добела

Russian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dəbʲɪˈɫa]

Adverb

добела́ • (dobelá)

  1. to white heat
    раскалённый добела (о металле) ― raskaljónnyj dobela (o metalle) ― white-hot
  2. till something is spotlessly clean or white
    вы́скоблить добела́ ― výskoblitʹ dobelá ― to scrub spotlessly clean
    чёрного кобеля́ не отмо́ешь добела́
    čórnovo kobeljá ne otmóješʹ dobelá
    a leopard cannot change its spots
    (literally, “you can’t wash a black dog to make it white”)
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