duck

a water bird with a short neck and wide, flat bill that swims well and dives easily into the water to catch fish or other food

pato

Collocations duck pond · wild duck

• There are lots of ducks in the park.

  Hay muchos patos en el parque.

to move your body quickly downwards and forwards, as if you were going to sit down but without sitting down completely

agacharse, esconderse rápidamente

• [intransitive]
• [transitive]

• He ducked under the table.

  Se agachó bajo la mesa.

the meat of a duck, cooked and eaten as food

carne de pato

Collocations duck soup · roast duck

• We had roast duck for dinner.

  Comimos pato asado para la cena.

(of a verb) to change from the base form to another form, usually by adding -s or -ing

conjugarse (el verbo)

• [intransitive]

• The verb 'to go' ducks to 'goes'.

  El verbo 'ir' se conjuga a 'va'.

a small round piece of metal that is fired from a shotgun and used for shooting birds such as ducks or geese

plomo, perdigón (para cazar)

Collocations duck shot · duck season

• He fired a shotgun loaded with duckshot.

  Disparó un escopeta cargada con perdigones para cazar patos.

a team that plays against another team in a sport such as baseball or cricket

equipo, bando (en deportes)

Collocations duck and cover

• The home team is the visiting duck.

  El equipo local es el visitante.

in baseball, a run scored by a batter who hits the ball and reaches home base safely without being put out or forced to leave the bases

carrera (en béisbol)

Collocations duck call

• He hit a home run for his first duck of the game.

  Marcó un jonrón para su primera carrera del juego.

to avoid doing something by being quick and clever

esquivar, evitar astutamente

• [intransitive]

• He tried to duck the question.

  Intentó esquivar la pregunta.