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suck
(sŭk)v. sucked, suck·ing, sucks
v.tr.
1.
a. To draw (liquid) into the mouth by movements of the tongue and lips that create suction.
b. To draw a liquid into the mouth through or from: a baby sucking a bottle.
c. To hold, moisten, or maneuver (a sweet, for example) in the mouth, especially in creating suction.
2.
a. To draw in by establishing a partial vacuum: a cleaning device that sucks up dirt; sucked air into his lungs.
b. To draw in a current in a fluid: debris that got sucked into the drain.
c. To cause to be involved or engaged in something: teenagers who are sucked into a life of crime.
3. Vulgar Slang To perform fellatio on.
v.intr.
1. To move the tongue and lips to create suction: sucked on a straw.
2. To draw something in by suction: The pump started to suck.
3. To draw nourishment from a breast or teat; suckle.
4. To make a sound caused by suction.
5. Slang
a. To be highly unpleasant or disagreeable: This job sucks.
b. To be of poor or inferior quality: The acting in that movie sucked.
c. To be inept: I suck at math.
n.
Phrasal Verbs: 1. The act or sound of sucking: gave the straw a suck.
2. Suction.
suck in
To take advantage of; cheat; swindle: We really got sucked in by that offer.
suck up Slang
Idiom: To behave obsequiously; fawn: sucking up to their rich relations.
suck it up
Slang To accept and deal with something one finds unpleasant.
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suck
(sʌk)vb
1. (Physiology) to draw (a liquid or other substance) into the mouth by creating a partial vacuum in the mouth
2. to draw in (fluid, etc) by or as if by a similar action: plants suck moisture from the soil.
3. (Physiology) to drink milk from (a mother's breast); suckle
4. (Physiology) (tr) to extract fluid content from (a solid food): to suck a lemon.
5. (Physiology) (tr) to take into the mouth and moisten, dissolve, or roll around with the tongue: to suck one's thumb.
6. (tr; often foll by down, in, etc) to draw by using irresistible force: the whirlpool sucked him down.
7. (Mechanical Engineering) (intr) (of a pump) to draw in air because of a low supply level or leaking valves, pipes, etc
8. (tr) to assimilate or acquire (knowledge, comfort, etc)
9. (intr) slang to be contemptible or disgusting
10. sucking diesel informal doing very well; successful
11. suck it and see informal to try something to find out what it is, what it is like, or how it works
n
12. the act or an instance of sucking
13. something that is sucked, esp milk from the mother's breast
14. (Physiology) give suck to to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or udder
15. an attracting or sucking force: the suck of the whirlpool was very strong.
16. a sound caused by sucking
[Old English sūcan; related to Old Norse súga, Middle Dutch sūgen, Latin sūgere to suck, exhaust; see soak]
ˈsuckless adj
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suck
(sʌk)v.t.
1. to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
2. to draw (water, moisture, air, etc.) by or as if by suction.
3. to apply the lips or mouth to and draw the liquid from: to suck an orange.
4. to put into the mouth and draw upon: to suck one's thumb.
5. to take into the mouth and dissolve by the action of the tongue, saliva, etc.: to suck a piece of candy.
6. to bring to a specified condition by sucking.
v.i. 7. to draw something in by producing a partial vacuum in the mouth, esp. to draw milk from the breast.
8. to draw or be drawn by or as if by suction.
9. (of a pump) to draw air instead of water, as when the water is low or a valve is defective.
10. Slang. to behave in a fawning manner (usu. fol. by around).
11. Slang. to be repellent or disgusting.
12. suck in, Informal. to deceive; cheat; defraud.
13. suck up, Slang. to be obsequious; toady.
n. 14. an act or instance of sucking.
15. a sucking force.
16. the sound produced by sucking.
17. that which is sucked.
18. a small drink; sip.
