mariposa
butterfly
Reviewed by: Jennifer JinCofounder
The winged insect
Encoding Strategies:
linguistic
visual
Mary
a woman's name
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pose
to stop and hold still
Mariposa means butterfly and is related to the English words Mary0 and pose1. Picture a butterfly as a woman named Mary who stops to perch on a flower.
mariposa
butterfly
The insect with large, colorful wings that is the adult form of a caterpillar.
Una mariposa monarca posó sobre la flor del jardínA monarch butterfly landed on the garden flower
Las mariposas vuelan de flor en flor buscando néctarButterflies fly from flower to flower looking for nectar
butterfly (sports)
The swim stroke, where both arms rotate forward simultaneously while the legs kick together, like a butterfly's wings flapping.
Entrena todos los días para mejorar su técnica en los 100 metros mariposaShe trains every day to improve her technique in the 100-meter butterfly
La mariposa es el estilo más exigente de la nataciónThe butterfly is the most demanding stroke in swimming
wing nut, butterfly nut (hardware)
A type of nut with two "wings" you can twist by hand, shaped like a butterfly's wings.
Aprieta la mariposa para fijar el soporte a la paredTighten the wing nut to secure the bracket to the wall
Las mariposas de la placa se habían aflojado durante el transporteThe wing nuts on the plate had come loose during transport