goo

pringue, baba

Sustancia espesa y blanda que suele pegarse a las cosas.

En inglés sencillo: A thick, soft, often sticky substance.

• There is goo on my shoe.
• The mixture turned into a thick goo.
• What is this sticky goo on the table?

Sinónimos: slime, gunk

Expresiones frecuentes: sticky goo, green goo, covered in goo, slippery goo

arrullo, balbuceo

Sonido suave que hace un bebé cuando empieza a aprender a hablar.

En inglés sencillo: A soft sound a baby makes while learning to speak.

• The baby gave a little goo.
• Her happy goos made us smile.
• We listened to the infant’s goos and giggles.

Sinónimos: coo

Expresiones frecuentes: a baby’s goo, goos and laughs

untar, embadurnar

Cubrir algo con una sustancia espesa y pegajosa.

En inglés sencillo: To put a thick, sticky substance on something.

• He gooed his hair before the party.
• The children gooed their hands with sticky paint.
• She gooed up the surface with thick paste.

Cómo se usa: goo something with something (He gooed his hair with styling gel.)

Sinónimos: coat, smear

Expresiones frecuentes: goo something up, goo your hair

balbucear

Emitir sonidos suaves de bebé antes de saber hablar.

En inglés sencillo: To make soft baby sounds before being able to speak.

• The baby gooed softly.
• He gooed and smiled in his crib.
• Our daughter goos when we talk to her.

Cómo se usa: goo at someone (The baby gooed at her father.)

Sinónimos: coo, babble

Expresiones frecuentes: goo happily, goo at someone