sucking

sucking(
suh
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kihng
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An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
adjective
a. lactante
Belinda took her sucking baby to work.Belinda se llevó a su bebé lactante al trabajo.
b. mamón
The mother held her sucking infant to her breast.La madre sostenía a su bebé mamón junto al pecho.
c. mamantón (animal)
Our sucking calf lost its mother, so we feed it from a bottle.Nuestro becerro mamantón perdió a su madre, así que lo alimentamos de una botella.
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct 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.
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