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Inflections of 'fed' (n): npl: feds
- From the verb feed: (⇒ conjugate)
- fed is: ⓘClick the infinitive to see all available inflections
- v past
- v past p
'Fed' tiene referencia cruzada con 'fed'. Se encuentra en una o más de las líneas abajo.'Fed' is cross-referenced with 'fed'. It is in one or more of the lines below. WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026: | Principal Translations |
| Fed n | US, abbreviation (Federal Reserve Bank) | Reserva Federal loc nom f |
| Fed n | US, abbreviation, often plural (law: federal employee, esp. FBI) | empleado federal, empleada federal loc nm, loc nf |
| | | agente del FBI loc nom mf |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026: | Principal Translations |
| feed [sb]⇒ vtr | (give food to [sb]) | alimentar a vtr + prep |
| | | dar de comer a loc verb |
| | I need to feed the children. |
| | Necesito alimentar a los niños. |
| | Tengo que dar de comer a los niños. |
| feed [sth]⇒ vtr | (give food to an animal) | alimentar⇒ vtr |
| | | darle de comer a loc verb + prep |
| | | darle comida a loc verb + prep |
| | Helen feeds the dog every morning. |
| | Helen alimenta a su perro cada mañana. |
| | Helen le da de comer a su perro cada mañana. |
| feed [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | (be a food source) (figurado) | dar de comer loc verb |
| | This farm feeds the entire village. |
| | Esta granja le da de comer a toda la aldea. |
| feed [sb/sth] on [sth]⇒ vtr | (give [sth] as nourishment) | alimentar con vtr + prep |
| | She feeds her chickens on a variety of scraps. |
| | Alimenta a sus gallinas con sobras. |
| feed [sth]⇒ vtr | figurative (supply) | alimentar⇒ vtr |
| | | surtir⇒ vtr |
| | This pipe feeds the radiator. |
| | Esta tubería alimenta el radiador. |
| feed [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep | figurative (supply) | proveer algo a loc verb |
| | | darle algo a loc verb |
| | The operator feeds paper to the printing press. |
| | El operario provee de papel a la impresora. |
| feed n | (food for animals) | pienso nm |
| | The farmer needs to buy more feed for her pigs. |
| | La granjera tiene que comprar más pienso para sus cerdos. |
| Additional Translations |
| feed n | (breastfeeding, bottle feeding) (lactancia) | toma de pecho loc nom f |
| | (de botella) | toma de biberón loc nom f |
| | | toma nf |
| | The baby had a good feed this morning. |
| | El bebé hizo una buena toma de pecho esta mañana. |
| feed n | US, informal (meal) | comida nf |
| | I have to give the kids their feed, then we have to go to the pool. |
| | Tengo que dar la comida a los niños y luego nos iremos con ellos a la alberca. |
| feed n | (supply mechanism) | mecanismo de alimentación grupo nom |
| | There was a problem with the photocopier's paper feed. |
| | Había un problema con el mecanismo de alimentación de papel de la copiadora. |
| feed n | (broadcast) | transmisión nf |
| | The live feed from New York has stopped working, so we are going to show some commercials. |
| | La transmisión en vivo desde Nueva York ha dejado de funcionar, así que vamos a pasar algunos comerciales. |
| feed on [sth] vi + prep | (animal: eat) | alimentarse de v prnl + prep |
| | The animals feed on grass. |
| | Los animales se alimentan de hierba. |
| feed on [sth] vi + prep | figurative (ideas, fears) (figurado) | alimentarse de v prnl + prep |
| | Panic feeds on people's fears. |
| | El pánico se alimenta de los temores de la gente. |
| feed [sth] vtr | figurative (gratify) (figurado) | alimentar⇒ vtr |
| | Art feeds the spirit. |
| | El arte alimenta el espíritu. |
| feed [sth] to [sb]⇒ vtr | figurative (supply) | proporcionar⇒ vtr |
| | | surtir⇒ vtr |
| | | facilitar⇒ vtr |
| | The media feeds the news to people. |
| | Los medios de comunicación proporcionan noticias a la gente. |
| feed [sth]⇒ vtr | figurative (encourage) (figurado) | alimentar⇒ vtr |
| | Don't say anything to feed his ego. |
| | No digas nada que alimente su ego. |
| feed [sb] [sth]⇒ vtr | figurative (supply) | darle algo a loc verb |
| | The assistant fed the actor his lines. |
| | El asistente le dio el diálogo al actor. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026: Locuciones verbales
feed | fed | Fed |
| feed back to [sb] vi phrasal + prep | (report back to) | rendir cuentas a loc verb |
