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1. noun1) (a food made by baking a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar etc: a piece of cake; a plate of cream cakes; a Christmas cake.) pastel2) (a piece of other food pressed into shape: fishcakes; oatcakes.) pastel; tortita; croqueta3) (a flattened hard mass: a cake of soap.) pastilla
2. verb(to cover in the form of a dried mass: His shoes were caked with mud.) estar cubierto decake n pastel / tartatr[keɪk]1 SMALLCOOKERY/SMALL pastel nombre masculino, tarta, torta2 (of soap) pastilla1 endurecerse\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be a piece of cake estar tirado,-a, estar chupado,-ato be caked with something estar cubierto,-a de algo, estar recubierto,-a de algoto go like hot cakes / sell like hot cakes venderse como rosquillasto have one's cake and eat it querer nadar y guardar la ropa, querer estar en misa y repicandoto want a slice of the cake figurative use querer una tajada del pastelcake shop pasteleríacake tin molde nombre masculino: cubrircaked with mud: cubierto de barrocake vi: endurecersecake n1) : torta f, bizcocho m, pastel m2) : pastilla f (de jabón)3)to take the cake : llevarse la palma, ser el colmon.• bizcocho s.m.• pan s.m.• pastel s.m.• pastelillo s.m.• pastilla s.f.• tarta s.f.• torta s.f.v.• apelmazar v.• aterronarse v.
I keɪk1) u c ( Culin) ( large) pastel m, tarta f (Esp), torta f (esp CS); (small, individual) pastel m, masa f (RPl)sponge cake — bizcocho m, queque m (AmL exc RPl), bizcochuelo m (CS), ponqué m (Col, Ven), panque m (Méx)
the icing o (AmE also) frosting on the cake — un extra
to be a piece of cake — (colloq) ser* pan comido (fam)
to take the cake — (colloq) ser el colmo (fam); \<\<person\>\> llevarse la palma (fam)
to go o sell like hot cakes — venderse como pan caliente or como rosquillas
to have one's cake and eat it: you can't have your cake and eat it too — no puedes tenerlo todo, tienes que elegir
2) ccake of soap — pastilla f de jabón
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transitive verb (usu pass)[keɪk]to be caked WITH something: our shoes were caked with mud — teníamos los zapatos cubiertos de barro endurecido
1. N1) (large) tarta f, pastel m, torta f (LAm); (small) pastel m, queque m (LAm); (sponge, plain) bizcocho m, pan m dulcethe way the national cake is divided — (fig) la forma en que está repartida la tarta or está repartido el pastel nacional
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2) (=bar) [of chocolate] barra f ; [of soap] pastilla f2.VTcaked with mud — embarrado, cubierto de barro seco
3.VI [blood] coagularse; [mud] endurecerse4.CPDcake pan N — (US) bizcochera f
cake shop N — pastelería f
cake tin N — (for baking) bizcochera f ; (for storing) caja f de pastel
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I [keɪk]1) u c ( Culin) ( large) pastel m, tarta f (Esp), torta f (esp CS); (small, individual) pastel m, masa f (RPl)sponge cake — bizcocho m, queque m (AmL exc RPl), bizcochuelo m (CS), ponqué m (Col, Ven), panque m (Méx)
the icing o (AmE also) frosting on the cake — un extra
to be a piece of cake — (colloq) ser* pan comido (fam)
to take the cake — (colloq) ser el colmo (fam); \<\<person\>\> llevarse la palma (fam)
to go o sell like hot cakes — venderse como pan caliente or como rosquillas
to have one's cake and eat it: you can't have your cake and eat it too — no puedes tenerlo todo, tienes que elegir
2) ccake of soap — pastilla f de jabón
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transitive verb (usu pass)to be caked WITH something: our shoes were caked with mud — teníamos los zapatos cubiertos de barro endurecido
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2 to have one's cake and eat it
querer nadar y guardar la ropa, querer estar en misa y repicando
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