wrench

/ˈɹɛnt͡ʃ/ verbo C1

En español: arrancar, torcer, tergiversar

To pull or twist violently. (transitive) · With a surge of adrenaline, she wrenched the car door off and pulled out the injured man.
To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting. (transitive) · Be careful not to wrench your ankle walking along those loose stones!
To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent. (transitive)
To rack with pain; to make hurt or distressed. (transitive)
To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist. (transitive)
To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench. (transitive) · The plumber wrenched the pipes until they came loose.

He/she/it wrenches · Pasado wrenched · Participio pasado wrenched · Forma en -ing wrenching

Formas del verbo

Forma base: wrench
He/she/it: wrenches
Pasado: wrenched
Participio pasado: wrenched
Forma en -ing: wrenching

De la biblioteca

Kaa had only just worked his way over the west wall, landing with a wrench that dislodged a coping stone into the ditch.

The Jungle Book, p. 56 · B2

Then, with an inarticulate roar of fury, the prisoner wrenched himself free from Holmes’s grasp, and hurled himself through the window.

A Study in Scarlet, p. 78 · B2

Otras coincidencias

wrench tirón, llave, llave de tuerca B2

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