What is duck in spanish

Principal Translations
duck n	(aquatic bird)	pato, pata nm, nf
	Do you see the ducks in the pond?
	¿Viste los patos en el estanque?
duck n	(cricket: nought) (críquet)	en cero loc adj
	(críquet)	no anotar carreras loc verb
	(críquet, coloquial)	zapatero adj
	He was out for a duck.
	Fue eliminado con el marcador en cero.
duck n	(food: meat)	pato nm
	We ate Peking duck at the Chinese restaurant.
	Comimos pato lacado a la pekinesa en el restaurante chino.
duck n	(movement to dodge [sth])	agachada nf
	Larry made a quick duck to avoid hitting his head on the door frame.
	Larry logró evitar golpearse la cabeza contra el marco de la puerta con una agachada rápida.
duck⇒ vi	(bend, lower head)	agacharse⇒ v prnl
		zambullir⇒ vtr
		esquivar⇒, eludir⇒ vtr
	He ducked when the ball came flying at him.
	Se agachó cuando la bola venía volando hacia él.
duck vi	(dodge)	inclinarse⇒ v prnl
	He ducked to the side when the ball came flying at him.
	Se inclinó hacia un lado cuando la pelota venía volando hacia él.
duck [sth]⇒ vtr	(blow, missile: avoid)	esquivar⇒ vtr
	The players had to duck a shower of various missiles as they left the pitch.
	Los jugadores tuvieron que esquivar una lluvia de objetos mientras abandonaban el campo.
duck under [sth], duck behind [sth] vi + prep	(dive, hide)	agacharse bajo v prnl + adv
		esconderse detrás, esconderse bajo v prnl + adv
	To avoid saying hello, he ducked under a desk.
	Para evitar saludar se agachó bajo el escritorio.
duck under [sth] vi + prep	(plunge into water)	sumergirse en v prnl + prep
		hundirse en v prnl + prep
	Ryan ducked under the water and resurfaced a few seconds later.
	Ryan se sumergió en el agua y salió unos segundos después.

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Additional Translations
duck, ducks n	UK, informal (dear, darling) (expresión cariñosa, coloquial)	cariño expr
		corazón expr
	Cup of tea, duck?
duck, duck cloth n	(fabric)	loneta nf
	The hammock is made of duck.
duck [sth] vtr	informal (obligation) (coloquial)	saltarse⇒ v prnl
		eludir⇒, evadir⇒ vtr
	She ducked her appointment and went to the cinema instead.
	Se saltó su cita y, mejor se fue al cine.

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Locuciones verbales
duck out vi phrasal	informal (leave secretly)	escabullirse⇒ v prnl
		escaparse⇒ v prnl
	I deliberately sat at the back of the room near the door so I could duck out if the meeting was boring.
	Me senté bien al fondo y cerca de la puerta a propósito para poder escabullirme si la reunión era aburrida.
duck out of [sth] vi phrasal + prep	informal (leave secretly)	escabullirse de v prnl + prep
		escaparse de v prnl + prep
	She managed to duck out of the lecture without anyone seeing her.
	Se las arregló para escabullirse de la conferencia sin que nadie la viera.
duck out of [sth] vi phrasal + prep	informal, figurative (avoid inclusion)	evadir⇒ vtr
		esquivar⇒ vtr
	He would often try to duck out of his boss's motivational meetings.
	A menudo intentaba evadir las reuniones motivacionales de su jefe.
	(coloquial)	escaquearse de v prnl + prep
		zafar de v prnl + prep
	A menudo trataba de escaquearse de las reuniones motivacionales de su jefe.

