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1 animal

adj.

1 animal (instintos, funciones).

el reino animal the animal kingdom

2 rough (person) (basto).

f. & m.

animal, brute (person).

m.

animal.

animal de carga beast of burden

animal de compañía pet

animal doméstico farm animal; (de granja) pet (de compañía)

animal protegido protected species

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animal

► adjetivo

1 animal

2 figurado (basto) rough; (necio) ignorant, stupid; (grosero) rude, coarse, uncouth

► nombre masculino

1 animal

2 figurado (basto) rough person, brute, lout; (necio) dunce; (grosero) rude person

■ ¡animal! you brute!

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FRASEOLOGÍA

animal de carga beast of burden

animal doméstico pet

reino animal animal kingdom

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noun m.

animal

- animal de compañía

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1. ADJ

1) (=de los animales) animal

instinto animal — animal instinct

2) * (=estúpido) stupid

el muy animal no sabe la capital de España — he's so stupid he doesn't know what the capital of Spain is

3) * (=bruto)

¡deja ya de empujar, no seas tan animal! — stop pushing, you great oaf o brute

no seas animal, trátala con cariño — don't be such a brute, be kind to her

¡el muy animal se comió tres platos! — he had three helpings, the oaf o pig!

2.

SM animal

los animales salvajes — wild animals

soy un animal político — I am a political animal

ser animal de costumbres — to be a creature of habit

- ser un animal de bellota

- comer como un animal

- trabajar como un animal

animal de carga — (=burro, buey) beast of burden

¡me tratas como a un animal de carga! — what did your last servant die of? *

animal de compañía — pet

animal de laboratorio — laboratory animal

animal de tiro — draught animal, draft animal (EEUU)

animal doméstico — [de compañía] pet; [de granja] domestic animal

3. SMF *

1) (=estúpido) fool, moron *

¡animal!, tres y dos son cinco — you fool o moron *, three plus two makes five

2) (=bruto) brute

el animal de Juan seguía pegándole — that brute Juan kept on hitting him

el animal de Antonio se comió su plato y el mío — that pig Antonio ate all his own dinner and mine too

eres un animal, lo has roto — you're so rough you've gone and broken it

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I
adjetivo

1) < instinto> animal (before n)

grasas de origen animal — animal fats

2)

a) (fam) ( estúpido) stupid

no seas animal! — don't be so stupid!

b) ( grosero) rude, uncouth
II
masculino

1)

a) (Zool) animal

comer como un animal — (fam) to eat like a horse (colloq)

b) ( persona con cierta característica)

no soy un animal político — I'm not a political animal

un animal de costumbres — a creature of habit

- animal doméstico

- animal salvaje

2) animal masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona violenta) brute, animal; ( grosero) lout

* * *

= animal, brute.

Ex. Common names are, for example, names of animals, tools, diseases, and chemicals.

Ex. It is often held that brute animals cannot have legal rights.

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* amante de los animales = animal lover.

* animal acuático = water animal, aquatic animal.

* animal anfibio = amphibian.

* animal carnívoro = carnivorous animal.

* animal carroñero = scavenger.

* animal ciliado = ciliate.

* animal dañino = pest.

* animal de carga = pack animal.

* animal de corral = farmyard animal.

* animal de costumbres = creature of habit.

* animal de granja = farm animal, farmyard animal.

* animal de presa = prey animal.

* animal disecado = stuffed animal.

* animal doméstico = pet, domestic animal.

* animales de caza = game.

* animal herbívoro = herbivorous animal.

* animal joven = kit.

* animal marino = marine animal.

* animal que ataca al hombre = man-eater.

* animal que se alimenta filtrando plancton = filter feeder.

* animal salvaje = wild animal.

* animal terrestre = land animal.

* animal vertebrado = vertebrate animal.

* animal víctima de la carretera = road kill [roadkill].

* aprovechamiento de los restos de animales = animal rendering.

* centro de acogida de animales = animal shelter.

* colección de animales = menagerie.

* comer como un animal = eat like + an animal.

* comida para animales = animal feed.

* cría de animales = animal husbandry.

* cría intensiva de animales = factory farming.

* cuerpo de animal muerto = carcass.

* cuidado de animales = animal care.

* cuidado de animales domésticos = pet care.

* cuidador de animales de parque zoológico = zookeeper.

* defensor de los derechos de los animales = animal rights campaigner.

* defensor de los derechos de los animales = animal rights activist.

* derechos de los animales = animal rights.

* especie animal = animal species.

* experimentación con animales = animal experimentation.

* experimentos con animales = animal experimentation.

* gran extensión de tierra dedicada a la cría de animales de pasto = rangeland.

* grasa animal = animal fat.

* instinto animal = animal instinct.

* llamada de animal en celo = rutting call.

* movimiento en defensa de los derechos de los animales = animal rights movement.

* novela de animales = animal story.

* pecera para animales anfibios = amphibian tank.

* piel de animal = pelt.

* producto derivado de la grasa animal = fat product.

* refugio de animales = wildlife centre.

* refugio para animales = animal sanctuary.

* reino animal, el = animal kingdom, the.

* reserva de animales = wildlife preserve, game reserve.

* reutilización de los restos de animales = animal rendering.

* sociedad protectora de animales = RSPCA (Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals), animal protection society.

* tienda de animales = pet shop.

* vida animal = animal life.

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I
adjetivo

1) < instinto> animal (before n)

grasas de origen animal — animal fats

2)

a) (fam) ( estúpido) stupid

no seas animal! — don't be so stupid!

b) ( grosero) rude, uncouth
II
masculino

1)

a) (Zool) animal

comer como un animal — (fam) to eat like a horse (colloq)

b) ( persona con cierta característica)

no soy un animal político — I'm not a political animal

un animal de costumbres — a creature of habit

- animal doméstico

- animal salvaje

2) animal masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona violenta) brute, animal; ( grosero) lout

* * *

= animal, brute.

Ex: Common names are, for example, names of animals, tools, diseases, and chemicals.

Ex: It is often held that brute animals cannot have legal rights.

* amante de los animales = animal lover.

* animal acuático = water animal, aquatic animal.

* animal anfibio = amphibian.

* animal carnívoro = carnivorous animal.

* animal carroñero = scavenger.

* animal ciliado = ciliate.

* animal dañino = pest.

* animal de carga = pack animal.

* animal de corral = farmyard animal.

* animal de costumbres = creature of habit.

* animal de granja = farm animal, farmyard animal.

* animal de presa = prey animal.

* animal disecado = stuffed animal.

* animal doméstico = pet, domestic animal.

* animales de caza = game.

* animal herbívoro = herbivorous animal.

* animal joven = kit.

* animal marino = marine animal.

* animal que ataca al hombre = man-eater.

* animal que se alimenta filtrando plancton = filter feeder.

* animal salvaje = wild animal.

* animal terrestre = land animal.

* animal vertebrado = vertebrate animal.

* animal víctima de la carretera = road kill [roadkill].

* aprovechamiento de los restos de animales = animal rendering.

* centro de acogida de animales = animal shelter.

* colección de animales = menagerie.

* comer como un animal = eat like + an animal.

* comida para animales = animal feed.

* cría de animales = animal husbandry.

* cría intensiva de animales = factory farming.

* cuerpo de animal muerto = carcass.

* cuidado de animales = animal care.

* cuidado de animales domésticos = pet care.

* cuidador de animales de parque zoológico = zookeeper.

* defensor de los derechos de los animales = animal rights campaigner.

* defensor de los derechos de los animales = animal rights activist.

* derechos de los animales = animal rights.

* especie animal = animal species.

* experimentación con animales = animal experimentation.

* experimentos con animales = animal experimentation.

* gran extensión de tierra dedicada a la cría de animales de pasto = rangeland.

* grasa animal = animal fat.

* instinto animal = animal instinct.

* llamada de animal en celo = rutting call.

* movimiento en defensa de los derechos de los animales = animal rights movement.

* novela de animales = animal story.

* pecera para animales anfibios = amphibian tank.

* piel de animal = pelt.

* producto derivado de la grasa animal = fat product.

* refugio de animales = wildlife centre.

* refugio para animales = animal sanctuary.

* reino animal, el = animal kingdom, the.

* reserva de animales = wildlife preserve, game reserve.

* reutilización de los restos de animales = animal rendering.

* sociedad protectora de animales = RSPCA (Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals), animal protection society.

* tienda de animales = pet shop.

* vida animal = animal life.

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animal¹

adjective

A ‹instinto› animal ( before n)

grasas de origen animal animal fats

B

1 ( fam) (estúpido) stupid

¡no seas animal, vamos a chocar! don't be so stupid o reckless, we'll crash!

2 (grosero) rude, uncouth

animal²

masculine

A

1 ( Zool) animal

comer como un animal ( fam); to eat like a horse ( colloq)

ser un animal de bellota(s) ( fam); to be as thick as two short planks ( colloq)

2

(persona con cierta característica): no soy un animal político I'm not a political animal

es un animal de costumbres he's a creature of habit

Compuestos:

● animal doméstico

(de granja) domestic animal; (mascota) pet

● animal salvaje

wild animal

B

animal masculine and feminine ( fam)

1 (persona violenta) brute, animal

2 (grosero) lout

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animal adjetivo
1 ‹ instinto› animal ( before n)
2 (fam)
a) ( estúpido) stupid

b) ( grosero) rude, uncouth

■ sustantivo masculino
a) (Zool) animal;

◊ animal doméstico ( de granja) domestic animal;

( mascota) pet
b) (fam) ( persona — violenta) brute, animal;

(— grosera) lout
animal
I sustantivo masculino
1 animal
2 fig (persona bruta, fuerte) brute
(necio) dunce
II adjetivo animal
' animal' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abandonar
- abrir
- acariciar
- arisca
- arisco
- babear
- bellota
- bestia
- bicha
- bicho
- brazo
- buey
- bufar
- caballería
- cadáver
- callejera
- callejero
- calostro
- caricia
- cebar
- cerda
- cerdo
- cola
- congénere
- consigo
- cordera
- cordero
- cría
- cruce
- cruzar
- cruzada
- cruzado
- cualquiera
- cuarta
- cuarto
- degollar
- despiece
- deyección
- disecar
- diurna
- diurno
- domesticar
- dopar
- ejemplar
- él
- ella
- enjaular
- entrañas
- fiera
- fiero
English:
animal
- antenna
- baby
- back
- bellow
- belly
- bite
- breed
- brute
- bugger
- care for
- coat
- creep
- cub
- den
- destroy
- dig
- domestic
- domesticated
- fierce
- finish off
- flamingo
- flesh
- forerunner
- fur
- furry
- good-natured
- habit
- hardy
- hide
- host
- house-train
- instinct
- kick
- kill
- lap
- lap up
- lead
- lean
- leg
- magnetism
- master
- maul
- milk
- mistress
- neck
- neglect
- nocturnal
- nurture
- pack-animal

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animal

♦ adj

1. [instintos, funciones] animal;

el reino animal the animal kingdom

2. [persona] [basto] rough

3. [persona] [ignorante] ignorant

♦ nm

animal;

Comp

como un animal: sudaba como un animal he was sweating like a pig;

trabajamos como animales para acabar a tiempo we worked like slaves to get it finished on time

Comp
animal de bellota [cerdo] pig; Fam [insulto] ignoramus;
animal de carga beast of burden;

animal de compañía pet;

animal doméstico [de granja] farm animal;
[de compañía] pet;
animales de granja farm animals;

animal de laboratorio laboratory animal;

animal político political animal;

animal protegido protected species;

animal racional rational being;

animal de tiro draught animal;

animal transgénico transgenic animal

♦ nmf

1. [persona basta] animal, brute

2. [persona ignorante] (ignorant) brute

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animal

I adj

1 animal atr ;

reino animal animal kingdom

2 fig

stupid

II m tb fig

animal

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animal adj

1) : animal

2) estúpido: stupid, idiotic

3) : rough, brutish

animal nm

: animal

animal nmf

1) idiota: idiot, fool

2) : brute, beastly person

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animal adj n animal

animal salvaje wild animal

animal doméstico pet

Spanish-English dictionary > animal
2 alimento para animales

• animal feed

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > alimento para animales
3 alimento para ganado

• animal feed

• feedstuff

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > alimento para ganado
4 pienso

intj.

I think, I gather.

m.

fodder.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: pensar.

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pienso

► nombre masculino

1 fodder

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I
SM

1) (Agr) feed, fodder

piensos — feeding stuffs

2) ** (=comida) grub **, chow (EEUU) **
II
†† SM thought

- ¡ni por pienso!

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masculino ( comida) fodder, feed

- pienso compuesto

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masculino ( comida) fodder, feed

- pienso compuesto

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pienso

masculine

1 (comida) fodder, feed

2 (trozo) pellet

Compuesto:

pienso compuesto

compound feed

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Del verbo pensar: ( conjugate pensar)

pienso es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

Multiple Entries:
pensar
pienso
pensar ( conjugate pensar) verbo intransitivo
to think;
◊ después de mucho pienso … after much thought …;

actuó sin pienso he did it without thinking;
pensé para mí or para mis adentros I thought to myself;
pienso EN algo/algn to think about sth/sb;
cuando menos se piensa … just when you least expect it …;
pienso mal/bien de algn to think ill o badly/well of sb;
dar que or hacer pienso a algn to make sb think
verbo transitivo
1
a) (creer, opinar) to think;

◊ pienso que no I don't think so;

¿qué piensas del divorcio/del jefe? what do you think about divorce/the boss?
b) ( considerar) to think about;

◊ lo piensoé I'll think about it;

piénsalo bien antes de decidir think it over before you decide;
pensándolo bien, … on second thought(s) o thinking about it, …;
¡y pienso que …! (and) to think that …!;
¡ni piensolo! no way! (colloq), not on your life! (colloq)
c) (Col) ‹ persona› to think about

2 ( tener la intención de):
◊ pienso hacer algo to think of doing sth;

pensamos ir al teatro we're thinking of going to the theater;
no pienso ir I'm not going
pensarse verbo pronominal ( enf) (fam) ‹decisión/respuesta› to think about;
ver tb pensar verbo transitivo 1b
pienso sustantivo masculino ( comida) fodder, feed
pensar
I verbo intransitivo to think [en, of, about] [sobre, about, over]
II verbo transitivo
1 (formarse una idea) to think [de, of]: no quiero que piense de mí que soy una desagradecida, I don't want him to think I'm ungrateful
2 (examinar una idea) to think over o about: piénsalo dos veces, think it over
3 (tener una intención) to intend: pensamos ir a la playa este verano, we plan to go to the beach this summer
4 (tomar una decisión) to think: he pensado que iré a la fiesta, I've decided to go to the party
♦ Locuciones: en el momento menos pensado, when least expected
¡ni pensarlo!, no way! ➣ Ver nota en consider
pienso sustantivo masculino fodder, feed
' pienso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
callarse
- camelar
- manera
- menos
- pasar
- quien
- revancha
- ahora
- contrario
- insolencia
- mismo
- morral
- murmurar
- ni
- pensar
English:
authenticity
- come
- do up
- feed
- honestly
- shape
- wild

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pienso¹ etc ver pensar

pienso² nm

feed

Comp
pienso compuesto compound (feed)
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pienso

1 vb → pensar

pienso

2 m animal feed, fodder

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pienso nm

: feed, fodder

Spanish-English dictionary > pienso
5 comida para animales

(n.) = animal feed

Ex. The current agricultural research programme includes scientific and technical research to develop protein plants and animal feeds.

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(n.) = animal feed

Ex: The current agricultural research programme includes scientific and technical research to develop protein plants and animal feeds.

Spanish-English dictionary > comida para animales
6 comida

f.

1 food (food).

comida basura junk food

comida casera home cooking

comida chatarra junk food (Mexican Spanish)

comida corrida o corriente set meal (Mexican Spanish)

comidas para empresas business catering

comida para perros dog food

comida preparada convenience food

comida rápida fast food

2 meal (almuerzo, cena).

comida de Navidad Christmas dinner

comida de trabajo business lunch

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: comer.

pres.subj.

1^st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: comedirse.

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comida

► nombre femenino

1 (alimento) food

■ comida italiana italian food

2 (desayuno etc) meal

■ la primera comida del día the first meal of the day

3 (almuerzo) lunch

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FRASEOLOGÍA

comida basura junk food

comida campestre picnic

comida casera home cooking

comida de negocios business lunch

comida para gatos catfood

comida para perros dogfood

comida rápida fast food

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noun f.

1) food

2) dinner

3) meal

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SF

1) (=alimento) food

le echas mucha sal a la comida — you put too much salt on your food

sirvió la comida en cuencos — she served the food in bowls

nos hemos quedado sin comida — we've got no food left

no me gusta la comida india — I don't like Indian food

mamá está haciendo o preparando la comida — mum is making lunch

no sirven comida después de las tres — they don't serve food o meals after three o'clock

acábate la comida — finish your meal

comida a domicilio — meals on wheels pl

comida basura — junk food

comida casera — home cooking

comida infantil — baby food

comida para gatos — cat food

comida para perros — dog food

comida precocinada, comida preparada — ready meals pl, precooked meals pl

comida rápida — fast food

comida reconfortante — comfort food

2) (=acto de comer) meal

ganamos una comida para dos personas — we won a meal for two

tómese una pastilla después de cada comida — take one tablet after meals

hacemos la comida fuerte al mediodía — we have our main meal at midday

comida de negocios — business lunch

comida de trabajo — working lunch

3) esp Esp (=almuerzo) lunch

la hora de la comida — lunch time

4) LAm (=cena) dinner, evening meal

5) **

comida de coco, comida de tarro, en la mili le han hecho una comida de coco o tarro — they brainwashed him when he was in the army

este libro es una comida de coco o tarro — this book is pretty heavy stuff *

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femenino

1) ( alimentos) food

comida para perros — dog food

2)

a) ( ocasión en que se come) meal

hago tres comidas al día — I have o eat three meals a day

la comida fuerte del día — the main meal of the day

b) (AmL) (menú, platos) food

hacer or preparar la comida — to get the food ready o cook the food

- comida basura/rápida

- comida de negocios/de trabajo

3)

a) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almuerzo) lunch, dinner (BrE)

b) (esp AmL) ( cena) dinner, supper; ( en algunas regiones del Reino Unido) tea

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= food, meal, eats, cuisine, food supply, grub, chow, nosh, foodstuffs, fare, supper, supply of food.

