Wrung in spanish
Wrung
pronunciation: ɹ̩ung part of speech: verb
pronunciation: ɹ̩ung part of speech: verb
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wring = estrujar, escurrir, retorcer, exprimir. [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio wrung]
Example: The statue depicted a nymph coming out of the water and wringing her wet hair.more:
» wring + Nombre + out of/from = arrancar + Nombre + de, extraer + Nombre + de.
Example: It seems that American executives will not be happy until they have wrung more sweat, blood, and tears out of the American worker.» wring out = estrujar, escurrir, retorcer.
Example: Then she wetted a dish towel and wrung it out over the sink and spread the towel over the pants before ironing.» wring + Posesivo + hands = retorcerse las manos, preocuparse.
Example: They will wring their hands and knot their brows over problems, both simple and complex, that they and we got to or imagined.» wring + Posesivo + heart = romper el corazón, partir el corazón.
Example: There was another thing which wrung her heart, and she could not speak of it without new floods of tears: her boy had died unreconciled to the Church.» wring + Posesivo + neck = retorcer el pescuezo, retorcer el cuello.
Example: She is great with my kids, she has the best temperament I have ever seen in a dog, but sometimes I want to wring her neck.