cramp

cramp
kræmp
1. noun
((a) painful stiffening of the muscles: The swimmer got cramp and drowned.) calambre, rampa

2. verb
1) (to put into too small a space: We were all cramped together in a tiny room.) apretar, amontonar
2) (to restrict; Lack of money cramped our efforts.) restringir, limitar, estorbar
cramp
tr[kræmp] (Also cramp iron)
noun
1 grapa
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cramp
tr[kræmp]
noun
1 SMALLMEDICINE/SMALL calambre nombre masculino, rampa
■ I got (a) cramp me dio (una) rampa
plural noun cramps
1 (gen) retortijones nombre masculino plural; (period pains) molestias nombre femenino plural menstruales
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cramp
tr[kræmp]
transitive verb
1 obstaculizar
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to cramp somebody's style cortarle las alas a alguien
cramp ['kræmp] vt
1) : dar calambre en
2) restrict: limitar, restringir, entorpecer
to cramp someone's style: cortarle el vuelo a alguien
cramp vi or to cramp up : acalambrarse
cramp n
1) spasm: calambre m, espasmo m (de los músculos)
2) cramps npl
: retorcijones mpl
stomach cramps: retorcijones de estómago
cramp
n.
• abrazadera s.f.
• aprieto s.m.
• calambre s.m.
• grapa s.f.
v.
• apretar v.
• engrapar v.

I kræmp
mass & count noun calambre m, rampa f (Esp)

I've got (a) cramp in my leg — me ha dado un calambre or (Esp tb) (una) rampa en la pierna

(stomach) cramps — retorcijones mpl or (Esp) retortijones mpl en el estómago


II
transitive verb (limit) \<\<work/progress\>\> entorpecer*

to cramp somebody's style — cortarle los vuelos a alguien


I [kræmp]
1.
N (Med) calambre m

writer's cramp — calambre m en las manos (por escribir mucho)

2.
VT (=restrict) [+ development] poner obstáculos a, poner trabas a
- cramp sb's style

II
[kræmp]
N (Tech) grapa f ; (Archit) pieza f de unión, abrazadera f
* * *

I [kræmp]
mass & count noun calambre m, rampa f (Esp)

I've got (a) cramp in my leg — me ha dado un calambre or (Esp tb) (una) rampa en la pierna

(stomach) cramps — retorcijones mpl or (Esp) retortijones mpl en el estómago


II
transitive verb (limit) \<\<work/progress\>\> entorpecer*

to cramp somebody's style — cortarle los vuelos a alguien


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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