squirt

chorrito

Pequeña cantidad de líquido expulsada rápidamente en un chorro fino.

En inglés sencillo: A small amount of liquid pushed out quickly in a narrow stream.

• Give it a squirt of water.
• She added two squirts of soap.
• A sudden squirt of juice landed on my shirt.

Cómo se usa: a squirt of something (Add a squirt of lemon juice.)

Sinónimos: jet, spray

Expresiones frecuentes: squirt of water, squirt of lemon, a quick squirt

enano, crío

Forma de llamar a un niño pequeño, en broma o dándole poca importancia.

En inglés sencillo: A small child, especially when addressed playfully or treated as unimportant.

• Come here, squirt!
• That little squirt is my youngest brother.
• The squirts next door keep climbing our fence.

Sinónimos: kid, youngster

Expresiones frecuentes: little squirt, hey squirt, cheeky squirt

jeringa

Aparato pequeño que expulsa líquido rápidamente en un chorro fino.

En inglés sencillo: A small device that pushes liquid out in a quick, narrow stream.

• He filled the squirt with water.
• The old brass squirt had a narrow nozzle.
• She squeezed the rubber squirt to wet the cloth.

Sinónimos: syringe

Expresiones frecuentes: water squirt, rubber squirt, brass squirt

meada

Forma coloquial de referirse al acto de orinar.

En inglés sencillo: An act of passing urine.

• I need to take a squirt.
• He stopped behind a tree for a quick squirt.
• Can we stop somewhere so I can have a squirt?

Sinónimos: pee

Expresiones frecuentes: take a squirt, have a squirt, a quick squirt

echar a chorros, rociar

Hacer salir líquido rápidamente por una abertura pequeña, formando un chorro fino.

En inglés sencillo: To push liquid out through a small opening in a quick, narrow stream.

• Squirt some cream onto the cake.
• He squirted lemon juice over the fish.
• Can you squirt a little soap into my hand?

Cómo se usa: squirt something onto something (Squirt some sauce onto the rice.); squirt something into something (She squirted soap into the bowl.)

Sinónimos: spray, spurt

Expresiones frecuentes: squirt something onto, squirt something into, squirt some water

salir a chorros, brotar

Salir un líquido rápidamente por una abertura pequeña, formando un chorro fino.

En inglés sencillo: If liquid does this, it comes out quickly through a small opening in a narrow stream.

• Water squirted from the hose.
• Toothpaste squirted out when I squeezed the tube.
• Hot oil can squirt through a damaged seal.

Cómo se usa: squirt out of something (Water squirted out of a hole in the pipe.); squirt from something (Juice squirted from the lemon.)

Sinónimos: spurt, jet

Expresiones frecuentes: squirt out, squirt from something, squirt through something

rociar, mojar

Lanzar un chorro fino y rápido de líquido sobre alguien o algo.

En inglés sencillo: To hit someone or something with a quick, narrow stream of liquid.

• Stop squirting me!
• The children squirted each other with water.
• I squirt the plants with a small spray bottle.

Cómo se usa: squirt someone/something with something (She squirted her brother with cold water.)

Sinónimos: spray

Expresiones frecuentes: squirt someone with, squirt the plants, squirt someone again

expulsar, eyectar

Expulsar una sustancia del cuerpo o de otra fuente, normalmente de golpe y en forma líquida.

En inglés sencillo: To release a substance from the body or another source, usually suddenly and as liquid.

• The squid squirted ink.
• These glands squirt fluid when the animal is threatened.
• The octopus squirts a dark cloud to escape predators.

Sinónimos: eject, emit

Expresiones frecuentes: squirt ink, squirt fluid, squirt something out