What does estrujar in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word estrujar in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use estrujar in Spanish.

The word estrujar in Spanish means wring out, squeeze, hug, squeeze, crumple up, scrunch up, squeeze, rack. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word estrujar

wring out

verbo transitivo (apretar para extraer) (to remove moisture)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Estrujé las sábanas para eliminar el exceso de agua.
I wrung out the sheets to get rid of the excess water.

squeeze, hug

verbo transitivo (abrazar con cariño)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Estrujó a su nieto cuando lo vio.
He squeezed (or; hugged) his grandson when he saw him.

squeeze

verbo transitivo (apretar con violencia) (tighten grip on)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Estrujaba su brazo hasta hacerle daño.
He was squeezing her arm hard enough to injure it.

crumple up, scrunch up

verbo transitivo (apretar, arrugar, deformar) (paper)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Cuando acabó de leer la carta la estrujó y la quemó.
When he finished reading the letter, he crumpled (or: scrunched) it up and burned it.

squeeze

verbo transitivo (sacar algo de alguien) ([sb] for [sth])

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
El gobierno lleva años estrujándonos con los impuestos.
The government has been wringing taxes out of us for years.

rack

verbo pronominal (coloquial (exprimir, explotar) (informal)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Se estrujó la cabeza y encontró la solución.
He racked his brain and finally found the solution.

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