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The meaning of the Spanish word "pluma" and how you use it

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pluma
(n.) (fem.) (sing.) (fountain) pen; quill; feather pen
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Clickable Example Sentences

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Necesito tinta para la pluma .
I need ink for the pen.
Cervantes escribía con pluma .
Cervantes wrote with a quill.
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Zamba, Roberto Arlt, and the Stolen Manuscript
San Martín , encontré una pluma roja .
San Martín, I found a red feather pen.
How to Draw a Cat with a Fountain Pen
Cuando hagas esto por favor asegúrate de que la tinta de la pluma esté completamente seca ,
When you do this, please make sure that the ink from the pen is completely dry,
How to Draw a Cat with a Fountain Pen
pero la vas a poder apreciar mucho mejor ahora que la repase con la pluma .
but you're going to be able to appreciate it a lot more now that I go over it with the pen.
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pluma...fuente
(n.) (fem.) (sing.) fountain pen; ink pen

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Tengo que comprar una pluma fuente .
I have to buy a fountain pen.
Esta pluma fuente no es mía .
This ink pen is not mine.
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How to Draw a Forest with a Lake
Yo soy Leonardo Pereznieto y hoy vamos a dibujar un paisaje con pluma fuente .
I'm Leonardo Pereznieto and today we're going to draw a landscape with a fountain pen.
How to Draw a Forest with a Lake
y me encanta dibujar con pluma fuente , especialmente sentir el deslizar de esta sobre el papel .
and I love to draw with a fountain pen, especially feeling the sliding of this one on the paper.
How to Draw a Forest with a Lake
Estoy dibujando con una pluma fuente y estoy trazando las líneas lo más ligerito y claras que puedo ,
I'm drawing with a fountain pen and I'm sketching the lines as lightly and clear as I can,
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pluma...de...burro
(idiom) (fem.) (sing.) nonsense; foolish things; balderdash

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Estás hablando pluma de burro .
You're talking nonsense.
Esta historia es pluma de burro .
This story is balderdash.
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pluma
(n.) (fem.) (sing.) feather

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Encontré una pluma .
I found a feather.
Hay una pluma en mi cama .
There is a feather on my bed.
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Zamba, Roberto Arlt, and the Stolen Manuscript
Es una pluma de pavo real . ¡ Claro !
It's a peacock feather. Of course!
Elmo and His Four Duck Friends
Elmo no tenía patos , ni siquiera una pluma con que nadar ni poder hacer cuac cuac .
Elmo didn't have ducks, not even one feather with which to swim nor to be able to go "quack quack."
The Chaos Theory and the Butterfly Effect
Esa diferencia , que alteró tanto la trayectoria , equivale a una partícula de polvo sobre la torre Eiffel o una pluma menos en el peso de un pato .
That difference, which altered the trajectory so much, is equivalent to one particle of dust on the Eiffel Tower or one feather less in the weight of a duck.
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