Significado de eat en inglés
eateat /iːt/ verb (past tense ate /et, eɪt $ eɪt/, past participle eaten /ˈiːtn/) 
Ver todas las traducciones1food [intransitive, transitive] to put food in your mouth and chew and swallow itponer comida en la boca, masticarla y tragarla: 
Felix chatted cheerfully as he ate.Felix charlaba alegremente mientras comía. A small girl was eating an ice cream.Una niña pequeña estaba comiendo un helado. We had plenty to eat and drink.Teníamos mucho para comer y beber. It’s important to eat healthily when you are pregnant.Es importante comer de forma saludable cuando estás embarazada. I exercise and eat right and get plenty of sleep.Hago ejercicio, como bien y duermo lo suficiente. Would you like something to eat?¿Te gustaría comer algo? She can eat like a horse and never put on weight.Ella come como un caballo y nunca engorda. We stopped at McDonalds to get a bite to eat.Paramos en McDonald's para comer algo. Good eating habits are the best way of preventing infection.Los buenos hábitos alimenticios son la mejor forma de prevenir infecciones. ready-to-eat foods such as deli meats and cheesesalimentos listos para comer, como fiambres y quesos ‘More cake?’ ‘No thanks, I couldn’t eat another thing.’"¿Más pastel?" "No, gracias, no podría comer nada más." No chicken for me. I don’t eat meat (=I never eat meat).El pollo no, gracias. No como carne (= nunca como carne). Does Rob eat fish?¿Rob come pescado?2meal [intransitive, transitive] to have a mealcomer; tomar una comida: Let’s eat first and then go to a movie.Comamos primero y luego vayamos al cine. They’re eating breakfast.Están desayunando.eat at We could not afford to eat at Walker’s very often.No podíamos permitirnos comer en Walker's muy a menudo.3eat your words to admit that what you said was wrongadmitir que lo que dijiste estaba equivocado: I’m going to make you eat your words.Voy a hacer que te tragues tus palabras.4eat your heart out a)used to say, especially humorously, that something is very goodusado para decir, especialmente de manera humorística, que algo es muy bueno: That’s a great drawing. Pablo Picasso eat your heart out!Qué dibujo tan bueno. ¡Muérete de envidia, Pablo Picasso! b)British English to be unhappy about something or to want someone or something very muchestar triste por algo o desear muchísimo a alguien o algo: If you had any sense you’d forget him, but eat your heart out if you want to.Si tuvieras algo de sentido común, lo olvidarías, pero si quieres mortificarte, allá tú.5eat somebody alive/eat somebody for breakfast to be very angry with someone or to defeat them completelyestar muy enojado con alguien o derrotarlo por completo: You can’t tell him that – he’ll eat you alive!No puedes decirle eso — ¡te comerá vivo!6use [transitive] to use a very large amount of somethingconsumir una cantidad muy grande de algo: This car eats petrol.Este coche devora gasolina.7eat humble pie (also eat crow American English) to admit that you were wrong and say that you are sorryadmitir que estabas equivocado y pedir perdón8I’ll eat my hat used to emphasize that you think something is not true or will not happenusado para enfatizar que crees que algo no es verdad o no va a ocurrir: If the Democrats win the election, I’ll eat my hat!¡Si los demócratas ganan las elecciones, me como el sombrero!9have somebody eating out of your hand to have made someone very willing to believe you or do what you wanthaber logrado que alguien confíe plenamente en ti o haga lo que quieres: He soon had the client eating out of his hand.Pronto tenía al cliente comiendo de su mano.10eat somebody out of house and home to eat a lot of someone’s supply of food, so that they have to buy more – used humorouslycomerse gran parte de la comida de alguien, de modo que tenga que comprar más — usado humorísticamente11what’s eating somebody? spokenoral used to ask why someone seems annoyed or upsetusado para preguntar por qué alguien parece molesto o disgustado: What’s eating Sally today?