cream

nata, crema

Parte espesa y grasa de la leche, usada para cocinar o añadir a alimentos y bebidas.

En inglés sencillo: The thick, fatty part of milk, used in cooking or added to food and drinks.

• Would you like some cream?
• She poured cream over the strawberries.
• We served the cake with whipped cream.

Expresiones frecuentes: whipped cream, double cream, cream in coffee

crema

Sustancia suave y grasa que se aplica en la piel para suavizarla o tratar algún problema.

En inglés sencillo: A smooth, oily substance put on the skin to soften it or treat a problem.

• This cream makes my hands soft.
• Rub a little cream onto the dry skin.
• Which face cream do you use?

Sinónimos: skin cream

Expresiones frecuentes: face cream, hand cream, apply cream

crema, color crema

Color claro, blanco con un ligero tono amarillo.

En inglés sencillo: A pale colour that is white with a little yellow in it.

• I prefer cream to white.
• We painted the bedroom walls cream.
• The curtains came in blue, green, and cream.

Sinónimos: ivory, off-white

Expresiones frecuentes: pale cream, cream and white, shade of cream

crema medicinal, crema

Sustancia suave con medicamento que se aplica en la piel para tratar un problema.

En inglés sencillo: A smooth substance containing medicine that you put on your skin to treat a problem.

• The doctor gave me a cream.
• Apply this cream to the rash twice daily.
• The cream stopped the itching after a few days.

Sinónimos: medicated cream

Expresiones frecuentes: medicated cream, antibiotic cream, apply cream

flor y nata, élite

Las mejores personas o cosas de un grupo.

En inglés sencillo: The best people or things in a group.

• These players are the cream of the club.
• The school attracts the cream of local talent.
• Only the cream of the crop reached the final.

Cómo se usa: the cream of something (These students are the cream of the school.)

Sinónimos: best, elite

Expresiones frecuentes: cream of something, cream of society

porción de crema

Pequeña porción de nata o crema, normalmente para añadir al café.

En inglés sencillo: A small serving of the fatty part of milk, usually for adding to coffee.

• I'd like two cream with my coffee.
• She asked for an extra cream.
• He ordered a coffee with one cream and two sugars.

Sinónimos: portion of cream

Expresiones frecuentes: two cream, an extra cream, coffee with cream

crema, de color crema

De color blanco con una ligera tonalidad amarilla.

En inglés sencillo: Having a pale colour that is white with a little yellow in it.

• She wore a cream dress.
• The kitchen has cream walls and blue cupboards.
• We bought a pale cream carpet for the bedroom.

Sinónimos: cream-coloured, off-white, ivory

Expresiones frecuentes: cream walls, cream dress, pale cream

triturar, hacer puré

Mezclar o triturar alimentos hasta obtener una textura suave, espesa o líquida.

En inglés sencillo: To mix or crush food until it becomes smooth and thick or liquid.

• Cream the vegetables until smooth.
• She creamed the potatoes with warm milk.
• Cream the mixture in a blender before serving.

Cómo se usa: cream something with something (Cream the cooked vegetables with a little stock.)

Sinónimos: purée, blend

Expresiones frecuentes: cream the vegetables, cream something together, cream the mixture