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creak

/kriːk/

Translation

v [i]
chirriar
crujir
I used to get frightened when the floorboards creaked at night
Antes me asustaba cuando oía crujir la madera del suelo por la noche
(Definition of creak v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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