| Principal Translations |
| bait n | uncountable (angling: food to attract fish) | cebo nm |
| | | carnada nf |
| | | carnaza nf |
| | The fishing shop sells a variety of lures and bait. |
| | La tienda de artículos de pesca vende diversos señuelos y cebo. |
| bait n | figurative, uncountable (lure) | cebo nm |
| | | carnada nf |
| | | carnaza nf |
| | The office used the promotion as bait to convince Mark to commit fraud. |
| | La oficina usó el ascenso como cebo para convencer a Mark de que cometiera fraude. |
| bait [sth]⇒ vtr | (attach lure to: fishing hook) | cebar⇒ vtr |
| | The way you bait your hook may determine how many fish you catch. |
| | La manera en la que cebas el anzuelo puede determinar cuántos peces vas a pescar. |
| bait [sb]⇒ vtr | figurative (lure) (informal) | hacer picar a loc verb + prep |
| | (informal) | hacer morder el anzuelo a loc verb + prep |
| | The undercover policeman baited a criminal and caught him committing the crime. |
| | El policía encubierto hizo picar al criminal y lo pilló cometiendo el crimen. |
| bait [sth]⇒ vtr | (set dogs upon: an animal) | provocar⇒ vtr |
| | | acosar⇒ vtr |
| | In Elizabethan times, people baited bears for entertainment. |
| | En tiempos isabelinos, la gente provocaba osos como entretenimiento. |
| bait [sb]⇒ vtr | figurative (torment, tease) | acosar a vtr + prep |
| | | atormentar a vtr + prep |
| | | provocar a vtr + prep |
| | The little boy baited his sister until she cried. |
| | El niño acosó a su hermana hasta que la hizo llorar. |
| bait [sb] vtr | figurative (tempt, seduce) (informal) | pescar a vtr + prep |
| | | atrapar a vtr + prep |
| | | seducir a vtr + prep |
| | Jasmine hoped to bait a rich man with her showy clothes. |
| | Jasmine esperaba pescar a un hombre rico con su llamativa ropa. |
| Additional Translations |
| bait n | archaic (stop for food during journey) | parada para comer nf + loc adj |
| | The carriage paused to let the passengers out for a bait. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. En esa breve parada para comer, solo pudimos tomar agua. |
| bait n | figurative (temptation) | tentación nf |
| | I refuse to give in to the bait of chocolate cake, no matter what! |
| | ¡Me niego a sucumbir a la tentación del pastel de chocolate pase lo que pase! |
| bait⇒ vi | archaic (stop for food during journey) | parar a comer loc verb |
| | | hacer una parada para comer loc verb |
| | The travelers decided to bait at mid-day. |
| | Los viajeros decidieron parar a comer a mediodía. |