spoon in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for spoon in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.spoon [Am spun, Brit spuːn] N

1. spoon:

spoon (piece of cutlery)

cuchara f

spoon (small)

cucharita f

spoon (small)

cucharilla f

a soup/serving spoon

una cuchara sopera/de servir

a wooden spoon

una cuchara de madera or de palo

to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth

nacer en cuna de oro

to get or win the wooden spoon esp Brit inf

quedar en último lugar

to get or win the wooden spoon esp Brit inf

llevarse el premio de consolación

to get or win the wooden spoon esp Brit inf

llevarse el premio (de) consuelo CSur

2. spoon inf:

spoon (spoonful)

cucharada f

spoon (small)

cucharadita f

3. spoon (in fishing):

spoon

cucharilla f

spoon

cucharita f

II.spoon [Am spun, Brit spuːn] VB trans

to spoon food into sb's mouth

darle de comer a alguien en la boca

spoon the juices over the meat

rocíe la carne con su jugo

spoon the filling into the tomatoes

rellene los tomates con una cuchara

she spooned the carrots onto my plate

me sirvió las zanahorias

III.spoon [Am spun, Brit spuːn] VB intr dated or hum

spoon lovers:

spoon

besuquearse inf

serving spoon N

serving spoon

cuchara f de servir

spoon-feed <pt & pp spoon-fed> [Am ˈspunˌfid, Brit ˈspuːnfiːd] VB trans

1. spoon-feed baby/invalid:

spoon-feed

darle de comer en la boca a

2. spoon-feed (of a teacher):

she spoon-feeds her students

se lo da todo mascado or todo digerido a sus alumnos

greasy spoon N inf

greasy spoon

figón m

greasy spoon

freiduría f barata

measuring spoon N

measuring spoon

cuchara f de medir

Translations for spoon in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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cuchara sopera

soup spoon

cucharilla de café

coffee spoon

cuchara de palo

wooden spoon

espumadera

slotted spoon

cuchara de servir

serving spoon

spoon in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for spoon in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.spoon [spu:n] N

1. spoon (utensil):

spoon

cuchara f

2. spoon (amount):

spoon

cucharada f

II.spoon [spu:n] VB trans

spoon

servir con cuchara

spoon-feed [ˈspu:nfi:d] VB trans

1. spoon-feed (feed):

spoon-feed

dar de comer con cuchara

2. spoon-feed pej:

to spoon-feed sb

dar todo hecho a alguien

measuring spoon N

measuring spoon

cuchara f medidora

soup spoon N

soup spoon

cuchara f sopera

serving spoon N

serving spoon

cuchara f de servir

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to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth

nacer con un pan debajo del brazo

it'll do for a spoon

servirá de cuchara

Translations for spoon in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

cuchara

spoon

cuchara de palo

wooden spoon

cuchara sopera

soup spoon

encontrarse todo hecho inf

to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth

spoon Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth

nacer con un pan debajo del brazo

to spoon-feed sb

dar todo hecho a alguien

it'll do for a spoon

servirá de cuchara

to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth

encontrarse todo hecho inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Slowly keep the flour into the water and stir constantly with a cooking spoon.

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This uncommon inedible species is recognizable by its spoon-shaped or rabbit-ear shaped fruit bodies that may reach up to 13cmin 1 tall.

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They had to share a single bed, plate and spoon.

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Pour 1 spoon of boiling water onto the tea powder.

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They dine on mince and quince using a runcible spoon, then dance hand-in-hand on the sand in the moonlight.

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By his last year, 1971, his wife had to spoon-feed him.

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Spoon onto some cling film, then roll into a log about 5cm in diameter.

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It is served on a large plate and eaten with a spoon.

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The leaves are up to about a centimeter long, oval to spoon-shaped, and hairy to bristly.

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The edges of the bowl and the tip of the spoon are left thicker as this is where most of the thickness is needed.

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