| Principal Translations |
| estrujar⇒ vtr | (apretar para extraer) (to remove moisture) | wring out vtr phrasal sep |
| | Estrujé las sábanas para eliminar el exceso de agua. |
| | I wrung out the sheets to get rid of the excess water. |
| estrujar vtr | (abrazar con cariño) | squeeze⇒, hug⇒ vtr |
| | | hold [sb] tightly v expr |
| | Estrujó a su nieto cuando lo vio. |
| | He squeezed (or; hugged) his grandson when he saw him. |
| estrujar vtr | (apretar con violencia) (tighten grip on) | squeeze⇒ vtr |
| | Estrujaba su brazo hasta hacerle daño. |
| | He was squeezing her arm hard enough to injure it. |
| estrujar vtr | (apretar, arrugar, deformar) (paper) | crumple up, scrunch up vtr phrasal sep |
| | (compress) | squeeze⇒ vtr |
| | Cuando acabó de leer la carta la estrujó y la quemó. |
| | When he finished reading the letter, he crumpled (or: scrunched) it up and burned it. |
| estrujar vtr | (sacar algo de alguien) ([sb] for [sth]) | squeeze⇒ vtr |
| | | wring [sth] out of [sb] v expr |
| | (slang: get money from [sb]) | put the squeeze on [sb] v expr |
| | El gobierno lleva años estrujándonos con los impuestos. |
| | The government has been squeezing us for years with its taxes. |
| | The government has been wringing taxes out of us for years. |
| estrujarse⇒ v prnl | coloquial (exprimir, explotar) (informal) | rack⇒ vtr |
| | Se estrujó la cabeza y encontró la solución. |
| | He racked his brain and finally found the solution. |