cheese - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

cheese	el queso
cheese [coll.]	las chorradas  f. pl. [coll.]
cheese [coll.]	las tonterías  f. pl.
cheese [coll.]	la cutrería
goat cheese   or: goat's cheese [COOK.]	queso de cabra
cheese dairy	la quesería
cheese rind	corteza de queso
cheese antenna [TELECOM.]	antena en D
cheese antenna [TELECOM.]	antena tipo queso
cheese cake [COOK.]	pastel de queso
cheese grater [COOK.]	rallador de queso
cheese platter (Amer.) [COOK.]	tabla de quesos
cheese platter (Amer.) [COOK.]	surtido de quesos
cheese fondue [COOK.]	fondue de queso

Phrases / Collocations

Cheese [coll.]   - used to tell someone to smile when taking their picture	¡Patata!
Cheese [coll.]   - used to tell someone to smile when taking their picture	¡Whisky! (Lat. Am.)
Cheese it! (Amer.) [coll.]	¡Vete a tomar viento fresco! [coll.]
big cheese [coll.] [fig.]   - important person	pez gordo [fig.]
as chalk and cheese [fig.]	como el día y la noche
(as) different as chalk and cheese [fig.]	(tan) diferentes como el día y la noche

Adjectives / Adverbs

cheese-paring   or: cheeseparing  adj.	pesetero, pesetera [pej.]
cheese-paring   or: cheeseparing  adj.	pinche  m./f. (Lat. Am.: C. Rica, El Salv., Nic.)

Examples

The cheese you ate stunk out the whole kitchen.	El queso que te comiste apestó toda la casa.
I can't eat cheese because I am lactose intolerant.	No puedo tomar queso proque tengo intolerancia a la lactosa.
I don't like the look of this cheese, maybe it's gone bad.	No me gusta el aspecto de este queso, quizás se haya puesto malo.
My favourite thing about the hotel's breakfast buffet is the cheese bar.	Lo que más me gusta del desayuno buffet del hotel es el mostrador de los quesos.

Orthographically similar words

Cheers, cheesy