tomate

m.

1 tomato (fruto).

ponerse como un tomate to go as red as a beetroot o (British) beet (United States)

tomate frito = unconcentrated puree made by frying peeled tomatoes

tomate ketchup tomato ketchup

2 hole (informal) (de calcetín).

3 uproar, commotion (informal) (jaleo).

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tomate

► nombre masculino

1 (fruto) tomato

2 familiar figurado (en calcetines etc) hole

3 familiar figurado (jaleo) fuss, commotion

4 familiar figurado (dificultad) snag, catch

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FRASEOLOGÍA

ponerse como un tomate figurado to go as red as a beetroot

tener tomate familiar to be difficult

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noun m.

tomato

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SM

1) tomato

salsa de tomate — tomato sauce

- ponerse como un tomate

2) * [en calcetín, media] hole

3) * (=jaleo) fuss, row; (=pelea) set-to *

al final de la noche hubo tomate — there was a fight at the end of the evening

¡qué tomate! — what a mess!

esto tiene tomate — this is tough, this is a tough one

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masculino

1) (Bot, Coc) tomato

estar/ponerse (colorado) como un tomate — (de vergüenza) to be/turn as red as a beet (AmE), to be/go as red as a beetroot (BrE); (por el sol) to be/turn as red as a lobster

- tomate pera

2) (Esp fam) (agujero) hole

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= tomato [tomatoes, -pl.].

Ex. A government publication can be as small as a single sheet advisory leaflet on tomato growing.

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* ponerse colorado como un tomate = go + bright red.

* ponerse rojo como un tomate = go + bright red.

* salsa de tomate = tomato sauce.

* tomate cherri = cherry tomato.

* tomate de pera = pear tomato, Italian tomato, Roma tomato.

* tomates en rama = tomatoes on the vine.

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masculino

1) (Bot, Coc) tomato

estar/ponerse (colorado) como un tomate — (de vergüenza) to be/turn as red as a beet (AmE), to be/go as red as a beetroot (BrE); (por el sol) to be/turn as red as a lobster

- tomate pera

2) (Esp fam) (agujero) hole

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= tomato [tomatoes, -pl.].

Ex: A government publication can be as small as a single sheet advisory leaflet on tomato growing.

* ponerse colorado como un tomate = go + bright red.

* ponerse rojo como un tomate = go + bright red.

* salsa de tomate = tomato sauce.

* tomate cherri = cherry tomato.

* tomate de pera = pear tomato, Italian tomato, Roma tomato.

* tomates en rama = tomatoes on the vine.

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tomate

masculine

A (Bot, Coc) tomato

salsa de tomate tomato sauce

agarrar algo para el lado de los tomates (RPl fam); to take sth the wrong way

estar/ponerse (colorado) como un tomate (sonrojarse) to be/turn as red as a beet (AmE), to be/go as red as a beetroot (BrE) (quemarse) to be/turn as red as a lobster

¡toma tu tomate! (Ven fam); put that in your pipe and smoke it! (colloq)

Compuestos:

● tomate cherry or cereza

cherry tomato

● tomate de árbol

tree tomato

● tomate (de) pera or (Arg) perita

plum tomato

B (fam) (agujero) hole

C (Esp fam)

1 (complicación, dificultad) difficulty

el examen tenía or traía mucho tomate the exam was a real stinker (colloq)

2 (jaleo, pelea) set-to (colloq)

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tomate sustantivo masculino
tomato;

◊ estar/ponerse (colorado) como un tomate (de vergüenza) to be/turn as red as a beet (AmE), to be/go as red as a beetroot (BrE);

(por el sol) to be/turn as red as a lobster
tomate sustantivo masculino
1 tomato
2 (salsa) tomato sauce
3 fam (agujero en una prenda de punto) tengo un tomate en el calcetín, I've got a hole in my sock
4 familiar (situación confusa, lío) vaya tomate se armó cuando se pelearon, there was a real to-do when they had that fight
♦ Locuciones: ponerse como un tomate, to blush, go as red as a beetroot
'tomate' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
colorada
- colorado
- reventarse
- roja
- rojo
- tiempo
- concentrado
- jugo
- pepita
- refrito
- salsa
English:
baked beans
- bean
- BLT
- hole
- tomato
- French
- ketchup
- puree
- really
- time

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tomate nm

1. [fruto] tomato;

Comp

ponerse como un tomate to go as red as a Br beetroot o US beet

Comp

tomate cereza cherry tomato;

tomate frito = unconcentrated puree made by frying peeled tomatoes;

tomate de pera plum tomato;

RP, Ven tomate (de) perita plum tomato

2. Méx [tomatillo] tomatillo, husk tomato

3. Fam [en calcetín] hole

4. Fam [jaleo] uproar, commotion

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tomate

m

1 tomato;

ponerse como un tomate go bright red, turn as red as a beet, Br turn as red as a beetroot

2 fig

mess

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tomate nm

: tomato

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tomate n tomato [pl. tomatoes]

ponerse como un tomate to go as red as a beetroot