es un plato de mucho alimento

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.

repetir el postre — to have a second helping o seconds * of dessert

hay que repetirle las cosas diez veces — you have to tell her everything ten times

se lo repetí hasta la saciedad — I told him until I was blue in the face (colloq)

la historia se repite — (fr hecha) history repeats itself

hay que repetirle las cosas diez veces — you have to tell her everything ten times

se lo repetí hasta la saciedad — I told him until I was blue in the face (colloq)

la historia se repite — (fr hecha) history repeats itself

Ex: However, it seems worth rehearsing some of the arguments again here in this particular context and identifying specifically how these problems are negotiated in a data base using natural language indexing.

la fecha de caducidad viene en la base del paquete — the use-by date is on the base o the bottom of the pack

• carecer de base — [acusación] to lack foundation, be unfounded; [argumento] to lack justification, be unjustified

• de base — [error, dato] basic, fundamental; [activista, apoyo] grass-roots antes de s

• en base a [uso periodístico] —

• partir de una base, un juez tiene que partir de una base de neutralidad absoluta — a judge must start out from a position of absolute neutrality

• sentar las bases de algo — to lay the foundations of sth

su visita sentó las bases para una futura cooperación — her visit paved the way for o laid the foundations of future cooperation

• sobre la base de algo — on the basis of sth

• a base de algo, una dieta a base de arroz — a rice-based diet, a diet based on rice

• a base de hacer algo — by doing sth

a base de insistir, la convenció para comprar la casa — by o through his insistence, he persuaded her to buy the house

a base de bien Esp * —

hoy hemos trabajado a base de bien — we've done loads of work today *

nos divertimos a base de bien — we had a whale of a time *

base imponible — (Econ) taxable income

han aprobado el texto base para el nuevo convenio — they have approved the provisional o draft text of the new agreement

• alimento base — staple (food)

• color base — base colour o (EEUU) color

a base de: a base de descansar se fue recuperando by resting she gradually recovered; un régimen a base de verdura a vegetable-based diet; vive a base de pastillas he lives on pills; de base <planteamiento/error> fundamental, basic; < militante> rank-and-file (before n), ordinary (before n); < movimiento> grass-roots (before n); en base a (crit) on the basis of; a base de bien (Esp fam): comimos a base de bien — we ate really well

a base de: a base de descansar se fue recuperando by resting she gradually recovered; un régimen a base de verdura a vegetable-based diet; vive a base de pastillas he lives on pills; de base <planteamiento/error> fundamental, basic; < militante> rank-and-file (before n), ordinary (before n); < movimiento> grass-roots (before n); en base a (crit) on the basis of; a base de bien (Esp fam): comimos a base de bien — we ate really well

Ex: The reader should now have a reasonably firm base from which to begin a more detailed reading of the specification of elements.

pan dulce — Méx pastry

pan francés — Arg baguette

pan lactal — Arg sandwich loaf

pan molido — Méx breadcrumbs pl

pan rallado — breadcrumbs pl

pan de jabón — bar o cake of soap

más bueno que el pan * —

estar más bueno que el pan — [persona] to be gorgeous, be dishy *

un pan de medio kilo — a loaf of bread ( weighing half a kilo)

con su pan se lo coma — (colloq) it's his/her tough luck (colloq)

el pan nuestro de cada día — (Relig) our daily bread

ganarse el pan — to earn one's daily bread

llamar al pan, pan y al vino, vino — to call a spade a spade

quitarle el pan de la boca a alguien — to take the food out of somebody's mouth

ser pan comido — (fam) to be a piece of cake (colloq)

ser un pan bendito or más bueno que el pan or (AmS) más bueno que un pan de Dios — to be very good

ese niño es más bueno que el pan — that child is as good as gold

venderse como pan caliente — to sell o go like hotcakes

un pan de medio kilo — a loaf of bread ( weighing half a kilo)

con su pan se lo coma — (colloq) it's his/her tough luck (colloq)

el pan nuestro de cada día — (Relig) our daily bread

ganarse el pan — to earn one's daily bread

llamar al pan, pan y al vino, vino — to call a spade a spade

quitarle el pan de la boca a alguien — to take the food out of somebody's mouth

ser pan comido — (fam) to be a piece of cake (colloq)

ser un pan bendito or más bueno que el pan or (AmS) más bueno que un pan de Dios — to be very good

ese niño es más bueno que el pan — that child is as good as gold

venderse como pan caliente — to sell o go like hotcakes

Ex: You walk into your neighborhood supermarket and buy a loaf of crumby packaged bread and you take it home after having paid good money for it.

los pájaros han picado toda la fruta — the birds have pecked holes in o pecked (at) all the fruit

picar el anzuelo — (lit) to take o swallow the bait; (fig) to rise to the bait, fall for it *

estaba siempre picándome — he was always needling o goading me

lo que dijiste lo picó en su amor propio — what you said wounded o hurt his pride

llevo todo el día picando — I've been nibbling o snacking all day

ha picado mucha gente — a lot of people have fallen for it *

esta salsa sí que pica — this sauce is really hot o spicy

me pican los ojos — my eyes are stinging o smarting

¿qué te pica? — (lit) where does it itch?; (fig) what's got into you?, what's eating you? (EEUU)

sólo quiero picar algo — I just want a little snack o a bite to eat

el azúcar pica los dientes — sugar rots your teeth o gives you tooth decay

picar alto — to aim high

me pica la espalda — my back itches o is itchy