Meanings (ES + gloss)
retorcerse • serpentear
To twist one's body with snakelike motions.
The prisoner managed to squirm out of the straitjacket.
[…] around us there had sprung up a perfect bedlam of screams and hisses and a seething caldron of hideous reptiles, devoid of fear and filled only with hunger and with rage. They…
avergonzarse
To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment.
I recounted the embarrassing story in detail just to watch him squirm.
MARIGOLD: Should I tell them I know? DORA: Nah, let ’em squirm. Let’s go get some pie.
escabullirse
To evade a question, an interviewer etc.