Translation for "ivory-like" to spanish
Translation examples
Pete smiled and his teeth made Franny think of ivory, like elephant’s tusks carved down to the size of human teeth.
—Pete sonrió y a Franny sus dientes le parecieron de marfil, como si fueran colmillos de elefante tallados a escala humana.
Criminal exiles were succeeded by slavers, and later by traders in rubber and ivory, like King Leopold’s Belgians next door in the Congo.
A los criminales exiliados les siguieron los traficantes de esclavos, y luego los traficantes de caucho y marfil, como los belgas del rey Leopoldo en el vecino Congo.
They seemed carved out of ivory, like so much of the Fortress, and represented stylised herons, their beaks meeting at a point above then- heads.
Parecían talladas en marfil, como tantas otras cosas de la Fortaleza, y representaban estilizadas garzas reales, cuyos picos se encontraban en un punto, por encima de sus cabezas.
Landsman notes the color of the man’s antiquated boots, yellowish ivory, like his beard, with sharp toes and buttons running up the sides.
Landsman se fija en el color de las botas anticuadas del hombre, marfil amarillento, igual que su barba, unas botas con punteras finas y botones en los costados.
Exactly what sort Nomuri wasn't sure -- he was no expert on such things, but her skin had an ivory-like quality to it that a little chemical enhancement might turn into something attractive.
Nomuri, que no era un experto en esos menesteres, no sabía exactamente qué clase de maquillaje, pero su piel tenía un aspecto parecido al marfil, que un poco de química podía haber convertido en algo atractivo.
She looked as though she had been carved out of ivory, like the tiniest of statues. She looked just like her mother, although, if possible, she was even more beautiful, and he gazed down at her in wonder as he saw her.
Parecía tallada en marfil, como una estatua en miniatura, y era igual que su madre, aunque más hermosa, si cabía.
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