Nouns | |||||||
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| fruit - mass noun no plural | la fruta | ||||||
| fruit [fig.] | el fruto [fig.] | ||||||
| fruit [fig.] | el resultado | ||||||
| fruit [BOT.] | el fruto | ||||||
| low-hanging fruit [fig.] [COMM.][ECON.] | oportunidad de negocio | ||||||
| fruit [sl.] also [pej.] | el maricón [pej.] [vulg.] | ||||||
| fruit [sl.] also [pej.] | la mariposa [coll.] [fig.] [pej.] | ||||||
| fruit [sl.] also [pej.] | la mariquita [coll.] [pej.] | ||||||
| fruit [sl.] also [pej.] | el bujarrón [pej.] | ||||||
| fruit [coll.] (Brit.) - mad person | el chiflado | la chiflada [pej.] | ||||||
| fruit [sl.] also [pej.] | el marica [pej.] - hombre homosexual | ||||||
| fruit [sl.] also [pej.] | el cabro (Lat. Am.: Perú) [pej.] [vulg.] - hombre homosexual | ||||||
| fruit [sl.] also [pej.] | el rosquete (Lat. Am.: Perú) [pej.] - hombre homosexual | ||||||
| kiwifruit or: kiwi fruit [BOT.][COOK.] | el kiwi Lat.: Actinidia chinensis | ||||||
Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| fruit adj. | frutal m./f. | ||||||
| fruit-bearing adj. | frutal m./f. | ||||||
| fruit-set adj. | cuajado, cuajada - de fruta | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| The fruit was weak and had a flaccid texture. | La fruta estaba flácida y tenía una textura débil. | ||||||
| Experts advise eating five pieces of fruit a day. | Los expertos aconsejan comer cinco piezas de fruta al día. | ||||||
| I always have some fruit while I work, today I ate a bunch of grapes. | Siempre tomo algo de fruta mientras trabajo, hoy me he comido un racimo de uvas. | ||||||
| I love it when I arrive at a hotel room and find a basket of fruit as a welcome. | Me encanta llegar a una habitación de hotel y encontrar un cesto de fruta como bienvenida. | ||||||
| In the fruit shop they have a lot of offers and I bought this bunch of bananas at a very good price. | En la frutería tienen un montón de ofertas y he comprado este racimo de plátanos a muy buen precio. | ||||||
| The price of fruit in this supermarket is very high, I prefer to buy it at the market. | El precio de la fruta en este supermercado es muy elevado, prefiero comprarla en el mercado. | ||||||
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