burladora
  10

If it is not the feminine of mocker, it may be an error by burrower ("burring machine"), or perhaps by Bullader.

  
guechos
  10

It must be an error by the plural of güecho ("goiter or who has this disease"), or of guacho ("orphan"), or by quechol (bird), . . .

  
agüaeras
  6

Error by the plural of the vulgarism aguaera ("aguadera", which in most cases is used in the plural as aguaderas), or by that of agüero ("augury") , or by verbs / holes , . . .

  
discercion
  10

It seems an error by desertion, dissertation, disception, discernment, desertification, . . .

  
habiar
  8

Surely he wanted to be the trolled to consult 10060; habIar instead of talking, although it can also be a mistake for inhabiting, rage, avian, . . .

  
inexhorable
  7

It is an error by inexorable ("inevitable"), unbeatable ("that can not or should not be improved"), the neologism inexhortable ("who can not be exhorted") , . . .

  
nina-
  7

Error by the prefix nano- ("billionth part"), or nona- ("variant of the nonno component as a prefix , of ninth"). See Nina ("proper name").

  
raspapel
  11

It can be a way of calling the paper to make scratches ("cards with prize, text or image that is discovered when scraping the surface"), although it could also be an error by ASPAPEL ("Spanish Association of manufacturers of pulp, paper and cardboard"), or some reduced version of mispapering, or. . .

  
maldad extrema
  11

See evil, extreme.

  
poco claro
  15

See little, of course.

  
no mendigar
  17

It is precisely "not begging".

  
concurso de campo
  12

No, it doesn't make much sense, but I still suggest seeing contest, of (preposition), field.

  
colores opacos
  11

See color , opaque .

  






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