squash

squash
skwoʃ
1. verb
1) (to press, squeeze or crush: He tried to squash too many clothes into his case; The tomatoes got squashed (flat) at the bottom of the shopping-bag.)
2) (to defeat (a rebellion etc).)

2. noun
1) (a state of being squashed or crowded: There was a great squash in the doorway.)
2) ((a particular flavour of) a drink containing the juice of crushed fruit: Have some orange squash!)
3) ((also squash rackets) a type of game played in a walled court with rackets and a rubber ball.)
4) (a vegetable or plant of the gourd family.)
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squash1 n
1. refresco de frutas
orange squash naranjada
Es un refresco sin gas hecho a base de zumo concentrado
2. squash
can you play squash? ¿sabes jugar al squash?
squash2 vb aplastar
put the strawberries on top, otherwise they'll get squashed pon las fresas encima, si no se aplastarán
squash
tr[skwɒʃ]
noun
1 SMALLBOTANY/SMALL calabaza
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squash
tr[skwɒʃ]
noun
1 (in crowd) apiñamiento, agolpamiento, apretujón nombre masculino
■ it's a bit of a squash estamos un poco apretados
2 (drink) bebida de frutas, concentrado de frutas
3 SMALLSPORT/SMALL squash nombre masculino
transitive verb
1 (crush, flatten) aplastar, chafar, espachurrar
■ try not to squash the strawberries procura no chafar las fresas
2 (squeeze) meter apretando, apretar, apiñar
■ can you squash a couple more things in? ¿puedes meter un par de cosas más?
3 figurative use (crush - person) apabullar, aplastar, desairar; (- rumour, dissent, rebellion) hacer callar, acallar, aplastar; (- argument, plan, proposal) echar por tierra, dar al traste con
■ she felt squashed by his remark su comentario la dejó apabullada
■ he squashed all rumours of resignation acalló todos los rumores de dimisión
intransitive verb
1 (crush, flatten) aplastarse, chafarse, espachurrarse
2 (squeeze) meterse apretando, apretujarse
■ we all squashed into the car nos apretujamos todos en el coche
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
squash rackets (game) squash nombre masculino
squash ['skwɑʃ, 'skwɔʃ] vt
1) crush: aplastar
2) suppress: acallar (protestas), sofocar (una rebelión)
squash n
1) pl squashes or squash : calabaza f (vegetal)
2) or squash racquets : squash m (deporte)
squash (US)
n.
• calabaza (alargada) s.f.
n.
• zumo s.m.
v.
• apiñar v.
• aplastar v.
• confutar v.
• despachurrar v.
skwɑːʃ, skwɒʃ
I
noun
1) (crush) (no pl)

it was a terrible squash on the train — íbamos (or iban etc) terriblemente apretados or apretujados en el tren

2) u (Sport) squash m
3) u (drink) (BrE) refresco a base de extractos

orange squash — naranjada f

4) c u (Bot, Culin) nombre genérico de varios tipos de calabaza y zapallo

II
1.
transitive verb
1)
a) (crush) \<\<fruit/insect\>\> aplastar, espachurrar (fam), apachurrar (AmC, Andes fam), espichar (Col)
b) (squeeze) meter (apretando)

we were all squashed (up) against the wall — estábamos todos apiñados contra la pared

2) (suppress, silence) (colloq) \<\<protests/rumors\>\> acallar

he needs to be squashed now and then — de vez en cuando hay que bajarle los humos

she squashed Tom's arguments flat — echó por tierra los argumentos de Tom


2.
vi (+ adv compl)

we all squashed into his study — nos metimos todos en su despacho

could I squash in? — ¿quepo yo también?

to squash up — apretarse*


I [skwɒʃ]
1. N
(pl squashes or squash)
1) (=drink)

orange squash — naranjada f (sin burbujas)

lemon squash — limonada f (sin burbujas)

2) (=crowd) apiñamiento m , agolpamiento m

there was such a squash in the doorway — había tantísima gente apiñada en la puerta, se apiñaba tanto la gente en la puerta

2. VT
1) (=flatten) aplastar

you're squashing me — me estás aplastando

to squash sth in — meter algo a la fuerza

can you squash my shoes in? — ¿caben dentro mis zapatos?

can you squash two more in the car? — ¿caben dos más en el coche?

to be squashed together — ir apretujados

2) (fig) [+ argument] dar al traste con; [+ person] apabullar
3.
VI

to squash in — entrar con dificultad

we all squashed in — entramos todos aunque con dificultad

to squash up — arrimarse


II
[skwɒʃ]
N (=vegetable) calabaza f
III [skwɒʃ]
1.
N (=sport) (also: squash rackets) squash m
2.
CPD

squash court N — cancha f de squash

squash racket N — raqueta f de squash

* * *
[skwɑːʃ, skwɒʃ]
I
noun
1) (crush) (no pl)

it was a terrible squash on the train — íbamos (or iban etc) terriblemente apretados or apretujados en el tren

2) u (Sport) squash m
3) u (drink) (BrE) refresco a base de extractos

orange squash — naranjada f

4) c u (Bot, Culin) nombre genérico de varios tipos de calabaza y zapallo

II
1.
transitive verb
1)
a) (crush) \<\<fruit/insect\>\> aplastar, espachurrar (fam), apachurrar (AmC, Andes fam), espichar (Col)
b) (squeeze) meter (apretando)

we were all squashed (up) against the wall — estábamos todos apiñados contra la pared

2) (suppress, silence) (colloq) \<\<protests/rumors\>\> acallar

he needs to be squashed now and then — de vez en cuando hay que bajarle los humos

she squashed Tom's arguments flat — echó por tierra los argumentos de Tom


2.
vi (+ adv compl)

we all squashed into his study — nos metimos todos en su despacho

could I squash in? — ¿quepo yo también?

to squash up — apretarse*


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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