What does sopa in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word sopa in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use sopa in Spanish.

The word sopa in Spanish means soup, sop, bread sop, dip, completely soaked, soupy, like soup, tablespoon, tablespoonful, quit stalling, stop stalling, water down, be fast asleep, be plastered, be smashed, everywhere, soaked, drenched, doze off, be everywhere, spill the beans, sopa boba, scrounge off, onion soup, onion soup, milk soup, milk soup, milk soup, word search, smack around, slap around, receive a beating, bouillon cubes, vegetable soup, a taste of your own medicine. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word sopa

soup

nombre femenino (de comida: caldo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La sopa de fideos estaba exquisita.
The noodle soup was delicious.

sop, bread sop

nombre femenino (pan empapado)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Me gusta el Cola Cao con sopas.
I like Cola Cao with sops.

dip

verbo transitivo (mojar el pan) (wet bread)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

completely soaked

locución adjetiva (coloquial (empapado, ensopado)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
La noche que hubo tormenta entró como una sopa en la casa.

soupy, like soup

locución adjetiva (coloquial (sin forma, casi líquido)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
El flan estaba como una sopa, tuvimos que tirarlo.

tablespoon, tablespoonful

nombre femenino (medida culinaria) (measurement)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Para el pastel hay que echar una cucharada de miel, más no.
For the cake, use a tablespoon (or: tablespoonful) of honey, and no more.

quit stalling, stop stalling

locución verbal (coloquial (alargar algo)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
No le eches más agua a la sopa que no tengo tiempo.

water down

locución verbal (coloquial (comida: hacer rendir)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Invítalo a cenar que le podemos echar más agua a la sopa.

be fast asleep

locución verbal (ES: coloquial (estar profundamente dormido)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Luis está sopa en su recámara.
Luis is fast asleep in his bedroom.

be plastered, be smashed

locución verbal (ES: coloquial (estar borracho) (colloquial)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
El viejo estaba sopa y se durmió en el sofá.
The old guy was plastered and dozed off on the sofa.

everywhere

locución adverbial (coloquial, figurado (en todas partes)

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")
Otra vez vi a Sofía; la encuentro hasta en la sopa.

soaked, drenched

locución adjetiva (coloquial (empapado)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
No empaqué el paraguas y quedé hecha una sopa. Estás hecho una sopa: parece como si te hubieras caído vestido a la piscina.
You're soaked: you look like you've fallen into a pool with your clothes on.

doze off

locución verbal (ES: coloquial (quedarse dormido) (colloquial)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
No terminé de leer el libro porque me quedé sopa.
I didn't finish the book because I dozed off.

be everywhere

locución verbal (coloquial, figurado (en todas partes)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Hay motas en toda la ropa; me salen hasta en la sopa.
There are specks all over my clothes; they are everywhere.

spill the beans

locución verbal (AmL, coloquial (largar, contar) (colloquial)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

sopa boba

locución nominal femenina (sopa gratuita) (thin, poor soup)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Antiguamente la sopa que daban en los centros de caridad se llamaba sopa boba.
A long time ago the soup that was served in Spanish charity centers was called 'sopa boba'.

scrounge off

locución nominal femenina (coloquial (vida a expensas de otro)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Si dejas que tu hijo se acostumbre a la sopa boba, no se independizará nunca.
Your son will never become independent if you let him scrounge off you all the time.

onion soup

nombre femenino (a la francesa)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La sopa de cebolla típica lleva pan y queso.

onion soup

nombre femenino (caldo de verduras)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La sopa de cebolla lleva también papa y puerro.

milk soup

nombre femenino (ES (crema dulce)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La sopa de leche lleva azúcar y pan.

milk soup

nombre femenino (PE (crema salada)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La sopa de leche lleva fideos y queso.

milk soup

nombre femenino (CR (con tortillas)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Sírvete un plato de sopa de leche.

word search

(juego: formar palabras)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Encuentra el nombre de 20 animales en esta sopa de letras.
Find the names of 20 animals in this word search.

smack around, slap around

(CR, NI, coloquial (paliza)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Por fisgón le dieron una sopa de muñeca.

receive a beating

(CR, NI, coloquial (violencia intrafamiliar)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Denuncia a tu esposo si te da una sopa de muñeca.

bouillon cubes

(caldo en cubos)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")

vegetable soup

nombre femenino (a base de vegetales)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La sopa juliana lleva verduras en tiras.

a taste of your own medicine

expresión (recibir lo que se da)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

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