crush

enamoramiento, flechazo

Sentimiento romántico intenso hacia alguien, a menudo una persona a la que no se conoce bien.

En inglés sencillo: A strong romantic interest in someone, often someone you do not know well.

• I have a crush on Sam.
• She had a secret crush on her classmate.
• Did you ever have a crush on a teacher?

Cómo se usa: a crush on someone (He has a crush on his neighbour.)

Sinónimos: infatuation

Expresiones frecuentes: have a crush, crush on someone

amor platónico

Persona por la que se sienten fuertes sentimientos románticos, a menudo sin tener una relación con ella.

En inglés sencillo: Someone you have strong romantic feelings for, often without having a relationship with them.

• My crush smiled at me.
• Her first crush was a boy at school.
• He finally spoke to his celebrity crush.

Expresiones frecuentes: my first crush, celebrity crush

aglomeración, apretujón

Gran grupo de personas tan juntas que resulta difícil moverse.

En inglés sencillo: A large group of people pressed so closely together that moving is difficult.

• We could barely move in the crush.
• A crush of passengers filled the station entrance.
• She lost her bag in the crush outside.

Sinónimos: crowd, throng

Expresiones frecuentes: crush of people, in the crush

aplastar

Dañar o destruir algo al ejercer mucha presión sobre ello.

En inglés sencillo: To damage or destroy something by pressing it very hard.

• Do not crush the box.
• A falling tree crushed their car.
• The empty cans were crushed flat.

Sinónimos: squash, flatten

Expresiones frecuentes: crush a can, crush something flat

aplastar, estrujar

Presionar algo con mucha fuerza para cambiar su forma o extraerle el líquido.

En inglés sencillo: To press something very hard, changing its shape or squeezing liquid out.

• Crush the grapes to get their juice.
• She crushed the garlic with a knife.
• The machine crushes fruit between two heavy rollers.

Sinónimos: squeeze, squash

Expresiones frecuentes: crush grapes, crush garlic

triturar, moler

Reducir algo a trozos muy pequeños presionándolo, golpeándolo o moliéndolo.

En inglés sencillo: To break something into very small pieces by pressing, hitting, or grinding it.

• Crush the nuts before adding them.
• He crushed the ice for our drinks.
• These stones can be crushed into powder.

Cómo se usa: crush something into something (Crush the seeds into a fine powder.)

Sinónimos: grind, pulverize

Expresiones frecuentes: crush nuts, crush into powder