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"Relish" is a noun which is often translated as "la salsa de pepinillos", and "revel" is an intransitive verb which is often translated as "deleitarse". Learn more about the difference between "relish" and "revel" below.
relish(
reh
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lish
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (culinary)
a. la salsa de pepinillos (F)
(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).
I'm going to put relish on my hotdog.Voy a ponerle salsa de pepinillos a mi perro caliente.
2. (tang)
3. (gusto)
a. el entusiasmo (M)
(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).
The children beat the pinata to a pulp with relish.Los niños golpearon con entusiasmo la piñata hasta romperla.
c. el deleite (M)
(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).
Young people enjoy this novel and read it with relish.A los jóvenes les encanta esta novela y la leen con deleite.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. disfrutar de
The coach relished his return to the team after a long time out of work.El entrenador disfrutaba de su regreso al equipo tras un largo período sin trabajar.
b. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Amanda doesn't relish the thought of having to go back to school.A Amanda no le entusiasma la idea de tener que volver a estudiar.
I don't relish the idea of going to a karaoke bar by myself.No me hace gracia la idea de ir solo a un bar karaoke.
revel(
reh
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vuhl
)An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. deleitarse
The fans reveled in their team's hard-fought win.Los aficionados se deleitaron con la muy reñida victoria de su equipo.
b. gozar
After surviving the accident, Charlie reveled in the simple pleasures of life every day.Después de sobrevivir al accidente, Charlie gozaba de los simples placeres de la vida todos los días.
a. ir de juerga
After winning the jackpot, Melody and her friends reveled all night in Las Vegas bars.Después de ganar el premio gordo, Melody y sus amigas fueron de juerga toda la noche por los bares de Las Vegas.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