Ex. Food, cookery and Mediterranean are isolates drawn from the facets of Domestic science, constituting phenomena studied.

Ex. The pilot fish leads the shark to food, then lives off the crumbs of the shark's meals.

Ex. Recounts the experience of some US book superstores in offering drinks and eats in order to make them user friendly.

Ex. Diet books are now more flexible, and there is a resurgence of interest in vegetarian cuisine.

Ex. This study investigated the mechanisms by which these changes have impacted on birds and their food supplies.

Ex. Why grub has to be 'rustled up' is anyone's guess; that is just the way it was on the Wild West.

Ex. The lowly chow of the rural poor has gone highbrow.

Ex. Top it off with spicy guacamole and it's worth the nosh.

Ex. Attention has focussed on the labelling of foodstuffs and the testing and approval of food additives.

Ex. This stylish cafe, situated in a heritage-listed building that used to be a gun shop, offers original, restaurant-quality fare.

Ex. A big pumpkin, cut into quarters and baked, is a sweet and warming supper.

Ex. Previous studies in which squirrels were provisioned with an abundant supply of food found a reduction in the rate of caching.

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* atracarse de comida = stuff + Posesivo + face.

* atracón de comida = binge eating.

* bolsa de comida = box lunch.

* buena comida, la = good food.

* búsqueda de comida = foraging.

* cama y comida = food and board, bed and board.

* comida al aire libre = cookout.

* comida basura = junk food.

* comida caliente = cooked meal.

* comida de dos platos y postre = three-course meal.

* comida de empresa = company dinner.

* comida de fuera = outside food.

* comida de Navidad = Christmas dinner.

* comida de trabajo = business meal, professional meal.

* comida de tres platos = three-course meal.

* comida ecológica = ecological food.

* comida en conserva = tinned food, canned food.

* comida enlatada = tinned food, canned food.

* comida escolar = school lunch, school dinner.

* comida grasa = fatty food.

* comida infantil = baby food.

* comida para animales = animal feed.

* comida para llevar = takeaway meal, take-out meal, take-out.

* comida para niños = baby food.

* comida para pájaros = bird seed.

* comida para perros = dog food.

* comida para picar = finger food.

* comida poco saludable = unhealthy foods.

* comida precocinada = baked goods.

* comida preparada = take-out.

* comida principal = main meal.

* comida rápida = fast food, junk food.

* comidas = dining.

* comida saludable = wholesome food, healthy food.

* comida sana = wholesome food, healthy food.

* comidas caseras = home cooking.

* comidas selectas = delicatessen [deli, -abrev.].

* comida tradicional de los negros del sur de los Estados Unidos = soul food.

* comida y alojamiento = board and lodging.

* comida y habitación = board and lodging.

* decoración de los carritos de la comida = trolley dressing.

* en las comidas = at meal times.

* gasto en comida = food bill.

* harto de comida = fullfed.

* hora de la comida = mealtime [meal time].

* industria de la comida rápida, la = fast-food industry, the.

* preparar la comida = cook + meal.

* puesto de café y comida = coffee and lunch corner.

* puesto de comida = food stall.

* restaurante de comida rápida = fast-food restaurant.

* ser muy delicado con la comida = be a picky eater.

* ser muy melindroso con la comida = be a picky eater.

* ser muy tiquismiquis con la comida = be a picky eater.

* sin incluir las comidas = self-catering.

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femenino

1) ( alimentos) food

comida para perros — dog food

2)

a) ( ocasión en que se come) meal

hago tres comidas al día — I have o eat three meals a day

la comida fuerte del día — the main meal of the day

b) (AmL) (menú, platos) food

hacer or preparar la comida — to get the food ready o cook the food

- comida basura/rápida

- comida de negocios/de trabajo

3)

a) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almuerzo) lunch, dinner (BrE)

b) (esp AmL) ( cena) dinner, supper; ( en algunas regiones del Reino Unido) tea

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= food, meal, eats, cuisine, food supply, grub, chow, nosh, foodstuffs, fare, supper, supply of food.

Ex: Food, cookery and Mediterranean are isolates drawn from the facets of Domestic science, constituting phenomena studied.

Ex: The pilot fish leads the shark to food, then lives off the crumbs of the shark's meals.

Ex: Recounts the experience of some US book superstores in offering drinks and eats in order to make them user friendly.

Ex: Diet books are now more flexible, and there is a resurgence of interest in vegetarian cuisine.

Ex: This study investigated the mechanisms by which these changes have impacted on birds and their food supplies.

Ex: Why grub has to be 'rustled up' is anyone's guess; that is just the way it was on the Wild West.

Ex: The lowly chow of the rural poor has gone highbrow.

Ex: Top it off with spicy guacamole and it's worth the nosh.

Ex: Attention has focussed on the labelling of foodstuffs and the testing and approval of food additives.

Ex: This stylish cafe, situated in a heritage-listed building that used to be a gun shop, offers original, restaurant-quality fare.

Ex: A big pumpkin, cut into quarters and baked, is a sweet and warming supper.

Ex: Previous studies in which squirrels were provisioned with an abundant supply of food found a reduction in the rate of caching.

* atracarse de comida = stuff + Posesivo + face.

* atracón de comida = binge eating.

* bolsa de comida = box lunch.

* buena comida, la = good food.

* búsqueda de comida = foraging.

* cama y comida = food and board, bed and board.

* comida al aire libre = cookout.

* comida basura = junk food.

* comida caliente = cooked meal.

* comida de dos platos y postre = three-course meal.

* comida de empresa = company dinner.

* comida de fuera = outside food.

* comida de Navidad = Christmas dinner.

* comida de trabajo = business meal, professional meal.

* comida de tres platos = three-course meal.

* comida ecológica = ecological food.

* comida en conserva = tinned food, canned food.

* comida enlatada = tinned food, canned food.

* comida escolar = school lunch, school dinner.

* comida grasa = fatty food.

* comida infantil = baby food.

* comida para animales = animal feed.

* comida para llevar = takeaway meal, take-out meal, take-out.

* comida para niños = baby food.

* comida para pájaros = bird seed.

* comida para perros = dog food.

* comida para picar = finger food.

* comida poco saludable = unhealthy foods.

* comida precocinada = baked goods.

* comida preparada = take-out.

* comida principal = main meal.

* comida rápida = fast food, junk food.

* comidas = dining.

* comida saludable = wholesome food, healthy food.

* comida sana = wholesome food, healthy food.

* comidas caseras = home cooking.

* comidas selectas = delicatessen [deli, -abrev.].

* comida tradicional de los negros del sur de los Estados Unidos = soul food.

* comida y alojamiento = board and lodging.

* comida y habitación = board and lodging.

* decoración de los carritos de la comida = trolley dressing.

* en las comidas = at meal times.

* gasto en comida = food bill.

* harto de comida = fullfed.

* hora de la comida = mealtime [meal time].

* industria de la comida rápida, la = fast-food industry, the.

* preparar la comida = cook + meal.

* puesto de café y comida = coffee and lunch corner.

* puesto de comida = food stall.

* restaurante de comida rápida = fast-food restaurant.

* ser muy delicado con la comida = be a picky eater.

* ser muy melindroso con la comida = be a picky eater.

* ser muy tiquismiquis con la comida = be a picky eater.

* sin incluir las comidas = self-catering.

* * *

comida

feminine

A (alimentos) food

gastamos mucho en comida we spend a lot on food

¿te gusta la comida china? do you like Chinese food o cooking?

comida para perros/gatos dog/cat food

B

1 (ocasión en que se come) meal

hago tres comidas al día I have o eat three meals a day

come mucho pan con la comida she eats a lot of bread with her meals o food

aquí la comida fuerte es la del mediodía here the main meal is at midday

2 (menú, platos) food

en este bar no sirven comidas they don't serve o ( BrE) do meals in this bar

está haciendo or preparando la comida he's getting the food ready o cooking the food

Compuestos:

● comida basura

junk food

● comida de negocios/de trabajo

business/working lunch

● comida escolar

school lunch o dinner ( BrE)

C

1 (esp Esp, Méx) (almuerzo) lunch, dinner ( BrE)

2 ( esp AmL) (cena) dinner, supper; (en algunas regiones del Reino Unido) tea

* * *

Del verbo comedirse: ( conjugate comedirse)

me comida es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

se comida es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

comida sustantivo femenino
a) ( en general) food;

◊ comida para perros dog food;

comida basura/rápida junk/fast food
b) ( ocasión en que se come) meal;

◊ la comida fuerte del día the main meal of the day;

¿quién hace la comida en tu casa? who does the cooking in your house?;
todavía no he hecho la comida I still haven't cooked the meal
c) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almuerzo) lunch

d) (esp AmL) ( cena) dinner, supper;

( en algunas regiones del Reino Unido) tea
comido,-a adjetivo yo estoy comida, I've had lunch
vinieron comidos, when they arrived they had already eaten
♦ Locuciones: sale lo comido por lo servido, (no compensar) it's not worthwhile
ser pan comido, to be a piece of cake
comida sustantivo femenino
1 (alimentos) food: la comida escasea, food is scarce
2 (ingesta de alimentos) meal
(al mediodía) lunch: después de la comida siempre estamos un ratito de sobremesa, after dinner we always chat around the table
La palabra comida puede referirse al alimento en general ( food), a cualquiera de las tres comidas del día ( meal) o a la comida del mediodía ( lunch), aunque algunos anglohablantes la llaman a veces dinner. ➣ Ver nota en dinner
' comida' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abalanzarse
- aderezar
- aderezo
- alimento
- almuerzo
- ansiosa
- ansioso
- antojarse
- aperitivo
- apetitosa
- apetitoso
- atracarse
- bocado
- brocheta
- ciega
- ciego
- comido
- cruda
- crudo
- delicada
- delicado
- delito
- desorbitada
- desorbitado
- destemplarse
- enormidad
- envidiar
- estar
- estropearse
- fondón
- fondona
- fuerte
- grasosa
- grasoso
- guarrear
- harta
- hartar
- harto
- hincar
- indigestarse
- ingerir
- itacate
- llenar
- mesa
- mierda
- mucha
- mucho
- palillo
- pasar
- peculiar
English:
ample
- beautiful
- beg
- binge
- bite
- bland
- boiling
- burn
- can
- canned
- cater
- caterer
- complaint
- concoct
- consumption
- cook
- cooking
- cool down
- cool off
- course
- dainty
- decay
- defrost
- dehydrated
- delicacy
- delicatessen
- delightful
- diet
- dig into
- digest
- dinner
- disagree
- dish
- doggy bag
- eat up
- enjoyable
- excessive
- fancy
- far
- fare
- fast food
- feed
- filling station
- finish up
- fit
- fix
- food
- forage
- freeze
- fresh

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comida nf

1. [alimento] food;

la comida francesa/mexicana French/Mexican food;

comida para perros/gatos dog/cat food

Comp
comida basura junk food;
comida casera home cooking;
Méx comida chatarra junk food; Méx comida corrida set meal; Méx comida corriente set meal;
comidas a domicilio = home delivery of food;

comidas para empresas business catering;

comida para llevar takeaway food;

comida preparada ready meals;

comida rápida fast food

2. [acto de comer] meal;

se sirven comidas [en letrero] food served

3. Esp, Méx [al mediodía] lunch;

dar una comida to have a lunch party;

una comida de negocios o [m5] de trabajo a business lunch;

una comida campestre a picnic

4. esp Andes [a la noche] dinner

* * *

comida

f

1 (comestibles) food

2 ocasión meal

* * *

comida nf

1) : food

2) : meal

3) : dinner

4)

comida basura : junk food

5)

comida rápida : fast food

* * *

comida n

1. (alimentos) food

tenemos que llevar algo de comida we've got to take some food

necesitan comida y medicinas they need food and medicine

2. (al mediodía) lunch

voy a hacer la comida I'm going to make lunch

¿a qué hora quieres la comida? what time do you want lunch?

3. (a cualquier hora) meal

hacemos tres comidas al día we have three meals a day

comida para llevar takeaway

comida rápida fast food

Spanish-English dictionary > comida
7 flatulencia

f.

flatulence, wind.

* * *

flatulencia

► nombre femenino

1 flatulence, wind

* * *

SF flatulence

* * *

femenino flatulence, wind (colloq)

* * *

= flatulence.

Ex. Scientists say putting garlic in animal feed may cut flatulence in cattle and sheep.

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* tener flatulencia = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.

* * *

femenino flatulence, wind (colloq)

* * *

= flatulence.

Ex: Scientists say putting garlic in animal feed may cut flatulence in cattle and sheep.

* tener flatulencia = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.

* * *

flatulencia

feminine

flatulence

* * *

flatulencia sustantivo femenino flatulence

* * *

flatulencia nf

flatulence, wind

* * *

flatulencia

f MED flatulence

Spanish-English dictionary > flatulencia
8 alimentar

v.

1 to feed (dar comida).

tengo cinco hijos que alimentar I've got five kids to feed

La madre alimenta al chico The mother feeds the boy.

La bandeja alimenta la impresora The tray feeds the printer.

2 to feed.

la lectura alimenta el espíritu reading improves your mind

3 to fuel.

4 to be nourishing.

los garbanzos alimentan mucho chickpeas are very nutritious

* * *

alimentar

► verbo transitivo

1 (dar alimento) to feed

2 (mantener) to keep, support

■ con su trabajo alimenta a toda su familia he works to keep the whole family

3 figurado (alentar) to encourage, foster, nurture; (pasiones) to feed, fuel, nurture

4 (uso técnico) to feed

► verbo intransitivo

1 (servir de alimento) to nourish, be nutritious

■ la verdura alimenta mucho vegetables are very nutritious

► verbo pronominal alimentarse

1 to live (de/con, on)

■ se alimenta de patatas he lives on potatoes

* * *

verb

1) to feed

2) be nutritious

•

- alimentarse

* * *

1. VT

1) (=dar de comer a) to feed

alimentan el ganado con piensos — they feed the cattle with animal fodder

tengo una familia que alimentar — I've got a family to feed

2) (=nutrir) to be nutritious o nourishing

la comida rápida no te alimenta nada — fast food is not at all nutritious o nourishing

3) [+ imaginación] to fire, fuel; [+ esperanzas, pasiones] to feed, fuel; [+ sentimiento, idea] to foster

ese tipo de comentario alimenta el rencor — that sort of remark fosters resentment

sus historias alimentaron mi deseo de ir a Perú — her stories strengthened o fuelled my desire to go to Peru

4) [+ hoguera, horno doméstico, fuego] to feed, add fuel to; [+ horno industrial] to stoke

el operario alimenta la máquina de o con combustible — the operator feeds fuel into the machine

5) (Elec) to supply

2.

VI to be nutritious, be nourishing

esta comida no alimenta nada — this food is not at all nutritious o nourishing

- huele que alimenta

3.

See:

alimentarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( nutrir) <persona/animal> to feed

los alimentan con piensos — they are fed on pellets

estas tierras alimentaron a mi familia — my family lived off this land

2) <ilusión/esperanza> to nurture, cherish; < ego> to boost

alimentar el odio entre dos países — to fuel the hatred between two countries

3) <máquina/motor> to feed; < caldera> to stoke

algodón para alimentar la industria textil — cotton to supply the textile industry
2.
alimentar vi to be nourishing
3.
alimentarse v pron <persona/animal> to feed oneself

no se alimenta bien — he doesn't eat right (AmE) o (BrE) properly

alimentarse con or de algo — to live on something

* * *

= feed, fuel, nurture, nourish, stoke.

Ex. The computer merely needs to be fed with the source documents and their citation, and with the appropriate software, will generate the indexes.

Ex. This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.

Ex. Studying the leisure reading preferences of teens can help library media specialists develop collections and programs that nurture a lifelong love of reading.

Ex. The library's mission must be further nourished and refined, for philosophy is not an idle pastime -- it is a foundation and rationale for human endeavor.

Ex. The media have regularly stoked public feelings of shame by affirming that English football fans are synonymous with hooliganism, overlooking the fact that not all fans are 'hooligans'.

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* alimentar a la fuerza = force-feed.

* alimentar datos = populate.

* alimentar el espíritu = refresh + the spirit.

* alimentar el odio = fuel + hatred.

* alimentar la esperanza = nurture + hope.

* alimentarse = graze (on).

* alimentarse de = thrive on, feast on, prey on/upon.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( nutrir) <persona/animal> to feed

los alimentan con piensos — they are fed on pellets

estas tierras alimentaron a mi familia — my family lived off this land

2) <ilusión/esperanza> to nurture, cherish; < ego> to boost

alimentar el odio entre dos países — to fuel the hatred between two countries

3) <máquina/motor> to feed; < caldera> to stoke

algodón para alimentar la industria textil — cotton to supply the textile industry
2.
alimentar vi to be nourishing
3.
alimentarse v pron <persona/animal> to feed oneself

no se alimenta bien — he doesn't eat right (AmE) o (BrE) properly

alimentarse con or de algo — to live on something

* * *

= feed, fuel, nurture, nourish, stoke.

Ex: The computer merely needs to be fed with the source documents and their citation, and with the appropriate software, will generate the indexes.

Ex: This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.

Ex: Studying the leisure reading preferences of teens can help library media specialists develop collections and programs that nurture a lifelong love of reading.

Ex: The library's mission must be further nourished and refined, for philosophy is not an idle pastime -- it is a foundation and rationale for human endeavor.

Ex: The media have regularly stoked public feelings of shame by affirming that English football fans are synonymous with hooliganism, overlooking the fact that not all fans are 'hooligans'.

