puxa-saco — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bootlicker noun A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.
- flatterer noun Someone who praises others excessively or insincerely to win their favour.
- sycophant noun Someone who flatters a powerful person constantly in order to gain favour from them.
- toady noun Someone who flatters and fawns over others, especially those in power, to gain favor.
Senses
puxa-saco is used for these senses in English:
- ass-kisser (North America, slang, vulgar) Someone who kisses ass (who acts obsequiously in order to gain another's favor).
- ass-licker (US, vulgar, slang) Someone who succumbs to authority, doing whatever authority figures ask and attempting to please them in every possible way; (by extension) any contemptible person.
- bootlicker (derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.
- brownnose (figurative) One who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass-kisser, sycophant.
- flatterer One who flatters.
- sycophant One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
- toady A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.
- yes man (idiomatic) A person who always agrees with their employer or superior.
bootlicker — full definition
- noun A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.
- noun Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.