morder
A. -transitive verb
1. (con los dientes) to bite
2. (=corroer) (Químasculine) to corrode, eat away
[+recursos] to eat into
3. (mechanics)
[+embrague] to catch
4. (Central America, Mexicoéx)
(=exigir soborno) to take a bribe from
5. (Mexicoéx)
(=estafar) to cheat
6. *
(=denigrar) to gossip about, run down
7. **
(=reconocer) to recognize
B. -intransitive verb to bite
a. está que muerde he'noun hopping mad
C. -pronominal verb to bite
·morderse las uñas
·to bite one'noun nails
a. morderse la lengua to bite one'noun tongue