[before 900; (v.) Middle English souken, Old English sūcan, c. Latin sūgere; akin to Old English, Old High German sūgan, Old Saxon sūgen, Old Norse sūga]
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suck
Past participle: sucked
Gerund: sucking
| Imperative |
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| suck |
| suck |
| Present |
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| I suck |
| you suck |
| he/she/it sucks |
| we suck |
| you suck |
| they suck |
| Preterite |
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| I sucked |
| you sucked |
| he/she/it sucked |
| we sucked |
| you sucked |
| they sucked |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am sucking |
| you are sucking |
| he/she/it is sucking |
| we are sucking |
| you are sucking |
| they are sucking |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have sucked |
| you have sucked |
| he/she/it has sucked |
| we have sucked |
| you have sucked |
| they have sucked |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was sucking |
| you were sucking |
| he/she/it was sucking |
| we were sucking |
| you were sucking |
| they were sucking |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had sucked |
| you had sucked |
| he/she/it had sucked |
| we had sucked |
| you had sucked |
| they had sucked |
| Future |
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| I will suck |
| you will suck |
| he/she/it will suck |
| we will suck |
| you will suck |
| they will suck |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have sucked |
| you will have sucked |
| he/she/it will have sucked |
| we will have sucked |
| you will have sucked |
| they will have sucked |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be sucking |
| you will be sucking |
| he/she/it will be sucking |
| we will be sucking |
| you will be sucking |
| they will be sucking |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been sucking |
| you have been sucking |
| he/she/it has been sucking |
| we have been sucking |
| you have been sucking |
| they have been sucking |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been sucking |
| you will have been sucking |
| he/she/it will have been sucking |
| we will have been sucking |
| you will have been sucking |
| they will have been sucking |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been sucking |
| you had been sucking |
| he/she/it had been sucking |
| we had been sucking |
| you had been sucking |
| they had been sucking |
| Conditional |
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| I would suck |
| you would suck |
| he/she/it would suck |
| we would suck |
| you would suck |
| they would suck |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have sucked |
| you would have sucked |
| he/she/it would have sucked |
| we would have sucked |
| you would have sucked |
| they would have sucked |
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Noun 1. [画像:suck - the act of sucking]suck - the act of sucking
consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake - the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Verb 1. suck - draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast"
drink, imbibe - take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda"
2. suck - draw something in by or as if by a vacuum; "Mud was sucking at her feet"
3. suck - attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.; "The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad"
4. suck - be inadequate or objectionable; "this sucks!"
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
5. suck - provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
6. [画像:suck - take in, also metaphorically]suck - take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
mop, mop up, wipe up - to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop; "Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel"
blot - dry (ink) with blotting paper
sponge up - absorb as if with a sponge; "sponge up the spilled milk on the counter"
7. suck - give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
suck - draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast"
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suck
verb
1. drink, sip, draw, sup, siphon, quaff, slurp They waited in silence and sucked their drinks through straws.
3. (Informal) be very bad, be terrible, be awful, be dreadful, be foul, be very unpleasant The system sucks.
suck someone in or into something involve in, mix up in, draw into, implicate in the extent to which they have been sucked into a cycle of violence
suck up to someone (Informal) ingratiate yourself with, play up to (informal), curry favour with, flatter, pander to, toady, butter up, kiss someone's ass (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang), brown-nose (taboo slang), keep in with (informal), fawn on, truckle, lick someone's boots, dance attendance on, get on the right side of, worm yourself into (someone's) favour She kept sucking up to the teachers.
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suck
verbphrasal verb
suck up
Slang. To support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superior:
Idioms: curry favor, dance attendance, kiss someone's feet, lick someone's boots.
