apretar

Mi abuelo me apretaba la mano y me hacía daño.	My grandfather squeezed my hand so tight, it hurt.
En forma ocasional, me apretaba el abdomen sobre el borde de los mostradores para aliviar en algo la molestia.	I would occasionally press my stomach on the counters edge to relieve some of the discomfort.
Entonces desperté en la balsa y había gente que me apretaba.	Then I woke up on the raft and people were pushing on me.
Lo siento, me quité mi reloj porque me apretaba mucho, y se me olvidó.	I'm sorry, I took my watch off, cos it pinches, and forgot.
Cuando la visitaba en el hospital me apretaba la mano como si hubiera pensado que eso la conectaba a algo y le daba esperanza.	When I visited her in the hospital she would hold my hand tight, as though she thought this connected her to something and gave her hope.
Yo me apretaba tan fuertemente a mi marido que el próximo día él diría, en broma, que yo había intentado estrangularlo la noche anterior.	I'd hold on to my husband so tightly that the next day he would say, in jest, that I had tried to strangle him the night before.
Y si hoy alguien me da un apretón de manos muy fuerte, revivo aquel recuerdo, porque las pocas veces que tuvimos miedo, él me apretaba la mano muy fuerte.	And if somebody gives me a very strong handshake, that memory comes back, because the few times that we were afraid, he used to really squeeze my hand.
Yo me apretaba tan fuertemente a mi marido que el próximo día él diría, en broma, que yo había intentado estrangularlo la noche anterior.	I'd hold on to my husband so tightly that the next day he would say, in jest, that I had tried to strangle him the night before. He was the only thing that made that room tolerable.
El bus estaba muy lleno y la gente a borde me apretaba.	The bus was really full and the people on board were squeezing me.
"Qué cosa linda", me dijo la abuela mientras me apretaba la mejilla.	"You're such a cutie," Grandma told me as she was pinching my cheek.
Me apretaba tan fuerte que apenas podía respirar y luego me soltaba.	And she'd squeeze me so tight I could barely breathe and then she'd let me go.