chaff

[US]/tʃɑːf/
[UK]/tʃæf/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. cáscaras desmenuzadas de grano o heno
vt. hacer chistes o comentarios burlones
Word Forms
Gerundiochaffing
Pasadochaffed
Participio pasadochaffed
Pluralchaffs
Tercera persona singularchaffs

Example Sentences

chaffed her for forgetting the appointment;

la regañó por olvidar la cita;

women winnow the chaff from piles of unhusked rice.

las mujeres tamizan la paja de grandes pilas de arroz sin descascarar.

buffoonery, facetious, chaffing, badinage, bantering, quizzical, waggish.

payasadas, ocurrente, burla, bromas, bromear, inquisitivo, juguetón.

Test results showed that the infrared radiation intensity of chaff coated with high consistence pyrotechnical powder was lower, and that of the chaff coated with thick pyrote...

Los resultados de las pruebas mostraron que la intensidad de la radiación infrarroja de la paja recubierta con polvo pirotécnico de alta consistencia era menor, y la de la paja recubierta con pirote grueso...

Soames checked his instinctive "Not particular"--he would not chaffer with this alien.

Soames comprobó su instintivo "No soy particular"; no quería regatear con este extranjero.

separate the wheat from the chaff

separar el trigo de la paja

seeds surrounded by chaff

semillas rodeadas de paja

chaff in the wind

paja en el viento

chaff blown away by the wind

paja arrastrada por el viento

sift through the chaff

tamizar la paja

separating the chaff from the grain

separando la paja del grano

chaff as a byproduct of wheat processing

paja como subproducto del procesamiento del trigo

chaff used as animal feed

paja utilizada como alimento para animales

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