hog

hog
hoɡ
1. noun
((especially American) a pig.) cerdo, puerco, marrano

2. verb
1) (to gobble up greedily.) acaparar
2) (to take or use more of than one ought to; to keep or use longer than one ought to: She's hogging the telephone and no-one else can use it.) acaparar
•
- go the whole hog
hog
tr[hɒg]
noun
1 cerdo, puerco, marrano
2 familiar pejorative (not a nice person) indeseable nombre masulino o femenino
transitive verb (pt & pp hogged, ger hogging)
1 acaparar
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to go the whole hog llegar hasta el final, liarse la manta a la cabeza
hog ['hɔg, 'hɑg] vt, hogged ; hogging : acaparar, monopolizar
hog n
1) pig: cerdo m, -da f
2) glutton: glotón m, -tona f
hog
n.
• cerdo s.m.
• chancho s.m.
• cochino s.m.
• glotona s.f.
• glotón s.m.
• gorrino s.m.
• guarro s.m.
• marrano s.m.
• puerco s.m.

I hɔːg, hɒg
noun (AmE Agr, Zool) cerdo, -da m,f, puerco, -ca m,f, chancho, -cha m,f (AmL); (person) (colloq) tragón, -gona m,f (fam), angurriento, -ta m,f (CS fam)

to go the whole hog: let's go the whole hog and have champagne mira, de perdidos, al río: pidamos champán; to live high on o off the hog — (AmE colloq) vivir a todo tren (fam)


II
transitive verb -gg- (colloq) \<\<food/bathroom/limelight\>\> acaparar; \<\<discussion\>\> monopolizar*
[hɒɡ]
1. N
1) (esp US) (=pig) cerdo m , puerco m , chancho m (LAm)
2) (Brit) (=castrated pig) cerdo m castrado

he's a greedy hog * — es un cerdo *

- go the whole hog
2.
VT * acaparar

to hog the limelight — acaparar toda la atención

* * *

I [hɔːg, hɒg]
noun (AmE Agr, Zool) cerdo, -da m,f, puerco, -ca m,f, chancho, -cha m,f (AmL); (person) (colloq) tragón, -gona m,f (fam), angurriento, -ta m,f (CS fam)

to go the whole hog: let's go the whole hog and have champagne mira, de perdidos, al río: pidamos champán; to live high on o off the hog — (AmE colloq) vivir a todo tren (fam)


II
transitive verb -gg- (colloq) \<\<food/bathroom/limelight\>\> acaparar; \<\<discussion\>\> monopolizar*

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