Ate in spanish
pronunciation: ɑte part of speech: noun
eat = comer, tomar, consumir. [Verbo irregular: pasado ate, participio eaten]
Example: 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.more:
» binge eat = darse atracones de comida, darse comilonas.
Example: For many years, I was ashamed of the fact that I would binge eat -- nobody knew, not even my family or best friends.» dog does not eat dog = perro no come perro.
Example: Low-level hostilities between these two newspapers have been a fact of media life for decades but not the two publishers seem to have forgotten the old maxim 'Dog does not eat dog'.» dog-eat-dog = perro come perro, a cara (de) perro.
Example: Wild animals constantly at odds with each other in a survival of the fittest may be the norm, but it's not always a dog-eat-dog world.» eat + a meal = comer, hacer una comida.
Example: If you're on a limited budget, you're going to have to eat meals at home simply because it costs way less than eating out.» eat away at = carcomer, mortificar, hacer Algo poco a poco, consumir poco a poco, roer poco a poco, corroer poco a poco, desgastar, estar acabando con.
Example: Rather than catalog departments going out of business, they could turn their attention once again to cataloging special local materials, eating away at store-rooms of uncataloged materials, and making their collections as a whole more responsive to their local constituency.» eat + Comida + to keep + Nombre + going = comer Algo para matar el gusanillo.
Example: Young children need to eat small amounts every three hours to get enough energy to keep them going.» eat + crow = tragarse lo que Uno ha dicho, retractarse de lo que Uno ha dicho, morder el polvo, disculparse, pedir disculpas, pedir perdón.
Example: You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.» eat + dirt = tragarse lo que Uno ha dicho, retractarse de lo que Uno ha dicho, morder el polvo, disculparse, pedir disculpas, pedir perdón.
Example: He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.» eat, drink and be merry (for tomorrow we die) = a beber y a tragar que el mundo se va a acabar.
Example: Before we get down to business, let's eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die," the CEO said after everyone had arrived.» eat + food = comer, comer alimentos, ingerir alimentos, tomar alimentos.
Example: Use common sense -- occasionally eating food that was briefly on the floor is not likely to make you sick.» eat + healthfully = comer sano, comer saludable, comer sanamente, comer saludablemente.
Example: It's resolution time again, and first on your list is to lose weight and eat more healthfully.» eat + healthily = comer sano, comer saludable, comer sanamente, comer saludablemente.
Example: Eating healthily doesn't mean living on a diet of green beans and carrot juice, and can involve eating a rich variety of some of your favourite foods.» eat + healthy = comer sano, comer saludable, comer sanamente, comer saludablemente.
Example: Eating healthy doesn't have to cost more.» eat + humble pie = tragarse lo que Uno ha dicho, retractarse de lo que Uno ha dicho, morder el polvo, disculparse, pedir disculpas, pedir perdón.
Example: I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.» eat in = comer en casa.
Example: The article is entitled 'Getting on the Internet: eating in or dining out?'.» eat into = echar mano de, recurrir a, hacer uso de, consumir, comerse.
Example: When your customers are slow to pay, it forces you to eat into your cash reserves to pay for raw goods and salaries.» eat into = mermar, carcomer, corroer, roer, comerse.
Example: As termites begin to eat into wood structures, the weakened structure of the wood will cause floors to creak with more frequency.» eat into + Posesivo + savings = hacer mella en + Posesivo + ahorros.
Example: Rescuing and providing shelter for badly injured stray cats is eating into her savings but she is undettered.» eat like + a bird = comer como un pajarito.
Example: If someone says you eat like a bird, you might consider going on a diet since most birds eat 25 to 50 percent of their body weight daily.» eat like + a horse = comer como un león, comer como una lima, comer como una vaca, comer como un sabañón, comer como un descosido.
Example: She can eat like a horse and never put on weight.» eat like + a lion = comer como un león.
Example: To grow, you need to start training and eating like a lion.» eat like + an animal = comer como un animal.
Example: I'm pretty sure I should have been born a boy -- I swear like a trooper, I eat like an animal, I burp shamelessly and I constantly make rude remarks.» eat like + an elephant = comer como una lima, comer como una vaca, comer como un sabañón, comer como un descosido.
Example: We all have that one friend, that is stick thin but eats like an elephant .» eat like + a pig = comer como un cerdo.
Example: I'm tearing my hair out just because he can eat like a pig and he does it in front of me too.» eat like + a refugee = comer como una lima, comer como una vaca, comer como un sabañón, comer como un descosido.
Example: A big man is always accused of gluttony, whereas a wizened or osseous man can eat like a refugee at every meal, and no one ever notices his greed = Al hombre grande siempre se le acusa de gula mientras que un hombre enjuto o huesudo puede comer como un descosido en cada comida y nadie le tilda de glotonería.» eat + Nombre + alive = comerse Algo vivo, devorarse Algo.
Example: Florida's slogan should be 'The only place you can be eaten alive by mosquitoes while you enjoy rain every day'.» eat out = salir a comer, comer fuera.
