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1 achicar
v.1 to make smaller.Ella achicó la imagen del televisor She made the T.V. image smaller.2 to bale out (agua) (de barco).3 to drain, to scoop, to bail out, to pump out.Ricardo achicó el agua dentro del bote Richard drained the water inside the boat4 to humiliate, to demean.Silvia achicó a Ricardo delante mío Silvia humiliated Richard in front of me.* * *1 (amenguar) to diminish, reduce, make smaller2 (amilanar) to intimidate3 (agua) to drain; (en barco) to bale out1 (amenguarse) to get smaller2 (amilanarse) to lose heart* * *1. VT1) (=empequeñecer) to make smaller; (=hacer de menos) to dwarf; [+ espacios] to reduce; (Cos) to shorten, take in; (=descontar) to minimize2) (=desaguar) to bale o (EEUU) bail out; [con bomba] to pump out3) (fig) (=humillar) to humiliate; (=intimidar) to intimidate, browbeat4) And (=matar) to kill2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <chaqueta/vestido> to take inb) < persona> to intimidate, daunt2) < agua> to bail out2.achicarse v prona) ( de tamaño) to shrinkb) ( amilanarse) to be intimidated, be daunted* * *----* achicar agua = bale out + water, bail + water.* achicarse = wimp, wimp out (on), chicken out (on/of).* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <chaqueta/vestido> to take inb) < persona> to intimidate, daunt2) < agua> to bail out2.achicarse v prona) ( de tamaño) to shrinkb) ( amilanarse) to be intimidated, be daunted* * ** achicar agua = bale out + water, bail + water.* achicarse = wimp, wimp out (on), chicken out (on/of).* * *achicar [A2 ]vtA1 ‹chaqueta/vestido› to take in2 ‹persona›los reveses que ha sufrido lo han ido achicando the setbacks he's suffered have gradually diminished his confidencenada lo achica nothing daunts him, he's not daunted by anythingintentaron achicarnos a base de patadas they tried to intimidate us by playing roughB ‹agua› to bail outno te achiques y dile lo que piensas don't be intimidated o don't feel daunted, tell him what you think* * *
achicar ( conjugate achicar) verbo transitivo
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2 ‹ agua› to bail out
achicarse verbo pronominal
achicar verbo transitivo
1 (atemorizar) to intimidate
2 (empequeñecer) to reduce, make smaller
3 (sacar agua de un sitio inundado) to bale out
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English:
bail out
- bail
* * *♦ vt1. [empequeñecer] to make smaller2. [acobardar] to intimidate3. [agua] [de barco] to bail out;[de mina] to pump out* * *v/t1 make smaller2 MAR bail out* * *achicar {72} vt1) reducir: to make smaller, to reduce2) : to intimidate3) : to bail out (water) -
2 acobardar
v.1 to frighten, to scare.2 to intimidate, to daunt, to scare.* * *1 to frighten, unnerve1 to become frightened, lose one's nerve, shrink back ( ante, from)* * *1.VT (=intimidar) to intimidate, cow; (=atemorizar) to overawe, unnerve2.See:* * *1. 2.acobardarse v pron to lose one's nerve* * *= browbeat, bully.Ex. Care must be exercised in seeing that these teaching aids do not become weapons to browbeat with.Ex. The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.----* acobardarse = wuss out, wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of), get + cold feet.* * *1. 2.acobardarse v pron to lose one's nerve* * *= browbeat, bully.Ex: Care must be exercised in seeing that these teaching aids do not become weapons to browbeat with.
Ex: The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.* acobardarse = wuss out, wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of), get + cold feet.* * *acobardar [A1 ]vt‹persona› to unnerve, intimidatesu presencia los acobardó they found his presence unnerving o intimidatingto get frightened o scared, lose one's nerve acobardarse ANTE algo ‹ante una dificultad/un obstáculo›no hay que acobardarse ante el peligro we must not flinch in the face of dangerno se acobarda ante nada nothing daunts her, she isn't frightened o daunted by anything* * *
acobardar ( conjugate acobardar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› to unnerve, intimidate
acobardarse verbo pronominal
to lose one's nerve;
acobardar verbo transitivo to frighten
* * *♦ vtto frighten, to scare* * *v/t intimidate* * *acobardar vtintimidar: to frighten, to intimidate
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