crouch
 transitive verb
 encrequenar
EN But the evil was all about, hidden behind the brush fence, crouched beside the house in the shadow, hovering in the air.
GL Pero o mal estaba alí cerca, agochado detrás do sebeiro, encrequenado ó carón da casa entre as sombras, pairando no aire.
 Fonte: PER (969)
agacharse
EN He would thrust his nose into the cool wood moss, or into the black soil where long grasses grew, and snort with joy at the fat earth smells; or he would crouch for hours, as if in concealment, behind fungus-covered trunks of fallen trees, wide-eyed and wide-eared to all that moved and sounded about him.
GL Enterraba o fuciño no fresco musgo das árbores ou na terra negra onde medraban herbas altas e urraba de ledicia ó percibi-los aromas da terra; ou ben agachábase durante horas, coma quen se oculta de algo, tras das árbores caídas e cubertas de fungos, cos ollos espectantes e os oídos atentos a calquera sonido que se producise ó seu redor.
Fonte: CHA (1463)
..... to crouch down
anicarse
EN They crouch down in front of the old woman at the fire.
GL Anícanse diante da vella ao pé do lume.
Fonte: RID (257)
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