Significado de meal en inglés
mealmeal /miːl/ noun 
Ver todas las traducciones1[countable] an occasion when you eat food, for example breakfast or dinner, or the food that you eat on that occasionocasión en que se come, por ejemplo el desayuno o la cena, o la comida que se toma en esa ocasión: 
We must have a meal together some time.Tenemos que comer juntos algún día. Dinner is the main meal of the day for most people.Para la mayoría de las personas, la cena es la comida principal del día.2[uncountable] grain that has been crushed into a powder, for making flour or animal foodgrano molido en polvo, para hacer harina o alimento para animales → bonemeal3make a meal (out) of something British English informalinformal to spend too much time or effort doing somethingdedicar demasiado tiempo o esfuerzo a hacer algo: He made a real meal out of parking the car.Hizo un mundo de la tarea de aparcar el coche.COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONESverbsverboshave a meal (=eat a meal)· We usually have our evening meal fairly early.Normalmente cenamos bastante temprano.eat a meal· When they had eaten their meal, they went out for a walk.Cuando terminaron de comer, salieron a dar un paseo.cook/make a meal (also prepare a meal formalformal)· Who cooks most of the meals?¿Quién cocina la mayoría de las veces?serve a meal· The bar serves snacks and meals.El bar sirve aperitivos y comidas.fix a meal informalinformal especially American English (=make a meal)go (out) for a meal· How about going out for a meal tonight?¿Qué tal si salimos a comer esta noche?take somebody (out) for a meal· He took Anna out for a meal and then to the theatre.La llevó a Anna a cenar y luego al teatro.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + mealADJETIVOS/SUSTANTIVO + mealan evening/midday meal· The evening meal is served at 7.30.La cena se sirve a las 7.30.the main meal· They had their main meal at lunchtime.Hicieron su comida principal a mediodía.a three-course/five-course etc meal (=a meal with several separate parts)· a three-course meal, including appetizer and dessertuna comida de tres platos, con entrada y postre incluidosa good meal (=a meal that is large enough and tastes good)· We’ll get a good meal there.Allí comeremos bien.a decent meal/a square meal (also a proper meal British English) (=with enough good food to satisfy you)· I hadn’t had a decent meal in days.Llevaba días sin comer algo decente.a big/large meal· We don’t have a big meal at lunchtime, usually just sandwiches.No hacemos una comida abundante al mediodía, normalmente solo sándwiches.a hot meal· With a hot meal inside me, I began to feel better.Con una comida caliente en el estómago, empecé a sentirme mejor.a delicious meal· ‘It was a delicious meal,’ Merrill said politely."Fue una cena deliciosa", dijo Merrill educadamente.a heavy meal (=with a lot of rich food)· A heavy meal is likely to make you feel sleepy.Es probable que una comida copiosa te dé sueño.a light meal (=with not a lot of food)· a light meal of saladuna comida ligera de ensaladaa simple meal· a simple meal of soup and breaduna comida sencilla de sopa y pana balanced meal (=with some of each type of food, to keep you healthy)· We make healthy, balanced meals for our children.Preparamos comidas sanas y equilibradas para nuestros hijos.a gourmet meal (=one with very nice and often complicated food)· The day ended with a gourmet meal in a good restaurant.El día terminó con una cena gourmet en un buen restaurante.a slap-up meal British English informalinformal (=a good meal)· Jennie cooked us a slap-up meal.Jennie nos preparó una comida de primera.a full meal (=a complete meal)· I’m not hungry enough to eat a full meal.No tengo suficiente hambre para comer una comida completa.a healthy meal· Healthy meals can still be quick and easy to prepare.Las comidas saludables también pueden ser rápidas y fáciles de preparar.a school meal (=provided by a school)· Many of the children are receiving free school meals.Muchos niños están recibiendo comidas escolares gratuitas.regular meals (=ones that are eaten at the same time each day)· Patients are advised to eat regular meals.Se aconseja a los pacientes que hagan comidas regulares.COMMON ERRORSERRORES FRECUENTES ► Don’t say ‘take a meal’. Say have a meal.THESAURUSSINÓNIMOStypes of mealtipos de comidabreakfast a meal that you eat in the morninguna comida que se toma por la mañanabrunch a meal that you eat in the late morning, instead of breakfast or lunchuna comida que se toma a media mañana, en lugar del desayuno o el almuerzolunch a meal that you eat in the middle of the dayuna comida que se toma a mediodíatea British English a meal that you eat in the afternoon or eveninguna comida que se toma por la tarde o por la nochedinner the main meal of the day, which most