| Principal Translations |
| chip n | UK, usually plural (thick potato fry) (AmL) | papa frita nf + adj |
| | (ES) | patata frita nf + adj |
| | He stabbed his fork into a chip and dipped it into the ketchup. |
| | Clavó el tenedor en una papa frita y la hundió en kétchup. |
| chips npl | UK (serving of thick potato fries) (AmL) | papas fritas nfpl + adj |
| | (ES) | patatas fritas nfpl + adj |
| | (MX, CO, CR) | papas a la francesa loc nom fpl |
| | Would you prefer chips or boiled potatoes? |
| | ¿Prefieres papas fritas o hervidas? |
| chip n | US, usually plural (potato snack: crisp) (ES) | patatas fritas nfpl + adj |
| | (AmL) | papas fritas, papitas fritas nfpl + adj |
| | Let's have sandwiches and chips for lunch. |
| | Comamos bocadillos y patatas fritas para almorzar. |
| chip n | US, usually plural (tortilla chip: corn snack) | nacho nm |
| | (MX) | totopo nm |
| | Juana serves chips and guacamole with her chili con carne. |
| chip n | (computing: microchip) (Informática) | chip nm |
| | | microchip nm |
| | You can insert a chip in your pet now as a means of identification. |
| | Ahora puedes ponerle un chip a tu mascota como medio de identificación. |
| chip n | (small piece removed) | astilla nf |
| | | esquirla nf |
| | | trocito nm |
| | Logan fell and knocked a chip out of his front tooth. |
| | Logan se cayó y se partió una astilla del incisivo central. |
| chip n | (small shard of ice, wood, etc.) | trocito nm |
| | | trozo nm |
| | The children suck on ice chips in summer. |
| | Los niños chupan trocitos de hielo en verano. |
| chip n | (gambling: token, counter) | ficha nf |
| | The green chips are worth twenty dollars each. |
| | Las fichas verdes valen 20 dólares cada una. |
| chip [sth]⇒ vtr | (ice, wood, etc.: break) | picar⇒ vtr |
| | | cortar⇒ vtr |
| | Chip the ice before you put it in the glasses. |
| | Pica el hielo antes de meterlo en los vasos. |
| Additional Translations |
| chip n | (defect, flaw) | desportilladura nf |
| | (ES) | desconchado nm |
| | | mella nf |
| | The teacup is beautiful, but it has a small chip. |
| | La taza es preciosa, pero tiene una pequeña desportilladura. |
| chip n | (dried animal dung) | estiércol seco nm + adj |
| | | boñiga seca nf + adj |
| | | bosta seca nf + adj |
| | Joe stepped on a cow chip while walking through the field. |
| | Joe pisó estiércol seco de vaca cuando paseaba por el campo. |
| chip n | (chip shot: intentionally high shot) (golf) | chip nm |
| | (fútbol) | vaselina nf |
| | The golfer used a lob wedge to hit a chip. |
| | El golfista usó un palo lob wedge para hacer un chip. |
| chip⇒ vi | (break off in small pieces) | astillarse⇒ v prnl |
| | | hacerse añicos loc verb |
| chip [sth]⇒ vtr | (break a small piece off) (diente, hueso) | romper⇒, quebrar⇒ vtr |
| | (plato, taza) | desportillar⇒, desconchar⇒ vtr |
| | (pintura, esmalte) | descascarillar⇒ vtr |
| | (madera, hueso) | astillar⇒ vtr |
| | Bob chipped a tooth in the car accident. |
| | Molly has chipped a bone in her wrist. |
| | Bob se rompió un diente en el accidente de coche. // Molly se ha roto un hueso de la muñeca. |
| chip [sth] vtr | (sport: hit or kick [sth] in an arc) | hacer un chip loc verb |
| | The golfer chipped the ball out of the sand trap. |
| | El golfista hizo un chip y sacó la pelota del búnker de arena. |
Locuciones verbales
chip | chipping |
| chip away at [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (hack pieces off) | remover⇒ vtr |
| | | descascarar⇒ vtr |
| | Michelangelo created statues by chipping away at marble with a chisel and hammer. |
| | Michelangelo creó sus estatuas removiendo el mármol con un cincel y un martillo. |
| | Michelangelo creó sus estatuas descascarando el mármol con un cincel y un martillo. |
| chip away at [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (decrease gradually) | socavar⇒ vtr |
| | The bullying he was subjected to throughout his childhood chipped away at his self-confidence. |
| | El abuso al que estuvo sometido durante su infancia socavó la confianza en sí mismo. |
| chip in vi phrasal | informal (enter a debate) (coloquial) | meter un bocadillo expr |
| | (AR) | meter bocado expr |
| | Can I chip in? I just wanted to say that I thought your presentation was fantastic. |
| | ¿Puedo meter un bocadillo? Sólo quería decir que tu presentación me pareció fantástica. |
| chip in vi phrasal | informal (contribute money) | poner dinero, juntar un fondo vtr |
| | The three friends decided to chip in to buy John an expensive birthday present. |
| | Los tres amigos juntaron un fondo para comprarle a John un regalo de cumpleaños muy caro. |
| chip in [sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal (money: contribute) (en un fondo común) | poner⇒ vtr |
| | | aportar⇒ vtr |
| | | contribuir con loc verb |
| | They each chipped in 100 euros and bought their mother a trip to Greece. |
| | Cada uno puso 100 euros y le compraron a su madre un viaje a Grecia. |
| chip off vi phrasal | (paint: peel away) (MX) | levantarse⇒, botarse⇒ v prnl |
| | Although they had just painted the wall, the cheap paint had already started to chip off. |
| | Aunque acababan de pintar la pared, esa pintura barata ya se estaba empezando a levantar. |
chip [sth] off,
chip off [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (remove by chiselling) | cincelar⇒ vtr |
| | | desbastar⇒ vtr |
| | The sculptor chipped off another few pieces of marble. |
| | El escultor cinceló otras piezas de mármol. |
| chip off vi phrasal | (golf: play chip shot) (golf) | hacer un chip, lanzar un chip loc verb |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Al transportar la mesa le hicieron un chip en la esquina. |