mouthful in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for mouthful in the English»Spanish Dictionary

mouthful [Am ˈmaʊθˌfʊl, Brit ˈmaʊθfʊl, ˈmaʊθf(ə)l] N

mouthful (of food)

bocado m

mouthful (of drink)

trago m

mouthful (of air)

bocanada f

that's ridiculous, she said between mouthfuls

—eso es ridículo —dijo entre bocado y bocado

he ate it in a single mouthful

se lo comió de un bocado

it's a bit of a mouthful (to say) (difficult to pronounce)

es un trabalenguas

it's a bit of a mouthful (to say) (long)

es larguísimo

to give sb a mouthful (insult)

soltarle una sarta de insultos a alguien

to give sb a mouthful (tell off)

echarle una bronca a alguien inf

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swallow mouthful/food/drink

tragar

Translations for mouthful in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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bocanada

mouthful

bocanada

mouthful

rendida

mouthful inf

me echaron una rendida

they gave me a mouthful

comía paladeando cada bocado

he was savoring o relishing every mouthful

cuando le llamé la atención me contestó con una animalada

when I told him off, he gave me a real mouthful inf

buche

mouthful

mouthful in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for mouthful in the English»Spanish Dictionary

mouthful [ˈmaʊθfʊl] N

mouthful (of food)

bocado m

mouthful (of drink)

sorbo m

Translations for mouthful in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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buchada

mouthful

bocado

mouthful

bocanada

mouthful

buche

mouthful

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He ate too hastily, and choked on the first mouthful.

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Rosemary finds hers has a chalky undertaste and surreptitiously throws it away after a few mouthfuls.

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One in three mouthfuls of the food we eat is dependent on pollination and honey bees are dying out across the world.

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This species feeds by taking in mouthfuls of sand and sifting out algae, invertebrates and other organic matter.

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My mill was carried out geometrically and could not raise a mouthful of water closer than fifty paces to the reservoir.

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While their young are out feeding, the parents eject mouthfuls of debris from the burrows.

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First, take a mouthful of the liquid, then tilt the head back and pronounce the vowel sound a:, as in father.

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They engulf a mouthful of water from which they filter the small prey using their baleen.

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This was a mouthful that was only slowly accepted.

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Downing a mouthful of pills for the second time in the few moments since we've met him, the man washes them down with the vodka.

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