Translation for "albura" to english

Albura

noun

• sapwood
• whiteness

Translation examples

sapwood noun

pueden ser sintomáticos de varios agentes, los micelios hallados en la albura son un claro indicio de Armillaria mellea,
Although leaf desiccation and decline in vigor could be symptomatic of several agents, the mycelia appressed to the sapwood are a clear indication of Armillaria mellea,

No había duda de que era un arma recién fabricada, porque la albura de la cara interna del arco era casi blanca.
The stave was new because the sapwood, which formed the back of the bow, was almost white.

la madera clara de la albura cedía a la presión hasta curvarse aunque, como el tronco, tendía a volver a la posición inicial, con una elasticidad que, al ceder la fuerza de tracción, recuperaba como un resorte.
It resisted bending, while the light-colored sapwood of the bow’s spine did not mind being pulled into a curve, yet, like the heartwood, it wanted to straighten and it possessed a springiness that, released from pressure, whipped the stave back to its normal shape.

Árbol de rápido crecimiento y de cuarenta metros de altura, doscientos años de existencia y mil de esperanza de vida, bajo las amplias y abundantes ramas de aquel tilo podía uno reunirse en paz, en una calma garantizada por las virtudes antiespasmódicas de su albura.
A fast-growing tree, 130 feet tall, two hundred years old, and with a life-span of close to a thousand: under the vast, spreading branches of this lime tree, they could meet up in privacy, and in an atmosphere of calm ensured by the antispasmodic qualities of its sapwood.

whiteness noun

Una albura radiante, como Poder líquido.
A white radiance, like liquid Power.

Su contacto con la muerte las había tomado lúgubres y su albura era más blanca que todo lo que había visto hasta entonces.
contact with death had made them sinister, and their whiteness was whiter than anything she had ever seen before.

El coche hizo alto bajo una porte cochère de helada albura. —Comprendo, Mr.
The car rolled to a stop under a coldly white porte-cochère. “I see,”

—rumió—. Pues vine a ver si estabas bien —sus pupilas se clavaban en la blanca albura de sus hombros entrevistos bajo el chal—.
“Why, I came in to see if you were all right.” His eyes were fixed on a patch of her white shoulders visible above the quilt.

Cuando se iniciaron los dolores del parto, la madre de Grenouille se encontraba en un puesto de pescado de la Rue aux Fers escamando albures que había destripado previamente.
When the labour pains began, Grenouille’s mother was standing at a fish stall in the rue aux Fers, scaling whiting that she had just gutted.

Roderick se tornó intensamente pálido al comprender el terrible albur que habían corrido en aquella negra noche de pocos meses antes, tan llena de peripecias.
Rod's face turned strangely white as he realized, for the first time, the terrible chances they had taken on that black, eventful night of a few months ago;