WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| polvorín nm | (lugar para pólvora) | munitions dump n |
| | | ammunition dump n |
| | En el polvorín no se puede fumar. |
| | Smoking is not allowed in the munitions dump. |
| Additional Translations |
| polvorín nm | (pólvora para armas) | gun powder, gunpowder n |
| | | ammunition n |
| | No pudo disparar porque el polvorín estaba vacío. |
| | He couldn't shoot because he was out of gun powder. |
| polvorín nm | (situación muy tensa) (figuative) | powder keg, minefield, time bomb n |
| | Las erróneas decisiones habían convertido a la empresa en un polvorín difícil de controlar. |
| | The wrong decisions had turned the company into an uncontrollable powder keg. |