cake

torta

Dolce cotto al forno con ingredienti come farina, uova e zucchero, spesso servito durante le feste.

In inglese semplice: A sweet food baked from ingredients such as flour, eggs, and sugar, often served at celebrations.

• I made a chocolate cake.
• We shared two slices of cake.
• Who baked the birthday cake?

Sinonimi: gateau

Espressioni comuni: birthday cake, chocolate cake, slice of cake

gioco da ragazzi

In «a piece of cake», qualcosa di molto facile da fare.

In inglese semplice: In “a piece of cake,” something that is very easy to do.

• The test was a piece of cake.
• Fixing this bike will be a piece of cake.
• Was the interview a piece of cake?

Sinonimi: breeze, cinch

Espressioni comuni: piece of cake, a piece of cake

polpetta, galletta

Piccola porzione di cibo, solitamente rotonda e piatta, ottenuta pressando insieme gli ingredienti.

In inglese semplice: A small, usually round, flat piece of food made by pressing ingredients together.

• She ate a rice cake.
• The fish cakes came with salad.
• Press the potato mixture into small cakes.

Sinonimi: patty

Espressioni comuni: rice cake, fish cake, potato cake

pancake, frittella

Cibo piatto e rotondo ottenuto cuocendo in padella una pastella di farina e altri ingredienti.

In inglese semplice: A flat, round food made by cooking a liquid mixture of flour and other ingredients in a pan.

• He served a hot buckwheat cake.
• We ate cakes with butter and syrup.
• Turn each cake when bubbles appear.

Sinonimi: pancake, griddlecake

Espressioni comuni: buckwheat cake, griddle cake

blocco, panetto

Pezzo solido di una sostanza, come sapone o ghiaccio.

In inglese semplice: A solid piece of a substance, such as soap or ice.

• He bought a cake of soap.
• Cakes of ice floated down the river.
• She wrapped each cake of soap in paper.

Sinonimi: block, bar

Espressioni comuni: cake of soap, cake of ice

focaccina, pane azzimo

Piccolo pane cotto al forno, spesso piatto e preparato senza ingredienti che facciano lievitare l’impasto.

In inglese semplice: A small piece of baked bread, often flat and made without ingredients that help it rise.

• She baked a small oatmeal cake.
• They shared cakes of unleavened bread.
• A warm cake lay beside the hearth.

Sinonimi: flatbread

Espressioni comuni: oatmeal cake, unleavened cake

incrostare, ricoprire

Ricoprire qualcosa con uno strato spesso di materiale che si secca o indurisce.

In inglese semplice: To cover something with a thick layer of material that becomes dry or hard.

• Dried mud can cake your boots.
• Blood had caked his sleeve.
• Dust cakes the windows during the dry season.

Come si usa: be caked with something (Her shoes were caked with mud.)

Sinonimi: coat, encrust

Espressioni comuni: cake something with mud, cake the surface