Locuciones verbales
eat | eating |
eat [sth] away,
eat away [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (gnaw at, erode) | carcomer⇒ vtr |
| | The chalk cliffs are being eaten away slowly by the action of the sea. |
| | La acción de las olas está lentamente carcomiendo los acantilados. |
| eat away at [sb/sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal, figurative (worry) | corroer la mente loc verb |
| | Raskolnikov's crime ate away at his peace of mind and, ultimately, his soul. |
| | El crimen de Raskolnicov corroyó su mente: primero su paz interior y, finalmente, su alma. |
| eat away at [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (erode) | comerse⇒ v prnl |
| | The river eats away at the sand banks every time there's a flood. |
| | Las pisadas se van comiendo la piedra, por eso el escalón está tan deformado. |
| eat in vi phrasal | (dine at home) | cenar en casa loc verb |
| | We decided to eat in rather than go out to a restaurant. |
| | Preferimos cenar en casa a salir a un restaurante. |
| eat into [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (use or consume part of) | comerse⇒ v prnl |
| | Increasing costs are eating into the company's profits. |
| | El incremento de los costos está comiéndose las ganancias de la compañía. |
| eat out vi phrasal | (dine at a restaurant) | cenar fuera, cenar afuera loc verb |
| | | salir a cenar loc verb |
| | Anna wants to eat out this evening because she's tired of cooking. |
| | Anna quiere cenar afuera hoy porque está cansada de cocinar. |
| eat [sb] out vtr phrasal sep | vulgar, offensive, informal (perform cunnilingus on) (figurado) | comerse a v prnl + prep |
| | | chupársela a v prnl + prep |
| | Vanessa loves it when her boyfriend eats her out. |
| | Vanessa ama cuando su novio la come. |
| eat up vi phrasal | informal (finish meal) | terminar de comer loc verb |
| | | terminar la comida loc verb |
| | If you eat up, we'll have more time to play. |
| | Si terminas de comer, tendremos más tiempo para jugar. |
eat [sth] up,
eat up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (consume food completely) | terminar⇒ vtr |
| | If you eat up all your vegetables, you can have dessert. |
| | Si terminas los vegetales, puedes comer postre. |
eat [sth] up,
eat up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (consume in great quantities) | devorar⇒ vtr |
| | | tragarse⇒ v prnl |
| | That new printer eats up our paper supplies at an alarming rate. |
| | Esta nueva impresora devora el papel de manera alarmante. |
eat [sth] up,
eat up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (enjoy) | disfrutar⇒ vtr |
| | Everyone was praising him for a job well done and he was eating it up. |
| | Todos lo felicitaban por su buen desempeño y él lo estaba disfrutando. |
eat [sth] up,
eat up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (believe) (figurado) | tragarse⇒ v prnl |
| | He lied about everything but he was so charming about it that she ate it up. |
| | Ella se tragaba todas las mentiras que él le contaba de un modo tan encantador. |
Compound Forms:
eating | eat |
| be eating out of [sb]'s hand | figurative (be submissive to [sb]) | comer de la mano de alguien loc verb |
| eating apple n | (apple suitable for eating raw) | manzana nf |
| eating disorder n | (psychological problem with food) | trastorno alimentario, trastorno alimenticio nm + adj |
| | | trastorno de la alimentación nm + loc adj |
| | Anorexia is a well-known eating disorder. |
| | La anorexia es un trastorno alimentario muy conocido. |
| eating habits npl | (what, how you usually eat) | hábitos alimenticios nmpl + adj |
| | | hábitos de alimentación nmpl + loc adj |
| eating out n | (dining at restaurants) | comer fuera, comer afuera loc verb |
| | | salir a comer loc verb |
| | Eating out regularly can be quite expensive. |
| | Comer afuera regularmente puede ser un tanto caro. |
| | Salir a comer regularmente puede ser un tanto caro. |
| eating plan n | (healthy or weight-loss diet) | dieta sana, dieta saludable loc nom f |
| eating well n | (healthy diet) (usado como sustantivo) | comer bien loc verb |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. No se trata de comer menos sino de comer bien. |
| flesh-eating adj | (animal, plant: eats meat) | carnívoro/a adj |
| flesh-eating adj | (disease: destroys flesh) | necrosante adj mf |
| flesh-eating adj | (zombie: eats people) | que come carne humana loc adj |
| good eating n | (healthy or top-quality food) | comida saludable nf + adj |
| | | comida sana nf + adj |
| have [sb] eating out of your hand v expr | figurative (have [sb] under your control) (coloquial) | tener a alguien comiendo de la mano loc verb |
| | | tener a alguien en la palma de la mano loc verb |
| | The politician thought he had the voters eating out of his hand, but he soon discovered he was wrong. |
| | El político creyó que tenía a los votantes comiendo de la mano pero pronto descubrió que estaba equivocado. |
| healthy eating n | (consuming nutritious food) | alimentación sana nf + adj |
| | Healthy eating in the long-term is more effective than calorie-counting as a means to lose weight. |
| | Tener una alimentación sana a largo plazo es mucho más efectivo que contar calorías para perder peso. |
| man-eating adj | informal (animal: that eats human flesh) | que come carne humana loc adj |
man-eating shark,
man-eater shark,
man-eater n | (shark that attacks humans) | tiburón que ataca personas nm + loc adj |
| meat-eating adj | (carnivore, consumes meat) | carnívoro/a adj |
the proof of the pudding,
the proof of the pudding is in the eating expr | figurative (you have to try before judging) | antes de juzgar hay que probar expr |
| weight and eating issues npl | (psychology: food and body-image disorder) | trastornos alimentarios nmpl + adj |