gristle

[US]/'grɪs(ə)l/
[UK]/'ɡrɪsl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.cartílago; estructura cartilaginosa
Word Forms
Pluralgristles

Phrases & Collocations

tough gristle

grileza resistente

chewy gristle

grileza masticable

bit into gristle

mordisqueó el cartílago

tender gristle

grileza tierna

Example Sentences

Babies have gristle in some parts of the skull.

Los bebés tienen cartílago en algunas partes del cráneo.

The steak was tough with bits of gristle in it.

El filete estaba duro con pedazos de cartílago en él.

She carefully trimmed off the gristle before cooking the meat.

Ella recortó cuidadosamente el cartílago antes de cocinar la carne.

The butcher removed the gristle from the meat before packaging it.

El carnicero retiró el cartílago de la carne antes de empaquetarla.

I don't like the texture of gristle in my food.

No me gusta la textura del cartílago en mi comida.

The soup was full of gristle from the chicken bones.

La sopa estaba llena de cartílago de los huesos de pollo.

He found a piece of gristle in his hamburger and had to spit it out.

Encontró un trozo de cartílago en su hamburguesa y tuvo que escupirlo.

The gristle in the meat made it difficult to chew.

El cartílago en la carne dificultaba masticarla.

She avoided eating the gristle in the stew.

Ella evitó comer el cartílago en el estofado.

The steak had a lot of gristle, making it unappetizing.

El filete tenía mucho cartílago, lo que lo hacía poco apetecible.

The gristle added an unpleasant texture to the dish.

El cartílago añadió una textura desagradable al plato.

Real-world Examples

It groaned before it died because they ground its gristle.

Gimió antes de morir porque molieron su gristla.

Source: Pan Pan

The texture varies; there is cartilage and gristle to contend with.

La textura varía; hay cartílago y gristla con los que lidiar.

Source: The Economist Culture

As for the texture, some people negatively compare the experience to eating gristle.

En cuanto a la textura, algunas personas comparan negativamente la experiencia con comer gristla.

Source: BBC Learning English (official version)

And I'm-- I'm like all elbows! Elbows and gristle!

Y yo-- ¡Soy todo codos! ¡Codos y gristla!

Source: Gravity Falls Season 1

Justin Massey looked up from his horsemeat. " The cold count last night reached eighty" . He pulled a piece of gristle from his teeth and flicked it to the nearest dog. " If we march, we will die by the hundreds" .

Justin Massey levantó la vista de su carne de caballo. " El número de muertos anoche alcanzó los ochenta". Se quitó un trozo de gristla de los dientes y se lo lanzó al perro más cercano. " Si marchamos, moriremos en cientos".

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

The outer rim of his shell is a soft gristle, and when prepared like the meat itself, cooks to the texture of gum drops, and is of a flavor to make you eat until you are weak and faint from surfeit.

El borde exterior de su caparazón es una gristla suave, y cuando se prepara como la propia carne, se cocina hasta obtener la textura de los gomets, y tiene un sabor que te hace comer hasta que te debilitas y te desmayas por la sobrealimentación.

Source: Cross Creek (Part 2)

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