egg on in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for egg on in the English»Spanish Dictionary

a bad egg lit
a bad egg (dishonest person) inf, dated
a good egg inf, dated
es buena gente LatAm
to lay an egg (make blunder) inf, dated

I.on [Am ɑn, ɔn, Brit ɒn] PREP on often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (count on, lay on, sign on, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (count, lay, sign, etc).

II.on [Am ɑn, ɔn, Brit ɒn] ADV

III.on [Am ɑn, ɔn, Brit ɒn] ADJ

See also put on, have on, go on, come on, bring on

I.put on VB [Am pʊt -, Brit pʊt -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.put on VB [Am pʊt -, Brit pʊt -] (v + o + adv)

I.have on VB [Am hæv, həv, (ə)v -, Brit hav -] (v + o + adv, v + o + prep + o) (put on)

II.have on VB [Am hæv, həv, (ə)v -, Brit hav -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o) (be wearing)

III.have on VB [Am hæv, həv, (ə)v -, Brit hav -] (v + o + adv) Brit

IV.have on VB [Am hæv, həv, (ə)v -, Brit hav -] (v + o + adv)

I.go on VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + adv)

3. go on (last, continue):

to go on -ing
¡venga! Spain
¡venga ya! Spain

II.go on VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + prep + o)

come on VB [Am kəm -, Brit kʌm -] (v + adv)

I.bring on VB [Am brɪŋ -, Brit brɪŋ -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.bring on VB [Am brɪŋ -, Brit brɪŋ -] (v + o + prep + o) (cause to befall)

egg on in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for egg on in the English»Spanish Dictionary

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Finally, they find a dodo egg on a desert island, so the dodo can reproduce himself.
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On elimination day the girls have to do a runway walk in front of the judges while keeping an egg on a spoon in their mouth.
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It comprises a dragon hatching from an egg on a nest of feathers.
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The sparrows are extremely fond of fighting, as well as watching other creatures fight, and are always on the lookout for another dust-up to egg on.
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But that makes it all the more enjoyable when she doesn't get the last laugh and ends up with egg on her face.
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Some add a cooked quail's egg on top.
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To hatch the eggs, four players must defend the egg on an enemy-laden multiplayer battleground, while moving it to a special egg-hatching altar.
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The species overwinters as an egg on the hostplant.
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His signature dish is chorizo risotto with poached runny egg on the top, pan fried sea bass crushed potato sauce vierge.
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This paralyzes the spider and the wasp then drags it back into its burrow before depositing an egg on the prey's abdomen.
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