agachar

Occitan

Verb

agachar

  1. to look

Conjugation

  • agach

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate with Galician agachar and Spanish agachar. Suggested derivations include:

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐɡaˈʃaɾ/, [ɐɣaˈʃaɾ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧ga‧char

Verb

agachar (first-person singular present indicative agacho, past participle agachado)

  1. (intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to crouch; to squat
  2. (intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to bend down; to duck
  3. (figuratively, intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to surrender
  4. (transitive) to hide

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Spanish

Etymology

Probably from Latin coactāre, present active infinitive of coactō, frequentative of cōgō (collect).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɡaˈt͡ʃaɾ/, [aɣaˈt͡ʃaɾ]

Verb

agachar (first-person singular present agacho, first-person singular preterite agaché, past participle agachado)

  1. to lower
    Agachen la cabeza que el techo es muy bajo - "Bend down; the ceiling's very low"
  2. (reflexive) to bend down
  3. (reflexive) to duck

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