¿Qué le pasa a Sally hoy?12I could eat a horse spokenoral used to say you are very hungryusado para decir que tienes mucha hambre13I/we won’t eat you spokenoral used to tell someone that you are not angry with them and they need not be frightenedusado para decirle a alguien que no estás enfadado con él y que no tiene por qué asustarse14you are what you eat used to say that you will be healthy if the food you eat is healthyusado para decir que serás sano si la comida que comes es sana → eats, → have your cake and eat it at cake1(6)COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONESnounssustantivoseat breakfast/lunch/dinner etc· What time do you usually eat lunch?· ¿A qué hora sueles almorzar?adverbsadverbioseat well (=have enough food, or have good food)· The people work hard, but they eat well.· La gente trabaja duro, pero come bien.eat healthily/sensibly (=eat food that will keep you healthy)· If you eat healthily and exercise regularly, you’ll look and feel a lot better.· Si comes de forma saludable y haces ejercicio regularmente, te verás y te sentirás mucho mejor.eat properly British English, eat right American English (=eat food that will keep you healthy)· He hadn’t been eating properly and was drinking far too much.· No había estado comiendo bien y bebía demasiado.eat hungrily (=eat a lot quickly, because you are very hungry)· The children ate hungrily, devouring everything on their plate.· Los niños comieron con hambre voraz, devorando todo lo que tenían en el plato.eat sparingly (=eat very little)· Carter joined us for lunch, but ate sparingly, as he always did.· Carter se unió a nosotros para almorzar, pero comió poco, como siempre.phrasesfraseshave something/nothing to eat (=eat something/nothing)· We’ll leave after we’ve had something to eat.· Nos iremos después de haber comido algo.have enough/plenty etc to eat· Have you had enough to eat?· ¿Has comido suficiente?have little to eat (=not have enough food)· The refugees had very little to eat and no clean water.· Los refugiados tenían muy poco que comer y no tenían agua limpia.find something to eat· I got dressed and went downstairs to find something to eat.· Me vestí y bajé a buscar algo de comer.get something to eat (=prepare or buy some food)· I’m sure you can get something to eat on the train.· Estoy seguro de que puedes conseguir algo de comer en el tren.somebody’s eating habits (=the kinds of things they eat or drink regularly)· The doctor asked me about my eating habits and how much I smoked.· El médico me preguntó sobre mis hábitos alimenticios y cuánto fumaba.an eating disorder (=a mental illness which causes you to eat too much or too little)· She described her battle with the eating disorder bulimia.· Ella describió su lucha contra el trastorno alimenticio bulimia.a bite to eat (=a small meal)· We should have time for a bite to eat before we set out.· Deberíamos tener tiempo para comer algo antes de salir.eat like a horse (=eat a lot)· She eats like a horse but never puts on any weight!· ¡Ella come como un caballo pero nunca engorda!eat like a bird (=eat very little)· Ever since she was a child, Jan had always eaten like a bird.· Desde que era niña, Jan siempre había comido como un pajarito.I couldn’t eat another thing spokenoral (=used to say that you are completely full)· Thanks, that was lovely, but I couldn’t eat another thing.· Gracias, estaba delicioso, pero no podría comer nada más.THESAURUSSINÓNIMOSeat to put food in your mouth and chew and swallow itponer comida en la boca, masticarla y tragarla: · Experts recommend eating plenty of fruit and vegetables.· Los expertos recomiendan comer mucha fruta y verdura.have to eat a particular foodcomer un alimento en particular: · ‘What do you usually have for breakfast?’ ‘I usually just have coffee and toast.’· "¿Qué sueles tomar en el desayuno?" "Normalmente solo tomo café y tostadas."· We had the set meal.· Tomamos el menú del día.feed on something to eat a particular kind of food – used when talking about animalscomer cierto tipo de alimento — usado al hablar de animales: · Foxes feed on a wide range of foods including mice, birds, insects, and fruit.