* alimentar a la fuerza = force-feed.

* alimentar datos = populate.

* alimentar el espíritu = refresh + the spirit.

* alimentar el odio = fuel + hatred.

* alimentar la esperanza = nurture + hope.

* alimentarse = graze (on).

* alimentarse de = thrive on, feast on, prey on/upon.

* * *

alimentar [A1 ]

vt

A (nutrir) ‹persona/animal› to feed

tengo tres hijos que alimentar I have three children to feed

alimentan a los animales con piensos the animals are fed on pellets

estas tierras alimentaron a mi familia durante generaciones my family lived off this land for generations, this land supported my family for generations

Extremadura alimentó durante largo tiempo este flujo emigratorio for a long time Extremadura contributed to o fed this flow of emigrants

B

1 ‹ilusión/esperanza› to nurture, cherish

varios años de enfrentamiento alimentaron el odio entre los dos bandos several years of confrontation fueled the hatred between the two sides

alimentó mi curiosidad con aquella historia the story she told fed my curiosity

2 ‹ego› to boost

contribuyó a alimentar su ego it helped to boost his ego

C ‹máquina/motor› to feed; ‹caldera› to stoke

algodón para alimentar la industria textil cotton to supply the textile industry, cotton for the textile industry

■ alimentar

vi

to be nourishing

■ alimentarse

v pron

«persona/animal» to feed oneself

este chico no se alimenta bien this boy doesn't feed himself o eat right ( AmE), this boy doesn't feed himself o eat properly ( BrE)

alimentarse CON or DE algo to live ON sth

se alimenta con frutas y verduras she lives on fruit and vegetables

se alimenta de energía solar it runs on solar energy

* * *

alimentar ( conjugate alimentar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹persona/animal› to feed
2
a) ‹ilusión/esperanza› to nurture, cherish;

‹ ego› to boost
b) ‹odio/pasión› to fuel

3 ‹máquina/motor› to feed;
‹ caldera› to stoke
verbo intransitivo
to be nourishing
alimentarse verbo pronominal [persona/animal] to feed oneself;
alimentarse con or de algo to live on sth
alimentar
I verbo transitivo
1 (dar de comer) to feed
2 fig (fomentar un sentimiento) to nourish
3 Inform to feed
Téc to supply
II vt & vi (ser nutritivo) to be nutritious
' alimentar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mantener
- suero
English:
feed
- nourish
- support
- bottle
- force
- fuel

* * *

alimentar

♦ vt

1. [dar comida] to feed;

alimentan a los tigres con carne they feed the tigers meat;

tengo cinco hijos que alimentar I've got five kids to feed;

el hijo mayor trabaja y alimenta a toda la familia the eldest son goes to work so that the whole family can eat

2. [dar energía, material] to feed;

la lectura alimenta el espíritu reading improves your mind;

esa actitud alimenta la intolerancia that attitude fuels intolerance;

trabajar con él le ha alimentado el ego working with him has boosted her ego

3. [motor, coche] to fuel;
[caldera] to stoke;
alimentar una batería to charge o recharge a battery

♦ vi
[nutrir] to be nourishing;
los garbanzos alimentan mucho chickpeas are very nutritious

♦ See also the pronominal verb alimentarse

* * *

alimentar

I v/t tb TÉC, fig

feed; EL power

II v/i be nourishing

* * *

alimentar vt

1) nutrir: to feed, to nourish

2) mantener: to support (a family)

3) fomentar: to nurture, to foster

♦ See also the reflexive verb alimentarse

* * *

alimentar vb

1. (dar alimento) to feed [pt. & pp. fed]

las aves alimentan a sus crías en el nido birds feed their young in the nest

2. (mantener) to keep [pt. & pp. kept] / to support

no gana suficiente para alimentar a su familia he doesn't earn enough to support his family

3. (servir de alimento) to be good for you

la verdura alimenta mucho vegetables are very good for you

Spanish-English dictionary > alimentar
9 criar

v.

1 to breed, to rear (animales).

Ellos crían ganado They breed cattle.

2 to bring up.

nos criaron en el respeto a los demás we were brought up to respect others

Ella cría dos chicos She brings up two kids.

3 to breastfeed.

4 to mature (vino).

5 to nurse, to wet-nurse.

La nana crió al chico The nanny nursed the boy.

* * *

criar

Conjugation model [ DESVIAR], like link=desviar desviar

► verbo transitivo

1 (educar niños) to bring up, rear, care for

■ lo crió una tía his aunt brought him up

2 (nutrir) to feed ( con, -); (con pecho) to suckle, nurse, breast-feed

3 (animales) to breed, raise, rear

4 (producir) to have, grow; (vinos) to make, mature

► verbo intransitivo

1 (engendrar) to give birth

► verbo pronominal criarse

1 (crecer) to grow; (formarse) to be brought up

2 (producirse) to grow

* * *

verb

1) to raise, bring up

2) breed

* * *

1. VT

1) (=educar) [+ niño] to bring up, raise ( esp EEUU)

los crió su abuela hasta los diez años — they were brought up o raised by their grandmother till they were ten

- Dios los cría y ellos se juntan

2) (=amamantar) to nurse, suckle, feed

al niño lo crió su tía — the baby was nursed o suckled o fed by his aunt

criar con biberón — to bottle-feed

criar con el pecho — to breast-feed

3) [+ ganado] to rear, raise; [+ aves de corral] to breed; [para competición] to breed

cría cuervos (que te sacarán los ojos) —

qué mala suerte tuvo con sus hijos; ya sabes, cría cuervos... — she's been so unlucky with her children, after all she's done for them they've repaid her with nothing but ingratitude

4) [+ hortalizas] to grow

criar malvas —

ya está criando malvas — he's pushing up the daisies *

5) (=producir)

los perros crían pulgas — dogs get fleas

criar barriga — to get a belly *

criar carnes — to put on weight

esta tierra no cría malas hierbas — this soil doesn't produce any weeds

criar polvo — to gather dust

2. VI

1) (=tener crías) to breed

la gaviota suele criar en las rocas — seagulls usually breed on rocks

2) (=madurar) [vino] to age, mature

3.

See:

criarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) < niño>

a) (cuidar, educar) to bring up, raise

la criaron los abuelos — she was brought up o raised by her grandparents

ya tiene a sus hijos criados — her children are grown up now

b) ( amamantar) to breast-feed

criado con biberón — bottle-fed

2) < ganado> to raise, rear; ( para la reproducción) to breed; <pollos/pavos> to breed

3) ( producir)

el pan ha criado moho — the bread has gone moldy

este perro cría pulgas — this dog is always covered in fleas
2.
criar vi mujer to breast-feed; animal to suckle
3.
criarse v pron to grow up

nos criamos juntos — we grew up together

me crié con mi abuela — I was brought up by my grandmother

a la que te criaste — (CS fam) any old how

* * *

= breed, rear, raise, fledge, nurse, raise + Animales, hatch.

Ex. The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.

Ex. One of the main characteristics of written language, especially for people reared in oral cultural milieus, is the inability of the learner to rely on what has always been available: the non-verbal element of communication.

Ex. The current generation of young adults were raised on television, video games, music videos, and other highly visual media = La generación actual de jóvenes se han educado con la televisión, los vídeojuegos, los vídeos musicales y otros medios visuales.

Ex. Birds in territories with more foliage cover were more likely to fledge young.

Ex. The author also evokes the story of the wolf who nursed Romulus and Remus in order to suggest the barbarity of Renaissance Rome.

Ex. New animal husbandry systems should be developed that provide opportunities for livestock animals to be raised in environments where they are permitted to engage in 'natural behaviour'.

Ex. The eggs a chicken lays without the help of a cockerel are not fertilised and will therefore never hatch.

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* criar malvas = push up + (the) daisies.

* criar niños = rear + children, raise + children, child rearing.

* criarse = grow up.

* Dios los cría y ellos se juntan = birds of a feather flock together.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) < niño>

a) (cuidar, educar) to bring up, raise

la criaron los abuelos — she was brought up o raised by her grandparents

ya tiene a sus hijos criados — her children are grown up now

b) ( amamantar) to breast-feed

criado con biberón — bottle-fed

2) < ganado> to raise, rear; ( para la reproducción) to breed; <pollos/pavos> to breed

3) ( producir)

el pan ha criado moho — the bread has gone moldy

este perro cría pulgas — this dog is always covered in fleas
2.
criar vi mujer to breast-feed; animal to suckle
3.
criarse v pron to grow up

nos criamos juntos — we grew up together

me crié con mi abuela — I was brought up by my grandmother

a la que te criaste — (CS fam) any old how

* * *

= breed, rear, raise, fledge, nurse, raise + Animales, hatch.

Ex: The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.

Ex: One of the main characteristics of written language, especially for people reared in oral cultural milieus, is the inability of the learner to rely on what has always been available: the non-verbal element of communication.

Ex: The current generation of young adults were raised on television, video games, music videos, and other highly visual media = La generación actual de jóvenes se han educado con la televisión, los vídeojuegos, los vídeos musicales y otros medios visuales.

Ex: Birds in territories with more foliage cover were more likely to fledge young.

Ex: The author also evokes the story of the wolf who nursed Romulus and Remus in order to suggest the barbarity of Renaissance Rome.

Ex: New animal husbandry systems should be developed that provide opportunities for livestock animals to be raised in environments where they are permitted to engage in 'natural behaviour'.

Ex: The eggs a chicken lays without the help of a cockerel are not fertilised and will therefore never hatch.

* criar malvas = push up + (the) daisies.

* criar niños = rear + children, raise + children, child rearing.

* criarse = grow up.

* Dios los cría y ellos se juntan = birds of a feather flock together.

* * *

criar [ A17 ]

vt

A ‹niño›

1 (cuidar, educar) to bring up, raise

la criaron los abuelos maternos she was brought up o raised by her maternal grandparents

fui criada en el amor a los libros I was brought up to love books

ya tiene a sus hijos criados her children are grown up now

malcriado¹ (↑ malcriado (1))

2 (amamantar) to breast-feed

criado con biberón bottle-fed

lo crió su madre his mother breast-fed him

B ‹ganado› to raise, rear; (para la reproducción) to breed; ‹pollos/pavos› to breed

C

(producir): el pan ha criado moho the bread has gone moldy

este perro cría pulgas this dog is always covered in fleas

esos libros van a criar polvo those books are just going to gather dust

■ criar

vi

«mujer» to breast-feed; «animal» to suckle

■ criarse

v pron

to grow up

nos criamos juntos we were brought up together, we grew up together

me crié con mi abuela I was brought up o raised by my grandmother

a la que te criaste ( RPl fam); any old how, any which way ( AmE)

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criar ( conjugate criar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ niño›
a) (cuidar, educar) to bring up, raise

b) ( amamantar) to breast-feed;

◊ criado con biberón bottle-fed

2
a) ‹ ganado› to raise, rear;

( para la reproducción) to breed
b) ‹pollos/pavos› to breed

criarse verbo pronominal
to grow up;
◊ me crie en el campo I grew up in the country;

me crie con mi abuela I was brought up by my grandmother
criar verbo transitivo
1 (niños) to bring up, rear
2 (animales) to breed, raise
3 (vino) to make
4 (producir, generar) to have, grow: esta tierra cría gusanos, this soil breeds worms
♦ Locuciones: criar malvas, to push up daisies

' criar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
educar
- formar
- moho
English:
breed
- keep
- nurture
- raise
- rear
- bring

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criar

♦ vt

1. [amamantar] [sujeto: mujer] to breast-feed;
[sujeto: animal] to suckle
2. [animales] to breed, to rear;
[flores, árboles] to grow
3. [producir] [musgo, humedad]
el muro ha criado mucho musgo there's a lot of moss growing on the wall

4. [vino] to mature

5. [educar] to bring up;

niño mal criado spoilt child;

Prov

cría cuervos (y te sacarán los ojos): con todo lo que lo he ayudado, ahora no quiere ayudarme a mí – sí, cría cuervos (y te sacarán los ojos) after all the times I've helped him, now he won't help me – yes, some people are just so ungrateful

♦ See also the pronominal verb criarse

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criar

v/t

1 niños raise, bring up

2 animales breed

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criar {85} vt

1) : to breed

2) : to bring up, to raise

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criar vb

1. (educar) to bring up [pt. & pp. brought]

criar a un hijo to bring up a child

2. (alimentar) to feed [pt. & pp. fed]

la leona cría a sus cachorros the lioness feeds her cubs

3. (ganado etc) to breed [pt. & pp. bred] / to rear

se dedica a criar perros de raza he breeds pedigree dogs

Spanish-English dictionary > criar
10 comer

v.

1 to eat (ingerir alimentos).

no come carne casi nunca she hardly ever eats meat

¿qué hay de comer? what's for lunch?; (al mediodía) what's for dinner? (a noche)

comer fuera to go out for lunch (al mediodía)

¡a comer, chicos! lunch is/dinner's/etc ready, children!

dar de comer to feed

2 to take, to capture.

me comió un alfil he took one of my bishops

3 to eat up.

les come la envidia they're eaten up with envy

eso me come mucho tiempo that takes up a lot of my time

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comer

► verbo transitivo

1 to eat

■ comer pescado to eat fish

2 (tomar) to have

■ para cenar comimos sopa we had soup for dinner

3 (color) to fade

4 (corroer) to corrode

5 figurado (gastar) to eat away; (combustible) to use, use up

6 (en ajedrez) to take, capture

► verbo intransitivo

1 (gen) to eat; (a mediodía) to have lunch, lunch; (por la noche) to have dinner, dine

■ ayer comimos a las dos yesterday we had lunch at two

■ mañana vamos a comer fuera tomorrow we're going to eat out

■ David me ha invitado a comer David's invited me to lunch

► nombre masculino

1 eating

► verbo pronominal comerse

1 to eat

■ se lo comió todo he ate all of it

2 figurado (saltarse) to omit; (párrafo) to skip; (palabra) to swallow

■ se come las palabras she doesn't pronounce her words very clearly

3 (color) to fade

4 (el mar, la tierra) to swallow

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FRASEOLOGÍA

comer como un pajarito familiar not to eat enough to feed a sparrow

comer como una lima / comer como un regimiento / comer por cuatro familiar to eat like a horse

come con los ojos his (her, your, etc) eyes are bigger than his (her, your, etc) belly

comerse a alguien a besos figurado to smother somebody with kisses

comerse a alguien con los ojos figurado to look at somebody lovingly

comerse algo con los ojos familiar to devour something with one's eyes

comerse las uñas to bite one's nails

¿con qué se come eso? familiar what the heck is that?

dar de comer to feed

echar de comer (a los animales) to feed (the animals)

está para comérsela familiar (mujer) she's really tasty

me come la envidia figurado I'm green with envy

no tener qué comer not to have enough to live on

ser de buen comer to be a good eater

sin comerlo ni beberlo familiar without having had anything to do with it

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verb

to eat

- dar de comer

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1. VT

1) [+ comida] to eat

¿quieres comer algo? — would you like something to eat?

no tienen qué comer — they have nothing to eat

sin comerlo ni beberlo —

sin comerlo ni beberlo, me vi envuelto en un caso de contrabando de drogas — without really knowing how, I found myself involved in a drug smuggling case

ha recibido una herencia sin comerlo ni beberlo — he's come into an inheritance without having done anything to deserve it
coco I, 2), tarro 2)
2) (=almorzar) to have for lunch, eat for lunch

los domingos suelo comer paella — on Sundays I usually have paella for lunch

3) (=hacer desaparecer)

el pelo te come la cara — your hair's covering half your face

esto come las existencias — this devours the stocks

poco a poco el polvo fue comiendo la casa — dust gradually took over the house

• comer terreno, la derecha les está comiendo terreno — the right is gaining ground on them

el equipo se dejó comer el terreno — the team conceded a lot of ground

4) (=destruir, consumir)

un ácido que come la plata — an acid that corrodes silver

el agua comió la piedra — the water wore down the stone

eso les come la moral — that's eating away at their morale

le come la envidia por dentro — she is eaten up o consumed with envy

5) (=escocer)

el picor me come la pierna — my leg's stinging

6) (Ajedrez) to take

2. VI

1) (=ingerir alimento) to eat

¿qué hay para comer? — what have we got to eat?, what is there to eat?

los leones tienen que cazar para comer — lions have to hunt to eat

¡come y calla! — shut up and eat your food! *

• comer de algo — (=tomar comida) to eat sth; (=vivir) to live off sth

come de los platos de los demás — she eats other people's food

no todos podemos comer de lo que cultivamos — not all of us can live off what we grow ourselves

• comer fuera — to eat out

comer con los ojos —

siempre comes con o por los ojos — your eyes are bigger than your stomach

- comer como una vaca o fiera

- no comer ni dejar comer

- el mismo que come y viste

2) (=tomar la comida principal) esp Esp [a mediodía] to have lunch; LAm [por la noche] to have dinner

comemos a la una — we have lunch at one

me gusta comer fuerte y cenar poco — I like to have a big lunch and a light evening meal

3)

• dar de comer — to feed

estaba dando de comer al niño — she was feeding her child

dar de comer a las gallinas — to feed the hens

ni siquiera nos dio de comer — she didn't even give us anything to eat

4) And
***
comer a algn — to screw sb ***

3.

See:

comerse

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I 1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ( tomar alimentos) to eat

no tengo ganas de comer — I'm not hungry

este niño no me come nada — (fam) this child won't eat anything (colloq)

comer como un sabañón or (Esp) una lima or (Méx) un pelón de hospicio — (fam) to eat like a horse

b)

dar de comer — to feed

dar(le) de comer a alguien (en la boca) — to spoonfeed somebody

darle de comer al gato/al niño — to feed the cat/the kid

come y calla! — shut up and do as you're told

2)

a) ( tomar una comida) to eat

todavía no hemos comido — we haven't eaten yet

salir a comer (fuera) — to go out for a meal, to eat out

a comer! — lunch (o dinner etc) is ready!

