cake - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

cake [COOK.]	el pastel
cake [COOK.]	el queque (Span.: Canar.; Lat. Am.: C. Rica, Chile, Perú)
cake [COOK.]	la tarta
cake [COOK.]	la torta
cake [COOK.]	el bizcochuelo (Lat. Am.: Arg., Parag., Urug.)
cake [COOK.]	el budín (Lat. Am.: Arg.)
cake [COOK.]	el kuchen   German (Lat. Am.: Chile)
cake [COOK.]	el ponqué   - del inglés: pound cake (Lat. Am.: Col., Venez.)   - pastel hecho de harina, huevos y azúcar con un relleno de frutas o crema
cake pan   chiefly  (Amer.) [COOK.]	molde de horno
cake ring [COOK.]	aro de tarta
cake shovel [COOK.]	pala para tartas
cake tin (Brit.) [COOK.]	molde de horno
cake shovel [COOK.]	paleta para tortas (Lat. Am.)
birthday cake	tarta de cumpleaños

Phrases / Collocations

It's a piece of cake [fig.]	es facilísimo
It's a piece of cake [fig.]	es un juego de niños
It's a piece of cake [fig.]	está chupado [coll.]
It's a piece of cake [fig.]	está tirado [coll.]
to have one's cake and eat it, too	quererlo todo   - al mismo tiempo
the icing on the cake [fig.]	el broche final [fig.]
the icing on the cake [fig.]	la guinda del pastel [coll.] [fig.]
to have one's cake and eat it, too	encender una vela a Dios y otra al diablo [fig.]
to have one's cake and eat it, too	estar en misa y repicando [fig.]
to be a piece of cake [coll.]   - easy thing to do	ser pan comido [fig.]

Examples

The chef poured the batter into the cake form.	El chef vertió la masa en el molde para pastel.
For your birthday I'm going to bake you a chocolate cake.	Para tu cumpleaños voy a hacerte un pastel de chocolate.
I just want a little piece of cake, thank you.	Solo quiero un trozo pequeño de tarta, gracias.
It's not fair! Whenever it's his turn to share the cake, he always gets the best part.	¡No es justo! Siempre que le toca repartir a él la tarta se queda con la mejor parte.
The last piece of cake is yours.	El último pedazo de pastel es tuyo.
Max ate a fourth of the cake.	Max se comió una cuarta parte del pastel.
Michael was not there when we ate the cake at the party, he arrived afterwards.	Michael no llegó estuvo cuando comimos la tarta en la fiesta, él llegó luego.
The recipe says that the cake should be in the oven for 20 to 30 minutes.	La receta dice que la tarta debe estar en el horno entre 20 y 30 minutos.
She is an all-rounder, she can bake you a cake or do your tax returns.	Es una persona todoterreno, lo mismo te hace un pastel que te hace la declaración de hacienda.
They decided to bake a cake for the party.	Decidieron cocer un pastel para la fiesta.
They decided to make a cake for the party.	Decidieron elaborar un pastel para la fiesta.
This chocolate cake is so rich and delicious.	Este pastel de chocolate es tan rico y delicioso.
This part of the cake does not have raisins, I have reserved it especially for you.	Esta porción de la tarta no tiene pasas, la he reservado especialmente para ti.
You should taste this cake, it's delicious!	¡Deberías probar este pastel, está delicioso!
You should try this cake, it's delicious!	Deberías probar este pastel, ¡está delicioso!
Her nana always baked cakes.	Su abuela siempre horneaba pasteles.

Orthographically similar words

bake, café, cafe, cage, calk, cane, Cape, cape, care, case, cask, cave, Coke, coke, fake, hake, Lake, lake, make, rake, sake, saké, take, Take, wake

cabe, caer, café, calé, sake

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