Meaning of dugó | Babel Free
[ˈduɡoː]Definitions
- plug, stopper (cylindrical piece of rubber, metal or other substance used to fill a hole)
- cork (bottle stopper made from the bark of the cork oak, or from plastic)
- electrical plug (pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket)
- traffic jam (situation in which road traffic accumulates until it is very slow)
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shorty (person of small stature) derogatory
Equivalents
Examples
“Használjunk egy edény vizet, vagy tegyünk dugót a lefolyóba a mosogatáshoz és az öblítéshez is!”
We should use a tub of water, or put the plug in the sink when washing and rinsing dishes.
“Kivágódott a pezsgősüveg dugója és habozva folyt az ital a poharakba.”
The champagne bottle cork shot out, and the drink flowed bubbling into the glasses.
“A nő a távkapcsolót kereste, s mivel nem találta, kirántotta a dugót a konnektorból.”
She looked for the remote, and since she couldn’t find it, she yanked the plug from the socket.
“Egyelőre azonban teherautók közé szorítva álltunk a hosszú dugóban.”
But for now, we were standing still in the long traffic jam, stuck in between trucks.
“Úgy indult, hogy Vera egy kis dugó lesz. És volt egy év, amikor nem nőtt semmit.”
Vera started out to be a little shorty. And there was a year when she never grew at all.
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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