· Los zorros se alimentan de una gran variedad de alimentos, entre ellos ratones, aves, insectos y frutas.consume writtenescrito to eat or drink something – used especially in scientific or technical contextsingerir algo — usado especialmente en contextos científicos o técnicos: · Babies consume large amounts relative to their body weight.· Los bebés consumen grandes cantidades en relación con su peso corporal.munch (on) something to eat something with big continuous movements of your mouth, especially when you are enjoying your foodmasticar algo con movimientos continuos y amplios de la boca, especialmente cuando se disfruta la comida: · He was munching on an apple.· Estaba comiendo una manzana a bocados.· They were sitting on a bench munching their sandwiches.· Estaban sentados en un banco comiendo sus sándwiches a bocados.nibble (on) something to eat something by biting off very small piecescomer algo mordiéndolo en trozos muy pequeños: · If you want a healthy snack, why not just nibble on a carrot?· Si quieres un tentempié saludable, ¿por qué no muerdes un poco una zanahoria?pick at something to eat only a small amount of your food because you are not hungry or do not like the foodcomer solo una pequeña cantidad de comida porque no se tiene hambre o no le gusta: · Lisa was so upset that she could only pick at her food.· Lisa estaba tan disgustada que solo podía picotear su comida.stuff/gorge yourself to eat so much food that you cannot eat anything elsecomer tanto que ya no puedes comer nada más: · He’s always stuffing himself with cakes.· Siempre se está atiborrando de pasteles.· We gorged ourselves on my mother’s delicious apple tart.· Nos atracamos del delicioso pastel de manzana de mi madre.slurp to eat soup, noodles etc with a noisy sucking soundcomer sopa, fideos, etc. haciendo un ruidoso sonido de succión: · In England it’s considered rude to slurp your soup, but in some countries it’s seen as a sign of enjoyment.· En Inglaterra se considera de mala educación sorber la sopa ruidosamente, pero en algunos países se considera una señal de que se está disfrutando.to eat something quicklycomer algo rápidamentegobble something up/down informalinformal to eat something very quickly, especially because you like it very much or you are greedycomer algo muy rápido, especialmente porque te gusta mucho o eres glotón: · You’ve gobbled up all the ice-cream!· ¡Te has zampado todo el helado!· The children gobbled it down in no time.· Los niños se lo zamparon en un abrir y cerrar de ojos.wolf something down informalinformal to eat food quickly, especially because you are very hungry or in a hurrycomer rápidamente, especialmente porque se tiene mucha hambre o se tiene prisa: · The boy wolfed down everything on his plate and asked for more.· El chico devoró todo lo que había en su plato y pidió más.bolt something down British English to eat food very quickly, especially because you are in a hurrycomer muy rápido, especialmente porque se tiene prisa: · He bolted down his breakfast and was out of the door within 5 minutes.· Se tragó el desayuno a toda prisa y salió por la puerta en menos de 5 minutos.· You shouldn’t bolt your food down like that.· No deberías engullir la comida así.devour /dɪˈvaʊə $ -ˈvaʊr/ especially writtenespecialmente en lenguaje escrito to eat all of something quickly because you are very hungrycomerse todo algo rápidamente porque se tiene mucha hambre: · In a very short time, the snake had devoured the whole animal.· En muy poco tiempo, la serpiente había devorado al animal entero.to eat less food or stop eatingcomer menos o dejar de comerbe on a diet to be eating less or different food than normal in order to become thinnerestar comiendo menos o diferente de lo normal para adelgazar: · No cake thanks – I’m on a diet.· No, gracias, no quiero pastel — estoy a dieta.fast to not eat for a period of time, often for religious reasonsno comer durante un período de tiempo, a menudo por razones religiosas: · Muslim people fast during the month of Ramadan.