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Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Sunday July 27, 2008
flor, noun:
flower
The basic meaning of la flor is flower.
un ramo de flores
a bunch of flowers
To describe a tree or a plant in flower, Spanish constructs the phrase in the same way as English, en flor:
una noche de primavera bajo los castaños en flor
a spring night beneath the chestnut trees in flower
But you also use flor metaphorically, to describe something which is the best of its kind:
la flor del ejército
the elite of the army
Notice the idiomatic phrase la flor y nata de, the cream of:
la flor y nata de la sociedad mexicana
the cream of Mexican society
la flor y nata del espectáculo
the cream of show business
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