people eat in the eveningla comida principal del día, que la mayoría de las personas toma por la nochesupper a small meal that you eat in the evening, in British English; the main meal that you eat in the evening, in American Englishen inglés británico, una comida ligera que se toma por la noche; en inglés americano, la comida principal que se toma por la nochepicnic a meal that you eat outdoors, consisting of food that you cooked or prepared earlieruna comida que se toma al aire libre, con alimentos cocinados o preparados con antelaciónbarbecue a meal that you cook outdoors over hot coals or wood and eat outdoorsuna comida que se cocina al aire libre sobre brasas o madera y se come al aire libresnack a small amount of food that is eaten between main meals or instead of a mealpequeña cantidad de alimento que se toma entre comidas principales o en lugar de una comidaside dish food eaten with the main course, such as vegetablesalimento que se toma junto con el plato principal, como las verduras: · I’ll have the salad as a side dish.Tomaré la ensalada como acompañamiento.course one of the separate parts of a meal, such as the starter or the dessertuna de las partes separadas de una comida, como el entrante o el postre: · a three-course mealuna comida de tres platosparts of a large mealpartes de una comida de varios platoshors d'oeuvre (also starter British English, appetizer American English) the small first part of a mealla pequeña primera parte de una comida: · a tempting plate of hors d'oeuvres including olives and small pieces of roast beetrootun tentador plato de hors d'oeuvres que incluye aceitunas y pequeños trozos de remolacha asadamain course (also entrée especially American English) the main part of a meal. entrée is used especially on restaurant menusla parte principal de una comida; entrée se usa especialmente en los menús de los restaurantes: · For the main course we had cheese and onion pie.De plato principal tomamos tarta de queso y cebolla.· The menu includes a few hot entrées.El menú incluye algunos entrées calientes.dessert (also pudding British English or sweet British English) sweet food eaten at the end of a mealalimento dulce que se toma al final de una comida: · What do you want for dessert?¿Qué quieres de postre?· They serve a wide range of desserts, including ice cream and home-made apple pie.Sirven una amplia variedad de postres, incluidos helado y tarta de manzana casera.
Ver todas las traducciones1[countable] an occasion when you eat food, for example breakfast or dinner, or the food that you eat on that occasionocasión en que se come, por ejemplo el desayuno o la cena, o la comida que se toma en esa ocasión: We must have a meal together some time.Tenemos que comer juntos algún día. Dinner is the main meal of the day for most people.Para la mayoría de las personas, la cena es la comida principal del día.2[uncountable] grain that has been crushed into a powder, for making flour or animal foodgrano molido en polvo, para hacer harina o alimento para animales → bonemeal3make a meal (out) of something British English informalinformal to spend too much time or effort doing somethingdedicar demasiado tiempo o esfuerzo a hacer algo: He made a real meal out of parking the car.Hizo un mundo de la tarea de aparcar el coche.COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONESverbsverboshave a meal (=eat a meal)· We usually have our evening meal fairly early.Normalmente cenamos bastante temprano.eat a meal· When they had eaten their meal, they went out for a walk.Cuando terminaron de comer, salieron a dar un paseo.cook/make a meal (also prepare a meal formalformal)· Who cooks most of the meals?¿Quién cocina la mayoría de las veces?serve a meal· The bar serves snacks and meals.El bar sirve aperitivos y comidas.fix a meal informalinformal especially American English (=make a meal)go (out) for a meal· How about going out for a meal tonight?¿Qué tal si salimos a comer esta noche?take somebody (out) for a meal· He took Anna out for a meal and then to the theatre.La llevó a Anna a cenar y luego al teatro.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + mealADJETIVOS/SUSTANTIVO + mealan evening/midday meal· The evening meal is served at 7.30.La cena se sirve a las 7.30.the main meal· They had their main meal at lunchtime.Hicieron su comida principal a mediodía.a three-course/five-course etc meal (=a meal with several separate parts)· a three-course meal, including appetizer and dessertuna comida de tres platos, con entrada y postre incluidosa good meal (=a meal that is large enough and tastes good)· We’ll get a good meal there.Allí comeremos bien.a decent meal/a square meal (also a proper meal British English) (=with enough good food to satisfy you)· I hadn’t had a decent meal in days.Llevaba días sin comer algo