mule

mula, mulo

Animal nacido de un burro macho y una yegua, usado a menudo para transportar cargas.

En inglés sencillo: An animal born from a male donkey and a female horse, often used to carry loads.

• The mule carried our bags.
• Farmers used mules to pull heavy carts.
• We rode a mule along the mountain path.

Expresiones frecuentes: pack mule, ride a mule, mule train, breed a mule

zueco, zapato destalonado

Zapato que cubre la parte delantera del pie pero deja el talón descubierto.

En inglés sencillo: A shoe that covers the front of your foot but leaves your heel uncovered.

• She wore a pair of red mules.
• This leather mule has a low heel.
• I slipped off my mules by the door.

Expresiones frecuentes: leather mule, heeled mule, mule shoe

mula, correo de drogas

Persona que recibe dinero por transportar drogas ilegales en secreto de un lugar a otro.

En inglés sencillo: A person paid to secretly carry illegal drugs from one place to another.

• Police arrested a drug mule at the airport.
• The gang recruited young people as mules.
• She was paid to act as a mule across the border.

Sinónimos: drug courier

Expresiones frecuentes: drug mule, recruit a mule