Eating in spanish
pronunciation: koʊmiendoʊ 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.eating
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» binge eating = comilona, atracón, atracón de comida.
Example: Regardless of gender, problem drinking was mainly related to traits of negative masculinity (bossy, noisy, aggressive, etc) whereas binge eating was mainly related to negative femininity (shy, needs approval from others, etc).» book-eating = devorador de libros.
Example: This non-toxic method eradicates book-eating insects by deep-freezing.» eating disorder = trastorno alimenticio, trastorno alimentario, desorden alimenticio.
Example: Locate major articles on the treatment and prevention of the eating disorder anorexia nervosa.» eating facility = lugar para comer.
Example: Minimum requirements for all programs are locker space, dressing rooms, library and reference materials, and eating facilities.» eating habit = hábito alimentario, hábito alimenticio.
Example: By preventing poor eating habits, diseases and retrograde behaviour, the consumption of honey and royal jelly could prove that the reintroduction of natural foods will protect the human body.» eating orange = naranja de comer.
Example: Navel oranges from California are probably the best eating oranges in the world.» eating problem = problema alimenticio.
Example: A feminist theory of eating problems (anorexia, bulimia, extensive dieting, & binging) is developed.» eating time = hora de comer, hora de la comida.
Example: Why does your toddler throw food everywhere at eating time?.» eating utensils = cubertería, cubiertos.
Example: Any eating utensils used by an infected person should be immediately washed in hot soapy water or in a dishwasher.» fish-eating = piscívoro, que come pescado, que se alimenta de peces.
Example: Japanese are the most-recognized example of a fish-eating population enjoying a low incidence of diseases common to Americans (heart disease, breast cancer, diabetes, etc.), and a trim appearance.» flesh-eating = carnívoro.
Example: Doctors admit they are baffled by a mysterious flesh-eating virus that has been rotting a man's face away -- leaving him in agonising pain.» healthy eating = comer sano.
Example: Our cookery school is a unique place for people of all ages to discover the benefits and joys of home cooking and healthy eating.» insect-eating = insectívoro.
Example: Insect-eating bats are supremely good at what they do: a single little brown bat can catch and eat 600 mosquitos in an hour.» meat-eating = carnívoro.
Example: Spikes and horns were the plant-eating dinosaurs' line of defense against the meat-eating dinosaurs.» plant-eating = herbívoro.
Example: Spikes and horns were the plant-eating dinosaurs' line of defense against the meat-eating dinosaurs.» the proof is in the eating = las cosas hay que demostrarlas, el movimiento se demuestra andando. [Forma abreviada del proverbio the proof of the pudding (is in the eating)]
Example: I could rave on for pages about how this program can help you lose weight, but the proof is in the eating.» the proof of the pudding (is in the eating) = las cosas hay que demostrarlas, el movimiento se demuestra andando. [También abreviado a the proof is in the eating]
Example: So, the proof of the pudding is in the eating: in other words, results count.