bocado

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bocado
masculine noun
1mouthful (comida)
  • no probar bocado -> not to touch one's food (por desgana)
  • no he probado bocado en todo el día -> I haven't had a bite to eat all day
2bite (mordisco)
also:
  • bocado de Adán -> Adam's apple

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bocado [bo-cah’-do]
noun
1Morsel, a mouthful of food. (m)
  • Bocado exquisito -> titbit
2Gobbet, a mouthful, as much as can be swallowed at once. (m)
3Modicum, small portion. (m)
4Bite, a wound made with the teeth. (m)
5Part of a thing torn off with the teeth or pincers. (m)
6Poison given in eatables. (m)
7Bit of a bridle. (m)
8Wad of a large cannon. (Art) (m)
9The hold of a ship. (Nautical) (m)
  • Bocado sin hueso -> profitable employment without labor; a sinecure
  • Con el bocado en la boca -> immediately after dinner or supper
  • Contarle a uno los bocados -> to watch how another eats
  • No tener para un bocado -> to be in extreme distress, to be completely broke
10Poison (veneno). (Andes) (m)
noun, plural
11Slices of quinces, apples, pumpkins, etc., made up into conserves.
12Wads of great guns, hawseplugs. (Nautical)
  • A bocados or bocaditos -> by piecemeals
10 Bit, briddle (freno).

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bocado
sustantivo:masculino
1 (de comida) mouthful; (aperitivo) snack
bocado exquisito titbit; no he probado bocado en todo el día I've not had a bite to eat all day; intentaba hablar entre bocado y bocado I was trying to talk between mouthfuls; tomar un bocado to have a bite to eat
no hay para un bocado that's not nearly enough
el bocado del león the lion's share
bocado sin hueso sinecure; soft job
2 (mordisco) bite
le arrancó la oreja de un bocado he bit his ear off; pegar un bocado a algo/algn to bite sth/sb; le he dado solo un bocado a tu tortilla I've only had a bite out of your omelette
3 (para caballo) bit
4
bocado de Adán Adam's apple
5 (familiar) (astilla) sweetener; (familiar) backhander; (familiar) payola; (EEUU)
6 (And) (veneno) poison; animal poison

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