Translation for "spermaceti" to spanish

Spermaceti

noun

• esperma de ballena

Translation examples

esperma de ballena noun

Four spermaceti candles in fine silver sticks lit a book he was reading.
Cuatro velas de esperma de ballena sobre delicadas palmatorias de plata iluminaban el libro que estaba leyendo.

The table was polished maple and at night could be illuminated by spermaceti candles, which now stood unlit in elaborate silver sticks.
La mesa era de arce pulido y de noche era iluminada con velas de esperma de ballena que ahora estaban apagadas en unos elaborados candelabros de plata.

He was two and a half years out of Nantucket, had done tolerably well in whale-oil and spermaceti and sealskins, and was going home as soon as he had picked up a load of cabbages for the run: he had a good deal of scurvy aboard, he said;
Había salido de Nantucket hacía dos años y medio y había conseguido bastante aceite y esperma de ballena y pieles de focas.

Despite its name spermaceti is not sperm and has no reproductive function, but when exposed to air it turns from a translucent watery liquid to a milky white cream and it is obvious at once why sailors gave the sperm whale its name.
A pesar de su nombre, el espermaceti no es esperma y carece de función reproductiva. En contacto con el aire, su consistencia líquida, transparente y acuosa se transforma en una crema lechosa y blanquecina que ayuda a comprender por qué los marineros le dieron el nombre de esperma de ballena.