¿qué hay de comer? — ( a mediodía) what's for lunch?; ( por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?

aquí se come muy bien — the food here is very good

b) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almorzar) to have lunch, have dinner (BrE colloq)

nos invitaron a comer — they asked us to lunch

c) (esp AmL) ( cenar) to have dinner

comemos a las nueve — we have o eat dinner at nine
2.
comer vt

1) <fruta/verdura/carne> to eat

no puedo comer chocolate — I can't have o eat chocolate

come un poco de queso — have a little cheese

¿puedo comer otro? — can I have another one?

no tienen qué comer — they don't have anything to eat

mira el suéter, me lo comió la polilla — look at my sweater, the moths have been at it

como un cáncer que le come las entrañas — (liter) like a cancer gnawing away at his insides

sin comerlo ni beberlo — (Esp)

me llevé el castigo sin comerlo ni beberlo — I got punished even though I didn't have anything to do with it

¿(y) eso con qué se come? — (Esp fam) what on earth's that? (colloq)

2) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer) comerse 3

3) (en ajedrez, damas) to take
3.
comerse v pron

1) ( al escribir) <acento/palabra> to leave off; <línea/párrafo> to miss out; ( al hablar) < letra> to leave off; < palabra> to swallow

2)

a) (enf) < comida> to eat

cómetelo todo — eat it all up

comerse algo de un bocado — to gulp something down in one go

está para comérsela — (fam) she's really tasty (colloq)

comerse las uñas — to bite one's nails

se lo come la envidia — he's eaten up o consumed with envy

comerse a alguien vivo — (fam) to skin somebody alive (colloq)

b) (fam) ( ser muy superior) to surpass, overshadow

3) (enf) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer)

a) acido/óxido to eat away (at); polilla/ratón to eat away (at)

b) inflación/alquiler <sueldo/ahorros> to eat away at

el colegio de los niños se come casi todo el sueldo — almost all my salary goes on the children's school fees

se los va a comer la mugre — they'll be up to their ears in muck (colloq)

4) (Col fam) ( poseer sexualmente) to have (colloq)
II
masculino eating

una persona de buen comer — someone who enjoys his/her food

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= eat, graze (on), dine, munch, nosh.

Ex. Even the fearsome shark knows enough not to drive away the pilot fish while it eats, nor does it make a meal of the pilot fish when food is scarce.

Ex. Whereas, before, the land was dense with stately white pines, now apple, plum, pear, peach, and cherry orchards stood in regimented rows and cattle grazed peacefully.

Ex. They drove from the airport to the restaurant where he was to dine with the president of the 'Friends of the Library' group.

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. Several hundred fans noshed on gourmet sandwiches, pizza, pasta and fancy chips and dips.

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* comer a dos carrillos = stuff + Posesivo + face.

* comer Algo para matar el gusanillo = eat + Comida + to keep + Nombre + going.

* comer carroña = scavenging.

* comer como una lima = eat like + a horse.

* comer como un animal = eat like + an animal.

* comer como una vaca = eat like + a horse.

* comer como un pajarito = eat like + a bird.

* comer como un sabañón = eat like + a horse.

* comer con apetito = eat with + appetite.

* comer en casa = eat in.

* comer fuera = eat out.

* comerse = make + a meal of, prey on/upon, chew up.

* comerse Algo vivo = eat + Nombre + alive.

* comerse con los ojos = ogle.

* comerse el tarro = dwell on/upon.

* comerse las uñas = bite + Posesivo + fingers, bite + Posesivo + fingernails.

* comerse los restos de = scavenge.

* comerse los restos dejados por otro = scavenge.

* comérselo todo = eat + Posesivo + way through.

* como el perro del hortelano que ni come ni deja comer = a dog in the manger.

* dar de comer = feed.

* descanso para comer = meal break.

* estar tan bueno que no se puede dejar de comer = moreish.

* ganas de comer = appetite.

* hora de comer = mealtime [meal time].

* juntarse el hambre con las ganas de comer = made for each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.

* lugar para comer = eating facility.

* morder la mano del que + dar de comer = bite + the hand that feeds + Pronombre.

* naranja de comer = eating orange.

* no tener ganas de comer = be off + Posesivo + food, be off + Posesivo + oats.

* salir a comer = eat out.

* ser muy delicado para comer = be a picky eater.

* ser muy melindroso para comer = be a picky eater.

* ser muy tiquismiquis para comer = be a picky eater.

* sin comerlo ni beberlo = without having anything to do with it.

* sin comérselo ni bebérselo = without having anything to do with it.

* somos lo que comemos = we are what we eat.

* tú te lo guisas, tú te lo comes = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.

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I 1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ( tomar alimentos) to eat

no tengo ganas de comer — I'm not hungry

este niño no me come nada — (fam) this child won't eat anything (colloq)

comer como un sabañón or (Esp) una lima or (Méx) un pelón de hospicio — (fam) to eat like a horse

b)

dar de comer — to feed

dar(le) de comer a alguien (en la boca) — to spoonfeed somebody

darle de comer al gato/al niño — to feed the cat/the kid

come y calla! — shut up and do as you're told

2)

a) ( tomar una comida) to eat

todavía no hemos comido — we haven't eaten yet

salir a comer (fuera) — to go out for a meal, to eat out

a comer! — lunch (o dinner etc) is ready!

¿qué hay de comer? — ( a mediodía) what's for lunch?; ( por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?

aquí se come muy bien — the food here is very good

b) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almorzar) to have lunch, have dinner (BrE colloq)

nos invitaron a comer — they asked us to lunch

c) (esp AmL) ( cenar) to have dinner

comemos a las nueve — we have o eat dinner at nine
2.
comer vt

1) <fruta/verdura/carne> to eat

no puedo comer chocolate — I can't have o eat chocolate

come un poco de queso — have a little cheese

¿puedo comer otro? — can I have another one?

no tienen qué comer — they don't have anything to eat

mira el suéter, me lo comió la polilla — look at my sweater, the moths have been at it

como un cáncer que le come las entrañas — (liter) like a cancer gnawing away at his insides

sin comerlo ni beberlo — (Esp)

me llevé el castigo sin comerlo ni beberlo — I got punished even though I didn't have anything to do with it

¿(y) eso con qué se come? — (Esp fam) what on earth's that? (colloq)

2) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer) comerse 3

3) (en ajedrez, damas) to take
3.
comerse v pron

1) ( al escribir) <acento/palabra> to leave off; <línea/párrafo> to miss out; ( al hablar) < letra> to leave off; < palabra> to swallow

2)

a) (enf) < comida> to eat

cómetelo todo — eat it all up

comerse algo de un bocado — to gulp something down in one go

está para comérsela — (fam) she's really tasty (colloq)

comerse las uñas — to bite one's nails

se lo come la envidia — he's eaten up o consumed with envy

comerse a alguien vivo — (fam) to skin somebody alive (colloq)

b) (fam) ( ser muy superior) to surpass, overshadow

3) (enf) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer)

a) acido/óxido to eat away (at); polilla/ratón to eat away (at)

b) inflación/alquiler <sueldo/ahorros> to eat away at

el colegio de los niños se come casi todo el sueldo — almost all my salary goes on the children's school fees

se los va a comer la mugre — they'll be up to their ears in muck (colloq)

4) (Col fam) ( poseer sexualmente) to have (colloq)
II
masculino eating

una persona de buen comer — someone who enjoys his/her food

* * *

= eat, graze (on), dine, munch, nosh.

Ex: Even the fearsome shark knows enough not to drive away the pilot fish while it eats, nor does it make a meal of the pilot fish when food is scarce.

Ex: Whereas, before, the land was dense with stately white pines, now apple, plum, pear, peach, and cherry orchards stood in regimented rows and cattle grazed peacefully.

Ex: They drove from the airport to the restaurant where he was to dine with the president of the 'Friends of the Library' group.

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: Several hundred fans noshed on gourmet sandwiches, pizza, pasta and fancy chips and dips.

* comer a dos carrillos = stuff + Posesivo + face.

* comer Algo para matar el gusanillo = eat + Comida + to keep + Nombre + going.

* comer carroña = scavenging.

* comer como una lima = eat like + a horse.

* comer como un animal = eat like + an animal.

* comer como una vaca = eat like + a horse.

* comer como un pajarito = eat like + a bird.

* comer como un sabañón = eat like + a horse.

* comer con apetito = eat with + appetite.

* comer en casa = eat in.

* comer fuera = eat out.

* comerse = make + a meal of, prey on/upon, chew up.

* comerse Algo vivo = eat + Nombre + alive.

* comerse con los ojos = ogle.

* comerse el tarro = dwell on/upon.

* comerse las uñas = bite + Posesivo + fingers, bite + Posesivo + fingernails.

* comerse los restos de = scavenge.

* comerse los restos dejados por otro = scavenge.

* comérselo todo = eat + Posesivo + way through.

* como el perro del hortelano que ni come ni deja comer = a dog in the manger.

* dar de comer = feed.

* descanso para comer = meal break.

* estar tan bueno que no se puede dejar de comer = moreish.

* ganas de comer = appetite.

* hora de comer = mealtime [meal time].

* juntarse el hambre con las ganas de comer = made for each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.

* lugar para comer = eating facility.

* morder la mano del que + dar de comer = bite + the hand that feeds + Pronombre.

* naranja de comer = eating orange.

* no tener ganas de comer = be off + Posesivo + food, be off + Posesivo + oats.

* salir a comer = eat out.

* ser muy delicado para comer = be a picky eater.

* ser muy melindroso para comer = be a picky eater.

* ser muy tiquismiquis para comer = be a picky eater.

* sin comerlo ni beberlo = without having anything to do with it.

* sin comérselo ni bebérselo = without having anything to do with it.

* somos lo que comemos = we are what we eat.

* tú te lo guisas, tú te lo comes = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.

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comer¹ [E1 ]

vi

A

1 (tomar alimentos) to eat

no tengo ganas de comer I'm not hungry o I don't feel like eating anything

no hay nada para comer there's nothing to eat

este niño no me come nada ( fam); this child won't eat anything (I make for him) ( colloq)

las palomas comían de su mano the pigeons were eating out of o from her hand

el sueldo apenas si les alcanza para comer he hardly earns enough to feed them

comer como un sabañón or ( Esp) una lima or ( Méx) un pelón de hospicio ( fam); to eat like a horse

comer como un pajarito ( fam); to eat like a bird

2

dar de comer to feed

todavía hay que darle de comer (en la boca) we still have to spoonfeed him

darle de comer al gato to feed the cat

tengo que darles de comer a los niños I have to get the kids something to eat, I have to feed the kids

nos dieron de comer muy bien they fed us very well

ni siquiera nos dieron de comer they didn't even give us anything to eat

darle a algn de comer aparte ( fam); to treat sb with kid gloves

B

1

(tomar una comida): todavía no hemos comido we haven't eaten yet, we haven't had lunch ( o dinner etc) yet

hace mucho tiempo que no salimos a comer (fuera) we haven't been out for a meal o eaten out for ages

¿dónde comieron anoche? where did you go for dinner o have dinner last night?

no queremos comer en el hotel we don't want to have our meals in the hotel o to eat at the hotel

¡niños, a comer! lunchtime ( o dinnertime etc), children!

¿qué hay de comer? (a mediodía) what's for lunch?; (por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?

aquí se come muy bien the food here is very good

donde comen dos, comen tres there's always room for one more at the table

2 (esp Esp, Méx) (almorzar) to have lunch, have dinner ( BrE colloq)

nos invitaron a comer they asked us to lunch

3 ( esp AmL) (cenar) to have dinner

comemos a las nueve we have o eat dinner at nine

nos invitaron a comer they asked o invited us to dinner

■ comer

vt

A ‹fruta/verdura/carne› to eat

como mucha fruta I eat a lot of fruit

no puedo comer chocolate I can't have o eat chocolate

come un poco de queso have a little cheese

tienes que comer todo lo que te sirvan you must eat (up) everything they give you

¿puedo comer otro? can I have another one?

no tienen qué comer they don't have anything to eat

nadie te va a comer ( fam); nobody's going to bite your head off, nobody's going to eat you

mira el suéter, me lo comió la polilla look at my sweater, the moths have been at it o it's really moth-eaten

como un cáncer que le come las entrañas ( liter); like a cancer gnawing away at his insides

sin comerlo ni beberlo or sin comerla ni beberla: me llevé el castigo sin comerlo ni beberlo I got punished even though I didn't have anything to do with it o any part in it

¿(y) eso con qué se come? ( fam); what on earth's that? ( colloq), what's that when it's at home? ( BrE colloq)

B ( fam)

(hacer desaparecer): ese peinado le come mucho la cara that hairstyle hides half her face

estos zapatos me comen los calcetines my socks keep slipping down with these shoes

estos gastos nos han empezado a comer los ahorros these expenses have started eating into our savings

el alquiler me come la mitad del sueldo the rent swallows up half my salary, half my salary goes on the rent

si seguimos así nos va a comer la mugre if we go on like this we'll be swallowed up by dirt

C (en ajedrez, damas) to take

■ comerse

v pron

A ‹acento/palabra›

te has comido todos los acentos you've left off o forgotten o ( BrE) missed off all the accents

me comí dos líneas I missed out o skipped two lines

se comen la `s' final they don't pronounce the final `s', they leave off o drop the final `s'

se come la mitad de las palabras he swallows o he doesn't pronounce half his words

B

1 ( enf) ‹comida› to eat

cómetelo todo eat it all up

se lo comió de un bocado he gulped it down in one go

está para comérsela ( fam); she's really tasty ( colloq), she's a real dish ( colloq)

no te comas las uñas don't bite your nails

¿se te ha comido la lengua el gato? ( fam); have you lost your tongue?, has the cat got your tongue? ( colloq)

se lo come la envidia he's eaten up o consumed with envy

se comió cuatro años de cárcel ( fam); he did four years in prison o inside ( colloq)

comerse a algn vivo ( fam); to skin sb alive ( colloq)

si se entera mi madre me come viva if my mother finds out she'll skin me alive o have my guts for garters o make mincemeat of me ( colloq)

2 (estrellarse contra) ‹árbol/poste› to smash o crash into

3 (ser muy superior) to surpass, overshadow

nadando y corriendo, él se come a su hermano ( fam); he can beat his brother hollow at swimming and running ( colloq), he knocks spots off his brother when it comes to swimming and running ( colloq)

C ( fam)

(hacer desaparecer): el sol se ha ido comiendo los colores de la alfombra the sun has faded the colors in the carpet

el mar se ha comido casi toda la arena the sea has washed away nearly all the sand

el ácido se come el metal the acid eats into o eats away the metal

el colegio de los niños se me come casi todo el sueldo almost all my salary goes on the children's school fees, the children's school fees eat up almost all of my salary

D ( Col fam) (poseer sexualmente) to have ( colloq)

comer²

masculine

eating

una persona de buen comer someone who enjoys his/her food

el arte del buen comer the art of good eating

el comer es como el rascar, todo es cuestión de empezar once you start eating, you don't want to stop

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comer ( conjugate comer) verbo intransitivo
a) ( en general) to eat;

◊ no tengo ganas de comer I'm not hungry;

este niño no me come nada (fam) this child won't eat anything (colloq);
dar(le) de comer a algn (en la boca) to spoonfeed sb;
darle de comer al gato/al niño to feed the cat/the kid;
salir a comer (fuera) to go out for a meal, to eat out;
¿qué hay de comer? ( a mediodía) what's for lunch?;

( por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?
b) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almorzar) to have lunch;

◊ nos invitaron a comer they asked us to lunch

c) (esp AmL) ( cenar) to have dinner

verbo transitivo
a) ‹fruta/verdura/carne› to eat;

◊ ¿puedo comer otro? can I have another one?;

no tienen qué comer they don't have anything to eat
b) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer) See Also→ comerse 3

c) (en ajedrez, damas) to take

comerse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( al escribir) ‹acento/palabra› to leave off;

‹línea/párrafo› to miss out
b) ( al hablar) ‹ letra› to leave off;

‹ palabra› to swallow
2 ( enf) ‹ comida› to eat;
◊ cómetelo todo eat it all up;

comerse las uñas to bite one's nails
3 (fam) ( hacer desaparecer)
a) [acido/óxido] to eat away (at);

[polilla/ratón] to eat away (at)
b) [inflación/alquiler] ‹sueldo/ahorros› to eat away at

comer
I verbo transitivo
1 to eat
2 (en el parchís, etc) to take
3 (estrechar) ese corte de pelo te come la cara, that haircut makes your face look thinner
ese mueble te come mucho salón, that piece of furniture makes your living room look smaller
II verbo intransitivo to eat: hay que darle de comer al perro, we have to feed the dog
♦ Locuciones: familiar comer como una lima, to eat like a horse
familiar comer el coco/tarro a alguien, to brainwash somebody
sin comerlo ni beberlo, le pusieron una sanción, although he has nothing to do with it, he was disciplined
' comer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acostumbrar
- aire
- algo
- alimentar
- carrillo
- cosa
- dar
- deshora
- después
- empezar
- emplazar
- enana
- enano
- estomacal
- exacerbar
- exigua
- exiguo
- gana
- hambre
- hasta
- hincharse
- jambar
- le
- leguminosa
- menda
- mierda
- picar
- reserva
- rollo
- sabañón
- saciedad
- saque
- sopor
- tarde
- tarro
- terminar
- tragar
- troglodita
- tutiplén
- a
- acabar
- ansia
- apretujado
- austero
- barato
- barbaridad
- bueno
- carta
- chocolate
- de
English:
any
- avoid
- before
- bolt
- brisk
- buffet
- company
- conscious
- craving
- crunch
- cut out
- digestion
- directive
- eat
- eat out
- entertain
- fancy
- feed
- feeding
- finish
- for
- forage
- free rein
- full
- go
- go out
- good
- grab
- grain
- guzzle
- have
- hour
- invite
- just
- leftovers
- linger
- lunch
- lunchtime
- mealtime
- mop
- nosh
- out
- overwhelming
- pick at
- plate
- plough through
- process
- put away
- spoon-feed
- spot

