cups in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for cups in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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I.cup [Am kəp, Brit kʌp] N

II.cup <pres part cupping; pt, pp cupped> [Am kəp, Brit kʌp] VB trans

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1. fruit cup Am → fruit cocktail

See also fruit cocktail

measuring cup, measuring jug Brit [ˈmɛʒ(ə)rɪŋ ˌkəp] N

cups in the PONS Dictionary

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cups Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

he isn't my cup of tea inf
no es santo de mi devoción
it's not my cup of tea
no es plato de mi gusto
to be in one's cups
estar borracho
to cup one's hands to one's mouth
hacer bocina con las manos
to drink from a cup/the bottle
beber de una taza/la botella
would you like a cup of tea?
¿quieres un té?
there's many a slip (twixt cup and lip) prov
de la mano a la boca desaparece la sopa prov
the winner held the cup aloft
la ganadora levantó la copa en alto
I'm dying for a cup of tea
me muero por una taza de té
to pour the coffee into the cups
verter el café en las tazas
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Wine cups and game tallies cross back and forth, and people sit and stand in an uproar.
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Perhaps coffee cups could be made with insulated finger grips, or there could be separate coffee cup holders similar to beer holders.
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Egg cups have many shapes and bear various designs.
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Years back, iced water was sold from rubber cups for people at lorry parks, market places, schools, etc. to buy and drink.
www.ghanaweb.com
Cups lift seed potatoes from a hopper and drop them in tubes, planting up to eight drills at a time.
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Remove the hot tray and fill the cups just under 2/3 full (or they will bubble over).
www.theglobeandmail.com
We also need to recognise that sending coffee cups to landfill is the most expensive waste-disposal option available to us.
www.stuff.co.nz
And as a woman whose cups runneth over, like a faulty pipe has finally given way and the entire ground floor is waist-deep in murky water, nothing annoys me more.
www.stuff.co.nz
Her cookbook introduced the concept of using standardized measuring spoons and cups, as well as level measurement.
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Also, the cookbook uses the term tablespoonfuls, cupfuls, etc. rather than the current terminology of cups, teaspoons and the like.
www.nwitimes.com

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