WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
Principal Translations |
squirming n | (wiggling movement) | retorcijón nm |
| The pregnant woman could feel the squirming of her baby inside her. |
squirming adj | (that wiggles) | que se retuerce loc adj |
| | retorcerse⇒ v prnl |
| The doctor found it tricky to examine the squirming toddler. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
Principal Translations |
squirm out of [sth], squirm free of [sth] v expr | (get free by wriggling) | escaparse de v prnl + prep |
| | liberarse de v prnl + prep |
| The little girl squirmed out of her mother's embrace and ran off to play with her friends. |
| La niña pequeña se escapó del regazo de su madre y echó a correr para jugar con sus amigos. |
squirm⇒ vi | (wriggle, twist) | retorcerse⇒ v prnl |
| | intentar liberarse loc verb |
| The little boy was squirming in his mother's arms. |
| El niño pequeño se retorcía en los brazos de su madre. |
squirm vi | figurative (feel shame/guilt) | avergonzarse⇒ v prnl |
| All Pippa could do was squirm as Walter reeled off a list of all her faults. |
| Pippa no tuvo más opción que avergonzarse cuando Walter empezó a enumerarle una lista de cosas que había hecho mal. |
'squirming' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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