sucker

sucker
noun
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, imbécil
2) (a person or thing that sucks: Are these insects bloodsuckers?) chupador; (bloodsucker) chupasangre
3) (an organ on an animal, eg an octopus, by which it sticks to objects.) ventosa
4) (a curved pad or disc (of rubber etc) that can be pressed on to a surface and stick there.) ventosa
5) (a side shoot coming from the root of a plant.) chupón, mamón
sucker
tr['sʌkəSMALLr/SMALL]
noun
1 SMALLZOOLOGY/SMALL ventosa
2 SMALLBOTANY/SMALL chupón nombre masculino, mamón nombre masculino
3 (rubber disc) ventosa
4 familiar (person) primo,-a, bobo,-a, imbécil nombre masulino o femenino
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to be a sucker for something tener debilidad por algo
sucker ['sʌkər] n
1) : ventosa f (de un insecto, etc.)
2) : chupón m (de una planta)
4) fool: tonto m, -ta f; idiota mf
sucker
n.
• 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)
noun
1) (colloq) (fool) (pej) imbécil mf

to play somebody for a sucker — (AmE) engañar a alguien como a un chino (fam)

to 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
3) (Bot) (shoot) chupón m, mamón m

II
transitive verb (AmE colloq)

to sucker somebody INTO -ING — embaucar* a alguien para que (+ subj)

['sʌkǝ(r)]
1. N
1) (Zool, Tech) ventosa f ; (Bot) serpollo m , mamón m
2) (US) (=lollipop) pirulí m , chupete m (LAm)
3) * (=gullible person) primo(-a) m / f , bobo(-a) m / f

there's a sucker born every minute — nace un primo or un bobo cada minuto

he's a sucker for a pretty girl * — no puede resistirse a una chica guapa

2.
VT
(US) **

to sucker sb into doing sth — embaucar a algn para que haga algo

they suckered him out of six grand — le estafaron or timaron 6.000 dólares

3.
CPD

sucker pad N — ventosa f

sucker punch N — (Boxing) (also fig) golpe m a traición

* * *

I ['sʌkər, 'sʌkə(r)]
noun
1) (colloq) (fool) (pej) imbécil mf

to play somebody for a sucker — (AmE) engañar a alguien como a un chino (fam)

to 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
3) (Bot) (shoot) chupón m, mamón m

II
transitive verb (AmE colloq)

to sucker somebody INTO -ING — embaucar* a alguien para que (+ subj)


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