agachar

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

1. alternative form of gachar

From a- +‎ gachar. From Occitan gachar (“to watch”), from Old Occitan gaitar, from Frankish *wahtōn, *wahtjan (“to watch, guard”).

• IPA^(key): [a.ɣa.ˈt͡ʃa]

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agachar

1. to look

• agach

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

• From Spanish agachar.
• Alteration of acachar, from cachar (“to conceal”), from Latin coactāre

• Hyphenation: a‧ga‧char

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

1. (intransitive, pronominal) to crouch; to squat

   Synonym: abaixar

2. (intransitive, pronominal) to bend down; to duck

   Synonym: curvar

3. (figurative, intransitive, pronominal) to surrender
4. (transitive) to hide

   Synonym: esconder

5. (South Brazil, pronominal) to suddenly start an action

   Synonym: lançar

   O cavalo agachou-se a pinotear.

   The horse suddenly began to curvet.

Probably from Latin coactāre, frequentative of cōgō (“collect”), whence English squat.

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• IPA^(key): /aɡaˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [a.ɣ̞aˈt͡ʃaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ga‧char

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 your head; the ceiling's very low

2. (reflexive) to bend down, to crouch, to squat, to hunker down
3. (reflexive) to duck

   Agáchate; si no, te harás un chichón en la cabeza: la puerta es demasiado baja

   Duck or you'll bump your head: the door is really low.

• “agachar”, 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