granite

granito

Roca muy dura, normalmente gris o rosa, utilizada en edificios y encimeras de cocina.

En inglés sencillo: A very hard rock, often gray or pink, used for buildings and kitchen surfaces.

• The steps are made of granite.
• They chose pink granite for the kitchen counter.
• Huge blocks of granite were brought from the quarry.

Expresiones frecuentes: granite countertop, granite rock, polished granite

dureza, firmeza

Gran fuerza o resistencia en el carácter de una persona.

En inglés sencillo: Great strength or toughness in someone’s character.

• There was granite in her character.
• His granite resolve carried him through the crisis.
• Beneath that gentle manner lay granite.

Sinónimos: toughness, strength

Antónimos: weakness

Expresiones frecuentes: granite resolve, granite in someone