marshmallow

malvavisco, nube

Golosina blanda y esponjosa, generalmente blanca, que se come sola o se añade a bebidas.

En inglés sencillo: A soft, light sweet, often white, that people eat alone or add to drinks.

• Would you like a marshmallow?
• We toasted marshmallows over the fire.
• She put a marshmallow in my hot chocolate.

Expresiones frecuentes: toasted marshmallow, marshmallow cream, roast a marshmallow

blandengue, bonachón

Persona muy bondadosa y cariñosa a la que le cuesta mostrarse firme o estricta.

En inglés sencillo: A very gentle, kind person who finds it hard to be strict.

• Dad is a marshmallow at heart.
• He looks tough, but he is really a marshmallow.
• Those strict teachers become marshmallows around their grandchildren.

Sinónimos: softie

Expresiones frecuentes: total marshmallow, big marshmallow, really a marshmallow

malvavisco

Planta de flores pálidas que crece en terrenos húmedos y cuyas raíces se usan en medicina.

En inglés sencillo: A plant with pale flowers that grows in wet ground and has roots used in medicine.

• Marshmallow grows in wet soil.
• The gardener planted marshmallow beside the pond.
• Dried marshmallow roots were stored in glass jars.

Sinónimos: marsh mallow

Expresiones frecuentes: marshmallow root, marshmallow plant, marshmallow flowers