white
A. -adjective
whiter comparative
whitest superlative
1. (generally) blanco [wine, grape, chocolate] blanco [coffee]
(=milky) con leche
(=with dash of milk) cortado
·to [go] or [turn] white
(in face) ponerse blanco or pálido, palidecer
a. whiter than white [person, way of life] sin tacha, angelical
·"Bleacho" washes whiter than white
·"Bleacho" deja la colada blanca como la nieve
·he went white at the age of 30
·el pelo se le puso blanco a los 30 años, encaneció a los 30 años
·she was white [with] rage
·estaba pálida de la rabia
b. to show the white feather mostrarse cobarde
c. to be as white as a sheet or ghost estar pálido como la muerte
2. (racially) [person] blanco [area] de raza blanca [vote] de los blancos
B. -noun
1. (=colour) blanco (m)
·his face was a deathly white
·su rostro estaba blanco or pálido como la muerte
·the sheets were a dazzling white
·las nounábanas eran de un blanco deslumbrante
·to be dressed [in] white
·ir vestido de blanco
2. (=white person) blanco (m) / blanca (f)
3. also white wine blanco (m)
·a glass of white
·un blanco
4. [of egg] clara (f)
5. [of eye] blanco (m)
6. whites (Sport)
·[cricket]/[tennis] whites
equipo (m) blanco de cricket/tennis
C. -compound
·white [blood cell] -noun glóbulo (m) blanco
·white chocolate -noun chocolate (m) blanco
·white Christmas -noun Navidades feminine plural blancas or con nieve
·white coffee -noun (milky) café (m) con leche (with dash of milk) café (m) cortado
·white dwarf -noun (astronomy) enana (f) blanca
·white elephant -noun (figurative) elefante (m) blanco
·white elephant [stall]
tenderete donde se venden cachivaches
·white [ensign] -noun
(British, Great Britain) enseña (f) blanca
·white [flag] -noun (military) bandera (f) blanca
·white [gold] -noun oro (m) blanco
·white [goods] -noun plural electrodomésticos masculine plural
·white grape -noun uva (f) blanca
·white [heat] -noun (physics) calor (m) blanco
·white hope -noun
·the great white hope
·la gran esperanza dorada
·white [horses] -noun plural (on waves) cabrillas feminine plural
·the White [House] -noun (in United States) la Casa Blanca
·white knight -noun (finance) caballero (m) blanco
·white [lead] -noun (chemistry) albayalde (m)
·white [lie] -noun mentira (f) piadosa
·to [tell] a white lie
·decir una mentira piadosa
·white [light] -noun (physics) luz (f) blanca
·white [magic] -noun magia (f) blanca
·white [meat] -noun (culinary, cooking ) carne (f) blanca
·white [noise] -noun (Acoustics) ruido (m) blanco or uniforme
·white [owl] -noun búho (m) blanco
·White [Paper] -noun
(British, Great Britain, Australia, Canada) (parliament) libro (m) blanco
·white [pepper] -noun pimienta (f) blanca
·White [Russia] -noun (history) la Rusia Blanca
·White Russian -noun (history) rusoa masculine/feminine blancoa
·white [sale] -noun (commerce) rebajas feminine plural de ropa blanca
·white [sapphire] -noun zafiro (m) blanco
·white [sauce] -noun   salsa (f) bechamel, besamel (f)
·the White [Sea] -noun el Mar Blanco
·white [shark] -noun tiburónoun (m) blanco
·white [slave trade] -noun trata (f) de blancas
·white [spirit] -noun
(British, Great Britain) trementina (f)
·white [tie] -noun
(=tie) pajarita (f) blanca
(=outfit) traje (m) de etiqueta con pajarita blanca
·white trash *** -noun
(United States) pejorative término ofensivo contra la clase blanca pobre estadounidense
·white [water] -noun aguas feminine plural rápidas
·white water [rafting]   piragüismo (m) en aguas rápidas, rafting (m)
·white [wedding] -noun
·to [have] a white wedding
·casarse de blanco (y por la iglesia)
·white [whale] -noun ballena (f) blanca
·white [wine] -noun vino (m) blanco
·white [wood] -noun madera (f) blanca