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"Squeeze" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "apretar", and "wring" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "escurrir". Learn more about the difference between "squeeze" and "wring" below.
squeeze(
skwiz
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (to press)
a. apretar
I squeezed the toothpaste to get the last of it.Apreté la pasta de dientes para sacar lo que quedaba.
b. exprimir
My mom is squeezing the lemons for the lemonade.Mi mamá está exprimiendo los limones para la limonada.
c. estrujar
The kid was smelling and squeezing the grapes.El niño estaba oliendo y estrujando las uvas.
2. (to cram in)
3. (to extract)
4. (to reduce)
a. recortar
The hike in electricity rates is squeezing the company's bottom line.El alza de las tarifas eléctricas está recortando el balance final de la empresa.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
5. (to get in)
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el apretón (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The interviewer welcomed me with a firm hand squeeze.El entrevistador me recibió con un fuerte apretón de manos.
b. el apretujón (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
She welcomed me with a squeeze and some caresses.Me recibió con un apretujón y unas caricias.
a. la restricción (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
We are going through an economic squeeze that I hope improves soon.Estamos pasando por una restricción económica que espero que pronto se arregle.
a. el aprieto (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
They are in a financial squeeze because he lost his job.Están en un aprieto financiero porque él perdió su trabajo.
9. (hug)
a. el achuchón (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
He gave me a loving squeeze when I arrived at the airport.Me dio un achuchón cariñoso cuando llegué al aeropuerto.
10. (sweetheart)
a. el novio (M), la novia (F) (colloquial)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
She was my high school squeeze.Ella fue mi novia de la secundaria.
11. (small quantity)
a. el poquito (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Put just a squeeze of toothpaste for the children.Pon solo un poquito de pasta de dientes para los niños.
c. el chorrito (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Have you tried the cocktail that has a squeeze of lemon?¿Has probado el cóctel con un chorrito de limón?
wring(
rihng
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. escurrir
Rob wiped down the countertop, rinsed the rag, wrung it, and hung it to dry.Rob limpió la encimera con un trapo, lo enjuagó, lo escurrió y lo tendió a secarse.
b. estrujar
The washing machine broke down, so we had to take the clothes out and wring them by hand.La lavadora se averió, así que tuvimos que sacar la ropa y estrujarla a mano.
2. (to twist)
a. retorcer
If I ever catch the person who did this, I'll wring his ears!Si logro hallar a la persona que hizo esto, ¡le voy a retorcer las orejas!
3. (to extract)
a. sacar
At first, no one admitted who had broken the flowerpot, but Maggie finally wrung a confession out of her sons.Al principio nadie admitía quién había roto la maceta, pero Maggie finalmente les sacó una confesión a sus hijos.
