encaje de bolillos

Language: es

1.
SpainLatin Americaneutral
- A traditional textile craft using bobbins to weave lace; bobbin lace as an object or technique.
2.
SpainLatin Americaneutralfigurative
- Any intricate, delicate, or highly skilled arrangement or operation resembling fine lacework; a complex and exacting task performed with dexterity.

Examples:

ES: El encaje de bolillos sería mejor.
EN: Bobbin lace would be better.
ES: Un alegre encaje de bolillos es lo que necesita.
EN: A jaunty bobbin lace is what it needs.
ES: ¿Sabías que mi madre se pasó tres semanas haciendo rosas de encaje de bolillos
EN: Did you know that my mother spent three weeks making roses out of bobbin lace for my dress?

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