serve up

servir

Dar a las personas comida o bebida lista para consumir.

En inglés sencillo: To give people food or drink that is ready to eat or drink.

• Dad served up dinner.
• The café serves up delicious pancakes.
• What will you serve up for the guests?

Cómo se usa: serve up something (The café serves up fresh soup every day.); serve something up (Dinner is ready; let us serve it up.)

Sinónimos: serve, dish up

Expresiones frecuentes: serve up dinner, serve up a meal, serve up hot soup

ofrecer, proporcionar

Proporcionar o presentar algo a otras personas, como información, entretenimiento o una experiencia desagradable.

En inglés sencillo: To give or present something to people, such as information, entertainment, or something unpleasant.

• The show serves up plenty of laughs.
• The website served up the wrong search results.
• Their opponents served up another painful defeat.

Cómo se usa: serve up something (The website serves up local news.); serve something up to someone (The platform serves useful content up to readers.)

Sinónimos: provide, deliver, offer

Expresiones frecuentes: serve up surprises, serve up fresh content, serve up bad news

regalar un balón, lanzar una pelota fácil

Enviar al rival una pelota que le resulte fácil golpear o recibir.

En inglés sencillo: To send a ball to an opponent in a way that makes it easy to hit or take.

• He served up an easy ball.
• The pitcher served up a pitch that flew straight over the fence.
• That careless pass served the ball up to their striker.

Cómo se usa: serve up something to someone (He served up an easy ball to the striker.); serve something up (The pitcher served it up, and the batter hit a home run.)

Expresiones frecuentes: serve up a ball, serve up easy pitches