Meaning of mat | Babel Free
/mɑːt/Definitioner
food
common-gender
Ekvivalenter
English
food
Exempel
“mat och dryck”
food and drink
“Det är viktigt att äta mat så att man inte svälter ihjäl”
It is important to eat food so that you don't starve to death
“äta mat med kniv och gaffel (bestick)”
eat food with a knife and fork (cutlery)
“Var maten god?”
Was the food good?
“Maten var jättegod”
The food was really good / delicious [bit more informal]
“Smakade maten bra?”
Did the food taste good? / [pretty close in tone] Was the food good?
“Maten smakade utmärkt”
The food tasted excellent [bit more (possibly tongue-in-cheek) formal-sounding]
“Jag tycker om att laga mat”
I like cooking
“När man matar en katt så ger man katten mat”
When you feed a cat, you give the cat food
“Efter maten satte vi oss i soffan och drack kaffe och samtalade”
After dinner [usually implied, possibly some other meal – "after the food"], we sat down on the couch and had coffee and talked [conversed]
“Mamma, när blir det mat?”
Mom, when's dinner?
CEFR-nivå
A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.