No. 10,124 in Catalan
papallona
Butterfly.
In a sentence
La papallona vola per sobre de les flors.
The butterfly flies over the flowers.
Here 'papallona' is used as a noun referring to the insect butterfly.
Porto un llaç en forma de papallona al cabell.
I wear a bow shaped like a butterfly in my hair.
In this sentence, 'papallona' is part of the descriptive phrase describing the shape of the bow.
El moviment de les ales sembla com una papallona aletejant.
The movement of the wings looks like a butterfly flapping.
The word 'papallona' is used metaphorically to compare the motion to that of a butterfly flapping.
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