"prueba del algodón" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

Forms: pruebas del algodón [plural]
Etymology: Literally, “cotton test”. The phrase comes from a detergent TV ad from the 1980shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsnIpoZVA_8 in which a butler passes a piece of cotton across a surface to prove that it is perfectly clean. At the end of the advert, the butler triumphantly proclaims "the cotton doesn't deceive". Etymology templates: {{m-g|cotton test}} “cotton test”, {{lit|cotton test}} Literally, “cotton test” Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} prueba del algodón f (plural pruebas del algodón)
  1. (Spain) acid test Tags: Spain, feminine Related terms: el algodón no engaña
    Sense id: en-prueba_del_algodón-es-noun-T3AQc-Ml Categories (other): Peninsular Spanish, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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