Meanings (ES + gloss)
acalambramiento • arratonamiento • calambre • rampa
A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.
August 1534, Margaret Roper (or Thomas More in her name), letter to Alice Alington the cramp also that divers nights gripeth him in his legs.
He retired hurt at 31 due to a leg cramp.
Phrases
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
acalambrarse • arratonarse • encalambrarse
(of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
coartar • constreñir
To prohibit movement or expression of.
But the front of the animal , which was in full , was narrow and cramped , and unequal in dignity to the side
You're cramping my style.
inmovilizar
To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
You're going to need to cramp the wheels on this hill.
when the gout cramps my joints