"Pulvret"

Translation: The powder

[exqeriment]

Floo powder!

[SrMarien]

Funny to discover etymologic relations here between dutch and swedish. In dutch we have this word "verpulveren" (in which the prefix -ver just indicates some sort of proces) and it means 'to crush' or 'to pulverize' (hey, its the same for english!) and I never new where it came from.

[Namor_Votilav]

I believe it comes from latin "pulveum" which means exactly the same – "powder"

[Antonio_Sou]

'Gunpowder' in portuguese is 'pólvora'. Just a curiosity.

[Arnauti]

In Swedish, gunpowder is krut. (which is an ett word, in case anyone wonders).

[DanielLuna729625]

Provavelmente "pólvora" vem de "pó". E tem os verbos "pulverizar" (reduzir a pó), acho essa relação até mais interessante para memorizar (pó = pulver, ou seja "pulver" é algo que foi pulverizado).

[Synthpopalooza]

Cognate of the english verb pulverize.

[MightyTharos]

Can it mean "dust" too? We use "polvere" for both meanings in Italy.

[Lundgren8]

No, that would be damm.

[Tamarair]

cant we say puder for powder?

[Arnauti]

Yes. And the definite form of that is pudret.
puder is like 'baby powder' or 'face powder' but pulver can be anything in very fine granular form.

[Gnurfel]

Could you use this term for the type of snow on the ski slopes?

[who.is.artis]

Good to hear that it's basically the same as Latvian

[DAGHLM19]

How do I say just ''powder''?

[Arnauti]

pulver –  (or puder if you mean like 'baby powder' or 'face powder'). Both are ett words.

[Christophe782782]

I am told I am wrong before I have said anything. Why does this happen?

[CedSgm7N]

Can someone please explain when to use "pulver" and when to use "puder"