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skwoʃ
1. verb1) (to press, squeeze or crush: He tried to squash too many clothes into his case; The tomatoes got squashed (flat) at the bottom of the shopping-bag.)2) (to defeat (a rebellion etc).)
2. noun1) (a state of being squashed or crowded: There was a great squash in the doorway.)2) ((a particular flavour of) a drink containing the juice of crushed fruit: Have some orange squash!)3) ((also squash rackets) a type of game played in a walled court with rackets and a rubber ball.)4) (a vegetable or plant of the gourd family.)•- squashysquash1 n1. refresco de frutas2. squashcan you play squash? ¿sabes jugar al squash?squash2 vb aplastarput the strawberries on top, otherwise they'll get squashed pon las fresas encima, si no se aplastarántr[skwɒʃ]1 SMALLBOTANY/SMALL calabaza————————tr[skwɒʃ]1 (in crowd) apiñamiento, agolpamiento, apretujón nombre masculino2 (drink) bebida de frutas, concentrado de frutas3 SMALLSPORT/SMALL squash nombre masculino1 (crush, flatten) aplastar, chafar, espachurrar2 (squeeze) meter apretando, apretar, apiñar■ can you squash a couple more things in? ¿puedes meter un par de cosas más?3 figurative use (crush - person) apabullar, aplastar, desairar; (- rumour, dissent, rebellion) hacer callar, acallar, aplastar; (- argument, plan, proposal) echar por tierra, dar al traste con1 (crush, flatten) aplastarse, chafarse, espachurrarse2 (squeeze) meterse apretando, apretujarse\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLsquash ['skwɑʃ, 'skwɔʃ] vt1) crush: aplastar2) suppress: acallar (protestas), sofocar (una rebelión)squash nn.• calabaza (alargada) s.f.n.• zumo s.m.v.• apiñar v.• aplastar v.• confutar v.• despachurrar v.skwɑːʃ, skwɒʃ
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1) ( crush) (no pl)it was a terrible squash on the train — íbamos (or iban etc) terriblemente apretados or apretujados en el tren
2) u ( Sport) squash m4) c u (Bot, Culin) nombre genérico de varios tipos de calabaza y zapallo
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1)a) ( crush) \<\<fruit/insect\>\> aplastar, espachurrar (fam), apachurrar (AmC, Andes fam), espichar (Col)2) (suppress, silence) (colloq) \<\<protests/rumors\>\> acallarhe needs to be squashed now and then — de vez en cuando hay que bajarle los humos
she squashed Tom's arguments flat — echó por tierra los argumentos de Tom
2.
vi (+ adv compl)could I squash in? — ¿quepo yo también?
to squash up — apretarse*
I [skwɒʃ]1. N(pl squashes or squash)1) (=drink)orange squash — naranjada f (sin burbujas)
lemon squash — limonada f (sin burbujas)
2) (=crowd) apiñamiento m, agolpamiento mthere was such a squash in the doorway — había tantísima gente apiñada en la puerta, se apiñaba tanto la gente en la puerta
2. VT1) (=flatten) aplastarcan you squash my shoes in? — ¿caben dentro mis zapatos?
can you squash two more in the car? — ¿caben dos más en el coche?
2) (fig) [+ argument] dar al traste con; [+ person] apabullar3.VI
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[skwɒʃ]N (=vegetable) calabaza f
III [skwɒʃ]1.2.CPDsquash court N — cancha f de squash
squash racket N — raqueta f de squash
* * *[skwɑːʃ, skwɒʃ]
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1) ( crush) (no pl)it was a terrible squash on the train — íbamos (or iban etc) terriblemente apretados or apretujados en el tren
2) u ( Sport) squash m4) c u (Bot, Culin) nombre genérico de varios tipos de calabaza y zapallo
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1.
1)a) ( crush) \<\<fruit/insect\>\> aplastar, espachurrar (fam), apachurrar (AmC, Andes fam), espichar (Col)2) (suppress, silence) (colloq) \<\<protests/rumors\>\> acallarhe needs to be squashed now and then — de vez en cuando hay que bajarle los humos
she squashed Tom's arguments flat — echó por tierra los argumentos de Tom
2.
vi (+ adv compl)could I squash in? — ¿quepo yo también?
to squash up — apretarse*
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