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duck1 /dʌk/ sustantivo
pato, -ta m,f

duck2 verbo intransitivo (bow down) agacharse;
(hide): I ~ed behind a pillar me escondí rápidamente detrás de una columna

verbo transitivo

1. (lower) ‹head› agachar, bajar

2. (submerge) hundir

3. (dodge) ‹question› eludir, esquivar;
   ‹responsibility› evadir, eludir

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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:

duck
1   [dʌk] n Orn & Culin pato,-a

duck
2   [dʌk]

I	verbo transitivo 1   sumergir, hundir 2   (una pregunta, un deber, etc) eludir
II	verbo intransitivo agacharse: she ducked when the man tried to hit her, se agachó cuando el tipo intentó pegarla

duck: WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2009

Compound Forms:
dead duck	n	asunto/cuestión	no tener interés ya vi
dead duck	n	persona	estar condenado al fracaso vi
dead duck	n		condenado al fracaso x
duck egg	n		marcador en cero nm
		Argentina fam	quedar pato (cero puntos o cero pesos) loc verb
El puntaje final es: Roberto con 10 puntos, Nadia con 7, yo con 3 y última Carina que quedó pato.
duck filet			filete de pato n
duck hunter			cazador de patos n
duck hunting			caza de patos n
duck out	vi	informal (avoid inclusion or involvement) fam	zafar vi
He would often try to duck out of his boss's motivational meetings.
Durante tres campeonatos vinieron zafando, este año les tocó, se van al descenso.
			evadir, esquivar vtr
		fam	escaquearse vpron
duck out	vi	informal (leave secretly)	escabullirse v pron
		fam	escaparse vpron
Mañana el jefe no está, aprovecho y me escapo una hora antes.
duck soup			sopa de pato n
duck to water			como pez en el agua adv
duck-billed platypus	n	(Australian aquatic mammal)	ornitorrinco nm
When the duck-billed platypus was first described to the Royal Society, everyone thought it was a hoax.
No sabía que los ornitorrincos son venenosos.
gray duck		US (ornithology; UK = grey duck) ornitología	pato negro del pacífico nm
harlequin duck		(Zoology)	pato arlequín n
lame duck	n		caso perdido nm
lame duck	n		inútil nmf
lame duck	n		persona incapaz nf
mandarin duck	n		pato mandarín nm
odd duck		US	ave rara adj
ring-necked duck			pato de collar
sitting duck	n	de ataques o críticas	blanco muy fácil
sitting duck	n	de estafadores	presa fácil
sitting duck	n		primo
tufted duck			porrón moñudo
whistling duck			pato silbador nm
wild duck			pato salvaje nm
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'duck' also found in these entries:

English:

duck out - ducky - sitting duck - paddle - platypus - quack - shoot - sitting - waddle

Spanish:

agacharse - ánade - pato - bulto - zambullirse

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