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1 mueca
f.face, expression (gesto).hacer una mueca to pull a facehizo una mueca de dolor she winced in pain, she grimaced with painlos niños hacían muecas a espaldas del profesor the children were making o pulling faces behind the teacher's back* * *1 (de burla) mocking gesture, face2 (de dolor) grimace\* * *SF (wry) face, grimacehacer muecas — to make faces, pull faces (a at)
una mueca de asco/estupor/desesperación — a disgusted/astonished/despairing expression
* * *le hacían muecas al profesor — they were making o (BrE) pulling faces at the teacher
* * *= grimace.Ex. She was once photographed in a slaughter house showing disgust as she turned away from a bloody carcass with a grimace on her face.----* hacer una mueca = quirk, grimace.* hacer una mueca con la boca = twitch + Posesivo + mouth.* hacer una mueca con los labios = curl + lips.* hacer una mueca de dolor = wince.* mueca de dolor = wince of pain, wince.* * *le hacían muecas al profesor — they were making o (BrE) pulling faces at the teacher
* * *= grimace.Ex: She was once photographed in a slaughter house showing disgust as she turned away from a bloody carcass with a grimace on her face.
* hacer una mueca = quirk, grimace.* hacer una mueca con la boca = twitch + Posesivo + mouth.* hacer una mueca con los labios = curl + lips.* hacer una mueca de dolor = wince.* mueca de dolor = wince of pain, wince.* * *le hacían muecas al profesor they were making o ( BrE) pulling faces at the teachernos hizo reír a todos con sus graciosísimas muecas she made us all laugh with her funny facessu rostro se retorció en una mueca de dolor she grimaced with painno hacía más que muecas de asco he just screwed his face up in disgustlo dijo haciendo una mueca burlona he said it with a sneer* * *
mueca sustantivo femenino:◊ hacerle muecas a algn to make o (BrE) pull faces at sb;
sus graciosísimas muecas her funny faces;
una mueca burlona a sneer
mueca sustantivo femenino
1 (gesto de burla) mocking face
hacer muecas, to make o pull faces
2 (gesto de dolor, reprobación) grimace
' mueca' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cómico
- grotesco
- puchero
English:
grimace
- pull
- wince
- sneer
* * *mueca nf[gesto] face, expression;hacer una mueca to make o pull a face;hizo una mueca de dolor she winced in pain, she grimaced with pain;esbozó la mueca de una sonrisa he forced a smile;los alumnos hacían muecas a espaldas del profesor the children were making o pulling faces behind the teacher's back* * *f de dolor grimace;hacer muecas make faces* * *mueca nf: grimace, face* * *mueca n1. (de burla) face2. (de dolor) grimacehacer muecas to make faces / to pull faces -
2 torcer
v.1 to twist (retorcer) (cuerda, cuerpo).torcer el gesto to pull a faceElla torció los hilos She twisted the threads.El chico torció la verdad The boy twisted the truth.2 to turn.torció la cabeza she turned her headel camino tuerce a la izquierda the road turns to the left3 to corrupt (person).* * *1 (gen) to twist3 (desviar) to change4 (cuadro) to slant5 figurado (significado, frase, etc) to distort6 figurado (corromper a alguien) to corrupt, pervert8 MEDICINA to sprain1 (girar) to turn1 (gen) to twist2 (doblarse) to bend; (madera) to warp3 (ladearse) to become slanted4 MEDICINA to sprain, twist6 figurado (una persona) to go astray7 figurado (empeorar) to take a turn for the worse\no dar su brazo a torcer figurado not to give intorcer el gesto figurado to look crosstorcer la vista to look away* * *verb1) to turn2) bend, twist3) sprain, strain* * *1. VT1) (=retorcer) [+ dedo, muñeca, tronco] to twist; [+ tobillo] to twist, sprain; [+ madera] to warp; [+ soga] to plait; (=doblar) to bend¡me torció el brazo! — he twisted my arm!
