Significado de chew en inglés
chewchew1 /tʃuː/ verb 
Ver todas las traducciones1[intransitive, transitive] to bite food several times before swallowing itmorder la comida varias veces antes de tragársela: 
This meat’s so tough I can hardly chew it!¡Esta carne está tan dura que casi no puedo masticarla!chew at/on a dog chewing on a boneun perro royendo un hueso► see thesaurus at bite2[intransitive, transitive] to bite something continuously in order to taste it or because you are nervousmorder algo de forma continua para saborearlo o por nerviosismochew on We gave the dog an old shoe to chew on.Le dimos al perro un zapato viejo para que mordisqueara.chew your lip/nailschew gum/tobacco3chew the cud if a cow or sheep chews the cud, it keeps biting on food it has brought up from its stomachsi una vaca o una oveja rumia, sigue masticando el alimento que ha traído de vuelta desde el estómago4chew the fat informalinformal to have a long friendly conversationmantener una larga y amena conversación → bite off more than you can chew at bite1(10)chew on something phrasal verb informalinformal to think carefully about something for a period of timepensar detenidamente en algo durante un tiempochew somebody ↔ out phrasal verb American English informalinformal to talk angrily to someone in order to show them that you disapprove of what they have donehablarle a alguien con enojo para mostrarle que se desaprueba lo que ha hecho: John couldn’t get the guy to cooperate and so I had to call and chew him out.John no logró que el tipo cooperara, así que tuve que llamar y regañarlo fuerte.chew something ↔ over phrasal verb to think carefully about something for a period of timepensar detenidamente en algo durante un tiempo: Let me chew it over for a few days.Déjame pensarlo detenidamente durante unos días.chew something ↔ up phrasal verb1to damage or destroy something by tearing it into small piecesdañar o destruir algo desgarrándolo en pedazos pequeños: Be careful if you use that video recorder. It tends to chew tapes up.Ten cuidado si usas esa videograbadora. Tiende a estropear las cintas.2to bite something many times with your teeth so that you can make it smaller or softer and swallow itmorder algo repetidamente con los dientes para hacerlo más pequeño o blando y poder tragárselo: The dog’s chewed up my slippers again.El perro me ha vuelto a destrozar las zapatillas a mordiscos.
Ver todas las traducciones1[intransitive, transitive] to bite food several times before swallowing itmorder la comida varias veces antes de tragársela: This meat’s so tough I can hardly chew it!¡Esta carne está tan dura que casi no puedo masticarla!chew at/on a dog chewing on a boneun perro royendo un hueso► see thesaurus at bite2[intransitive, transitive] to bite something continuously in order to taste it or because you are nervousmorder algo de forma continua para saborearlo o por nerviosismochew on We gave the dog an old shoe to chew on.Le dimos al perro un zapato viejo para que mordisqueara.chew your lip/nailschew gum/tobacco3chew the cud if a cow or sheep chews the cud, it keeps biting on food it has brought up from its stomachsi una vaca o una oveja rumia, sigue masticando el alimento que ha traído de vuelta desde el estómago4chew the fat informalinformal to have a long friendly conversationmantener una larga y amena conversación → bite off more than you can chew at bite1(10)chew on something phrasal verb informalinformal to think carefully about something for a period of timepensar detenidamente en algo durante un tiempochew somebody ↔ out phrasal verb American English informalinformal to talk angrily to someone in order to show them that you disapprove of what they have donehablarle a alguien con enojo para mostrarle que se desaprueba lo que ha hecho: John couldn’t get the guy to cooperate and so I had to call and chew him out.John no logró que el tipo cooperara, así que tuve que llamar y regañarlo fuerte.chew something ↔ over phrasal verb to think carefully about something for a period of timepensar detenidamente en algo durante un tiempo: Let me chew it over for a few days.Déjame pensarlo detenidamente durante unos días.chew something ↔ up phrasal verb1to damage or destroy something by tearing it into small piecesdañar o destruir algo desgarrándolo en pedazos pequeños: Be careful if you use that video recorder. It tends to chew tapes up.Ten cuidado si usas esa videograbadora. Tiende a estropear las cintas.2to bite something many times with your teeth so that you can make it smaller or softer and swallow itmorder algo repetidamente con los dientes para hacerlo más pequeño o blando y poder tragárselo: The dog’s chewed up my slippers again.El perro me ha vuelto a destrozar las zapatillas a mordiscos.