noun🔗ShareÁgataA semi-pellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds."My grandmother's favorite necklace has a beautiful agate pendant, its swirling brown and white bands creating a unique pattern in the stone. "El collar favorito de mi abuela tiene un hermoso colgante de ágata, cuyas bandas marrones y blancas arremolinadas crean un patrón único en la piedra.geologymineralmaterialsubstancenatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareÁgataThe size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5 1/2-point."The footnotes in the old book were printed in agate, making them very small and hard to read without a magnifying glass. "Las notas al pie del libro antiguo estaban impresas en ágata, lo que las hacía muy pequeñas y difíciles de leer sin una lupa.typewritinglanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUna catorceava parte de una pulgadaOne fourteenth of an inch"The printer needs to shift the image just one agate to the right to center it on the page. "La impresora necesita desplazar la imagen solo una catorceava parte de una pulgada hacia la derecha para centrarla en la página.unitamountnumberChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEnano, persona diminutaA diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals."Though a respected professor, Dr. Evans was such an agate that he was often mistaken for a student. "Aunque era un profesor respetado, el Dr. Evans era tan enano que a menudo lo confundían con un estudiante.personappearancecharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBruñidorA tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.;—so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing."The bookbinder used an agate to smooth the gold leaf on the cover, giving it a polished shine. "El encuadernador usó un bruñidor para alisar la hoja de oro en la cubierta, dándole un brillo pulido.materialutensiljobChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCanica de ágataA marble made from agate."My grandmother's antique jewelry box contained a beautiful agate, a small, intricately patterned marble. "El joyero antiguo de mi abuela contenía una hermosa canica de ágata, una pequeña canica con patrones intrincados.materialgeologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTestículos(usually in the plural) A testicle.anatomybodyorgansexChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb🔗ShareEn camino, haceOn the way; agoing."to be agate; to set the bells agate"estar en camino; hacer sonar las campanas hacewaytimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
