burruño
English translation: a shrivelled-up little thing
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| 3 +1 | a shrivelled-up little thing |
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| 4 | wadded up plastic |
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| 3 | scrunched up pouch |
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3 hrs confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1a shrivelled-up little thing Explanation: it means, reduced from its former "scary" size forum reference: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1255445 |
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wadded up plastic Explanation: It was just a deflated pile of wadded up plastic Ma Moliner gurruño (de gurruñar) m. Apelotonamiento que se hace arrugando y apretando algo, por ejemplo con un trozo de papel. 1 Burruño. 2 *Bola. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 hrs (2010-04-20 12:33:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Nothing but a cumpled heap/pile of plastic |
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18 hrs confidence:
scrunched up pouch Explanation: It was a (flabby) scrunched up (plastic) pouch 'Scrunched up' seems to be quite close to the idea of 'burruño' and it has kind of childish connotations maybe suitable to the context. |
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