curry

BrE /ˈkʌri/ AmE /ˈkɜːri/

noun en → es

1 FOOD [uncountable] B1

a dish made with meat, fish, or vegetables cooked in a mixture of spices and often served with rice

curry (plato)

  • have curry for dinner

Collocations Indian curry · spicy curry

  • We had curry for dinner last night.

    Anoche cenamos curry.

2 SPICE [uncountable] B1

a mixture of spices used to make a curry dish or other food spicy

curry (especias)

  • add some curry to the sauce

Collocations curry powder · curry paste

  • Add a little curry to make it spicy.

    Añade un poco de curry para que esté picante.

3 COOK [transitive] B2

to cook meat, fish, or vegetables with a mixture of spices to make a curry dish

preparar curry

  • curry something up

Collocations curry chicken · curry prawns

  • She curried the lamb with lots of spices.

    Ella preparó el cordero con muchas especias.