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/θɔːrnz/

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noun

Espinas

A sharp protective spine of a plant.

Examples :

"The rose bush had many thorns, so I wore gloves to protect my hands while pruning it. "

El rosal tenía muchas espinas, así que me puse guantes para proteger mis manos mientras lo podaba.

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noun

Espinas

Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.

Examples :

"the cockspur thorn"

la espina de espuela de gallo

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noun

Espinas

That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.

Examples :

"Dealing with rude customers can be one of the many thorns of working in retail. "

Tratar con clientes groseros puede ser una de las muchas espinas de trabajar en el comercio minorista.

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noun

Letra Þ, þ

A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).

Examples :

"The history textbook explained that the letter "thorns" (þ) was used in Old English to represent sounds we now write as "th." "

El libro de texto de historia explicaba que la letra "þ" se usaba en inglés antiguo para representar los sonidos que ahora escribimos como "th".

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verb

Pinchar con, o como con, una espina

To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn

Examples :

"The rose bush thorns thorned her finger when she reached for a bloom. "

Las espinas del rosal le pincharon el dedo cuando intentó alcanzar una flor.