Today's WOTD is: "hoja" = leaf
In
Spanish, the noun "hoja" is a feminine noun
of Latin origin the main meaning of which is leaf. However,
the noun “hoja” may also be used in Spanish to refer to:
- A sheet of paper, metal, wood, etc.;
- A page of a book, a writing pad, a notebook etc.;
- A form for filling in;
- A publicity/ information flyer;
- A publicity/ information leaflet;
- The blade of a knife, a sword, a cutting tool, etc.;
- Each one of the thin layers in puff pastry/ puff paste;
Related
Spanish nouns are:
- “hojaldre”, which means puff pastry/ puff paste.
- “hojalata”, which means tin/ tinplate;
Some
commonly used expressions containing the word "hoja"
are:
- Árbol de hoja caduca (deciduous tree);
- Árbol de hoja perenne (evergreen tree);
- Batir hoja (metal beating/ goldbeating);
- Hoja de afeitar (razor blade);
- Hoja de cálculo (spreadsheet);
- Hoja de especificaciones (spec sheet);
- Hoja de Flandes (tin/ tinplate);
- Hoja de lata (tin/ tinplate);
- Hoja de laurel (bay leaf);
- Hoja de Milan (tin/ tinplate);
- Hoja de parra (vine leaf – literal);
- Hoja de parra (figleaf – in the Bible, etc.);
- Hoja de pedido (order form);
- Hoja de reclamaciones (complaints form/ book);
- Hoja de ruta (waybill - transportation);
- Hoja de ruta (road map – politics);
- Hoja de servicios (service record);
- Hoja de vida (curriculum vitae/ resumé);
- Mil hojas (mille-fuille);
- Milhojas (mille-fuille);
- Pasar las hojas (to turn the pages);
- Poner a alguien como hoja de perejil ( to call him/ her every name under the sun);
Some
examples of the use of the word "hoja"
and related words are:
- El castaño es árbol de hoja caduca (the chestnut is a deciduous tree);
- El pino es árbol de hoja perenne (the pine is an evergreen);
- Se bate hoja de oro desde la antigüedad (goldbeating is a process which dates back to ancient times);
- Necesito hojas de afeitar (I need razor baldes);
- Tenmos todos esos datos en una hoja de cálculo (we have all that data in a spreadsheet);
- La hoja de especificaciones se puede descargar de la página web (the spec sheet can be downloaded from the web page);
- Ese coche parece hecho de hojalata (that car looks like it is made of tin);
- La hoja de laurel se usa mucho en la cocina como condimento (the bay leaf is often used in cooking for seasoning);
- Adán y Eva se tapaban con hojas de parra (Adam and Eve covered themselves with figleaves);
- Hemos rellenado la hoja de pedido (we have filled in the order form);
- Hay hojas de reclamaciones a disposición de nuestros clientes (complaints forms are available for our customers);
- En 2003 se elaboró una hoja de ruta para la paz entre Israel y Palestina (in 2003 a road map for peace between Israel and Palestine was produced);
- La hoja de servicios de Pedro es muy extensa (Pedro has a very extensive service record);
- Envié la hoja de vida por correo electrónico (I sent my CV by e-mail);
- El milhojas de nata y merengue está riquísimo (the cream and meringue mille-fuille is lovely);
- Pasar las hojas es fácil en los lectores de libros electrónicos (turning the pages is easy on e-book readers);
- Me pusieron como hoja de perejil (they called me every name under the sun);
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2 comments:
Cuantas hojas tiene este libro parece "Guerra y Paz....
Cada hotel debe que tener una hoja de reclamaciones
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