noun, feminine/ˈpolboɾa/plural: pólvoras
gunpowder
Related: correr como la pólvora, frasco de pólvora, gastar la pólvora en salvas, juegos de pólvora, no haber inventado la pólvora, oler a pólvora, pólvora de cañón, polvorilla
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pel-der. Latin pulvis Late Latin pulvera Old Catalan polvera Old Catalan polvorabor.? Spanish pólvora Most likely borrowed from Old Catalan polvora (first attested in Spanish c. 1350), from older polvera, from Late Latin pŭlvĕra, neuter plural based on Latin pulvis m. Compare French poudre or Old Occitan polvera, poldra, porba. Doublet of polvo < *pulvus.