agachar

== Asturian == === Verb === agachar (first-person singular indicative present agacho, past participle agacháu) alternative form of gachar ==== Conjugation ==== == Occitan == === Etymology === From a- +‎ gachar. From Occitan gachar (“to watch”), from Old Occitan gaitar, from Frankish *wahtōn, *wahtjan (“to watch, guard”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [a.ɣa.ˈt͡ʃa] === Verb === agachar to look ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== agach == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unknown. Cognate with Galician and Spanish agachar. Suggested derivations include: From Spanish agachar. Alteration of acachar, from cachar (“to conceal”), from Latin coactāre === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧ga‧char === Verb === agachar (first-person singular present agacho, first-person singular preterite agachei, past participle agachado) (intransitive, pronominal) to crouch; to squat Synonym: abaixar (intransitive, pronominal) to bend down; to duck Synonym: curvar (figurative, intransitive, pronominal) to surrender (transitive) to hide Synonym: esconder (South Brazil, pronominal) to suddenly start an action Synonym: lançar ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “agachar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “agachar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Probably from Latin coactāre, frequentative of cōgō (“collect”), whence English squat. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aɡaˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [a.ɣ̞aˈt͡ʃaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: a‧ga‧char === Verb === agachar (first-person singular present agacho, first-person singular preterite agaché, past participle agachado) to lower (reflexive) to bend down, to crouch, to squat, to hunker down (reflexive) to duck ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “agachar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025