Significado de meat en inglés
meatmeat /miːt/ noun 
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[countable, uncountable] the flesh of animals and birds eaten as foodcarne de animales y aves que se consume como alimento: 
I gave up eating meat a few months ago.Dejé de comer carne hace unos meses. raw meatcarne cruda a meat pieun pastel de carne a selection of cold meatsuna selección de fiambresred meat (=a dark-coloured meat, for example beef)(=carne de color oscuro, por ejemplo la carne de res)white meat (=meat that is pale in colour, for example chicken)(=carne de color claro, por ejemplo el pollo)2[uncountable] something interesting or important in a talk, book, film etcalgo interesante o importante en un discurso, libro, película, etc.: There’s no meat to their arguments.Sus argumentos no tienen ninguna sustancia. We then got down to the real meat of the debate (=the main and most interesting part of it).Luego pasamos a la verdadera sustancia del debate (=la parte principal y más interesante del mismo).3somebody doesn’t have much meat on him/her British English, need some (more) meat on your bones American English informalinformal used to say that someone looks very thinse usa para decir que alguien parece muy delgado4one man’s meat is another man’s poison used to say that something that one person likes may not be liked by someone elsese usa para decir que lo que le gusta a una persona puede no gustarle a otra5be easy meat British English informalinformal if someone is easy meat, they are easy to defeat, deceive, or hurtsi alguien es easy meat, significa que es fácil de vencer, engañar o hacerle dañomeat for San Marino should be easy meat for England in next week’s match.San Marino debería ser presa fácil para Inglaterra en el partido de la semana que viene.6the meat and potatoes American English informalinformal the most important or basic parts of a discussion, decision, piece of work etclas partes más importantes o básicas de una discusión, decisión, trabajo, etc.: Let’s get down to the meat and potatoes. How much are you going to pay me for this?Vayamos a lo que importa. ¿Cuánto me vas a pagar por esto?7be meat and drink to somebody British English to be something that someone enjoys doing or finds very easy to do because they have done it many times beforeser algo que alguien disfruta hacer o que le resulta muy fácil porque lo ha hecho muchas veces antes: The first five questions in the quiz were about football, which was meat and drink to Brian.Las primeras cinco preguntas del concurso eran sobre fútbol, lo cual era pan comido para Brian.COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONESverbsverboseat meat· I don't eat meat - I'm vegetarian.· No como carne; soy vegetariano.· People are eating less meat these days.· Hoy en día la gente come menos carne.have meat in it (=contain meat)· Does this stew have meat in it?· ¿Este guiso lleva carne?adjectivesadjetivosraw (=not cooked)· The dogs are fed on raw meat.· A los perros se les alimenta con carne cruda.cooked· How will I know when the meat is cooked?· ¿Cómo sabré cuándo la carne está cocida?undercooked (=not cooked enough)· Eating undercooked meat can make you very ill.· Comer carne poco cocinada puede provocarte una enfermedad grave.tough (=difficult to chew)· The meat was tough and chewy.· La carne estaba dura y correosa.lean (=with little fat)· Try to eat more lean meat, fish and chicken.· Trata de comer más carne magra, pescado y pollo.fatty (=with a lot of fat)· People are being urged to eat less fatty meat.· Se está instando a la gente a que consuma menos carne grasa.red meat (=a dark-coloured meat such as beef)· For health reasons, you should eat less red meat.· Por razones de salud, deberías comer menos carne roja.white meat (=a light-coloured meat such as chicken)· White meat is supposed to be healthier.· Se supone que la carne blanca es más saludable.phrasesfrasesa joint of meat British English (=a large piece of meat, sometimes containing a bone)· He began to carve the joint of meat.· Empezó a trinchar la pieza de carne.a cut of meat (=a joint of meat taken from a particular part of an animal)· Cheaper cuts of meat can be tough.· Los cortes de carne más baratos pueden estar duros.a slice of meat (=a thin piece of meat cut from a larger piece)· He helped himself to another slice of meat.· Se sirvió otra tajada de carne.