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Translations
مُخيف، فَظيعمصمَص، إمْتِصاصيَرْضَع يَمْتَص، يَشْفُط
духамсмуча
sátsmrdětvysátzavánět podrazemcucat
suttesugesut
imeähaista
sisati
ócskaszopásszopikszopogat
sjúgasog; tottsoga, sjúga
吸う
입으로 빨다
fellare
čiulpikasčiulpimasčiulptipadlaižiautisiurbikas
but pretigamiesūktriebtiessūkāšanasūkāt
suge
nudiťsaťunavovať
sesati
suga
ดูด
emmek içine çekmekbir boka benzememekemme
mút
suck
[sʌk]A. VT [person] → sorber ; [machine] → aspirar
to suck one's thumb/fingers → chuparse el dedo/los dedos
we were sucked into the controversy → nos vimos envueltos en la polémica
to suck sb dry (of sth) → exprimir (algo) a algn
to suck it and see (Brit) → probar a ver
to suck one's thumb/fingers → chuparse el dedo/los dedos
we were sucked into the controversy → nos vimos envueltos en la polémica
to suck sb dry (of sth) → exprimir (algo) a algn
to suck it and see (Brit) → probar a ver
B. VI
1. (gen) → chupar ; [baby] (at breast) → mamar
to suck on/at sth → chupar algo
to suck at one's mother's breast → mamar del pecho de su madre
to suck on/at sth → chupar algo
to suck at one's mother's breast → mamar del pecho de su madre
2. (esp US) this sucks → es una mierda
suck down VT + ADV [current, mud] → tragar
suck in VT + ADV
1. (lit)
1.1. [machine] [+ dust, air] → aspirar
suck off VT + ADV (sexually) → mamar
suck up
A. VT + ADV [+ dust, liquid] → aspirar
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suck
[ˈsʌk]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
suck
n to have a suck (at straw) → saugen, ziehen (→ at an +dat); (at lemonade etc) → nuckeln (inf), → ziehen (→ at an +dat); (at lollipop) → lutschen (→ at an +dat); to give suck (to a baby) (old) → (ein Baby) stillen
vt → saugen ; breast, straw → saugen an (+dat); sweet, pastille → lutschen ; lollipop → lutschen an (+dat); thumb → lutschen or nuckeln (inf) → an (+dat); to suck one’s teeth → an den Zähnen saugen ; to suck the juice out of something → den Saft aus etw heraussaugen; to suck somebody’s blood (lit) → jdm das Blut aussaugen ; (fig) → jdn bis aufs Blut aussaugen ; to suck somebody dry (fig) → jdn bis aufs Blut aussaugen ; go and teach your grandmother to suck eggs (prov) → da will das Ei wieder klüger sein als die Henne (prov); suck it and see (fig) → Probieren geht über Studieren (Prov)
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suck
[sʌk]1. vt (gen) → succhiare ; (subj, baby) → poppare, succhiare ; (pump, machine) → aspirare
to suck one's thumb → succhiarsi il dito
to suck sth through a straw → bere qc con la cannuccia
to suck an orange dry → succhiare tutto il succo di un'arancia
to suck dry (fig) (person, of money) → ripulire (of energy) → esaurire
to suck one's thumb → succhiarsi il dito
to suck sth through a straw → bere qc con la cannuccia
to suck an orange dry → succhiare tutto il succo di un'arancia
to suck dry (fig) (person, of money) → ripulire (of energy) → esaurire
suck down vt + adv (subj, current, mud) → inghiottire, risucchiare
suck in vt + adv (subj, machine, dust, air) → aspirare
to suck one's cheeks in → succhiarsi le guance
to suck one's cheeks in → succhiarsi le guance
suck out vt + adv → succhiare, far uscire succhiando
suck up
1. vt + adv (dust, liquid) → aspirare
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suck
(sak) verb1. to draw liquid etc into the mouth. As soon as they are born, young animals learn to suck (milk from their mothers); She sucked up the lemonade through a straw. suig يَمُص суча sugar sát saugen sutte; suge ρουφώ, βυζαίνω mamar, chupar, sorber imema مكيدن imeä téter; boire לִמצוֹץ, לִינוֹק चूसना sisati, dojiti szop(ik) menyedot sjúga succhiare; bere 吸う (액체를 입으로) 빨다 čiulpti, žįsti zīst; sūkt menyedut zuigen suge, die, patte ssać رودل sugar a suge; a bea сосать sať sesati sisati suga ดูด emmek 吸,吮 смоктати, ссати چوسنا hút, mút, bú 吸,吮
