Translation for "mother-of-pearl" to spanish

Mother-of-pearl

noun

• madreperla
• nácar

Translation examples

madreperla noun

A small tray of mother-of-pearl;
Una bandejita de madreperla;

The roofs were tiled with mother-of-pearl.
Los tejados estaban revestidos de madreperla.

In it were six mother-of-pearl buttons.
Contenía seis botones de madreperla.

It was carved from ebony, and inlaid with mother-of-pearl.
Estaba tallado en ébano y tenía incrustaciones de madreperla.

It has a diaphanous, almost mother-of-pearl tint,
—Es de color diáfano, parecido al de la madreperla.

The handle was mother-of-pearl studded with rhinestones.
Tenía el mango de madreperla con incrustaciones de diamantes falsos.

A broken sliver of mother-of-pearl carved in the semblance of a fish…
Un trocito de madreperla tallado como un pez…

Inside were fingernails. They were fashioned of mother-of-pearl.
Había uñas en su interior, hechas de madreperla.

nácar noun

It had mother-of-pearl buttons.
Tenía botones de nácar.

Small, square, mother of pearl.
Pequeña, cuadrada, de nácar.

'What do you know about mother-of-pearl revolver handles? Do you know what mother-of-pearl is?' 'Not really.'
– ¿Tú qué sabes de culatas de nácar? ¿Sabes lo que es el nácar? – No. – Entonces.

Mother-of-pearl necklace, anyone?
—¿Alguien quiere un collar de nácar?

It was a beautiful rifle, inlaid with mother-of-pearl;
Era un rifle precioso, con incrustaciones de nácar;

A little round earring she had, made of mother-of-pearl.
—Un arito redondo, de nácar, que ella tenía.

Everybody wants mother-of-pearl grips, but wood’s better.
Todos las quieren de nácar, pero es mejor la madera.

Perhaps a haircomb made of mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell.
Tal vez un peine de nácar y concha.

The mother-of-pearl box would be safe if he buried it.
El cofrecillo de nácar estaría a salvo si lo enterraba.

He put the mother-of-pearl box away in his kit bag.
Guardó la cajita de nácar en el petate.