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egg(

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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 huevo

(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 ate an egg for breakfast.Desayuné un huevo.

b. el blanquillo

(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)

Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama

(Central America)

Regionalism used in Mexico

(Mexico)

She likes to eat scrambled eggs.Le gusta comer blanquillos revueltos.

2. (reproduction)

a. el óvulo

(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)

(human)

An egg donor can help an infertile woman have a baby.Una donante de óvulos puede ayudar a una mujer estéril tener un bebé.

b. el huevo

(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)

Frogs lay their eggs in water.Las ranas ponen sus huevos en el agua.

c. el blanquillo

(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)

(hen)

Regionalism used in Mexico

(Mexico)

A hen lays an average of six eggs per week.Una gallina pone un promedio de seis blanquillos por semana.

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

transitive verb

3. (to throw eggs at)

a. lanzar huevos a

They are going to egg his car.Van a lanzar huevos a su carro.

egg

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

Noun

1. (of animal, food)

a. el huevo

(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)

b. el blanquillo

(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)

egg cuphuevera f

egg timerreloj de arena (para medir el tiempo que tarda en cocerse un huevo)

egg whiteclara (de huevo)

egg yolkyema (de huevo)

2. (reproductive cell)

a. el óvulo

(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)

3. (idioms)

to be a good/bad eggser buena/mala gente

to have egg on one's facehaber quedado en ridículo

4. (prov)

don't put all your eggs in one basketno te lo juegues todo a una sola carta no pongas todos los huevos en la misma canasta

egg [eɡ]

noun

1 huevo (m); blanquillo (m); (Méx) (cell) óvulo (m)

fried/scrambled/soft-boiled/hard-boiled egg huevo (m) frito/revuelto/pasado por agua/duro; boiled egg huevo (m) pasado por agua; huevo (m) a la copa; (And) (S. Cone)

to have egg on one's face quedar en ridículo

as sure as eggs are or is eggs como que dos y dos son cuatro; sin ningún género de dudas

don't put all your eggs in one basket no te lo juegues todo a una carta

2 (person)

bad egg sinvergüenza (m); she's a good egg es una buena persona

modifier

egg beater (n) batidor (m) de huevos; (US) helicóptero (m)

egg cup (n) huevera (f)

egg custard (n) natillas (f)

egg flip (n) ponche (m) (de huevo)

egg roll (n) (sandwich) panecito (m) de huevo duro; (paté) paté a base de huevo con carne de cerdo y legumbres

egg timer (n) reloj (m) de arena para cocer huevos; (para cocer huevos)

egg whisk (n) batidor (m) de huevos

egg white (n) clara (f) de huevo

egg yolk (n) yema (f) de huevo

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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egg white	la clara de huevo
egg yolk	la yema de huevo
fried egg	el huevo frito
Easter egg hunt	búsqueda de los huevos de Pascua
boiled egg	el huevo cocido
garlic soup with egg	la sopa de ajo con huevo
Easter egg	el huevo de Pascua
one egg	un huevo
hard-boiled egg	el huevo duro
egg roll	el rollito primavera
poached egg	el huevo escalfado
crack an egg	romper un huevo
deviled egg	huevo a la diabla
egg custard	la natilla
sunny-side up egg	el huevo frito con la yema blanda
nest egg	el fondo
egg hunt	búsqueda de los huevos
egg salad	ensalada de huevo
egg wash	el baño de huevo
egg sandwich	el sándwich de huevo