пе́нки
- 1.
skin (on milk), froth, scum (on jam)
Он не лю́бит пе́нки на молоке́.
He doesn't like the skin on milk.
Plural of пенка; usually used in the plural.
- 2.
(rare) cream (the best part)
Рабо́тали все, а пе́нки снял он оди́н.
Everyone did the work but he alone skimmed off the cream.
Only in the phrase снимать пенки 'skim the cream off'.
Contributions
Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
anonymous edited word type and stress 6 years ago.
