ate in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for ate in the English»Serbian Dictionary

ate [et, eɪt] VB

ate pt of eat

See also eat

I.eat <ate, eaten> [iːt] VB trans

1. eat:

eat

jesti

eat animal

žderati imperf

don't be afraid of the boss, he won't eat you

ne plaši se šefa, neće te pojesti

to eat breakfast

doručkovati

to eat lunch/supper

ručati/večerati

Phrases:

to eat sb for breakfast

pojesti nekoga za doručak

I'll eat my hat if ...

ubio me bog ako...

eat your heart out coll!

crkni od muke! [or zavisti]

to eat one's heart out

izjedati se

to eat like a horse

prežderavati se

to eat sb out of house and home

prežderavati se u gostima

to eat one's words

poreći, polizati svoje reči

what's eating you?

šta te izjeda?

II.eat <ate, eaten> [iːt] VB intr

1. eat:

eat

jesti

she has them eating out of her hand

jedu joj iz ruke

you are what you eat prov

reci mi šta jedeš, pa ću ti reći kakav si

2. eat:

eat

ručavati form

eat

obedovati

I.eat <ate, eaten> [iːt] VB trans

1. eat:

eat

jesti

eat animal

žderati imperf

don't be afraid of the boss, he won't eat you

ne plaši se šefa, neće te pojesti

to eat breakfast

doručkovati

to eat lunch/supper

ručati/večerati

Phrases:

to eat sb for breakfast

pojesti nekoga za doručak

I'll eat my hat if ...

ubio me bog ako...

eat your heart out coll!

crkni od muke! [or zavisti]

to eat one's heart out

izjedati se

to eat like a horse

prežderavati se

to eat sb out of house and home

prežderavati se u gostima

to eat one's words

poreći, polizati svoje reči

what's eating you?

šta te izjeda?

II.eat <ate, eaten> [iːt] VB intr

1. eat:

eat

jesti

she has them eating out of her hand

jedu joj iz ruke

you are what you eat prov

reci mi šta jedeš, pa ću ti reći kakav si

2. eat:

eat

ručavati form

eat

obedovati

I.eat up VB trans

1. eat up (finish):

eat up

pojesti (do kraja)

2. eat up (plague):

to be eat upen up by [or with] sth

izjedan [or mučen] od...

3. eat up (consume):

eat up money, resources

iscrpeti

II.eat up VB intr

eat up animals:

eat up

progutati

eat out VB intr

eat out

jesti van kuće u restoranu i sl.

eat out a distance

preći rastojanje

eat into VB intr to eat into sth

1. eat into (dig into):

to eat into sth

izjedati

2. eat into (corrode):

to eat into sth

korodirati

3. eat into (use up):

to eat into sth

potrošiti

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to eat heartily

jesti s apetitom

it's unwise for you to eat too many eggs

nije ti pametno da jedeš previše jaja

to eat dirt

trpeti uvrede

you shouldn't eat between meals

ne bi trebalo da jedeš između obroka

to have one's cake and eat it [too]

imati i jare i pare

ate Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to eat sb out of house and home

prežderavati se u gostima

to have a bite to eat inf

uzeti neki zalogaj

to eat/sit/work in silence

jesti/sedeti/raditi u tišini

who ate the cake? — I did!/didn't!

ko je pojeo kolač? — ja (ni)sam!

fit for human consumption [or to eat]

pogodan za upotrebu/jestiv

to eat sb out of house and home

prežderavati se u gostima

to be eat upen up by [or with] sth

izjedan [or mučen] od...

to grab a bite [to eat]

prezalogajiti nešto

what do you want to eat?

šta želiš da jedeš?

I'd rather eat French croissants than English ones

radije bih jeo francuske nego engleske kroasane

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The inhabitants ate barley, wheat, chickpeas, lentils and grapes.

en.wikipedia.org

Or anyone, for that matter, who ever ate a fish stick -- whether you liked it or not.

www.gizmodo.com.au

Think back to when you ate your first one.

www.dailymail.co.uk

I set this blood on the fire, let it coagulate, and ate the lumps without salt.

en.wikipedia.org

Then comes results of such relations increasing ab-or-ti-ons and the births of parentless children as result of such il-leg-it-im-ate relations, or those who came by criminal relation such as r-a-pe!?

religion.blogs.cnn.com

He ate the pancakes with a fork; but he used a spoon to capture the remaining syrup.

en.wikipedia.org

Su, on the other hand, walked to prison, slept on a thin mattress, and ate very simple foods.

en.wikipedia.org

The masses ate him up with a spoon, while highbrow literary critics roasted him on a spit.

en.wikipedia.org

Amber finds her, saying that she just accidentally ate a spoonful of guacamole with bacon in it, and she found it delicous.

en.wikipedia.org

We ate breakfast here too: perfectly poached eggs, hot cakes, and the obligatory mint tea.

www.nzherald.co.nz