agachar

Asturian

Verb

agachar (first-person singular indicative present agacho, past participle agacháu)

1. alternative form of gachar

Conjugation

Conjugation of agachar

infinitive		agachar
gerund		agachando
past participle		m agacháu, f agachada, n agachao, m pl agachaos, f pl agachaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	agacho	agaches	agacha	agachamos	agacháis	agachen
	imperfect	agachaba	agachabes	agachaba	agachábemos, agachábamos	agachabeis, agachabais	agachaben
	preterite	agaché	agachasti, agachesti	agachó	agachemos	agachastis, agachestis	agacharon
	pluperfect	agachare, agachara	agachares, agacharas	agachare, agachara	agacháremos, agacháramos	agachareis, agacharais	agacharen, agacharan
	future	agacharé	agacharás	agachará	agacharemos	agacharéis	agacharán
	conditional	agacharía	agacharíes	agacharía	agacharíemos, agacharíamos	agacharíeis, agacharíais	agacharíen
subjunctive	present	agache	agaches, agachas	agache	agachemos	agachéis	agachen, agachan
	imperfect	agachare, agachara	agachares, agacharas	agachare, agachara	agacháremos, agacháramos	agachareis, agacharais	agacharen, agacharan
imperative		—	agacha	—	—	agachái	—

Occitan

Etymology

From a- +‎ gachar. From Occitan gachar (“to watch”), from Old Occitan gaitar, from Frankish *wahtōn, *wahtjan (“to watch, guard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.ɣa.ˈt͡ʃa]

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Verb

agachar

1. to look

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		agachar			aver agachat
gerund		agachant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		agachat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	agachi	agachas	agacha	agacham	agachatz	agachan
	imperfect	agachavi	agachavas	agachava	agachàvem	agachàvetz	agachavan
	preterite	agachèri	agachères	agachèt	agachèrem	agachèretz	agachèron
	future	agacharai	agacharàs	agacharà	agacharem	agacharetz	agacharàn
	conditional	agachariái	agachariás	agachariá	agachariam	agachariatz	agacharián
	conditional 2nd form1	agachèra	agachèras	agachèra	agacheram	agacheratz	agachèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	agache	agaches	agache	agachem	agachetz	agachen
	imperfect	agachèssi	agachèsses	agachèsse	agachèssem	agachèssetz	agachèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			agacha		agachem	agachatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		agachar			aver agachat
gerund		agachant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		agachat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	agache	agaches	agacha	agacham	agachatz	agachon
	imperfect	agachave	agachaves	agachava	agachaviam	agachaviatz	agachavon
	preterite	agachere	agacheres	agachet	agachem	agachetz	agacheron
	future	agacharai	agacharàs	agachará	agacharem	agacharetz	agacharán
	conditional	agachariá	agachariás	agachariá	agachariam	agachariatz	agacharián
	conditional 2nd form1	agachèra	agachèras	agachèra	agacheram	agacheratz	agachèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	agache	agaches	agache	agachassiam	agachassiatz	agachon
	imperfect	agachesse	agachesses	agachesse	agachessiam	agachessiatz	agachesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			agacha		agachassiam	agachatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		agachar			aver agachat
gerund		agachant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		agachat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	agachi	agachas	agacha	agacham	agachatz	agachan
	imperfect	agachavi	agachavas	agachava	agachàvam	agachàvatz	agachavan
	preterite	agachèi	agachès	agachè	agachèm	agachètz	agachèn
	future	agacharèi	agacharàs	agacharà	agacharam	agacharatz	agacharàn
	conditional	agacharí	agacharés	agacharé	agacharem	agacharetz	agacharén
	conditional 2nd form1	agachèra	agachèras	agachèra	agacheram	agacheratz	agachèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	agachi	agaches	agache	agachem	agachetz	agachen
	imperfect	agachèssi	agachèsses	agachèsse	agachèssem	agachèssetz	agachèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			agacha		agachem	agachatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		agachar			aver agachat
gerund		agachant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		agachat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	agache	agachas	agacha	agacham	agachatz	agachan
	imperfect	agachava	agachavas	agachava	agachàvam	agachàvatz	agachavan
	preterite	agachei	agacheras	agachet	agachèram	agachèratz	agacheran
	future	agacharai	agacharàs	agachará	agacharem	agacharetz	agacharán
	conditional	agachariá	agachariàs	agachariá	agachariam	agachariatz	agacharián
	conditional 2nd form1	agachèra	agachèras	agachèra	agacheram	agacheratz	agachèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	agache	agaches	agache	agachem	agachetz	agachen
	imperfect	agachèsse	agachèsses	agachèsse	agachèssem	agachèssetz	agachèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			agacha		agachem	agachatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		agachar			aver agachat
gerund		agachant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		agachat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	agache	agaches	agacha	agacham	agachatz	agachan
	imperfect	agachavi	agachavas	agachava	agachàvem	agachàvetz	agachavan
	preterite	agachère	agachères	agachèt	agacheriam	agacheriatz	agachèron
	future	agacharai	agacharàs	agacharà	agacharem	agacharetz	agacharàn
	conditional	agachariáu	agachariás	agachariá	agachariam	agachariatz	agacharián
	conditional 2nd form1	agachèra	agachèras	agachèra	agacheram	agacheratz	agachèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	agache	agaches	agache	agachem	agachetz	agachan
	imperfect	agachèsse	agachèsses	agachèsse	agachessiam	agachessiatz	agachèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			agacha		agachem	agachatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• agach

