- suck
- 1. verb
1) (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 chuparhe still sucks his thumb todavía se chupa el dedosucktr[sʌk]transitive verb1 (person - liquid) sorber; (- lollipop, pencil, thumb, etc) chupar; (insect -blood, nectar) chupar, succionar■ he's ten years old and still sucks his thumb tiene diez años y aún se chupa el dedo2 (vacuum cleaner) aspirar (in, -); (pump) succionar, aspirar (in, -); (plant) absorber (up, -)3 (draw powerfully) arrastrar■ the current sucked him under la corriente se lo tragóintransitive verb1 (person) chupar (at/on, -); (baby) mamar (at, -); (vacuum cleaner) aspirar (up,-); (pump) succionar, aspirar2 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL slang (be very bad) ser terrible, ser una mierdanoun1 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.)suckn.• 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. sʌktransitive verba) \<\<person\>\> \<\<finger/candy\>\> chupar; \<\<liquid\>\> (through a straw) sorber; \<\<vacuum cleaner\>\> aspirar; \<\<pump\>\> succionar, aspirar; \<\<insect\>\> \<\<blood/nectar\>\> chuparto suck one's thumb — chuparse el dedo
to 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
2.
vi1) \<\<person\>\> chuparto suck AT something — chupar algo
the baby was sucking at his mother's breast — el bebé estaba mamando
to suck on something — \<\<on pipe/pen\>\> chupar algo
2) (be objectionable) (AmE sl)the movie really sucks — la película es una mierda (vulg)
•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
we were sucked into the controversy — nos vimos envueltos en la polémica
- suck sb dry- suck it and see2. VI1) (gen) chupar; [baby] (at breast) mamarto suck on/at sth — chupar algo
to suck at one's mother's breast — mamar del pecho de su madre
2) (esp US)this sucks ** — es una mierda **
- suck in- suck off- suck out- suck up* * *
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1. [sʌk]transitive verba) \<\<person\>\> \<\<finger/candy\>\> chupar; \<\<liquid\>\> (through a straw) sorber; \<\<vacuum cleaner\>\> aspirar; \<\<pump\>\> succionar, aspirar; \<\<insect\>\> \<\<blood/nectar\>\> chuparto suck one's thumb — chuparse el dedo
to 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
2.
vi1) \<\<person\>\> chuparto suck AT something — chupar algo
the baby was sucking at his mother's breast — el bebé estaba mamando
to suck on something — \<\<on pipe/pen\>\> chupar algo
2) (be objectionable) (AmE sl)the movie really sucks — la película es una mierda (vulg)
•Phrasal Verbs:- suck in
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noun (no pl) chupada fto give suck — (arch) dar* el pecho, amamantar
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
