sand - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

sand	la arena
sandbox   or: sand-box   chiefly  (Amer.)	el arenero
sandbox   or: sand-box   chiefly  (Amer.)	cajón de arena
sands plural noun   - large areas of sand	la playa
sands plural noun   - sandbank	el alfaque
sands plural noun   - sandbank	el bajío
sands plural noun   - sandbank	banco de arena
sands plural noun   - sandbank	la restinga
sands plural noun   - sandbank	la sirte
sands (Amer.) [coll.]   - courage, pluck	las agallas  f. pl. [coll.]
sands (Amer.) [coll.]   - courage, pluck	el brío [fig.]
sands (Amer.) [coll.]   - courage, pluck	el coraje
sands (Amer.) [coll.]   - courage, pluck	el valor
sandpit   or: sand-pit (Aust.; Brit.)	el arenero

Verbs

to sand  | sanded, sanded |	arenar algo
to sandblast (or: sand-blast) sth.  | sandblasted, sandblasted / sand-blasted, sand-blasted | [TECH.]	arenar algo
to draw a line in the sand [fig.]	establecer un límite
to draw a line in the sand [fig.]	poner un límite
to draw a line in the sand [fig.]	poner un punto y aparte [fig.]
to draw a line in the sand [fig.]	trazar una línea [fig.]

Adjectives / Adverbs

sand-scattering  adj.	de dispersión de arena
sand yellow	(de color) amarillo arena

Phrases / Collocations

to build sth. on sand [fig.]	edificar sobre arena [coll.] [fig.]
to build sth. on sand [fig.]	edificar sobre falso [coll.] [fig.]
to build sth. on sand [fig.]	hacer castillos de naipes [coll.] [fig.]
to build sth. on sand [fig.]	levantar castillos de naipes [coll.] [fig.]
to build sth. on sand [fig.]	sembrar en arena [coll.] [fig.]
to bury one's head in the sand [fig.]	evitar enfrentarse a/pensar en/... algo
to bury one's head in the sand [fig.]	ignorar algo   - porque es desagradable

Orthographically similar words

and, band, hand, land, rand, sad, said, San, sandy, sane, sans, sawn, scad, scan, send, shad, Sind, span, stan, stand, swan, wand

rand, San, saña, sano, stand

Related search terms

sand-blast, sandblast