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2 Translation results for duck in Spanish

noun | verb

duck noun

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ducks
pato, -ta
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Example sentences of
duck noun

  • Duck eggs are larger than chicken eggs.
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  • Un lame duck es una persona o compañía cuya capacidad de actuar eficazmente e implementar su idea es muy limitada. Se usa a menudo en referencia a un líder electo cuyo tiempo en el poder está a punto de terminar, cuando la reelección falló o es imposible. Por ejemplo, en los Estados Unidos al presidente se lo describe a menudo como un lame duck en los últimos meses del año de las elecciones, si perdió las elecciones o si no es elegible para otro término en la oficina.

duck verb

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ducked, has ducked, is ducking, ducks
agachar, bajar (la cabeza); zambullir; eludir, evadir

Example sentences of
duck verb

  • The ceiling was so low I had to duck.
  • The ceiling was so low I had to duck my head.
  • He ducked his head so they wouldn't see him.
  • We can't afford to duck the issue any longer.
  • They've been ducking each other for months.
  • She ducked into a store when it started to rain.
  • He ducked around a corner.

Detailed synonyms for duck verb

See: Escape

Related phrases for duck

Reverse translation for duck

pato  - duck 
agachar  - to lower (a part of the body) 
bajar  (la cabeza) - to drop, to fall, to lower, to let down, to take down, to come down, to go down, to reduce (prices), to ebb (of tides), to lower, to bow (the head), to go down, to descend 
eludir  - to evade, to avoid, to elude 
evadir  - to evade, to avoid 
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