· Los musulmanes ayunan durante el mes de Ramadán.eat something ↔ away phrasal verb to gradually remove or destroy somethingeliminar o destruir algo gradualmente SYN erode: The stones are being eaten away by pollution.Las piedras están siendo corroídas por la contaminación.eat away at something/somebody phrasal verb1to gradually remove or reduce the amount of somethingeliminar o reducir gradualmente la cantidad de algo: His gambling was eating away at their income.Su adicción al juego iba mermando sus ingresos.2to make someone feel very worried over a long period of timehacer que alguien se sienta muy preocupado durante mucho tiempo: The thought of mother alone like that was eating away at her.El pensamiento de que su madre estaba sola así la atormentaba.eat in phrasal verb to eat at home instead of in a restaurantcomer en casa en vez de en un restauranteeat into something phrasal verb1to gradually reduce the amount of time, money etc that is availablereducir gradualmente la cantidad de tiempo, dinero, etc. disponible: John’s university fees have been eating into our savings.Las tasas universitarias de John han ido mermando nuestros ahorros.2to gradually damage or destroy somethingdañar o destruir algo gradualmente: Acid eats into the metal, damaging its surface.El ácido corroe el metal, dañando su superficie.eat out phrasal verb to eat in a restaurant instead of at homecomer en un restaurante en vez de en casa: Do you eat out a lot?¿Comes fuera a menudo?eat up phrasal verb1to eat all of somethingcomerse todo algo: Come on, eat up, there’s a good girl.Vamos, cómetelo todo, sé buena niña.eat something ↔ up She’s made a cake and wants us to help eat it up.Ha hecho un pastel y quiere que la ayudemos a terminarlo.2eat something ↔ up informalinformal to use a lot of something, especially until there is none leftconsumir mucho de algo, especialmente hasta que no quede nada: Big cars just eat up money.Los coches grandes simplemente devoran el dinero.3be eaten up with/by jealousy/anger/curiosity etc to be very jealous, angry etc, so that you cannot think about anything elseestar tan celoso, enojado, etc., que no puedes pensar en nada más
Ver todas las traducciones1food [intransitive, transitive] to put food in your mouth and chew and swallow itponer comida en la boca, masticarla y tragarla: Felix chatted cheerfully as he ate.Felix charlaba alegremente mientras comía. A small girl was eating an ice cream.Una niña pequeña estaba comiendo un helado. We had plenty to eat and drink.Teníamos mucho para comer y beber. It’s important to eat healthily when you are pregnant.Es importante comer de forma saludable cuando estás embarazada. I exercise and eat right and get plenty of sleep.Hago ejercicio, como bien y duermo lo suficiente. Would you like something to eat?¿Te gustaría comer algo? She can eat like a horse and never put on weight.Ella come como un caballo y nunca engorda. We stopped at McDonalds to get a bite to eat.Paramos en McDonald's para comer algo. Good eating habits are the best way of preventing infection.Los buenos hábitos alimenticios son la mejor forma de prevenir infecciones. ready-to-eat foods such as deli meats and cheesesalimentos listos para comer, como fiambres y quesos ‘More cake?’ ‘No thanks, I couldn’t eat another thing.’"¿Más pastel?" "No, gracias, no podría comer nada más." No chicken for me. I don’t eat meat (=I never eat meat).El pollo no, gracias. No como carne (= nunca como carne). Does Rob eat fish?¿Rob come pescado?2meal [intransitive, transitive] to have a mealcomer; tomar una comida: Let’s eat first and then go to a movie.Comamos primero y luego vayamos al cine. They’re eating breakfast.Están desayunando.eat at We could not afford to eat at Walker’s very often.No podíamos permitirnos comer en Walker's muy a menudo.3eat your words to admit that what you said was wrongadmitir que lo que dijiste estaba equivocado: I’m going to make you eat your words.Voy a hacer que te tragues tus palabras.4eat your heart out a)used to say, especially humorously, that something is very goodusado para decir, especialmente de manera humorística, que algo es muy bueno: That’s a great