squeeze

apretar

el apretón

squeeze(skwiz)

transitive verb

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)

a. meter

I have to squeeze all my shopping into this suitcase.

Tengo que meter todas mis compras en esta maleta.

b. apretar

Alex squeezed his dirty clothes into a bag and took them to the laundry room.

Alex apretó la ropa sucia en una bolsa y la llevó al cuarto de lavar.

3. (to extract)

a. sacar

John squeezed a confession out of the suspect.

John le sacó una confesión al sospechoso.

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.

intransitive verb

5. (to get in)

a. meterse

The six of us squeezed into my car.

Los seis nos metimos en mi coche.

b. apretarse

My sister and I squeezed in the closet while playing hide and seek.

Mi hermana y yo nos apretamos en el closet cuando jugábamos a las escondidas.

noun

6. (strong pressure)

a. el apretón

(M)

The interviewer welcomed me with a firm hand squeeze.

El entrevistador me recibió con un fuerte apretón de manos.

b. el apretujón

(M)

She welcomed me with a squeeze and some caresses.

Me recibió con un apretujón y unas caricias.

7. (restriction)

a. la restricción

(F)

We are going through an economic squeeze that I hope improves soon.

Estamos pasando por una restricción económica que espero que pronto se arregle.

8. (restricted situation)

a. el aprieto

(M)

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)

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)

She was my high school squeeze.

Ella fue mi novia de la secundaria.

11. (small quantity)

a. el poquito

(M)

Put just a squeeze of toothpaste for the children.

Pon solo un poquito de pasta de dientes para los niños.

b. la pizca

(F)

Add a squeeze of vanilla extract to the cake.

Agrégale una pizca de vainilla al pastel.

c. el chorrito

(M)

Have you tried the cocktail that has a squeeze of lemon?

¿Has probado el cóctel con un chorrito de limón?

squeeze

Noun

1. (general)

a. el apretón m, apretujón

(M)

to give somebody a squeezedar un achuchón a alguien

a squeeze of lemonun chorrito de limón

2. (colloquial)

a.

we all got in but it was a tight squeezecupimos todos, pero tuvimos que apretujarnos bastante

3. (colloquial)

a.

to put the squeeze on somebodyapretarle las tuercas a alguien

transitive verb

4. (in general)

a. apretar

5. (sponge)

a. estrujar

6. (lemon)

a. exprimir

to squeeze somebody's handdar a alguien un apretón de manos

to squeeze something into a boxmeter algo en una caja apretando

I think we can just squeeze you increo que te podemos hacer un hueco

7. (fig)

a. presionar (put pressure on)

intransitive verb

8. (general)

a.

to squeeze into a placemeterse a duras penas en un sitio

squeeze up a bit!¡apretaos or correos un poco más!

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squeeze [skwiːz]

noun

1 (act of squeezing) (handclasp) apretón (m); (hug) estrujón (m)

to [give] sb a squeeze

he put his arm round her and gave her a quick squeeze le pasó el brazo por encima y le dio un estrujoncito (informal) or un apretón

Ella slipped her arm around Autumn's waist and gave a light squeeze

to give sth a squeeze apretar algo

hold the tube in place and give it a firm squeeze

to give sb's hand a squeeze dar a algn un apretón de manos; apretar la mano a algn

2 (crush)

it was a tight squeeze in the bus íbamos muy apretados en el autobús; it was a tight squeeze to get through había muy poco espacio para pasar

We all got in the lift but it was a bit of a squeeze

3 (restriction) restricciones (f)

the CBI says the squeeze is slowing down inflation the shock felt by banks rebounds in a squeeze on their customers Business is going to scream because there's been a credit squeeze and they can't borrow as much as before we can expect that the squeeze now faced by companies will hit households, either through their wage packets, or through redundancy

small businesses are feeling the squeeze las restricciones están afectando sobre todo a la pequeña empresa; a squeeze on profits un recorte de beneficios

Higher pay and higher costs led inevitably to a squeeze on profits and investment, and that meant higher unemployment

to put the squeeze on sb apretar las tuercas or los tornillos a algn (informal)

Shipments will now go to shops directly. Some say such a manoeuvre will put the squeeze on domestic suppliers who will be left with surpluses that have to be offloaded Maybe we should play hard to get, put the squeeze on him a little the American is ready to put the squeeze on his Ryder Cup rival Courts put squeeze on red light car wash pests

