OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 10125

roast

/ɹoʊst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
asado
Having been cooked by roasting.
Word forms
📚 noun • entry_id 10124

roast

/ɹoʊst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
asado • carne asada
A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
Near-synonym: joint
Serve the roast with gravy and mashed potatoes.
brindis cómico • vejamen
A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 10123

roast

/ɹoʊst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
asar • rostir • rostizar • rustir • tatemar
To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
to roast meat on a spit
asar
To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
In eggs boiled and roasted […]there is scarce difference to be discerned.
to roast a potato in ashes
planchar • rajar de
To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
He roasted a bully who then fought with him.
The class clown enjoys being roasted by mates as well as staff.