drawing. Pablo Picasso eat your heart out!Qué dibujo tan bueno. ¡Muérete de envidia, Pablo Picasso! b)British English to be unhappy about something or to want someone or something very muchestar triste por algo o desear muchísimo a alguien o algo: If you had any sense you’d forget him, but eat your heart out if you want to.Si tuvieras algo de sentido común, lo olvidarías, pero si quieres mortificarte, allá tú.5eat somebody alive/eat somebody for breakfast to be very angry with someone or to defeat them completelyestar muy enojado con alguien o derrotarlo por completo: You can’t tell him that – he’ll eat you alive!No puedes decirle eso — ¡te comerá vivo!6use [transitive] to use a very large amount of somethingconsumir una cantidad muy grande de algo: This car eats petrol.Este coche devora gasolina.7eat humble pie (also eat crow American English) to admit that you were wrong and say that you are sorryadmitir que estabas equivocado y pedir perdón8I’ll eat my hat used to emphasize that you think something is not true or will not happenusado para enfatizar que crees que algo no es verdad o no va a ocurrir: If the Democrats win the election, I’ll eat my hat!¡Si los demócratas ganan las elecciones, me como el sombrero!9have somebody eating out of your hand to have made someone very willing to believe you or do what you wanthaber logrado que alguien confíe plenamente en ti o haga lo que quieres: He soon had the client eating out of his hand.Pronto tenía al cliente comiendo de su mano.10eat somebody out of house and home to eat a lot of someone’s supply of food, so that they have to buy more – used humorouslycomerse gran parte de la comida de alguien, de modo que tenga que comprar más — usado humorísticamente11what’s eating somebody? spokenoral used to ask why someone seems annoyed or upsetusado para preguntar por qué alguien parece molesto o disgustado: What’s eating Sally today?¿Qué le pasa a Sally hoy?12I could eat a horse spokenoral used to say you are very hungryusado para decir que tienes mucha hambre13I/we won’t eat you spokenoral used to tell someone that you are not angry with them and they need not be frightenedusado para decirle a alguien que no estás enfadado con él y que no tiene por qué asustarse14you are what you eat used to say that you will be healthy if the food you eat is healthyusado para decir que serás sano si la comida que comes es sana → eats, → have your cake and eat it at cake1(6)COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONESnounssustantivoseat breakfast/lunch/dinner etc· What time do you usually eat lunch?· ¿A qué hora sueles almorzar?adverbsadverbioseat well (=have enough food, or have good food)· The people work hard, but they eat well.· La gente trabaja duro, pero come bien.eat healthily/sensibly (=eat food that will keep you healthy)· If you eat healthily and exercise regularly, you’ll look and feel a lot better.· Si comes de forma saludable y haces ejercicio regularmente, te verás y te sentirás mucho mejor.eat properly British English, eat right American English (=eat food that will keep you healthy)· He hadn’t been eating properly and was drinking far too much.· No había estado comiendo bien y bebía demasiado.eat hungrily (=eat a lot quickly, because you are very hungry)· The children ate hungrily, devouring everything on their plate.· Los niños comieron con hambre voraz, devorando todo lo que tenían en el plato.eat sparingly (=eat very little)· Carter joined us for lunch, but ate sparingly, as he always did.· Carter se unió a nosotros para almorzar, pero comió poco, como siempre.phrasesfraseshave something/nothing to eat (=eat something/nothing)· We’ll leave after we’ve had something to eat.· Nos iremos después de haber comido algo.have enough/plenty etc to eat· Have you had enough to eat?· ¿Has comido suficiente?have little to eat (=not have enough food)· The refugees had very little to eat and no clean water.· Los refugiados tenían muy poco que comer y no tenían agua limpia.find something to eat· I got dressed and went downstairs to find something to eat.