achicar
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a- + chico (“small”) + -ar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
achicar (first-person singular present achico, first-person singular preterite achiqué, past participle achicado)
- (transitive) to make smaller, reduce, minimize
- (transitive) to humiliate, make someone feel small
- (transitive) to bale out (a boat)
- (reflexive) to get smaller, shrink
- 1894, Leopoldo Alas, El cura de vericueto, chapter 2:
- Las montañas, como olas de la tierra que van al encuentro de las olas del agua, son, en el alta mar de los puertos, gigantes que meten la cabeza cana, como de rizada espuma, por las nubes plomizas; pero según se van acercando a la costa, se van achicando, achicando, hasta ser colinas, cubiertas de verdores, hasta la cima, y luego suaves lomas que llegan a confundirse con las dunas, donde las montañas del Océano también se desvanecen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (reflexive) to eat humble pie
- (sports) to clear
- achicar la pelota
- clear the ball
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of achicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of achicar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “achicar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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