| VERBO | motion | retorcer, retorcerse, serpentear, torcer, trenzar, zigzaguear | to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling / struggling / struggling) |
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| contact | retorcer, exprimir | twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid | |
| contact | retorcer, torcer | turn in the opposite direction | |
| contact | retorcer | twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish | |
| contact | retorcer, arrugar, encrespar, ondular, rizarse, rizar | curl tightly |
| Sentido | To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling / struggling / struggling). | |
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| Sinónimos | retorcerse, serpentear, torcer, trenzar, zigzaguear | |
| General | moverse, mover, trasladar | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Inglés | writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist | |
| Catalán | cargolar-se, retorçar, retòrcer, serpejar, serpentejar, torçar, tòrcer, trenar | |
| Nombres | contoneo, meneo, retorcimiento | The act of wiggling |
| squirmer | One who can't stay still (especially a child) | |
| torcimiento, torsión | A jerky pulling movement | |
| tornado | A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground | |
| Sentido | Twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid. | |
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| Sinónimo | exprimir | |
| General | aplastar, chafar, chapotear, estrujar, machacar, majar, moler | To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition |
| Similar | alterar, deformar, desfigurar, distorsionar, tergiversar | Twist and press out of shape |
| Inglés | wring | |
| Nombres | escurridor | A clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed |
| estrujadura, estrujón | A twisting squeeze | |
| Sentido | Turn in the opposite direction. | |
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| Sinónimo | torcer | |
| Específico | encrespar, ondular, rizar | Twist or roll into coils or ringlets |
| General | girar, rotar, virar, voltear | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense |
| Inglés | twist | |
| Catalán | retorçar, retòrcer, tòrcer | |
| Nombres | giro | The act of rotating rapidly |
| Sentido | Twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish. | |
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| También | escurrir | extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing |
| Similar | alterar, deformar, desfigurar, distorsionar, tergiversar | Twist and press out of shape |
| Inglés | wring, wrench | |
| Sentido | curl tightly. | |
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| Sinónimos | arrugar, encrespar, ondular, rizarse, rizar | |
| General | encrespar, ondular, rizar | Twist or roll into coils or ringlets |
| Inglés | crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink | |
| Catalán | arrissar-se, arrissar, cargolar-se, cargolar, crespar, ondular | |
| Nombres | enroscadura | A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight |
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