roast

asar

Cocinar alimentos al horno o sobre el fuego, normalmente sin líquido y sin taparlos.

En inglés sencillo: To cook food in an oven or over a fire, usually without liquid or a cover.

• Roast the potatoes for an hour.
• She roasted a chicken for dinner.
• You can roast these vegetables together in one tray.

Cómo se usa: roast something in something (Roast the chicken in a hot oven.); roast something over something (We roasted the meat over an open fire.)

Expresiones frecuentes: roast a chicken, roast potatoes, roast in something

reprender, poner verde

Criticar o reprender a alguien con mucha dureza, a menudo delante de otras personas.

En inglés sencillo: To criticize someone very harshly, often in front of other people.

• The boss roasted me.
• She roasted him for losing the keys again.
• The coach roasted the players after their poor performance.

Cómo se usa: roast someone for something (The manager roasted us for missing the deadline.)

Sinónimos: scold, tell off, berate

Antónimos: praise

Expresiones frecuentes: roast someone, roast someone for something

tostar

Calentar y secar algo, normalmente para desarrollar su sabor o prepararlo para su uso.

En inglés sencillo: To heat and dry something, often to develop its flavor or prepare it for use.

• They roast their own coffee beans.
• She roasted the nuts until they smelled sweet.
• These beans were roasted yesterday.

Expresiones frecuentes: roast coffee beans, roast nuts, roast cocoa beans

asar en las brasas

Cocinar alimentos metiéndolos entre cenizas calientes, brasas u otros materiales calentados.

En inglés sencillo: To cook food by putting it among hot ashes, glowing pieces of wood, or other heated material.

• We roasted potatoes in the ashes.
• They roast the roots in hot sand.
• The campers roasted their food among the glowing embers.

Cómo se usa: roast something in something (They roasted the potatoes in hot ashes.)

Expresiones frecuentes: roast in ashes, roast in embers, roast a potato

asado

Trozo grande de carne cocinado al horno o preparado para cocinarse así.

En inglés sencillo: A large piece of meat that is cooked, or ready to be cooked, in an oven.

• The roast is ready.
• She bought a pork roast from the butcher.
• He carved the roast into thick slices.

Sinónimos: joint

Expresiones frecuentes: beef roast, pork roast, carve a roast

comida de asado

Comida preparada al horno, normalmente con carne, patatas y verduras.

En inglés sencillo: A meal of food cooked in an oven, usually meat with potatoes and vegetables.

• We had a roast for lunch.
• My mother makes a Sunday roast every week.
• Would you like gravy with your roast?

Sinónimos: roast dinner

Expresiones frecuentes: Sunday roast, a roast dinner, have a roast

grado de tueste, tueste

Medida de cuánto se ha tostado algo, especialmente los granos de café.

En inglés sencillo: The amount of heating used to prepare something, especially coffee beans.

• I prefer a dark roast.
• This light roast has a fruity flavor.
• These beans have a darker roast than our usual coffee.

Sinónimos: roasting level

Expresiones frecuentes: dark roast, light roast, medium roast

barbacoa

Reunión en la que se cocina sobre el fuego y se come en compañía.

En inglés sencillo: A social gathering where people cook food over a fire and eat it together.

• We held a corn roast.
• Friends gathered around the fire for a wiener roast.
• The club’s annual roast takes place by the lake.

Sinónimos: cookout

Expresiones frecuentes: wiener roast, corn roast, host a roast