bung
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bung
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (cork)
2. (colloquial) (bribe) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
a. el soborno (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).
That Ferguson bloke tried to offer me a bung.Ese tipo Ferguson trató de ofrecerme un soborno.
b. la coima (F) (Latin America)
(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).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
The mayor took a bung of over 10,000 pounds.El alcalde aceptó una coima de más de 10,000 libras.
c. la mordida (F) (Central America) (Mexico)
(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).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in Mexico
The bung Gibson gave the jurors was enough to buy him a sentence of "not guilty".La mordida que Gibson les dio a los miembros del jurado fue suficiente para conseguir una sentencia de "no culpable".
3. (culinary)
a. el ciego (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).
The seafood packaging company was accused of selling pork bung labelled as calamari.La empresa que procesa mariscos fue acusada de vender ciego de cerdo etiquetado como calamares.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
4. (to cover)
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