Significado de mug en inglés
mugmug1 /mʌɡ/ noun [countable] 
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a tall cup used for drinking tea, coffee etctaza alta con asa para beber té, café, etc.: 
a coffee muguna taza de café2a large glass with a handle, used especially for drinking beervaso grande con asa, usado especialmente para beber cerveza: a beer muguna jarra de cerveza3mug/mugful of something a mug and the liquid inside ituna taza y el líquido que contiene: Two mugs of tea, please.Dos tazas de té, por favor.4British English spokenoral informalinformal someone who is stupid and easy to deceivepersona estúpida y fácil de engañar: Only a mug would pay that much for a meal.Solo un tonto pagaría tanto por una comida.5be a mug’s game British English spokenoral to be something that only stupid people do because it is not likely to be successful or to bring you moneyalgo que solo hacen los tontos porque es poco probable que tenga éxito o produzca dinero: Gambling is a mug’s game.El juego de azar es cosa de tontos.6spokenoral informalinformal a facecara: Something scared him. Probably your ugly mug!Algo lo asustó. ¡Probablemente tu cara horrible!
Ver todas las traducciones1a tall cup used for drinking tea, coffee etctaza alta con asa para beber té, café, etc.: a coffee muguna taza de café2a large glass with a handle, used especially for drinking beervaso grande con asa, usado especialmente para beber cerveza: a beer muguna jarra de cerveza3mug/mugful of something a mug and the liquid inside ituna taza y el líquido que contiene: Two mugs of tea, please.Dos tazas de té, por favor.4British English spokenoral informalinformal someone who is stupid and easy to deceivepersona estúpida y fácil de engañar: Only a mug would pay that much for a meal.Solo un tonto pagaría tanto por una comida.5be a mug’s game British English spokenoral to be something that only stupid people do because it is not likely to be successful or to bring you moneyalgo que solo hacen los tontos porque es poco probable que tenga éxito o produzca dinero: Gambling is a mug’s game.El juego de azar es cosa de tontos.6spokenoral informalinformal a facecara: Something scared him. Probably your ugly mug!Algo lo asustó. ¡Probablemente tu cara horrible!mugmug2 verb (past tense and past participle mugged, present participle mugging) 1[transitive] to attack someone and rob them in a public placeatacar y robar a alguien en un lugar público: A lot of people won’t go out alone at night because they’re afraid of being mugged.Mucha gente no sale sola de noche por miedo a que la atraquen.► see thesaurus at attack, steal2[intransitive] American English informalinformal to make silly expressions with your face or behave in a silly way, especially for a photograph or in a playhacer muecas o comportarse de manera tonta, especialmente para una foto o en una obra de teatromug for All the kids were mugging for the camera.Todos los niños estaban haciendo muecas ante la cámara.mug up phrasal verb British English informalinformal to try to learn something in a short time, especially for an examinationintentar aprender algo en poco tiempo, especialmente para un examen SYN swot upmug up on Jeannie can’t come. She’s busy mugging up on science for her exam.Jeannie no puede venir. Está ocupada estudiando ciencias a destajo para su examen.mug something ↔ up Mug up as much as you can about the country before your trip.Estudia todo lo que puedas sobre el país antes de tu viaje.
1[transitive] to attack someone and rob them in a public placeatacar y robar a alguien en un lugar público: A lot of people won’t go out alone at night because they’re afraid of being mugged.Mucha gente no sale sola de noche por miedo a que la atraquen.► see thesaurus at attack, steal2[intransitive] American English informalinformal to make silly expressions with your face or behave in a silly way, especially for a photograph or in a playhacer muecas o comportarse de manera tonta, especialmente para una foto o en una obra de teatromug for All the kids were mugging for the camera.Todos los niños estaban haciendo muecas ante la cámara.mug up phrasal verb British English informalinformal to try to learn something in a short time, especially for an examinationintentar aprender algo en poco tiempo, especialmente para un examen SYN swot upmug up on Jeannie can’t come. She’s busy mugging up on science for her exam.Jeannie no puede venir. Está ocupada estudiando ciencias a destajo para su examen.mug something ↔ up Mug up as much as you can about the country before your trip.Estudia todo lo que puedas sobre el país antes de tu viaje.