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comer

♦ vt

1. [alimentos] to eat;

no come carne casi nunca she hardly ever eats meat;

¿quieres comer algo? would you like something to eat?;

no tengas miedo, nadie te va a comer don't be afraid, nobody's going to eat you;

Comp

ni come ni deja comer he's a dog in the manger;

Comp
Fam
comer el coco o [m5] tarro a alguien [convencer] to brainwash sb;

Comp

sin comerlo ni beberlo: sin comerlo ni beberlo, le hicieron jefe he became boss through no merit of his own;

sin comerlo ni beberlo, nos encontramos en la bancarrota through no fault of our own, we went bankrupt

2. Esp, Méx [al mediodía] to have for lunch;
esp Andes [a la noche] to have for dinner;
hoy hemos comido pescado we had fish today

3. [en juegos de mesa] to take, to capture;

me comió un alfil he took one of my bishops

4. [consumir] to eat up;

tus gastos nos comen casi todo mi sueldo your expenses eat up almost all of my salary;

esta estufa come mucha leña this stove uses o gets through a lot of wood;

los come la envidia they're eaten up with envy;

eso me come mucho tiempo that takes up a lot of my time;

me están comiendo los mosquitos the mosquitoes are eating me alive

♦ vi

1. [ingerir alimentos] to eat;

ahora no tengo ganas de comer I don't feel like eating o I'm not hungry right now;

comer fuera, salir a comer to eat out;

yo llevaré la bebida, tú compra las cosas de comer I'll get the drink, you buy the food;

comer a la carta to eat à la carte;

¡a comer, chicos! lunch is/dinner's/ etc ready, children!;

¡come y calla! shut up and eat your dinner!;

dar de comer al perro to feed the dog;

no sé qué darles de comer a mis hijos esta noche I don't know what to give the children to eat this evening;

en ese restaurante dan de comer muy bien the food is very good in that restaurant;
Fam
ser de buen comer to have a healthy appetite;
Fig
tener qué comer to have enough to live on;

Comp
Fam
comer a dos carrillos to stuff one's face;

Comp

comer como una lima o [m5] un regimiento to eat like a horse;

Comp

comimos como curas o [m5] reyes we ate like kings;

Comp

comer y callar beggars can't be choosers;

Comp
Fam
dar o [m5]echar de comer aparte a alguien: a mi profesor hay que darle o [m5] echarle de comer aparte you have to be careful how you deal with my teacher, because you never know how he's going to react;

Comp

donde comen dos comen tres there's always room for one more at the table

2. Esp, Méx [al mediodía] to have lunch;

¿qué hay de comer? what's for lunch?;

en casa comemos a las tres we have lunch at three o'clock at home;

hemos quedado para comer we've arranged to meet for lunch;

comer fuera, salir a comer to go out for lunch

3. esp Andes [a la noche] to have dinner

♦ See also the pronominal verb comerse

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comer

I v/t eat; a mediodía have for lunch

II v/i eat; a mediodía have lunch;

dar de comer a alguien feed s.o.;

no tienen qué comer they haven’t a thing to eat;

sin comerlo ni beberlo fam all of a sudden

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comer vt

1) : to eat

2) : to consume, to eat up, to eat into

comer vi

1) : to eat

2) cenar: to have a meal

3)

dar de comer : to feed

♦ See also the reflexive verb comerse

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comer vb

1. (en general) to eat [pt. ate; pp. eaten]

hay que comer más verduras you must eat more vegetables

¿comes pescado? do you eat fish?

2. (al mediodía) to have lunch

siempre como en casa I always have lunch at home

me ha invitado a comer he's invited me to lunch

dar de comer to feed [pt. & pp. fed]

fuimos a dar de comer a los patos we went to feed the ducks

Spanish-English dictionary > comer
11 cebar

v.

1 to fatten (up).

La vieja cebó al pavo The old woman fattened the turkey.

2 to stoke, to fuel (fuego, caldera).

3 to bait (anzuelo).

Pedro cebó la trampa Peter baited the trap.

4 to prepare, to brew. ( River Plate)

5 to prime, to fuel, to stoke.

Missy cebó el fuego para calentarse Missy primed the fire to warm up.

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cebar

► verbo transitivo

1 (animal) to fatten, fatten up

2 (poner cebo) to bait

■ cebó el anzuelo con una lombriz he baited the hook with an earthworm

3 TÉCNICA figurado to prime

4 figurado (pasiones etc) to nourish

■ cebar el alma con esperanza to nourish one's soul with hope

► verbo pronominal cebarse

1 figurado (dedicarse) to devote oneself (en, to)

■ se ha cebado en el estudio she devoted herself to study

2 figurado (ensañarse) to show no mercy (en/con, towards), take it out (en/con, on), vent one's anger (en/con, on)

■ el asesino se cebó en su víctima the killer showed no mercy towards his victim

■ la peste se cebó con toda la población the plague ravaged the whole town

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verb

1) to bait

2) fatten

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1. VT

1) [+ animal] to fatten (up)

ceban a los pavos con piensos artificiales — they fatten up the turkeys on artificial feeds

cuando voy a casa mi madre me ceba — * when I go home my mother feeds me up

2) [+ anzuelo, cepo, trampa] to bait

3) [+ fuego, horno] to feed, stoke (up); [+ arma] to prime

4) frm [+ pasión, odio] to feed, nourish; [+ cólera] to feed

5) Cono Sur [+ maté] to brew

2.

VI [tuerca, tornillo] to catch, grip; [clavo] to go in

3.

See:

cebarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) < animal> to fatten... up

2) <anzuelo/cepo> to bait

3) (CS) < mate> to prepare ( and serve)
2.
cebarse v pron

a) ( ensañarse)

cebarse con alguien — to vent one's anger on somebody

b) ( alimentarse) to feed

el miedo se ceba en la ignorancia — fear feeds on ignorance

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= stoke, fatten, bait.

Ex. The media have regularly stoked public feelings of shame by affirming that English football fans are synonymous with hooliganism, overlooking the fact that not all fans are 'hooligans'.

Ex. They attacked their enemies as 'corrupt scavengers who fattened themselves on the lifeblood of the commonwealth'.

Ex. Hooks are baited with fresh fish, and a block of frozen fish chum is hung over the side and allowed to disperse with the current as it thaws.

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* cebarse con = take it out on, lash out (on), go to + town on.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) < animal> to fatten... up

2) <anzuelo/cepo> to bait

3) (CS) < mate> to prepare ( and serve)
2.
cebarse v pron

a) ( ensañarse)

cebarse con alguien — to vent one's anger on somebody

b) ( alimentarse) to feed

el miedo se ceba en la ignorancia — fear feeds on ignorance

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= stoke, fatten, bait.

Ex: The media have regularly stoked public feelings of shame by affirming that English football fans are synonymous with hooliganism, overlooking the fact that not all fans are 'hooligans'.

Ex: They attacked their enemies as 'corrupt scavengers who fattened themselves on the lifeblood of the commonwealth'.

Ex: Hooks are baited with fresh fish, and a block of frozen fish chum is hung over the side and allowed to disperse with the current as it thaws.

* cebarse con = take it out on, lash out (on), go to + town on.

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cebar [A1 ]

vt

A ‹animal› to fatten … up

no le des tanto de comer que lo estás cebando ( fam hum); don't give him so much to eat, you'll make him fat

B ‹anzuelo/cepo› to bait

C ‹motor/bomba› to prime

D ( RPl) ‹mate› to prepare ( and serve)

■ cebarse

v pron

1 (ensañarse) to vent one's anger

se cebó en or con su víctima he took his anger out o vented his anger on his victim

2

(alimentarse): el miedo se ceba en la ignorancia fear feeds on ignorance

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cebar ( conjugate cebar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ animal› to fatten … up
2 ‹anzuelo/cepo› to bait
3 (CS) ‹ mate› to prepare ( and serve)
cebar verbo transitivo
1 (a un animal) to fatten
familiar (a una persona) to feed up
2 (un anzuelo, una trampa) to bait
' cebar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
engordar
- mate
English:
bait
- prime
- fatten

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cebar

♦ vt

1. [engordar] to fatten (up)

2. [fuego, caldera] to stoke, to fuel;
[máquina, arma] to prime
3. [anzuelo] to bait

4. [sentimiento] to feed, to arouse

5. RP [mate] to prepare, to brew

♦ See also the pronominal verb cebarse

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cebar

v/t

1 fatten

2 anzuelo bait

3 TÉC prime

4 L.Am.

mate prepare

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cebar vt

1) : to bait

2) : to feed, to fatten

3) : to prime (a pump, etc.)

♦ See also the reflexive verb cebarse

Spanish-English dictionary > cebar
12 amamantar

v.

1 to suckle (animal).

2 to breast-feed, to suckle, to nurse, to wet-nurse.

La nana crió al chico The nanny nursed the boy.

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amamantar

► verbo transitivo

1 to breast-feed, suckle

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verb

to suckle, nurse

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VT

1) (=dar el pecho a) to suckle, nurse

2) Caribe (=mimar) to spoil

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1.
verbo transitivo to breastfeed
2.
amamantar vi to breastfeed

madres que amamantan — nursing mothers

la cerda está amamantando — the sow is suckling her young

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= breast-feed [breastfeed], nurse.

Ex. Traditionally, Malaysian women breast-feed their infants for an extended period of time; only elite Chinese women resort to a wet-nurse.

Ex. The author also evokes the story of the wolf who nursed Romulus and Remus in order to suggest the barbarity of Renaissance Rome.

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1.
verbo transitivo to breastfeed
2.
amamantar vi to breastfeed

madres que amamantan — nursing mothers

la cerda está amamantando — the sow is suckling her young

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= breast-feed [breastfeed], nurse.

Ex: Traditionally, Malaysian women breast-feed their infants for an extended period of time; only elite Chinese women resort to a wet-nurse.

Ex: The author also evokes the story of the wolf who nursed Romulus and Remus in order to suggest the barbarity of Renaissance Rome.

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amamantar [A1 ]

vt

«mujer» to breastfeed, suckle; «animal» to suckle

amamantó a sus cuatro hijos she breastfed her four children

una mujer amamantando a su niño a woman suckling o nursing o breastfeeding her child

■ amamantar

vi

«mujer» to breastfeed

madres que amamantan mothers who are breastfeeding, nursing mothers

la cerda está amamantando the sow is suckling her young

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amamantar ( conjugate amamantar) verbo transitivo/intransitivo [ mujer] to breastfeed;
[ animal] to suckle
amamantar verbo transitivo to breast-feed
Zool to suckle
' amamantar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
criar
English:
breast-feed
- nurse
- suckle

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amamantar vt

1. [animal] to suckle

2. [bebé] to breastfeed

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amamantar

v/t bebé breastfeed; cría feed

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amamantar v

: to breast-feed, to nurse, to suckle

Spanish-English dictionary > amamantar
13 cría

f.

1 offspring, suckling, youngling, young.

2 nurture, rearing, bringing, raising.

3 breeding.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: criar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: criar.

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cría

► nombre femenino

1 (acto de criar) nursing; (de animal) breeding, raising

2 (cachorro) young

3 (camada - ovíparos) brood; (- mamíferos) litter

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noun f.

1) rearing, breeding

2) baby, cub, pup, young

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SF

1) (Agr) (=actividad) rearing; [para la reproducción] breeding

hembra de cría — breeding female

cría caballar — horse breeding

cría de ganado — cattle breeding, stockbreeding

cría de peces — fish farming

2) (Zool) (=camada) litter; (=individuo) baby animal

una cría de ballena — a baby whale

una cría de león — a lion cub

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femenino

1) (Agr) rearing, raising; ( para la reproducción) breeding

2) (Zool)

a) ( camada) litter; ( nidada) brood

b) ( animal)

una cría de ciervo — a baby deer

el macho cuida las crías — the male looks after the young

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= offspring, breeding, offspring, pup, litter, farrow, nestling, hatchling, kit.

Nota: Generalmente referido a los animales mamíferos.

Ex. The time has come when organised knowledge should recognise and reward librarianship and its offspring information science.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The Penguin story: hatching and breeding'.

Ex. Regrettably, hardly any flags have been raised as to what it all will mean for our offspring.

Ex. Control males were slower to contact pups, licked them more, and huddled less than control females.

Ex. Sows that farrowed in winter had the highest number of stillborn piglets per litter and the lowest percentage born alive.

Ex. Treated semen increased the number of farrows, but had no effect on the mean size of the litters.

Ex. Mourning doves feed their nestlings crop milk which contains more protein and fat than is found in either cow or human milk.

Ex. The volunteers protected the eggs from poachers and helped the hatchlings get safely to the water.

Ex. Most baby ferrets ( kits) are nippy, it's how they play, they just need to be taught to not nip hard, but they will always use their mouths for playing.

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* ama de cría = wet-nurse.

* cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.

* cría de abejas = beekeeping.

* cría de animales = animal husbandry.

* cría de aves = poultry farming, aviculture, chicken farming.

* cría ecológica = free-range farming.

* cría en campo = free-range farming.

* cría en corral = free-range farming.

* cría en granja = free-range farming.

* cría intensiva = battery farming.

* cría intensiva de animales = factory farming.

* de cría intensiva = battery-caged.

* de la cría de aves = avicultural.

* gestión de grandes extensiones para la cría de ganado = range management.

* gran extensión de tierra dedicada a la cría de animales de pasto = rangeland.

* granja de cría intensiva = battery farm.

* lugar de cría = breeding ground, breeding area.

* sector de la cría de cerdos, el = pig sector, the.

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femenino

1) (Agr) rearing, raising; ( para la reproducción) breeding

2) (Zool)

a) ( camada) litter; ( nidada) brood

b) ( animal)

una cría de ciervo — a baby deer

el macho cuida las crías — the male looks after the young

* * *

= offspring, breeding, offspring, pup, litter, farrow, nestling, hatchling, kit.

Nota: Generalmente referido a los animales mamíferos.

Ex: The time has come when organised knowledge should recognise and reward librarianship and its offspring information science.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The Penguin story: hatching and breeding'.

Ex: Regrettably, hardly any flags have been raised as to what it all will mean for our offspring.

Ex: Control males were slower to contact pups, licked them more, and huddled less than control females.

Ex: Sows that farrowed in winter had the highest number of stillborn piglets per litter and the lowest percentage born alive.

Ex: Treated semen increased the number of farrows, but had no effect on the mean size of the litters.

Ex: Mourning doves feed their nestlings crop milk which contains more protein and fat than is found in either cow or human milk.

Ex: The volunteers protected the eggs from poachers and helped the hatchlings get safely to the water.

Ex: Most baby ferrets ( kits) are nippy, it's how they play, they just need to be taught to not nip hard, but they will always use their mouths for playing.

* ama de cría = wet-nurse.

* cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.

* cría de abejas = beekeeping.

* cría de animales = animal husbandry.

* cría de aves = poultry farming, aviculture, chicken farming.

* cría ecológica = free-range farming.

* cría en campo = free-range farming.

* cría en corral = free-range farming.

* cría en granja = free-range farming.

* cría intensiva = battery farming.

* cría intensiva de animales = factory farming.

* de cría intensiva = battery-caged.

* de la cría de aves = avicultural.

* gestión de grandes extensiones para la cría de ganado = range management.

* gran extensión de tierra dedicada a la cría de animales de pasto = rangeland.

* granja de cría intensiva = battery farm.

* lugar de cría = breeding ground, breeding area.

* sector de la cría de cerdos, el = pig sector, the.

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cría

feminine

A ( Agr) rearing, raising; (para la reproducción) breeding

B ( Zool)

1 (camada) litter; (nidada) brood

2

(animal): es una cría de ciervo it's a baby deer

la gata tuvo cuatro crías the cat had four kittens

el macho cuida las crías the male looks after the young

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Del verbo criar: ( conjugate criar)

cría es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
criar
cría
criar ( conjugate criar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ niño›
a) (cuidar, educar) to bring up, raise

b) ( amamantar) to breast-feed;

◊ criado con biberón bottle-fed

2
a) ‹ ganado› to raise, rear;

( para la reproducción) to breed
b) ‹pollos/pavos› to breed

criarse verbo pronominal
to grow up;
◊ me crie en el campo I grew up in the country;

me crie con mi abuela I was brought up by my grandmother
cría sustantivo femenino
a) ( crianza) rearing, raising;

( para la reproducción) breeding
b) (Zool) ( camada) litter;

( nidada) brood
c) ( animal):

◊ una cría de ciervo a baby deer

criar verbo transitivo
1 (niños) to bring up, rear
2 (animales) to breed, raise
3 (vino) to make
4 (producir, generar) to have, grow: esta tierra cría gusanos, this soil breeds worms
♦ Locuciones: criar malvas, to push up daisies
crío,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino familiar kid
♦ Locuciones: ser un crío, to be like a child
cría sustantivo femenino
1 (crianza) breeding, raising
2 (de un animal) young
' cría' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cerdo
- cordera
- cordero
- criar
- ganadería
- mamar
- nodriza
- ternera
- ama
- chivo
- chupar
- crío
- pajarito
- pollo
English:
baby
- battery farm
- breeding
- calf
- moss
- battery
- factory
- litter
- livestock
- off
- pup
- raise
- single

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cría nf

1. [hijo del animal]
crías young;

cría de ave chick;

cría de león lion cub

2. [camada] litter

3. [crianza] [de animales] breeding;
[de plantas] growing
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cría

f

1 acción breeding

2 de zorro, león cub; de perro puppy; de gato kitten; de oveja lamb;

sus crías her young

crío

m, cría f fam

kid fam

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cría nf

1) : breeding, rearing

2) : young

3) : litter

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cría n (animal) baby [pl. babies]

una cría de oso a baby bear

Spanish-English dictionary > cría
14 teta

f.

1 tit (informal) (de mujer).

dar la teta to breast-feed

de teta nursing

2 teat.

