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suck

/sʌk/

Translation

v [t, i]
chupar(se)
Stop sucking your thumb!
¡Deja de chuparte el dedo!
to suck a sweet
chupar un caramelo
mamar
The puppies were sucking milk at their mother's breasts
Los cachorros estaban mamando
This sucks! US (very inform)
¡Esto es una mierda! col.
to be sucked into sth
verse envuelto en algo
(Definition of suck v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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