toast

pan tostado, tostada

Pan calentado hasta que la superficie queda dorada y crujiente.

En inglés sencillo: Bread heated until its surface is brown and crisp.

• I like toast with butter.
• She burned the toast this morning.
• Would you like eggs on toast?

Expresiones frecuentes: buttered toast, slice of toast, toast with jam

brindis

Palabras dichas al levantar una bebida para homenajear a alguien o celebrar algo.

En inglés sencillo: Words spoken while raising a drink to honor someone or celebrate something.

• We raised a toast to Dad.
• She proposed a toast to their future.
• Everyone stood for the wedding toast.

Cómo se usa: a toast to someone/something (We drank a toast to the new baby.)

Sinónimos: salute

Expresiones frecuentes: a toast to someone, raise a toast, propose a toast, make a toast

favorito, ídolo

Persona, grupo o cosa que recibe elogios y admiración de mucha gente.

En inglés sencillo: A person, group, or thing that many people praise and admire.

• She became the toast of the town.
• The young singer was the toast of Paris.
• Their team is now the toast of the sporting world.

Cómo se usa: the toast of somewhere/something (The actor became the toast of the city.)

Sinónimos: darling, favorite

Expresiones frecuentes: toast of the town, toast of society, toast of london

tostar

Calentar un alimento hasta que su superficie se dore y, a menudo, quede crujiente.

En inglés sencillo: To heat food until its surface becomes brown and often crisp.

• Toast the bread lightly.
• I toasted some nuts in a pan.
• How long should we toast these seeds?

Sinónimos: brown

Expresiones frecuentes: toast bread, toast the nuts, toast some seeds

brindar

Levantar la bebida y expresar buenos deseos por alguien o algo.

En inglés sencillo: To raise your drink and express good wishes for someone or something.

• We toasted the winners.
• They toasted their anniversary with champagne.
• Everyone stood to toast the happy couple.

Cómo se usa: toast someone/something (We toasted their success.); toast someone/something with something (They toasted the bride with wine.)

Sinónimos: salute

Expresiones frecuentes: toast the couple, toast someone with champagne, toast our success

calentar

Acercar una parte del cuerpo a una fuente de calor para que quede agradablemente caliente.

En inglés sencillo: To make a part of your body pleasantly warm near a source of heat.

• I toasted my feet by the fire.
• She sat near the stove to toast her hands.
• We toasted our cold toes beside the hearth.

Cómo se usa: toast something by something (He toasted his feet by the stove.)

Sinónimos: warm

Expresiones frecuentes: toast your feet, toast your hands, toast by the fire