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1) ((slang) a person who is easily fooled or is stupid enough to do something: Who is the sucker who bought your car?) primo, tonto, imbécil2) (a person or thing that sucks: Are these insects bloodsuckers?) chupador; (bloodsucker) chupasangre3) (an organ on an animal, eg an octopus, by which it sticks to objects.) ventosa4) (a curved pad or disc (of rubber etc) that can be pressed on to a surface and stick there.) ventosa5) (a side shoot coming from the root of a plant.) chupón, mamóntr['sʌkəSMALLr/SMALL]1 SMALLZOOLOGY/SMALL ventosa3 (rubber disc) ventosa\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be a sucker for something tener debilidad por algosucker ['sʌkər] n1) : ventosa f (de un insecto, etc.)2) : chupón m (de una planta)3) lollipop4) fool: tonto m, -ta f; idiota mfn.• caño de bomba s.m.• chupón s.m.• guaicán s.m.• lompo s.m.• mamón s.m.• mugrón s.m.• pimpollo s.m.• retoño s.m.• serpollo s.m.• ventosa s.f.• émbolo s.m.
I 'sʌkər, 'sʌkə(r)1) (colloq) ( fool) (pej) imbécil mfto be a sucker for something: I'm a sucker for musicals las comedias musicales son mi debilidad; he's a sucker for punishment es un masoquista; (before n) sucker bet (AmE) apuesta f de bobos; sucker punch — (AmE) golpe m a traición
2) (suction device - on animal, plant) ventosa f; (- made of rubber) (BrE) ventosa f
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transitive verb (AmE colloq)['sʌkǝ(r)]to sucker somebody INTO -ING — embaucar* a alguien para que (+ subj)
1. N1) (Zool, Tech) ventosa f ; (Bot) serpollo m, mamón m2) (US) (=lollipop) pirulí m, chupete m (LAm)3) * (=gullible person) primo(-a) m / f, bobo(-a) m / fthere's a sucker born every minute — nace un primo or un bobo cada minuto
2.VT(US) **they suckered him out of six grand — le estafaron or timaron 6.000 dólares
3.CPDsucker pad N — ventosa f
sucker punch N — (Boxing) (also fig) golpe m a traición
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I ['sʌkər, 'sʌkə(r)]1) (colloq) ( fool) (pej) imbécil mfto be a sucker for something: I'm a sucker for musicals las comedias musicales son mi debilidad; he's a sucker for punishment es un masoquista; (before n) sucker bet (AmE) apuesta f de bobos; sucker punch — (AmE) golpe m a traición
2) (suction device - on animal, plant) ventosa f; (- made of rubber) (BrE) ventosa f
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transitive verb (AmE colloq)to sucker somebody INTO -ING — embaucar* a alguien para que (+ subj)
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