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1 squirm
skwə:m1) (to twist the body or wriggle: He lay squirming on the ground with pain.)2) (to be very embarrassed or ashamed: I squirmed when I thought of how rude I'd been.)tr[skwɜːm]1 (twist) retorcerse2 (feel embarrassment) sentirse incómodo,-asquirm ['skwərm] vi: retorcersev.• retorcer v.• retorcerse v.• serpentear v.skwɜːrm, skwɜːma) ( move) retorcerse*he'll try to squirm out of doing it — va a tratar de librarse de hacerlo, va a tratar de hurtarle or (AmL tb) de sacarle el cuerpo
b) ( feel embarrassed)[skwɜːm]VI retorcerseto squirm with embarrassment — estar violento, avergonzarse mucho
* * *[skwɜːrm, skwɜːm]a) ( move) retorcerse*he'll try to squirm out of doing it — va a tratar de librarse de hacerlo, va a tratar de hurtarle or (AmL tb) de sacarle el cuerpo
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2 squirm
s.torcimiento; movimiento causado por el dolor.v.retorcerse, contorcerse, contonearse.vi.1 retorcerse (wriggle); ruborizarse, avergonzarse (with embarrassment), apenarse (Am.)2 contonearse.(pt & pp squirmed) -
3 vergüenza
vergüenza sustantivo femenino 1 ( turbación) embarrassment; me da vergüenza pedírselo otra vez I'm embarrassed to ask him again; sentí vergüenza ajena I felt embarrassed for him (o her etc) 2 ( sentido del decoro) (sense of) shame; 3 (escándalo, motivo de oprobio) disgrace;◊ ser una vergüenza para algo/algn to be a disgrace to sth/sb;estos precios son una vergüenza these prices are outrageous
vergüenza sustantivo femenino
1 (pudor, azoramiento) embarrassment
estaba rojo o colorado de vergüenza, he was red with embarrassment
me daba vergüenza acercarme a ella, I was embarrassed to go up to her
2 (dignidad, autoestima) shame: ¡debía darte vergüenza!, shame on you!
perder la vergüenza, to lose all sense of shame
3 (causa de indignación, escándalo) disgrace: es una vergüenza para su familia, he's a disgrace to his family Locuciones: sentir vergüenza ajena, to feel embarrassed for sb ' vergüenza' also found in these entries: Spanish: ajena - ajeno - apuro - bochorno - colorada - colorado - dar - deber - desvergonzada - desvergonzado - embarazarse - empacho - enrojecer - llenar - morirse - ninguna - ninguno - pudor - qué - reparo - sofoco - sombra - tierra - vergonzosa - vergonzoso - apenar - asorocharse - chapa - corte - deshonra - pena - plancha - tomate English: bow - cringe - die - disgrace - disgraceful - embarrassment - monstrous - ounce - scandal - self-conscious - shame - shamefulness - shy - spare - squirm - unashamedly - ashamed - embarrass - embarrassed - embarrassing - mortified
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