| 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 | (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. |
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. |
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 |
| Donald Duck n | (Disney character) | el Pato Donald n propio m |
| duck down n | (soft feathers of a duck) | plumón nm |
| | This pillow is filled with duck down. |
| duck down vi + adv | (bend, crouch down) | agacharse⇒ v prnl |
| | | acuclillarse⇒ v prnl |
| | Martin ducked down so that he wouldn't hit his head on the door frame. |
| 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 |
duct tape,
duck tape n | (strong adhesive tape) | cinta americana loc nom f |
| | | cinta plateada loc nom f |
| | | cinta gafer loc nom f |
| | Duct tape can be used to repair almost anything. |
| | La cinta americana se puede usar para reparar casi todo. |
| 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]) | no tener efecto, no tener ningún efecto loc verb |
| | (coloquial: no afectar a alguien) | resbalarle a alguien vi + prep |
| | (coloquial: no importarle a alguien) | no importarle un pepino a alguien loc verb + prep |
| | 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. |
| | La prensa escribía toda clase de historias horribles sobre la política, pero estas no tenían efecto: ella no les prestaba ni la más mínima atención. |
| wood duck n | (variety of North American wading bird) | pato joyuyo nm |
| Note: Zool.: Aix sponsa |