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1 toady
tr['təʊdɪ]1 pelota nombre masulino o femenino, cobista nombre masulino o femenino1 hacer la pelota a, dar coba av.• adular servilmente v.n.• adulador, -ora s.m.,f.• pelota s.f.• servil s.m.
I 'təʊdinoun (pl - dies) adulador, -dora m,f, pelota mf (Esp fam), chupamedias mf (CS, Ven fam), lambiscón, -cona m,f (Méx fam), lambón, -bona m,f (Col fam)
II
intransitive verb -dies, -dying, -died['tǝʊdɪ] pejto toady TO somebody — adular a alguien, darle* coba a alguien
1.2.VIto toady to sb — adular or hacer la pelotilla a algn *, dar coba a algn *
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I ['təʊdi]noun (pl - dies) adulador, -dora m,f, pelota mf (Esp fam), chupamedias mf (CS, Ven fam), lambiscón, -cona m,f (Méx fam), lambón, -bona m,f (Col fam)
II
intransitive verb -dies, -dying, -diedto toady TO somebody — adular a alguien, darle* coba a alguien
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2 toady
1. nounKriecher, der2. intransitive verbtoady [to somebody] — [vor jemandem] kriechen (abwertend)
* * *[ˈtəʊdi, AM ˈtoʊdi]( pej)II. vi<- ie->* * *['təʊdɪ]1. n (pej)Kriecher( in) m(f), Speichellecker(in) m(f)2. viRad fahren (pej inf)* * *toady [ˈtəʊdı]C v/i kriechen (to vor dat)* * *1. nounKriecher, der2. intransitive verbtoady [to somebody] — [vor jemandem] kriechen (abwertend)
* * *n.Speichellecker m.
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