- chew
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verb(to break (food etc) with the teeth before swallowing: If you chew your food properly it is easier to digest.)chew vb masticarchewtr[ʧʊː]transitive verb1 (food) mascar, masticar; (nails, pencil) morder; (gum, tobacco) mascarnoun1 (of tobacco) mascada; (sweet) caramelo\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto chew something over darle vueltas a algoto chew the cud rumiarchew ['ʧu:] vt: masticar, mascarchew n: algo que se masca (como tabaco)chew (s.o.) outexpr.• regañar v.• reñir v.v.• manducar v.• mascar v.• masticar v.• moler v.tʃuː
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transitive verb \<\<food\>\> mascar*, masticar*; \<\<nails/pencil\>\> morder*; \<\<tobacco/gum\>\> mascar*to chew the fat o rag — (colloq) charlar or (esp AmL) conversar or (AmC, Méx) platicar*
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vito chew AT/ON something — mordiscar* algo, mordisquear algo
Phrasal Verbs:- chew out- chew up[tʃuː]1. N1) (=action)to give sth a chew — masticar algo
2) (Brit) (=sweet) caramelo m masticable; (=dog treat) golosina f para perros2.VT [+ food etc] mascar, masticarthe goats had chewed off all the flower heads — las cabras se habían comido todas las flores
- chew sb's ass- chew the fat or rag- chew on- chew out- chew up* * *[tʃuː]
1.
transitive verb \<\<food\>\> mascar*, masticar*; \<\<nails/pencil\>\> morder*; \<\<tobacco/gum\>\> mascar*to chew the fat o rag — (colloq) charlar or (esp AmL) conversar or (AmC, Méx) platicar*
2.
vito chew AT/ON something — mordiscar* algo, mordisquear algo
Phrasal Verbs:- chew out- chew up
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.