boon

bendición, beneficio

Algo que resulta muy útil o mejora la vida.

En inglés sencillo: Something that is very helpful or makes life better.

• The extra money was a real boon.
• Online shopping has been a boon to many busy parents.
• Would cheaper transport be a boon for local businesses?

Cómo se usa: a boon to someone/something (The new bus route is a boon to local residents.); a boon for someone/something (The rain was a boon for farmers.)

Sinónimos: benefit, blessing, advantage

Antónimos: curse

Expresiones frecuentes: a great boon, boon to someone, boon for something

favor, don

Regalo o favor que alguien pide o recibe.

En inglés sencillo: A gift or favour that someone asks for or receives.

• The king granted her a boon.
• He asked one final boon before leaving.
• The knight received this boon as a reward for his service.

Sinónimos: favour, gift, benefaction

Expresiones frecuentes: grant a boon, ask a boon, boon from someone

bendición, don divino

Bendición o poder especial que un dios concede a quien lleva una vida religiosa estricta.

En inglés sencillo: A special blessing or power given by a god to someone who lives a strict religious life.

• The goddess granted the ascetic a boon.
• He received a boon after years of meditation.
• The story describes a divine boon that made its recipient impossible to defeat.

Sinónimos: blessing, divine gift

Antónimos: curse

Expresiones frecuentes: divine boon, grant a boon, boon of immortality

agramiza

Partes duras y leñosas que se retiran del lino al separar sus fibras útiles.

En inglés sencillo: The hard, woody parts removed from flax plants when their useful threads are separated.

• The workers separated the boon from the flax fibres.
• Boon collected beneath the processing machine.
• The report suggests using flax boon as fuel.

Sinónimos: shives

Expresiones frecuentes: flax boon, remove the boon, boon waste

alegre, jovial

Alegre y simpático, especialmente al disfrutar de la compañía de otras personas.

En inglés sencillo: Cheerful and friendly, especially when enjoying other people’s company.

• He was my boon companion during those years.
• Her boon companions gathered for a feast.
• The two boon friends spent the evening singing.

Sinónimos: jolly, merry, jovial, convivial

Antónimos: gloomy

Expresiones frecuentes: boon companion, boon companions, boon friends