Translation for "bread and potatoes" to spanish
Bread and potatoes
Translation examples
Eat more foods rich in starch - bread, cereals, potatoes, pasta and rice;
Coma más alimentos ricos en almidón - pan, cereales, papas, pasta y arroz
He had the friendly manner of a corner grocer, dispensing justice instead of bread and potatoes.
—Tenía los modales amistosos de un almacenero de esquina, que en lugar de repartir pan y papas administraba justicia.
There were families in the district without enough bread and potatoes to keep them alive, and he wanted these families to be given gifts in kind, so that the epidemics of December and January should not have such easy prey.
En el distrito había familias que no tenían pan y papas suficientes para vivir, y él deseaba que esas familias recibieran regalos en especie, de modo que las epidemias de diciembre y enero no hicieran tan fácil presa en ellas.
And his father never bought bread and potatoes.
además, su padre nunca compraba ni pan ni patatas.
I don’t need either bread or potatoes.” “It’s raining outside.”
No necesito pan ni patatas. —Está lloviendo.
Too fat to be allowed any bread or potatoes with his meals for the next year.
Demasiado gordo para que se le permita comer pan o patatas en sus comidas todo el próximo año.
Grandfather was sitting at the table eating bread and potatoes; and Azorka stood watching him eat and wagging his tail.
El abuelo estaba sentado a la mesa, comiendo pan y patatas, y Azorka estaba delante de él, mirándole comer y meneando el rabo.
The children are without shoes - they eat nothing but bread and potatoes - their clothes, which are given them by charitable neighbours, are in rags...
Los niños carecen de zapatos —comen únicamente pan y patatas—, y las ropas que usan, regaladas por los vecinos caritativos, no son más que harapos…
Twice a week thereafter, says Steinberg, he visited Brinnlitz and took back to his own camp quantities of bread, semolina, potatoes, and cigarettes.
A partir de ese momento, Steinberg, según ha afirmado, fue dos veces por semana a Brinnlitz para llevar a su propio campo pan, sémola, patatas y cigarrillos.
It was only when I had shot a deer that we lived quite luxuriously, until the sight of meat filled me with nausea. I had it without bread or potatoes, since I had to save the flour for the days when there was no meat left.
Sólo cuando había cazado una pieza comíamos durante unos días tan opulentamente que yo acababa harta de carne, sobre todo porque carecía de pan o patatas para acompañarla, y la harina estaba reservada para los días en los que faltaba la carne.
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