corn

maíz

Cereal de granos grandes, generalmente amarillos, que se comen cocidos o molidos para hacer harina.

En inglés sencillo: A food grain with large, usually yellow seeds, often eaten cooked or ground into flour.

• We ate corn with dinner.
• She added corn to the soup.
• Would you like butter on your corn?

Sinónimos: maize

Expresiones frecuentes: sweet corn, corn on something, corn flour

maíz

Planta alta que produce granos grandes y amarillos usados como alimento.

En inglés sencillo: A tall plant that produces large yellow seeds used as food.

• We planted corn this spring.
• The corn grew taller than the fence.
• Farmers harvest corn in the autumn.

Sinónimos: maize

Expresiones frecuentes: grow corn, corn field, plant corn

callo

Zona pequeña de piel gruesa y dura, a menudo dolorosa, que suele aparecer en un dedo del pie o el pie.

En inglés sencillo: A small, hard, often painful area of thick skin, usually on a toe or foot.

• This corn hurts when I walk.
• Tight shoes can cause corns.
• She had a corn removed from her toe.

Cómo se usa: a corn on something (I have a corn on my little toe.)

Sinónimos: clavus

Expresiones frecuentes: painful corn, corn plaster, corn on something

grano, cereal

Granos cultivados como alimento, como el trigo, la cebada o la avena.

En inglés sencillo: Grain grown for food, such as wheat, barley, or oats.

• The farmer sold his corn.
• The mill turns corn into flour.
• Rain damaged the corn harvest.

Sinónimos: grain, cereal

Expresiones frecuentes: corn harvest, corn merchant, corn mill

granular

Convertir una sustancia en pequeños granos.

En inglés sencillo: To make a substance into small grains.

• The workers corn the powder.
• The mixture was corned before drying.
• They corned the gunpowder into evenly sized grains.

Cómo se usa: corn something (Workers corned the damp gunpowder.)

Sinónimos: granulate

Expresiones frecuentes: corn gunpowder, corn the mixture

alimentar con grano

Dar grano a un animal para que lo coma.

En inglés sencillo: To give an animal grain to eat.

• They corn the horses every morning.
• The farmer corned his cattle before sunrise.
• Who will corn the animals tonight?

Sinónimos: feed

Expresiones frecuentes: corn the horses, corn the cattle