decente.a big/large meal· We don’t have a big meal at lunchtime, usually just sandwiches.No hacemos una comida abundante al mediodía, normalmente solo sándwiches.a hot meal· With a hot meal inside me, I began to feel better.Con una comida caliente en el estómago, empecé a sentirme mejor.a delicious meal· ‘It was a delicious meal,’ Merrill said politely."Fue una cena deliciosa", dijo Merrill educadamente.a heavy meal (=with a lot of rich food)· A heavy meal is likely to make you feel sleepy.Es probable que una comida copiosa te dé sueño.a light meal (=with not a lot of food)· a light meal of saladuna comida ligera de ensaladaa simple meal· a simple meal of soup and breaduna comida sencilla de sopa y pana balanced meal (=with some of each type of food, to keep you healthy)· We make healthy, balanced meals for our children.Preparamos comidas sanas y equilibradas para nuestros hijos.a gourmet meal (=one with very nice and often complicated food)· The day ended with a gourmet meal in a good restaurant.El día terminó con una cena gourmet en un buen restaurante.a slap-up meal British English informalinformal (=a good meal)· Jennie cooked us a slap-up meal.Jennie nos preparó una comida de primera.a full meal (=a complete meal)· I’m not hungry enough to eat a full meal.No tengo suficiente hambre para comer una comida completa.a healthy meal· Healthy meals can still be quick and easy to prepare.Las comidas saludables también pueden ser rápidas y fáciles de preparar.a school meal (=provided by a school)· Many of the children are receiving free school meals.Muchos niños están recibiendo comidas escolares gratuitas.regular meals (=ones that are eaten at the same time each day)· Patients are advised to eat regular meals.Se aconseja a los pacientes que hagan comidas regulares.COMMON ERRORSERRORES FRECUENTES ► Don’t say ‘take a meal’. Say have a meal.THESAURUSSINÓNIMOStypes of mealtipos de comidabreakfast a meal that you eat in the morninguna comida que se toma por la mañanabrunch a meal that you eat in the late morning, instead of breakfast or lunchuna comida que se toma a media mañana, en lugar del desayuno o el almuerzolunch a meal that you eat in the middle of the dayuna comida que se toma a mediodíatea British English a meal that you eat in the afternoon or eveninguna comida que se toma por la tarde o por la nochedinner the main meal of the day, which most people eat in the eveningla comida principal del día, que la mayoría de las personas toma por la nochesupper a small meal that you eat in the evening, in British English; the main meal that you eat in the evening, in American Englishen inglés británico, una comida ligera que se toma por la noche; en inglés americano, la comida principal que se toma por la nochepicnic a meal that you eat outdoors, consisting of food that you cooked or prepared earlieruna comida que se toma al aire libre, con alimentos cocinados o preparados con antelaciónbarbecue a meal that you cook outdoors over hot coals or wood and eat outdoorsuna comida que se cocina al aire libre sobre brasas o madera y se come al aire libresnack a small amount of food that is eaten between main meals or instead of a mealpequeña cantidad de alimento que se toma entre comidas principales o en lugar de una comidaside dish food eaten with the main course, such as vegetablesalimento que se toma junto con el plato principal, como las verduras: · I’ll have the salad as a side dish.Tomaré la ensalada como acompañamiento.course one of the separate parts of a meal, such as the starter or the dessertuna de las partes separadas de una comida, como el entrante o el postre: · a three-course mealuna comida de tres platosparts of a large mealpartes de una comida de varios platoshors d'oeuvre (also starter British English, appetizer American English) the small first part of a mealla pequeña primera parte de una comida: · a tempting plate of hors d'oeuvres including olives and small pieces of roast beetrootun tentador plato de hors d'oeuvres que incluye aceitunas y pequeños trozos de remolacha asadamain course (also entrée especially American English) the main part of a meal. entrée is used especially on restaurant menusla parte principal de una comida; entrée se usa especialmente en los menús de los restaurantes: · For the main course we had cheese and onion pie.De plato principal tomamos tarta de queso y cebolla.· The menu includes a few hot entrées.El menú incluye algunos entrées calientes.dessert (also pudding British English or sweet British English) sweet food eaten at the end of a mealalimento dulce que se toma al final de una comida: · What do you want for dessert?¿Qué quieres de postre?· They serve a wide range of desserts, including ice cream and home-made apple pie.Sirven una amplia variedad de postres, incluidos helado y tarta de manzana casera.