No. 12,642 in Spanish
mármol
Marble (a type of metamorphic rock).
In a sentence
La escultura está hecha de mármol blanco.
The sculpture is made of white marble.
The word 'mármol' here refers to a material commonly used in art and construction due to its beauty and durability.
El piso antiguo de la casa estaba cubierto de mármol.
The old house's floor was covered in marble.
In this context, 'mármol' denotes a material used for flooring, highlighting its decorative aspect in architecture.
La palabra 'mármol' a veces se usa para describir algo muy frío o inmutable.
The word 'marble' is sometimes used to describe something very cold or immutable.
Here, 'mármol' is used metaphorically to convey the qualities of coldness or unchanging nature, similar to the characteristics of the physical material in poetry or symbolic language.
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