· Me vestí y bajé a buscar algo de comer.get something to eat (=prepare or buy some food)· I’m sure you can get something to eat on the train.· Estoy seguro de que puedes conseguir algo de comer en el tren.somebody’s eating habits (=the kinds of things they eat or drink regularly)· The doctor asked me about my eating habits and how much I smoked.· El médico me preguntó sobre mis hábitos alimenticios y cuánto fumaba.an eating disorder (=a mental illness which causes you to eat too much or too little)· She described her battle with the eating disorder bulimia.· Ella describió su lucha contra el trastorno alimenticio bulimia.a bite to eat (=a small meal)· We should have time for a bite to eat before we set out.· Deberíamos tener tiempo para comer algo antes de salir.eat like a horse (=eat a lot)· She eats like a horse but never puts on any weight!· ¡Ella come como un caballo pero nunca engorda!eat like a bird (=eat very little)· Ever since she was a child, Jan had always eaten like a bird.· Desde que era niña, Jan siempre había comido como un pajarito.I couldn’t eat another thing spokenoral (=used to say that you are completely full)· Thanks, that was lovely, but I couldn’t eat another thing.· Gracias, estaba delicioso, pero no podría comer nada más.THESAURUSSINÓNIMOSeat to put food in your mouth and chew and swallow itponer comida en la boca, masticarla y tragarla: · Experts recommend eating plenty of fruit and vegetables.· Los expertos recomiendan comer mucha fruta y verdura.have to eat a particular foodcomer un alimento en particular: · ‘What do you usually have for breakfast?’ ‘I usually just have coffee and toast.’· "¿Qué sueles tomar en el desayuno?" "Normalmente solo tomo café y tostadas."· We had the set meal.· Tomamos el menú del día.feed on something to eat a particular kind of food – used when talking about animalscomer cierto tipo de alimento — usado al hablar de animales: · Foxes feed on a wide range of foods including mice, birds, insects, and fruit.· Los zorros se alimentan de una gran variedad de alimentos, entre ellos ratones, aves, insectos y frutas.consume writtenescrito to eat or drink something – used especially in scientific or technical contextsingerir algo — usado especialmente en contextos científicos o técnicos: · Babies consume large amounts relative to their body weight.· Los bebés consumen grandes cantidades en relación con su peso corporal.munch (on) something to eat something with big continuous movements of your mouth, especially when you are enjoying your foodmasticar algo con movimientos continuos y amplios de la boca, especialmente cuando se disfruta la comida: · He was munching on an apple.· Estaba comiendo una manzana a bocados.· They were sitting on a bench munching their sandwiches.· Estaban sentados en un banco comiendo sus sándwiches a bocados.nibble (on) something to eat something by biting off very small piecescomer algo mordiéndolo en trozos muy pequeños: · If you want a healthy snack, why not just nibble on a carrot?· Si quieres un tentempié saludable, ¿por qué no muerdes un poco una zanahoria?pick at something to eat only a small amount of your food because you are not hungry or do not like the foodcomer solo una pequeña cantidad de comida porque no se tiene hambre o no le gusta: · Lisa was so upset that she could only pick at her food.· Lisa estaba tan disgustada que solo podía picotear su comida.stuff/gorge yourself to eat so much food that you cannot eat anything elsecomer tanto que ya no puedes comer nada más: · He’s always stuffing himself with cakes.· Siempre se está atiborrando de pasteles.· We gorged ourselves on my mother’s delicious apple tart.· Nos atracamos del delicioso pastel de manzana de mi madre.slurp to eat soup, noodles etc with a noisy sucking soundcomer sopa, fideos, etc. haciendo un ruidoso sonido de succión: · In England it’s considered rude to slurp your soup, but in some countries it’s seen as a sign of enjoyment.