bocado

bocado
masculine noun
1. mouthful (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
2. bite (mordisco)
also:
  • bocado de Adán -> Adam's apple

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bocado [bo-cah’-do]
noun
1. Morsel, a mouthful of food. (m)
  • Bocado exquisito -> titbit
2. Gobbet, a mouthful, as much as can be swallowed at once. (m)
3. Modicum, small portion. (m)
4. Bite, a wound made with the teeth. (m)
5. Part of a thing torn off with the teeth or pincers. (m)
6. Poison given in eatables. (m)
7. Bit of a bridle. (m)
8. Wad of a large cannon. (Art) (m)
9. The 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
10. Poison (veneno). (Andes) (m)
noun, plural
11. Slices of quinces, apples, pumpkins, etc., made up into conserves.
12. Wads of great guns, hawseplugs. (Nautical)
  • A bocados or bocaditos -> by piecemeals
10 Bit, briddle (freno).

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