| Note: The single-word form is used when the term is a noun | | | Jamie always feeds back to his line manager in a timely manner. |
| | Jamie siempre rinde cuentas a su superior en tiempo y forma. |
feed back into [sth],
feed back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (affect in turn) | repercutir en vi + prep |
| | The results of the student survey feed back into future teaching practices. |
| | Los resultados de la encuesta de alumnos repercuten en el futuro de las prácticas de enseñanza. |
| feed into [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (help to perpetuate) | alimentar⇒ vtr |
| | Too much praise really feeds into his need for constant approval from others. |
| | Demasiados elogios alimentan su necesidad constante de aprobación por parte de los demás |
| feed off [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (thrive thanks to) (figurado) | alimentarse de v prnl + prep |
| | | nutrirse de v prnl + prep |
| | The band fed off the energy of the crowd. |
| | La banda se alimentaba de la energía de la gente. |
| feed on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (eat [sth]) | alimentarse de v prnl + prep |
| | The tabloid newspapers feed on scandal. |
| | El periódico sensacionalista se alimenta de escándalos. |
| feed [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | (fatten: an animal) | engordar⇒ vtr |
| | | cebar⇒ vtr |
| | They would feed up their cattle before sending them for slaughter. |
| | Engordaban al ganado antes de mandarlo al matadero. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026: Compound Forms:
fed | feed | Fed |
| bottle-fed adj | (baby: given milk by bottle) | alimentado con biberón loc adj |
breastfed,
breast-fed adj | (given milk from breast) | amamantado adj |
| | Doctors are researching whether breastfed babies behave differently from bottlefed babies. |
| | Los médicos están estudiando si los bebés amamantados se comportan de manera diferente a los alimentados con biberón. |
| corn-fed adj | UK (poultry: raised on corn) | alimentado con maíz loc adj |
| | | alimentado a maíz, criado a maíz loc adj |
| | Nuestros pollos de corral son alimentados exclusivamente con maíz. |
| corn-fed adj | US (beef: raised on corn) | criado con maíz loc adj |
| | | alimentado a maíz, criado a maíz loc adj |
| corn-fed adj | US, informal, figurative (naive, unsophisticated) (informal) | simplón/ona adj |
fed up,
fed-up adj | informal (weary, exasperated) | harto/a adj |
| | | cansado/a, hastiado adj |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun | | | You look fed up. What's wrong? |
| | Pareces harto. ¿Qué pasó? |
fed up with [sth],
fed up of [sth] expr | informal (weary, exasperated) | harto de adj + prep |
| | | cansado de, hastiado de adj + prep |
| | Audrey was fed up with the bad weather. | | | Fed up of being sent from one office to another, Joan lost her temper. |
| | Audrey estaba harta del mal tiempo. // Harta de que la mandaran de una oficina a la otra, Joan perdió los cabales. |
fed up,
fed-up adj | informal (expressing exasperation) | de hartazgo loc adj |
| | Megan gave a fed-up sigh. |
| | Megan soltó un suspiro de hartazgo. |
be fed up to the back teeth of doing [sth],
be sick to the back teeth of doing [sth] v expr | figurative, informal (be exasperated by [sth] repeated) | estar hasta acá de loc verb |
| | (ES) | estar hasta la coronilla de loc verb |
| | (AR) | estar hinchado los huevos de loc verb |
| Note: also "with doing sth" | | | She said angrily that she was fed up to the back teeth of hearing us bicker. |
| | Dijo muy enojada que estaba hasta acá de escucharnos discutir. |
| force-fed adj | (animal, person: fed against will) | cebado/a adj |
| grass-fed adj | (animals: allowed to forage) | alimentado con hierbas naturales loc adj |
| | | alimentado con pasturas naturales loc adj |
| ill-fed adj | (under-nourished) | mal alimentado loc adj |
| | | malnutrido/a adj |
| | | desnutrido/a adj |
| | The children at the boarding school were very ill-fed—they were never given breakfast, and the dishes rarely contained meat. |
| | Los niños en el internado estaban muy mal alimentados, nunca les daban el desayuno y los platos raramente contenían carne. |
| spoon-fed adj | (infant: given food by spoon) | que le dan de comer con cuchara loc adj |
well fed,
well-fed adj | (plump) (irónico) | bien alimentado loc adj |
| | | rellenito adj |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
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