barbeque

A noun referring to a meal or social event where food, especially meat, is cooked outdoors over an open fire or hot coals, or the equipment used for such cooking.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa una comida o evento social al aire libre donde los alimentos, especialmente carne, se cocinan sobre fuego abierto o brasas, o el equipo utilizado para dicha cocción.

1. Barbecued meat A2 informal

   Meat that has been cooked on a grill or open fire, often with a seasoned sauce.

   • We had delicious barbecue for dinner last night.
   • He ordered a plate of barbecue with coleslaw.
   • The smell of barbecue filled the backyard.

   🇪🇸Carne a la barbacoa

   Sinónimos: barbecue

2. Outdoor cooking event A2 informal

   A social gathering where food is cooked over an open fire or grill, often featuring roasted meat.

   • They invited us to a barbecue at their house.
   • The neighborhood barbecue was a huge success.
   • We're planning a barbecue for the Fourth of July.

   🇪🇸Barbacoa

   Sinónimos: cookout

3. Cooking appliance A2 informal

   A metal frame or device used to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal or gas, typically outdoors.

   • He bought a new barbecue for the patio.
   • Clean the barbecue before using it again.
   • The barbecue is ready for grilling.

   🇪🇸Parrilla de barbacoa

   Sinónimos: grill

4. Cooking method A2 informal

   The act of cooking food outdoors on a grill or over an open fire.

   • We love to barbecue on weekends.
   • She learned how to barbecue chicken perfectly.
   • They barbecued burgers and hot dogs for the party.

   🇪🇸Barbacoa (método de cocción)

   Sinónimos: broilinggrillingroasting

• barbeques plural form
• barbeques' possessive plural form
• barbeque's possessive singular form

A verb used to indicate the act of cooking food, especially meat, on a grill or over an open fire, often outdoors.

• 🇪🇸Verbo que designa la acción de cocinar alimentos, especialmente carne, a la parrilla o sobre fuego abierto, frecuentemente al aire libre.

1. Cook on a grill A2 informal

   To cook food, especially meat, on a grill or over an open fire, often outdoors.

   • We plan to barbeque some chicken this weekend.
   • He loves to barbeque steaks for his friends.
   • They barbequed sausages and burgers at the picnic.

   🇪🇸Cocinar a la parrilla

   Sinónimos: broilgrillroast

2. Roast on a spit B1 informal

   To cook a whole animal carcass, such as a pig or lamb, over an open fire on a rotating spit.

   • They barbequed a whole pig for the celebration.
   • The chef barbequed the lamb on a spit for hours.
   • At the festival, they barbequed a goat over an open fire.

   🇪🇸Asar a la estaca

   Sinónimos: barbecueroastrotisserie

• barbequed past participle
• barbequed past simple
• barbequing present participle
• barbeques third person singular