egg

huevo

Objeto ovalado producido por aves u otros animales, donde puede desarrollarse una cría y que a veces se come.

En inglés sencillo: An oval object produced by a bird or other animal, often containing a growing baby and sometimes eaten.

• There is an egg in the nest.
• The turtle laid her eggs in the sand.
• Would you like an egg for breakfast?

Expresiones frecuentes: lay an egg, bird egg, boiled egg, egg shell

huevo

Objeto ovalado que pone una gallina u otra ave parecida y que se usa como alimento.

En inglés sencillo: An oval object laid by a chicken or similar bird, used as food.

• I fried an egg for lunch.
• This cake needs two eggs.
• Would you like your egg boiled?

Sinónimos: ey, huevo, oeuf

Expresiones frecuentes: fried egg, boiled egg, egg yolk, egg sandwich

óvulo

Célula reproductora femenina que, al unirse con una masculina, puede empezar a formar un nuevo ser.

En inglés sencillo: A female reproductive cell that can begin developing into a baby after joining with a male cell.

• An egg joins with a sperm cell.
• The doctor examined the fertilized eggs.
• She decided to become an egg donor.

Sinónimos: egg cell, ovum

Expresiones frecuentes: fertilized egg, egg cell, egg donor, donor egg

huevo

Estado de una persona que todavía no se ha dado cuenta de que es trans.

En inglés sencillo: A person's state of not yet realizing that they are transgender.

• My egg cracked when I recognized my feelings about gender.
• Discovering that community helped crack her egg.
• He described his egg as years of unexplained discomfort.

Expresiones frecuentes: crack someone's egg, someone's egg cracks

lanzar huevos

Tirar huevos contra alguien o algo, normalmente para molestar o causar daños.

En inglés sencillo: To throw eggs at a person or thing, usually to upset someone or cause damage.

• Someone egged our car.
• The teenagers threatened to egg his house.
• Protesters egged the politician outside the hall.

Expresiones frecuentes: egg someone's house, egg a car, egg someone

ovalizar

Deformar un tubo redondo u otro objeto parecido para que su abertura quede ovalada.

En inglés sencillo: To change a round tube or similar object so that its opening becomes oval.

• Too much pressure can egg the tube.
• The clamp egged the thin metal pipe.
• Check whether the vise has egged the tubing.

Sinónimos: ovalize

Expresiones frecuentes: egg the tube, egg a pipe, egg the tubing