verb🔗ShareCrujir, masticarTo crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound."When I came home, Susan was watching TV with her feet up on the couch, crunching a piece of celery."Cuando llegué a casa, Susan estaba viendo la televisión con los pies en el sofá, crujiendo un trozo de apio.foodsoundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCrujió, aplastóTo be crushed with a noisy crackling sound."The little boy crunched the dry leaves under his feet as he walked through the park. "El niño pequeño crujió las hojas secas bajo sus pies mientras caminaba por el parque.soundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCalcular, procesarTo calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators."That metadata makes it much easier for the search engine to crunch the data for queries."Esos metadatos facilitan mucho que el motor de búsqueda procese los datos para las consultas.computingmathnumberstatisticsbusinessfinancetechnologytechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCrujió, machacóTo grind or press with violence and noise."The child crunched the fallen leaves under his feet as he walked through the park. "El niño machacó las hojas caídas bajo sus pies mientras caminaba por el parque.actionsoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCrujir, rechinarTo emit a grinding or crunching noise."The heavy truck crunched over the gravel driveway. "El camión pesado crujió sobre el camino de grava.soundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareComprimirTo compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching."The programmer crunched the image file to make it smaller for faster downloading. "El programador comprimió el archivo de imagen para que fuera más pequeño y se descargara más rápido.computingtechnologyinternetelectronicssignalcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareHacer trabajar horas extras a los empleadosTo make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project."The software company crunched its programmers for six weeks straight to finish the game before the holiday season. "La empresa de software hizo trabajar horas extras a sus programadores durante seis semanas seguidas para terminar el juego antes de la temporada navideña.businessjobworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