2)torcer los ojos o la vista — to squint
3) [+ ropa] to wring4) (=cambiar) [+ rumbo] to change; [+ voluntad] to bend; [+ pensamientos] to turn; [+ significado] to distort, twistel conflicto ha torcido el curso de los acontecimientos — the conflict has changed the course of events
5) (=pervertir) [+ persona] to lead astray2.VI (=girar) [camino, vehículo, viajero] to turn3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivotorció el gesto de dolor — she grimaced in o winced with pain
2) < esquina> to turn3) < ropa> to wring (out)4) <curso/rumbo> to change2.3.el sendero tuerce a la izquierda — the path bends o curves round to the left
torcerse v pron1) <tobillo/muñeca> to twist2) madera/viga to warp3) planes to fall through* * *= skew, twist.Ex. The truncated derived search keys for titles are derived from up to four words, so that the matrix in this case is four dimensional, albeit skewed because not the same number of letters is derived from each word.Ex. The cheeks were braced from their tops to the ceiling, to prevent the press from twisting or shifting about in use.----* dar el brazo a torcer = give in to.* torcer la vista = squint.* torcer los ojos = squint.* * *1.verbo transitivotorció el gesto de dolor — she grimaced in o winced with pain
2) < esquina> to turn3) < ropa> to wring (out)4) <curso/rumbo> to change2.3.el sendero tuerce a la izquierda — the path bends o curves round to the left
torcerse v pron1) <tobillo/muñeca> to twist2) madera/viga to warp3) planes to fall through* * *= skew, twist.Ex: The truncated derived search keys for titles are derived from up to four words, so that the matrix in this case is four dimensional, albeit skewed because not the same number of letters is derived from each word.
Ex: The cheeks were braced from their tops to the ceiling, to prevent the press from twisting or shifting about in use.* dar el brazo a torcer = give in to.* torcer la vista = squint.* torcer los ojos = squint.* * *vtA1 ‹cuerpo/tronco› to twist; ‹brazo› to twist; ‹cabeza› to turnme torció el brazo she twisted my arm2 ‹ojo›tuerce un ojo he has a squint in one eyetorció la cara en una mueca de dolor she grimaced in o winced with painB ‹esquina› to turnC ‹ropa› to wring out, wringD ‹curso/rumbo› to changeaquel suceso torció el curso de la historia that event changed o altered the course of history■ torcervi(girar) «persona/vehículo» to turnel sendero tuerce a la izquierda/hacia el norte the path bends o curves round to the left/turns northward(s)al final de la calle tuerza a la derecha turn right at the end of the street■ torcerseA ‹tobillo› to twist; ‹muñeca› to sprainB «madera/viga» to warpC «planes» to fall throughD(al escribir): escribe recto, te estás torciendo keep your writing straight, your lines are sloping* * *
torcer ( conjugate torcer) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ cuerpo› to twist;
‹ cabeza› to turn;
2 ‹ esquina› to turn
3 ‹curso/rumbo› to change
verbo intransitivo ( girar) [persona/vehículo] to turn;
[ camino] to bend, curve
torcerse verbo pronominal
1 ‹tobillo/muñeca› to sprain
2 [madera/viga] to warp
torcer
I verbo transitivo
1 (curvar) to bend
2 (retorcer) to twist: me he torcido el tobillo, I've twisted my ankle
3 (tergiversar) to twist
II verbo transitivo & vi (girar) to turn: tuerce a la izquierda, turn left
' torcer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
brazo
- doblar
- gesto
- girar
- izquierda
- izquierdo
- tuerce
- tuerza
English:
bear
- bend
- buckle
- sprain
- turn
- veer
- squint
- twist
- wry
* * *♦ vt1. [retorcer] [cuerpo, cuerda] to twist;¡me vas a torcer el brazo! you're twisting my arm!;torcer el gesto to make o pull a face2. [doblar] [aguja, alambre] to bend3. [girar] to turn;torció la cabeza she turned her headtorcer el curso de los acontecimientos to divert o change the course of events5. [persona] to corrupt♦ vi[girar] to turn;el camino tuerce a la izquierda the road turns to the left;al llegar al cruce tuerce a la derecha when you get to the crossroads, turn right* * *II v/i turn;torcer a la derecha turn right* * *torcer {14} vt1) : to bend, to twist2) : to sprain3) : to turn (a corner)4) : to wring, to wring out5) : to distorttorcer vi: to turn* * *torcer vb1. (retorcer) to twist3. (girar) to turntorcer el gesto to pull a face / to grimace
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