What does «pajuela» mean in Spanish?
- Short for straw.
Examples of use in Spanish: "la pajuela en el ojo ajeno".
- Rye straw, rye strip or twisted/cotton wick, covered with sulfur, which burns with flame and gives off sulfur dioxide. It was used in the region of La Mancha (Spain) to control the fermentation of the grapes in the "tinajas" (vats or barrels). It is burned inside the vat to disinfect it before filling it with wine.
Examples of use in Spanish: "enciende las pajuelas y cuelgalas en la tinaja".
"en cuando a la limpiezas de las barricas, deben ser bien lavadas solamente con agua y, tras secarse un poco, colocar una pajuela de azufre; cuando esté quemada, se retira la pajuela y se cierra la barrica bien hasta el día del llenado con vino".
- Match, match.
- Toothpicks.
Examples of use in Spanish: "necesito unas pajuelas de dientes, tengo comida atorada entre las encías".
- Small sheet of gold, silver or other material used to clean teeth or ears.
♦ Used in: Colombia - A small, usually triangular piece used to strum (play) the guitar, mandolin, bass and other stringed instruments, as a replacement or aid for the fingers. It is also known as a plectrum, plectrum, plectrum pick or guitar pick.
Examples of use in Spanish: "empleo una pajuela para tocar el bajo".
- Reed of certain wind instruments such as the clarinet and saxophone.
Examples of use in Spanish: "la pajuela de su clarinete está rota".
- Masturbation.
- Sexually promiscuous woman.
♦ Used in: Mexico
Examples of use in Spanish: "es una pajuela, tiene varios novios".
- Sweet puff pastry with a layer of baked sugar.
♦ Used in: Peru
Examples of use in Spanish: "compra algunas pajuelas para la merienda".
- Container used in the artificial insemination of animals and humans. The straw can contain embryos, eggs or semen. In the case of embryos, the straw is the support in which biologists vitrify the embryos obtained in an in vitro fertilization cycle. There, the embryos can be frozen individually or in groups.
Examples of use in Spanish: "cada pajuela, ampolla u otro tipo de embalaje de embriones deberá estar claramente identificado con etiquetas conformes".
- Certain intestinal parasites.
♦ Used in: Salvador - The trace or trail left by a shooting star.
- (el tiempo de la pajuela) Days gone by, times gone by.