| Principal Translations |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| chupar⇒ vtr | (extraer, succionar) | suck⇒ vtr |
| | | lick⇒ vtr |
| | Me gusta chupar el jugo de los mangos maduros. |
| | I love sucking the juice from ripe mangoes. |
| chupar vtr | (pasar la lengua) | lick⇒ vtr |
| | Me da asco que tu perro me chupe la mano. |
| | It really grosses me out when your dog licks my hand. |
| chupar vtr | (disolver algo en la boca) | suck⇒ vi |
| | (cigarette, pipe) | puff on, puff at vtr + prep |
| | Mariana siempre chupa una menta después del almuerzo. |
| | Mariana always sucks on a mint after lunch. |
| chupar vtr | (absorber) | soak up, sop up vtr + adv |
| | | absorb⇒ vtr |
| | Esta toalla gruesa chupa mucha agua. |
| | This thick towel soaks up a lot of water. |
| chupar de vi + prep | coloquial (aprovecharse ilícitamente) (informal: benefit illicitly from) | milk⇒ vtr |
| | (informal: take the last benefit) | milk dry, bleed dry, suck dry v expr |
| | Todos esos funcionarios corruptos chupaban del ayuntamiento. |
| | All those corrupt civil servants were milking the council. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. The old woman died penniless; her dishonest lawyer had milked her dry. |
| chupar vi | AmL: coloquial (beber alcohol) | drink⇒, sip⇒ vi |
| | (colloquial) | booze⇒ vi |
| | Todos los invitados chuparon hasta el amanecer. |
| | All the guests were drinking until dawn. |
| chuparse⇒ v prnl | (adelgazar, perder peso) (figurative) | waste away vi + adv |
| | | starve yourself vtr + pron |
| | Estaba tan obsesionada con las dietas que se fue chupando hasta quedar en los huesos. |
| | She was so obsessed with dieting that she wasted away until she was skin and bones. |
| chuparse algo v prnl | coloquial (aguantar, soportar) (colloquial) | put up with [sth] vtr phrasal insep |
| | | suffer⇒, endure⇒ vtr |
| | El estudiante se chupó la bronca sin protestar. |
| | He put up with the ticking off without protest. |