cocktail

cóctel

Bebida alcohólica preparada mezclando un licor fuerte con otras bebidas o ingredientes.

En inglés sencillo: An alcoholic drink made by mixing a strong alcoholic drink with other drinks or ingredients.

• She ordered a cocktail at the bar.
• These cocktails contain rum and pineapple juice.
• Would you like a cocktail before dinner?

Sinónimos: mixed drink

Expresiones frecuentes: order a cocktail, cocktail bar, cocktail glass

mezcla, cóctel

Combinación de cosas distintas, a menudo con un efecto fuerte o perjudicial.

En inglés sencillo: A mixture of different things, often one with a strong or harmful effect.

• The water contained a cocktail of chemicals.
• Doctors used a drug cocktail to treat him.
• Fear and anger created a dangerous cocktail.

Cómo se usa: cocktail of something (The river carried a cocktail of harmful substances.)

Sinónimos: mixture, mix, blend

Expresiones frecuentes: cocktail of drugs, toxic cocktail, dangerous cocktail

invitar a cócteles

Pagar cócteles a alguien para agasajarlo.

En inglés sencillo: To buy someone mixed alcoholic drinks as a way of entertaining them.

• The host cocktailed his guests before dinner.
• He plans to cocktail the visitors at the hotel bar.
• They dined and cocktailed us throughout our visit.

Expresiones frecuentes: cocktail someone, cocktail the guests