vapor

/baˈpoɾ/, [baˈpoɾ]

steam


Noun vapor m (plural vapores)

  1. steam, vapor (water vapor)

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Examples
  • Los trenes de vapor fueron sustituidos por trenes eléctricos.

    Steam trains were replaced by electric trains.

  • Usa siempre agua destilada en las planchas de vapor, porque el agua común y corriente con el tiempo provocará que una acumulación de minerales tape los huecos de vapor.

    Always use distilled water in steam irons because using ordinary water will cause a mineral build-up over time that will clog the steam holes.

  • Mientras la plancha se calentaba, María vertió agua destilada en el tanque para hacer vapor.

    As the iron was heating up, Maria poured distilled water into the reservoir to make steam.

  • El vapor ha empañado mis lentes.

    The steam has fogged my glasses.

  • Las estelas de condensación son nubes largas y estrechas de cristales de hielo que se forman tras los aviones a propulsión a gran altitud a temperaturas bajo cero. Son el resultado de la condensación del vapor de agua contenido en el escape del jet.

    Contrails are long, narrow, ice-crystal clouds that form behind jet planes flying at high altitudes in below-freezing temperatures. They result from the condensation of water vapor remaining in jet exhaust.

  • No exponga la consola al polvo, humo o al vapor.

    Do not expose the console to dust, smoke or steam.

  • El calor transforma el agua en vapor.

    Heat turns water into steam.

  • Está saliendo vapor del motor.

    Steam is coming out of the engine.

  • Tuvo éxito en la aplicación de vapor a la navegación.

    He succeeded in applying steam to navigation.

  • Un barco de vapor es, sin duda alguna, una ciudad por sí misma.

    A steamship is, without doubt, a city in itself.

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