breadcrumb

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (in-plural) A tiny piece of bread, either one that falls from bread as it is cut or eaten, or one made deliberately by crumbling bread.
2. (in-plural) A single link in a chain indicating the hierarchical location of a directory, web page or similar, used as a navigation aid.
3. (in-plural) A fragment of data that serves to log the actions taken by a program, used in debugging.
4. (figuratively, in-plural) One in a series of clues leading to a person or place.

Verb

1. (transitive) To sprinkle breadcrumbs on to food, normally before cooking.
2. (intransitive) To add navigational breadcrumbs to (a web page or user interface).
3. To use clues or enticements to lead someone in the desired direction.

Conceptos

miga

migaja

pan rallado

migajas de pan

Sinónimos

breadcrumbs

crumb

crumbs

cracker crumbs

Traducciones

chapelure

pangrattato

miette

briciola

migalha

panure

Brotkrume

farelo

fil d’Ariane

Zwiebackbrösel

Brösel

broodkruimel

τρίμμα

ψίχουλο

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈbɹɛdˌkɹʌm/

Etimología (Inglés)

From bread + crumb. The computing and figurative senses allude to the German fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, where Hansel leaves a trail of breadcrumbs to find the way back home when venturing into the woods.