freír

to fry

freír(freh-eer)

transitive verb

1. (to cook)

a. to fry

Freí el tocino en su propia grasa.

I fried the bacon in its own fat.

2.

(colloquial)

(to shoot)

a. to riddle

La policía frio a tiros al sospechoso.

The police riddled the suspect with bullets.

3.

(colloquial)

(to bite)

a. to eat alive

Anoche nos frieron los mosquitos.

Last night the mosquitos ate us alive.

4.

(colloquial)

(to pester)

a. to bombard

Cuando llegamos a casa, mis padres nos frieron a preguntas.

My parents bombarded us with questions when we got home.

freírse

pronominal verb

5.

(colloquial)

(to get burnt)

a. to get fried

(colloquial)

Con el sol que pega, te vas a freír en la playa.

The way the sun is beating down, you'll get fried on the beach.

6. (to cook)

a. to fry

Mientras se fríen los pimientos, puedes ir cortando las patatas.

While the peppers are frying, you can chop the potatoes.

freír

transitive verb

1. (alimento)

a. to fry

2. (colloquial)

a.

freír a alguien a preguntasto pester somebody with questions

3. (colloquial)

a.

freír a alguien (a tiros)to gun somebody down

pronominal verb

4. (general)

a. to be frying

5. (colloquial)

a.

me estoy friendo (de calor)I'm boiling o roasting

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freírfrito (participio_de_pasado)

transitive verb

1 (Culin) to fry

al freír será el reír he who laughs last laughs longest

2 [+sol] to burn; fry

3 (molestar) to annoy; (acosar) to harass; (atormentar) to torment; (aburrir) to bore

freírle a algn a preguntas to bombard sb with questions

4 (matar) to do in (familiar)

freír a algn a tiros to riddle sb with bullets

pronominal verb

freírse

1 (Culin) to fry

2

freírse de calor to be roasting

3

freírsela a algn to have sb on (familiar); put sb on (familiar); (EEUU)