сопляк
noun
Transcription (the accent is shown in capital letters):
[sap-LYAK]
Translation / meaning:
greenhorn, snotnose, milksop, wimp, spineless creature
Examples:
- Этот сопляк мне пытался указывать.This snotnose was trying to order me around.
- Он ещё сопляк, а уже такой хитрый!He's still a milksop but already so cunning!
- Во главе отряда поставили какого-то сопляка за непонятно какие заслуги!They put some kind of snotnose at the head of the detachment for some incomprehensible merits!
More explanations and examples here: Морозить сопли
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