OXFORD 9000
📚 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!