plug

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plug
[plʌg]
sustantivo
1tapón (m) (for sink)
2enchufe (m) (electrical)
  • (spark) plug (automóbiles) -> bujía (f)
  • to pull the plug on something (familiar sentido figurado) -> acabar con algo
3rollo (m) (de tabaco de mascar) (of tobacco)
4publicidad (f) (familiar) (publicity)
  • to give something a plug -> hacer publicidad de or promocionar algo
verbo transitivo (pt & pp plugged)
5tapar, taponar (block)
  • to plug a leak -> tapar una fuga
6hacer publicidad de, promocionar (familiar) (promote)

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plug [plag]
sustantivo
1Tapón, tarugo o llave de fuente, émbolo.
  • Fire-plug -> llave o caño que abastece de agua en un incendio
2Porción de tabaco torcido.
  • Plug tobacco -> tabaco curado o torcido
3Cualquier artículo que no sirve para nada; rocín, penco, caballo de poco valor. (Familiar) (m)
4Sombrero de copa. (Germania; Alemania) (m)
1Atarugar, tapar con tapón o tarugo.
  • To plug melons o other fruits -> (Fam.) calar melones, etc. 2. Orificar, rellenar la picadura de una muela o de un diente
sustantivo
  • He keeps plugging away his French -> sigue dándole duro a su francés
  • Plug in -> enchufar
  • Plug up -> tapar
va.

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plug [plʌɡ]
noun
1 (in bath, basin, barrel, for leak) tapón; (m)
a plug of cotton wool un tampón (de algodón)
to pull the plug on sth (informal)
the bank pulled the plug on my overdraft el banco me cerró el grifo del descubierto
2 (Electricity and Electronics) (on flex, apparatus) enchufe; (m) clavija; (f) (socket) toma de corriente; (f) (Telec) clavija; (f) (Aut) (spark plug) bujía; (f)
2-/3-pin plug clavija bipolar/tripolar; (f) clavija de dos/tres polos; (f)
3 [of tobacco] rollo; (m) tableta (de tabaco de mascar); (f)
4 (informal) (piece of publicity) publicidad; (f)
to give sth/sb a plug dar publicidad a algo/algn; to get/put in a plug for a product lograr anunciar un producto (de modo solapado)
verb:transitive
1 (also plug up) [+hole] llenar; tapar
Construction company officials say they're still not sure they've completely plugged the leak that caused yesterday's massive flooding
 [+leak] cubrir; (Archit) rellenar
plug this cloth into the hole tapa el agujero con este trapo; to plug a tooth empastar una muela; to plug a loophole cerrar una escapatoria; to plug the drain on the reserves acabar con la pérdida de reservas
2 (insert) introducir
to plug a lead into a socket enchufar un hilo en una toma
3 (informal) (publicize) dar publicidad a
4 (informal) (advocate, put forward) insistir hacer hincapié en;or
he's been plugging that line for years hace años que viene diciendo lo mismo
5 (very_informal) (hit) pegar; (shoot) pegar un tiro a

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Verb Conjugation for "plug"

Imperative
  • plug
  • you plug
  • he/she plugs
  • we plug
  • you plug
  • they plug
Preterite
  • I plugged
  • you plugged
  • he/she plugged
  • we plugged
  • you plugged
  • they plugged
Present Continuous
  • I am plugging
  • you are plugging
  • he/she is plugging
  • we are plugging
  • you are plugging
  • they are plugging
Present Perfect
  • I have plugged
  • you have plugged
  • he/she has plugged
  • we have plugged
  • you have plugged
  • they have plugged
Past Continuous
  • I was plugging
  • you were plugging
  • he/she was plugging
  • we were plugging
  • you were plugging
  • they were plugging
Past Perfect
  • I had plugged
  • you had plugged
  • he/she had plugged
  • we had plugged
  • you had plugged
  • they had plugged
Future
  • I will plug
  • you will plug
  • he/she will plug
  • we will plug
  • you will plug
  • they will plug
Future Perfect
  • I will have plugged
  • you will have plugged
  • he/she will have plugged
  • we will have plugged
  • you will have plugged
  • they will have plugged
Future Continuous
  • I will be plugging
  • you will be plugging
  • he/she will be plugging
  • we will be plugging
  • you will be plugging
  • they will be plugging
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been plugging
  • you have been plugging
  • he/she has been plugging
  • we have been plugging
  • you have been plugging
  • they have been plugging
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been plugging
  • you will have been plugging
  • he/she will have been plugging
  • we will have been plugging
  • you will have been plugging
  • they will have been plugging
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been plugging
  • you had been plugging
  • he/she had been plugging
  • we had been plugging
  • you had been plugging
  • they had been plugging
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