achicar

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Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ chico (small) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /at͡ʃiˈkaɾ/
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧chi‧car

Verb

achicar (first-person singular present achico, first-person singular preterite achiqué, past participle achicado)

  1. (transitive) to make smaller, reduce, minimize
    Synonym: empequeñecer
  2. (transitive) to humiliate, make someone feel small
  3. (transitive) to bale out (a boat)
  4. (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.
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  5. (reflexive) to eat humble pie
  6. (sports) to clear
    achicar la pelota
    clear the ball

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