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poke1

UK: /pəʊk/ US: /poʊk/ [poked, poking]

Translation

v [t]
meter
Don't poke your fingers into the socket
No metas los dedos en el enchufe
dar [golpes]
Stop poking me in the leg
Deja de darme en la pierna
(el fuego)
atizar
to poke {out/round/through}
asomar
to poke your head out of the window
asomar la cabeza por la ventana
to poke {about/around}
(Definition of poke v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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