English-Spanish translations for suck up

• absorber
• dar coba
  ¿Es esto lo que esperamos del moderno Partido Laborista, que se deja hacer cosquillas en temas vitales para el Reino Unido solamente porque quiere dar coba a la UE y ofrecer una imagen presidencial?Is this what we expect from the modern Labour Party, which rolls over to be tickled on the issues vital to the UK and all because it wants to suck up to the EU and look presidential?
• dar jabón

Definition of suck up

• To absorb (fluid
• To adulate or flatter somebody excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour

Examples

• The dry soil sucked up water like a sponge.
• Jimmy sucked up to the English teacher hoping he would get an A.

Related words

• suck up#Inglese|suck up
• suck up to
• suck it up
• suck-up