olive

aceituna

Fruto pequeño, verde o negro, que se come o se usa para producir aceite.

En inglés sencillo: A small green or black fruit eaten with food or used to make oil.

• Would you like an olive?
• She added black olives to the salad.
• We ate bread with cheese and green olives.

Expresiones frecuentes: green olive, black olive, olive oil

olivo

Árbol de climas cálidos cultivado por sus aceitunas y el aceite que se obtiene de ellas.

En inglés sencillo: A tree grown in warm places for its small fruit and the oil made from it.

• An olive grows beside the house.
• They planted young olives on the hillside.
• This old olive still produces fruit every year.

Sinónimos: olive tree

Expresiones frecuentes: olive tree, olive grove, wild olive

verde oliva

Color verde oscuro con un toque de amarillo o gris.

En inglés sencillo: A dark green color with some yellow or gray in it.

• She chose olive for the walls.
• The jacket comes in olive and brown.
• A deep olive would suit this room.

Sinónimos: olive green

Expresiones frecuentes: dark olive, shade of olive, olive green

madera de olivo

Madera dura del árbol que produce aceitunas.

En inglés sencillo: The hard wood of a tree grown for small green or black fruit and oil.

• The bowl is made of olive.
• He carved the handle from olive wood.
• Polished olive has a beautiful pattern in its grain.

Sinónimos: olive wood

Expresiones frecuentes: olive wood, carved olive, polished olive

rollito de carne

Loncha fina de carne enrollada alrededor de un relleno y cocinada.

En inglés sencillo: A thin piece of meat rolled around a filling and cooked.

• She served a beef olive with potatoes.
• The olives cooked slowly in a rich gravy.
• Each beef olive contained a little onion stuffing.

Sinónimos: meat roll

Expresiones frecuentes: beef olive, stuffed olive