yema
Meanings
Noun
1. egg yolk
2. tip (of a finger)
3. bud; shoot (botany)
Examples12
Ponga la yema de su pulgar sobre la superficie.
Please put the tip of your thumb on the surface.
Le quité las yemas a los huevos antes de mezclarlos en el guacamole.
I removed the yolk from the eggs before mixing them in the guac.
La yema es amarilla.
Yolks are yellow.
La yema es la parte amarilla.
The yolk is the yellow part.
Ambos huevos que me comí esta mañana tenían dos yemas.
The eggs I ate this morning both had two yolks.
La yema es lo amarillo; la clara es lo blanco.
The yolk is the yellow part; the egg white is the white part.