stew

guiso, estofado

Plato de carne, verduras o ambas, cocinadas juntas lentamente en un líquido.

En inglés sencillo: A meal of meat, vegetables, or both cooked slowly together in liquid.

• We had beef stew for dinner.
• This vegetable stew needs more salt.
• She made a large pot of stew for everyone.

Expresiones frecuentes: beef stew, vegetable stew, bowl of stew

guiso, salsa

Mezcla cocinada, a menudo con carne o verduras, que acompaña alimentos como arroz o pasta.

En inglés sencillo: A cooked mixture, often with vegetables or meat, served with foods such as rice or pasta.

• Serve the stew over rice.
• She spooned tomato stew onto the pasta.
• The beans came with a rich pepper stew.

Sinónimos: sauce

Expresiones frecuentes: stew over rice, rice and stew, tomato stew

nerviosismo, agitación

Estado de preocupación, nerviosismo o confusión.

En inglés sencillo: A state of worry, nervous excitement, or confusion.

• He was in a stew about the exam.
• Do not get into a stew over one mistake.
• The missing tickets put everyone in a stew.

Cómo se usa: in a stew about/over something (She was in a stew about the interview.)

Sinónimos: state, fluster

Expresiones frecuentes: in a stew, get into a stew, such a stew

ruido de fondo

Sonidos de fondo no deseados que capta el micrófono durante una grabación.

En inglés sencillo: Unwanted background sounds picked up by a microphone during recording.

• The recording was full of mike stew.
• Moving the microphone reduced the stew.
• The engineer removed some stew from the audio track.

Sinónimos: background noise

Expresiones frecuentes: mike stew, microphone stew

estofar, guisar

Cocinar alimentos lentamente en un líquido a fuego suave.

En inglés sencillo: To cook food slowly in liquid, with gentle heat.

• Stew the apples until soft.
• She stewed the beef in wine.
• The vegetables are stewing gently on the stove.

Cómo se usa: stew something in something (Stew the meat in a little stock.)

Sinónimos: simmer

Expresiones frecuentes: stew some meat, stew the apples, stew in something

dejar reposar demasiado el té

Dejar el té en infusión tanto tiempo que su sabor se vuelve demasiado fuerte y desagradable.

En inglés sencillo: To leave tea brewing too long, making its taste unpleasantly strong.

• Do not stew the tea.
• He stewed it by leaving the leaves in too long.
• The tea had been stewing for twenty minutes.

Sinónimos: overbrew

Expresiones frecuentes: stew the tea, let tea stew