twitch

to make a sudden, slight movement of part of your body, especially because you are nervous or uncomfortable

temblar, estremecerse, moverse bruscamente

• twitch (at something)

Collocations twitch at a noise · twitch in pain

• He twitched slightly as the needle went into his arm.

  Se estremeció ligeramente cuando la aguja entró en su brazo.

to move suddenly and briefly, as if controlled by a computer or electronic device

parpadear, parpadear (en una pantalla)

• twitch (on/off)

Collocations a twitching cursor · the screen twitches

• The cursor on the computer screen kept twitching.

  El cursor en la pantalla del ordenador parpadeaba constantemente.

to make a quick, rough drawing of something or someone

dibujar rápidamente, esbozar

• twitch (something)

Collocations twitch a sketch · twitch a portrait

• She twitched a quick sketch of the scene.

  Ella dibujó rápidamente un esbozo de la escena.

a sudden, slight movement of part of your body

temblor, estremecimiento, espasmo

Collocations a facial twitch

• He had a nervous twitch in his left eye.

  Tenía un temblor nervioso en su ojo izquierdo.

a sudden, brief movement of an image on a computer screen or television

parpadeo (en una pantalla)

Collocations screen twitch

• The screen twitch was caused by a faulty connection.

  El parpadeo en la pantalla fue causado por una conexión defectuosa.

a quick, rough drawing of something or someone

esbozo, boceto

Collocations sketch twitch

• She showed me the sketch twitch she had made of us.

  Me mostró el esbozo que había hecho de nosotros.