pudding
vs
chunk

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"Pudding" is a noun which is often translated as "el pudín", and "chunk" is a noun which is often translated as "el trozo". Learn more about the difference between "pudding" and "chunk" below.

pudding(

poo

dihng

)

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).

noun

1. (culinary)

a. el pudín

(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).

(M)

This recipe for lemon pudding looks delicious.Esta receta para pudín de limón parece deliciosa.

b. el budín

(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).

(M)

His apple pudding is the best I've tasted.Su budín de manzana es el más rico que he probado.

c. el pastel

(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).

(M)

(with crust)

On Mondays she usually made a meat pudding for dinner.Los lunes solía hacer un pastel de carne para la cena.

2. (dessert)

Regionalism used in the United Kingdom

(United Kingdom)

a. el postre

(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).

(M)

For pudding, there was fruit salad or chocolate mousse.De postre, había ensalada de frutas o mousse de chocolate.

chunk(

chuhngk

)

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).

noun

1. (solid piece)

a. el trozo

(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).

(M)

Just as Guillermina stepped out of the building, a chunk of concrete fell right in front of her.Justo cuando Guillermina salía del edificio, un trozo de concreto cayó en frente de ella.

b. el pedazo

(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).

(M)

The soup had chunks of potato, shrimp, clams, and calamari in it.La sopa tenía pedazos de papa, camarón, almejas y calamares.

c. el cacho

(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).

(M)

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

When the cook pulled the cooler away from the wall, there were chunks of old food behind it.Cuando el cocinero separó la nevera de la pared, había cachos de comida vieja detrás de ella.

2. (large amount)

a. la cantidad considerable

(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).

(F)

It seems Dario's great uncle left him a chunk of money in his will.Parece que el tío de Darío le dejo una cantidad considerable de dinero en su testamento.

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).

transitive verb

3. (to cut into pieces)

a. cortar en trozos

Peel and chunk all the pineapple, and add it to the fruit salad.Pela y corta en trozos toda la piña, y agrégala a la ensalada de frutas.

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