3 condom.

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teta

► nombre femenino

1 breast (más familiarmente) tit, boob

2 (de animal) udder

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

dar la teta to breast-feed, nurse

es teta de monja / es teta de novicia tabú it's delicious!

quitar la teta to wean

niño,-a de teta nursing baby

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1. SF

1) * (=mama) breast, tit ***, boob **

dar (la) teta a — to suckle, breast-feed

quitar la teta a — to wean

niño de teta — baby at the breast

- mejor que teta de monja

2) [de biberón] teat, nipple (EEUU)

2.

ADJ INV

estar teta — Esp ** to be really great *

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femenino (fam o vulg) ( de mujer) tit (colloq or vulg), boob (colloq); ( de mamífero) teat

* * *

= tit, boob, booby.

Ex. One time he showed me a photograph in an art book of a woman's bare breasts and said 'Nice tits, uh?'.

Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.

Ex. They were seen posing on cam showing their boobies and wearing gee-strings.

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* chupar de la teta = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s), feather + Posesivo/the + nest.

* coger las tetas = breast grabbing.

* querer tetas y sopas = have + Posesivo + cake and eat it.

* tetas = knockers.

* tetas caídas = saggy boobs.

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femenino (fam o vulg) ( de mujer) tit (colloq or vulg), boob (colloq); ( de mamífero) teat

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= tit, boob, booby.

Ex: One time he showed me a photograph in an art book of a woman's bare breasts and said 'Nice tits, uh?'.

Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.

Ex: They were seen posing on cam showing their boobies and wearing gee-strings.

* chupar de la teta = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s), feather + Posesivo/the + nest.

* coger las tetas = breast grabbing.

* querer tetas y sopas = have + Posesivo + cake and eat it.

* tetas = knockers.

* tetas caídas = saggy boobs.

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teta

feminine

( fam o vulg)

(de una mujer) tit ( colloqor vulg), boob ( colloq); (de un mamífero) teat

niño de teta ( fam); young baby

dar (la) teta ( fam); to breast-feed

ya es hora de quitarle la teta it's time she was weaned

como teta de monja ( fam); as soft/smooth as a baby's bottom ( colloq)

Compuesto:

teta gallega

conical cheese ( made in Galicia)

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teta f fam
1 boob
niño de teta, breastfeeding baby
2 (de animal) teat
' teta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chicha
English:
tit

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teta

♦ nf

1. Fam [de mujer] tit;

dar la teta to breast-feed;

Comp

dos tetas tiran más que cien carretas sex appeal can move mountains

2. [de animal] teat

♦ adj inv
Fam Br wicked, ace;
la tarta estaba teta the cake was wicked

♦ adv Esp
Fam
lo pasamos teta we had Br an ace o Br a wicked o US a swell time

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teta

f

1 fam

boob fam

2 ZO teat;

niño de teta little baby

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teta nf

: teat

Spanish-English dictionary > teta
15 alimentarse

alimentarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to live (de/con, on)

■ se alimenta de patatas he lives on potatoes

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1) to eat

2) feed

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VPR

1) [animal] to feed

se alimentan de carroña — they feed on carrion

2) [persona]

en este país se alimentan fatal — people eat very poorly in this country

se alimenta solo de productos naturales — she eats only natural foods

durante el naufragio se alimentaron solo de fruta — while shipwrecked they lived o survived on fruit

3) (Mec)

el motor se alimenta de gasoil — the engine runs on diesel

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(v.) = graze (on)

Ex. Whereas, before, the land was dense with stately white pines, now apple, plum, pear, peach, and cherry orchards stood in regimented rows and cattle grazed peacefully.

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(v.) = graze (on)

Ex: Whereas, before, the land was dense with stately white pines, now apple, plum, pear, peach, and cherry orchards stood in regimented rows and cattle grazed peacefully.

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■alimentarse verbo reflexivo to feed (oneself) [de, on]
' alimentarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alimentar
- mantener
English:
feed
- live off
- live on
- prey on
- live
- prey

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vpr
[comer]
alimentarse de to live on;

sólo se alimenta de verduras she lives on nothing but vegetables;

la calculadora se alimenta con dos pilas the calculator is powered by two batteries

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alimentarse

v/r feed o.s.;

alimentarse de algo de persona, animal live on sth; de máquina run on sth

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vr

alimentarse con : to live on

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alimentarse vb to live

los refugiados se alimentaban de patatas y tomates the refugees lived on potatoes and tomatoes

Spanish-English dictionary > alimentarse
16 alimento

m.

food.

alimentos grasos fatty foods

la lectura es un alimento para el espíritu reading improves your mind

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: alimentar.

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alimento

► nombre masculino

1 (comida) food

2 (valor nutritivo) nutritional value, nourishment

■ los caramelos tienen poco alimento sweets are not very nourishing

3 figurado fuel

■ los recuerdos eran el alimento de su ilusión he lived off his memories

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noun m.

food

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SM

1) (=comida) food

de mucho alimento — nourishing

de poco alimento — of little nutritional value

alimento de primera necesidad — staple food

alimentos integrales — whole foods

alimentos naturales — health foods

2) (=apoyo) encouragement, support; (=incentivo) incentive; [de pasión] fuel

3) pl alimentos (Jur) maintenance allowance sing, alimony sing (EEUU)

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masculino

1) (frml) ( comida) food

la leche es un alimento completo — milk is a complete food

como alimento es pobre — it has little nutritional value

- alimento chatarra

2) ( valor nutritivo)

no tiene alimento ninguno — it has no nutritional value

de mucho alimento — very nutritious

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= nourishment, sustenance.

Ex. He was swept across the intersection by a miscellaneous crowd of anxious, energetic persons in search of business or raiment or nourishment or whatever.

Ex. The adoption of a marketing approach will help libraries not only in their own self sustenance, but also in the sustenance and self sufficiency of their information products and services.

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* alimento básico = food staple, staple food.

* alimento de temporada = seasonal food.

* alimento fresco = fresh food.

* alimento graso = fatty food.

* alimento natural = natural food.

* alimento nutritivo = nutritious food.

* alimentos = food, food supply, foodstuffs.

* alimento saludable = wholesome food, healthy food.

* alimento sano = wholesome food, healthy food.

* alimentos congelados = frozen foods.

* alimentos crudos = raw food.

* alimentos ecológicos = ecological food.

* alimentos en conserva = tinned food, canned food.

* alimentos enlatados = tinned food, canned food.

* alimentos enriquecidos = fortified foods.

* alimentos modificados genéticamente = genetically modified foods.

* alimentos naturales = health food.

* alimentos poco saludables = unhealthy foods.

* alimentos precocinados = baked goods.

* alimentos procesados = processed food.

* alimentos refinados = refined food.

* alimentos sin cocinar = raw food.

* alimentos sólidos = solid food.

* alimentos transgénicos = genetically modified foods.

* causado por los alimentos = food-borne.

* ciencia de los alimentos = food science.

* ciencia y tecnología de los alimentos = food science and technology.

* colorante artificial para alimentos = food colouring.

* conservación de alimentos = food preservation.

* conservar alimentos = cure + food.

* consumición de alimentos = food consumption.

* cupón canjeable por alimentos = food stamp.

* curar alimentos = cure + food.

* escasez de alimentos = food scarcity.

* fuente de alimentos = food supply.

* industria de los alimentos = food industry.

* industria para la preparación de alimentos = food processing industry.

* manipulador de alimentos = food handler.

* preparación de alimentos = food processing, processing.

* producción de alimentos = food production.

* Programa Mundial de Alimentos, el = World Food Programme, the.

* suministro de alimentos = food supply.

* tecnología de los alimentos = food technology.

* tienda de alimentos naturales = health food store, health food shop.

* transmitido por los alimentos = food-borne.

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masculino

1) (frml) ( comida) food

la leche es un alimento completo — milk is a complete food

como alimento es pobre — it has little nutritional value

- alimento chatarra

2) ( valor nutritivo)

no tiene alimento ninguno — it has no nutritional value

de mucho alimento — very nutritious

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= nourishment, sustenance.

Ex: He was swept across the intersection by a miscellaneous crowd of anxious, energetic persons in search of business or raiment or nourishment or whatever.

Ex: The adoption of a marketing approach will help libraries not only in their own self sustenance, but also in the sustenance and self sufficiency of their information products and services.

* alimento básico = food staple, staple food.

* alimento de temporada = seasonal food.

* alimento fresco = fresh food.

* alimento graso = fatty food.

* alimento natural = natural food.

* alimento nutritivo = nutritious food.

* alimentos = food, food supply, foodstuffs.

* alimento saludable = wholesome food, healthy food.

* alimento sano = wholesome food, healthy food.

* alimentos congelados = frozen foods.

* alimentos crudos = raw food.

* alimentos ecológicos = ecological food.

* alimentos en conserva = tinned food, canned food.

* alimentos enlatados = tinned food, canned food.

* alimentos enriquecidos = fortified foods.

* alimentos modificados genéticamente = genetically modified foods.

* alimentos naturales = health food.

* alimentos poco saludables = unhealthy foods.

* alimentos precocinados = baked goods.

* alimentos procesados = processed food.

* alimentos refinados = refined food.

* alimentos sin cocinar = raw food.

* alimentos sólidos = solid food.

* alimentos transgénicos = genetically modified foods.

* causado por los alimentos = food-borne.

* ciencia de los alimentos = food science.

* ciencia y tecnología de los alimentos = food science and technology.

* colorante artificial para alimentos = food colouring.

* conservación de alimentos = food preservation.

* conservar alimentos = cure + food.

* consumición de alimentos = food consumption.

* cupón canjeable por alimentos = food stamp.

* curar alimentos = cure + food.

* escasez de alimentos = food scarcity.

* fuente de alimentos = food supply.

* industria de los alimentos = food industry.

* industria para la preparación de alimentos = food processing industry.

* manipulador de alimentos = food handler.

* preparación de alimentos = food processing, processing.

* producción de alimentos = food production.

* Programa Mundial de Alimentos, el = World Food Programme, the.

* suministro de alimentos = food supply.

* tecnología de los alimentos = food technology.

* tienda de alimentos naturales = health food store, health food shop.

* transmitido por los alimentos = food-borne.

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alimento

masculine

A ( frml) (comida) food

lleva varios días sin tomar or ingerir alimentos she hasn't eaten anything o ( frml) taken any food for several days

es delicioso, pero como alimento es pobre it's delicious, but it has little nutritional value

la leche es un alimento completo milk is a complete food

alimentos para diabéticos diabetic foods

Compuestos:

● alimento chatarra

( AmL) junk food

● alimentos integrales

wholefood

● alimentos naturales

health food

B

(valor nutritivo): es un plato de mucho alimento it's a very nutritious dish

estos refrescos no tienen alimento ninguno these soft drinks have no nutritional value

C alimentos mpl ( Der) alimony

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Del verbo alimentar: ( conjugate alimentar)

alimento es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

alimentó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
alimentar
alimento
alimentar ( conjugate alimentar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹persona/animal› to feed
2
a) ‹ilusión/esperanza› to nurture, cherish;

‹ ego› to boost
b) ‹odio/pasión› to fuel

3 ‹máquina/motor› to feed;
‹ caldera› to stoke
verbo intransitivo
to be nourishing
alimentarse verbo pronominal [persona/animal] to feed oneself;
alimentose con or de algo to live on sth
alimento sustantivo masculino
1 (frml) ( comida) food, nourishment;
◊ la leche es un alimento completo milk is a complete food;

alimentos naturales health food;

2 ( valor nutritivo):
◊ no tiene alimento ninguno it has no nutritional value;

de mucho alimento very nutritious
alimentar
I verbo transitivo
1 (dar de comer) to feed
2 fig (fomentar un sentimiento) to nourish
3 Inform to feed
Téc to supply
II vt & vi (ser nutritivo) to be nutritious
alimento sustantivo masculino
1 (comida) food
2 (valor alimenticio) nutritional value
' alimento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acaramelada
- acaramelado
- baño
- carne
- carné
- cocerse
- comida
- conservación
- contaminar
- dosificar
- estropearse
- indigesta
- indigesto
- pan
- pasarse
- pasto
- rancia
- rancio
- repetir
- reposar
- reposo
- resto
- rica
- rico
- saborear
- sabrosa
- sabroso
- sonda
- sustento
- tajada
- yantar
- abombado
- adulterar
- alterar
- astringente
- básico
- demasía
- descomponer
- descompuesto
- energético
- enfriar
- enriquecer
- fecha
- fritanga
- malo
- nutritivo
- óptimo
- precio
English:
best
- crisps
- fattening
- potato chips
- slimming
- staple
- swallow
- feed
- food
- junk food
- nourishment
- sustenance

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alimento nm

1. [comestible] food

Comp
alimentos básicos basic foodstuffs;
alimentos infantiles baby foods;

alimentos transgénicos GM foods

2. [sostén]
la lectura es un alimento para el espíritu reading improves your mind;

el desempleo es un alimento para la delincuencia unemployment fuels crime

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alimento

m

1 ( comida) food

2

:

tiene poco alimento it has little nutritional value

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alimento nm

: food, nourishment

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alimento n food

Spanish-English dictionary > alimento
17 cerda

f.

1 bristle (pelo) (de cerdo, jabalí).

2 sow, female pig.

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cerda

► nombre femenino

1 (animal) sow

2 (pelo - de cerdo) bristle; (- de caballo) horsehair

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FRASEOLOGÍA

cepillo de cerda bristle brush

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f., (m. - cerdo)

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SF

1) (Zool) sow
cerdo
2) (=pelo) [de cepillo, jabalí, tejón] bristle; [de caballo] horsehair

3) ** (=puta) slut

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femenino

1)

a) ( animal) sow

b) (fam) ( mujer - sucia) slob (colloq); (- despreciable) bitch (sl)

2) ( pelo) bristle

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= sow, bristle, seta [setae, -pl.].

Nota: Pelo duro y grueso.

Ex. The same spelling is sometimes used for different words, which may or may not be pronounced the same, eg sow and sow, China and china.

Ex. A linear equation system is derived to calculate the physical deflection of bristles according to the force exerted on them from the surface of the paper.

Ex. The crab's mouth has elongated setae, notably on the maxilla, which it repeatedly flails through the seawater to feed on suspended material.

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femenino

1)

a) ( animal) sow

b) (fam) ( mujer - sucia) slob (colloq); (- despreciable) bitch (sl)

2) ( pelo) bristle

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= sow, bristle, seta [setae, -pl.].

Nota: Pelo duro y grueso.

Ex: The same spelling is sometimes used for different words, which may or may not be pronounced the same, eg sow and sow, China and china.

Ex: A linear equation system is derived to calculate the physical deflection of bristles according to the force exerted on them from the surface of the paper.

Ex: The crab's mouth has elongated setae, notably on the maxilla, which it repeatedly flails through the seawater to feed on suspended material.

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cerda

feminine

A

1 (animal) sow

2 ( fam) (mujer — sucia) slob ( colloq); (— despreciable) bitch (sl)

B (pelo) bristle

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cerda sustantivo femenino
a) ( animal) sow

b) (fam) ( mujer — sucia) slob (colloq);

(— despreciable) bitch (sl)
c) ( pelo) bristle

cerda sustantivo femenino
1 Zool sow
2 fam ofens (mujer sucia) slut
(mujer despreciable) cow
3 (pelo de animal, de cepillo) bristle
' cerda' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cochina
- cochino
English:
bristle
- sow

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cerda nf

1. [pelo] [de cerdo, jabalí] bristle;
[de caballo] horsehair
2. ver cerdo

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cerda

f

1 animal sow; fig fam

persona pig fam

2 de brocha bristle

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cerda nf

1) : bristle

2) : sow

Spanish-English dictionary > cerda
18 boca

f.

1 mouth.

boca arriba/abajo face up/down

(respiración) boca a boca mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

hacer el boca a boca a alguien to give somebody mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, to give somebody the kiss of life

2 mouth (entrada) (de botella, túnel).

a boca de jarro (informal) point-blank

boca del estómago pit of the stomach

boca de incendios fire hydrant

boca de metro tube o underground entrance (British), subway entrance (United States)

boca de riego hydrant

3 muzzle, fauces, maw.

4 hors d'oeuvre.

5 os.

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boca

► nombre femenino

1 ANATOMÍA mouth

2 (de río) mouth

3 (abertura) entrance, opening

■ hay una boca de metro en la esquina there's an entrance to the underground on the corner

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FRASEOLOGÍA

abrir boca to whet one's appetite

hacer boca to whet one's appetite

andar en boca de todos to be the talk of the town, be on everyone's lips

arreglarse la boca to have one's teeth seen to

boca abajo face downwards

boca arriba face upwards

callarse la boca to shut up, shut one's mouth

correr de boca en boca to be the talk of the town, be common knowledge

en boca cerrada no entran moscas silence is golden

hacérsele la boca agua a alguien to make somebody's mouth water

me lo has quitado de la boca you've taken the words right out of my mouth

no abrir boca not to say a word

no decir esta boca es mía not to say a word

por la boca muere el pez silence is golden

boca a boca kiss of life, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

boca de incendios fire hydrant

boca de riego hydrant

boca del estómago pit of the stomach

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noun f.

mouth

- boca abajo
- boca arriba
* * *

1. SF

1) (Anat) mouth

no debes hablar con la boca llena — you shouldn't talk with your mouth full

tengo que arreglarme la boca — I must get my teeth seen to

aceituna de boca — eating olive

(respiración) boca a boca — mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

¡cállate la boca! — * shut up! *, shut your mouth! **

• boca abajo — face down

estar tumbado boca abajo — to be lying face down

se cuelgan los manojos boca abajo — hang the bunches upside down

• boca arriba — face up

poner a algn boca arriba — to turn sb on his back

boca de escorpión — wicked tongue

boca de mar — (Culin) crab stick

2)

• en boca de, suena extraño en boca de un socialista — it sounds odd coming from a socialist

está en boca de todos — it's on everybody's lips

puso esa frase en boca de un personaje suyo — he gave that phrase to one of his characters

• por boca de — through

hablan por boca del negociador — they speak through the negotiator

lo sabemos por boca de los propios autores del delito — we know so from the people responsible for the crime

3)

- no abrió la boca en toda la tarde

- buscar la boca a algn

- coserse la boca

- dar boca

de boca en boca —

la cosa anda de boca en boca — the story is doing the rounds

ella anda de boca en boca — everyone is talking about her

de boca para afuera —

apoyó la idea de boca para afuera — he paid lip-service to the idea

eso lo dice de boca para afuera — he's just saying that, that's what he says (but he doesn't mean it)

- decir algo con la boca chica o pequeña

- sin decir esta boca es mía

- hablar por boca de ganso

- hacer boca

- se me hace la boca agua

irse la boca a algn —

se me fue la boca — it just slipped out

llenársele la boca a algn —

esa Europa con la que se les llena la boca — this Europe that they're always talking about

se le llena la boca del coche — all he can talk about is the car

- meter a algn en la boca del lobo

- meterse en la boca del lobo

- oscuro como boca de lobo

- partir la boca a algn

a pedir de boca —

todo salió a pedir de boca — it all turned out perfectly

- quedarse con la boca abierta

- me lo has quitado de la boca

- ¡que tu boca sea santa!

