pastel

pastel
adj.
pastel (color).
colores pastel pastel colors
Pastel painting Pintura al pastel.
m.
1 cake (cooking) (dulce).
pastel de bodas wedding cake
pastel de cumpleaños birthday cake
pastel de manzana apple pie
2 pastel (art).
pintar al pastel to draw in pastels
3 pie, tart.
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pastel
► adjetivo
1 (color) pastel
► nombre masculino
1 COCINA (tipo bizcocho) cake; (tipo empanada) pie
■ tenemos pastel de manzana y de chocolate we've got apple pie and chocolate cake
2 ARTE (material, obra) pastel; (técnica) pastel drawing
3 familiar (conspiración) plot
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FRASEOLOGÍA
al pastel pastel
■ dibujo al pastel pastel drawing
descubrir el pastel to let the cat out of the bag
pastel de boda wedding cake
pastel de carne meat pie, meatloaf
pastel de pescado fish pie
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noun m.
1) cake
2) pie
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1. SM
1) (Culin) (=dulce) cake; [de carne] pie

pasteles — pastry sing , confectionery sing

pastel de boda — wedding cake

pastel de cumpleaños — birthday cake

2) (Arte) pastel

pintura al pastel — pastel drawing

3) * (=chanchullo) scam *

se descubrió el pastel — the scam came to light *

4) † (=chapuza) botch, mess
2.
ADJ pastel

tono pastel — pastel shade

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I
adjetivo invariable pastel

colores pastel — pastel (colors)

II
masculino
1)
a) (dulce) cake

pastel de chocolate — chocolate cake o gateau

b) (cubierto de masa) pie
2) (fam) (enredo) mess (colloq)

descubrir el pastel — (fam) to take the lid off something (colloq)

3) (Art) pastel

al pastel — pastel (before n)

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= pie, cake, pastel, bundt, tart, pastry [pastries, -pl.].
Ex. At the dinner party, eating nearly proved the undoing of Peter, who ran the danger of becoming a pie himself.
Ex. Music from 1907 was played and a cake was shared with the public.
Ex. An understanding of the materials used in pastels is important to conservators: strainers, linen, paper, crayons, framing and glazing described using 18th-century sources.
Ex. They make and sell specialty pans for cheesecakes, bundts, quiches and tarts.
Ex. They make and sell specialty pans for cheesecakes, bundts, quiches and tarts.
Ex. These prices include breakfast (full buffet including a large selection of hot and cold entrees, salads, cheeses, pastries, etc.) and all service charges.
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* descubrir el pastel = blow + the gaff, spill + the beans, let + the cat out of the bag.
* molde para pasteles = cake pan.
* pastel de carne = meatloaf.
* pastel de chocolate = devil's food cake.
* pastel de manzana = apple pie.
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I
adjetivo invariable pastel

colores pastel — pastel (colors)

II
masculino
1)
a) (dulce) cake

pastel de chocolate — chocolate cake o gateau

b) (cubierto de masa) pie
2) (fam) (enredo) mess (colloq)

descubrir el pastel — (fam) to take the lid off something (colloq)

3) (Art) pastel

al pastel — pastel (before n)

* * *
= pie, cake, pastel, bundt, tart, pastry [pastries, -pl.].

Ex: At the dinner party, eating nearly proved the undoing of Peter, who ran the danger of becoming a pie himself.

Ex: Music from 1907 was played and a cake was shared with the public.
Ex: An understanding of the materials used in pastels is important to conservators: strainers, linen, paper, crayons, framing and glazing described using 18th-century sources.
Ex: They make and sell specialty pans for cheesecakes, bundts, quiches and tarts.
Ex: They make and sell specialty pans for cheesecakes, bundts, quiches and tarts.
Ex: These prices include breakfast (full buffet including a large selection of hot and cold entrees, salads, cheeses, pastries, etc.) and all service charges.
* descubrir el pastel = blow + the gaff, spill + the beans, let + the cat out of the bag.
* molde para pasteles = cake pan.
* pastel de carne = meatloaf.
* pastel de chocolate = devil's food cake.
* pastel de manzana = apple pie.

