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steep Meaning in Spanish (steep significado en español)

adjectiveempinado, excesivo
verbinfusionar
empinado in English:steep
Phonetic:em-pee-NAH-doh
Plural: steeps
Gender:Masculino
Quick Answer • Resumen

El significado de steep en español es empinado, excesivo, infusionar. (Que sube o baja bruscamente; con una pendiente o ángulo pronunciado.)

Definitions of Steep

  1. 1
    adjective
    empinado

    Rising or falling sharply; having a sharp slope or angle.

    Que sube o baja bruscamente; con una pendiente o ángulo pronunciado.

  2. 2
    adjective(informal)
    excesivo

    Of a price or demand, not reasonable; excessive.

    De un precio o una demanda, no razonable; desmesurado.

  3. 3
    verb
    infusionar

    To soak (food or tea leaves) in water or other liquid so as to extract flavour or to soften.

    Remojar (alimentos u hojas de té) en agua u otro líquido para extraer sabor o ablandar.

Example Sentences

“The path up the mountain was very steep.”

El camino hacia la montaña era muy empinado.

“The prices for imported goods are quite steep.”

Los precios de los productos importados son bastante excesivos.

“She decided to steep the herbs in hot water for tea.”

Decidió infusionar las hierbas en agua caliente para hacer té.

Synonyms (Sinónimos)

In Spanish:

abruptodesmesuradoremojar

In English:

sheerprecipitousabrupt

Antonyms (Antónimos)

In Spanish:

suaverazonablesecar

In English:

Inflected Word Forms

past participlesteeped
present participlesteeping
nounsteepness
adverbsteeply

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

steep learning curveidiom

A situation in which a lot has to be learned in a short period of time.

steep in somethingphrasal_verb

To immerse or saturate something in a liquid or a particular quality.