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1 suck
1. verb1) (to draw liquid etc into the mouth: As soon as they are born, young animals learn to suck (milk from their mothers); She sucked up the lemonade through a straw.) mamar, chupar, sorber2) (to hold something between the lips or inside the mouth, as though drawing liquid from it: I told him to take the sweet out of his mouth, but he just went on sucking; He sucked the end of his pencil.) chupar; sorber3) (to pull or draw in a particular direction with a sucking or similar action: The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the dirt from the carpet; A plant sucks up moisture from the soil.) aspirar4) ((American) (slang) to be awful, boring, disgusting etc: Her singing sucks; This job sucks.) ser una mierda; ser un rollazo (aburrido)
2. noun(an act of sucking: I gave him a suck of my lollipop.) chupada- sucker- suck up to
suck vb chupartr[sʌk]1 (person - liquid) sorber; (- lollipop, pencil, thumb, etc) chupar; (insect -blood, nectar) chupar, succionar3 (draw powerfully) arrastrar1 (person) chupar (at/on, -); (baby) mamar (at, -); (vacuum cleaner) aspirar (up,-); (pump) succionar, aspirar1 chupada\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be sucked into something verse arrastrado,-a a algo, verse involucrado,-a en algoto suck up to somebody hacerle la pelota a alguiensuck ['sʌk] vi1) : chupar (por la boca), aspirar (dícese de las máquinas)2) suckle: mamarsuck vt: sorber (bebidas), chupar (dulces, etc.)n.• chupada s.f.• chupadura s.f.• mamada s.f. (Pump)v.• aspirar v.v.• chupar v.• libar v.• mamar v.• sorber v.• succionar v.
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1. sʌka) \<\<person\>\> \<\<finger/candy\>\> chupar; \<\<liquid\>\> ( through a straw) sorber; \<\<vacuum cleaner\>\> aspirar; \<\<pump\>\> succionar, aspirar; \<\<insect\>\> \<\<blood/nectar\>\> chuparto suck something up — \<\<dust\>\> aspirar algo; \<\<liquid\>\> ( through a straw) sorber algo
the roots suck (up) moisture out of o from the soil — las raíces absorben la humedad de la tierra
b) (pull, draw) (+ adv compl) arrastrarshe was sucked down o under by the current — la corriente se la tragó
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vi1) \<\<person\>\> chuparto suck on something — \<\<on pipe/pen\>\> chupar algo
2) ( be objectionable) (AmE sl)•Phrasal Verbs:- suck in
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noun (no pl) chupada f[sʌk]to give suck — (arch) dar* el pecho, amamantar
1.VT [person] sorber; [machine] aspirarto suck one's thumb/fingers — chuparse el dedo/los dedos
- suck sb dry- suck it and see2. VIto suck on/at sth — chupar algo
2) (esp US)this sucks ** — es una mierda **
- suck in- suck off- suck out- suck up* * *
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1. [sʌk]a) \<\<person\>\> \<\<finger/candy\>\> chupar; \<\<liquid\>\> ( through a straw) sorber; \<\<vacuum cleaner\>\> aspirar; \<\<pump\>\> succionar, aspirar; \<\<insect\>\> \<\<blood/nectar\>\> chuparto suck something up — \<\<dust\>\> aspirar algo; \<\<liquid\>\> ( through a straw) sorber algo
the roots suck (up) moisture out of o from the soil — las raíces absorben la humedad de la tierra
b) (pull, draw) (+ adv compl) arrastrarshe was sucked down o under by the current — la corriente se la tragó
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vi1) \<\<person\>\> chuparto suck on something — \<\<on pipe/pen\>\> chupar algo
2) ( be objectionable) (AmE sl)•Phrasal Verbs:- suck in
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noun (no pl) chupada fto give suck — (arch) dar* el pecho, amamantar
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2 thumb
1. noun1) (the short thick finger of the hand, set at a different angle from the other four.) pulgar2) (the part of a glove or mitten covering this finger.) pulgar
2. verb((often with through) to turn over (the pages of a book) with the thumb or fingers: She was thumbing through the dictionary.) hojear; manosear- thumbprint
- thumbs-up
- thumbtack
- under someone's thumb
thumb n dedo pulgartr[ɵʌm]1 pulgar nombre masculino1 hacer autostop\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be all thumbs ser un manazas, ser torpeto be under somebody's thumb estar dominado,-a por alguiento get the thumbs up ser aprobado,-a, recibir la aprobaciónto get the thumbs down ser rechazado,-ato give something the thumbs up aprobar algoto give something the thumbs down rechazar algoto have somebody under one's thumb tener a alguien en el bolsilloto stick out like a sore thumb saltar a la vistato thumb a ride / thumb a lift hacer autostopthumb ['ɵʌm] vt: hojear (con el pulgar)thumb n: pulgar m, dedo m pulgarn.• pulgar (Dedo) s.m.v.• hojear v.
