whetted in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for whetted in the English»Spanish Dictionary

whet <pres part whetting; pt, pp whetted> [Am (h)wɛt, Brit wɛt] VB trans

1. whet (stimulate):

whet interest/curiosity

estimular

whet interest/curiosity

avivar

the walk whetted our appetites

la caminata nos abrió el apetito

the experience had whetted her appetite for foreign travel

la experiencia había hecho que le tomara el gusto a viajar por el extranjero

2. whet (sharpen):

whet dated

afilar

Translations for whetted in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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la primera charla fue solo un abrebocas

the first talk was just to whet our appetites

estimular apetito

to whet

despertar apetito

to whet

abrir

to whet

la caminata me abrió el apetito

the walk whetted my appetite

hacer o abrir boca inf

to whet the o one's appetite

whetted in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for whetted in the English»Spanish Dictionary

whet [wet] VB trans -tt-

1. whet (sharpen):

whet

afilar

2. whet fig (increase, stimulate):

whet

estimular

to whet sb's appetite (for sth)

aguzar el deseo de alguien (por algo)

Translations for whetted in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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abrir el apetito

to whet one's appetite

whetted Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to whet sb's appetite (for sth)

aguzar el deseo de alguien (por algo)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

For younger children, an array of after-school programs is designed to whet their appetite for learning and to express their creativity through recently added music education and arts programs.

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Chores had to be done during daylight hours to prepare and serve food and clean up after sportsmen with appetites whetted by outdoor exercise.

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The diminutive 3.21m long prototype certainly whetted our appetite.

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That abridged version of a movie apparently whetted listeners' appetites for the real thing.

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This work is one of many guidebooks that proliferated, to whet the public's appetite for sight-seeing.

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So if your interest isn't whetted by this time, you're not a journalist.

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While the short form certainly sets up the story for a clever ending, it only whets the appetite.

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The phrase "lab-grown meat" has become shorthand for this kind of research -- a term that does little to whet the public's appetite.

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These automobile extravaganzas were designed to whet public appetite and boost automobile sales with displays of fancy prototypes, concept vehicles and other special or halo models.

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Taking the ape aside, he says that he has found something to whet the royal appetite and leads him to a baited trap.

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