sprinkle

to scatter small pieces of food or powder over something, especially as a decoration or to add flavor

espolvorear, salpicar

• sprinkle sth on/over sth

Collocations sprinkle sugar over the cake · sprinkle salt on the salad

• Sprinkle some pepper over your eggs.

  Espolvorea un poco de pimienta sobre tus huevos.

to rain very lightly, with small drops of water falling from the sky

lloviznar, llover a gotas

• it sprinkles

Collocations a light sprinkle of rain · the sky is sprinkling

• It was just sprinkling when we left.

  Cuando salimos, solo estaba lloviznando.