fry [fraɪ]
fries(
frayz
)A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
plural noun
1. (culinary)
a. las papas fritas
(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 would like to order a hamburger and fries, please.Quisiera una hamburguesa y papas fritas, por favor.
b. las patatas fritas
(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).
Regionalism used in Spain
(Spain)
These fries are too greasy and salty.Estas patatas fritas están muy grasientas y saladas.
fry
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
2. (culinary)
3. (to execute)
A very informal word or phrase used by a particular group or community as a substitute for standard language (e.g. joint, john).
(slang)
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
a. freír en la silla eléctrica
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
A group of people celebrated outside the prison when the murderer was fried.Un grupo de gente fuera de la prisión lo celebró cuando frieron al asesino en la silla eléctrica.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
4. (culinary)
a. freírse
When an egg is frying, never leave it unattended.Cuando un huevo se está friendo, nunca le quites ojo.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
5. (culinary)
a. la fritada
(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).
A fry without ketchup is like a sandwich without mayonnaise.Una fritada sin ketchup es como un sándwich sin mayonesa.
b. la fritura
(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'll have the seafood fry, please.Yo tomaré la fritura de marisco, por favor.
6. (animal)
a. los alevines (juvenile fishes)
(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).
Separate fry from all adult fish in your fish tank.Separe los alevines de los demás peces adultos en la pecera.
b. los pececillos (small adult fishes)
(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).
A lot of fry are caught in the nets.Muchos pececillos quedan atrapados en las redes.
fries
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (general)
a.
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The word fríes is the present form of freír in the second person singular. See the full freír conjugation.
freír(
freh
-
eer
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (to cook)
2. (to shoot)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
3. (to bite)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
4. (to pester)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
a. to bombard
Cuando llegamos a casa, mis padres nos frieron a preguntas.My parents bombarded us with questions when we got home.
freírse
A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g. Te ves cansado.).
5. (to get burnt)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
a. to get fried
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(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
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
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
A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g. Te ves cansado.).
4. (general)
a. to be frying
5. (colloquial)
a.
me estoy friendo (de calor)I'm boiling o roasting
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