dill

eneldo

Planta de hojas verdes finas y semillas muy aromáticas que se usa para dar sabor a la comida.

En inglés sencillo: A plant with thin green leaves and strongly scented seeds, used to add flavour to food.

• Add some dill to the sauce.
• She grows dill in her garden.
• Fresh dill tastes good with salmon.

Sinónimos: anet, dillseed

Expresiones frecuentes: fresh dill, dill seeds, chopped dill

pepinillo al eneldo

Pepino conservado en vinagre o agua salada y aromatizado con eneldo.

En inglés sencillo: A cucumber kept in vinegar or salty water and flavoured with a strongly scented herb.

• He ate a dill with his sandwich.
• The jar held several large dills.
• Would you like a sliced dill on your burger?

Sinónimos: dill pickle

Expresiones frecuentes: a crunchy dill, a jar of dills

tonto, idiota

Persona que actúa con poco juicio o hace tonterías.

En inglés sencillo: A foolish person.

• Don’t be such a dill.
• I felt like a dill after forgetting my keys.
• Those dills painted the wrong wall.

Sinónimos: fool, idiot

Expresiones frecuentes: a complete dill, such a dill

sazonar con eneldo

Cocinar un alimento con eneldo o añadirle esta hierba para darle sabor.

En inglés sencillo: To cook or flavour food with the herb whose thin leaves and seeds have a strong smell.

• Dill the fish before serving it.
• She dilled the potatoes with herbs from her garden.
• We usually dill the cucumbers before putting them in jars.

Expresiones frecuentes: dill the fish, dill some potatoes

calmar, aliviar

Hacer que alguien se tranquilice o que disminuyan su dolor o preocupación.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone feel calmer or reduce their pain or worry.

• Her gentle voice dilled his fears.
• Nothing could dill the child’s pain.
• He tried to dill her grief with kind words.

Sinónimos: soothe, calm, ease

Antónimos: agitate

Expresiones frecuentes: dill someone’s pain, dill someone’s fears