agachar

agachar (first-person singular indicative present agacho, past participle agacháu)

1. Alternative form of gachar

From a- +‎ gachar. From Occitan gachar (“to watch”), from Old Occitan gaitar, from Frankish *wahtōn, *wahtjan (“to watch, guard”).

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    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		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	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

    Auvernhàs

		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	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

    Gascon

		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	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

    Lemosin

		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

    Provençau

		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

• agach

Unknown. Cognate with Galician and Spanish agachar. Suggested derivations include:

• From Spanish agachar.
• Alteration of acachar, from cachar (“to conceal”), from Latin coactāre

• Hyphenation: a‧ga‧char

agachar (first-person singular present agacho, first-person singular preterite agachei, past participle agachado)

1. (intransitive, pronominal) to crouch; to squat

   Synonym: abaixar

2. (intransitive, pronominal) to bend down; to duck

   Synonym: curvar

3. (figurative, intransitive, pronominal) to surrender
4. (transitive) to hide

   Synonym: esconder

5. (South Brazil, pronominal) to suddenly start an action

   Synonym: lançar

   O cavalo agachou-se a pinotear.

   The horse suddenly began to curvet.

Probably from Latin coactāre, frequentative of cōgō (“collect”), whence English squat.

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• IPA^(key): /aɡaˈt͡ʃaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ga‧char

agachar (first-person singular present agacho, first-person singular preterite agaché, past participle agachado)

1. to lower

   Agachen la cabeza que el techo es muy bajo

   Bend your head; the ceiling's very low

2. (reflexive) to bend down, to crouch, to squat, to hunker down
3. (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.

• “agachar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014