Example: If you consider eating out a couple times a week a necessity rather than a lark, you aren't cut out for living on a shoestring.» eat (+ Posesivo) + breakfast = desayunar, tomar el desayuno, comer el desayuno.
Example: But one morning, her daughter refused to eat her breakfast and complained that her tummy hurt.» eat + Posesivo + cunt = comerle el coño a Alguien.
Example: She said she wants to lick my nipples then have me eat her cunt.» eat (+ Posesivo) + dinner = cenar, tomar la cena, comer la cena.
Example: Due to almost daily electricity cuts, Palestinian families in Gaza often have to eat their dinner by candlelight.» eat + Posesivo + food = comer, comerse la comida, comerse + Posesivo + comida.
Example: The way she ate her food, the way she laughed, I found everything she did, intensely irritating.» eat (+ Posesivo) + lunch = almorzar, tomar el almuerzo, comer el almuerzo.
Example: A woman was bullied so badly about her nose that the hid in the school toilets to eat her lunch.» eat + Posesivo + pussy = comerle el coño a Alguien.
Example: She began with a blowjob and the guy returned the favor by eating her cunt.» eat (+ Posesivo) + supper = cenar, tomar la cena, comer la cena.
Example: She always eats her supper whilst watching television.» eat + Posesivo + way through = devorar, comérselo todo, jalárselo todo, acabar con, arrasar con.
Example: After demolishing the cakes and sandwiches, pots of tea and buns laid on the table, he proceeded to eat his way through the contents of the fridge.» eat + Posesivo + words = tragarse lo que Uno ha dicho, retractarse de lo que Uno ha dicho, disculparse, pedir disculpas, pedir perdón.
Example: It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.» eat + solids = comer alimentos sólidos.
Example: After your baby has started to eat solids, stewed fruit is a healthy snack or meal choice.» eat + too little = comer demasiado poco.
Example: Common food traps that accompany depression including eating too much, eating too little, and making unhealthy food choices.» eat + too much = comer demasiado, abusar de la comida, comer en exceso, comer excesivamente, atracarse.
Example: Common food traps that accompany depression including eating too much, eating too little, and making unhealthy food choices.» eat up = consumir.
Example: The importance of staff atitude is emphasized because the outreach effort has little chance of success without commitment -- it eats up time, energy, enthusiasm and imagination at a rapid rate.» eat with + appetite = comer con apetito.
Example: Concerning these categories, parents should ask whether their child usually falls asleep easily and wakes up rested; eats with appetite; and has bowel and bladder control, especially during the day.» eat your heart out! = ¡chúpate esa!, ¡muérete de envidia!.
Example: The article is entitled 'Eat your heart out, Jean Chapelain!'.» have + Nombre + eating out of + Posesivo + hand = tener a Alguien comiendo de la palma de + Posesivo + mano, tener a Alguien en el bolsillo, meterse a Alguien en el bolsillo, manejar a Alguien a + Posesivo + antojo, hacer con Alguien lo que Uno quiera, tener a Alguien en el saco.
Example: Even though her performance lasted less than an hour, by the end she had them eating out of her hand and she received a standing ovation.» have + Posesivo + cake and eat it = querer tetas y sopas, tetas y sopas no caben en la boca, quererlo todo, ser avaricioso, querer tenerlo todo, querer el oro y el moro, estar en misa y repicando, andar en misa y repicando.
Example: The article is entitled 'Web lists or OPACs: can we have our cake and eat it, too?'.» I'm so hungry I could eat a horse = tengo tanta hambre que me comería una vaca/elefante/caballo.
Example: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day -- I need to remember this because when I skip breakfast I am so hungry I could eat a horse!.» must-eat = comida obligatoria, comida que hay que probar, comida que hay que degustar, algo que hay que degustar.
Example: Sometimes they have little triangle-shaped cakes that are a must-eat.» overeat = comer demasiado, comer en exceso, comer excesivamente, atracarse, abusar de la comida.
Example: Avoid calorie-rich diet, don't overeat.» ready-to-eat = listo para el consumo, precocinado.
Example: This ready-to-eat nutritious food is made by admixing condensed milk with rolled oats, honey, dates, wheat germ, coconuts, and walnuts.» undereat = comer demasiado poco.
Example: People only binge when they have been undereating.» watch + what + Pronombre + eat = controlar lo que + comer, tener cuidado con lo que + comer.
Example: Telling a girl she should exercise more and watch what she eats is basically telling her you think she should lose weight.» we are what we eat = somos lo que comemos.
Example: In this world of instant gratification and overindulgence we lose sight of the fact that we are what we eat.» without a crust to eat = sin nada que llevarse a la boca, sin qué comer.
Example: We had plenty of everything, and now look at us without a crust to eat.ate = Tiempo pasado del verbo eat (comer). [Véase éste para sus distintos significados]
Example: The article 'A bogus and dismal science, or the eggplant that ate library schools' discusses the reasons for the perennial professional indentity crisis amongst librarians.