agacharse

pron.v.

1 to stoop, to squat, to crouch, to cower.

Agachar las orejas (coll.) To be humble; also, to be dejected, dispirited, chopfallen

2 (fig.) to go into hiding, lie low.

3 (rendirse) to give in. (Latin American)

4 (prepararse) to get ready. (Latin American)

5 to keep quiet about something. (Mexico)

6 to make off with something. (Andes & Mexico)

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agacharse

► verbo pronominal

1 (encogerse) to cower

2 (protegerse) to duck (down)

3 (agazaparse) to crouch (down), squat

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to crouch, squat, bend down

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VPR

1) (=agazaparse) to stoop, bend down, bend over; (=acuclillarse) to squat; (=bajar la cabeza) to duck; (=encogerse) to cower

2) (fig) (=esconderse) to go into hiding, lie low

3) LAm (=ceder) to give in, submit

4) Méx (=callarse)

agacharse algo — to keep sth under one's hat

5)

agacharse con algo — And, Méx (=robar) to make off with sth, pocket sth

6) LAm (=prepararse) to get ready

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= squatting.

Ex. To understand why squatting is better than sitting, one just need to have a basic understanding of how the colon works.

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= squatting.

Ex: To understand why squatting is better than sitting, one just need to have a basic understanding of how the colon works.

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■agacharse verbo reflexivo to duck
'agacharse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agachar
English:
bend down
- crouch
- duck
- squat
- stoop
- bend
- get

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vpr

[acuclillarse] to crouch down;

se agachó a recoger el pañuelo she bent down to pick up the handkerchief;

nos agachamos al empezar el tiroteo we ducked down when the shooting began

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agacharse

v/r

1 bend down

2 (acuclillarse) crouch down

3 L.Am. (rendirse) give in

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vr

: to crouch, to stoop, to bend down

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agacharse vb to bend down [pt. & pp. bent]

se agachó para recoger los papeles she bent down to pick up the papers

¡agáchate! duck!