WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2025:
| Traduções principais |
| squirming n | (wiggling movement) | contorção sf |
| | The pregnant woman could feel the squirming of her baby inside her. |
| squirming adj | (that wiggles) | que se contorce loc adj |
| | The doctor found it tricky to examine the squirming toddler. |
WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2025:
| Traduções principais |
squirm out of [sth],
squirm free of [sth] v expr | (get free by wriggling) | desvencilhar-se vp |
| | | libertar-se vt |
| | The little girl squirmed out of her mother's embrace and ran off to play with her friends. |
| squirm⇒ vi | (wriggle, twist) (contrair o corpo) | contorcer-se, torcer-se vp |
| | The little boy was squirming in his mother's arms. |
| squirm vi | figurative (feel shame/guilt) | envergonhar-se vp |
| | All Pippa could do was squirm as Walter reeled off a list of all her faults. |