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1 torta
f.1 cake (cooking) (de harina) (dulce). (peninsular SpanishSouthern Cone, Venezuelan Spanish)2 slap (in the face) (informal) (bofetada).dar o pegar una torta a alguien to slap somebody (in the face)3 thump (informal) (golpe, accidente).4 pie, tart.5 flapjack, slapjack.6 sponge cake.7 blow.8 sandwich, butty.* * *1 COCINA cake3 familiar (borrachera) binge\coger una torta / pillar una torta figurado to get plasteredpegarse una torta familiar to give oneself a bumpte va a costar la torta un pan familiar it's more trouble than it's worth* * *noun f.* * *SF1) * (=bofetada) thump; (=puñetazo) punch, sock *; (=caída) fall; (=choque) crash4) Esp** (=borrachera)5) (Tip) font* * *1) (Coc)a) (AmL) ( de verduras) pie; ( sin tapa de masa) pie, flan, tartb) (CS, Ven) (de cumpleaños, etc) cake; (decorada, con crema, etc) gateau2) (Méx) ( bocadillo) sandwich3) (esp Esp) ( bizcocho basto) sponge cakeme/te salió la torta un pan — things didn't work out the way I/you had planned
ni torta — (Esp fam) not a thing
nos/les está costando la torta un pan — it's costing us/them more than we're/they're saving
4) (fam) ( golpe)darle una torta a alguien — to hit o wallop somebody (colloq)
pegarse una torta — to bang one's head (o arm etc)
* * *1) (Coc)a) (AmL) ( de verduras) pie; ( sin tapa de masa) pie, flan, tartb) (CS, Ven) (de cumpleaños, etc) cake; (decorada, con crema, etc) gateau2) (Méx) ( bocadillo) sandwich3) (esp Esp) ( bizcocho basto) sponge cakeme/te salió la torta un pan — things didn't work out the way I/you had planned
ni torta — (Esp fam) not a thing
nos/les está costando la torta un pan — it's costing us/them more than we're/they're saving
4) (fam) ( golpe)darle una torta a alguien — to hit o wallop somebody (colloq)
pegarse una torta — to bang one's head (o arm etc)
* * *torta11 = cake.Ex: Music from 1907 was played and a cake was shared with the public.
* torta caliente = hotcake.torta22 = whack.Ex: Suddenly there was a loud ' whack- whack- whack' and I looked back to see the guide slapping the water with his fishing pole.
* dar una torta = slap.* dar una torta a Alguien = give + Nombre + a slap in the face.* * *A ( Coc)me/te/le salió la torta un pan ( AmL); things didn't work out the way I/you/she had plannedCompuestos:wedding cake● torta de matrimonio or de novios( AmS) wedding cake( RPl) fritter ( fried in fat)spinach and egg pieB ( Méx) (bocadillo) sandwichC ( esp Esp) (bizcocho basto) sponge cakeno entiendo ni torta I don't understand a thingno ve ni torta he can't see a thing o he's as blind as a batnos/les está costando la torta un pan it's costing us/them more than we're/they're saving o it's a false economyCompuestos:D ( fam)(golpe): como no te estés quieto te doy una torta if you don't keep still, I'll hit o wallop you ( colloq)por una tontería se liaron a tortas they came to blows o they started fighting over nothingse dio una torta con el coche he crashed the carse cayó del árbol y se pegó una torta he fell out of the tree and hit the ground very hard* * *
torta sustantivo femenino
1 (CS, Ven) (de cumpleaños, etc) cake;
(decorada, con crema, etc) gateau
2 (Méx) ( bocadillo) sandwich
3 (fam) ( golpe):◊ darle una torta a algn to hit o wallop sb (colloq);
pegarse una torta to bang one's head (o arm etc);
liarse a tortas to come to blows
torta sustantivo femenino
1 Culin flat cake, LAm cake, tart
2 fam (bofetada) slap
3 fam (golpe fuerte) blow, thump, whack: me di una torta con la mesa, I bumped my head on the table
(de coche, moto, etc) crash, smash
4 figurado ni torta, not a thing: no oía ni torta, I couldn't hear a thing
' torta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tortazo
English:
flapjack
- thump
- cake
* * *torta nfFamni torta [nada] not a thing;no veo ni torta I can't see a thing;Famnos costó la torta un pan it cost us an arm and a leg2. CSur, Ven [dulce] cake;RP Famle salió una torta de plata it cost him an arm and a legtorta de cumpleaños birthday cake;torta helada ice cream gâteau3. Andes, CAm, Carib, RP [salada] pietorta pascualina spinach and egg pietorta de huevos plain omelette[con el coche] to have a smash; Fighabía tortas para entrar people were fighting to get in* * *f1 cake; plana tart2 famslap;le pegó una torta fam I slapped him;darse una torta fam have an accident3:no sabes ni torta de fútbol fam you don’t know diddly-squat about soccer pop ;no ver ni torta fam not be able to see in front of one’s nose fam* * *torta nf1) : torte, cake* * *torta n1. (dulce) cake2. (bofetada) slapdarse una torta / pegarse una torta to have an accident -
2 naiboa
* * *♦ nf= cassava bread sandwich containing brown sugar and cheese♦ advFam nothing, US diddly-squat;¿y qué novedades? – naiboa what's new? – nothing -
3 cantidad insignificante
f.insignificant amount, squat, diddly-squat, doodly-squat.
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