crouch

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.
2. (intransitive) To bend servilely; to bow in reverence or humility.

Noun

A bent or stooped position.

Noun

A cross.

Conceptos

agacharse

inclinar

ponerse en cuclillas

encogerse

inclinarse

genuflexión

inclinación

persignarse

descaecer

estar agobiado

acurrucarse

sentirse sin aliento

decaer

postrarse

acuclillarse

encamarse

Sinónimos

squat

stoop

bend down

bend

cower

lurk

bow

🙇

hunker

cringe

hunch

scrunch

hunker down

scrunch up

stoop down

bending over

grovel

bow down

kowtow

sit on one’s heels

crawl

lie down

lower

lie low

prostrate

shrink

shrivel

sit

🪑

squinch

be overwhelmed

wimple

wrinkle

crimple

lie hidden

prostrate oneself

fall into swoon

lie on one’s stomach

press into

crouch start

be huddled up

flex the legs

bend over

bent over

cluster

cockle

conceal

contract

creep

crinkle

crumple

cuddle

Traducciones

s’accroupir

hocken

hurken

kauern

accovacciarsi

agachar-se

se tapir

agachar

se recroqueviller

être accroupi

çömelmek

sich ducken

inchinarsi

chinarsi

accroupir

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kɹaʊt͡ʃ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: crouchen

Cognado con neerlandés medio: kroken

In summary

From Middle English crouchen (“to bend, crouch”), variant of croken (“to bend, crook”), from crok (“crook, hook”), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“wicker, bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind, weave”). Compare Middle Dutch krōken (“to crook, curl”). More at crook.