achicar

v.

1 to make smaller.

Ella achicó la imagen del televisor She made the T.V. image smaller.

2 to bale out (agua) (de barco).

3 to drain, to scoop, to bail out, to pump out.

Ricardo achicó el agua dentro del bote Richard drained the water inside the boat

4 to humiliate, to demean.

Silvia achicó a Ricardo delante mío Silvia humiliated Richard in front of me.

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achicar

Conjugation model [SACAR], like {{link=sacar}}sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 (amenguar) to diminish, reduce, make smaller

2 (amilanar) to intimidate

3 (agua) to drain; (en barco) to bale out

► verbo pronominal achicarse

1 (amenguarse) to get smaller

2 (amilanarse) to lose heart

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1. VT

1) (=empequeñecer) to make smaller; (=hacer de menos) to dwarf; [+ espacios] to reduce; (Cos) to shorten, take in; (=descontar) to minimize

2) (=desaguar) to bale o (EEUU) bail out; [con bomba] to pump out

3) (fig) (=humillar) to humiliate; (=intimidar) to intimidate, browbeat

4) And (=matar) to kill

5) And, Caribe (=sujetar) to fasten, hold down

2.

See:

achicarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

1)

a) <chaqueta/vestido> to take in

b) <persona> to intimidate, daunt

nada lo achica — he's not daunted by anything

2) <agua> to bail out

2.

achicarse v pron

a) (de tamaño) to shrink

b) (amilanarse) to be intimidated, be daunted

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* achicar agua = bale out + water, bail + water.

* achicarse = wimp, wimp out (on), chicken out (on/of).

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1.

verbo transitivo

1)

a) <chaqueta/vestido> to take in

b) <persona> to intimidate, daunt

nada lo achica — he's not daunted by anything

2) <agua> to bail out

2.

achicarse v pron

a) (de tamaño) to shrink

b) (amilanarse) to be intimidated, be daunted

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* achicar agua = bale out + water, bail + water.

* achicarse = wimp, wimp out (on), chicken out (on/of).

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achicar [A2 ]

vt

A

1 ‹chaqueta/vestido› to take in

2 ‹persona›

los reveses que ha sufrido lo han ido achicando the setbacks he's suffered have gradually diminished his confidence

nada lo achica nothing daunts him, he's not daunted by anything

intentaron achicarnos a base de patadas they tried to intimidate us by playing rough

B ‹agua› to bail out

■ achicarse

v pron

no te achiques y dile lo que piensas don't be intimidated o don't feel daunted, tell him what you think

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achicar (conjugate achicar) verbo transitivo
1

a) ‹chaqueta/vestido› to take in

b) ‹persona› to intimidate, daunt

2 ‹agua› to bail out
achicarse verbo pronominal

a) (de tamaño) to shrink

b) (amilanarse) to be intimidated, be daunted

achicar verbo transitivo
1 (atemorizar) to intimidate
2 (empequeñecer) to reduce, make smaller
3 (sacar agua de un sitio inundado) to bale out
'achicar' also found in these entries:
English:
bail out
- bail

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achicar

♦ vt

1. [empequeñecer] to make smaller

2. [acobardar] to intimidate

3. [agua] [de barco] to bail out;

[de mina] to pump out

4. Méx [cubrir con miel] to (cover in) honey

♦ See also the pronominal verb achicarse

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achicar

v/t

1 make smaller

2 MAR bail out

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achicar {72} vt

1) reducir: to make smaller, to reduce

2) : to intimidate

3) : to bail out (water)

♦ See also the reflexive verb achicarse