el tomate
-the tomato
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tomate

tomate(
toh
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mah
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teh
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A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
masculine noun
1. (fruit)
a. tomato
La salsa está hecha de tomates recogidos directamente de la vid.The sauce is made from tomatoes picked directly from the vine.
2. (tear in sock)
a. hole
Todas mis medias tienen un tomate en el talón.All of my socks have a hole in the heel.
3.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
(fuss)
a. commotion
El elefante que se escapó del zoológico provocó tremendo tomate en el centro.The elephant that escaped from the zoo caused quite a commotion downtown.
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tomate
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
Noun
1. (fruto)
a. tomato
ponerse como un tomateto go as red as a beetroot, beet
tomate fritounconcentrated puree made by frying peeled tomatoes
tomate ketchuptomato ketchup
2. (colloquial)
a. hole
3. (colloquial)
a. uproar, commotion
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tomate
1 tomato
salsa de tomate tomato sauce
ponerse como un tomate to turn as red as a beetroot
2 (en calcetín, media) hole
3 (jaleo) fuss; row; (pelea) set-to (familiar)
al final de la noche hubo tomate there was a fight at the end of the evening; ¡qué tomate! what a mess!; esto tiene tomate this is tough; this is a tough one
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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