fry

freír

Cocinar alimentos en aceite o grasa caliente.

En inglés sencillo: To cook food in hot oil or fat.

• Fry the eggs in butter.
• She fried some fish for dinner.
• Do you fry your potatoes or bake them?

Cómo se usa: fry something in something (Fry the onions in a little oil.)

Expresiones frecuentes: fry an egg, fry in oil, fry until golden

achicharrarse, asarse

Sentir muchísimo calor o sufrir daños por un calor muy intenso.

En inglés sencillo: To feel extremely hot or be hurt by very strong heat.

• We will fry in this heat.
• I was frying on the beach without any shade.
• Come inside before you fry out there.

Cómo se usa: fry in something (We were frying in the afternoon sun.)

Sinónimos: roast, bake

Expresiones frecuentes: fry in something, fry in sunlight, fry out here

ejecutar en la silla eléctrica, morir en la silla eléctrica

Ejecutar a alguien en la silla eléctrica como castigo, o morir de esa manera.

En inglés sencillo: To kill someone, or be killed, using an electric chair as punishment.

• The prisoner feared he would fry.
• The crowd shouted that the murderer should fry.
• They threatened to fry him if he was convicted.

Sinónimos: electrocute

Expresiones frecuentes: fry in something, make someone fry, going to fry

patata frita, papa frita

Un trozo largo y fino de patata o papa cocinado en aceite caliente.

En inglés sencillo: One long, thin piece of potato cooked in hot oil.

• Can I have a fry?
• She dipped a fry in ketchup.
• He dropped his last fry on the floor.

Sinónimos: French fry, chip

Expresiones frecuentes: eat a fry, crispy fry, fry with ketchup

alevín

Pez o peces que están en una etapa muy temprana de su vida.

En inglés sencillo: Very young fish.

• The fry need clean water.
• Thousands of salmon fry were released into the river.
• These tiny fry hatched yesterday.

Sinónimos: young fish

Expresiones frecuentes: salmon fry, newly hatched fry, fish fry

tira frita

Trozo largo y fino de un alimento distinto de la patata, cocinado en aceite caliente.

En inglés sencillo: A long, thin piece of food other than potato, cooked in hot oil.

• Try a crispy halloumi fry.
• She dipped a zucchini fry in sauce.
• The plate held golden carrot fries.

Expresiones frecuentes: halloumi fry, carrot fry, zucchini fry

desayuno frito

Comida, generalmente de desayuno, con alimentos cocinados en grasa caliente, como huevos, beicon y salchichas.

En inglés sencillo: A meal of foods cooked in hot fat, usually eggs, bacon, and sausages.

• We had a fry for breakfast.
• He cooked a big fry on Sunday.
• Would you like a full fry before we leave?

Sinónimos: fry-up, cooked breakfast

Expresiones frecuentes: full fry, big fry, breakfast fry