pluma
feather
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A feather, and by extension the pen you write with
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plume
a long showy feather
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noun suffix
Pluma means feather and is related to the English word plume0.
pluma
feather, plume
A feather from a bird.
El pájaro perdió una pluma en el jardínThe bird lost a feather in the garden
Su sombrero llevaba una pluma roja muy largaHer hat had a very long red plume
quill
A feather cut to a point at the shaft and dipped in ink to write with.
Firmó el documento con una pluma de gansoHe signed the document with a goose quill
En el museo hay una pluma y un tintero del siglo XVIIIn the museum there is a seventeenth-century quill and inkwell
fountain pen, pen
A pen that holds its own ink, with a metal nib instead of the feather people once dipped in an inkwell to write.
Escribió la carta con una pluma fuenteHe wrote the letter with a fountain pen
Se me acabó la tinta de la pluma a mitad del examenMy pen ran out of ink halfway through the exam
writer, writing (figurative)
An author, or the trade of writing itself. The feather people dipped in ink to write came to stand for the person doing the writing or the writing itself.
Es una de las mejores plumas del paísShe is one of the best writers in the country
Vive de la pluma desde hace veinte añosHe has lived off his writing for twenty years