elixir

elixir de la vida, elixir de la eterna juventud

Sustancia mágica que supuestamente cura todas las enfermedades y permite vivir para siempre.

En inglés sencillo: A magical substance believed to cure every illness and let people live forever.

• The king wanted an elixir of life.
• She drank the elixir, hoping to stay young forever.
• The story tells of an elixir that heals every illness and prevents death.

Sinónimos: potion of immortality

Expresiones frecuentes: elixir of life, elixir of youth, magical elixir

panacea, elixir

Algo que se cree capaz de curar cualquier enfermedad o resolver cualquier problema.

En inglés sencillo: Something that people believe will cure every illness or solve every problem.

• The drink was sold as a miracle elixir.
• He treated exercise as an elixir for all his troubles.
• These expensive elixirs promise to cure every disease.

Cómo se usa: elixir for something (They promoted the herb as an elixir for every illness.)

Sinónimos: cure-all, panacea

Expresiones frecuentes: an elixir for something, miracle elixir, universal elixir

elixir

Líquido imaginario capaz de transformar el plomo en oro.

En inglés sencillo: An imagined liquid that changes lead into gold.

• The alchemist searched for an elixir.
• He believed the elixir could turn lead into gold.
• Ancient books described elixirs for transforming ordinary metals into gold.

Expresiones frecuentes: alchemical elixir, gold making elixir, prepare an elixir

elixir

Líquido dulce, a menudo con alcohol, que se mezcla con un medicamento para mejorar su sabor.

En inglés sencillo: A sweet liquid, often containing alcohol, mixed with medicine to make it taste better.

• The medicine comes as an elixir.
• The pharmacist mixed the bitter drug with a sweet elixir.
• Some elixirs contain alcohol as well as sugar.

Expresiones frecuentes: oral elixir, flavored elixir, medicinal elixir