suck [sʌk]
suck
suck(
suhk
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (to draw up in the mouth)
The child was sucking a candy, unaware of what was going on around her.La niña chupaba un caramelo, sin percatarse de lo que ocurría a su alrededor.
b. sorber (to sip)
He has to suck liquid food through a straw after his surgery.Tiene que sorber alimentos líquidos con una pajita a causa de la operación.
2. (to suction with a machine)
a. succionar
The pump can suck up to eight gallons per minute.La bomba puede succionar hasta ocho galones por minuto.
3. (vulgar) (sexual)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
a. mamar (vulgar)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
A crazy man on the metro was screaming, "Suck it!"Un loco en el metro estaba gritando "¡Mámame!"
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
5. (to suction with a machine)
6. (colloquial) (to be bad or disagreeable) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
a. ser una porquería
The book is great, but the movie sucks.El libro es estupendo, pero la película es una porquería.
b. ser un asco
It really sucks that it rained every single day during our vacation.Es un asco que haya llovido todos y cada uno de los días de las vacaciones.
sucktransitive verbintransitive verb
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (lollipop)
a. chupar
2. (liquid)
a. succionar
3. (mother's milk)
a. mamar
4. (air)
a. aspirar
to suck one's thumbchuparse el dedo
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
5. (very fam)
a.
that movie/idea sucks!¡esa película/idea es una caca!
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