stoop

stoop
stu:p
1. verb
1) (to bend the body forward and downward: The doorway was so low that he had to stoop (his head) to go through it; She stooped down to talk to the child.) inclinarse, agacharse
2) (to lower one's (moral) standards by doing something: Surely he wouldn't stoop to cheating!) rebajarse

2. noun
(a stooping position of the body, shoulder etc: Many people develop a stoop as they grow older.) encorvamiento
stoop vb agacharse / inclinarse
stoop
tr[stʊːp]
noun
1 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL (porch) entrada
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stoop
tr[stʊːp]
noun
1 (of person) encorvamiento, encorvadura; (of shoulders) espaldas nombre femenino plural encorvadas
■ he walks with a stoop anda encorvado
intransitive verb
1 (bend) inclinarse (down, -), agacharse (down, -)
2 (have a stoop) andar encorvado,-a, ser cargado,-a de espaldas
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to stoop so low (as to do something) llegar tan bajo (como para hacer algo)
stoop ['stu:p] vi
1) crouch: agacharse
2)
to stoop to : rebajarse a
stoop n
1) : espaldas fpl encorvadas
to have a stoop: ser encorvado
2) : entrada f (de una casa)
stoop
n.
• cargazón de espaldas s.m.
• encorvada s.f.
• inclinación s.f.
v.
• agacharse v.
• bajarse v.
• doblar v.
• encorvarse v.
• inclinar v.
• ser cargado de espaldas v.

I stuːp
intransitive verb
1)
a) (have a stoop)

he stoops a little — es un poco cargado de espaldas or encorvado

b) stooping pres p <posture> encorvado; <shoulders> caído
2) (bend over) agacharse
3) (demean oneself)

how could she stoop so low? — ¿cómo pudo llegar tan bajo?

to stoop TO something/-ING — rebajarse a algo/+ inf


II
noun
1) (of shoulders) (no pl)

she walks with a stoop — camina encorvada

2) (of house) (AmE) entrada f (a la que se accede por una escalinata)

I [stuːp]
1.
N

to have a stoop — ser un poco encorvado

to walk with a stoop — andar encorvado

2. VI
1) (=bend) (also: stoop down) inclinarse, agacharse; (permanently, as defect) andar encorvado

to stoop to pick sth up — inclinarse para recoger algo

2) (fig)

to stoop to sth/doing sth — rebajarse a algo/hacer algo

I wouldn't stoop so low! — ¡a eso no llegaría!, ¡no me rebajaría tanto!


II
[stuːp]
N (US) (=verandah) pórtico m , pequeña veranda f
* * *

I [stuːp]
intransitive verb
1)
a) (have a stoop)

he stoops a little — es un poco cargado de espaldas or encorvado

b) stooping pres p <posture> encorvado; <shoulders> caído
2) (bend over) agacharse
3) (demean oneself)

how could she stoop so low? — ¿cómo pudo llegar tan bajo?

to stoop TO something/-ING — rebajarse a algo/+ inf


II
noun
1) (of shoulders) (no pl)

she walks with a stoop — camina encorvada

2) (of house) (AmE) entrada f (a la que se accede por una escalinata)

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