cake

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el pastel

∗ noun

cake
[keɪk]
sustantivo
1pastel (m) tarta (f) (food); pastel (m) (small)
  • a birthday cake -> una tarta de cumpleaños
  • a wedding cake -> un pastel de boda
  • cake shop -> pastelería (f)
  • cake tin -> molde (m) (británico)
2pastilla (f) (of soap)
3(idioms)
  • it's a piece of cake -> está tirado, es facilísimo
  • that really takes the cake! (familiar) -> ¡esto es el colmo! (Estados Unidos)
  • you can't have your cake and eat it (Prov) -> no se puede estar en misa y repicando
verbo transitivo
también:
  • her shoes were caked with mud -> tenía los zapatos llenos de barro seco

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cake [keik]
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Cocer o endurecer, pegarse. (n)
2Formar costra. (n)
  • Our shoes were caked with mud -> teníamos los zapatos cubiertos de barro endurecido
sustantivo
1Bollo, especie de pan delicado, tortita, hojaldre, pastelillo, masa (small, individual). (Culinario)
  • Cake of wax -> pan de cera
  • Bride-cake -> wedding tarta o pastel de boda
  • Plum-cake -> fruit- torta con pasas de Corinto
  • Sponge bizcocho -> queque, bizcochuelo, ponqué, panque
  • The icing/frosting on the un extra -> (Coloq.) To be a piece of ser pan comido
  • To take the ser el colmo; llevarse la palma (person). To go/sell like hot cakes -> venderse como pan caliente o como rosquillas
  • You can’t have your cake and eat it too -> no puedes tenerlo todo, tienes que elegir
  • Cake walk -> diversión originaria de los negros del Sur de los Estados Unidos; marcha o paseo en el que se da un pastel como premio a la pareja que mejor y más graciosamente se contonea
  • Cake of soap -> pastilla de jabón
Pastel, tarta, torta (large).

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cake [keɪk]
noun
1 (large) tarta; (f) pastel; (m) torta; (f) (LAm) (small) pastel; (m) queque; (m) (LAm) (sponge, plain) bizcocho; (m) pan dulce; (m)
the way the national cake is divided la forma en que está repartida la tarta está repartido el pastel nacional;or
it's a piece of cake (informal) es pan comido; está tirado; (informal)
to go sell like hot cakesor (informal) venderse como rosquillas
to have one's cake and eat it
he wants to have his cake and eat it quiere nadar y guardar la ropa
that takes the cake! (informal) ¡es el colmo!
2 (bar) [of chocolate] barra; (f) [of soap] pastilla; (f)
verb:transitive
caked with mud embarrado; cubierto de barro seco
verb:intransitive
[+blood] coagularse; [+mud] endurecerse;
modifier
cake mix (n) polvos para hacer pasteles; (m)
cake shop (n) pastelería; (f)
cake tin (n) (for baking) bizcochera; (f) (for storing) caja de pastel; (f)

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Verb Conjugation for "cake"

Imperative
  • cake
  • you cake
  • he/she cakes
  • we cake
  • you cake
  • they cake
Preterite
  • I caked
  • you caked
  • he/she caked
  • we caked
  • you caked
  • they caked
Present Continuous
  • I am caking
  • you are caking
  • he/she is caking
  • we are caking
  • you are caking
  • they are caking
Present Perfect
  • I have caked
  • you have caked
  • he/she has caked
  • we have caked
  • you have caked
  • they have caked
Past Continuous
  • I was caking
  • you were caking
  • he/she was caking
  • we were caking
  • you were caking
  • they were caking
Past Perfect
  • I had caked
  • you had caked
  • he/she had caked
  • we had caked
  • you had caked
  • they had caked
Future
  • I will cake
  • you will cake
  • he/she will cake
  • we will cake
  • you will cake
  • they will cake
Future Perfect
  • I will have caked
  • you will have caked
  • he/she will have caked
  • we will have caked
  • you will have caked
  • they will have caked
Future Continuous
  • I will be caking
  • you will be caking
  • he/she will be caking
  • we will be caking
  • you will be caking
  • they will be caking
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been caking
  • you have been caking
  • he/she has been caking
  • we have been caking
  • you have been caking
  • they have been caking
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been caking
  • you will have been caking
  • he/she will have been caking
  • we will have been caking
  • you will have been caking
  • they will have been caking
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been caking
  • you had been caking
  • he/she had been caking
  • we had been caking
  • you had been caking
  • they had been caking
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to beat; to overcome, to surpass, to overtake