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el chupón(
choo
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pohn
)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (botany)
a. sucker
Si usas un herbicida para eliminar el chupón, matarás la planta entera.If you use a herbicide to remove the sucker, you will kill the entire plant.
2. (colloquial) (mark on the neck) (Latin America)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
a. hickey (United States)
Regionalism used in the United States
Cariño, no me dejes un chupón en el cuello o mis padres comenzarán a indagar.Babe, don't leave a hickey on my neck or my parents will start asking questions.
b. love bite (United Kingdom)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
¿Qué es eso que tienes en el cuello, un chupón o un moretón?Is that a love bite or a bruise on your neck?
3. (rubber nipple) (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
a. pacifier (United States)
Regionalism used in the United States
Le di el chupón al bebé y lo metí en la cuna.I gave my baby a pacifier and put him in his crib.
b. dummy (United Kingdom)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
El chupón y el biberón del bebé están en el cochecito.The baby's dummy and feeding bottle are in the stroller.
c. nipple (on a feeding bottle) (United States)
Regionalism used in the United States
Limpia el chupón del biberón cada vez que se lo des al bebé.Clean the nipple of the feeding bottle every time you feed the baby.
d. teat (on a feeding bottle) (United Kingdom)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
Cuando el bebé no quiera más leche, dejará de chupar del chupón del biberón.When your baby doesn't want any more milk, he will let go of the teat of the feeding bottle.
4. (nursing bottle) (Caribbean) (Central America)
Regionalism used in the Caribbean: Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
a. bottle
El bebé llora porque tiene hambre. Le voy a dar el chupón.The baby is crying because he's hungry. I'm going to give him his bottle.
b. baby bottle
Llena el chupón, por favor. - ¿Dónde está la leche?Fill the baby bottle, please. - Where's the milk?
c. feeding bottle
El chupón debe estar templado, ni demasiado caliente ni demasiado frío.The feeding bottle should be warm, neither too hot nor too cold.
5. (touch with tongue) (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
6. (drag) (Andes) (Caribbean)
Regionalism used in the Caribbean: Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico
7. (colloquial) (medicine) (Chile)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Chile
This means that the noun can be masculine or feminine, depending on the gender of the noun it refers to (e.g., el doctor, la doctora).
8. (colloquial) (scrounger)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. mooch (colloquial) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
Ese nuevo amigo de Jorge es un chupón.That new friend of Jorge's is a mooch.
b. sponger (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Eres un chupón que pretendes ser mi amigo para obtener algún beneficio.You are just a sponger who pretends to be my friend to get something out of it.
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