I θʌmnoun pulgar m, dedo m gordo (fam)to be all thumbs o (BrE also) all fingers and thumbs: I'm all thumbs today hoy estoy muy torpe con las manos; to be under somebody's thumb estar* dominado por alguien; to get the thumbs down/up from somebody ser* rechazado por alguien/recibir la aprobación de alguien; to give the thumbs up/down to something aprobar*/rechazar* algo; to stick out like a sore thumb \<\<building/person/object\>\> desentonar terriblemente, no pegar* ni con cola (fam); to twiddle one's thumbs — estar* sin hacer nada, estar* perdiendo el tiempo; green I 1)
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a)I thumbed a lift o (AmE also) a ride home — me fui a casa a dedo (fam), me fui a casa de aventón (Col, Méx)
b) \<\<book\>\> hojearPhrasal Verbs:[θʌm]1.N pulgar mto be all thumbs —
- twiddle one's thumbs- be under sb's thumbrule 1., 2)the voters have given him the thumbs up/down — el electorado votó a favor de/en contra de él
2. VT1) [+ book] manosear2)to thumb a lift or a ride — hacer autostop, hacer dedo, pedir aventón (LAm)
3)to thumb one's nose at sth/sb — (lit) hacer burla a algo/algn (agitando la mano con el pulgar sobre la nariz) ; (fig) burlarse de algo/algn
3.VIto thumb through a book/magazine — hojear un libro/una revista
4.CPDthumb index N — índice m recortado
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I [θʌm]noun pulgar m, dedo m gordo (fam)to be all thumbs o (BrE also) all fingers and thumbs: I'm all thumbs today hoy estoy muy torpe con las manos; to be under somebody's thumb estar* dominado por alguien; to get the thumbs down/up from somebody ser* rechazado por alguien/recibir la aprobación de alguien; to give the thumbs up/down to something aprobar*/rechazar* algo; to stick out like a sore thumb \<\<building/person/object\>\> desentonar terriblemente, no pegar* ni con cola (fam); to twiddle one's thumbs — estar* sin hacer nada, estar* perdiendo el tiempo; green I 1)
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a)I thumbed a lift o (AmE also) a ride home — me fui a casa a dedo (fam), me fui a casa de aventón (Col, Méx)
b) \<\<book\>\> hojearPhrasal Verbs: -
3 dedo
dedo sustantivo masculino (de mano, guante) finger; ( del pie) toe; dedo anular/(del) corazón ring/middle finger; dedo gordo (fam) ( del pie) big toe; ( de la mano) thumb; dedo meñique little finger; dedo pulgar thumb; a dedo (fam): ir a dedo to hitchhike, hitch (colloq); recorrió Europa a dedo she hitchhiked around Europe; hacer dedo (fam) to hitchhike, hitch (colloq); poner el dedo en la llaga to hit o touch a raw nerve; señalar a algn con el dedo ( literal) to point at sb; ( culpar) to point the finger at sb
dedo m (de la mano) finger (del pie) toe Locuciones: a dedo, (arbitrariamente, sin selección democrática): elegir a alguien a dedo, to give someone a job
ser nombrado (alguien) a dedo, to get a job because of one's contacts
chuparse el dedo, to be born yesterday
hacer dedo, to hitchhike
no tener dos dedos de frente, to be stupid: su hermano no tiene dos dedos de frente, his brother is pretty dim
pillarse los dedos, to get caught red-handed En español tenemos 20 dedos: 10 de los pies y 10 de las manos (d. pulgar/anular/corazón/índice/meñique, thumb/ ring/ middle/ index/ little finger). En inglés tenemos 10 toes (dedos de los pies), 8 fingers (dedos) y 2 thumbs (pulgares). ' dedo' also found in these entries: Spanish: esguince - índice - llaga - meñique - nombrar - padrastro - pillarse - pulgar - punta - señalar - yema - agarrar - anestesiar - anillo - apuntar - astilla - chupar - clavar - cortar - dar - lastimar - machucar - meter - pie - pillar - zafar English: crook - digit - finger - fingertip - flick - forefinger - glove - her - hitch-hike - index finger - little finger - point - poke - prick - print - ring finger - shut - suck - thumb - toe - toenail - work in - catch - cut - hitch - index - pick - sever - stub
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