escurrir

Meaning

1. to drain, to strain
2. to wring
3. (reflexive) to slip away, escape

Concepts

wring

drip

squeeze

wring out

drain

scour

filter

trickle

fall in drops

get wet

crease

make drip

crumple

drop

milk

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run off

squeegee

squeeze out

drain off

Synonyms

filtrar

gotear

exprimir

retorcer

chorrear

desaguar

escurrirse

colar por gotas

ajar

hacer gotear

drenar

ordeñar

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Translations

auswringen

wringen

ausdrücken

tropfen

entwässern

essorer

filtrieren

filtern

melken

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Hyphenated as

es‧cu‧rrir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/eskuˈriɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish: escorrer

Inherited from Latin: excurrō

Cognate with English: excursion

Cognate with Portuguese: escorrer

Cognate with Asturian: escorrer

Cognate with Galician: escorrentar

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish escorrer, from Latin excurrere (whence English excursion). Cf. also Portuguese escorrer, Asturian escorrer, Galician escorrentar.