puppet

marioneta, títere

Figura de persona o animal que alguien mueve con hilos, varillas o una mano metida dentro.

En inglés sencillo: A model of a person or animal that someone moves using strings, sticks, or a hand inside.

• The puppet waved its arms.
• She made a wooden puppet for the show.
• The children watched puppets dance on stage.

Expresiones frecuentes: puppet show, string puppet, wooden puppet, hand puppet

títere, marioneta

Persona cuyas decisiones y acciones están controladas por otra persona o grupo.

En inglés sencillo: Someone whose decisions and actions are controlled by another person or group.

• The leader was a puppet.
• Critics called him a puppet of the army.
• They accused the country of installing a puppet government.

Cómo se usa: a puppet of someone/something (The minister was a puppet of powerful business owners.)

Sinónimos: pawn, tool

Expresiones frecuentes: puppet government, puppet leader, a puppet of