Spanish Dictionary: translation of plato


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audio pla·to

m.
  1. plate, dish
    plato sopero soup dish
  2. (contenido) plateful, dish
  3. (comida) dish
    es un plato típico de los argentinos it is a typical Argentine dish
  4. course
    plato fuerte main course
  5. (de la balanza) pan, scale
  6. mechanics plate, disk
  7. architecture gutta
  8. figurative (chisme) subject of gossip

Idioms:
comer en un mismo plato
figurative, colloquial to be close friends
pagar los platos rotos
figurative to pay the consequences
no haber quebrado un plato
figurative to be innocent
plato de segunda mesa
figurative second fiddle
plato giratorio
turntable
ser plato del gusto de uno
colloquial to be one's cup of tea
Inflected Forms: platos - masc

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