lime - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Possible base forms

lime
limar (Verb)

Adjectives / Adverbs

lime  adj.	(de color) verde lima
deficient in lime	pobre en cal

Nouns

lime   chiefly  (Brit.)   - tree [BOT.]	el tilo   Lat.: Tilia europaea
lime [BOT.][COOK.]   - fruit	la lima   - fruta
lime-uranite   or: lime uranite [MIN.]	la autunita
lime blossom [BOT.]	flor del tilo
lime feldspar [CHEM.][GEOL.][MIN.]	la anortita
lime kiln [TECH.]	horno de cal
lime tree [BOT.]	el tilo   Lat.: tilia
lime tree   chiefly  (Brit.) [BOT.]	el tilo   Lat.: Tilia (Gattung)
lime rock [MIN.]	la calcita
lime rock [MIN.]	la (piedra) caliza
lime rock [MIN.]	piedra calcárea
lime rock [MIN.]	la tosca
lime stone [CONSTR.]	piedra calcárea
lime stone [CONSTR.]	piedra caliza

Verbs

to file sth.  | filed, filed |	limar algo
to file sth. down	limar algo
to rasp  | rasped, rasped |	limar algo
to polish sth.  | polished, polished | [fig.]	limar algo   or  [fig.]
to hone  | honed, honed | [fig.]	limar algo [fig.]

Phrases / Collocations

to eat like a horse [coll.] [fig.]

comer como una lima [fig.]   - mucho

Orthographically similar words

clime, dime, lamé, lame, lie, lien, Lies, lieu, life, like, Like, Lima, limb, limo, limp, line, lite, live, Lomé, Lyme, mime, rime, slim, slime, time

lamé, lied, Lima, lima, limo

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