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témpano

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
témpano nm	(trozo de hielo)	floe n
		ice floe, ice float n
	(hanging)	icicle n
	Desde el barco observaban los reflejos del sol de medianoche sobre los témpanos de hielo.
	From the boat they watched how the midnight sun reflected off the ice floes.

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Additional Translations
Spanish		English
témpano nm	figurado (frío emocionalmente) (figurative)	cold adj
	(figurative)	icy adj
	(treatment)	chilly adj
	El juez era como un témpano ante los lamentos del acusado.
	The judge was cold to the cries of the accused.
témpano nm	peyorativo (persona frígida) (sexual, figurative)	cold fish n
	(figurative)	cold adj
	Esa mujer es un témpano en la cama.
	That woman is a cold fish in bed.

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Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
témpano de hielo nm	(bloque, pedazo)	ice floe, ice block n
		iceberg n
	Un témpano de hielo se desprendió del glaciar.
témpano de hielo nm	coloquial, figurado (persona fría)	be as cool as a cucumber v expr
	Nada la conmueve porque es un témpano de hielo.
	Nothing stirs her because she's as cool as a cucumber.

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