agachar
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From a- + gachar. From Occitan gachar (“to watch”), from Old Occitan gaitar, from Frankish *wahtōn, *wahtjan (“to watch, guard”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
agachar
- to look
Conjugation edit
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | agachar | aver agachat | |||||
gerund | agachant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | agachat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | agachi | agachas | agacha | agacham | agachatz | agachan | |
imperfect | agachavi | agachavas | agachava | agachàvem | agachàvetz | agachavan | |
preterite | agachèri | agachères | agachèt | agachèrem | agachèretz | agachèron | |
future | agacharai | agacharàs | agacharà | agacharem | agacharetz | agacharàn | |
conditional | agachariái | agachariás | agachariá | agachariam | agachariatz | agacharián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | agachèra | agachèras | agachèra | agacheram | agacheratz | agachèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | agache | agaches | agache | agachem | agachetz | agachen | |
imperfect | agachèssi | agachèsses | agachèsse | agachèssem | agachèssetz | agachèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
agacha | agachem | agachatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | agachar | aver agachat | |||||
gerund | agachant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | agachat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | agache | agaches | agacha | agacham | agachatz | agachon | |
imperfect | agachave | agachaves | agachava | agachaviam | agachaviatz | agachavon | |
preterite | agachere | agacheres | agachet | agachem | agachetz | agacheron | |
future | agacharai | agacharàs | agachará | agacharem | agacharetz | agacharán | |
conditional | agachariá | agachariás | agachariá | agachariam | agachariatz | agacharián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | agachèra | agachèras | agachèra | agacheram | agacheratz | agachèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | agache | agaches | agache | agachassiam | agachassiatz | agachon | |
imperfect | agachesse | agachesses | agachesse | agachessiam | agachessiatz | agachesson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
agacha | agachassiam | agachatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | agachar | aver agachat | |||||
gerund | agachant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | agachat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | agachi | agachas | agacha | agacham | agachatz | agachan | |
imperfect | agachavi | agachavas | agachava | agachàvam | agachàvatz | agachavan | |
preterite | agachèi | agachès | agachè | agachèm | agachètz | agachèn | |
future | agacharèi | agacharàs | agacharà | agacharam | agacharatz | agacharàn | |
conditional | agacharí | agacharés | agacharé | agacharem | agacharetz | agacharén | |
conditional 2nd form1 | agachèra | agachèras | agachèra | agacheram | agacheratz | agachèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | agachi | agaches | agache | agachem | agachetz | agachen | |
imperfect | agachèssi | agachèsses | agachèsse | agachèssem | agachèssetz | agachèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
agacha | agachem | agachatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | agachar | aver agachat | |||||
gerund | agachant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | agachat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | agache | agachas | agacha | agacham | agachatz | agachan | |
imperfect | agachava | agachavas | agachava | agachàvam | agachàvatz | agachavan | |
preterite | agachei | agacheras | agachet | agachèram | agachèratz | agacheran | |
future | agacharai | agacharàs | agachará | agacharem | agacharetz | agacharán | |
conditional | agachariá | agachariàs | agachariá | agachariam | agachariatz | agacharián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | agachèra | agachèras | agachèra | agacheram | agacheratz | agachèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | agache | agaches | agache | agachem | agachetz | agachen | |
imperfect | agachèsse | agachèsses | agachèsse | agachèssem | agachèssetz | agachèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
agacha | agachem | agachatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | agachar | aver agachat | |||||
gerund | agachant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | agachat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | agache | agaches | agacha | agacham | agachatz | agachan | |
imperfect | agachavi | agachavas | agachava | agachàvem | agachàvetz | agachavan | |
preterite | agachère | agachères | agachèt | agacheriam | agacheriatz | agachèron | |
future | agacharai | agacharàs | agacharà | agacharem | agacharetz | agacharàn | |
conditional | agachariáu | agachariás | agachariá | agachariam | agachariatz | agacharián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | agachèra | agachèras | agachèra | agacheram | agacheratz | agachèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | agache | agaches | agache | agachem | agachetz | agachan | |
imperfect | agachèsse | agachèsses | agachèsse | agachessiam | agachessiatz | agachèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
agacha | agachem | agachatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Related terms edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Cognate with Galician and Spanish agachar. Suggested derivations include:
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: a‧ga‧char
Verb edit
agachar (first-person singular present agacho, first-person singular preterite agachei, past participle agachado)
- (intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to crouch; to squat
- Synonym: abaixar
- (intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to bend down; to duck
- Synonym: curvar
- (figurative, intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to surrender
- (transitive) to hide
- Synonym: esconder
- (South Brazil, takes a reflexive pronoun) to suddenly start an action
- Synonym: lançar
- O cavalo agachou-se a pinotear.
- The horse suddenly began to curvet.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of agachar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Latin coactāre, frequentative of cōgō (“collect”), whence English squat.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
agachar (first-person singular present agacho, first-person singular preterite agaché, past participle agachado)
- to lower
- Agachen la cabeza que el techo es muy bajo
- Bend your head; the ceiling's very low
- (reflexive) to bend down, to crouch, to squat, to hunker down
- (reflexive) to duck
- Agáchate. Sino te harás un chichón en la cabeza: la puerta es demasiado baja
- Duck or you'll bump your head, the door is really low.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of agachar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of agachar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “agachar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014