granos
/ɡɾanos/from spelling rules
The English phrase "grains" is translated into Spanish as granos.
Granos refers to small, hard seeds from cereal plants used for food, such as arroz (rice), maíz (corn), avena (oats), trigo (wheat) or cebada (barley). Note that in a medical or dermatological context, un grano refers to a pimple or a small bump on the skin.
How does it change in a sentence?
The singular form of the word is grano, while the plural form is granos.
How do you pronounce it?
/ɡɾanos/
Did you know?
- The phrase no tener ni un grano de vergüenza uses grano to express that someone has absolutely no shame.
- Beyond seeds and skin, grano is the standard term used in Spanish to describe the visual noise or texture of film grain in cinema.
- The term grano is used by Spanish jewelers to describe both a tiny spherical bead and a specific unit of weight.
Examples in context
- Si pusiéramos un grano de trigo en la primera casilla de un tablero de ajedrez, dos granos en la segunda, cuatro en la tercera y así sucesivamente, hasta la última casa, serían 18.446.744.073.709.551.615 granos, suficientes para formar una montaña 100 veces más alta que el Himalaya.If we were to put a grain of wheat on the first box of a chessboard, two grains on the second one, four on the third one and so on, until the last one, there would be 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 grains, enough to make a mountain 100 times taller than the Himalayas.This sentence uses granos to illustrate the massive scale of grains required for a mathematical progression.Tatoeba #3564397 by carlosalberto, translation #10119780 by DJ_Saidez
- El arroz es un cereal muy nutritivo.Rice is a very nutritious grain.
- Los granos son una importante fuente de energía.Grains are an important source of energy.
- El pan se elabora con harina de trigo.Bread is made with wheat flour.
- El desayuno perfecto incluye un plato de avena.The perfect breakfast includes a bowl of oats.
- El maíz es utilizado para hacer tortillas.Corn is used to make tortillas.
- La cerveza de cebada es muy popular en varios países.Barley beer is very popular in several countries.
- La dieta incluye muchos granos enteros.The diet includes many whole grains.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
