How is the word abrirse paso translated from Spanish to English

English translation
Wading through
phrase

Avanzar despacio por el agua o por una tarea pesada.

Slowly getting through water or hard work.

Examples with “abrirse paso”

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  • Me estoy abriendo paso entre los informes. — I am wading through the reports.

  • Avanzaban juntos con dificultad por el río poco profundo. — They were wading through the shallow river together.

  • Abriéndonos paso entre la hierba alta, perdimos el sendero. — Wading through the tall grass, we lost the path.

  • ¿Ya vas avanzando con todo ese papeleo? — Are you wading through all that paperwork yet?

  • Se pasó toda la tarde abriéndose paso entre cartas antiguas. — She spent the whole evening wading through old letters.

  • Se pasó el fin de semana avanzando con dificultad entre el desorden de su armario. — She spent the weekend wading through her messy closet.

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