sap

• Sustantivo con varios significados: líquido acuoso que circula por el sistema vascular de las plantas; persona tonta o sin sentido común; o un objeto de cuero con metal y mango flexible utilizado para golpear.

A noun with multiple meanings: a watery solution circulating through a plant's vascular system; a person lacking good judgment; or a leather-covered metal piece with a flexible handle used for striking.

1. Plant fluidB1formalscientific

   The watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant, providing nourishment.

   Savia

   • Maple sap is collected in early spring to make syrup.
   • The tree's sap flowed freely from the cut in the bark.
   • Plants transport nutrients through their sap.

   Sinónimosfluidjuiceliquidliquor

2. Foolish personB2informal

   A person who is easily tricked or lacks good judgment; a naive individual.

   Persona ingenua o tonta

   • He felt like a sap for believing her lies.
   • Don't be such a sap; he's just using you.
   • Only a sap would fall for that old trick.

   Sinónimoschumpdupefoolgreenhorngullnaifpigeonpushoversimpletonsucker

   Antónimoscynicrealistskepticsophisticate

3. Bludgeon weaponC1formal

   A piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle, used for hitting people; a type of blackjack or cosh.

   Porra de cuero con mango flexible

   • The detective found a sap in the suspect's pocket.
   • He was struck with a sap during the robbery.
   • The weapon was identified as a leather-covered sap.

   Sinónimosblackjackcosh

• Verbo que se usa para indicar el debilitamiento o agotamiento gradual de algo, como la energía, las fuerzas o los recursos.

A verb used to indicate the act of gradually draining or weakening something, such as energy, strength, or resources.

1. Deplete or drainB2formal

   To gradually weaken or drain someone's energy, strength, or resources.

   Agotar o drenar

   • The long illness sapped all his energy.
   • Constant criticism can sap a person's confidence.
   • The heat sapped the strength of the workers.

   Sinónimosbleedconsumedepletediminishdrainenervateexhaustreduceweaken

   Antónimosenergizefortifyinvigoratereplenishstrengthen

2. Excavate or undermineC1formal

   To dig or excavate beneath something, especially to weaken its foundation.

   socavar

   • The engineers sapped the ground to build the tunnel.
   • They sapped the wall's foundation to cause it to collapse.
   • The miners sapped the earth to reach the ore.

   Sinónimosburrowexcavateminesubverttunnelundermineweaken

   Antónimosbolsterreinforcestrengthensupport