| Principal Translations |
| mop n | (floor-cleaning tool) (AmL) | trapeador nm |
| | (ES) | mopa, fregona nf |
| | (ES) | mocho nm |
| | (AR, UY, VE) | lampazo nm |
| | Rachel grabbed a mop and cleaned the floor. |
| | Rachel agarró un trapeador y limpió el piso. |
| mop [sth]⇒ vtr | (floor: clean) (AmL) | trapear algo vtr |
| | (ES) | pasarle la mopa a algo, pasarle la fregona a algo loc verb + prep |
| | (AR, UY, VE) | pasarle el lampazo a algo loc verb + prep |
| | Kyle mopped the floor after his shift. |
| | Kyle trapeaba el piso después de su turno. |
| mop of hair n | slang, figurative (thick hair) (coloquial) | pelambre nf |
| | (coloquial) | melena nf |
| | (ES: coloquial) | pelo mocho loc nom m |
| | The boy had a thick mop of hair. |
| | El muchacho tenía una gruesa pelambre. |
Locuciones verbales
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| mop up vi phrasal | (clean floors) | limpiar el piso loc verb |
| | The villagers are still mopping up after their homes were flooded yesterday evening. |
| | Los vecinos todavía están limpiando los pisos después de que sus casas se inundaran ayer por la tarde. |
| mop up vi phrasal | slang, figurative (handle consequences) | hacerse cargo loc verb |
| | | lidiar con las consecuencias loc verb |
| | You're always causing trouble and it's always me who has to come in and mop up after you. |
| | Siempre te estás metiendo en problemas y siempre soy yo quien tiene que venir a hacerse cargo. |
| mop [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | (clean up) (ES) | limpiar con la fregona loc verb |
| | I'll mop up the milk you spilled. |
| | Voy a limpiar con la fregona la leche que has tirado. |
| | (AR) | pasar el lampazo loc verb |
| | (MX) | trapear⇒ vtr |
| | Voy a pasar el lampazo sobre la leche que has tirado. |
| | Voy a trapear la leche que has tirado. |
| mop [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (wipe up) (figurado) | limpiar⇒ vtr |
| | Serve with plenty of bread to mop up the gravy. |
| | Sírvelo con mucho pan para limpiar tanta salsa. |
| mop [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | slang, figurative (handle consequences) (figurado) | limpiar el desastre loc verb |
| | First they will have to mop up the mess created by the outgoing administration. |
| | Primero van a tener que limpiar el desastre creado por la administración anterior. |
| mop [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | slang, figurative (defeat) (figurado, informal) | barrer⇒ vtr |
| | Allied troops were still trying to mop up resistance in the south of the country. |
| | Las tropas aliadas todavía estaban intentando barrer con la resistencia en el sur del país. |