prey

presa

Animal que otro animal caza para alimentarse.

En inglés sencillo: An animal that another animal hunts and eats.

• The owl caught its prey.
• Small fish are prey for larger fish.
• A lion watches its prey before attacking.

Antónimos: predator

Expresiones frecuentes: catch prey, birds of prey, prey animal, prey for someone

víctima

Persona que sufre una enfermedad, presentada como si esta la hubiera atrapado.

En inglés sencillo: A person who suffers from a disease, described as if the disease were hunting them.

• He became prey to a fever.
• The illness found easy prey among the weakened villagers.
• She was prey to repeated infections throughout the winter.

Cómo se usa: become prey to a disease (The exhausted travelers became prey to malaria.)

Sinónimos: victim

Expresiones frecuentes: prey to disease, prey of something, become prey to something

depredar, cazar

Cazar y comer otros animales para alimentarse.

En inglés sencillo: To hunt and eat other animals.

• Owls prey on mice.
• The larger fish preyed on smaller ones.
• Which animals prey on these insects?

Cómo se usa: prey on/upon something (These spiders prey on small insects.)

Sinónimos: hunt

Expresiones frecuentes: prey on something, prey upon something