ponerle queso: meaning & examples

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Language: Spanish

Meanings:

  • 1.

    SpainLatin Americaneutralcolloquial
    • Literal: To put cheese on or add cheese to a food item.

    Examples

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    • Para preparar la pizza, primero puse queso encima de la masa antes de hornearla.

      To prepare the pizza, I first put cheese on top of the dough before baking it.

    • María siempre pone queso rallado en la ensalada para darle más sabor.

      María always adds grated cheese to the salad to give it more flavor.

    • Durante la fiesta, pusimos queso en los aperitivos para que los invitados pudieran disfrutar de un snack delicioso.

      During the party, we put cheese on the appetizers so the guests could enjoy a delicious snack.

    • Antes de servir la lasaña, ponle queso extra para que se gratine mejor.

      Before serving the lasagna, put extra cheese on it so it gratinates better.

  • 2.

    SpainLatin AmericaUnited States (Spanish speakers)colloquialinformalfigurative
    • Figurative: To embellish, enhance, or make something seem more appealing or attractive, often superficially.

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    • El escritor puso queso a su historia con descripciones exageradas para que atrapara más a los lectores.

      The writer embellished his story with exaggerated descriptions to captivate the readers more.

    • Aunque el informe era aburrido, el presentador le puso queso con gráficos y colores llamativos.

      Although the report was boring, the presenter jazzed it up with graphs and bright colors.

    • No te dejes engañar por la publicidad, solo le han puesto queso para que parezca mejor de lo que es.

      Don't be fooled by the advertisement; they just embellished it to make it seem better than it is.

Examples:

  • ES: Puedes ponerle queso
    EN: You can get cheese on it
  • ES: Podré ponerle queso crema a la ropa interior y comerla.
    EN: Maybe I can put the cream cheese on the underwear and eat it.
  • ES: "tengo que ponerle queso extra a mi Whooper!"
    EN: I guess she's like: "I gotta get some extra cheese on my waffles (? )!"
  • ES: Y dije específicamente: "Sin queso feta" ¿Por qué tienen que ponerle queso feta?
    EN: And I specifically said, "No feta cheese." Do they have to put feta cheese in?
  • ES: ¿No puedo ponerle queso derretido a algo y ya?
    EN: Well, can't I just melt some cheese on somethin' for ya?
  • ES: No, no, no tienes que ponerle queso a nada.
    EN: No, no, no need to spray cheese on anything.
  • ES: Me gusta ponerle queso fundido a mis papas fritas.
    EN: What I like to put on my fries is melted cheese.
  • ES: - Puedo ponerle queso.
    EN: - I can put cheese on it.
  • ES: Iba a ponerle queso.
    EN: I was gonna put cheese on it.
  • ES: No olvides ponerle queso al burrito.
    EN: Don't forget to put cheese on that burrito.
  • ES: Yo debería. No quiero ponerle queso.
    EN: I don't want to get cheese on it.
  • ES: Deberías ponerle queso.
    EN: You should put cheese on it.

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