WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| ceba nf | (alimento: engorde de ganado) (livestock) | fattening n |
| | (livestock) | priming n |
| ceba nf | (horno: alimentación) | stoking n |
| ceba nf | ES (hierba seca) | hay n |
| ceba nf | AmL (materia explosiva) | priming n |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| cebar⇒ vtr | (engordar animales) | fatten up vtr phrasal sep |
| | | fatten⇒ vtr |
| | Cebaban las vacas para poder llevarlas pronto al matadero. |
| | They were fattening up the cows so that they could take them to the slaughterhouse right away. |
| cebar vtr | (alimentar de más) (UK) | feed up vtr phrasal sep |
| | (US) | fill up vtr phrasal sep |
| | (colloquial) | load the plate vtr + n |
| | Hicieron comida suficiente para cebar un regimiento. |
| | They made enough food to feed up a regiment. |
| cebar vtr | (rellenar) | charge⇒, load⇒ vtr |
| | Cebaron los cañones y esperaron a recibir la orden de disparar. |
| | They charged (or: loaded) the field guns and waited to receive the order to fire. |
| cebar vtr | (acondicionar) | fuel⇒ vtr |
| | | prime⇒ vtr |
| | Cebaron el motor de la segadora para que arrancara. |
| | They fueled the reaper motor so that it would start. |
| cebar vtr | (lanzar cebo al agua) | bait⇒ vtr |
| | Cebaron a los peces antes de lanzar las cañas al agua. |
| | They baited their hooks for the fish, before casting off into the water. |
cebarse con,
cebarse en v prnl + prep | (ensañarse) | take your anger out on v expr |
| | | lash out at v expr |
| | El adolescente se cebó con su hermano menor y lo insultó sin razón. |
'ceba' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the Spanish description: