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cramming

/ˈkræmɪŋ/

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verb

Apretar, meter a la fuerza, atestar

To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.

Examples :

"to cram fruit into a basket; to cram a room with people"

Apretar fruta en una cesta; atestar una habitación de gente

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verb

Atracarse, hartar

To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.

Examples :

"The boy crammed himself with cake"

El niño se atracó de pastel.

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verb

Empollar, atiborrar

To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination.

Examples :

"A pupil is crammed by his tutor."

Un alumno es atiborrado por su tutor.

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verb

Empollar, estudiar mucho

To study hard; to swot.

Examples :

"She was cramming for her history exam the night before, hoping to remember all the dates. "

Ella estaba empollado para su examen de historia la noche anterior, esperando recordar todas las fechas.

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verb

Atragantarse, hartarse

To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff oneself.

Examples :

"After a long day of hiking, the hungry children were cramming their faces with sandwiches. "

Después de un largo día de caminata, los niños hambrientos se estaban atragantando con sándwiches.

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verb

Mentir, engañar

(British slang) To lie; to intentionally not tell the truth.

Examples :

"He was cramming about where he'd been last night; he said he was at the library, but I saw him at the pub. "

Estaba mintiendo sobre dónde había estado anoche; dijo que estaba en la biblioteca, pero lo vi en el pub.

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verb

Engañar, mentir

(British slang) To make (a person) believe false or exaggerated tales.

Examples :

"He spent the whole evening cramming his little brother with stories about monsters living under the bed. "

Pasó toda la noche engañando a su hermanito con historias sobre monstruos que viven debajo de la cama.

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noun

Rellenar, atiborrar

The act by which something is crammed, or stuffed full.

Examples :

"The cramming of too many clothes into the suitcase made it impossible to close. "

Rellenar demasiada ropa en la maleta hizo imposible cerrarla.

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noun

Estudio intensivo, empollón

An intensive course of hard study, as for an examination.

Examples :

""The week before the final exam was all about cramming." "

La semana anterior al examen final fue todo un estudio intensivo.

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