poach

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpəʊtʃ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/poʊtʃ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pōch)

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poach [sth] vtr (cook in liquid)escalfar vtr
  hervir vtr
  (huevos)pochar vtr
 The restaurant poaches eggs instead of frying them, as it's healthier.
 El restaurante escalfa los huevos en vez de freírlos porque es más saludable.
poach [sth] vtr (hunt illegally)cazar furtivamente loc verb
 The hunters poached an endangered species of elephant.
 Los cazadores cazaron furtivamente a una especie de elefante en peligro de extinción.
poach [sth] vtr informal (steal)robar vtr
  quedarse con v prnl + prep
 A man poached my seat during the intermission!
 ¡Un hombre robó mi asiento durante el entreacto!
poach [sb] vtr figurative (steal: customers, staff, etc.) (coloquial)robarse a, llevarse a v prnl + prep
  quedarse con v prnl + prep
 That new tech company poached their software engineers from a rival firm.
 La nueva compañía se robó a los ingenieros de la compañía rival.
poach vi (hunt on another's property)cazar en zona vedada loc verb
  cazar en propiedad ajena loc verb
 The men who were poaching had enough money to pay off the property owner.
 Los hombres que cazaban en zona vedada ganaban suficiente dinero para pagarle al dueño de la propiedad.
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'poach' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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Collocations: poach an egg, poach [chicken, salmon, pears] in (wine), can poach or [steam, grill] the [pears], more...

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