acurrucar
Spanish
Etymology
Probably back-formed from Old Spanish acorrucado, from a- + Latin corrūgātus (“wrinked”), perfect passive participle of corrūgō (“to wrinkle”). Compare English corrugate.
Pronunciation
Verb
acurrucar (first-person singular present acurruco, first-person singular preterite acurruqué, past participle acurrucado)
- (reflexive) to huddle, to curl up (because of the cold)
- (reciprocal) to snuggle, to spoon
- Los dos se acurrucaron en la cama.
- Both of them snuggled on the bed.
- (transitive, colloquial, El Salvador) to make somebody squat
- Los acurruqué para que se estuvieran quietos.
- I made them squat so they'd stay there.
- estar acurrucado
- to be squatting
- Estoy acurrucada porque estoy cansada.
- I'm squatting because I'm tired.
- (reflexive, colloquial, El Salvador) to squat
- Se acurrucó para esperarlo.
- He squatted to wait for him.
Conjugation
Conjugation of acurrucar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of acurrucar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “acurrucarse”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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