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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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n. pers; druk--------v. persen; drukken; aandringen; pressen; strijkenpress1[ pres] 〈 zelfstandig naamwoord〉2 drukpers7 druk9 muurkast♦voorbeelden:get a good press • een goede pers krijgenat/in (the) press • ter perseoff the press • van de pers→ yellow yellow/————————press2♦voorbeelden:press down (up)on someone • op iemand drukkenII 〈 overgankelijk werkwoord〉1 drukken ⇒ duwen, klemmen6 pressen ⇒ druk uitoefenen op, aanzetten♦voorbeelden:press a metaphor • een metafoor letterlijk opvattenbe pressed for money/time • in geld-/tijdnood zittenpress something upon someone • iemand iets opdringen¶ press home one's point of view • zijn zienswijze doordrijven/zetten -
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noun2) (one attracted)be a sucker for somebody/something — eine Schwäche für jemanden/etwas haben
* * *1) ((slang) a person who is easily fooled or is stupid enough to do something: Who is the sucker who bought your car?) der Sauger, der Saugnapf2) (a person or thing that sucks: Are these insects bloodsuckers?) der Gummisauger3) (an organ on an animal, eg an octopus, by which it sticks to objects.) der Schößling4) (a curved pad or disc (of rubber etc) that can be pressed on to a surface and stick there.) säugen, stillen5) (a side shoot coming from the root of a plant.)* * *suck·er[ˈsʌkəʳ, AM -ɚ]I. nhe is a \sucker for women er kann keiner Frau widerstehenall-day \sucker Dauerlutscher m9.II. vt AM1. (trick)▪ to \sucker sb into doing sth jdn dazu bringen, etw zu tun2. (swindle)* * *['sʌkə(r)]nto be a sucker for sth — (immer) auf etw (acc) hereinfallen
to be had for a sucker — zum Narren gehalten werden, für dumm verkauft werden
he's looking for some sucker who'll lend him £200 — er sucht einen Dummen, der ihm £ 200 leiht
* * *A s1. saugendes Jungtier (besonders Spanferkel)2. ZOOLa) Saugrüssel mb) Saugnapf m3. FISCHb) Neunauge nc) Lumpenfisch m4. TECHa) Saugkolben mb) Saugventil nc) Saugrohr nd) Saugfuß m6. US Lutscher m7. sl Gimpel m pej, (gutgläubiger) Trottel umg:a) immer wieder reinfallen auf (akk),b) verrückt sein nach;there’s a sucker born every minute US die Dummen werden nicht alle8. US sl allga) Kerl mb) Ding nB v/t eine Pflanze von Schösslingen befreienC v/i Schösslinge treiben* * *nounbe a sucker for somebody/something — eine Schwäche für jemanden/etwas haben
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keik 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.) kake2) (a piece of other food pressed into shape: fishcakes; oatcakes.) -kake, -bolle3) (a flattened hard mass: a cake of soap.) stykke, blokk2. verb(to cover in the form of a dried mass: His shoes were caked with mud.) dekke, klumpe segkakeIsubst. \/keɪk\/1) kake2) stykke, blokk3) skorpecakes and ale ( gammeldags) vellevned, gode dagerdemand one's slice\/share of the cake ( overført) kreve sin del av kaka tohave one's cake and eat it (too) få både i pose og sekksell like hot cakes gå som varmt hvetebrødtake the cake ( hverdagslig) ta kaka, slå alt, ta prisenIIverb \/keɪk\/sette skorpe, skorpe seg, størknebe caked with something forklaring: være full av\/dekket med noe som er størknet
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