dorar

v.

1 to gild (cubrir con oro).

dorar la píldora (a alguien) (informal figurative) to sweeten the pill (for somebody)

2 to brown (food).

Ella dora el pan She browns the bread.

3 to turn golden brown (piel).

4 to gold-plate, to cover with gold, to gild.

5 to sunburn.

El sol dora a María The sun sunburns Mary.

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dorar

► verbo transitivo

1 (cubrir con oro) to gild

2 (dar un baño de oro) to gold-plate

3 COCINA to brown

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dorar la píldora figurado to sugar the pill

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1. VT

1) (Téc) to gild

2) (Culin) to brown

- dorar la píldora

2.

See:

dorarse

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1.

verbo transitivo <marco/porcelana> to gild; (Coc) <cebolla/papas> to brown

2.

dorarse v pron (Coc) to brown

rehogar la cebolla hasta que se dore — sauté the onion until golden brown

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= gild, sear, brown.

Ex. The cut edges of the book might then be sprinkled or brushed with colour or (less commonly) marbled or gilded.

Ex. Searing meat is the process for caramelising the sugars present in meat and forming an aesthetic crust around its surface.

Ex. The sausages were browned on the hob before being transferred to a casserole dish.

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* dorar la píldora = sweeten + the pill, spin-doctor.

* hierro para dorar = hot tool.

* prensar para dorar = arming press.

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1.

verbo transitivo <marco/porcelana> to gild; (Coc) <cebolla/papas> to brown

2.

dorarse v pron (Coc) to brown

rehogar la cebolla hasta que se dore — sauté the onion until golden brown

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= gild, sear, brown.

Ex: The cut edges of the book might then be sprinkled or brushed with colour or (less commonly) marbled or gilded.

Ex: Searing meat is the process for caramelising the sugars present in meat and forming an aesthetic crust around its surface.

Ex: The sausages were browned on the hob before being transferred to a casserole dish.

* dorar la píldora = sweeten + the pill, spin-doctor.

* hierro para dorar = hot tool.

* prensar para dorar = arming press.

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dorar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹marco/cubiertos/porcelana› to gild

2 (Coc) ‹cebolla/patatas› to brown

3 ‹piel› to bronze, tan

■ dorarse

v pron

1 (Coc) to brown

rehogar la cebolla hasta que se dore sauté the onion until golden brown

2 «persona» (broncearse) to tan, go brown

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dorar (conjugate dorar) verbo transitivo ‹marco/porcelana› to gild;
(Coc) ‹cebolla/papas› to brown
dorarse verbo pronominal (Coc) to brown
dorar verbo transitivo
1 to gild
figurado dorar la píldora, to sugar the pill
2 (tostar) to brown
'dorar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
píldora
English:
brown
- gild
- sear

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dorar

♦ vt

1. [cubrir con oro] to gild;

Comp

Fam

dorar la píldora (a alguien) to sweeten o sugar the pill (for sb);

no hace falta que me dores la píldora, dime cuál es el problema you needn't sweeten the pill for me, just tell me what the problem is

2. [comida] to brown

3. [piel] to turn golden brown

♦ See also the pronominal verb dorarse

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dorar

v/t

1 TÉC gild

2 GASTR brown

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dorar vt

1) : to gild

2) : to brown