acurrucar

Compare Spanish acurrucar

acurrucar (first-person singular indicative present acurruco, past participle acurrucáu)

1. to put in a comfortable position, to snuggle
2. to put a blanket over someone
3. (reflexive) to huddle, to curl up (because of the cold)

Probably back-formed from Old Spanish acorrucado, from a- + Latin corrūgātus (“wrinked”), perfect passive participle of corrūgō (“to wrinkle”). Compare English corrugate.

• IPA^(key): /akuruˈkaɾ/ [a.ku.ruˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧cu‧rru‧car

acurrucar (first-person singular present acurruco, first-person singular preterite acurruqué, past participle acurrucado)

1. (reflexive) to huddle, to curl up (because of the cold)
2. (reciprocal) to snuggle, to spoon

   Los dos se acurrucaron en la cama.

   Both of them snuggled on the bed.

3. (transitive, colloquial, El Salvador) to make somebody squat

   Los acurruqué para que se estuvieran quietos.

   I made them squat so they'd stay there.

   estar acurrucado

   to be squatting

   Estoy acurrucada porque estoy cansada.

   I'm squatting because I'm tired.

4. (reflexive, colloquial, El Salvador) to squat

   Se acurrucó para esperarlo.

   He squatted to wait for him.

• “acurrucarse”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024