Ejemplos
Do not cast pearls before swine.
No arrojes perlas a los cerdos.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
No arrojes perlas a los cerdos.
He stopped looking for the pearl.
Dejó de buscar la perla.
He wants to buy a pearl necklace for his wife.
Quiere comprar un collar de perlas para su mujer.
His teeth are white like a pearl.
Sus dientes son blancos como perlas.
I gave my sister a pearl necklace on her birthday.
Le di a mi hermana un collar de perlas para su cumpleaños.
I've never seen a pearl of such magnitude!
¡Nunca he visto una perla de semejante magnitud!
Japanese cultured pearls have come to monopolise as much as 60% of the world pearl market.
Las perlas cultivadas en Japón han llegado a comprender el 60% del mercado mundial de perlas.
My beloved land, pearl of the Orient Sea.
Tierra amada mía, perla del Mar de Oriente.
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Los japoneses atacaron Pearl Harbor el 7 de diciembre de 1941.
Sinónimos
found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds: percoid, percoid fish, percoidean, Carapidae, pearlfish, family Carapidae
any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls: Sagina, genus Sagina, groundcover, ground cover, pearlwort, pearlweed
the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell: shell, nacre
a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel: jewel, precious stone, gem, seed pearl
a shape that is spherical and small: sphere, drop, teardrop, bead, dewdrop
gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean: collect, gather, pull together, garner
