cram

empollar, estudiar intensivamente

Estudiar mucho poco antes de un examen para aprender una gran cantidad en poco tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: To study very hard shortly before a test, trying to learn a lot quickly.

• I need to cram tonight.
• She crammed for her final exam.
• Are you still cramming for tomorrow’s test?

Cómo se usa: cram for something (We crammed for the history test all weekend.)

Sinónimos: swot

Expresiones frecuentes: cram for exams, cram all night, cram for something

meter a presión, embutir

Meter cosas o personas a la fuerza en un espacio demasiado pequeño.

En inglés sencillo: To push things or people into a space that is too small for them.

• Don’t cram everything into one bag.
• We crammed into the last train.
• He was cramming books onto a narrow shelf.

Cómo se usa: cram something into something (She crammed all her clothes into one bag.); cram into something (Twenty people crammed into the tiny lift.)

Sinónimos: stuff, squeeze, jam

Expresiones frecuentes: cram something in, cram into something, cram something into, cram something with

atiborrar, atiborrarse

Llenarse de comida o hacer que otra persona coma más de lo necesario.

En inglés sencillo: To fill yourself or someone else with more food than is needed.

• He crammed himself with cake.
• Don’t cram yourself with biscuits before dinner.
• She had crammed the children with food before their journey.

Cómo se usa: cram oneself with something (The children crammed themselves with sweets.)

Sinónimos: stuff, overfeed

Expresiones frecuentes: cram yourself with, cram with food, cram food down