acurrucar

Asturian

Etymology

Compare Spanish acurrucar

Verb

acurrucar (first-person singular indicative present acurruco, past participle acurrucáu)

1. to put in a comfortable position, to snuggle
2. to put a blanket over someone
3. (reflexive) to huddle, to curl up (because of the cold)

Conjugation

Conjugation of acurrucar

infinitive		acurrucar
gerund		acurrucando
past participle		m acurrucáu, f acurrucada, n acurrucao, m pl acurrucaos, f pl acurrucaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	acurruco	acurruces	acurruca	acurrucamos	acurrucáis	acurrucen
	imperfect	acurrucaba	acurrucabes	acurrucaba	acurrucábemos, acurrucábamos	acurrucabeis, acurrucabais	acurrucaben
	preterite	acurrucé	acurrucasti, acurrucesti	acurrucó	acurrucemos	acurrucastis, acurrucestis	acurrucaron
	pluperfect	acurrucare, acurrucara	acurrucares, acurrucaras	acurrucare, acurrucara	acurrucáremos, acurrucáramos	acurrucareis, acurrucarais	acurrucaren, acurrucaran
	future	acurrucaré	acurrucarás	acurrucará	acurrucaremos	acurrucaréis	acurrucarán
	conditional	acurrucaría	acurrucaríes	acurrucaría	acurrucaríemos, acurrucaríamos	acurrucaríeis, acurrucaríais	acurrucaríen
subjunctive	present	acurruce	acurruces, acurrucas	acurruce	acurrucemos	acurrucéis	acurrucen, acurrucan
	imperfect	acurrucare, acurrucara	acurrucares, acurrucaras	acurrucare, acurrucara	acurrucáremos, acurrucáramos	acurrucareis, acurrucarais	acurrucaren, acurrucaran
imperative		—	acurruca	—	—	acurrucái	—

Spanish

Etymology

Probably back-formed from Old Spanish acorrucado, from a- Latin corrūgātus (“wrinked”), perfect passive participle of corrūgō (“to wrinkle”). Compare English corrugate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akuruˈkaɾ/ [a.ku.ruˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧cu‧rru‧car

Verb

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

1. (reflexive) to huddle, to curl up (because of the cold)
2. (reciprocal) to snuggle, to spoon

   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.

   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

    Conjugation of acurrucar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			acurrucar
gerund			acurrucando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acurrucado		acurrucada
		plural		acurrucados		acurrucadas
		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	acurruco	acurrucastú acurrucásvos	acurruca	acurrucamos	acurrucáis	acurrucan
	imperfect	acurrucaba	acurrucabas	acurrucaba	acurrucábamos	acurrucabais	acurrucaban
	preterite	acurruqué	acurrucaste	acurrucó	acurrucamos	acurrucasteis	acurrucaron
	future	acurrucaré	acurrucarás	acurrucará	acurrucaremos	acurrucaréis	acurrucarán
	conditional	acurrucaría	acurrucarías	acurrucaría	acurrucaríamos	acurrucaríais	acurrucarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acurruque	acurruquestú acurruquésvos2	acurruque	acurruquemos	acurruquéis	acurruquen
	imperfect (ra)	acurrucara	acurrucaras	acurrucara	acurrucáramos	acurrucarais	acurrucaran
	imperfect (se)	acurrucase	acurrucases	acurrucase	acurrucásemos	acurrucaseis	acurrucasen
	future1	acurrucare	acurrucares	acurrucare	acurrucáremos	acurrucareis	acurrucaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acurrucatú acurrucávos	acurruque	acurruquemos	acurrucad	acurruquen
	negative		no acurruques	no acurruque	no acurruquemos	no acurruquéis	no acurruquen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of acurrucar (c-qu alternation)

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 acurrucar
	dative	acurrucarme	acurrucarte	acurrucarle, acurrucarse	acurrucarnos	acurrucaros	acurrucarles, acurrucarse
	accusative	acurrucarme	acurrucarte	acurrucarlo, acurrucarla, acurrucarse	acurrucarnos	acurrucaros	acurrucarlos, acurrucarlas, acurrucarse
with gerund acurrucando
	dative	acurrucándome	acurrucándote	acurrucándole, acurrucándose	acurrucándonos	acurrucándoos	acurrucándoles, acurrucándose
	accusative	acurrucándome	acurrucándote	acurrucándolo, acurrucándola, acurrucándose	acurrucándonos	acurrucándoos	acurrucándolos, acurrucándolas, acurrucándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative acurruca
	dative	acurrúcame	acurrúcate	acurrúcale	acurrúcanos	not used	acurrúcales
	accusative	acurrúcame	acurrúcate	acurrúcalo, acurrúcala	acurrúcanos	not used	acurrúcalos, acurrúcalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative acurrucá
	dative	acurrucame	acurrucate	acurrucale	acurrucanos	not used	acurrucales
	accusative	acurrucame	acurrucate	acurrucalo, acurrucala	acurrucanos	not used	acurrucalos, acurrucalas
with formal second-person singular imperative acurruque
	dative	acurrúqueme	not used	acurrúquele, acurrúquese	acurrúquenos	not used	acurrúqueles
	accusative	acurrúqueme	not used	acurrúquelo, acurrúquela, acurrúquese	acurrúquenos	not used	acurrúquelos, acurrúquelas
with first-person plural imperative acurruquemos
	dative	not used	acurruquémoste	acurruquémosle	acurruquémonos	acurruquémoos	acurruquémosles
	accusative	not used	acurruquémoste	acurruquémoslo, acurruquémosla	acurruquémonos	acurruquémoos	acurruquémoslos, acurruquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative acurrucad
	dative	acurrucadme	not used	acurrucadle	acurrucadnos	acurrucaos	acurrucadles
	accusative	acurrucadme	not used	acurrucadlo, acurrucadla	acurrucadnos	acurrucaos	acurrucadlos, acurrucadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative acurruquen
	dative	acurrúquenme	not used	acurrúquenle	acurrúquennos	not used	acurrúquenles, acurrúquense
	accusative	acurrúquenme	not used	acurrúquenlo, acurrúquenla	acurrúquennos	not used	acurrúquenlos, acurrúquenlas, acurrúquense

Derived terms

• acurrucarse

 

Related terms

• corrugado

 

Further reading

• “acurrucarse”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28