stoop

agacharse, inclinarse

Inclinar la cabeza y la parte superior del cuerpo hacia delante y abajo.

En inglés sencillo: To bend your head and upper body forward and down.

• She stooped to tie her shoe.
• You must stoop under this low branch.
• He was stooping over the box when I arrived.

Cómo se usa: stoop to + verb (She stooped to pick up her bag.); stoop under something (He stooped under the low doorway.)

Sinónimos: bend down, bend over

Antónimos: straighten

Expresiones frecuentes: stoop down, stoop to pick, stoop under something

rebajarse

Hacer algo deshonesto o vergonzoso que normalmente considerarías indigno de ti.

En inglés sencillo: To do something dishonest or shameful that you would normally consider beneath you.

• Don't stoop to insults.
• She refused to stoop to cheating.
• Would he really stoop so low as to hurt a child?

Cómo se usa: stoop to something/doing something (I would never stoop to lying about a colleague.); stoop so low as to + verb (He stooped so low as to steal from his friends.)

Sinónimos: sink, lower oneself

Expresiones frecuentes: stoop so low, stoop to cheating, stoop to insults

lanzarse en picado

Dicho de un ave, bajar de golpe hacia el suelo, normalmente para atrapar una presa.

En inglés sencillo: If a bird does this, it dives suddenly toward the ground, usually to catch another animal.

• The hawk stooped toward the field.
• A falcon stooped on its prey.
• We watched the bird stoop from high above the cliff.

Cómo se usa: stoop on someone/something (The falcon stooped on a pigeon.)

Sinónimos: dive, swoop

Expresiones frecuentes: stoop on prey, stoop at something, stoop from above

encorvamiento, postura encorvada

Postura en la que la cabeza y los hombros se inclinan hacia delante.

En inglés sencillo: A body position in which the head and shoulders bend forward.

• He has a slight stoop.
• Years of bending over a desk gave her a stoop.
• The man walked with a pronounced stoop.

Sinónimos: hunch

Expresiones frecuentes: a slight stoop, walk with a stoop, a pronounced stoop