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I. eat <pt ate, pp eaten> [Brit iːt, Am it] VB trans

1. eat (consume) person, animal:

eat cake, food, snack: mangiare

eat meal: consumare

I don't eat meat: non mangio carne

to eat (one's) breakfast: fare colazione

to eat (one's) lunch: fare pranzo or pranzare

to eat (one's) dinner: fare cena, cenare

I ate lunch in town: ho pranzato in città

to eat sth for lunch, dinner: mangiare qc per pranzo, cena

to eat oneself sick inf: rimpinzarsi fino alla nausea (on di)

it's not fit to eat (poisonous): è velenoso or non è buono da mangiare

it's not fit to eat (inedible): non è commestibile

it looks too good to eat: ha un aspetto troppo bello per essere mangiato

she looks good enough to eat!: è così bella che me la mangerei!

to eat one's way through a whole cake: mangiare una torta intera

to eat sb, sth alive person, piranha, mosquitoes:: divorare qn, qc

she'll eat you alive! inf seductress:: ti mangerà vivo! ti divorerà!

don't be afraid, I won't eat you!: non aver paura, non ti mangio

to eat one's words fig: rimangiarsi la propria parola

2. eat (guzzle) inf car:

eat petrol: consumare, bere

3. eat (worry):

eat inf: rodere

eat inf: preoccupare

what's eating you?: che cosa ti preoccupa?

II. eat <pt ate, pp eaten> [Brit iːt, Am it] VB intr

1. eat (take food):

eat: mangiare

to eat from or out of plate, bowl: mangiare in

I'll soon have him eating out of my hand fig: presto lo avrò in pugno or farò di lui quello che voglio

2. eat (have a meal):

eat: mangiare, consumare i pasti

I never eat in the canteen: non mangio mai in mensa

we eat at six: ceniamo alle sei

III. eat [Brit iːt, Am it]

eat your heart out!: roditi il fegato!

to eat sb out of house and home: svuotare la dispensa a qn

I. eat away VB [iːt -] (eat [sth] away, eat away [sth])

eat away cliff, stone:

eat away water, wind:: erodere

eat away acid, rust, termites:: corrodere, attaccare

II. eat away VB [iːt -] (eat away at [sth])

eat away acid, rust:: corrodere, attaccare

eat away woodworm:: rodere, attaccare

eat away disease:: intaccare

eat away fig bills, fees: profits, savings: intaccare

eat in VB [iːt -]

eat in: mangiare a casa

binge-eat VB intr

binge-eat: abbuffarsi di continuo

eat-in [Brit, Am ˈitɪn] ADJ

eat-in meal:

eat-in: da consumare sul posto

I. eat up VB [iːt -] (eat up)

eat up: finire di mangiare, mangiare tutto

eat up!: mangia tutto!

II. eat up VB [iːt -] (eat [sth] up, eat up [sth])

1. eat up (finish):

eat up meal, vegetables: finire

2. eat up (guzzle) car:

eat up miles: divorare

eat up petrol: consumare, bere

3. eat up (use up) bills:

eat up savings: divorare, distruggere

4. eat up fig:

to be eaten up with person: envy, worry: essere roso da

to be eaten up with desire, curiosity, guilt: essere divorato da

eat into VB [iːt -] (eat into [sth])

1. eat into (damage) acid, rust:

eat into metal, paint: corrodere, fare un buco in

2. eat into (encroach on):

the continual interruptions ate into my day: le continue interruzioni mi hanno portato via molto tempo

I don't like my duties to eat into my leisure time: non mi va che i miei doveri mi portino via del tempo libero

3. eat into (use up) bills, fees:

eat into profits, savings: intaccare

eat out VB [iːt -]

eat out: mangiare fuori

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andare a Canossa: to eat humble pie

rimangiare: to eat again

rimangiarsi la propria parola: to eat one's words

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I. eat <ate, eaten> [i:t] VB trans

eat: mangiare

to eat breakfast: fare colazione

to eat lunch/dinner: pranzare/cenare

to eat one's fill: mangiare a sazietà

Phrases:

eat your heart out!: mangiati il fegato!

to eat one's words: rimangiarsi ciò che si è detto

what is eating him? inf: cos'è che lo rode?

II. eat [i:t] VB intr

eat: mangiare

eat away at VB trans, eat into VB trans

eat away at: intaccare

eat up VB trans

eat up: mangiare tutto

eat away VB trans

eat away acid: corrodere

eat away termites: rosicchiare

eat in VB intr

eat in: mangiare a casa

I. eat out VB intr

eat out: mangiare fuori

II. eat out VB trans vulg

eat out: leccarla a

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non toccare cibo: to eat nothing

rifocillarsi: to eat

mangiarsi qc: to eat sth up

ristorare: to give sth to eat [or drink]

ristorarsi: to have sth to eat [or drink]

Present
I	eat
you	eat
he/she/it	eats
we	eat
you	eat
they	eat

Past
I	ate
you	ate
he/she/it	ate
we	ate
you	ate
they	ate

Present Perfect
I	have	eaten
you	have	eaten
he/she/it	has	eaten
we	have	eaten
you	have	eaten
they	have	eaten

Past Perfect
I	had	eaten
you	had	eaten
he/she/it	had	eaten
we	had	eaten
you	had	eaten
they	had	eaten

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to have enough to eat and drink: avere da mangiare e bere a sufficienza

to give sb something to eat/drink: dare a qu qualcosa da mangiare/bere

I'll eat my hat if…: ci scommetterei che non…

it's a dog eat dog world: è una giungla

it's not fit to eat: non è commestibile

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

The spacious eat-in kitchen has all the modern conveniences (called "mod cons" here).

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The eat-in kitchen was updated with ceramic floors, but broadloom carpeting still appears in the combined living and dining area and all the upper-level rooms.

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Some of the home's features include a big, bright eat-in kitchen, an open living/dining room, a main floor family room, laundry and solarium.

It also does food (eat-in and take-away) and puts on gigs and performances but it doesn't do booze.

Some cafes do charge a higher amount to eat in, but most charge the same price and just lose some margin for the eat-ins.

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