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bowl

bowl(
bol
)
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
noun
1. (deep, round dish)
a. el bol
(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)
I prefer a glass bowl for fruit.Prefiero un bol de cristal para la fruta.
b. el tazón
(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)
Pass me the bowl of olives, please.Pásame el tazón de aceitunas, por favor.
c. el cuenco
(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)
There's a clean bowl for your cereal in the cupboard.Hay un cuenco limpio para el cereal en el armario.
d. el plato sopero
(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)
Do we have enough bowls to serve the soup to everyone at once?¿Tenemos suficientes platos soperos para servirles el caldo a todos al mismo tiempo?
e. el plato hondo
(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)
Regionalism used in Mexico
(Mexico)
When my mother-in-law makes pozole, I serve myself in the biggest bowl I can find.Cuando mi suegra prepara el pozole, me sirvo en el plato hondo más grande que encuentro.
2. (container for washing up)
a. la palangana
(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)
Empty the bowl when you've finished washing up.Vacía la palangana cuando termines de fregar los platos.
b. el barreño
(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)
I'm going to let the dishes in the bowl soak.Voy a dejar en remojo los trastes que están en el barreño.
3. (bowl-like part)
a. la cazoleta
(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)
(of a pipe)
The artisan carved out the bowl of the cob to make a pipe.El artesano talló la cazoleta de la mazorca para hacer una pipa.
b. el cuenco
(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)
(of a spoon or glass)
Be careful not to cut yourself when carving the bowl of a wooden spoon.Ten cuidado de no cortarte al tallar el cuenco de una cuchara de madera.
c. la taza
(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)
(of a toilet)
Don't forget to clean the bowl when you're done.Que no se te olvide limpiar la taza cuando acabes.
d. la pila
(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)
(of a fountain)
Your wish might come true if you toss a coin into the bowl of a fountain.Tu deseo puede hacerse realidad si lanzas una moneda a la pila de una fuente.
4.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
(pipe of marihuana)
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
a. la pipa
(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)
They'd smoked a bowl and were stoned.Se habían fumado una pipa y estaban colocados.
5. (measurement)
a. el bol
(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)
How many calories are in a bowl of cereal?¿Cuántas calorías tiene un bol de cereales?
b. el tazón
(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)
Can you give the banana tree a bowl of water?¿Puedes echarle un tazón de agua al banano?
6. (sports)
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
a. el tazón
(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)
(competition)
We're going to watch a bowl game on January first.Vamos a ver un partido de tazón el primero de enero.
b. el estadio
(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)
(place)
We're not allowed to play ultimate frisbee in the bowl anymore.Ya no nos dejan jugar ultimate frisbee en el estadio.
7. (geography)
a. la cuenca
(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)
There's noxious smoke coming out of the bowl of the volcano.Hay humo nocivo saliendo de la cuenca del volcán.
8. (ball used in boule or bocci)
a. la bola
(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)
I win! My bowl went farther than yours.¡Gano yo! Mi bola llegó más lejos que la tuya.
b. la bocha
(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)
My grandfather bought a set of bowls when he was in Italy.Mi abuelo compró un juego de bochas cuando estaba en Italia.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb
9. (cricket)
a. lanzar
The bowler had to bowl the ball again.El lanzador tuvo que volver a lanzar la pelota.
b. eliminar
Johnson is excited by the prospect of getting to bowl the best batsman.Johnson está entusiasmado con la posibilidad de eliminar al mejor bateador.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb
10. (bowling)
a. jugar boliche
It's fun to get together with friends and bowl.Es divertido juntarse con los amigos y jugar boliche.
b. lanzar
Mike is only nine years old and he can already bowl with a ten pound ball.Mike solo tiene nueve años y ya puede lanzar con una bola de diez libras.
bowls
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
plural noun
11. (sport) (United Kingdom)
a. las bochas
(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)
Bowls is making a comeback among the younger generation.Jugar a las bochas vuelve a ser popular entre la nueva generación.
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bowl
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb
1. (in cricket)
a. lanzar la bola
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bowl [bəʊl]
noun
1 (large cup) tazón (m); cuenco (m); (dish) (for soup) plato (m) sopero; (for washing up) palangana (f); barreño (m); (for salad) fuente (f); ensaladera (f)
life isn't a bowl of cherries for her right now actualmente su vida no es un camino de rosas or no es de color de rosa
2 (amount) plato (m)
3 (hollow) [of lavatory] taza (f); [of spoon] cuenco (m); [of pipe] cazoleta (f); [of fountain] tazón (m)
4 (US) (stadium) estadio (m)
5 (Geog) cuenca (f)
bowl [bəʊl]
noun
1 (ball) bola (f); bocha (f)
2
bowls (game) (Britain) (on green) bochas (f); (tenpin bowling) bolos (m); boliche (m)
transitive verb
(Cricket) [+ball] lanzar; arrojar;(also bowl out) [+batsman] eliminar
Watkins hit 16 before being bowled by Ambrose
intransitive verb
1 (Cricket) lanzar
He bowled so well that we won two matches
2
to go bowling (Britain) ir a jugar a las bochas; (US) ir a jugar al boliche
3
we were bowling down Knightsbridge (on foot) caminábamos por Knightsbridge a toda prisa; (in vehicle) íbamos por Knightsbridge a toda velocidad
It felt just like old times, to bowl down Knightsbridge
bowl along
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
(on foot) caminar a toda prisa; (in vehicle) ir a toda velocidad;
bowl over
transitive verb
1 (knock down) tumbar; derribar
The only physical risk I ran was being bowled over by one of the many joggers Some people had to cling to trees as the flash flood bowled them over
2 desconcertar; dejar atónito
we were quite bowled over by the news la noticia nos desconcertó or sorprendió bastante; she bowled him over ella lo dejó patidifuso (informal)
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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