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2 Translation results for ducks 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.
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  • •She ducked into a store when it started to rain.
  • •He ducked around a corner.
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Synonyms of
duck verb

escape, avoid, evade, elude, shun, dodge, lower, plunge

Detailed synonyms for duck verb

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Reverse translation for ducks

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 
zambullir
eludir  - to evade, to avoid, to elude 
evadir  - to evade, to avoid 
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