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"Tucking" is a form of "tuck", a transitive verb which is often translated as "meter". "Sucking" is a form of "sucking", an adjective which is often translated as "lactante". Learn more about the difference between "tucking" and "sucking" below.
tuck(
tuhk
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (to insert)
a. meter
Remember to tuck your shirt in before you go to school.Acuérdate de meterte la camisa antes de irte a la escuela.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
3. (sewing)
a. el pliegue (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Lauren's mother taught her how to put tucks in her blouses.La mamá de Lauren le enseñó a hacer pliegues en las blusas.
4. (colloquial) (culinary) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
a. las golosinas (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
We have a little tuck left over from the party last night, mostly crisps and wafers.Nos sobraron unas golosinas de la fiesta de anoche, principalmente, papitas y galletas.
sucking(
suh
-
kihng
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
b. mamón
The mother held her sucking infant to her breast.La madre sostenía a su bebé mamón junto al pecho.
2. (very young)
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
The little sucking pig followed its mother around the corral.El pequeño lechón seguía a su madre alrededor del corral.
Yesterday there was an egg in the nest, and today a sucking dove.Ayer habia un huevo en el nido, y hoy una paloma polluela.
