creak

creak
kri:k
1. verb
(to make a sharp grating sound: That chair is creaking beneath your weight.) crujir, chirriar, rechinar

2. noun
(such a sound: The strange creaks in the old house kept the girl awake.) crujido, chirrido
- creakiness
creak vb crujir / chirriar
the old chair creaked when she sat down la vieja silla crujió cuando se sentó
creak
tr[kriːk]
intransitive verb
1 (floorboard, stairs, joints) crujir, hacer un crujido; (door, hinge) chirriar
noun
1 (of floorboards, boots, joints) crujido; (of door, hinge) chirrido
creak ['kri:k] vi
: chirriar, rechinar, crujir
creak n
: chirrido m, crujido m
creak
n.
• chirrido s.m.
• crujido s.m.
• gruñido s.m.
v.
• chillar v.
• crujir v.
• gruñir v.
• rechinar v.

I kriːk
intransitive verb \<\<door\>\> chirriar*; \<\<bedsprings/floorboards/joints\>\> crujir

II
noun (of door) chirrido m; (of bedsprings, floorboards, joints) crujido m
[kriːk]
1.
N [of wood, shoe etc] crujido m ; [of hinge etc] chirrido m , rechinamiento m
2.
VI crujir; (=squeak) chirriar, rechinar
* * *

I [kriːk]
intransitive verb \<\<door\>\> chirriar*; \<\<bedsprings/floorboards/joints\>\> crujir

II
noun (of door) chirrido m; (of bedsprings, floorboards, joints) crujido m

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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