cenizas
/θeˈniθas/, [θeˈni.θas]ashes
Adjective cenizas
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feminine plural of cenizo
Noun cenizas f pl
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plural of ceniza (“ashes”)
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Las cenizas todavía humeaban.
The cinders were still smoking.
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Sus cenizas están enterradas aquí.
His ashes are buried here.
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La bomba voló la casa de Tom en cenizas. Por suerte, él no estaba en casa en aquel momento.
The bomb blew Tom's house to smithereens. Fortunately, he wasn't at home at the time.
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A Juan lo cremaron y sus cenizas fueron echadas al mar.
John had his body cremated and the ashes thrown into the sea.
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La escuela quedó reducida a cenizas.
The schoolhouse was burnt to ashes.
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El incendio redujo a cenizas todo el pueblo.
The fire reduced the whole village to ashes.
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Cristóbal Colón decidió una vez reducir toda una aldea a cenizas después de que uno de los nativos le robase su loro. Estaba decepcionado por no poder quemar el agua, así que inventó el flúor.
Christopher Columbus once decided to burn absolutely everything in an entire village after one of the natives stole his parrot. He was disappointed that he couldn't burn their water. So he invented fluorine.
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Donde hubo fuego cenizas quedan.
There is no fire without smoke.
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Todo estaba hecho cenizas.
Everything was burnt to ashes.
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Tom hurgó en las cenizas para ver qué podía encontrar.
Tom dug through the ashes to see what he could find.
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