exprimir

v.

1 to squeeze (fruit).

María apretó la mostaza Mary squeezed the mustard.

2 to exploit (person).

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exprimir

► verbo transitivo

1 (fruto) to squeeze; (zumo) to squeeze out

2 figurado (persona) to exploit, bleed dry

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verb

to squeeze

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1. VT

1) [+ limón, naranja] to squeeze; [+ jugo] to squeeze out, express frm

2) [+ ropa] to wring out, squeeze dry

3) pey [+ persona] to exploit

2.

See:

exprimirse

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verbo transitivo

a) <naranja/limón> to squeeze; <ropa> to wring

b) (explotar) <trabajadores> to exploit

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= milk.

Ex. A satisfactory balance between public and private involvement has not yet been reached and the companies involved are milking public funds.

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* exprimirse el cerebro = rack + Posesivo + brains.

* exprimirse los sesos = rack + Posesivo + brains.

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verbo transitivo

a) <naranja/limón> to squeeze; <ropa> to wring

b) (explotar) <trabajadores> to exploit

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= milk.

Ex: A satisfactory balance between public and private involvement has not yet been reached and the companies involved are milking public funds.

* exprimirse el cerebro = rack + Posesivo + brains.

* exprimirse los sesos = rack + Posesivo + brains.

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exprimir [I1 ]

vt

1 ‹naranja/limón› to squeeze

2 ‹ropa› to wring

3 ‹persona› (explotar) to exploit

nos exprimían al máximo en ese trabajo we were badly exploited in that job, they got o wrung everything out of us that they could in that job

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exprimir (conjugate exprimir) verbo transitivo

a) ‹naranja/limón› to squeeze;

‹ropa› to wring

b) (explotar) ‹trabajadores› to exploit

exprimir verbo transitivo (un cítrico) to squeeze
(a una persona) to exploit
'exprimir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estrujar
English:
squeeze

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exprimir vt

1. [fruta] to squeeze;

[zumo] to squeeze out

2. [explotar] to exploit;

aquí te exprimen al máximo they get as much out of you as they can here, they really get their pound of flesh out of you here

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exprimir

v/t squeeze; (explotar) exploit

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exprimir vt

1) : to squeeze

2) : to exploit

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exprimir vb to squeeze