chuparse

chuparse

► verbo pronominal

1 (consumirse) to grow thin, waste away

2 familiar (aguantar) to put up with

■ me chupé toda la conferencia I sat through the whole lecture

■ nos chupamos tres horas de cola we had to queue up for three hours

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VPR

1) (=succionar)

chuparse el dedo — (lit) to suck one's finger

¿tú te crees que me chupo el dedo? — (fig) do you think I was born yesterday?, do you take me for a mug? *

chuparse los dedos * —

la paella estaba para chuparse los dedos — the paella was absolutely delicious

hacen unas hamburguesas para chuparse los dedos — their hamburgers are to die for o are finger-licking good hum

2) * (=aguantar)

nos chupamos toda la conferencia de pie — we had to go through the whole of the lecture standing

tuve que chuparme cuatro horas de tren — I had to sit in a train for four hours

chuparse un insulto — LAm to swallow an insult

- ¡chúpate esa!

3) (Med) to waste away

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■chuparse verbo reflexivo
♦ Locuciones: está para chuparse los dedos, it's really mouth-watering
'chuparse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dedo
- mora
- chupar
English:
scrumptious

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vpr

1. [succionar] to suck;

chuparse el dedo to suck one's thumb;

Comp

Fam

¿te crees que me chupo el dedo? do you think I was born yesterday?;

Comp

estar para chuparse los dedos to be mouthwatering;

Comp

Fam

¡chúpate esa! take that!

2. Esp [adelgazar] to get thinner

3. Esp Fam [aguantar] to put up with;

se chupó una conferencia de tres horas she had to sit through a three-hour lecture

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chuparse

v/r

:

chuparse algo suck sth; fig fam put up with sth;

chuparse los dedos fam lick one’s fingers;

estar para chuparse los dedos de comida be delicious, be finger-licking good fam

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vr

1) : to waste away

2) fam : to put up with

3)

¡chúpate esa! fam : take that!