sucker

ingenuo, incauto, primo

Una persona a la que resulta fácil engañar para que crea algo o entregue dinero.

En inglés sencillo: A person who is easily tricked into believing something or giving away money.

• Don't be a sucker.
• Some poor sucker paid twice the usual price.
• They took me for a sucker and tried to cheat me.

Sinónimos: fool, dupe, sap

Expresiones frecuentes: poor sucker, complete sucker, a total sucker

amante, fanático

Una persona a la que alguien o algo le gusta tanto que le cuesta resistirse.

En inglés sencillo: A person who likes someone or something so much that they find it hard to resist.

• I'm a sucker for chocolate.
• She's always been a sucker for romantic films.
• Are you a sucker for a friendly smile?

Cómo se usa: be a sucker for someone/something (I'm a sucker for happy endings.)

Sinónimos: enthusiast, fan

Expresiones frecuentes: sucker for something, sucker for someone, such a sucker

piruleta, paleta

Un dulce que se chupa, especialmente uno sujeto a un palito.

En inglés sencillo: A sweet that you suck, especially one on the end of a stick.

• The child wanted a red sucker.
• She handed out suckers after the game.
• He unwrapped a cherry sucker and put it in his mouth.

Sinónimos: lollipop

Expresiones frecuentes: cherry sucker, sucker stick, give someone a sucker

cacharro, bicho

Forma coloquial de referirse a algo, a menudo grande, difícil de manejar o impresionante.

En inglés sencillo: A thing you are talking about, often something large, difficult to handle, or impressive.

• This sucker is heavy!
• We finally got the sucker through the door.
• That new engine is one powerful sucker.

Sinónimos: thing

Expresiones frecuentes: this sucker, big sucker, move the sucker

chupador, succionador

Un animal, una persona o un aparato que absorbe líquido mediante succión.

En inglés sencillo: An animal, person, or device that draws in liquid by sucking.

• A leech is a blood sucker.
• These insects are sap suckers that damage young plants.
• The tiny blood suckers left itchy marks on her legs.

Expresiones frecuentes: blood sucker, sap sucker, powerful sucker

chupón, retoño

Un nuevo tallo no deseado que sale de las raíces de una planta o de la base del tronco.

En inglés sencillo: An unwanted new stem growing from a plant's roots or the lower part of its trunk.

• Cut off the sucker near the roots.
• The rose bush keeps producing suckers.
• Remove suckers before they take strength from the main plant.

Sinónimos: root shoot

Expresiones frecuentes: root sucker, remove a sucker, rose sucker

engañar, estafar

Engañar a alguien para que haga algo o te dé alguna cosa.

En inglés sencillo: To trick someone into doing something or giving you something.

• Don't let them sucker you.
• She was suckered into paying for an expensive course.
• The scammers suckered him out of all his money.

Cómo se usa: sucker someone into doing something (The advertisement suckered me into buying a useless gadget.); sucker someone out of something (They suckered him out of his savings.)

Sinónimos: trick, fool, con, dupe

Expresiones frecuentes: sucker someone into something, sucker someone into buying, sucker someone out of

deschuponar

Eliminar los brotes no deseados que crecen desde las raíces de una planta o la base del tronco.

En inglés sencillo: To remove unwanted new stems growing from a plant's roots or lower trunk.

• We need to sucker the roses.
• The gardener suckered the young trees in spring.
• They spent the morning suckering the maize.

Expresiones frecuentes: sucker the maize, sucker a plant, sucker the roses