recipe

receta

Instrucciones que indican los ingredientes y los pasos para preparar un plato.

En inglés sencillo: Instructions telling you which foods to use and how to prepare a dish.

• This recipe is easy.
• I followed my mother's recipe for bread.
• Where do you find new recipes?

Cómo se usa: a recipe for something (Do you have a recipe for tomato soup?)

Expresiones frecuentes: recipe for something, follow a recipe, cake recipe, easy recipe

fórmula, receta

Manera de actuar o combinación de circunstancias que lleva a un resultado determinado.

En inglés sencillo: A way of doing things, or a combination of conditions, that leads to a particular result.

• Hard work is her recipe for success.
• Driving too fast in fog is a recipe for disaster.
• There is no single recipe for happiness.

Cómo se usa: a recipe for something (Poor planning is a recipe for failure.)

Sinónimos: formula, method

Expresiones frecuentes: recipe for success, recipe for disaster, recipe for trouble