masticar

v.

to chew.

hay que dárselo todo masticado (figurative) you need to spoon-feed him

El ganado rumia pasto The cattle chew grass.

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masticar

Conjugation model [SACAR], like {{link=sacar}}sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 to chew, masticate

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VT to chew, masticate frm

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1.

verbo transitivo to chew, masticate (frml)

darle todo bien masticado a alguien — to spoonfeed somebody

2.

masticar vi to chew

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= chew, munch, crunch, chew up.

Ex. Alf is convinced that she chews broken bottles and wears barbed wire next to her skin.

Ex. People engage in a wide range of activities in libraries, from lively dialog while munching sandwiches and sipping soda, to flirting and caressing, to the more traditional activities of reading and information searching.

Ex. Each time you crunch a potato chip you hear yourself crunching the chip, and now when you hear someone else crunching it activates your own action neurons.

Ex. If I chew up something fattening but I spit it out, will I still absorb the calories?.

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* difícil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].

* fácil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].

* masticar bien = chew up.

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1.

verbo transitivo to chew, masticate (frml)

darle todo bien masticado a alguien — to spoonfeed somebody

2.

masticar vi to chew

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= chew, munch, crunch, chew up.

Ex: Alf is convinced that she chews broken bottles and wears barbed wire next to her skin.

Ex: People engage in a wide range of activities in libraries, from lively dialog while munching sandwiches and sipping soda, to flirting and caressing, to the more traditional activities of reading and information searching.

Ex: Each time you crunch a potato chip you hear yourself crunching the chip, and now when you hear someone else crunching it activates your own action neurons.

Ex: If I chew up something fattening but I spit it out, will I still absorb the calories?.

* difícil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].

* fácil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].

* masticar bien = chew up.

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masticar [A2 ]

vt

to chew, masticate (frml)

darle todo bien masticado a algn to spoonfeed sb

■ masticar

vi

to chew

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masticar (conjugate masticar) verbo transitivo/intransitivo
to chew
masticar vt to chew
'masticar' also found in these entries:
English:
chew
- whole

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masticar

♦ vt

1. [mascar] to chew, Espec to masticate

2. [pensar] to chew over, to ponder

3. [preparar]

a él no le pongas problemas difíciles, dáselo todo masticado don't give him any difficult problems, you need to spoon-feed him o make everything as easy as possible for him

♦ vi

to chew

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masticar

v/t chew

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masticar {72} v

mascar: to chew, to masticate

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masticar vb to chew