Translation for "encorvar" to english
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verb
Me encorvaré como un junco al viento.
I will bend like a reed in the wind.
He visto que tienes dificultad para encorvar la espalda.
I see you're having trouble bending your back, George.
Sigbatov se hallaba sentado y cuidaba de no torcer ni encorvar su espalda enferma.
Sibgatov sat carefully so as not to have to bend or twist his bad back.
Durante el tiempo de la siega, las chicas hacían turnos para atárselo a la espalda como un fardo antes de encorvar el cuerpo con la hoz en la mano.
During the harvest, the girls took it in turns to tie him like a bundle on their backs before bending to work with their scythes.
Cuando vengan los hielos, estas barbas que ven las encorvaré, las regaré con agua hasta que estén cubiertas de una capa de hielo que mantendrá su curvatura, y luego las sembraré sobre las nieves tras haberlas disimulado un poco bajo otra capa de grasa.
You see these bones, my friends; well, when it freezes, I will bend them, and then wet them with water till they are entirely covered with ice, which will keep them bent, and I will strew them on the snow, having previously covered them with fat.
verb
Un escalofrío en la espalda le hace encorvar los hombros.
A rippling sensation up the back makes the shoulders hunch.
A su paso, los veía encorvar los hombros y murmurar.
He felt them hunching their shoulders, muttering as he passed.
Volvió a encorvar los hombros y desapareció dentro de sí misma.
She hunched the shoulders back up and disappeared within herself.
Lo único que podían hacer los hombres era encorvar la espalda y seguir cabalgando, o caminando.
All a man could do was to hunch his shoulders and ride – or walk – on.
—¡Qué demonios...! En una imagen borrosa, vio a Annie meter la barbilla y encorvar los hombros.
“What the—” In a blur, he saw Annie tuck in her chin and hunch her shoulders.
Le haría mirar su pantalla para que se encorvara un poco, lo suficiente para dejar al descubierto la nuca.
Get him to look at his screen, hunch over it just a little. Enough to bare the back of his neck.
Sólo lo estoy reseñando —dijo el más alto, volviéndose a encorvar en su camisa verde de lana—.
I’m just reviewing it, said the taller one, hunching back in his green wool shirt.
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