La Palabra Del Dia: "chupar"
chupar ( choo-pahr' )
verb ( to suck; to lick )
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Examples:
1: Mi hijo siempre se chupa el dedo cuando damos un paseo.
My son always sucks his thumb when we take a walk.
2: Una vaca me chupó la mano cuando estuve en la granja.
A cow licked my hand when I was at the farm.
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¿Te crees que me chupo el dedo? / Do you think I was born yesterday?
Le está chupando millones a la empresa. / He’s getting millions out of the firm.
Esta planta chupa mucha agua. This plant soaks up a lot of water.
Trato de chupar todo el conocimiento que pueda de mis amigos en SpanishDict; no pasa un día que no aprendo algo de alguien aquí.
I try to suck up all the knowledge I can from my friends at SpanishDict; not a day goes by that I don't learn something from somebody here.
Un gato ser a fingiendo indiferencia empieza a chupar su pata.
A cat pretending to be indifferent begins licking its paw.
Cuando éramos adolescentes teníamos un amigo llamado "Popochas" que era bien chupón porque siempre nos pedía dinero prestado pero nunca nos reemplazaba nada.
When we were teenagers we had a friend called "Rotten Bananas" who was a real sponger because he always borrowed money from us but never paid back anything.
La forma correcta de comer uno cámbaro es pellizcar su cola y luego chupar la cabeza.
The proper way to eat a crawdad is to pinch its tail and then suck the head.
La El chupacabra es una criatura mítica que supostamente supuestamente vaga por los desiertos de Tejas, atacando a los animales.
The chupcabra ("goat-sucker") is a mythical creature that supposedly wanders the deserts of Texas, attacking animals.
Si un bebé se chupa el dedo es aceptable , pero a partir de los cuatros a?os , tiempo antes del cual se produce la salida de los dientes permanentes que se realiza a los 6 o 7 a?os, tienes que ayudarlo a que deje por completo este hábito para que no se convierta en un mal.
If a baby sucks his thumb it is acceptable, but at four years, long before the growth of permanent teeth occurs, that takes place at 6 or 7 years, you have to help him stop this habit altogether so it doesn't become a problem.
Las garrapatas son insectos horribles, no solo chupan sangre, sino que transmiten enfermedades muy graves, como el piroplasmosis de caballos,la babesiosis y la enfermedad de lyme de animales y en seres humanos también , y no hablamos de la parálisis por picadura en perros . De verdad son bichos odiosos.
Ticks are horrible insects, not only do they suck blood, but they also carry very serious diseases, such as Piroplasmosis in horses , and Redwater Disease and Lyme's disease in both animals and people, not to mention Tick Paralysis in dogs. They really are hateful insects.
Yo sé que estás triste, pero tienes que comer. ¡Te estás chupando!
I know you're sad, but you have to eat. You're wasting away!
Idiom: Chupar faros / To suck on Faros, a very inexpensive brand of cigarrettes, to die, to break down.
¡Creo que mi celular ya chupó faros!
I think that my cell phone has just broken down!
Chupar es un instinto con que nacen los bebés. Sin este, no sobreviviría nadie. Al primer día el bebé puede chupar el pecho de la mamá, y más tarde a veces un chupete o el pulgar.
To suck is an instinct with which babies are born. Without this, no-one would survive. From the first day the baby can suck on the mother's breast, and later sometimes a dummy or the thumb.
Para aliviar el dolor de garganta, chúpate una pastilla para la garganta, un caramelo o una paleta. También puedes chupar un limón con miel.
To relieve sore throat, suck on cough drops, hard candy or a popsicle. You can also suck a lemon with honey.
Hay un número de enfermedades que se transmiten mediante insectos que chupan sangre, y si alguien descubriera una manera segura de eliminar esos insectos, me pregunto cuántos de los ecologistas intentaran impedirlo, y cuántos no.
There are a number of illnesses that are transmitted by insects that suck blood, and if someone were to discover a safe way of eliminating those insects, I wonder how many of the environmentalists would try to impede it, and how many wouldn't.
Durante nuestro vacaciones, cada noche hemos dado un paseo travez las calles estrechas de ciudad Mediterráneo chupando el helado.
During our holiday, every evening we walked thru narrow streets of Mediterranean city, leaking ice cream.
