slug

babosa

Animal pequeño y lento, de cuerpo blando, sin patas y con poca o ninguna concha.

En inglés sencillo: A small, slow animal with a soft body, no legs, and little or no shell.

• A slug ate my lettuce.
• Slugs come out after the rain.
• We found a shiny slug trail on the path.

Expresiones frecuentes: garden slug, slug trail

holgazán, vago

Persona muy perezosa que tarda mucho en ponerse a hacer algo.

En inglés sencillo: A person who is very lazy and slow to act.

• Get up, you lazy slug!
• I felt like a slug all weekend.
• He called his brother a slug for refusing to help.

Sinónimos: sluggard, idler

Expresiones frecuentes: lazy slug, a total slug

dar un puñetazo, golpear

Golpear a alguien con mucha fuerza, normalmente con el puño.

En inglés sencillo: To hit someone very hard, usually with your closed hand.

• He slugged me in the arm.
• She slugged the attacker and ran away.
• Did he really slug you in the face?

Cómo se usa: slug someone in the face/stomach (The angry man slugged him in the stomach.)

Sinónimos: punch, hit

Expresiones frecuentes: slug someone, slug someone hard

cargar con balas

Introducir balas macizas en un arma de fuego.

En inglés sencillo: To put solid bullets into a gun.

• He slugged the gun before leaving.
• They slug their shotguns for this type of shooting.
• The hunter checked the barrel before slugging his gun.

Expresiones frecuentes: slug a gun, slug a shotgun