ready meal in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.ready <readier, readiest> [Am ˈrɛdi, Brit ˈrɛdi] ADJ

1.1. ready (having completed preparations) pred:

to be ready
estar listo
to be ready
estar pronto Urug
I'll be ready in a minute
enseguida estoy (lista)
ready when you are!
¡cuando quieras!
we're ready and waiting
estamos listos para lo que sea
your documents are ready and waiting
sus documentos están listos y a su disposición
the doctor is ready for you now
ya puede pasar a ver al doctor
ready for press
listo para la imprenta
to be ready to + infin
estar listo para  +  infin
are they ready to start?
¿están listos para empezar?
to get ready
prepararse
to get ready
aprontarse CSur
to get ready (get dressed, made up etc)
arreglarse
to get ready (get dressed, made up etc)
prepararse
to get ready (get dressed, made up etc)
aprontarse CSur
(get) ready, (get) steady or set, go
preparados or en sus marcas, listos ¡ya!
(get) ready, (get) steady or set, go
prontos, listos ¡ya! Urug
to get sth/sb/oneself ready , I'm getting the meal ready
estoy preparando la comida
it takes her ages to get herself/the children ready
tarda siglos en arreglarse/arreglar a los niños
to make ready
prepararse
to make sth ready
poner algo a punto

II.ready <pl readies> [Am ˈrɛdi, Brit ˈrɛdi] N

III.ready <readies, readying, readied> [Am ˈrɛdi, Brit ˈrɛdi] VB trans

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meal1 [Am mil, Brit miːl] N FOOD

meal
comida f
she has four meals a day
hace cuatro comidas al día
she has four meals a day
come cuatro veces al día
he cooked me a delicious meal
me preparó or me hizo una comida deliciosa
it's your turn to cook a meal
te toca a ti hacer la comida or hacer de comer
she never has a proper meal
nunca come como es debido or como Dios manda
I try not to eat between meals
trato de no comer nada entre horas
I've invited them over for a meal
los he invitado a comer (or a cenar)
to make a meal of sth esp Brit he really made a meal of a very simple job
se complicó mucho la vida con lo que era un trabajo muy sencillo
a short letter will do: there's no need to make a meal of it
con una carta corta alcanza: no hay por qué exagerar
the press really made a meal of his remarks on the role of women
la prensa les sacó muchísimo jugo a sus comentarios sobre el papel de las mujeres

meal2 [Am mil, Brit miːl] N U

ready meal in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for ready meal in the English»Spanish Dictionary

Translations for ready meal in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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I.ready [ˈredi] -ier, -iest ADJ

II.ready [ˈredi] -ier, -iest N

III.ready [ˈredi] -ier, -iest VB trans

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English
It might tell you that you have a ready meal close to its expiry date.
www.marketingmagazine.co.uk
Frozen ready meal sales also foundered.
www.thegrocer.co.uk
After nearly 60 years of sustained growth, frozen ready meal sales have started to dip.
qz.com
Interestingly, the ready meal has proved to be relatively recession-proof, as shoppers perceive the increasingly high-quality fare on offer as an affordable treat -- and an alternative to going out.
blogs.telegraph.co.uk
He's trying to show goggled eyed ready meal addicts that cooking decent food is actually pretty simple.
thequietus.com
He believes part of the problem stems from the very definition of a ready meal.
metro.co.uk
If two adults drink a bottle of wine a night with their ready meal, they will be drinking above government guidelines on a daily basis.
www.decanter.com
Would you buy a care or a ready meal from such a supplier?
www.computerweekly.com
The net effect is a super-fast cooking machine that could even replace the supermarket ready meal.
www.dailymail.co.uk
He has a ready meal every night because he gets in so late.
www.dailymail.co.uk

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