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4 (small amount) [of liquid] chorrito (m); [of toothpaste] poquito (m); pizca (f)

Transfer to a plate and add a good squeeze of lime juice

a squeeze of lemon (juice) un chorrito de zumo de limón; unas gotas de limón

Add a squeeze of lemon just before serving

5 (difficult situation) aprieto (m)

if the talks don't go well he could find himself in a squeeze

to be in a (tight) squeeze encontrarse en un aprieto

6 (Britain) (boyfriend, girlfriend) novieteanovieta (informal) (m) (f);a novieta novioanovia (m) (f);a novia

This has upset her former squeeze, Scissors Smedley His new squeeze, Kathy Kovin, is 30 years his junior

transitive verb

1 (press firmly) [+pimple, tube, trigger] apretar; [+citrus fruit] exprimir

I squeezed her tightly la estreché entre mis brazos

squeeze the oranges and put the juice in a pan The children were squeezing the [packets] to find out what was inside Squeeze and rinse the aubergine She squeezed the clay between her hands to see how soft it was ; this may cause them to spread

to squeeze one's eyes shut cerrar los ojos apretándolos

Alex squeezed her eyes tight shut The light was too bright, and I squeezed my eyes quickly shut Momentarily contract every muscle in your face, squeeze your eyes and mouth tightly shut He needed to get out. He squeezed his eyes shut. He did not want to look at the place Hart squeezed his eyes tight shut, but the tears fell anyway

to squeeze sb's hand apretar la mano a algn

I squeezed [out] the clothes I was washing to squeeze sb against o.s. He wrapped his arm around her neck and squeezed her against him

2 (cram, fit) meter

to squeeze clothes into a suitcase meter ropa en una maleta a la fuerza; can you squeeze two more in? ¿puedes hacer hueco para dos más?; ¿puedes meter a dos más?; I could squeeze you in on Thursday le podría hacer un hueco para el jueves

The bed was squeezed, with difficulty, into the minute little room He managed to squeeze the cases into the luggage lockers she squeezed her car into the empty parking space It would be impossible to squeeze a piano through that narrow doorway Ryle had trouble in finding a space, but finally managed to squeeze his car between a large truck and a taxi

she squeezed herself into the dress se enfundó el vestido

He squeezed himself into a seat they squeezed themselves into one room They had been forced to squeeze themselves into one tiny room

I squeezed my way through the crowd me abrí camino entre la multitud

she had to squeeze her way through the crowd The coach squeezed its way through the traffic

3 (extract) sacar

drain the spinach and squeeze out the excess liquid to squeeze sth [from]/[out of] sth I squeezed the toothpaste out of the tube squeeze the juice from the lime he squeezed the water out of the flannel His tight grip almost squeezed the air from my lungs the opposition's hopes of squeezing the Socialists out of power He stressed his commitment to squeezing [inflation] out of the British economy for good

to squeeze money/a confession/information out of sb sacar dinero/una confesión/información a algn

to squeeze information out of sb Kravis was determined to squeeze the last penny out of him The reforms may be the best way of squeezing more cash out of the Treasury The contractors are gambling on squeezing more money from the company The current tension over interest rates may allow the banks to squeeze concessions out of the government They're both trying to squeeze a profit from this deal we'll soon squeeze the truth out of him

rich city dwellers are squeezing the locals out la gente acomodada de la ciudad está echando poco a poco a la población local; freshly squeezed orange juice zumo (m) de naranjas recién exprimidas

4 (reduce) recortar

wage increases are squeezing profit margins los aumentos salariales están recortando los márgenes de beneficios

Basic student aid programs are being squeezed The Government has squeezed public spending

intransitive verb

they all squeezed into the car se metieron todos apretujados en el coche

he squeezed into the jeans

could I just squeeze past? ¿me deja pasar?; he squeezed past me me pasó rozando; to squeeze through a hole pasar por un agujero con dificultad

he squeezed through the crowd She squeezed through the window to squeeze under sth We squeezed under the wire and into the garden

modifier

squeeze box (n) concertina (f)

They had a violin they called a fiddle, a semblance of an acoustic guitar, a tub bass,a washboard, and a squeeze box, and they were terrible