sucker

gonzo, pollo

Una persona facile da ingannare per farle credere qualcosa o convincerla a consegnare denaro.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: fool, dupe, sap

Espressioni comuni: poor sucker, complete sucker, a total sucker

appassionato, fan

Una persona a cui qualcuno o qualcosa piace tanto da non riuscire facilmente a resistere.

In inglese semplice: 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?

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

Sinonimi: enthusiast, fan

Espressioni comuni: sucker for something, sucker for someone, such a sucker

lecca-lecca

Una caramella da succhiare, soprattutto se fissata all’estremità di un bastoncino.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: lollipop

Espressioni comuni: cherry sucker, sucker stick, give someone a sucker

coso, aggeggio

Modo informale di indicare una cosa, spesso grande, difficile da maneggiare o impressionante.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: thing

Espressioni comuni: this sucker, big sucker, move the sucker

succhiatore

Un animale, una persona o un dispositivo che aspira liquidi succhiando.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Espressioni comuni: blood sucker, sap sucker, powerful sucker

pollone

Un nuovo germoglio indesiderato che cresce dalle radici di una pianta o dalla parte bassa del tronco.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: root shoot

Espressioni comuni: root sucker, remove a sucker, rose sucker

ingannare, truffare

Ingannare qualcuno perché faccia qualcosa o ti dia qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si 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.)

Sinonimi: trick, fool, con, dupe

Espressioni comuni: sucker someone into something, sucker someone into buying, sucker someone out of

spollonare

Togliere i germogli indesiderati che crescono dalle radici di una pianta o dalla parte bassa del tronco.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Espressioni comuni: sucker the maize, sucker a plant, sucker the roses