crisparse

crisparse

► verbo pronominal

1 ANATOMÍA to contract, tense

2 figurado (irritarse) to get annoyed, get angry

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VPR [músculo] to twitch, contract; [cara] to contort; [nervios] to get all on edge; [situación] to become tense, get tenser

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(v.) = get + (all) worked up (about), get + hot under the collar

Ex. Ordinary people can sit around and get morally worked up about the evil of drugs the way they once got worked up about the 'red menace'.

Ex. She is quick to get hot under the collar, but once the problem is ironed out she forgets it entirely.

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(v.) = get + (all) worked up (about), get + hot under the collar

Ex: Ordinary people can sit around and get morally worked up about the evil of drugs the way they once got worked up about the 'red menace'.

Ex: She is quick to get hot under the collar, but once the problem is ironed out she forgets it entirely.

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vpr

1. [persona] to get annoyed

2. [músculo] to become tense;

se le crisparon las manos he clenched his fists

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crisparse

v/r get irritated

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vr

: to tense up