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    Significado de dinner en inglés

    dinnerdinner /ˈdɪnə $ -ər/ noun Ver todas las traducciones1[countable, uncountable] the main meal of the day, eaten in the middle of the day or the eveningla comida principal del día, que se toma a mediodía o por la noche:  What time do you usually have dinner?¿A qué hora sueles cenar? We’re having fish for dinner tonight.Esta noche cenaremos pescado. What's for dinner?¿Qué hay para cenar?2[countable] a formal occasion when an evening meal is eaten, often to celebrate somethingocasión formal en la que se celebra una cena, a menudo para conmemorar algo:  the Club’s annual dinnerla cena anual del Club dog’s dinner at dog1(9), → more something than you’ve had hot dinners at hot1(30)GRAMMAR: Patterns with dinnerGRAMÁTICA: Estructuras con dinnerfor dinnerYou eat something for dinner: · We had fish for dinner. Don’t say: We had fish at dinner.• Se usa for dinner para indicar lo que se come en la cena: · We had fish for dinner. ✗No digas: We had fish at dinner.at dinnerYou use at dinner to talk about something that happens while you are eating dinner: · She told us at dinner that she was going away.• Se usa at dinner para hablar de algo que ocurre mientras se está cenando: · She told us at dinner that she was going away.COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONESverbsverboshave/eat dinner· Why don't you come and have dinner with us?· ¿Por qué no vienes a cenar con nosotros?make/cook dinner· I offered to cook dinner.· Me ofrecí a preparar la cena.have something for dinner· I thought we might have pasta for dinner tonight.· Pensé que podríamos cenar pasta esta noche.have somebody for/to dinner· We're having a few friends round to dinner.· Tenemos a unos amigos en casa para cenar.ask/invite somebody to dinner· Let's ask Kate and Mike to dinner.· Invitemos a Kate y Mike a cenar.come for/to dinner· Mark is coming over for dinner.· Mark viene a cenar.go out for/to dinner (=go and eat in a restaurant)· Would you like to go out for dinner on Saturday?· ¿Te gustaría salir a cenar el sábado?serve dinner (=start giving people food)· Dinner is served between 7 and 11 pm in the hotel restaurant.· La cena se sirve entre las 7 y las 11 de la noche en el restaurante del hotel.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + dinnerADJETIVOS/SUSTANTIVOS + dinnera three-course/four-course etc dinner· The cost of the hotel includes a three-course dinner.· El precio del hotel incluye una cena de tres platos.Sunday/Christmas/Thanksgiving dinner (=a special meal eaten on Sunday etc)· We usually have a walk after Christmas dinner.· Normalmente damos un paseo después de la cena de Navidad.a romantic dinner (=for two people in a romantic relationship)· Clive and Denise were enjoying a romantic dinner for two in a quiet French restaurant.· Clive y Denise disfrutaban de una romántica cena para dos en un tranquilo restaurante francés.a candle-lit dinner (=with only candles for lighting)· Chris treated his girlfriend to a candle-lit dinner.· Chris invitó a su novia a una cena a la luz de las velas.a leisurely dinner (=not hurried)· I enjoy having a leisurely dinner with some friends at the weekend.· Me gusta cenar tranquilamente con unos amigos el fin de semana.a black-tie dinner (=where people wear special formal clothes)· He was invited to a black-tie dinner at one of the Oxford colleges.· Fue invitado a una cena de etiqueta en uno de los colegios de Oxford.a slap-up dinner British English informalinformal (=with a lot of good food)· Mum always makes a slap-up dinner for me when I go home.· Mamá siempre me prepara una cena espléndida cuando voy a casa.school dinners British English (=meals provided at school in the middle of the day)· School dinners are served in the canteen.· Las comidas del colegio se sirven en la cantina.TV dinners (=meals that you eat while watching TV)· TV dinners in aluminium containers can be found in the freezer departments of many supermarkets.· Las cenas precocinadas en envases de aluminio se pueden encontrar en las secciones de congelados de muchos supermercados.dinner + NOUNdinner + SUSTANTIVOa dinner party (=when someone's friends are invited for a special evening meal)· We are having a dinner party on Saturday.· El sábado damos una cena.a dinner guest· The dinner guests began arriving at about seven o'clock.· Los invitados a la cena comenzaron a llegar alrededor de las siete.