bite Significado & definición

Significado de bite en español

• 0 to cut something using your teeth -- morder

  • She bit into an apple.

  • He was bitten by a dog.

• 1 to speak to someone in a quick, angry way, for no good reason -- echar la bronca a alguien

  • I only asked if I could help – there’s no need to bite my head off!

• 2 to try to do something that is too difficult for you -- intentar abarcar demasiado

  • We bit off more than we could chew when we tried to build our own house.

• 3 you do not need to be frightened of a particular person or thing -- no te va a comer

  • Just go and ask her – she won’t bite.

• 4 a piece taken from food when you bite it -- mordisco

  • She took a bite from her pizza.

• 5 an injury caused when an animal or insect bites you -- picadura

  • mosquito bites

• 6 to cut with your teeth -- morder

  • to bite into an apple morder una manzana

  • cats scratching and biting each other gatos arañándose y mordiéndose

  • He bit off a piece of the bread. Él mordió un pedazo de pan.

• 7 (of insects) to draw blood leaving a raised spot on the skin -- picar

  • Mosquitoes were biting us. Los mosquitos nos estaban picando.

  • Do spiders bite? ¿Las arañas pican?

• 8 to decide to do sth difficult -- morder el polvo

  • He finally bit the bullet and admitted his mistake. Por fin hizo de tripas corazón y admitió su error.

• 9 to suddenly and angrily criticize -- ponerse bravo

  • I asked her, and she bit my head off. Le pregunté, y ella me echó la bronca.

• 10 a mouthful of food -- bocado [ masculine ]

  • He spit out his food after one bite. Escupió su comida después de un bocado.

  • a bite-sized piece una pedazo del tamaño de un bocado

  • Ben took a huge bite out of the sandwich. Ben le dio un gran mordisco al bocadillo.

• 11 a mark where an animal or an insect bites you -- mordida [ feminine ]

  • a mosquito bite una picadura de mosquito

• 12 a small meal -- comer algo

  • We went out for a bite to eat. Salimos a comer algo.

  • I usually grab a bite on my way home from work. Por lo general, como algo de camino a casa desde el trabajo.