- tapar la boca a algn

- torcer la boca

- en boca cerrada no entran moscas

- el que tiene boca se equivoca

- por la boca muere el pez

4) (=abertura, entrada) [de túnel, cueva, vasija] mouth; [de tonel] bunghole; [de puerto] entrance; [de arma] muzzle

a boca de jarro —

beber a boca de jarro — to drink to excess

disparar a boca de jarro — to shoot point-blank, shoot at close range

boca de incendios — hydrant

boca del estómago — pit of the stomach

boca de metro — underground o (EEUU) subway entrance

boca de mina — pithead, mine entrance

boca de riego — hydrant

boca de río — river mouth, estuary

5) [de vino] flavour, flavor (EEUU)

tener buena boca — to have a good flavour

6) [de crustáceo] pincer

7) [de herramienta] cutting edge

8)

boca de dragón — (Bot) snapdragon

9) (Inform) slot

10) pl bocas (=personas) mouths

son seis bocas las que tengo que alimentar — I have six mouths to feed

2. SM

1)

boca a boca, aplicar o hacer o practicar el boca a boca a algn — to give sb mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, give sb the kiss of life

2) ** [de cárcel] screw **, warder

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femenino

1)

a) (Anat, Zool) mouth

tener la boca seca/pastosa — to have a dry/furry mouth

la boca te huele a ajo — your breath smells of garlic

tengo que ir a arreglarme la boca — I have to go and get my teeth seen to o fixed

como no te calles te voy a partir la boca — if you don't shut up I'll smash your face in (colloq)

b) (en locs)

boca abajo/arriba — <dormir/echarse> on one's stomach/back

puso los naipes boca arriba — she laid the cards face up

de boca de — from

lo supimos de boca de ella — we heard it (directly) from her

uno no espera oír palabras así de boca de un cura — you don't expect to hear such words from (the mouth of) a priest

en boca de: la pregunta que anda en boca de todos los niños the question which is on every child's lips; el escándalo andaba en boca de todos the scandal was common knowledge; por boca de: la organización ha dejado claro por boca de su secretario general... the organization has made it clear through its general secretary...; lo supe por boca de su hermana I heard it from his sister; abrir la boca to open one's mouth; mejor es que no abra la boca it's best if he keeps his mouth shut; andar/correr de boca en boca: la noticia ya corría de boca en boca the news was spreading like wildfire; a pedir de boca just fine; todo salió a pedir de boca everything turned out just fine; callar(se) la boca to shut up; en situaciones así más vale callarse la boca in situations like that it's best to keep your mouth shut; cerrarle or taparle la boca a alguien to keep somebody quiet, shut somebody up (colloq); hablar por boca de ganso to repeat other people's opinions (o ideas etc) parrot fashion; hacer or abrir boca (fam) to whet the o one's appetite; hacerle el boca a boca a alguien to give somebody the kiss of life; hacérsele la boca agua a alguien (Esp): se le hacía la boca agua mirando los pasteles looking at the cakes made her mouth water; llenársele la boca a alguien con algo (fam): se le llena la boca con su apellido she's always boasting about her surname; meterse en la boca del lobo to take one's life in one's hands; no decir esta boca es mía: no dijo esta boca es mía he didn't say a word; no tener qué llevarse a la boca: no tienen qué llevarse a la boca they haven't got a penny to their name, they don't have a red cent to their name (AmE); (oscuro) como boca de lobo pitch-black, pitch-dark; quedarse con la boca abierta to be dumbfounded o (colloq) flabbergasted; quitarle algo a alguien de la boca to take the words (right) out of somebody's mouth; ser pura boca (Chi fam) to be all talk; tener una boquita de piñón (fam) to have a little mouth; en boca cerrada no entran moscas if you keep your mouth shut, you won't put your foot in it (colloq); por la boca muere el pez talking too much can be dangerous; quien or el que tiene boca se equivoca — (fam) to err is human

c) ( persona)

tiene muchas bocas que alimentar — she has a lot of mouths to feed

d) (Vin) flavor*

2) ( de buzón) slot; ( de túnel) mouth, entrance; ( de puerto) entrance; (de vasija, botella) rim

•

- boca de dragón or sapo

- boca de incendios

- boca del estómago

- boca de metro or subte

- boca de riego
•• Cultural note:
La Boca

A neighborhood on the Riachuelo River in Buenos Aires, near the mouth of the River Plate. It was the city's first port, where Genoese immigrants settled in the early twentieth century. Its brightly painted wooden houses with corrugated iron roofs make it a major tourist destination

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= mouth, gob, muzzle.

Nota: De un arma de fuego.

Ex. He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.

Ex. I just smiled and told him to naff off cos short of punching him in the gob what can you do?.

Ex. She looked up and saw the muzzle of a rifle pointed at her.

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* ¡punto en boca! = not a word to anyone!.

* a boca de jarro = at close range.

* abrir la boca = open + Posesivo + mouth.

* andar de boca en boca = be the talk of the town.

* a pedir de boca = without a hitch.

* boca 7 dejar un sabor amargo en la boca = leave + a bitter aftertaste.

* boca abajo = upside-down.

* boca de alcantarilla = manhole.

* boca de colector = manhole.

* boca de incendios = fire hydrant.

* boca del estómago, la = pit of the stomach, the.

* boca de sumidero = manhole.

* boca reseca = dry mouth.

* cielo de la boca, el = roof of the mouth, the.

* ¡cierra la boca! = shut your mouth!, shut your face!.

* con el corazón en la boca = on tenterhooks.

* de boca en boca = word-of-mouth, by word of mouth.

* decir con la boca llena = say in + full confidence.

* dejar (un) buen sabor de boca = leave + a good taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* dejar un grato sabor de boca = leave + a good taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* dejar un mal sabor de boca = leave + a bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* de + Posesivo + propia boca = straight from the horse's mouth.

* echar espuma por la boca = froth at + the mouth.

* echar espumarajos por la boca = froth at + the mouth.

* hablar con la boca llena = speak with + Posesivo + mouth full, talk with + Posesivo + mouth full.

* hacerse la boca agua = make + Posesivo + mouth water.

* hacer una mueca con la boca = twitch + Posesivo + mouth.

* herpes de la boca = fever blister, cold sore.

* mal sabor de boca = bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* mantener la boca cerrada = keep + Posesivo + mouth shut.

* meterse en la boca del lobo = come into + the lion's den.

* negro como boca de lobo = pitch-black.

* oír de la boca de = hear + from the lips of.

* oscuro como boca de lobo = pitch-black, pitch-dark.

* para abrir boca = as a kind of + appetiser.

* poner las cartas boca arriba = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.

* por boca de = by word of mouth.

* ¡punto en boca! = mum's the word!.

* ¡punto en boca! = shut your mouth!, shut your face!.

* que hace la boca agua = mouth-watering.

* que se carga por la boca = muzzle-loading.

* que se derrite en la boca = mellow [mellower -comp., mellowest -sup.].

* respiración boca a boca = kiss of life.

* saber de buena boca = have + it on good word.

* salir a pedir de boca = come up + roses, go off without + a hitch.

* salud de la boca = oral health.

* úlcera de la boca = canker sore.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (Anat, Zool) mouth

tener la boca seca/pastosa — to have a dry/furry mouth

la boca te huele a ajo — your breath smells of garlic

tengo que ir a arreglarme la boca — I have to go and get my teeth seen to o fixed

como no te calles te voy a partir la boca — if you don't shut up I'll smash your face in (colloq)

b) (en locs)

boca abajo/arriba — <dormir/echarse> on one's stomach/back

puso los naipes boca arriba — she laid the cards face up

de boca de — from

lo supimos de boca de ella — we heard it (directly) from her

uno no espera oír palabras así de boca de un cura — you don't expect to hear such words from (the mouth of) a priest

en boca de: la pregunta que anda en boca de todos los niños the question which is on every child's lips; el escándalo andaba en boca de todos the scandal was common knowledge; por boca de: la organización ha dejado claro por boca de su secretario general... the organization has made it clear through its general secretary...; lo supe por boca de su hermana I heard it from his sister; abrir la boca to open one's mouth; mejor es que no abra la boca it's best if he keeps his mouth shut; andar/correr de boca en boca: la noticia ya corría de boca en boca the news was spreading like wildfire; a pedir de boca just fine; todo salió a pedir de boca everything turned out just fine; callar(se) la boca to shut up; en situaciones así más vale callarse la boca in situations like that it's best to keep your mouth shut; cerrarle or taparle la boca a alguien to keep somebody quiet, shut somebody up (colloq); hablar por boca de ganso to repeat other people's opinions (o ideas etc) parrot fashion; hacer or abrir boca (fam) to whet the o one's appetite; hacerle el boca a boca a alguien to give somebody the kiss of life; hacérsele la boca agua a alguien (Esp): se le hacía la boca agua mirando los pasteles looking at the cakes made her mouth water; llenársele la boca a alguien con algo (fam): se le llena la boca con su apellido she's always boasting about her surname; meterse en la boca del lobo to take one's life in one's hands; no decir esta boca es mía: no dijo esta boca es mía he didn't say a word; no tener qué llevarse a la boca: no tienen qué llevarse a la boca they haven't got a penny to their name, they don't have a red cent to their name (AmE); (oscuro) como boca de lobo pitch-black, pitch-dark; quedarse con la boca abierta to be dumbfounded o (colloq) flabbergasted; quitarle algo a alguien de la boca to take the words (right) out of somebody's mouth; ser pura boca (Chi fam) to be all talk; tener una boquita de piñón (fam) to have a little mouth; en boca cerrada no entran moscas if you keep your mouth shut, you won't put your foot in it (colloq); por la boca muere el pez talking too much can be dangerous; quien or el que tiene boca se equivoca — (fam) to err is human

c) ( persona)

tiene muchas bocas que alimentar — she has a lot of mouths to feed

d) (Vin) flavor*

2) ( de buzón) slot; ( de túnel) mouth, entrance; ( de puerto) entrance; (de vasija, botella) rim

•

- boca de dragón or sapo

- boca de incendios

- boca del estómago

- boca de metro or subte

- boca de riego
•• Cultural note:
La Boca

A neighborhood on the Riachuelo River in Buenos Aires, near the mouth of the River Plate. It was the city's first port, where Genoese immigrants settled in the early twentieth century. Its brightly painted wooden houses with corrugated iron roofs make it a major tourist destination

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= mouth, gob, muzzle.

Nota: De un arma de fuego.

Ex: He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.

Ex: I just smiled and told him to naff off cos short of punching him in the gob what can you do?.

Ex: She looked up and saw the muzzle of a rifle pointed at her.

* ¡punto en boca! = not a word to anyone!.

* a boca de jarro = at close range.

* abrir la boca = open + Posesivo + mouth.

* andar de boca en boca = be the talk of the town.

* a pedir de boca = without a hitch.

* boca 7 dejar un sabor amargo en la boca = leave + a bitter aftertaste.

* boca abajo = upside-down.

* boca de alcantarilla = manhole.

* boca de colector = manhole.

* boca de incendios = fire hydrant.

* boca del estómago, la = pit of the stomach, the.

* boca de sumidero = manhole.

* boca reseca = dry mouth.

* cielo de la boca, el = roof of the mouth, the.

* ¡cierra la boca! = shut your mouth!, shut your face!.

* con el corazón en la boca = on tenterhooks.

* de boca en boca = word-of-mouth, by word of mouth.

* decir con la boca llena = say in + full confidence.

* dejar (un) buen sabor de boca = leave + a good taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* dejar un grato sabor de boca = leave + a good taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* dejar un mal sabor de boca = leave + a bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* de + Posesivo + propia boca = straight from the horse's mouth.

* echar espuma por la boca = froth at + the mouth.

* echar espumarajos por la boca = froth at + the mouth.

* hablar con la boca llena = speak with + Posesivo + mouth full, talk with + Posesivo + mouth full.

* hacerse la boca agua = make + Posesivo + mouth water.

* hacer una mueca con la boca = twitch + Posesivo + mouth.

* herpes de la boca = fever blister, cold sore.

* mal sabor de boca = bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* mantener la boca cerrada = keep + Posesivo + mouth shut.

* meterse en la boca del lobo = come into + the lion's den.

* negro como boca de lobo = pitch-black.

* oír de la boca de = hear + from the lips of.

* oscuro como boca de lobo = pitch-black, pitch-dark.

* para abrir boca = as a kind of + appetiser.

* poner las cartas boca arriba = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.

* por boca de = by word of mouth.

* ¡punto en boca! = mum's the word!.

* ¡punto en boca! = shut your mouth!, shut your face!.

* que hace la boca agua = mouth-watering.

* que se carga por la boca = muzzle-loading.

* que se derrite en la boca = mellow [mellower -comp., mellowest -sup.].

* respiración boca a boca = kiss of life.

* saber de buena boca = have + it on good word.

* salir a pedir de boca = come up + roses, go off without + a hitch.

* salud de la boca = oral health.

* úlcera de la boca = canker sore.

* * *

boca

feminine

A

1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ( Anat, Zool) mouth

no te metas eso en la boca don't put that in your mouth

tener la boca seca/pastosa to have a dry/furry mouth

te huele la boca a ajo your breath smells of garlic

tengo que ir a arreglarme la boca I have to go and get my teeth seen to o fixed

no hables con la boca llena don't speak with your mouth full

como no te calles te voy a partir la boca if you don't shut up I'll smash your face in ( colloq)

pide por esa boca ( fam); just ask o all you have to do is ask

¡esa boca …! language …!

blando/duro de boca ( Equ) soft/hard mouthed

2 ( en locs):

boca abajo/arriba: échate boca abajo lie on your stomach o front

duerme boca arriba he sleeps on his back

puso los naipes boca arriba she laid the cards face up

boca a boca respiración:

a boca de jarro bocajarro 2. (↑ bocajarro):

de boca de from

lo supimos de boca de las mismas personas implicadas we heard it from the horse's mouth

uno no espera oír palabras así de boca de un cura you don't expect to hear such words from the mouth of o from a priest

en boca de: términos de la psicología que están en boca de todo el mundo psychology terms which are part of everyday speech

la pregunta que anda en boca de todos los niños the question which is on every child's lips

se enteró cuando ya el escándalo andaba en boca de todos by the time he heard about the scandal it was already common knowledge, everybody was talking about the scandal by the time he found out about it

por boca de: la organización ha dejado claro, por boca de su secretario general … the organization has made it clear, through the general secretary …

lo supe por boca de su hermana I heard it from his sister

abrir la boca to open one's mouth

abra más la boca, por favor open (your mouth) wider please

mejor es que no abra la boca it's best if he keeps his mouth shut

no abrió la boca en toda la noche he didn't open his mouth all evening

andar/correr de boca en boca: la noticia ya corría de boca en boca the news was by now common knowledge

desde que se enrolló con él anda de boca en boca since she got involved with him she's set a lot of tongues wagging

su nombre anda de boca en boca her name is on everybody's lips

a pedir de boca just fine

todo saldrá a pedir de boca everything will turn out just the way you want it to o just fine

callar(se) la boca to shut up

¡cállate la boca! shut up! ( colloq), shut your face o trap! (sl)

en situaciones así más vale callarse la boca in situations like that it's best to keep your mouth shut

cerrarle or taparle la boca a algn to keep sb quiet, shut sb up ( colloq)

con la boca chica or pequeña: lo dijo con la boca chica he didn't mean it o he said it insincerely o he said it without meaning it

coserse la boca: yo te lo digo pero te coses la boca I'll tell you but you have to keep quiet about it o ( colloq) keep it under your hat

de (la) boca para afuera: nos apoya de (la) boca para afuera he supports us in name only, he says he supports us

es radical sólo de (la) boca para afuera he pays lip service to radicalism

hablar por boca de ganso to repeat other people's opinions ( o ideas etc) parrot fashion

hacer or abrir boca ( fam); to whet the o one's appetite

hacérsele la boca agua a algn or ( AmL) hacérsele agua la boca a algn: se le hacía la boca agua mirando los pasteles looking at the cakes made her mouth water

llenársele la boca a algn con algo ( fam): se le llena la boca con su apellido she's always boasting about her surname

meterse en la boca del lobo to take one's life in one's hands, put one's head in the lion's mouth

no decir esta boca es mía: no dijo esta boca es mía he didn't say a word o open his mouth

no tener qué llevarse a la boca: no tienen qué llevarse a la boca they haven't got a penny to their name, they don't have a red cent to their name ( AmE), they haven't got two brass farthings to rub together ( BrE)

