Spanish-English translations for apretar

double
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The closet has double doorsGive me a double serving of mashed potatoesHes my double cousin as my mothers sister married my fathers brother
shoehorn
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I shoehorned his dozen burgeoning bags into the backseat of my tiny car, and off we went.His staff want to shoehorn an extra stop into his already packed campaigning schedule.People claiming to be psychic may shoehorn an event into fulfillment of some vague past prediction

squeeze
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I squeezed the ball between my hands.Please dont squeeze the toothpaste tube in the middle.I managed to squeeze the car into that parking space.
tightenWe will tighten our belts, even in this Budget procedure. En este procedimiento presupuestario nos volveremos a apretar los cinturones. It then often only needs something trivial to tighten the noose. En esos casos solo falta algo banal para apretar el nudo. So Parliament can be certain that the next time it is dealing with a directive under this whole plan it can tighten the screws. Por tanto, el Parlamento puede estar seguro de que la próxima vez que trate sobre una directiva de acuerdo con todo este plan, podrá apretar las clavijas.