2. to hold something between the lips or inside the mouth, as though drawing liquid from it. I told him to take the sweet out of his mouth, but he just went on sucking; He sucked the end of his pencil. suig يَمُص смуча chupar cucat lutschen sutte πιπιλίζω chupar; sorber lutsima مك زدن imeskellä sucer לִמצוֹץ चुस्की लेना sisati, cuclati szopogat mengulum sjúga succhiare しゃぶる (사탕 등을 입으로) 빨다 čiulpti sūkāt menghisap zuigen suge på ssać رودل chupar a suge сосать cmúľať sesati sisati suga på อม emmek 噙(著) смоктати کسی چیز کو ہونٹوں سے پکڑ کر منھ میں لینا bú hút 噙(着)
3. to pull or draw in a particular direction with a sucking or similar action. The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the dirt from the carpet; A plant sucks up moisture from the soil. suig يَمْتَص، يَشْفُط изсмуквам chupar vysát einsaugen suge αναρροφώ, απορροφώ aspirar imema, imama جذب كردن imeä aspirer; absorber לִשאוֹב स्तनपान करना, स्तन का दूध पीना usisivati, uvlačiti szív mengisap soga, sjúga aspirare; assorbire 吸いとる 흡수하다 siurbti iesūkt; uzsūkt menyedut zuigen suge wciągać, zasysać !!added noun – possanie جذبول chupar a aspira; a absorbi всасывать vysať, vsať vsesati usisati suga ดูด emmek, içine çekmek 抽,吸 всмоктувати کسی خاص سمت میں کھینچنا hút 抽,吸
4. (American) (slang) to be awful, boring, disgusting etc. Her singing sucks; This job sucks. is aaklig مُخيف، فَظيع ужасно е ser uma droga smrdět, zavánět podrazem stinken være under al kritik βρομάω, είμαι άθλιος, σιχαμερός ser una mierda; ser un rollazo nõme olema گند بودن jkn on huono chiant נורא, משעמם निगलना biti loš, dosadan, odvratan ócska, lepra memuakkan fare schifo むかむかさせる 불쾌하다, 싫증이 나다 būti sumautam, šlamštui riebties; būt pretīgam memuakkan walgelijk zijn være helt elendig/ubrukelig [] do kitu/duszy بدی بوی опротиветь unavovať, otráviť, nudiť biti nemogoč biti grozan vara kass (skitdålig) แย่มาก bir boka benzememek (美)(俚)糟糕,無聊的 викликати огиду ناخوشگوار ہونا buồn chán, ghê tởm (美)(俚)糟糕的,无聊的
noun an act of sucking. I gave him a suck of my lollipop. lek مَص، إمْتِصاص смук(в)ане chupada líznutí das Lutschen sut πιπίλισμα chupada lutsimine مكش imaisu suçotement מְצִיצָה चूषण, चोषण, चूषण, पान, चुसकी, चुस्की gutljaj, liz (lizalice) szopás; nyalás penguluman sog; tott succhiata 一吸い 한 번 빨기 čiulpimas zīšana; sūkšana; sūkāšana mengulum het zuigen suging; slikk, slurk د رودلو عمل chupadela supt сосание liznutie sesanje liz sug, slick, slurk การดูด emme (一)吮,(一)口 смоктання, ссання چوسنا sự hút, mút, bú (一)吮,(一)口
ˈsucker noun1. (slang) a person who is easily fooled or is stupid enough to do something. Who is the sucker who bought your car? idioot, liggelowige غَبي، أحْمَق нещастник chupador důvěřivec, naivka der Sauger, der Saugnapf fjols καρόιδο primo, tonto, imbécil jobu احمق nuija suceur/-euse פתי चूषक naivčina, onaj koji se da iskoristiti balek orang bodoh/mudah ditipu blóðsuga; afæta babbeo 吸う人 잘 속는 사람 kvaiša, pusprotis, mulkis stulbenis orang yang mudah ditipu zuiger lettlurt person frajer احمق chupador persoană/ insectă care suge простофиля hlupáčik, ťuťko bedak naivčina enfaldig (lättlurad) stackare คนที่ถูกหลอกต้มได้ง่าย enayi, yolunacak kaz 吮吸者 придурок بے وقوف آدمی gã khờ 吮吸者
