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dust1

/dʌst/

Translation

n [u]
polvareda
polvo
a cloud of dust
una nube de polvo
to let the dust settle
dejar que pase la tempestad
pron. us se pronuncia como el pronombre inglés us
Véase tb: a pall of {dust/smoke}; gold dust
(Definition of dust n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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