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bite verb

  /baɪt/
  • (transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
 morder, picar, mordiscar, mordisquear, tarascar
  • (intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
  • (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
 morder
  • (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
 morder, picar, mordiscar, mordisquear
  • (transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
 agarrar
  • (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
 picar, morder

bite noun

  /baɪt/
  • The wound left behind after having been bitten.
 mordedura, picadura
  • The act of biting.
 mordida, mordisco, mordedura, tarascada
  • A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
 bocado
  • The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
 mordedura, picadura, habón

biting adjective

  /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/
  • Causing a stinging sensation.
  • Cutting or incisive.
  • Tending to bite.
 mordaz
bite someone's style
imitar, emular
bite the hand that feeds one
morder la mano que te da de comer
sound bite
cuña
bite the bullet
hacer de tripas corazón
bite off
agarrar, morder
bite one's tongue
morderse la lengua
bite the dust
morder el polvo, morder la tierra
all bark and no bite
irse la fuerza por la boca, ladra pero no muerde, mucho ruido y pocas nueces, perro ladrador, poco mordedor
barking dogs seldom bite
perro que ladra no muerde, perro ladrador, poco mordedor
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