Translation for "thistledown" to spanish
Thistledown
Translation examples
For she was not only beautiful... she was proud and fiery, as prickly as a thorn... yet soft as thistledown.
Porque no sólo era hermosa... Era orgullosa y fogosa, pinchaba como una espina... Pero era suave como el vilano de cardo.
She was elusive, like thistledown.
Era esquiva, huidiza como el pelillo de los cardos.
His hair was as white and thick as thistledown.
Tenía el cabello blanco y muy espeso como los vilanos de los cardos.
Thistledown floated upwards, and a shriek tore out across the valley.
Los vilanos de los cardos se remontaban volando y un alarido atravesó el valle.
Clouds of thistledown drifted across the view and in a field there were some fleecy white sheep.
Nubes de vilano de cardo cruzaban por delante de la vista y en un campo había algunas blancas ovejas lanudas.
I see the world turn – all the worlds – I see thistledown fall on a gravestone.’ He sighed.
Yo veo girar el mundo, todos los mundos, veo caer el vilano de un cardo sobre una lápida. —Suspiró—.
The wildcat's fur looked soft as thistledown and his huge padded paws hinted at the sheer power he possessed.
La piel del felino salvaje parecía ser tan suave como el vilano del cardo y sus enormes patas mullidas reflejaban su poderío.
And in this way I want to walk the world like a wonderful surprise– to float as idly as the thistledown, and come as silently as the sunrise;
Y de esta manera quiero recorrer el mundo como una maravillosa sorpresa, flotar tan ociosamente como las pelusas de los cardos, y llegar tan silencioso como el sol naciente;
A man might as easily carve the sun, Saban thought, or wipe the sea-bed dry with thistledown, or count the leaves of a forest.
Un empeño semejante a tallar el mismísimo Sol, pensó Saban, o a secar el lecho marino con flor de cardo, o a contar las hojas de un bosque.
After her husband she seemed light as thistledown and I was able to carry the bow case and other luggage in addition to her.
Después de haber cargado a su marido, ella parecía ligera como la semilla voladora del cardo y pude llevar el estuche del arco y otras cargas además de a ella.
And when the brilliant fourteen fine days of October came on, her cares were all blown away as lightly as thistledown, and she thought of nothing but the glories of the forest.
Y cuando llegaron los luminosos días de octubre, todos sus cuidados desaparecieron como vilanos de cardo arrastrados por el viento, y sólo pensaba en los esplendores del bosque.
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