cebar
/seˈbaɾ/ verb C1- to bait
- to fatten, feed
- to charge, load · cebar los cañones ready the cannons
- to turn on, vent, attack · El racista se ceba con los pobres. The racist takes his anger out on the poor.
- to add hot water to the yerba mate · cebar el mate prepare maté
- to prime (fill with priming liquid)
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- cebar
- Gerund
- cebando
- Past participle
- cebado
- Present (yo)
- cebo
- Preterite (yo)
- cebé
From the library
La hora eran las cinco de la mañana, en que pasábamos a una pieza contigua, hacíamos fuego en un brasero, siempre con leña de pino y le cebábamos mate hasta las siete.
Cebados á porfía,
Y al quererse cebar en ella hambriento,
Al asno muerto la cebada al rabo.
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