cal

Inflexiones de 'cal' (nf): fpl: cales

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
cal nf	(óxido de calcio) (substance containing calcium)	lime n
	Mi tío me dijo que poniéndoles cal a los árboles se ahuyentan las hormigas.
	My uncle told me that putting lime on trees keeps the ants away.

Additional Translations
Spanish		English
cal nf	(carbonato de calcio)	limescale n
	El vinagre sirve para limpiar las manchas de cal de la bañera.
	Vinegar can be used to clean limescale in the bathtub.

Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
a cal y canto loc adv	(totalmente cerrado)	shut tight adv
		securely locked adv
	Ese edificio está cerrado a cal y canto desde hace diez años.
	This building has been shut tight for ten years.
a cal y canto loc adv	figurado (de manera intransigente)	unyieldingly, uncompromisingly adv
	(figurative)	under lock and key adv
	(figurative)	slam the door shut on [sth] v expr
	La empresa se cerró a cal y canto a las propuestas de los trabajadores.
	The company dealt with proposals from the workers uncompromisingly.
cal apagada, cal hidratada, cal muerta loc nom f	(polvo blanco)	slaked lime n
	(technical)	calcium hydroxide n
	Se le echa agua a la cal viva y obtienes cal apagada para pintar.
	Water is added to quicklime to make slaked lime for painting.
cal viva loc nom f	(óxido de calcio)	quicklime n
	(technical)	calcium oxide n
	No metas la mano en cal viva que es altamente corrosiva.
	Do not stick your hand into quicklime because it is highly corrosive.
cal. cen. loc nom f	abreviatura (calefacción central)	central heating n
una de cal y otra de arena expr	(una buena otra mala) (figurative)	one good and one bad expr
		the bitter with the sweet expr
		life has its ups and downs expr
	Hoy tuvimos una de cal y otra de arena; nos aprobaron el préstamo pero nos dieron solo un plazo de dos años para devolverlo.
	Today we had the bitter with the sweet: they approved the loan but only gave us two years to pay it back in.

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