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 jardín = A monarch butterfly landed on the garden flower
- Las mariposas vuelan de flor en flor buscando néctar = Butterflies 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 mariposa = She trains every day to improve her technique in the 100-meter butterfly
- La mariposa es el estilo más exigente de la natación = The 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 pared = Tighten the wing nut to secure the bracket to the wall
- Las mariposas de la placa se habían aflojado durante el transporte = The wing nuts on the plate had come loose during transport