· En Inglaterra se considera de mala educación sorber la sopa ruidosamente, pero en algunos países se considera una señal de que se está disfrutando.to eat something quicklycomer algo rápidamentegobble something up/down informalinformal to eat something very quickly, especially because you like it very much or you are greedycomer algo muy rápido, especialmente porque te gusta mucho o eres glotón: · You’ve gobbled up all the ice-cream!· ¡Te has zampado todo el helado!· The children gobbled it down in no time.· Los niños se lo zamparon en un abrir y cerrar de ojos.wolf something down informalinformal to eat food quickly, especially because you are very hungry or in a hurrycomer rápidamente, especialmente porque se tiene mucha hambre o se tiene prisa: · The boy wolfed down everything on his plate and asked for more.· El chico devoró todo lo que había en su plato y pidió más.bolt something down British English to eat food very quickly, especially because you are in a hurrycomer muy rápido, especialmente porque se tiene prisa: · He bolted down his breakfast and was out of the door within 5 minutes.· Se tragó el desayuno a toda prisa y salió por la puerta en menos de 5 minutos.· You shouldn’t bolt your food down like that.· No deberías engullir la comida así.devour /dɪˈvaʊə $ -ˈvaʊr/ especially writtenespecialmente en lenguaje escrito to eat all of something quickly because you are very hungrycomerse todo algo rápidamente porque se tiene mucha hambre: · In a very short time, the snake had devoured the whole animal.· En muy poco tiempo, la serpiente había devorado al animal entero.to eat less food or stop eatingcomer menos o dejar de comerbe on a diet to be eating less or different food than normal in order to become thinnerestar comiendo menos o diferente de lo normal para adelgazar: · No cake thanks – I’m on a diet.· No, gracias, no quiero pastel — estoy a dieta.fast to not eat for a period of time, often for religious reasonsno comer durante un período de tiempo, a menudo por razones religiosas: · Muslim people fast during the month of Ramadan.· Los musulmanes ayunan durante el mes de Ramadán.eat something ↔ away phrasal verb to gradually remove or destroy somethingeliminar o destruir algo gradualmente SYN erode: The stones are being eaten away by pollution.Las piedras están siendo corroídas por la contaminación.eat away at something/somebody phrasal verb1to gradually remove or reduce the amount of somethingeliminar o reducir gradualmente la cantidad de algo: His gambling was eating away at their income.Su adicción al juego iba mermando sus ingresos.2to make someone feel very worried over a long period of timehacer que alguien se sienta muy preocupado durante mucho tiempo: The thought of mother alone like that was eating away at her.El pensamiento de que su madre estaba sola así la atormentaba.eat in phrasal verb to eat at home instead of in a restaurantcomer en casa en vez de en un restauranteeat into something phrasal verb1to gradually reduce the amount of time, money etc that is availablereducir gradualmente la cantidad de tiempo, dinero, etc. disponible: John’s university fees have been eating into our savings.Las tasas universitarias de John han ido mermando nuestros ahorros.2to gradually damage or destroy somethingdañar o destruir algo gradualmente: Acid eats into the metal, damaging its surface.El ácido corroe el metal, dañando su superficie.eat out phrasal verb to eat in a restaurant instead of at homecomer en un restaurante en vez de en casa: Do you eat out a lot?¿Comes fuera a menudo?eat up phrasal verb1to eat all of somethingcomerse todo algo: Come on, eat up, there’s a good girl.Vamos, cómetelo todo, sé buena niña.eat something ↔ up She’s made a cake and wants us to help eat it up.Ha hecho un pastel y quiere que la ayudemos a terminarlo.2eat something ↔ up informalinformal to use a lot of something, especially until there is none leftconsumir mucho de algo, especialmente hasta que no quede nada: Big cars just eat up money.Los coches grandes simplemente devoran el dinero.3be eaten up with/by jealousy/anger/curiosity etc to be very jealous, angry etc, so that you cannot think about anything elseestar tan celoso, enojado, etc., que no puedes pensar en nada más