verb🔗ShareAccionar con una manivelaTo turn by means of a crank."Motorists had to crank their engine by hand."Los automovilistas tenían que accionar el motor a mano con una manivela.machineactiontechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAccionar la manivelaTo turn a crank."He was cranking the handle of the old-fashioned ice cream maker. "Estaba accionando la manivela de la heladera antigua.machineactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareGirar(of a crank or similar) To turn."He was cranking the handle of the ice cream maker. "Estaba girando la manivela de la máquina de hacer helados.actionmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareHacer girar, accionarTo cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank."Crank it up!"¡Hazlo girar!machinetechnicalactionenergyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEstar de mal humor, refunfuñarTo act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining."Quit cranking about your spilt milk!"¡Deja de refunfuñar por la leche derramada!attitudecharacteremotionmindpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEstar funcionando a pleno rendimiento, estar a topeTo be running at a high level of output or effort."By one hour into the shift, the boys were really cranking."A la hora de comenzar el turno, los chicos ya estaban funcionando a tope.energyactionworkmachineprocessbusinessindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAccionar, girarTo run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn."The hiking trail was constantly cranking, making it longer and more tiring than we expected. "El sendero de senderismo estaba constantemente girando, haciéndolo más largo y agotador de lo que esperábamos.actionmachineprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEl arranque, el accionamientoThe act by which something is cranked."The cranking of the old-fashioned ice cream maker was hard work, but the fresh ice cream was worth it. "El accionamiento de la heladera antigua era un trabajo duro, pero el helado fresco valía la pena.actionmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