2. a person or thing that sucks. Are these insects bloodsuckers? suier ماصٌّ، مُمْتَص паразит ventosa sající (živočich), věc der Gummisauger suger; -suger που ρουφάει ή πιπιλίζει chupador; chupasangre imeja مكنده imijä ventouse מוצץ चूसने वाला बच्चा dojenče, koji siše szívó pengisap sogskál/-blaðka/-pípa succhiatore, succhiatrice, parassita 吸盤 빨아먹는 사람, 곤충 čiulpikas, siurbikas sūcējs; sūkātājs penghisap zuignap suger pijawka رودونکی ventosa ventuză сосун(ок) sací živočích krvoses, pijavka sisavac blodsugare, parasit ตัวดูด emici kimse/şey 吸盤 паразит چوسنے والا người, vật hút 吸盘
3. an organ on an animal, eg an octopus, by which it sticks to objects. suier مَصّاصَه смукалце ventosa přísavka der Schößling sugekop; sugeorgan βεντούζα ventosa iminapp بادكش جانوران imukärsä ventouse כַּפתוֹר יְנִיקָה चूषण-अंग prijanjalka, sisaljka szívókorong alat pengisap drullusokkur ventosa 吸着盤 흡반(吸盤)을 가진 어류 čiulptuvas piesūceknis alat penghisap zuignap sugeskål/-skive narząd ssący, ssawka ډنډر ventosa ventuză присоска, присосок prísavka prisesek pipak sugorgan อวัยวะของสัตว์ที่ใช้ดูดอาหาร vantuz, emici organ 吸座 присосок ماصہ giác 吸座
4. a curved pad or disc (of rubber etc) that can be pressed on to a surface and stick there. suier مَطّاطَه ، كبّاس المِضَخَّه الماصَّه смукателна тръба ventosa přísavka säugen, stillen sugekop βεντούζα ventosa iminapp جانوران imukuppi gourmand כַּפתוֹר הַצמָדָה अन्तभूस्तरी vakkum-pločica, stapalo tapadókorong penyedot rótarsproti, rengla ventosa 吸枝 흡입반 siurbtukas piesūceknis penyedut uitloper sugekopp przyssawka ځناور rebento lăstar de pom neroditor присоска; прокладка prísavka prisesek nalepnica sugkopp แผ่นยางสําหรับดูดติดพื้นผิวของสิ่งต่างๆ vakumlu, tutucu 吸根 присосок ربڑ وغیرہ کا ڈسک pittông bơm hút 吸根
5. a side shoot coming from the root of a plant. uitloper فَرْخ أو فَرْع يَنْبُتُ من جِذْر النَّبات израстък rebento odnož, výhonek der Ableger udløber παραφυάδα ρίζας chupón, mamón juurevõsu پاجوش juurivesa gourmand יוֹנקָה भोला-भाला, बुद्धु mladica, izboj fattyúhajtás akar pengisap rótarsproti, rengla succhione 吸枝 (식물의) 곁눈 atžala atzars akar penghisap scheut villskudd, rotskudd odrost korzeniowy پاجوش rebento боковой побег odnož, výhonok stranski poganjek mladica rotskott หน่อของต้นไม้ที่แตกจากลําต้นใต้ดินหรือราก fışkın, sürgün 根出條,枝條 паросток, бічний пагін زیر بچہ chồi rễ mút 根出条,枝条
suck up to (slang) to do or say things to please one's boss etc for one's own benefit. They despise him because he's always sucking up to the boss. gat lek يَتَمَلَّق ، يَتَزَلَّف إلى подмазвам се puxar o saco podlézat (komu) schleimen smiske γλείφω κπ. (μτφ.) lamer el culo a alguien, hacer la pelotilla a alguien pugema چاپلوسي كردن nuoleskella faire de la lèche à qqn, lécher les bottes de qqn "לְלַקֵק" की चापलूसी करना ulizivati se, ulagivati se (be)nyal vkinek menjilat adulare ...におべっかを使う (~에게) 아첨하다 padlaižiauti pielīst; pieglaimoties mengampu iemands hielen likken, iemand vleien; aanpappen met smiske podlizywać się چاپلوسی کول подлизываться podlizovať sa prilizovati se ulizivati se fjäska för ทําหรือพูดบางสิ่งเพื่อที่จะทําให้เจ้านายพอใจเพื่อผลประโยชน์ของตนเอง çanak yalayıcılık yapmak (俚)奉承某人 підлизуватися مالک کو خوش کرنے کے لیے کوءی بات کہنا nịnh hót, bợ đỡ (俚)奉承某人
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→ يَرْضَع sát sutte saugen ρουφώ chupar imeä sucer sisati succhiare 吸う 입으로 빨다 zuigen suge possać sugar сосать suga ดูด emmek mút 吮吸Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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vt. chupar, [mother's milk] mamar;
to ___ out → chupar sacando; vaciar, extraer.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
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vt, vi chupar, (at mother's breast) mamar; to — one's thumb chuparse el dedoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.