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"French fries" is a form of "french fry", a noun which is often translated as "la papa frita". "Eat" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "comer". Learn more about the difference between "eat" and "french fries" below.
eat(
it
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (to consume)
2. (colloquial) (to worry or bother)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. preocupar
Why are you so serious? What's eating you? Come on, tell me.¿Por qué estás tan serio? ¿Qué te preocupa? Vamos, dímelo.
b. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
What's eating her? She didn't even say hello to us.¿Qué mosca le habrá picado? Ni siquiera nos saludó.
What's eating him? Why did he slam the door?¿Qué le pasa? ¿Por qué dio ese portazo?
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
3. (to consume)
french fry(
frehnch
fray
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (culinary)
a. la papa frita (F) (Latin America)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
I ordered french fries with my burger.Pedí papas fritas con mi hamburguesa.
b. la patata frita (F) (Spain)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Regionalism used in Spain
Do you have any ketchup to dip my french fries in?¿Tiene catsup para mojar mis patatas fritas?
