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morder

bite, to bite

Verb morder (first-person singular present muerdo, first-person singular preterite mordí, past participle mordido)

  1. to bite, to nip
  2. to gnaw
  3. to grasp, to clutch
  4. to wear away, to wear down
  5. to corrode (i.e. acid on metal)
  6. to criticize, to run down, to gossip about, to find fault with

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Nunca hay que morder la mano que os da de comer.

    Never bite the hand that feeds you.

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  • Ya no soy joven, pero aún puedo morder.

    I am no longer young, but I can still bite.

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  • Prometo que no voy a morder.

    I promise I won't bite.

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  • Tom no te va a morder.

    Tom won't bite you.

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  • No puedo morder, no tengo dientes.

    I cannot bite. I have no teeth.

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  • Tiene el mal hábito de morder el lápiz.

    He has the bad habit of chewing his pencil.

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