pasto

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fodder

∗ noun

pasto
masculine noun
1fodder (hierba)
2pasture (sitio)
3lawn, grass (césped) (Am)
4(expresiones)
  • a todo pasto -> in abundance
  • ser pasto de las llamas -> to go up in flames

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pasto [pahs’-to]
noun
1Pasture, the act of grazing. (m)
2Pasture, the grass which serves for the feeding of cattle (hierba). (m)
3A pasture-ground (campo). (m)
4Any pabulum, food, aliment, or nourishment (comida). (m)
  • Pasto espiritual -> Spiritual nourishment
  • A pasto -> abundantly, plentifully, at meals, as ordinary meat or drink
  • Echar el pasto al ganado -> to put animals out to pasture
  • Vino de pasto -> ordinary wine

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pasto
sustantivo:masculino
1 (Agr) (acción) grazing; (sitio) pasture; (hierba) grass; pasture; (pienso) feed; fodder; (Latinoamérica) (césped) lawn
derecho de pasto grazing rights; un sitio abundante en pastos a place with rich grazing; echar el ganado al pasto to put the animals out to pasture
pasto seco fodder
2 (alimento) food; nourishment; [del fuego] fuel
es pasto de la murmuración it is a subject for gossip; fue pasto del fuego de las llamaso the flames devoured it; ser pasto de la actualidad to be newsworthy; sirvió de pasto a los mirones the onlookers lapped it up; (familiar)
pasto espiritual spiritual nourishment
3
a todo pasto (familiar) abundantly
beber a todo pasto to drink for all one is worth; drink to excess; cita refranes a todo pasto he quotes vast quantities of proverbs; correr a todo pasto to run like hell; (familiar) había fruta a todo pasto there was fruit in unlimited quantities
4
vino de pasto ordinary wine
5 (México) (muy_familiar) (hierba) grass; (muy_familiar) pot; (muy_familiar)

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