Powder

"Powder" in Spanish

polvo

(fine particles of any dry substance)

empolvarse

(to use powder on the hair or skin)

espolvorear

(to sprinkle with powder)

hacerse polvo

(to be reduced to powder)

polvear (Mesoamerica)

(to use powder on the hair or skin)

polvearse

(to use powder on the hair or skin)

ponerse polvos

(to use powder on the hair or skin)

pulverizar

(to reduce to fine particles)

pulverizarse

(to be reduced to powder)

reducir a polvo

(to reduce to fine particles)

triturar

(to reduce to fine particles)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.