miga

∗

miga
feminine noun
1crumb (de pan)
  • tener miga (informal figurative) -> to have a lot to it; (ser sustancioso) to have more to it than meets the eye (ser complicado)
  • migas (cooking) -> fried breadcrumbs
  • hacer buenas/malas migas (informal) -> to get on well/badly
  • hacerse migas (informal) -> to be smashed to bits (cosa)
  • hacer migas a alguien (informal) -> to shatter somebody (desmoralizar)

Copyright © 2006 Chambers Harrap Publishers Limited

miga [mee’-gah]
noun
1Crumb, the soft part of bread. (f)
2A small fragment of anything. (f)
3Marrow, substance, or principal part. (f)
  • Migas -> crumbs of bread fried with oil, salt, and pepper
  • Hacer buenas -> or malas migas, (coll.) to agree or disagree readily with one

Velazquez® Spanish and English Dictionary. Copyright © 2007 by Velazquez® Press. All rights reserved.

miga
sustantivo:femenino
1 [de pan]
la miga the inside part of the bread; the crumb; se separa la corteza de la miga remove the crust from the bread
2 migas (Culin) fried breadcrumbs
hacer buenas migas con algn to get on well with sb
3 (sustancia) substance
esto tiene su miga there's more to this than meets the eye
4 (pedazo) bit
hacer algo migas to break smash sth to pieces;o hacer migas a algn to shatter sb; tener los pies hechos migas to be footsore

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Paid English to Spanish translation

Word of the Day: la carcajada

∗

hearty laughter, raucous laughter, guffaw