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plug2

/plʌɡ/ [plugged, plugging]

Translation

v [t]
tapar
We had to plug the hole in the wall with cement
Tuvimos que tapar el agujero de la pared con cemento
sellar
rellenar
to plug a gap
rellenar un hueco
promocionar
She is in Paris plugging her new film
Está en París, promocionando su nueva película
(los oídos)
taponar(se)
pegar [a alguien]
pegar un tiro [a alguien]
to plug a {gap/hole}
solucionar un problema
to plug away at sth to plug sth in to plug sth into sth
(Definition of plug v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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