Encoger in english
Shrink
pronunciation: ʃrɪŋk part of speech: verb
pronunciation: ʃrɪŋk part of speech: verb
In gestures
encoger = shrink.
Example: The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.more:
» encogerse = flinch ; cringe .
Example: Garschine flinched as if he had been hit. Example: That Dennis! When I think of him, I... well ... to put it frankly, cringe.» encogerse de hombros = shrug + Posesivo + shoulders ; shrug .
Example: 'That's about it', he shrugged his shoulders indifferently, as if to say 'So what!'. Example: 'I'm not much to trust any politician,' he shrugs, but 'I just don't believe in changing horses in midstream' = Dijo encogiéndose de hombros: "No soy mucho de confiar en ningún político, pero simplemente no creo en los cambios de opinión a mitad de camino".» encogerse de miedo = cower [Intentar pasar desapercibido por temor o por falta de personalidad] ; cringe ; cringe with + fear .
Example: The stereotype of a librarian i a 'fussy old woman of either sex, myopic and repressed, brandishing or perhaps cowering behind a date-stamp and surrounded by an array of notices which forbid virtually every human activity'. Example: That Dennis! When I think of him, I... well ... to put it frankly, cringe. Example: With his eerie green eyes and ferocious and deadly fangs and claws you just cringe with fear every time the big cat comes on the screen.» encogerse de terror = cringe ; cower [Intentar pasar desapercibido por temor o por falta de personalidad] ; cringe with + fear .
Example: That Dennis! When I think of him, I... well ... to put it frankly, cringe. Example: The stereotype of a librarian i a 'fussy old woman of either sex, myopic and repressed, brandishing or perhaps cowering behind a date-stamp and surrounded by an array of notices which forbid virtually every human activity'. Example: With his eerie green eyes and ferocious and deadly fangs and claws you just cringe with fear every time the big cat comes on the screen.» encogérsele el corazón a Uno = Posesivo + heart + skip + a beat ; Posesivo + heart + miss + a beat ; Posesivo + heart + leap (to + Posesivo + mouth) .
Example: There's nothing romantic about your heart skipping a beat, whatever the poet might say -- all hearts flutter from time to time. Example: Her smile still makes many a heart miss a beat. Example: His heart leapt to his mouth, for this was none other than the great Brigham Young himself.encogerse = flinch ; cringe.
Example: Garschine flinched as if he had been hit.Example: That Dennis! When I think of him, I... well ... to put it frankly, cringe.