devorar

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Translation of devorar from Spanish into English

Verb

1.
  • He couldn't wait to dig into his steak..No podía esperar para devorar su bistec.
2.
comer con entusiasmo
  • He munched his sandwich happily during lunch.Él devoró su sándwich felizmente durante el almuerzo.
3.
consumo completo
  • He managed to polish off the entire cake alone..Él logró devorar todo el pastel solo.
4.
consumo rápido, consumo de recursos
  • He guzzled the soda in seconds.Él devoró la soda en segundos.
  • The old car guzzles a lot of fuel.El coche viejo devora mucho combustible.
5.
comer, lectura
  • He devoured his dinner in minutes.Él devoró su cena en minutos.
  • She devoured the novel in one sitting.Ella devoró la novela de una sola vez.
6.
comer
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  • He scarfed down his lunch before the meeting.Devoró su almuerzo antes de la reunión.
7.
comer rápido
  • He wolfed down his lunch in two minutes.Él devoró su almuerzo en dos minutos.
8.
comunicación
  • She licked up all the compliments with a smile.Ella devoró todos los cumplidos con una sonrisa.
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Expressions with devorar: translations and examples in English

devorar con cucharav.
She ate up the story with a spoon, fascinated by every detail.
The CEO was known to eat his young to stay on top.
In politics, some leaders eat their young to maintain power.
She galloped through a book in one evening.
He was so hungry he could swallow the lot!
He devoured the painting with his eyes, captivated by its beauty.

Synonyms and analogies of devorar in Spanish

Other examples with devorar

The old car guzzles a lot of fuel.
El coche viejo devora mucho combustible.
The flames devoured the entire building.
Las llamas devoraron todo el edificio.
He was devoured by his obsession with the game.
Él estaba absorto por su obsesión con el juego.
The project gobbled up all our budget quickly..
El proyecto devoró todo nuestro presupuesto rápidamente.
She gulped up every detail of the story.
Ella absorbió cada detalle de la historia.
The children ate up the storyteller's every word..
Los niños se tragaron cada palabra del narrador.

Translations of "devorar" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Verb
devourv.

Los niños estaban emocionados por devorar sus hamburguesas en el picnic.

The children were excited to devour their patties at the picnic.

eatv.

Los medios van a devorar vivo al político después de ese error vergonzoso.

The media will eat the politician alive after that embarrassing mistake.

consumev.

Las fauces del dragón eran tan grandes que podían devorar fácilmente una oveja entera.

The dragon's maw was so large that it could easily consume a whole sheep.

eat upv.

Mi hermano puede devorar una bolsa entera de papas fritas de una sentada.

My brother can eat up a whole bag of chips in one sitting.

wolfv.

Lo vio devorar su desayuno mientras salía corriendo por la puerta.

She watched him wolf his breakfast while rushing out the door.

gobble upv.

Al gato le gusta devorar su comida de un solo bocado.

The cat likes to gobble up its food in one swift motion.

wolf downv.

El equipo se reunió para devorar la pizza después de un juego exitoso.

The team gathered to wolf down the pizza after a successful game.

gobblev.

Su rápida manera de devorar en el picnic indicaba que el plato principal estaba muy sabroso.

Their fast gobble at the picnic signaled that the main dish was very tasty.

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Other translations for devorar:

  • tear throughv.
  • shovel inv.
  • tuckv.
  • munchv.
  • gobble downv.
  • squat and gobblev.

devorar: Examples and translations in context

Se convirtió en un diccionario andante tras años de devorar novelas y crucigramas.

She became a walking dictionary after years of devouring novels and crosswords.

A su mascota le encanta devorar su comida cada mañana sin falta.

His pet loves to devour its chow every morning without fail.

La cerca esbelta apenas mantenía a los conejos alejados de devorar el jardín.

The spindly fence barely kept the rabbits from devouring the garden.

Al ver las llamas devorar su casa, perdieron toda esperanza de salvar algo.

Watching the flames devour their home, they abandoned all hope of saving anything.

Su expresión satisfecha era evidencia de la gran pizza que acababa de devorar.

His sated expression was evidence of the large pizza he had just devoured.

La panadería es famosa por sus delicias de chocolate que todos adoran devorar.

The bakery is famous for its chocolate goodies that everyone loves to devour.

Su repentino ataque de gula lo llevó a devorar una bolsa entera de galletas.

His sudden snack attack led him to devour an entire bag of cookies.

El vientre del perro parecía abultarse después de devorar su cena demasiado rápido.

The dog's belly seemed to pooch after he devoured his dinner too quickly.

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