roe

BrE /rəʊ/ AmE /roʊ/

noun en → es

1 FISH EGGS [uncountable] B2

the eggs of fish, especially when they are removed from the female and prepared for cooking or eating

huevas de pescado

Collocations roe soup · caviar (a type of roe)

  • They serve a delicious dish made with salmon roe.

    Sirven un plato delicioso hecho con huevas de salmón.

2 SPORT [singular] C1

a target or goal in a shooting sport, such as archery or rifle shooting

objetivo, blanco

Collocations hit the roe · aim at the roe

  • The archer missed the roe by a fraction of an inch.

    El arquero falló el blanco por una fracción de pulgada.