acuar

== Latin == === Verb === acuar first-person singular future passive indicative of acuō == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧cu‧ar === Verb === acuar (first-person singular present acuo, first-person singular preterite acuei, past participle acuado) (intransitive) to fold one's legs and shrink one's body towards the ground; to crouch (intransitive) to stop in face of danger or threat (intransitive, about cargo animals) to refuse to move; to get stuck (transitive) to lead prey or something being hunted to a place impossible to escape; to corner (direct and indirect transitive) to give up on doing or on insisting; to desist (direct and pronominal transitive) to make or to be without alternative or possibility of reply; to shut up; to hold back (intransitive) to place or to remain in an embarrassing situation (direct transitive) to get intimidated ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “acuar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “acuar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026