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"Eat" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "comer", and "rave" is an intransitive verb which is often translated as "desvariar". Learn more about the difference between "eat" and "rave" 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)
rave(
reyv
)An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. desvariar
The intoxicated patient was raving about pink dragons when he was checked into the hospital.El paciente intoxicado desvariaba sobre dragones rosas cuando lo ingresaron al hospital.
b. delirar
When they finally found Susana, she was raving about evil spirits and black magic.Cuando por fin encontraron a Susana, deliraba sobre espíritus malignos y magia negra.
2. (to praise)
a. poner por las nubes (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
My friend had raved about the restaurant, but I didn't think it was worth all the hype.Mi amigo había puesto el restaurante por las nubes, pero no me pareció que fuera para tanto.
3. (to rant)
a. despotricar (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
After three hours of listening to our host rave about politics, we politely excused ourselves for the evening.Después de escuchar a nuestro anfitrión despotricar tres horas sobre política, nos excusamos cortésmente por la noche.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
4. (slang) (party)
A very informal word or phrase used by a particular group or community as a substitute for standard language (e.g., joint, john).
a. el rave (M), la rave (F) (slang)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(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).
A very informal word or phrase used by a particular group or community as a substitute for standard language (e.g., joint, john).
Brandon and Justin are going to an underground rave outside the city. It's going to be mad ill, bro.Brandon y Justin van a una rave clandestina en las afueras de la ciudad. Va a estar bien chida, güey.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
a. entusiasta
The brand new restaurant has received rave reviews from several food magazines in the city.El nuevo restaurante ha recibido reseñas entusiastas de varias revistas gastronómicas de la ciudad.
