pickle

pepinillo, pepino encurtido

Pepino conservado en vinagre o agua salada, que se come por su sabor ácido.

En inglés sencillo: A cucumber kept in vinegar or salty water and eaten as a sour food.

• I ate a pickle.
• She added sliced pickles to her burger.
• Would you like a pickle with your sandwich?

Sinónimos: pickled cucumber, gherkin

Expresiones frecuentes: dill pickle, a crunchy pickle, pickle juice

encurtido

Verdura conservada en vinagre que acompaña otros alimentos y les aporta un sabor ácido.

En inglés sencillo: A vegetable kept in vinegar and served with other food to add a sharp taste.

• These pickles are made from carrots.
• We served mixed pickles with the meal.
• She keeps several jars of homemade pickles in the cupboard.

Sinónimos: pickled vegetable

Expresiones frecuentes: mixed pickle, spicy pickle, a homemade pickle

polla, pene

Palabra coloquial o vulgar para referirse al pene.

En inglés sencillo: A slang word for a man’s penis.

• He called his penis his pickle.
• The crude joke was about a man’s pickle.
• She laughed when he used the word pickle for his penis.

Sinónimos: penis, dick

Expresiones frecuentes: his pickle, a man’s pickle

encurtir

Conservar alimentos en vinagre, agua salada o una mezcla con azúcar para que duren más.

En inglés sencillo: To keep food in vinegar, salty water, or a sugar mixture so it lasts longer.

• We pickle our own onions.
• She pickled the carrots in salty water.
• Can you pickle these vegetables before they go bad?

Cómo se usa: pickle something in something (We pickle the cucumbers in vinegar.)

Sinónimos: preserve

Expresiones frecuentes: pickle onions, pickle vegetables, pickle in vinegar

decapar

Limpiar metal con ácido para eliminar la capa superficial dañada por el calor o el aire.

En inglés sencillo: To clean metal with acid, removing the damaged outer layer caused by heat or contact with air.

• The factory pickles steel.
• They pickled the fittings to remove surface scale.
• Wear protective clothing when you pickle metal in acid.

Cómo se usa: pickle something in acid (The workers pickle the steel in heated acid.)

Sinónimos: acid-clean

Expresiones frecuentes: pickle steel, pickle the fittings, pickle in acid