Translation for "wriggle out" to spanish

Wriggle out

verb

• escabullirse
• escaparse

Translation examples

escabullirse verb

I don’t want them to have a chance to wriggle out of this.’
No quiero que tengan la menor oportunidad de escabullirse.

If you can help him wriggle out of it, you will.
En cambio, si puede usted ayudarle a escabullirse del asunto no vacilará en hacerlo.

“Some would say they’ve merely been trying to wriggle out from under the patrician heel,” said Titus.
—Hay quien diría que simplemente intentaban escabullirse del peso de los patricios —dijo Tito.

By the fireplace Alec was holding Max as the younger boy squirmed and yelled, trying to wriggle out of his brother’s grip.
Junto a la chimenea, Alec sujetaba a Max mientras el muchacho se retorcía y chillaba, intentando escabullirse de las manos de su hermano.

A question like that—he was as much as admitting his willingness to cook up some kind of story in order to wriggle out of the jam he was in.
Semejante pregunta suponía prácticamente admitir su disposición a pergeñar alguna historia con objeto de escabullirse del lío.

“He tried to wriggle out of coming tonight, but we had to have the man himself, Mr. White Globe Consulting, Mr. Sam Roxton!”
Intentó escabullirse para no acudir esta noche, pero teníamos que tenerlo a él: el señor White Globe Consulting en persona: ¡Sam Roxton!

But when pressed harder, the Templar knight had still managed to wriggle out of the difficult situation by referring to the faithfuls’ own unwritten laws of hospitality.
Pero en su peor situación el templario había logrado escabullirse recurriendo a las propias normas no escritas de los fieles acerca de la hospitalidad.

“There is nothing I would rather do, Mother,” replied Cecilia Rosa, relieved that she had actually managed to wriggle out of this dilemma.
—Ya me gustaría, madre —contestó Cecilia Rosa, aliviada por haber tomado la decisión de escabullirse de la trampa y además haberlo conseguido—.

Sajhe took his chance. He wriggled out of the man’s grasp and scrambled down the slope. Senher Couza helped his wife to her feet.
Sajhë aprovechó la ocasión para soltarse y escabullirse, corriendo a toda prisa cuesta abajo, mientras el sènher Couza ayudaba a su mujer a incorporarse.

escaparse verb

‘I’m hungry,’ said Lucy-Ann, trying to wriggle out of Elsa’s arms. ‘Very hungry.’ They all were.
—Tengo hambre —dijo ésta, intentando escaparse de los brazos de Elsa—, mucha hambre. La tenían todos.