bocanada
Appearance
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bocanada f (plural bocanadas)
- puff
- Una bocanada de humo de tabaco tiene un rápido efecto en cada parte del propio cuerpo.
- One puff of tobacco smoke has a rapid effect on every part of one's body.
- mouthful, lungful, gulp (usually of an aeriform or gaseous substance)
- (figurative) breath
- Esa película fue una bocanada de aire fresco. Es bueno saber que el verdadero arte todavía existe.
- That film was a breath of fresh air. It is good to know that real art still exists.
- gust
- gasp, breath
Further reading
[edit]- “bocanada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10