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Most Romanists conclude that the word ultimately comes from Latin coactāre, but they are uncertain how exactly it evolved due to phonological problems and the early attestation in Portuguese and Galician. It could possibly be:

• From Spanish agachar;
• From an unattested Vulgar Latin *coactiāre through a Mozarabic word.

Cognate with Galician and Spanish agachar and Catalan acotar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈʃa(ʁ)/ [a.ɡaˈʃa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈʃa(ʁ)/ [a.ɡaˈʃa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈʃa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈʃa(ʁ)/ [a.ɡaˈʃa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈʃa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡaˈʃaɾ/ [ɐ.ɣaˈʃaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡaˈʃaɾ/ [ɐ.ɣaˈʃaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡatˈʃaɾ/ [ɐ.ɣatˈʃaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡaˈʃa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧ga‧char

Verb

agachar (first-person singular present agacho, first-person singular preterite agachei, past participle agachado)

1. (intransitive, pronominal) to crouch; to squat

   Synonym: abaixar

2. (intransitive, pronominal) to bend down; to duck

   Synonym: curvar

3. (figurative, intransitive, pronominal) to surrender
4. (transitive) to hide

   Synonym: esconder

5. (South Brazil, pronominal) to suddenly start an action

   Synonym: lançar

   O cavalo agachou-se a pinotear.

   The horse suddenly began to curvet.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of agachar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	agachar
Personal	agachar	agachares	agachar	agacharmos	agachardes	agacharem
Gerund
	agachando
Past participle
Masculine	agachado			agachados
Feminine	agachada			agachadas
Indicative
Present	agacho	agachas	agacha	agachamos	agachais	agacham
Imperfect	agachava	agachavas	agachava	agachávamos	agacháveis	agachavam
Preterite	agachei	agachaste	agachou	agachamos1, agachámos2	agachastes	agacharam
Pluperfect	agachara	agacharas	agachara	agacháramos	agacháreis	agacharam
Future	agacharei	agacharás	agachará	agacharemos	agachareis	agacharão
Conditional	agacharia	agacharias	agacharia	agacharíamos	agacharíeis	agachariam
Subjunctive
Present	agache	agaches	agache	agachemos	agacheis	agachem
Imperfect	agachasse	agachasses	agachasse	agachássemos	agachásseis	agachassem
Future	agachar	agachares	agachar	agacharmos	agachardes	agacharem
Imperative
Affirmative		agacha	agache	agachemos	agachai	agachem
Negative (não)		não agaches	não agache	não agachemos	não agacheis	não agachem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “agachar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “agachar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• acachar (regional, dated)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin co-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti

Proto-Italic *agō

Latin agō

Latin cōgō

Latin coāctus

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin coactāre?

