olla

/ˈoʝa/, [ˈo.ʝa], /ˈoʝa/, [ˈo.ʝa]

cooking pot, pot


Noun olla f (plural ollas)

  1. pot, pan; kettle (vessel used for cooking food)
  2. stew (dish cooked by stewing)
  3. pool, whirlpool

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • ¿Se te ha ido la olla?

    Have you lost your mind?

  • No había mucho azúcar en la olla.

    There wasn't much sugar in the pot.

  • Tom se comió el guiso directamente de la olla.

    Tom ate the stew right out of the pot.

  • El café burbujeaba en la olla.

    The coffee bubbled in the pot.

  • Pon las zanahorias en la olla.

    Put the carrots in the pot.

  • ¿Cómo que se te cayó el cazo en la olla? ¿Ahora cómo vamos a servir a los sin techo?

    What do you mean you dropped the ladle in the pot? How are we going to serve the homeless now?

  • La olla está hirviendo.

    The pot is boiling over.

  • Tom siempre usa la olla de arroz que trajo de Japón.

    Tom always uses the rice cooker that he brought back from Japan.

  • La olla estaba hirviendo.

    The pot was boiling.

  • Él confeccionó una elegante olla de barro.

    He fashioned an elegant pot out of clay.

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