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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
suck-up n mainly US, figurative, pejorative, slang (obsequious person) (coloquial)chupaculos n común
  lamebotas n común
 Jill thinks if she's a suck-up, the teacher will give her better grades.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Locuciones verbales
InglésEspañol
suck up vi phrasal figurative, slang (be obsequious, fawn) (coloquial)hacer zalamerías loc verb
  (AmC, CO, MX: coloquial)lambisconear⇒, lambisquear⇒ vi
  (AR: coloquial)chupar medias loc verb
  (vulgar)lamer culos loc verb
 I can't stand Kate; she's always sucking up.
 No soporto a Kate: siempre anda haciendo zalamerías.
suck up to [sb] vi phrasal + prep figurative, slang (be obsequious to [sb])adular a vtr + prep
  (ES: coloquial)hacerle la pelota a, hacerle la pelotilla a loc verb + prep
  (AR: coloquial)chuparle las medias a loc verb + prep
  (AmC, CO, MX: coloquial)lambisconear a, lambisquear a vtr + prep
 The man sucks up to his boss because he wants a raise.
 El hombre adula a su jefe porque quiere un aumento.
 El hombre le hace la pelota a su jefe porque quiere un aumento.
  (vulgar)lamerle el culo a loc verb + prep
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
suck [sth] up vtr + adv (ingest by sucking)succionar⇒ vtr
  sorber⇒ vtr
  chupar⇒ vtr
 You can use a straw to suck up the water.
 Puedes usar una pajilla para succionar el agua.
suck [sth] up vtr + adv (draw upwards)extraer⇒ vtr
  (aspiradora)aspirar⇒ vtr
 Vacuum cleaners suck up the dust particles from carpets and other surfaces.
 Las aspiradoras extraen las partículas de polvo de las alfombras y otras superficies.
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'suck-up' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
Spanish:
bocabajo - lambón - adulate - adulador - arrastrar - barbero - dar coba - dar jabón - dar lija - dorar la píldora - hacer la barba - hacer la pelota - hacer la rosca - halagar - lamber - lambetear - lambiscón - lambisquear - lamerle el culo a alguien - lisonjear - pelotear - pelotillero


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