sour

=

ácido

adjective

sour
[ˈsaʊə(r)]
adjetivo
1. ácido(a), agrio(a) (fruit, wine); agrio(a), cortado(a) (milk); agrio(a), áspero(a) (sentido figurado) (person)
  • to turn sour -> cortarse, agriarse; (milk) agriarse, echarse a perder (sentido figurado) (situation, relationship)
  • sour cream -> nata (f) agria (español de España), crema (f) de leche agria (Am)
  • it's (a case of) sour grapes (sentido figurado) -> es cuestión de despecho
verbo transitivo
2. cortar, agriar (milk); agriar, echar a perder (sentido figurado) (atmosphere, relationship)
verbo intransitivo
3. cortarse, agriarse (milk); agriarse, echarse a perder (sentido figurado) (atmosphere, relationship)

sour [sauar]
sustantivo
1. Agrio, zumo ácido o substancia agria.
adjetivo
2. Agrio, ácido, acerbo al gusto.
3. Agrio, acre, áspero, desabrido.
4. Penoso, doloroso.
  • Sour apple -> manzana agria o verde
  • Sour dock -> acedera
  • Sour-krout, sourcrout -> berza ácida
  • to taste sour -> tener gusto agrio
  • To turn sour -> volverse agrio
  • A sour countenance -> un aspecto avinagrado
  • Sour-goard -> pan de mico, árbol de la familia de las malváceas
  • Sour grass -> acedera pequeña
V. SAUERKRAUT. Adansonia.
1. Agriar, acedar, poner agria o ácida alguna cosa.
2. Agriar, desabrir, exasperar, irritar, indisponer los ánimos o las voluntades.
3. Descontentar, desagradar.
4. Macerar; hacer fermentar (la cal).
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
5. Agriarse, ponerse agria alguna cosa; revenirse, fermentar. (n)
6. Irritarse, enojarse. (n)
7. Corromperse, echarse a perder. (n)
8. Volverse áspera, viscosa y perjudicial a las mieses (soil). (n)
va.

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