English → Spanish
cake
/AmE keɪk 
, BrE keɪk /
A
noun
1 [uncountable and countable]: (Cooking) (large) pastel m, tarta f (Spain), torta f (Southern Cone); (small, individual) pastel m, masa f (River Plate)
(before noun): cake decorator (US) manga f de pastelería
2 [countable]:
cake of soap pastilla f de jabón
3 [uncountable]: (whole, total) (British) () pastel m
they demand a larger slice or piece or share of the cake exigen una tajada mayor del pastel
B
transitive verb
(usually passive) to be caked with sth:
our shoes were caked with mud teníamos los zapatos cubiertos de barro endurecido
C
intransitive verb
endurecerse
Idioms
the icing on the cake, the frosting on the cake (US) un extra
a piece of cake
to be a piece of cake () ser pan comido (); ser un bollo (River Plate )
to take the cake () ser el colmo (); «person» llevarse la palma ()
to sell like hot cakes venderse como pan caliente, venderse como rosquillas;
they sell like hot cakes; we can't get enough of them se venden como pan caliente, no hay estoc que alcance
to have one's cake and eat it (too)
you can't have your cake and eat it (too) no puedes tenerlo todo, tienes que elegir