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pastel1
adj inv
pastel
esta primavera se llevan los colores pastel pastels o pastel colors are in fashion this spring
pastel2
masculine
A
1 (dulce) cake
pastel de chocolate chocolate cake o gateau
pastel de nata cream cake
2 (cubierto de masa de empanada) pie
ni por pasteles (Arg fam); for love nor money (colloq)
Compuestos:
● pastel de boda
wedding cake
● pastel de carne
(con masa) meat pie; (con puré) shepherd's pie, cottage pie
● pastel de cumpleaños
birthday cake
● pastel de papas
(CS) shepherd's pie, cottage pie
B (fam euf)
(caca): el pobre va con todo el pastel encima the poor thing has a dirty diaper (AmE) o (BrE) nappy
pisé un pastel que había en la calle I stepped in some dog mess in the street (euph)
C (fam) (enredo) mess (colloq)
mira con qué pastel me encontré look at the mess o state I found things in! (colloq)
descubrir el pastel (fam); to take the lid off sth (colloq)
al final se le descubrió el pastel he was found out in the end, in the end somebody blew the lid off his operation (colloq)
D (Art) (lápiz) pastel; (cuadro) pastel
al pastel pastel (before n)
un dibujo al pastel a pastel drawing
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pastel sustantivo masculino
1
a) (dulce) cake;

◊ pastel de boda/cumpleaños wedding/birthday cake

b) (cubierto de masa) pie;

◊ pastel de papas (CS) shepherd's pie, cottage pie

2 (Art) pastel;
◊ al pastel pastel (before n)

■ adjetivo invariable
pastel
pastel sustantivo masculino
1 cake
(relleno de carne, compota, etc) pie
2 Arte pastel
'pastel' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
borracha
- borracho
- confesar
- dulce
- rellena
- rellenar
- relleno
- renuncio
- tarta
- almibarar
- bizcocho
- color
- cortar
- hacer
- merengue
- piso
- trozo
English:
bake
- bean
- cake
- Christmas cake
- confess
- Danish pastry
- divide
- either
- fancy
- frosting
- game
- gateau
- meat pie
- mince pie
- myself
- nibble
- pastry
- pie
- share
- slam
- slice
- take
- tier
- wedding cake
- any
- apple
- cat
- Christmas
- eclair
- pastel
- wedge
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pastel
♦ adj inv
[color] pastel;
colores pastel pastel colours
♦ nm
1. [dulce] cake
Comp
pastel de bodas wedding cake;
pastel de cumpleaños birthday cake;
pastel de manzana apple pie
2. [salado] pie
Comp
pastel de carne meat pie;
Chile pastel de choclo = chicken stew with ground Br sweetcorn o US corn; CSur pastel de papas ≈ shepherd's pie
3. Arte pastel;
pintar al pastel to draw in pastels
4. Fam Euf [excremento]
un pastel de vaca a cowpat
5. Fam [chapucería] botch-up
6. PRico [plato, guiso] = pork stew with manioc and bananas, typical at Christmas
7. Comp
descubrir el pastel [enterarse] to find out what's going on;
[destapar] to reveal what's going on, to give the game away;
finalmente su mujer descubrió el pastel in the end his wife found out about his little game;
se descubrió el pastel the goings-on were discovered;
repartirse el pastel to share things out
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pastel
m
1 GASTR cake
2 pintura, color pastel
3
:
descubrirse el pastel fam come to light
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pastel adj
: pastel
pastel nm
1) : cake
pastel de cumpleaños: birthday cake
2) : pie, turnover
3) : pastel
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pastel n
1. (dulce) cake
un pastel de nata a cream cake
2. (salado) pie
pastel de carne meat pie

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