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Compound Forms:
Bombay duck n	(small Asian lizardfish)	harpadon nm
Bombay duck n	(food: Indian condiment)	curry de pescado nm + loc adj
break your duck v expr	(cricket: make first score)	anotar primero loc verb
break your duck v expr	UK, dated, figurative (achieve [sth] for first time)	inaugurar⇒ vtr
		lograr⇒ vtr
		alcanzar⇒ vtr
bummalo n	(fish: Bombay duck)	bumalo, bummalo nm
		pato de Bombay loc nom m
bummalo n	(food: Bombay duck)	bumalo, bummalo nm
		pato de Bombay loc nom m
DA n	initialism (1950s men's hairstyle: duck's ass)	cola de pato nf + loc adj
	The movie is set in the 1950s, and all of the actors have DAs.
	La película está ambientada en los años 50 y todos los actores tienen cola de pato.
a dead duck n	informal, figurative ([sth] that will not succeed)	causa perdida loc nom f
	(persona)	hombre muerto loc nom m
duck down n	(soft feathers of a duck)	plumón nm
duck down vi + adv	(bend, crouch down)	agacharse⇒ v prnl
		acuclillarse⇒ v prnl
duck egg n	(egg laid by duck)	huevo de pato nm
duck foot	(furniture)	pie de pincel loc nom m
		pie acartelado nm + adj
duck hunter n	([sb] who hunts ducks)	cazador de patos, cazadora de patos nm, nf + loc adj
duck out of doing [sth] v expr	informal, figurative (avoid obligation)	librarse de hacer algo loc verb
		escaparse de hacer algo loc verb
	He always tries to duck out of talking to my parents.
	Siempre trata de librarse de hablar con mis padres.
duck press	(cuisine)	pato prensado loc nom m
duck soup n	US, slang ([sth] very easy to do) (figurado)	pan comido loc nom m
	(figurado)	papa nf
duck your head v expr	(lower your head)	bajar la cabeza loc verb
	I ducked my head to avoid hitting it on the lintel.
	Bajé la cabeza para no dármela contra el dintel.
duck-billed adj	(animal: with a bill like a duck's)	ornitorrinco nm
	Paleontologists have found the skeleton of a duck-billed dinosaur.
duck-billed platypus n	(Australian aquatic mammal)	ornitorrinco nm
	When the duck-billed platypus was first described in Europe, everyone thought it was a hoax.
	La primera vez que el ornitorrinco fue descrito en Europa, todo el mundo pensó que se trataba de una broma.
ducks and drakes, duck and drake n	(skipping stones on water) (juego infantil, ES)	cabrilla nf
	(AR)	sapito nm
eider duck	(bird)	eider nm
fish duck n	informal (merganser)	serreta nf
hadrosaur, duck-billed dinosaur n	(type of dinosaur)	hadrosaurio nm
harlequin duck n	(bird: small sea duck)	pato arlequín loc nom m
lame duck n	figurative ([sb] or [sth] ineffectual)	fracaso nm
	That guy is such a lame duck; he's never going to make anything of his life.
	Este tipo es un fracaso, nunca logrará ser nadie en la vida.
lame duck n	US, figurative (politician before handing over power) (literal)	político no reelecto antes de entregar el poder nm + loc adj
	George W Bush was a lame duck from Election Day 2008 to January 20th, 2009.
merganser n	(type of duck) (AmL)	mergánsar nm
		serreta nf
musk duck n	(duck native to Australia)	pato almizclero nm
odd duck n	figurative (strange person) (figurado)	oveja negra loc nom f
platypus n	(Australian aquatic mammal)	ornitorrinco nm
	The platypus is an endangered animal.
rubber duck n	(duck-shaped bath toy)	pato de goma nm
	Children often play with rubber ducks at bathtime.
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. De niño corría carreras con sus patitos de goma en el agua de la acequia.
		patito nm
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. No se puede meter en la bañadera sin su patito.
ruddy duck n	(bird)	malvasía canela loc nom f
scaup, scaup duck n	(diving duck)	porrón bastardo loc nom m
sitting duck n	figurative (easy target)	presa fácil nf + adj
	With nothing to protect himself from the enemy, he was a sitting duck.
	Sin algo que lo protegiera del enemigo era una presa fácil.
strange duck n	figurative, informal (odd person)	bicho raro loc nom mf
	(coloquial)	bicho raro loc nom mf
	What a strange duck he is.
	Qué bicho raro que es.
tufted duck	(bird)	porrón moñudo loc nom m
water off a duck's back, like water off a duck's back expr	figurative (having no effect on [sb])	con efecto nulo expr
	The press wrote all sorts of nasty stories about the politician, but it was like water off a duck's back; she paid no attention to them at all.
wood duck n	(variety of North American wading bird)	pato joyuyo nm
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