chip

chip, microchip

Componente electrónico muy pequeño que procesa información o controla el funcionamiento de un aparato.

En inglés sencillo: A very small electronic part that controls or processes information inside a device.

• The phone needs a new chip.
• This computer uses a powerful memory chip.
• Factories produce millions of chips for electronic devices.

Sinónimos: microchip, integrated circuit

Expresiones frecuentes: computer chip, memory chip, silicon chip

patata frita, papa frita

Rodaja fina y crujiente de patata u otro alimento, normalmente frita o horneada.

En inglés sencillo: A thin, crisp slice of potato or another food, usually fried or baked.

• Would you like a chip?
• We shared a bag of potato chips.
• She dipped a tortilla chip into the sauce.

Sinónimos: crisp

Expresiones frecuentes: potato chip, tortilla chip, bag of chips

patata frita, papa frita

Trozo alargado de patata que se fríe en aceite caliente y se come caliente.

En inglés sencillo: A long, thin piece of potato cooked in hot oil and eaten hot.

• Would you like some chips?
• We ate fish and chips by the sea.
• These chips need more salt.

Sinónimos: French fry, fry

Expresiones frecuentes: a crispy chip, chip shop, chip butty

astilla, fragmento

Trozo pequeño que se ha desprendido o cortado de algo más grande.

En inglés sencillo: A small piece that has broken or been cut off something larger.

• A chip of paint fell onto the floor.
• Tiny wood chips covered his shoes.
• She brushed a metal chip off the table.

Cómo se usa: a chip of something (A chip of stone landed near my foot.)

Sinónimos: fragment, splinter

Expresiones frecuentes: wood chip, chip of paint, stone chip

desportilladura, mella

Pequeño daño en una superficie donde se ha desprendido un trozo.

En inglés sencillo: A small damaged place where a piece has broken off a surface.

• There is a chip in this cup.
• The plate has two chips along its edge.
• Can you repair the chip in my windscreen?

Cómo se usa: a chip in something (I noticed a chip in the glass.)

Sinónimos: nick

Expresiones frecuentes: chip in something, small chip, repair a chip

ficha

Pieza pequeña que se usa en lugar de dinero en juegos como el póquer.

En inglés sencillo: A small piece used instead of money in games such as poker.

• He put a chip on the table.
• The dealer pushed the chips towards the winner.
• Players exchange their chips for cash after the game.

Sinónimos: token

Expresiones frecuentes: poker chip, casino chip, stack of chips

desportillar, descascarillar

Romper y desprender un pequeño trozo de la superficie o del borde de algo.

En inglés sencillo: To break a small piece off the surface or edge of something.

• Don't chip the plate.
• He chipped a tooth on a hard sweet.
• I chipped the old paint off the window frame.

Cómo se usa: chip something off something (She chipped some paint off the door.)

Sinónimos: break a piece off, nick

Expresiones frecuentes: chip a tooth, chip the paint, chip something off

descascarillarse, desportillarse

Dicho de una superficie o un borde, perder pequeños trozos que se rompen y desprenden.

En inglés sencillo: If a surface or edge does this, small pieces break off it.

• This paint chips easily.
• The cup chipped when I dropped it.
• My nail polish has already chipped.

Sinónimos: flake, flake off

Expresiones frecuentes: chip easily, chip at edges