plate

plato

Recipiente casi plano en el que se sirve o se come la comida.

En inglés sencillo: A nearly flat dish that you put food on to serve or eat it.

• Put the bread on a plate.
• I washed the dirty plates after dinner.
• Could you pass me a clean plate?

Sinónimos: dish

Expresiones frecuentes: dinner plate, an empty plate, wash a plate

plato, ración

Cantidad de comida servida en un plato.

En inglés sencillo: The amount of food served on one flat dish.

• She ate a plate of pasta.
• We ordered two plates of chips.
• Would you like another plate of vegetables?

Cómo se usa: a plate of something (He ate a plate of rice.)

Sinónimos: plateful, serving

Expresiones frecuentes: plate of something, a full plate, a second plate

disco de pesas

Disco pesado con un agujero central que se coloca en una barra o máquina de ejercicio.

En inglés sencillo: A heavy round disc with a central hole, used on a bar or exercise machine.

• Add a plate to each end of the bar.
• The gym has several sizes of weight plates.
• She removed two plates before her next set.

Sinónimos: weight, weight disc

Expresiones frecuentes: weight plate, load a plate, a heavy plate

emplatar

Colocar comida cocinada en un plato para servirla.

En inglés sencillo: To put cooked food on a dish, ready to serve.

• Plate the fish and add the sauce.
• The chef plated each dessert carefully.
• We need to plate the food before the guests arrive.

Sinónimos: dish up, serve

Expresiones frecuentes: plate the food, plate a dish, plate something up

chapar, recubrir

Cubrir un objeto con una capa fina de metal.

En inglés sencillo: To cover an object with a thin layer of metal.

• They plate the rings with gold.
• The spoons were plated with silver.
• This process plates steel with a thin layer of copper.

Cómo se usa: plate something with something (They plated the handle with silver.)

Sinónimos: coat

Expresiones frecuentes: plate with gold, plate with silver, plate the surface

impulsar una carrera

En béisbol, anotar una carrera o permitir que un corredor la anote.

En inglés sencillo: In baseball, to score a run or allow a runner to score.

• His single plated a runner.
• The double plated two runs in the final inning.
• Can this batter plate the winning run?

Sinónimos: score, drive in

Expresiones frecuentes: plate a runner, plate a run, plate two runs

emitir un billete

Elegir la aerolínea a cuyo nombre se emite un billete de avión.

En inglés sencillo: To choose the airline in whose name a flight ticket is issued.

• The agent will plate the ticket today.
• These tickets were plated on a different airline.
• Which carrier should we plate this booking on?

Cómo se usa: plate a ticket on an airline (The agent plated the ticket on the main carrier.)

Expresiones frecuentes: plate a ticket, plate on something