Spanish

Verb

acurrucar ‎(first-person singular present acurruco, first-person singular preterite acurruqué, past participle acurrucado)

1. (reflexive) to curl up because of the cold
2. (reciprocative) to snuggle

   Los dos se acurrucaron en la cama. - Both of them snuggled on the bed.

3. (transitive, colloquial, El Salvador) to make somebody squat

   Los acurruqué para que se estuvieran quietos. - I made them squat so they'd stay there (without running around)

   Estar acurrucado - to be squatting

   Estoy acurrucada porque estoy cansada. - I'm squatting because I'm tired.

4. (reflexive, colloquial, El Salvador) to squat

   Se acurrucó para esperarlo. - He squatted to wait for him.

Conjugation

• c becomes qu before e.

Related terms

• acurrucarse