lead
/lɛd/
B1 · Intermediate★★★☆☆
Simple Meaning
un metal blando, pesado y gris que se usa en tuberías, baterías y lápices.
When to Use
⚙️Technical📚Academic Writing📰News & Media
Intermediate — can handle common situations
Examples in Conversation
“Las casas antiguas a veces tienen tuberías de plomo.”
“Ten cuidado, esa pintura podría contener plomo.”
Learning Path
▶Full Definition
A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).