fry
gb/fɹˈaɪ/ us/fɹˈaɪ/
A1
Inglés
~ 2000
süt, pirít, kiéget, megsüt, tönkretesz, halivadék, villamosszékben kivégez, villamosszékbe küld
VERBO
A1
1
Patrón de uso:
to fry [food]
She likes to fry eggs for breakfast.
Reggelire szeret tojást sütni.
Fry the onions until they turn golden brown.
Pirítsd a hagymát, amíg aranybarna nem lesz.
You can fry the fish in butter for extra flavor.
They fried the chicken until it was crispy.
He fried the vegetables in olive oil.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
I will fry some eggs.
Sütök majd pár tojást.
She fries potatoes every morning.
Minden reggel krumplit süt.
We fry the meat in a pan.
Please fry the fish for dinner.
Error frecuente:
Learners sometimes confuse 'fry' with 'bake', which uses dry heat in an oven rather than oil in a pan.
Significado
Cook in hot oil or fat
Colocaciones
fry an egg
|fry onions
|deep fry
|pan fry
|lightly fry
Sinónimos
sauté (Often refers to frying quickly in a small amount of oil.)
Antónimos
boil (Cooking food in water instead of oil.)
Temas
cooking
|daily life
|food
|food_drink
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Definición
To cook food in hot oil or fat.
To cook food in hot oil or fat, usually in a shallow pan.
VERBO
B1
INFORMAL
2
Patrón de uso:
to fry [something]
The lightning strike fried the computer's motherboard.
A villámcsapás kiégette a számítógép alaplapját.
Be careful not to fry the circuits when you connect it.
Vigyázz, nehogy kiégesd az áramköröket, amikor csatlakoztatod.
He accidentally fried his phone by dropping it in water and plugging it in.
This heat will fry your camera if you leave it outside.
Overvoltage can fry sensitive components.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
I fried my phone by mistake.
Véletlenül tönkretettem a telefonomat.
The sun can fry the battery.
A nap hője tönkreteheti az akkumulátort.
He fried the computer with wrong wiring.
Do not fry the machine.
Error frecuente:
Learners may misunderstand this as literal cooking rather than damage from heat or electricity.
Significado
Damage with heat or electricity
Colocaciones
fry a circuit
|fry your brain
|fry the motherboard
Sinónimos
burn out (Often used for electronics that stop working due to overheating or overuse.)
Antónimos
repair (To fix something that is broken.)
Temas
technology
|damage
|science
|core_vocabulary
Definición
To break something with too much heat or electricity.
To destroy or severely damage something using intense heat or an electrical surge.
SUSTANTIVO
B2
3
halivadék
B2
The pond is full of trout fry.
A tó tele van pisztrángivadékkal.
The hatchery released thousands of salmon fry into the river.
A halkeltető több ezer lazacivadékot engedett a folyóba.
Fry are vulnerable to predators at this stage of life.
The biologist counted the fry to monitor population health.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
The river has many fish fry.
Sok halivadék van a folyóban.
We saw salmon fry in the stream.
Lazacivadékokat láttunk a patakban.
The fry swim close to the surface.
Error frecuente:
Learners may confuse this with the cooking verb 'fry'. Context is important.
Significado
Recently hatched fish
Colocaciones
fish fry
|salmon fry
Sinónimos
juvenile fish (More scientific term for young fish.)
Antónimos
adult fish (Fully grown fish, opposite of young fish.)
Temas
animals
|nature
|core_vocabulary
Definición
Very small fish that have just come out of eggs.
Young fish that have recently hatched and are still very small.
VERBO
C1
INFORMAL
4
Patrón de uso:
to fry [someone]
The criminal was fried after years on death row.
Az elítéltet, miután éveket töltött a siralomházban, villamosszékben kivégezték.
They used to fry prisoners in some states.
Régen egyes államokban villamosszékben végeztek ki rabokat.
He was sentenced to be fried for his crimes.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
They will fry the man for murder.
Gyilkosságért villamosszékben fogják kivégezni a férfit.
He was fried in the electric chair.
Villamosszékben végezték ki.
Significado
Execute by electric chair
Colocaciones
fry a criminal
Sinónimos
electrocute (Can mean accidental or deliberate killing by electricity; 'fry' is slang for deliberate execution.)
Temas
law
|crime
|politics
Definición
To kill a person with an electric chair as punishment by law.
To kill someone using an electric chair as a legal punishment.
Gramática
Forma de diccionario
fry
AFI
GB/fɹˈaɪ/
US/fɹˈaɪ/
Sílabas y acento
fry (1 sílaba)
Stress on 1st syllable (fry)
Formas de la palabra
Noun
- Base: fry
- Plural: fries, fry
Verb
- Base: fry
- 3rd Person Singular: fries
- Present Participle: frying
- Past: fried
Familia de palabras
Forms
fries
noun
frying
verb
fried
verb
Core family
fryer
noun
Related words
refry
verb
deep-fry
verb
Expresiones
fry up
1/fɹˈaɪ ˈʌp/
phrasal verb
informal
Quickly cook food in oil for a meal
To cook food quickly in hot oil, usually for a quick meal.
Ejemplos
- I'll just fry up some bacon for breakfast.
- She fried up the leftovers for lunch.
have bigger fish to fry
1/hˈæv bˈɪɡɚ fˈɪʃ tə fɹˈaɪ/
idiom
informal
Have more important matters to handle
To have something more important to do than what you are talking about now.
Ejemplos
- I can't worry about that now—I have bigger fish to fry.
- She didn't join the meeting because she had bigger fish to fry.
in the frying pan into the fire
1/ˈɪn ðə fɹˈaɪɪŋ pˈæn ˈɪntu ðə fˈaɪɚ/
idiom
informal
Go from bad to worse situation
To leave a bad situation and end up in an even worse one.
Ejemplos
- By quitting his job without another offer, he went out of the frying pan into the fire.
- Trying to fix the problem without help might put you out of the frying pan into the fire.
small fry
1/smˈɔl fɹˈaɪ/
idiom
informal
Unimportant people or things
People or things that are not important compared to others.
Ejemplos
- Compared to the big companies, we're just small fry.
- Don't worry about them—they're small fry in this business.