verb🔗ShareApretar, sujetarTo hold tightly, to clasp."The mother strained the small child's hand tightly as they crossed the busy street. "La madre apretó con fuerza la mano del niño pequeño mientras cruzaban la concurrida calle.actionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareForzar, tensarTo apply a force or forces to by stretching out."Relations between the United States and Guatemala traditionally have been close, although at times strained by human rights and civil/military issues."Las relaciones entre Estados Unidos y Guatemala tradicionalmente han sido estrechas, aunque a veces tensas por cuestiones de derechos humanos y asuntos civiles/militares.actionphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareForzar, dañarTo damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force."The gale strained the timbers of the ship."La tormenta dañó la madera del barco.bodymedicinephysiologyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareForzar, tensarTo act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam."The heavy books were straining the shelf, causing it to sag in the middle. "Los libros pesados estaban forzando el estante, haciendo que se hundiera en el medio.technicalphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEsforzarse, tensarTo exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable."Sitting in back, I strained to hear the speaker."Sentado atrás, me esforzaba por oír al orador.actionphysiologybodymindsensationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareForzar, tensarTo stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in terms of intent or meaning."to strain the law in order to convict an accused person"Forzar la ley para condenar a un acusado.actionmindbodylanguagecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareColar, filtrarTo separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander"She was straining the cooked pasta to remove the water. "Ella estaba colando la pasta cocida para quitar el agua.foodutensilprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareColar, filtrarTo percolate; to be filtered."water straining through a sandy soil"Agua filtrándose a través de un suelo arenoso.processfooddrinkutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareForzar, tensar, esforzarTo make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain."He was straining to lift the heavy box. "Se estaba esforzando por levantar la caja pesada.actionphysiologymindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareInsistir, presionarTo urge with importunity; to press."to strain a petition or invitation"Insistir en una petición o invitación.actiondemandChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAbrazar, estrecharHug somebody; to hold somebody tightly."After a long day at school, the little girl ran to her mother, straining her in a tight hug. "Después de un largo día en la escuela, la niña corrió hacia su madre, abrazándola fuertemente.bodyactionhumanfamilysensationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEngendrar, procrear, dar a luzTo beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world."A man straineth, liveth, then dieth."Un hombre engendra, vive y luego muere.physiologybiologysexanimalhumanbodyfamilyorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEsfuerzo, tensiónThe act by which one strains. (muscles, etc)"After hours of heavy lifting, the worker felt a painful straining in his lower back. "Después de horas de levantar objetos pesados, el trabajador sintió una dolorosa tensión en la parte baja de la espalda.physiologyanatomybodyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFiltración, el proceso de colarFiltering, the process of passing something through a strainer."After the pasta was cooked, the straining removed all the boiling water, leaving just the noodles in the colander. "Después de que la pasta se cocinó, la filtración eliminó toda el agua hirviendo, dejando solo los fideos en el colador.processutensilfoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading