Spanish-English translations for aprieto

click
uk
I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened; a click of one’s fingerstsk is a click in English.With the right software you can program your mouse to do a double click with a single click (but thats cheating)
distress
us
a pair of distressed jeansShe distressed the new media cabinet so that it fit with the other furniture in the room

fix
us
We are often in a fix with scientific recommendations for the establishment of quotas and subsequently – let us be honest about this – find out that the Council plays under one hat. A menudo estamos en aprietos con las recomendaciones científicas para la introducción de cuotas y, más tarde –reconozcámoslo– vemos que el Consejo realiza sus deliberaciones en secreto. He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldnt work!"A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board.
pinch
us
The children were scolded for pinching each other.This shoe pinches my foot.Someone has pinched my handkerchief!
plight
us
predicamentTo return to the question that you are asking me - it puts me in a predicament. Volviendo a la pregunta que me ha formulado, me pone en un aprieto. Gambling addiction will all too often and too easily put an individual in a financial predicament, which can also result in very serious mental health problems. La adicción al juego pone a las personas, con demasiada frecuencia y facilidad, en aprietos económicos que también pueden terminar en problemas muy graves de salud mental.
strait
us
The Lisbon Strategy is in dire straits because of the failure to implement legislation by Member States. La Estrategia de Lisboa se encuentra en serios aprietos porque los Estados miembros no aplican la legislación europea. to follow the strait and narrowThe Strait of Gibraltar