OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2258

bite

/baɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
mordedura • mordida • mordisco • tarascada
The act of biting.
Now trust me when I tell you, young lady, teeth are something you want to take care of. They’re these rare white things that give us pleasure throughout our life. And give us bite.…
mordedura • picadura
The wound left behind after having been bitten.
That snake bite really hurts!
habón • mordedura • picadura
The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
After just one night in the jungle I was covered with mosquito bites.
bocado
A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
Not a soul in Corlaix will dare give us bite, sup, or shelter; and we shall die starved in a ditch, all four of us—that much we are our own, but in all else we are Monseigneur’s; a…
There were only a few bites left on the plate.
Phrases
No hay frases
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 2257

bite

/baɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
atarazar • morder • tarascar
To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
As soon as you bite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is.
morder
To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
morder • tarascar
To attack with the teeth.
That dog is about to bite!
agarrar
To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
I needed snow chains to make the tires bite.
picar
To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
Are the fish biting today?
morder • mordiscar • mordisquear • picar
To sting.
These mosquitoes are really biting today!