Meanings (ES + gloss)
rejilla
A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.
a secret grate of iron bars
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
guayar • rallar
To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.
I need to grate the cheese before the potato is cooked.
rechinar
To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something.
1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part 3 Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling The gate suddenly grated. It was Lestiboudois; he came to fetch his spade, that he had f…
The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed b…