Translation for "cornflour" to spanish
Translation examples
squashy as cornflour pudding.
fofa como pudín de harina de maíz.
Mrs Jones was sitting up in bed and the bowl of cornflour was beside her.
La encontró sentada en la cama y a su lado estaba el tazón de harina de maíz.
I asked Albert to get me a bowl of cornflour, but now that I have got it I don’t seem to fancy it.”
Le he pedido a Albert que me trajera un tazón de harina de maíz, pero ahora no me apetece.
‘The grocer’s assistant, bringing a packet of cornflour, two pounds of sugar, a pound of butter, and a pound of coffee.
El chico del colmado trajo un paquete de harina de maíz, dos libras de azúcar, una de mantequilla y otra de café.
She probably put the arsenic in the bowl of cornflour and all that story about eating it herself is a lie.’ ‘Mr Petherick?’
Probablemente puso el arsénico en el tazón de harina de maíz y toda esa historia de que se lo comió sea mentira. —¿Mr. Petherick?
Then, guiltily, she reached into the cupboard and added a pinch of salt, some cumin and cornflour, stirred, then replaced the lid.
Luego, sintiéndose culpable, abrió el armario y añadió una pizca de sal, un poco de comino y harina de maíz, removió y volvió a colocar la tapa.
Jones was not arrested because on interrogating Miss Clark she told us that the whole of the bowl of cornflour was drunk not by Mrs Jones but by her.
Jones no fue detenido porque, al interrogar a miss Clark, nos dijo que el tazón de harina de maíz no se lo tomó Mrs. Jones sino ella.
After supper on that evening Mr Jones had gone down to the kitchen and had demanded a bowl of cornflour for his wife who had complained of not feeling well.
Aquella noche, después de cenar, Mr. Jones bajó a la cocina y pidió un tazón de harina de maíz para su esposa que se había quejado de que no se encontraba bien.
He might realize that he would be suspected, and she, seeing only a future of poverty before her, may have agreed to tell the story of drinking the cornflour in return for a substantial sum to be paid to her privately.
Es posible que él creyera que iba a resultar sospechoso y ella, viendo ante sí un futuro lleno de pobreza, tal vez se avino a contar la historia de la harina de maíz a cambio de una suma importante que recibiría en privado.
Very few girls nowadays seem to be able to make a bowl of cornflour nicely. I declare I quite fancy it myself, I am that hungry.” ‘ “I should think you were with your foolish ways,” said Mrs Jones.
Hoy en día hay muy pocas chicas que sepan preparar una taza de harina de maíz como es debido. Le confieso que a mí me gusta mucho, y estoy hambrienta. “—Creí que continuabas con tus tonterías —le dijo Mrs. Jones.
noun
! Cornflour, you use it to thicken a sauce, say.
Maicena, dicen que se usa para espesar una salsa.
You don't always have to go mad, putting cornflour into everything.
No siempre tienes que ponerle a todo maicena.
You need to drink cornflour and water.
Necesita beber agua con maicena.
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