snuff

apagar

Hacer que una vela o una llama deje de arder.

En inglés sencillo: To stop a candle or flame from burning.

• Please snuff the candle.
• She snuffed out the flame before leaving.
• He snuffed the candles and went upstairs.

Cómo se usa: snuff out something / snuff something out (She snuffed the candle out.)

Sinónimos: put out, extinguish

Antónimos: light, ignite

Expresiones frecuentes: snuff a candle, snuff out, snuff the flame

aspirar, inhalar

Tomar aire o introducir una sustancia aspirando por la nariz.

En inglés sencillo: To draw air or a substance into your nose.

• He snuffed the cold air.
• She snuffed a little tobacco from her hand.
• The dog snuffed at the unfamiliar scent.

Sinónimos: sniff, inhale

Expresiones frecuentes: snuff tobacco, snuff the air

rapé

Tabaco reducido a polvo que se aspira por la nariz.

En inglés sencillo: Tobacco made into a powder that people take into their nose.

• He kept snuff in a small box.
• She took a pinch of snuff and sneezed.
• The shop sold pipes and snuff.

Expresiones frecuentes: take snuff, pinch of snuff, snuff box

pábilo quemado

Parte negra y quemada de la mecha de una vela.

En inglés sencillo: The black, burnt part of the string inside a candle.

• She trimmed the snuff from the candle.
• Black snuff fell onto the table.
• He removed the snuff before lighting the candle again.

Expresiones frecuentes: candle snuff, trim the snuff