Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Sunday July 6, 2008

polvo, noun:
dust

El polvo is the basic word for dust:

una nube de polvo
a cloud of dust

The phrase for to dust something is quitar el polvo:

Quitaba el polvo de los bordes de la mesa.
He was dusting the side of the table.

The phrase en polvo refers to things which are powdered:

la leche en polvo
powdered milk

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Spanish Word of the Day ArchiveSunday July 6, 2008