(oscuro) como boca de lobo pitch-black, pitch-dark

parar la boca ( fam); to cut the cackle ( colloq)

quedarse con la boca abierta to be dumbfounded o ( colloq) flabbergasted

que la boca se te haga de un lado ( RPl fam); Heaven forbid!

quitarle algo a algn de la boca to take the words (right) out of sb's mouth

quitarse algo de la boca: se lo quita todo de la boca para que sus hijos estudien he goes o does without in order to pay for his children's education

ser pura boca ( Chi fam): eso de sus viajes es pura boca all that stuff about his travels is all talk o is just a lot of hot air

tener algo/a algn siempre en la boca to go on o harp on about sth/sb ( colloq)

tener una boquita de piñón ( fam); to have a little mouth

en boca cerrada no entran moscas if you keep your mouth shut, you won't put your foot in it ( colloq)

por la boca muere el pez talking too much can be dangerous

quien or el que tiene boca se equivoca ( fam); to err is human

3

(persona): muchas bocas comen de ese trabajo that work provides a living for a lot of people

tiene muchas bocas que alimentar she has a lot of mouths to feed

4 ( Vin) taste

B

1 (de un buzón) slot

2 (de un túnel) mouth, entrance

3 (de un puerto) entrance

4 (de una vasija, botella) rim

Compuestos:

● boca de dragón or (Ur) sapo

snapdragon

● boca de expendio

( RPl frml) sales outlet

la falta de nafta se presentó en muchas bocas de expendio there was a shortage of gasoline ( AmE) o ( BrE) petrol at many filling stations

● boca de incendios

fire hydrant, fireplug ( AmE)

● boca del estómago

( fam); pit of the stomach

● boca de metro or ( RPl) subte

subway entrance ( AmE), underground o tube station entrance ( BrE)

● boca de riego

hydrant

● boca sucia

masculine and feminine

( RPl fam): no seas boca sucia don't be so foulmouthed

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boca sustantivo femenino
1
a) (Anat, Zool) mouth

b) ( en locs)

◊ boca abajo/arriba ‹dormir/echarse› on one's stomach/back;

puso los naipes boca arriba she laid the cards face up;
en boca de: la pregunta que anda en boca de todos los niños the question which is on every child's lips;
el escándalo andaba en boca de todos the scandal was common knowledge;
por boca de from;
lo supe por boca de su hermana I heard it from his sister;
a pedir de boca just fine;
hacerle el boca a boca a algn to give sb the kiss of life;
hacérsele la boca agua a algn (Esp): se le hacía la boca agua mirando los pasteles looking at the cakes made her mouth water;
quedarse con la boca abierta to be dumbfounded o (colloq) flabbergasted
2 ( de buzón) slot;
( de túnel) mouth, entrance;
( de puerto) entrance;
(de vasija, botella) rim;
◊ boca de incendios fire hydrant, fireplug (AmE);

boca del estómago (fam) pit of the stomach;
boca de metro or (RPl) subte subway entrance (AmE), underground o tube station entrance (BrE)
boca sustantivo femenino
1 mouth
2 (entrada) entrance
boca de metro, entrance to the tube o underground station
boca de riego, hydrant
el boca a boca, kiss of life o mouth-to-mouth respiration
♦ Locuciones: figurado andar de boca en boca, to be the talk of the town
familiar ¡cierra la boca!, shut up!
familiar hacerse la boca agua: cuando ve un bombón se le hace la boca agua, his mouth waters every time he sees a chocolate
írsele la fuerza por la boca, to be all talk (and no action)
familiar meterse en la boca del lobo, to put one's head in the lion's mouth
figurado salir a pedir de boca, to turn out perfectly
boca abajo, face down(ward)
boca arriba, face up(ward)
con la boca abierta, open-mouthed: nos dejó a todos con la boca abierta, she left us flabbergasted
' boca' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amordazar
- callar
- chiflar
- cielo
- decir
- difusor
- difusora
- enjuagarse
- frenética
- frenético
- fruncir
- llaga
- loba
- lobo
- negra
- negro
- palabra
- pastosa
- pastoso
- pedir
- pico
- reseca
- reseco
- respiración
- revés
- sabor
- tararear
- tener
- abierto
- acostar
- agua
- arreglar
- calentura
- cerrado
- cerrar
- comer
- enchuecar
- enjuagar
- entreabierto
- herpes
- ir
- jeta
- limpiar
- llenar
- mordaza
- morro
- seco
- sensual
- sensualidad
- silbido
English:
abscess
- better
- black
- cut
- dislodge
- face
- fire hydrant
- froth
- gob
- hydrant
- kiss
- mouth
- muzzle
- open
- parched
- pit
- pitch-black
- pitch-dark
- prone
- puff
- rinse
- roof
- spout
- stomach
- tongue
- upward
- upwards
- wash out
- water
- wide
- word
- word-of-mouth
- belch
- do
- down
- drool
- foam
- hum
- man
- mum
- nozzle
- pipe
- purse
- put
- roll
- sewer
- spoon
- take
- ulcer
- up

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boca

♦ nf

1. [de persona, animal] mouth;

una boca más para alimentar one more mouth to feed;

me he arreglado la boca por muy poco dinero I had my teeth seen to for a very reasonable price;

te huele la boca a tabaco your breath smells of tobacco;

boca abajo face down;

no es aconsejable poner a los bebés boca abajo it's best not to lie babies on their front;

boca arriba face up;

ronca más cuando duerme boca arriba he snores more when he sleeps on his back;

poner las cartas boca arriba to turn one's cards face up;

este paseo me ha abierto boca this walk has whetted my appetite;
Fig
no abrió la boca he didn't open his mouth, he didn't say a word;

será mejor que no abras la boca it would be best if you didn't say anything;

si te hace falta algo, pide por esa boca if you need anything, just say so o ask;

Comp

andar o [m5] correr o [m5] ir de boca en boca to be on everyone's lips;

Comp

andar o [m5] estar en boca de todos to be on everyone's lips;

Comp

buscar la boca a alguien to draw sb out;

Comp
Fam
¡cállate o [m5] cierra la boca! shut up!;

siempre que hay problemas calla la boca whenever there are problems, he keeps very quiet;

apareció en público para cerrar la boca a quienes lo daban por muerto he appeared in public in order to silence everyone who thought he was dead;

Comp

de boca: de boca promete mucho, pero luego no hace nada he's all talk, he makes a lot of promises, but then he never keeps them;

es muy valiente, pero de boca he's all mouth;

Comp

de boca de: sorprendió escuchar insultos de boca de un obispo it was surprising to hear insults from the lips of a bishop;

lo escuchamos de boca de los protagonistas we heard it (straight) from the horse's mouth;

Comp
Fam
lo dice con la boca chica he doesn't really mean it;

Comp

hablar por boca de ganso to repeat what one has heard;

Comp

hacer boca: dimos un paseo para hacer boca we went for a walk to work up an appetite;

Comp

se me hace la boca agua, Am [m5] se me hace agua la boca it makes my mouth water;

cuando paso delante de una pastelería, se me hace la boca agua whenever I go past a cake shop, my mouth starts to water;

Comp

irse de la boca to let the cat out of the bag;

se fue de la boca he let the cat out of the bag;

lo han detenido porque su cómplice se ha ido de la boca he has been arrested because his accomplice gave him away;

Comp

meterse en la boca del lobo to put one's head into the lion's mouth;

Comp

este cuarto está oscuro como la boca del lobo this room is pitch-black;

Comp

no decir esta boca es mía not to open one's mouth;

Comp

no tienen nada que llevarse a la boca they don't have a crust to eat;

Comp
Fam
partir la boca a alguien to smash sb's face in;

Comp

salir/ir a pedir de boca to turn out/to go perfectly;

Comp

poner algo en boca de alguien to attribute sth to sb;

Comp

por boca de: [m5]el gobierno, por boca de su portavoz… the government, through its spokesperson…;

Comp

quedarse con la boca abierta to be left speechless;

Comp

me lo has quitado de la boca you took the words right out of my mouth;

Comp

tapar la boca a alguien to silence sb;

Comp

su nombre no me viene ahora a la boca I can't think of her name right now;

siempre dice lo primero que le viene a la boca he always says the first thing that comes into his head;

Prov

en boca cerrada no entran moscas silence is golden;

Prov

por la boca muere el pez silence is golden;

Prov

quien tiene boca se equivoca to err is human, everybody makes mistakes

2. [entrada] opening;
[de botella, túnel] mouth; [de buzón] slot; [de cañón] muzzle; [de escenario] stage door; [de puerto] entrance;
las bocas del Danubio the mouth of the Danube;
Fam
a boca de jarro point-blank

Comp
boca del estómago pit of the stomach; RP boca de expendio outlet;
boca de fuego firearm;

boca de gol goalmouth;

boca de incendios hydrant;

boca de metro Br tube o underground entrance, US subway entrance;

boca de riego hydrant;
RP boca de subte Br tube o underground entrance, US subway entrance; RP boca de tormenta drain
3. Zool [pinza] pincer

4. [filo] cutting edge

5. [del vino] flavour

6. Bot boca de dragón snapdragon

7. CAm [aperitivo] snack

♦ nm

Comp
boca a boca mouth-to-mouth resuscitation;
hacer el boca a boca a alguien to give sb mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, to give sb the kiss of life

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boca

f

1 mouth;

boca a boca mouth to mouth;

hacer el boca a boca a alguien MED give s.o. mouth-to-mouth resuscitation;

boca abajo upside down; persona, cartas, libro face down;

boca arriba right way up; persona, cartas, libro face up;

dejar con la boca abierta leave open-mouthed;

quedarse con la boca abierta be dumbfounded, be open-mouthed with astonishment;

se me hace la boca agua my mouth is watering;

abrir o

hacer boca whet one’s appetite;

a pedir de boca perfectly;

andar o

ir o

correr de boca en boca circulate, go around;

callar la boca shut up;

estar en boca de todos be on everybody’s lips;

hablar por boca de ganso o

de otro fam parrot someone else’s views;

no decir esta boca es mía not say a word;

meterse en la boca del lobo put one’s head in the lion’s mouth;

taparle la boca a alguien fig keep s.o. quiet, fam

shut s.o. up;

con la boca chica without much conviction;

partirle la boca a alguien pop smash s.o.’s face in fam ;

poner algo en boca de alguien attribute sth to s.o.;

quitarle a alguien la palabra de la boca take the words right out of s.o.’s mouth;

llenarse la boca (hablando) de fig talk of nothing but;

quitarse algo de la boca fig go o

do without sth, deny o.s. sth

2 ZO crab claw

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boca nf

1) : mouth

2)

boca arriba : face up, on one's back

3)

boca abajo : face down, prone

4)

boca de riego : hydrant

5)

en boca de : according to

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boca n

1. (de persona, animal) mouth

límpiate la boca wipe your mouth

2. (entrada) entrance

quedamos en la boca del metro I'll meet you at the entrance to the underground

boca abajo (persona) face down (cosa) upside down

se tumbó boca abajo she lay face down

boca arriba (persona) face up / on your back (cosa) the right way up

se tumbó boca arriba she lay down on her back

decir con la boca pequeña not to mean what you say

hacerse la boca agua to make your mouth water

cuando pienso en la comida, se me hace la boca agua when I think about food, it makes my mouth water

boca a boca kiss of life

Spanish-English dictionary > boca
19 alimentaria

adj.&f.

feminine of ALIMENTARIO.

f.

receiver of alimony.

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Del verbo alimentar: ( conjugate alimentar)

alimentaría es:

1ª persona singular (yo) condicional indicativo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) condicional indicativo

Multiple Entries:
alimentar
alimentaria
alimentar ( conjugate alimentar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹persona/animal› to feed
2
a) ‹ilusión/esperanza› to nurture, cherish;

‹ ego› to boost
b) ‹odio/pasión› to fuel

3 ‹máquina/motor› to feed;
‹ caldera› to stoke
verbo intransitivo
to be nourishing
alimentarse verbo pronominal [persona/animal] to feed oneself;
alimentariase con or de algo to live on sth
alimentar
I verbo transitivo
1 (dar de comer) to feed
2 fig (fomentar un sentimiento) to nourish
3 Inform to feed
Téc to supply
II vt & vi (ser nutritivo) to be nutritious
alimentario,-a adjetivo food, alimentary
' alimentaria' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
intoxicación
- deficiencia

Spanish-English dictionary > alimentaria
20 mamar

v.

1 to suckle (leche).

lo mamó desde pequeño (figurative) he was immersed in it as a child (lo aprendió)

dar de mamar to breastfeed

2 to knock back (very informal) (beber). (peninsular Spanish)

3 to suck, to suck on.

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mamar

► verbo transitivo

1 (succionar) to suck

2 figurado (aprender de pequeño) to grow up with

► verbo intransitivo

1 (bebé) to feed; (animal) to suckle

► verbo pronominal mamarse

1 tabú (emborracharse) to get pissed, get plastered

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar de mamar to breast-feed

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verb

to suckle, suck

- dar de mamar

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1. VT

1) [+ leche, pecho] to suck

2) (=asimilar)

lo mamó desde pequeño — he grew up with it from childhood

nació mamando el oficio — he was born to the trade

todavía no han mamado suficiente democracia — democracy hasn't become a way of life yet

3) * (=devorar) [+ comida] to wolf down, bolt; [+ recursos] to milk, suck dry; [+ fondos] to pocket (illegally)

¡cómo la mamamos! — this is the life!, we never had it so good!

4) *** (=sexualmente) to suck off ***, give a blow job ***

2. VI

1) [bebé] to suck

dar de mamar a un bebé — to feed a baby

dar de mamar a una cría — to suckle a baby

- ¡no mames!

2) ** (=beber) to booze *, drink

3.

See:

mamarse

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) bebé to feed

a todos sus hijos les dio de mamar — she breastfed all her children

b) gato/cordero to suckle

2) (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( beber alcohol) to hit the bottle (colloq), to booze (colloq)
2.
mamar vt

son cosas que uno ha mamado — they're things that one has learned/seen from childhood

ha mamado la música — he's been surrounded by music since birth
3.
mamarse v pron

1) (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( emborracharse) to get tight o sloshed (colloq)

2) (AmS fam) <discurso/programa> to sit through

3) (Col, Ven) ( cansarse) to get tired

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* dar de mamar = breast-feeding [breastfeeding].

* dar de mamar a = breast-feed [breastfeed].

* el que no llora, no mama = the squeaky (squeaking) wheel gets the grease (the oil/oiled).

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) bebé to feed

a todos sus hijos les dio de mamar — she breastfed all her children

b) gato/cordero to suckle

2) (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( beber alcohol) to hit the bottle (colloq), to booze (colloq)
2.
mamar vt

son cosas que uno ha mamado — they're things that one has learned/seen from childhood

ha mamado la música — he's been surrounded by music since birth
3.
mamarse v pron

1) (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( emborracharse) to get tight o sloshed (colloq)

2) (AmS fam) <discurso/programa> to sit through

3) (Col, Ven) ( cansarse) to get tired

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* dar de mamar = breast-feeding [breastfeeding].

* dar de mamar a = breast-feed [breastfeed].

* el que no llora, no mama = the squeaky (squeaking) wheel gets the grease (the oil/oiled).

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mamar [A1 ]

vi

A

1 «bebé» to feed

a las seis le tengo que dar de mamar a Clarita at six o'clock I have to feed Clarita

a todos sus hijos les dio de mamar she breastfed all her children

2 «gato/cordero» to suckle

todavía está mamando it's still suckling o it hasn't been weaned yet

B (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) (beber alcohol) to hit the bottle ( colloq), to booze ( colloq)

■ mamar

vt

A ‹cultura/teatro›

son cosas que uno ha mamado they're things that one has learned/seen from childhood

ha mamado la música he's been surrounded by music o he's lived and breathed music since birth

B ( vulg); ‹hombre› to suck … off ( vulg)

■ mamarse

v pron

A ( fam)

1 (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) (emborracharse) to get tight o sloshed ( colloq)

2 ( Chi) (engullir) to demolish ( colloq), to polish off ( colloq)

B

( AmS fam) (aguantar, resistir): no me mamo un partido de fútbol por televisión I can't bear to sit through a football game on television

no sería capaz de mamarme la subida de ese cerro I wouldn't be able to make it up that hill o to manage the climb up that hill

C (Col, Ven) (cansarse) to get tired

D ( Col fam)

1

(aventajar, ganar): Brasil se mamó a Polonia sin el menor problema Brazil walked over o thrashed Poland ( colloq)

me lo mamé con ese movimiento I finished him off with that move ( colloq)

2 (despilfarrar) to blow ( colloq)

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mamar ( conjugate mamar) verbo intransitivo
1
a) [ bebé] to feed;

◊ dar de mamar to breastfeed

b) [gato/cordero] to suckle

2 (fam) ( beber alcohol) to booze (colloq)
mamar
I vtr (un bebé, una cría) to suck
fig (conocimientos, constumbres) to absorb
II verbo intransitivo to feed
' mamar' also found in these entries:
English:
feed
- suck
- breast
- suckle

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mamar

♦ vt

1. [leche] to suckle

2. [aprender] to grow up with;

mamó las telenovelas desde pequeña she was brought up on TV soaps

3. Esp muy Fam [beber] to knock back

4. Vulg [pene] to suck;

se la mamó she gave him head o a blow job, she sucked him off

♦ vi

1. [bebé] to suckle;

dar de mamar to breastfeed

2. Esp muy Fam [beber] Br to go on the piss, US to hit the sauce

3. Méx Fam
¡no mames! [no fastidies] come off it!;
[no molestes] cut it out!
♦ See also the pronominal verb mamarse

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mamar

v/i suck;

dar de mamar a (breast)feed

* * *

mamar vi

1) : to suckle

2)

darle de mamar a : to breast-feed

mamar vt

1) : to suckle, to nurse

2) : to learn from childhood, to grow up with

♦ See also the reflexive verb mamarse

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mamar vb

1. (chupar) to suck

2. (tomar la leche) to feed [pt. & pp. fed]

Spanish-English dictionary > mamar

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