Ver todas las traducciones1 [countable, uncountable] the flesh of animals and birds eaten as foodcarne de animales y aves que se consume como alimento: I gave up eating meat a few months ago.Dejé de comer carne hace unos meses. raw meatcarne cruda a meat pieun pastel de carne a selection of cold meatsuna selección de fiambresred meat (=a dark-coloured meat, for example beef)(=carne de color oscuro, por ejemplo la carne de res)white meat (=meat that is pale in colour, for example chicken)(=carne de color claro, por ejemplo el pollo)2[uncountable] something interesting or important in a talk, book, film etcalgo interesante o importante en un discurso, libro, película, etc.: There’s no meat to their arguments.Sus argumentos no tienen ninguna sustancia. We then got down to the real meat of the debate (=the main and most interesting part of it).Luego pasamos a la verdadera sustancia del debate (=la parte principal y más interesante del mismo).3somebody doesn’t have much meat on him/her British English, need some (more) meat on your bones American English informalinformal used to say that someone looks very thinse usa para decir que alguien parece muy delgado4one man’s meat is another man’s poison used to say that something that one person likes may not be liked by someone elsese usa para decir que lo que le gusta a una persona puede no gustarle a otra5be easy meat British English informalinformal if someone is easy meat, they are easy to defeat, deceive, or hurtsi alguien es easy meat, significa que es fácil de vencer, engañar o hacerle dañomeat for San Marino should be easy meat for England in next week’s match.San Marino debería ser presa fácil para Inglaterra en el partido de la semana que viene.6the meat and potatoes American English informalinformal the most important or basic parts of a discussion, decision, piece of work etclas partes más importantes o básicas de una discusión, decisión, trabajo, etc.: Let’s get down to the meat and potatoes. How much are you going to pay me for this?Vayamos a lo que importa. ¿Cuánto me vas a pagar por esto?7be meat and drink to somebody British English to be something that someone enjoys doing or finds very easy to do because they have done it many times beforeser algo que alguien disfruta hacer o que le resulta muy fácil porque lo ha hecho muchas veces antes: The first five questions in the quiz were about football, which was meat and drink to Brian.Las primeras cinco preguntas del concurso eran sobre fútbol, lo cual era pan comido para Brian.COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONESverbsverboseat meat· I don't eat meat - I'm vegetarian.· No como carne; soy vegetariano.· People are eating less meat these days.· Hoy en día la gente come menos carne.have meat in it (=contain meat)· Does this stew have meat in it?· ¿Este guiso lleva carne?adjectivesadjetivosraw (=not cooked)· The dogs are fed on raw meat.· A los perros se les alimenta con carne cruda.cooked· How will I know when the meat is cooked?· ¿Cómo sabré cuándo la carne está cocida?undercooked (=not cooked enough)· Eating undercooked meat can make you very ill.· Comer carne poco cocinada puede provocarte una enfermedad grave.tough (=difficult to chew)· The meat was tough and chewy.· La carne estaba dura y correosa.lean (=with little fat)· Try to eat more lean meat, fish and chicken.· Trata de comer más carne magra, pescado y pollo.fatty (=with a lot of fat)· People are being urged to eat less fatty meat.· Se está instando a la gente a que consuma menos carne grasa.red meat (=a dark-coloured meat such as beef)· For health reasons, you should eat less red meat.· Por razones de salud, deberías comer menos carne roja.white meat (=a light-coloured meat such as chicken)· White meat is supposed to be healthier.· Se supone que la carne blanca es más saludable.phrasesfrasesa joint of meat British English (=a large piece of meat, sometimes containing a bone)· He began to carve the joint of meat.· Empezó a trinchar la pieza de carne.a cut of meat (=a joint of meat taken from a particular part of an animal)· Cheaper cuts of meat can be tough.· Los cortes de carne más baratos pueden estar duros.a slice of meat (=a thin piece of meat cut from a larger piece)· He helped himself to another slice of meat.· Se sirvió otra tajada de carne.