Vocab Bloom Hub

mooch

/muːtʃ/

Traducción: Sustantivo que designa a una persona que habitualmente intenta obtener algo, como dinero, comida o servicios, de los demás sin dar nada a cambio., Verbo que significa obtener algo, generalmente dinero o comida, pidiendo o imponiéndose a otros sin dar nada a cambio; vivir a costa de los demás.

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noun

/muːtʃ/C1formal
  • esSustantivo que designa a una persona que habitualmente intenta obtener algo, como dinero, comida o servicios, de los demás sin dar nada a cambio.

A noun referring to a person who habitually tries to obtain something, such as money, food, or favors, from others without giving anything in return.

  1. A person who habitually takes advantage of others' generosityB2informalamerican

    Someone who frequently asks for or takes things (like money, food, or favors) without giving anything in return.

    esgorrón

    • He's such a mooch; he never pays for his own coffee.
    • Don't be a mooch and always expect others to cover your share.
    • The group got tired of the mooch who always borrowed money but never repaid it.

    Sinónimoscadgerfreeloaderleechparasitescroungersponge

    Antónimosbenefactorgiverprovider

Formas
  • mooches plural form
  • mooches' possessive plural form
  • mooch's possessive singular form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

Condiciones heredadas

Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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verb

/muːtʃ/C1formalamerican
  • esVerbo que significa obtener algo, generalmente dinero o comida, pidiendo o imponiéndose a otros sin dar nada a cambio; vivir a costa de los demás.

A verb meaning to obtain something, typically money or food, by begging or imposing on others without giving anything in return; to sponge off someone.

  1. Ask for and get free; be a parasiteB2informalamerican

    To obtain something, such as money, food, or favors, from others without giving anything in return; to sponge off someone.

    esgorronear

    • He always tries to mooch a cigarette from his coworkers.
    • She mooched a ride to the airport from her neighbor.
    • Stop mooching off your parents and get a job.

    Sinónimosbegbumcadgefreeloadscroungesponge

    Antónimoscontributeearnprovidereciprocaterepay

Formas
  • mooched past participle
  • mooched past simple
  • mooching present participle
  • mooches third person singular
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

Condiciones heredadas

Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

Enlace de origen

Se aplican todas las licencias

Generated by language models and not human-verified: definitions, examples, levels and translations may contain errors.