puff

puff
1. noun
1) (a small blast of air, wind etc; a gust: A puff of wind moved the branches.) soplo, racha, ráfaga; bocanada
2) (any of various kinds of soft, round, light or hollow objects: a powder puff; (also adjective) puff sleeves.) borla

2. verb
1) (to blow in small blasts: Stop puffing cigarette smoke into my face!; He puffed at his pipe.) dar caladas
2) (to breathe quickly, after running etc: He was puffing as he climbed the stairs.) jadear
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- puffy
- puff pastry
- puff out
- puff up
puff1 n soplo / soplido / bocanada
Es un golpe de aire más bien suave
a puff of wind blew out the candle un golpe de aire apagó la vela
puff2 vb jadear
he was puffing when he arrived because he had run from home llegó jadeando porque había venido corriendo desde casa
puff
tr[pʌf]
noun
1 (of wind, air) soplo, racha, ráfaga; (of smoke) bocanada
2 (action) soplo, soplido; (at cigarette, pipe) calada, chupada
3 familiar (breath) aliento
■ I'm out of puff estoy sin aliento
transitive verb
1 (blow - gen) soplar; (- smoke) echar
intransitive verb
1 (pipe, cigarette) chupar (at/on, -), dar caladas (at/on, a)
2 (pant) jadear, resoplar
3 (train) echar humo, echar vapor
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
puff pastry hojaldre nombre masculino, pasta hojaldrada
puff ['pʌf] vi
1) blow: soplar
2) pant: resoplar, jadear
3)
to puff up swell: hincharse
puff vt
1) blow: soplar
to puff smoke: echar humo
2) inflate: inflar, hinchar
to puff out one's cheeks: inflar las mejillas
puff n
1) gust: soplo m, ráfaga f, bocanada f (de humo)
2) draw: chupada f (a un cigarrillo)
3) swelling: hinchazón f
4)
cream puff : pastelito m de crema
5)
powder puff : borla f
puff
n.
• bocanada s.f.
• bufido s.m.
• chupada s.f.
• milhojas (Pastel de hojaldre) s.m.
• pastel de hojaldre (Milhojas) s.m.
• pastelillo de crema s.m.
• pitada s.f.
• resoplido s.m.
• resuello s.m.
• soplo s.m.
• vaharada s.f.
v.
• hinchar v.
• jadear v.
• jipar v.
• resoplar v.
• soplar v.
pʌf
I
noun
1) c
a) (of wind, air) ráfaga f

a puff of smoke — una nube de humo

b) (action) soplo m, soplido m; (on cigarette) chupada f, pitada f (AmL), calada f (Esp)
c) (sound) resoplido m
2) u (breath) (BrE colloq)

out of puff — sin aliento

3) c (Culin) pastelito m de hojaldre, milhojas m

II
1.
transitive verb
a) (blow) soplar

don't puff smoke in my face — no me eches humo a la cara

b) (smoke) \<\<cigarette/cigar/pipe\>\> dar* chupadas or (AmL tb) pitadas or (Esp tb) caladas a

2.
vi
1)
a) (blow) soplar
b) (smoke)

to puff ON o AT something — \<\<on cigarette/cigar/pipe\>\> dar* chupadas or (AmL tb) pitadas or (Esp tb) caladas a algo

2) (pant) resoplar
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Phrasal Verbs:
[pʌf]
1. N
1) [of breathing, engine] resoplido m ; [of air] soplo m ; [of wind] racha f , ráfaga f ; [of smoke] bocanada f ; (on cigarette, pipe) chupada f

I'm out of puff * — estoy sin aliento

2) (=powder puff) borla f
3) (Culin)

cream puff — petisú m , pastel m de crema

4) * (=advert) bombo * m
5) (Drugs) ** canabis m
2. VT
1) (=blow) soplar; [+ pipe etc] chupar

to puff smoke — echar bocanadas de humo

to puff smoke in sb's face — echar humo a la cara de algn

2) (also: puff up) (=inflate) hinchar, inflar (LAm)
3. VI
1) (=breathe heavily) jadear, resoplar

to puff (away) at or on one's pipe — chupar la pipa

2)

the train puffed into/out of the station — el tren entró en/salió de la estación echando humo

4.
CPD

puff adder N — víbora f puff

puff paste N (US) — = puff pastry

puff pastry N — hojaldre m

puff sleeves NPL — mangas fpl filipinas

* * *
[pʌf]
I
noun
1) c
a) (of wind, air) ráfaga f

a puff of smoke — una nube de humo

b) (action) soplo m, soplido m; (on cigarette) chupada f, pitada f (AmL), calada f (Esp)
c) (sound) resoplido m
2) u (breath) (BrE colloq)

out of puff — sin aliento

3) c (Culin) pastelito m de hojaldre, milhojas m

II
1.
transitive verb
a) (blow) soplar

don't puff smoke in my face — no me eches humo a la cara

b) (smoke) \<\<cigarette/cigar/pipe\>\> dar* chupadas or (AmL tb) pitadas or (Esp tb) caladas a

2.
vi
1)
a) (blow) soplar
b) (smoke)

to puff ON o AT something — \<\<on cigarette/cigar/pipe\>\> dar* chupadas or (AmL tb) pitadas or (Esp tb) caladas a algo

2) (pant) resoplar
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Phrasal Verbs:

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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