pap

gachas de maíz

Gachas espesas, normalmente hechas con harina de maíz, que se comen en el sur de África.

En inglés sencillo: A thick porridge, usually made from corn flour and eaten in southern Africa.

• We ate pap with grilled meat.
• She stirred the pap until it was thick.
• Is there any pap left in the pot?

Sinónimos: porridge

Expresiones frecuentes: maize pap, pap and wors, stiff pap

papilla

Comida blanda y húmeda, especialmente la que se da a los bebés.

En inglés sencillo: Soft, wet food, especially food given to babies.

• The baby ate some pap.
• She made pap by soaking bread in warm milk.
• He fed the child a spoonful of pap.

Sinónimos: gruel

Expresiones frecuentes: bread pap, feed someone pap, bowl of pap

tonterías, basura

Ideas, textos o entretenimiento que se consideran tontos, aburridos o sin valor.

En inglés sencillo: Ideas, writing, or entertainment that seem silly, boring, or without value.

• That film was sentimental pap.
• He dismissed the article as political pap.
• Why do they keep showing this pap on television?

Sinónimos: drivel, rubbish, nonsense

Expresiones frecuentes: sentimental pap, commercial pap, worthless pap

papilla de cereales fermentados

Papilla de cereales fermentados hasta adquirir un sabor ligeramente ácido, común en África occidental.

En inglés sencillo: A soft food made from grain left to develop a slightly sour taste, common in West Africa.

• She served pap for breakfast.
• This pap was made from fermented millet.
• He added milk to his warm pap.

Sinónimos: ogi, akamu

Expresiones frecuentes: fermented pap, millet pap, pap for breakfast

fotografiar a escondidas

Fotografiar a alguien, normalmente una persona famosa, sin su permiso y a menudo a escondidas.

En inglés sencillo: To photograph someone, usually a famous person, without their permission, often secretly.

• They tried to pap the singer.
• She was papped outside a restaurant last night.
• Photographers waited by the hotel to pap arriving stars.

Sinónimos: photograph, snap

Expresiones frecuentes: pap a celebrity, pap someone outside

débil, flojo

Que carece de fuerza o consistencia.

En inglés sencillo: Weak or lacking strength and substance.

• My legs felt pap after the climb.
• He offered a pap excuse for his absence.
• By evening, she was too pap to continue.

Sinónimos: weak, feeble

Antónimos: strong

Expresiones frecuentes: pap legs, pap argument, feel pap

pusilánime, falto de carácter

Que carece de valor, determinación o firmeza de carácter.

En inglés sencillo: Lacking courage, determination, or a strong character.

• He is too pap to argue.
• They complained about their pap leader.
• She found his pap personality frustrating.

Sinónimos: spineless, weak

Expresiones frecuentes: pap personality, pap leader

desinflado

Que ha perdido el aire y se ha quedado aplastado, especialmente un neumático.

En inglés sencillo: Having lost air and become flat, especially a tyre.

• The back tyre is pap.
• A puncture made the wheel go pap.
• We could not drive with two pap tyres.

Sinónimos: flat, deflated

Antónimos: inflated

Expresiones frecuentes: pap tyre, go pap