verb🔗ShareEncurtirTo preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution."These cucumbers pickle very well."Estos pepinos se encurten muy bien.foodvegetableagricultureprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDecaparTo remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid."The crew will pickle the fittings in the morning."La tripulación decaparán los accesorios por la mañana.materialprocesschemistryindustrytechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSerializar(in the Python programming language) To serialize."The programmer is pickling the game data to save it to a file. "El programador está serializando los datos del juego para guardarlos en un archivo.computingtechnologytechnicalinternetelectronicsmachineprocesssystemfunctionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareVerter salmuera sobre una persona después de azotarla, como método de castigoTo pour brine over a person after flogging them, as a method of punishment."Historical accounts describe captors pickling enslaved people after brutal floggings, adding salt to their open wounds to increase their suffering. "Los relatos históricos describen a los captores vertiendo salmuera sobre los esclavos después de brutales azotes, agregando sal a sus heridas abiertas para aumentar su sufrimiento.actionlawhistoryinhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareComer con moderaciónTo eat sparingly."Even though she wasn't feeling well, she was pickling at her dinner, taking only tiny bites of soup. "Aunque no se sentía bien, comía con moderación en la cena, tomando solo pequeños bocados de sopa.foodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRobar, hurtarTo pilfer."Someone was pickling office supplies from the supply closet. "Alguien estaba robando los suministros de oficina del armario de suministros.actionwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEncurtidoAn instance of processing something in brine or other solution."My grandmother's pickling of cucumbers is a summer tradition in our family. "El encurtido de pepinos de mi abuela es una tradición de verano en nuestra familia.foodprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareDecapadoA process by which the oxide scale on steel (especially stainless steels) is chemically removed (by strong acids)."After welding the stainless steel parts, pickling removed the unsightly oxide layer, leaving a clean surface. "Después de soldar las piezas de acero inoxidable, el decapado eliminó la antiestética capa de óxido, dejando una superficie limpia.materialchemistryprocesstechnologyindustryscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading