flake

• Sustantivo que designa un trozo pequeño, fino y plano de algo, a menudo desprendido o separado de una superficie o sustancia mayor; también puede referirse a un copo de nieve o a una escama.

A noun referring to a small, thin, flat piece of something, often broken or detached from a larger surface or substance.

1. Small, thin pieceA2formal

   A small, thin, flat piece of something, often broken off from a larger object.

   escama, copo, lasca

   • Snowflakes fell gently from the sky.
   • He brushed a flake of paint off his shoulder.
   • The pastry was covered in golden flakes.

   Sinónimosbitchipfragmentparticlescaleshardsliverspeck

2. Unreliable personB2informalamerican

   A person who is unreliable, forgetful, or fails to follow through on commitments.

   Persona poco fiable

   • Don't invite him; he's a total flake and never shows up.
   • She's such a flake; she canceled our plans at the last minute again.
   • I thought he was serious, but he turned out to be a flake.

   Sinónimosno-showspace cadet

• Verbo que significa desprenderse o caerse en pequeñas láminas o escamas, o (informalmente) no cumplir una promesa o cancelar planes en el último momento.

A verb meaning to fall away or come off in small, thin pieces, or (informally) to fail to follow through on a commitment or cancel plans at the last minute.

1. Fail to follow throughB2informalamerican

   To cancel plans or fail to show up at the last minute, often without a good reason.

   dejar plantado

   • He said he would come to the party but he flaked on us.
   • She flaked on our meeting twice this week.
   • Don't flake on me again; we need to finish this project.

   Sinónimosback outbailbeg offchicken outditchdrop outno-showstand up

   Antónimosappearattendcommitshow

2. Come off in small piecesB1formal

   To break or peel off in thin, small pieces.

   desprenderse en escamas

   • The paint on the old wall is starting to flake.
   • Dry skin can flake off after sunburn.
   • The pastry flakes beautifully when you cut it.

   Sinónimoschipexfoliatepeelscaleslough

   Antónimosadhereattachstick

Variantes phrasalflake offflake out