bite - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Verbs

to bite sth.  | bit, bitten |	mordisquear algo
to bite into sth.  | bit, bitten |	incidir algo
to bite (sth.)  | bit, bitten |   - snake or insect	mordicar
to bite (sth.)  | bit, bitten |   - use teeth	morder
to bite (sth.)  | bit, bitten |   - use teeth	mordisquear
to bite into sth.  | bit, bitten |	escarificar algo   - piel
to bite (sth.)  | bit, bitten |   - snake or insect	picar (algo (or: a alguien))   - animal, humo, etc.
to bite  | bit, bitten |   - affect badly [TECH.]	agarrotarse
to bite  | bit, bitten |   - affect badly [TECH.]	griparse   - engranaje, motor, etc.
to bite sth. ⇔  off	morder algo
to bite through sth.  | bit, bitten |	partir algo con los dientes

Nouns

bite   - with teeth	el bocado
bite   - with teeth	la mordedura
bite   - with teeth	el mordisco
bite   - with teeth	el mordisqueo
bite   - snake or insect	la picadura   - mordedura o punzada de un insecto, etc.
bite   - with teeth	la mordida   - mordisco
mosquito bite	picadura de mosquito
love bite	el chupetón [coll.]
love bite	el chupón [coll.]
tick bite [MED.]	picadura de garrapata
biting crowfoot [BOT.]	botón de oro   Lat.: Ranunculus bulbosus
biting crowfoot [BOT.]	hierba velluda   Lat.: Ranunculus bulbosus
biting stonecrop [BOT.]	el arricillo   Lat.: Sedum acre
biting stonecrop [BOT.]	espárrago de lagarto   Lat.: Sedum acre

Adjectives / Adverbs

bite-sized  adj.	del tamaño de un bocado
bit by bit	de a poco (Lat. Am.)   - lentamente, despacio

Phrases / Collocations

a bite [coll.]	un pellizco
a bite [coll.]	poca cosa
a bite [coll.]	un poquito
to bite the dust [coll.]   - fail	morder el polvo [fig.] [coll.]
to bite the hand that feeds you	morder la mano que te da de comer [fig.]
to bite the bullet	apechugar con algo
to bite one's nails	morderse las uñas
to bite the bullet	hacer de tripas corazón [fig.]
to bite the bullet	tragar quina [fig.]
to bite the bullet	tragarse el (or: un) sapo [fig.]
to bite one's tongue [fig.]	morderse la lengua [fig.]
to bite the dust [coll.]   - fail	fracasar
to bite the dust [coll.]   - fail	irse a pique [fig.]
to bite the dust [coll.]   - fail	naufragar [fig.]

Examples

During the train journey, we can have a bite to eat in the restaurant car.	Durante el viaje en tren, podemos comer algo en el vagón restaurante.
The fish had bitten, so Lolo reeled in the rod.	El pez había picado, así que Lolo recogió el carrete.

Orthographically similar words

bait, bate, bide, bike, bile, bit, biter, bitt, Brie, brie, Brit, byte, cite, item, kite, lite, mite, rite, site

bate, bidé, bien, Bien, bies, bife, bilé, bisté, bit, bits, boîte, boite, bote, brie, byte, ítem

Related search terms

nip, prick, nibble, sting, morsel