marble

mármol

Piedra dura, a menudo blanca con vetas de colores, utilizada en suelos, edificios y estatuas.

En inglés sencillo: A hard stone, often white with colored lines, used for floors, buildings, and statues.

• The floor is made of marble.
• They carved the statue from white marble.
• Does this kitchen have marble counters?

Expresiones frecuentes: marble floor, white marble, marble statue, metamorphic marble

canica

Bolita, generalmente de vidrio, que usan los niños para jugar.

En inglés sencillo: A small, usually glass ball that children use in games.

• A blue marble rolled under the bed.
• The children traded marbles after school.
• He keeps his favorite marble in his pocket.

Expresiones frecuentes: glass marble, blue marble, marble collection

marmoleo, veteado

Líneas finas de grasa que atraviesan un trozo de carne.

En inglés sencillo: The thin lines of fat running through a piece of meat.

• The butcher checked the marble in the beef.
• Fine marble helps keep the steak juicy.
• This grading system measures the amount of marble in meat.

Sinónimos: marbling

Expresiones frecuentes: beef marble, marble grade, marble in meat

de mármol

Hecho de mármol, la piedra dura usada en edificios y estatuas, o parecido a ella.

En inglés sencillo: Made from a hard stone used for buildings and statues, or looking like that stone.

• We walked across the marble floor.
• Two marble columns stand beside the door.
• She chose wallpaper with a marble pattern.

Expresiones frecuentes: marble tiles, marble columns, marble mantel

insensible, frío

Que no muestra afecto, bondad ni emoción.

En inglés sencillo: Showing no warmth, kindness, or emotion.

• His marble face showed no pity.
• Her tears could not soften his marble heart.
• He met the news with a marble gaze.

Sinónimos: cold, unfeeling, heartless

Antónimos: warm, compassionate

Expresiones frecuentes: marble heart, marble face, marble gaze

jaspear, marmolear

Dar a algo un dibujo de líneas o remolinos, a menudo mezclando colores parcialmente.

En inglés sencillo: To give something a pattern of lines or swirls, often by partly mixing colors.

• You can marble paper with colored inks.
• She marbled the cake batter with chocolate.
• The artist marbles each sheet by hand.

Sinónimos: marbleize

Expresiones frecuentes: marble paper, marble a cake, marble the surface

marmolear

Formar vetas de grasa en el interior de la carne.

En inglés sencillo: To form lines of fat through meat.

• Thin lines of fat marble the meat.
• Fat had marbled the beef evenly.
• A rich diet can help marble the meat.

Sinónimos: marbleize

Expresiones frecuentes: marble the meat, marble the beef