pickle - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

pickle [coll.]   - difficult situation	el trance
pickle [coll.]   - difficult situation	el aprieto
pickle [coll.]   - difficult situation	el apuro
pickle [coll.]   - difficult situation	el brete
pickle [coll.]   - difficult situation	el percance
pickle [TECH.]	el desoxidante   [Metallurgy]
pickle [TECH.]	sustancia ácida para limpiar metales   [Metallurgy]
pickle (Amer.) [COOK.]   - cucumber	pepinillo en salmuera
pickle (Amer.) [COOK.]   - cucumber	pepinillo en vinagre
pickle (Amer.) [COOK.]   - preserved fruit or vegetables	el encurtido
pickled caper [COOK.]	alcaparra en vinagre
pickled egg [COOK.]	huevo (conservado) en salmuera
pickled fish [COOK.]	conserva de pescado
pickled gherkin [COOK.]	pepinillo en salmuera

Verbs

to pickle  | pickled, pickled | [COOK.]	adobar algo
to pickle  | pickled, pickled | [COOK.]	marinar algo
to pickle sth.  | pickled, pickled | [CHEM.][TECH.]	decapar algo   [Metallurgy]
to pickle sth.  | pickled, pickled | [TECH.]	desoxidar algo   [Metallurgy]
to pickle sth.  | pickled, pickled | [COOK.]	encurtir algo   - alimentos
to get into a pretty pickle	meterse en un berenjenal [fig.]
to get into a pretty pickle	meterse en un jardín [coll.] [fig.]

Phrases / Collocations

to be in a (pretty) pickle	estar en un aprieto [fig.]
to be in a (pretty) pickle	estar en aprietos [fig.]
to be in a (pretty) pickle	estar en un atolladero [fig.]
to be in a (pretty) pickle	estar en un berenjenal [fig.]
to be in a (pretty) pickle	estar en un brete [coll.]

Examples

Pickled herrings are very popular in Nordic cuisine.

Los arenques en escabeche son muy apreciados en la cocina nórdica.

Orthographically similar words

fickle, picker, picket, pickled, prickle, sickle, tickle

Related search terms

plight, gherkin, morass, marinate, predicament