Old Spanish agachar

Spanish agachar

Probably from Latin coactāre, frequentative of cōgō (“collect”), whence English squat.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡaˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [a.ɣ̞aˈt͡ʃaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ga‧char

Verb

agachar (first-person singular present agacho, first-person singular preterite agaché, past participle agachado)

1. to lower

   Agachen la cabeza que el techo es muy bajo

   Bend your head; the ceiling's very low

2. (reflexive) to bend down, to crouch, to squat, to hunker down
3. (reflexive) to duck

   Agáchate; si no, te harás un chichón en la cabeza: la puerta es demasiado baja

   Duck or you'll bump your head: the door is really low.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of agachar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			agachar
gerund			agachando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		agachado		agachada
		plural		agachados		agachadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	agacho	agachastú agachásvos	agacha	agachamos	agacháis	agachan
	imperfect	agachaba	agachabas	agachaba	agachábamos	agachabais	agachaban
	preterite	agaché	agachaste	agachó	agachamos	agachasteis	agacharon
	future	agacharé	agacharás	agachará	agacharemos	agacharéis	agacharán
	conditional	agacharía	agacharías	agacharía	agacharíamos	agacharíais	agacharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	agache	agachestú agachésvos2	agache	agachemos	agachéis	agachen
	imperfect (ra)	agachara	agacharas	agachara	agacháramos	agacharais	agacharan
	imperfect (se)	agachase	agachases	agachase	agachásemos	agachaseis	agachasen
	future1	agachare	agachares	agachare	agacháremos	agachareis	agacharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		agachatú agachávos	agache	agachemos	agachad	agachen
	negative		no agaches	no agache	no agachemos	no agachéis	no agachen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of agachar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive agachar	dative	agacharme	agacharte	agacharle, agacharse	agacharnos	agacharos	agacharles, agacharse
	accusative	agacharme	agacharte	agacharlo, agacharla, agacharse	agacharnos	agacharos	agacharlos, agacharlas, agacharse
with gerund agachando	dative	agachándome	agachándote	agachándole, agachándose	agachándonos	agachándoos	agachándoles, agachándose
	accusative	agachándome	agachándote	agachándolo, agachándola, agachándose	agachándonos	agachándoos	agachándolos, agachándolas, agachándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative agacha	dative	agáchame	agáchate	agáchale	agáchanos	not used	agáchales
	accusative	agáchame	agáchate	agáchalo, agáchala	agáchanos	not used	agáchalos, agáchalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative agachá	dative	agachame	agachate	agachale	agachanos	not used	agachales
	accusative	agachame	agachate	agachalo, agachala	agachanos	not used	agachalos, agachalas
with formal second-person singular imperative agache	dative	agácheme	not used	agáchele, agáchese	agáchenos	not used	agácheles
	accusative	agácheme	not used	agáchelo, agáchela, agáchese	agáchenos	not used	agáchelos, agáchelas
with first-person plural imperative agachemos	dative	not used	agachémoste	agachémosle	agachémonos	agachémoos	agachémosles
	accusative	not used	agachémoste	agachémoslo, agachémosla	agachémonos	agachémoos	agachémoslos, agachémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative agachad	dative	agachadme	not used	agachadle	agachadnos	agachaos	agachadles
	accusative	agachadme	not used	agachadlo, agachadla	agachadnos	agachaos	agachadlos, agachadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative agachen	dative	agáchenme	not used	agáchenle	agáchennos	not used	agáchenles, agáchense
	accusative	agáchenme	not used	agáchenlo, agáchenla	agáchennos	not used	agáchenlos, agáchenlas, agáchense

Derived terms

• agachado
• agacharse
• agachona

Related terms

• gacho

Further reading

• “agachar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026