la pava

kettle

→ el

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kettle A regional term, especially in Argentina and Uruguay, for a kettle used to boil water. In other contexts, pava can mean “female turkey.”

SP: La pava está hirviendo.

EN: The kettle is boiling.

He forgot the kettle.

— Taxi Express (1998)

I’ll put the kettle on the stove.

— Mi amigo Ivan Lapshin (1985)

The kettle is boiling.

The kettle broke.