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🔗ShareCrujir, machacarTo be crushed with a noisy crackling sound."The snow was crunching under my boots as I walked to school. "La nieve crujía bajo mis botas mientras caminaba a la escuela.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.mathcomputingstatisticstechnologynumberprocessbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCrujir, machacarTo grind or press with violence and noise."The dog was crunching loudly on its bone. "El perro estaba crujiendo ruidosamente su hueso.soundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCrujir, rechinarTo emit a grinding or crunching noise."Here are a few options: The snow was crunching under my boots as I walked to school. He was crunching loudly on his potato chips during the movie. The car tires were crunching on the gravel driveway. " Aquí hay algunas opciones: La nieve crujía bajo mis botas mientras caminaba a la escuela. Estaba crujiendo ruidosamente sus papas fritas durante la película. Los neumáticos del coche rechinaban en el camino de grava. soundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareComprimirTo compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching."The computer program crunched the large video file, reducing its size so it could be sent easily via email. "El programa de la computadora comprimió el archivo de video grande, reduciendo su tamaño para que pudiera enviarse fácilmente por correo electrónico.computingtechnologytechnicalinternetmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareHacer que los empleados trabajen horas extras para cumplir con una fecha límiteTo make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project."The software developers have been crunching for weeks to finish the game before its release date. "Los desarrolladores de software han estado trabajando horas extras durante semanas para terminar el juego antes de su fecha de lanzamiento.businessjobworkorganizationindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCrujidoA crunch noise."The crunching of the gravel under my tires told me someone was driving up the driveway. "El crujido de la grava bajo mis neumáticos me indicó que alguien subía por el camino de entrada.soundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading