snowball

bola de nieve

Masa redonda de nieve apretada, que suele hacerse para lanzarla jugando.

En inglés sencillo: A round lump of snow pressed together, often for throwing in play.

• She threw a snowball at me.
• The children had a snowball fight in the garden.
• My snowball melted before I could throw it.

Expresiones frecuentes: throw a snowball, snowball fight, make a snowball

pastelito de coco

Pastel pequeño, normalmente relleno de crema y cubierto de chocolate y coco seco.

En inglés sencillo: A small cake, usually filled with cream and covered with chocolate and dried coconut.

• I ate a snowball with my tea.
• The bakery sells snowballs filled with fresh cream.
• Would you like a chocolate snowball for dessert?

Expresiones frecuentes: chocolate snowball, coconut snowball, cream-filled snowball

crecer rápidamente, agravarse

Aumentar muy deprisa, a menudo hasta resultar difícil de controlar.

En inglés sencillo: To grow bigger very quickly, often becoming difficult to control.

• Our debts began to snowball.
• The problem snowballed into a crisis within days.
• Costs are snowballing as the project falls further behind.

Cómo se usa: snowball into something (A small argument snowballed into a major dispute.)

Sinónimos: escalate, grow, multiply

Antónimos: shrink, diminish

Expresiones frecuentes: snowball into something, snowball out of control, costs snowball