plate [pleɪt]
sustantivo
1 (flat dish) plato (m); [of metal etc] lámina (f); plancha (f); (for church collection) platillo (m); (plateful) plato (m)to hand sth to sb on a plate ofrecer algo a algn en bandeja (de plata)
to have a lot on one's plate estar muy atareado
2 (on cooker) quemador (m); fuego (m); (warming plate) plancha (f) (eléctrica) 3 (silverware etc) vajilla (f) gold/silver plate vajilla (f) de oro/plata
4 (plaque) (on wall, door) placa (f) 5 [of microscope] placa (f) 6 (Aut) (number plate) matrícula (f); placa (f) 7 (dental plate) dentadura (f) (postiza) 8 (book illustration) lámina (f); grabado (m) 10 (Horse Racing) (prize) premio (m) 11 (US) (Baseball) plato (m) to go to the plate entrar a batear
12 plates (Britain) (feet) tachines (very_informal) (m) verbo transitivo
1 (with gold) dorar; (with silver) platear; (with nickel) niquelar modificador
plate armour plate armor (US) (n) blindaje (m)
plate glass (n) vidrio (m) cilindrado; cristal (m) cilindrado; (Esp) luna (f)
plate rack (n) escurreplatos (m)
plate tectonics (n) (Geol) tectónica (f) de placas
plate warmer (n) calentador (m) de platos