Squirm
//skwɜːm//
Translations of "squirm" (25 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | στρεφογυρίζω(twist one’s body with snakelike motion) | strephogurízō | |
| Breton | tortigellañ(twist one’s body with snakelike motion) | — | |
| Bulgarian | гърча се(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), гърча се(twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment), отбягвам(to evade a question, an interviewer etc.) | gǎrča se, gǎrča se, otbjagvam | |
| Catalan | recaragolar-se(twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment), serpentejar(twist one’s body with snakelike motion) | — | |
| Dutch | ontwijken(to evade a question, an interviewer etc.), wriemelen(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), wriemelen(twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment), wringen(twist one’s body with snakelike motion) | — | |
| Esperanto | svingiĝi(twist one’s body with snakelike motion) | — | |
| Finnish | kiemurrella(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), kiemurrella(twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment), kiemurrella(to evade a question, an interviewer etc.), vääntelehtiä(twist one’s body with snakelike motion) | — | |
| French | gigoter(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), louvoyer(to evade a question, an interviewer etc.), remuer(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), se tortiller(twist one’s body with snakelike motion) | — | |
| German | sich winden(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), sich winden(twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment), sich winden(to evade a question, an interviewer etc.) | — | |
| Greek | στριφογυρίζω(twist one’s body with snakelike motion) | strifogyrízo | |
| Hungarian | feszeng(twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment), fészkelődik(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), izeg-mozog(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), tekereg(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), vonaglik(twist one’s body with snakelike motion) | — | |
| Ingrian | vingertää(twist one’s body with snakelike motion) | — | |
| Japanese | 蠢く(twist one’s body with snakelike motion) | ugomeku | |
| Māori | karapetapetau(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), kōiriiri(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), takaokeoke(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), takaokeoke(twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment), tīwheta(twist one’s body with snakelike motion) | — | |
| Norwegian | vri seg(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), vri seg(twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment), vri seg unna(to evade a question, an interviewer etc.) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | بالقلامق(twist one’s body with snakelike motion) | balıklamak | |
| Polish | wić się(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), wprawić w zakłopotanie(twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment), wywinąć się(to evade a question, an interviewer etc.) | — | |
| Portuguese | contorcer(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), contorcer(twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment), ondear(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), ondular(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), retorcer(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), serpentear(twist one’s body with snakelike motion) | — | |
| Russian | извива́ться(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), изгиба́ться(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), ко́рчиться(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), поёживаться(twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment), уви́ливать(to evade a question, an interviewer etc.), ёжиться(twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment), ёрзать(twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment) | izvivátʹsja, izgibátʹsja, kórčitʹsja, pojóživatʹsja, uvílivatʹ, jóžitʹsja, jórzatʹ | |
| Serbo-Croatian | meškoljiti(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), migoljiti(twist one’s body with snakelike motion) | — | |
| Spanish | avergonzarse(twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment), escabullirse(to evade a question, an interviewer etc.), retorcerse(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), serpentear(twist one’s body with snakelike motion) | — | |
| Swedish | skruva (sig)(twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment) | — | |
| Tamil | நெளி(twist one’s body with snakelike motion) | neḷi | |
| Thai | ดิ้น(twist one’s body with snakelike motion) | dîn | |
| Ukrainian | ви́тися(twist one’s body with snakelike motion), ко́рчитися(twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment), ухили́тися(to evade a question, an interviewer etc.), ухиля́тися(to evade a question, an interviewer etc.) | výtysja, kórčytysja, uxylýtysja, uxyljátysja |
tortigellañ
recaragolar-se, serpentejar
ontwijken, wriemelen, wriemelen, wringen
svingiĝi
kiemurrella, kiemurrella, kiemurrella, vääntelehtiä
gigoter, louvoyer, remuer, se tortiller
sich winden, sich winden, sich winden
feszeng, fészkelődik, izeg-mozog, tekereg, vonaglik
vingertää
karapetapetau, kōiriiri, takaokeoke, takaokeoke, tīwheta
vri seg, vri seg, vri seg unna
wić się, wprawić w zakłopotanie, wywinąć się
contorcer, contorcer, ondear, ondular, retorcer, serpentear
извива́ться, изгиба́ться, ко́рчиться, поёживаться, уви́ливать, ёжиться, ёрзать
izvivátʹsja, izgibátʹsja, kórčitʹsja, pojóživatʹsja, uvílivatʹ, jóžitʹsja, jórzatʹ
meškoljiti, migoljiti
avergonzarse, escabullirse, retorcerse, serpentear
skruva (sig)
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