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ice

el hielo

enfriar

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ice(

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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. (frozen water)

a. el hielo

(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 I have a glass of water with ice, please?Me da un vaso de agua con hielo, ¿por favor?

The roofs of the houses were covered with ice.Los tejados de las casas estaban cubiertos de hielo.

2. (culinary)

Regionalism used in the United States

(United States)

a. la nieve

(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)

(water based)

Regionalism used in Mexico

(Mexico)

Man, it's hot! There's a place around here where we can get some really good pineapple ice.¡Qué calor! Hay un lugar por aquí donde podemos tomar una nieve de piña buenísima.

3. (culinary) (United Kingdom)

a. el helado

(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)

(milk based)

Do we have any more chocolate ice?¿Tenemos más helado de chocolate?

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

transitive verb

4. (to cool)

a. enfriar

I forgot to ice the wine before dinner.Se me olvidó enfriar el vino antes de la cena.

b. helar

I think I'm going to ice my coffee this morning.Creo que voy a helar mi café esta mañana.

c. poner hielo

Take out the teabag and ice the tea.Saca la bolsita y ponle hielo al té.

5. (culinary)

a. glasear

Now that the cake is cool, we are going to ice it.Ahora que está frío el pastel, vamos a glasearlo.

ice

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

Noun

1. (frozen water)

a. el hielo

(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)

ice ageglaciación f

ice creamhelado

ice cream conehelado de cucurucho

ice cream sodahelado con soda helado de mantecado mezclado con agua con gas y algún sabor

ice cubecubito de hielo

ice dance or dancingpatinaje artístico por parejas en la modalidad de danza

ice floetémpano (de hielo)

ice hockeyhockey sobre hielo

ice lollypolo paleta f

ice packbolsa de hielo

ice pickpico para el hielo

ice rinkpista de hielo

2. (idioms)

to put a project on icesuspender or

to break the iceromper el hielo

to be skating on thin iceestar jugándosela

that cuts no ice with meeso me deja frío

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

transitive verb

3. (cake)

a. glasear

ice [aɪs]

noun

1 (frozen water) hielo (m)

as cold as ice (tan) frío como el hielo; my feet are like ice tengo los pies helados

to break the ice romper el hielo

to cut no ice

arguments like that cut no ice with him ese tipo de argumentos lo dejan frío

to keep/put sth on ice

we put the champagne on ice pusimos el champán a enfriar; she put her career on ice for ten years while she had children dejó su carrera aparcada durante diez años para tener hijos; to keep money on ice tener dinero en reserva; to put a project on ice posponer un proyecto

to skate on thin ice pisar terreno peligroso

2 (ice cream) helado (m)

transitive verb

1 helar; [+drink] enfriar; echar cubos de hielo a

2 [+cake] glasear; escarchar

modifier

the Ice Age (n) la edad de hielo; el periodo glacial

an ice-age rock/fossil una roca/un fósil del periodo glacial

ice axe ice ax (US) (n) piqueta (f) (de alpinista); piolet (m)

ice bucket (n) cubo (m) del hielo; hielera (f); (LAm)

ice cream (n) helado (m)

ice-cream