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No. 9,981 in Spanish

calcinó

"Calcinó" means "burned to ashes" or "scorched."

In a sentence

  • El incendio calcinó el bosque de pinos.

    The fire scorched the pine forest.

    Here, 'calcinó' is used in a literal sense to describe the process of burning or scorching something due to an intense fire.

  • El sol calcinó la ropa que quedó en el tendedero.

    The sun scorched the clothes left on the clothesline.

    In this sentence, 'calcinó' figuratively describes the effect of intense sunlight on the material of the clothes, causing them to degrade or lose quality.

  • La traición calcinó su confianza en los demás.

    The betrayal scorched his trust in others.

    In this case, 'calcinó' is employed metaphorically to express a destructive impact on someone's emotional or psychological state caused by an event like betrayal.

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