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1 masticar
v.to chew.El ganado rumia pasto The cattle chew grass.* * *1 to chew, masticate* * *VT to chew, masticate frm* * *1.verbo transitivo to chew, masticate (frml)2.masticar vi to chew* * *= chew, munch, crunch, chew up.Ex. Alf is convinced that she chews broken bottles and wears barbed wire next to her skin.Ex. People engage in a wide range of activities in libraries, from lively dialog while munching sandwiches and sipping soda, to flirting and caressing, to the more traditional activities of reading and information searching.Ex. Each time you crunch a potato chip you hear yourself crunching the chip, and now when you hear someone else crunching it activates your own action neurons.Ex. If I chew up something fattening but I spit it out, will I still absorb the calories?.----* difícil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].* fácil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].* masticar bien = chew up.* * *1.verbo transitivo to chew, masticate (frml)2.masticar vi to chew* * *= chew, munch, crunch, chew up.Ex: Alf is convinced that she chews broken bottles and wears barbed wire next to her skin.
Ex: People engage in a wide range of activities in libraries, from lively dialog while munching sandwiches and sipping soda, to flirting and caressing, to the more traditional activities of reading and information searching.Ex: Each time you crunch a potato chip you hear yourself crunching the chip, and now when you hear someone else crunching it activates your own action neurons.Ex: If I chew up something fattening but I spit it out, will I still absorb the calories?.* difícil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].* fácil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].* masticar bien = chew up.* * *masticar [A2 ]vtto chew, masticate ( frml)darle todo bien masticado a algn to spoonfeed sb■ masticarvito chew* * *
masticar ( conjugate masticar) verbo transitivo/intransitivo
to chew
masticar vt to chew
' masticar' also found in these entries:
English:
chew
- whole
* * *♦ vt2. [pensar] to chew over, to ponder3. [preparar]a él no le pongas problemas difíciles, dáselo todo masticado don't give him any difficult problems, you need to spoon-feed him o make everything as easy as possible for him♦ vito chew* * *v/t chew* * *masticar {72} vmascar: to chew, to masticate* * *masticar vb to chew -
2 rumiar
v.1 to chew.El ganado rumia pasto The cattle chew grass.2 to ruminate, to chew the cud.Las vacas rumian Cows chew the cud.3 to mull over, to chew on, to chew over, to cogitate on.Ellos rumian sus fracasos They mull over their failures.* * *1 (animal) to ruminate, chew the cud1 (mascar) to chew* * *1. VI1) [rumiante] to chew the cud2) (=considerar) to ruminate, ponder; pey to take too long to make up one's mind2. VT1) (=masticar) to chew2) [+ asunto] to chew over* * *1.verbo transitivob) (fam) ( refunfuñar) to grumble about, moan about (BrE)2.rumiaba entre murmullos que... — she muttered under her breath that...
* * *= chew + the cud.Ex. In the above passage, the Torah lists two criteria for a kosher animal -- cleft hooves and chewing the cud.----* rumiar un asunto = chew + the cud.* * *1.verbo transitivob) (fam) ( refunfuñar) to grumble about, moan about (BrE)2.rumiaba entre murmullos que... — she muttered under her breath that...
* * *= chew + the cud.Ex: In the above passage, the Torah lists two criteria for a kosher animal -- cleft hooves and chewing the cud.
* rumiar un asunto = chew + the cud.* * *rumiar [A1 ]vtrumiar las penas to brood over o on one's troubles ( liter)¿qué andas rumiando tú? what are you grumbling about?rumiaba entre murmullos que … she muttered under her breath that …■ rumiarvi«vaca» to chew the cud, ruminate* * *
rumiar ( conjugate rumiar) verbo intransitivo [ vaca] to chew the cud, ruminate
rumiar verbo transitivo
1 (la vaca, etc) to ruminate, chew one's cud
2 fig (meditar) to think over, reflect on: aún está rumiando lo que le propuse, she's still thinking over my proposal
(refunfuñar) to moan o grumble about
' rumiar' also found in these entries:
English:
brood
- chew
- cud
- ruminate
* * *♦ vt1. [masticar] to chew2. [pensar] to ruminate on, to chew over;rumió la propuesta durante varios días he chewed over the proposal for several days3. [mascullar] to mutter♦ vi[masticar] to ruminate, to chew the cud* * *v/t figponder* * *rumiar vt: to ponder, to mull overrumiar vi1) : to chew the cud2) : to ruminate, to ponder
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