What does chug in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word chug in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use chug in Spanish.

The word chug in Spanish means resoplido, resoplar, circular, trabajar sin prisa y sin pausa, pegar tragos, tomar de un trago. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word chug

resoplido

noun (engine's low repetitive noise)

(nombre masculino: Sustantivo de género exclusivamente masculino, que lleva los artículos el o un en singular, y los o unos en plural. Exemplos: el televisor, un piso.)
The chug of the car's engine makes the whole car shake.
El resoplido del motor del auto hace que todo el auto se sacuda.

resoplar

intransitive verb (engine: make low repetitive noise)

(verbo intransitivo: Verbo que no requiere de un objecto directo (Él no llegó", "corrí a casa").)
I'm not sure what is wrong with the car, but the engine has been chugging lately.
No estoy seguro de qué pasa con el auto, pero últimamente el motor ha estado resoplando.

circular

intransitive verb (vehicle: move slowly, steadily) (sin prisa y sin pausa)

(verbo intransitivo: Verbo que no requiere de un objecto directo (Él no llegó", "corrí a casa").)
The train chugged through the station. Traffic was heavy and the cars were just chugging along.
El tren avanzó por la estación. El tráfico era denso y los autos apenas avanzaban.

trabajar sin prisa y sin pausa

intransitive verb (figurative (work slowly, steadily)

I have loads of work to do, but I'm chugging through it at a steady pace. Business is a bit slow at the moment, but we keep chugging along.
Tengo un montón de trabajo para hacer, pero estoy trabajando sin prisa y sin pausa a un ritmo constante. El negocio está un poco lento ahora, pero seguimos trabajando sin prisa y sin pausa.

pegar tragos

transitive verb (slang (drink in large gulps) (coloquial)

(locución verbal: Unidad léxica estable formada de dos o más palabras que funciona como verbo ("sacar fuerzas de flaqueza", "acusar recibo").)
Always competitive, the twins had a contest to see who could chug the soda faster.
Los mellizos, siempre competitivos, hicieron una competencia para ver quién podía dar tragos de gaseosa más rápido.

tomar de un trago

transitive verb (slang (drink in large gulps)

(locución verbal: Unidad léxica estable formada de dos o más palabras que funciona como verbo ("sacar fuerzas de flaqueza", "acusar recibo").)

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