suck

chupar

suck(suhk)

transitive verb

1. (to draw up in the mouth)

a. chupar

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. mamar

(vulgar)

A crazy man on the metro was screaming, "Suck it!"

Un loco en el metro estaba gritando "¡Mámame!"

4. (to be drawn into)

a. meter

I don't want to be sucked into their dispute.

No quiero verme metido en su disputa.

b. arrastrar

The country resisted being sucked into a bloody war.

El país se resistía a ser arrastrado a una cruenta guerra.

intransitive verb

5. (to suction with a machine)

a. aspirar

I sucked up the spider with my vacuum cleaner.

Aspiré la araña con la aspiradora.

6.

(colloquial)

(to be bad or disagreeable)

(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.

7. (to draw up with the mouth)

a. chupar

The child sucked on his thumb distractedly.

El niño se chupaba el dedo distraído.

b. mamar

The calf was placidly sucking at his mother's teat.

El becerro mamaba plácidamente de la teta de su madre.

suck

transitive verb

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

intransitive verb

5. (very fam)

a.

that movie/idea sucks!¡esa película/idea es una caca!

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suck [sʌk]

transitive verb

[+person] sorber; [+machine] aspirar

to suck one's fingers

to suck one's thumb/fingers chuparse el dedo/los dedos; we were sucked into the controversy nos vimos envueltos en la polémica

He warned that if the President tried to enforce control, the country would be sucked into a power vacuum ...the extent to which they have been sucked into the cycle of violence

to suck sb dry (of sth) exprimir (algo) a algn

Britain sucked dry by money market leeches Lured to the Pacific by the area's purity, they soiled it with their diseases and passed the islands on to the Americans, sucked dry of innocence

to suck it and see (Britain) probar a ver

intransitive verb

1 (gen) chupar; [+baby] (at breast) mamar

the baby was sucking noisily

to suck on/at sth chupar algo; to suck at one's mother's breast mamar del pecho de su madre

2 especially (US)

this sucks es una mierda (very_informal)