hooked

enganchado, fascinado

Tan interesado en algo que siempre quiere seguir haciéndolo o disfrutándolo.

En inglés sencillo: So interested in something that you keep wanting to do or enjoy it.

• I am hooked on this game.
• The first chapter had me hooked.
• She got hooked on swimming last summer.

Cómo se usa: be hooked on something (I am hooked on this new series.)

Sinónimos: obsessed, captivated

Expresiones frecuentes: hooked on something, get hooked, completely hooked

adicto, enganchado

Que no puede dejar de consumir una sustancia dañina o de realizar una actividad perjudicial.

En inglés sencillo: Unable to stop using a harmful substance or doing a harmful activity.

• She became hooked on nicotine.
• He is hooked on gambling.
• It took years to stop being hooked on drugs.

Cómo se usa: be hooked on something (He was hooked on cigarettes for years.)

Sinónimos: addicted, dependent

Expresiones frecuentes: hooked on drugs, hooked on nicotine, get hooked

ganchudo, curvado

Que tiene un extremo muy curvado, como un gancho.

En inglés sencillo: Having an end that bends sharply around.

• The bird has a hooked beak.
• He drew a face with a hooked nose.
• The cat caught the fabric with its hooked claws.

Sinónimos: curved

Antónimos: straight

Expresiones frecuentes: hooked beak, hooked nose, hooked claws