grasshopper

• Sustantivo que designa a un insecto herbívoro con largas patas traseras adaptadas para saltar, conocido por su característico canto o chirrido. Puede referirse tanto al saltamontes común como a la langosta o cigarrón en sentido amplio.

A noun referring to a plant-eating insect with long hind legs adapted for jumping, known for its distinctive chirping sound.

1. A2formal

   A plant-eating insect with long hind legs used for jumping, found in fields and gardens.

   Saltamontes (insecto)

   • A grasshopper jumped across the path.
   • Children watched the grasshopper eat a leaf.
   • The field was full of grasshoppers chirping in the summer heat.

   Sinónimoshopperlocust

2. Slang for a young or inexperienced personB2informalamerican

   Used informally to refer to a young person or someone who is learning, often in a mentor-student context.

   Novato, aprendiz

   • Patience, grasshopper, you will learn with time.
   • The old master called his student 'grasshopper' as a term of endearment.
   • You have much to learn, young grasshopper.

   Sinónimosapprenticebeginnernewbienovicepupil

   Antónimosexpertmasterveteran