apuro
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noun
- difficulty, predicament
- shortage
- urgency, rush, hurry
- embarrassment
Forms
noun
| singular | apuro |
|---|---|
| plural | apuros |
Used in the library
- Me vi en un apuro cuando el carro se quedó sin gasolina.I found myself in a fix when the car ran out of petrol.B2Otra vez, por favor (28) — Once more, please (28) (B2)
- Me vi en un apuro cuando el coche se paró en la cuesta.I found myself in a fix when the car stalled on the hill.B2Otra vez, por favor (9) — Once more, please (9) (B2)
- Me vi en un apuro cuando el carro se quedó sin gasolina en la autopista.I found myself in a fix when the car ran out of petrol on the motorway.B2Otra vez, por favor (22) — Once more, please (22) (B2)
Other ways to say it
- dificultaddifficulty, trouble, problem, challenge, constraint, strenuousness, arduousness; awkwardness
- escasezshortage, scarcity, paucity, dearth, scarceness, scantiness
- estrecheznarrowness; close relationship (kinship)
- penuriahardship (financial), penury; shortage, lack, dearth
- prisahurry, rush, urgency
- reparoqualm, objection, cavil, demur, compunction; repair
- urgenciaurgency; emergency
- vergüenzashame; embarrassment