Meanings (ES + gloss)
goteo
A drop of a liquid.
I need a bucket to catch the drips.
I put a drip of vanilla extract in my hot cocoa.
goteo • suero
An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.
He's not doing so well. The doctors have put him on a drip.
aburro
A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.
Because most of the blokes I fancy think l'm stupid and pointless—and, so, they just bonk me and then leave me. And the kind of blokes that do fancy me, I think are drips. I can't…
He couldn't even summon up the courage to ask her name... what a drip!
Phrases
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
gotear
To fall one drop at a time.
Listening to the tap next door drip all night drove me mad!
escurrir
To leak slowly.
Does the sink drip, or have I just spilt water over the floor?
instilar
To let fall in drops.
After putting oil on the side of the salad, the chef should drip a little vinegar in the oil.
My broken pen dripped ink onto the table.
desbordar
To have a superabundance of (something).
The Old Hall simply drips with masterpieces of the Flemish painters.
The duchess was dripping with jewels.
Phrases