| aprieto |
| 1. n-m. predicament, bind, spot, jam, pickle, fix | |
| 2. n-m. a push of a button | |
| 3. v. first-person singular present indicative of apretar | |
| apretar |
| 1. v. to squeeze | |
| 2. v. to tighten, constrict or compress | |
| 3. v. to press (qual, e.g., a button) | |
| 4. v. to pull (qual, e.g., the trigger) | |
| 5. v. to grit (qual, e.g., one's teeth), to clench qual, e.g., one's fist | |
| 6. v. to push down (qual, e.g., a toilet plunger) | |
| 7. v. to hold back | |
| 8. v. to hold on to something | |
| apuro |
| 1. n-m. difficulty, predicament | |
| Estuve en un apuro financiero. - I was in financial trouble. | |
| salir de un apuro - to get out of a jam | |
| 2. n-m. shortage | |
| 3. n-m. urgency, rush, hurry | |
| No hay apuro. - There's no hurry. | |
| 4. n-m. embarrassment | |
| 5. v. first-person singular present indicative of apurar | |
| apurar |
| 1. v. to drain, use up completely | |
| apurar su vaso hasta las heces - to drain one's glass down to the dregs | |
| 2. v. to hurry, to rush | |
| 3. v. to worry, bother | |
| lance |
| 1. n-m. launch (act of launching) | |
| 2. n-m. throw | |
| 3. n-m. cast (fishing) | |
| 4. n-m. situation | |
| 5. n-m. telling-off; scolding | |
| 6. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of lanzar | |
| lanzar |
| 1. v. to throw | |
| El bebé lanzó el juguete con todas sus fuerzas. - The baby threw the toy with all his/her strength. | |
| 2. v. to launch | |
| 3. v. (baseball) to pitch | |
| No pude lidiar con el modo en que lanzaba ese tipo. - I couldn't deal with how that guy pitched. | |
| apretado |
| 1. adj. tight | |
| 2. adj. short (of money) | |
| 3. adj. (Mexico) conceited, self-important, stuck-up | |
| 4. Participle. past participle of apretar | |
| apretar |
| 1. v. to squeeze | |
| 2. v. to tighten, constrict or compress | |
| 3. v. to press (qual, e.g., a button) | |
| 4. v. to pull (qual, e.g., the trigger) | |
| 5. v. to grit (qual, e.g., one's teeth), to clench qual, e.g., one's fist | |
| 6. v. to push down (qual, e.g., a toilet plunger) | |
| 7. v. to hold back | |
| 8. v. to hold on to something | |
