encogimiento

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encogimiento [en-co-he-me-en’-to]
noun
1Contraction, contracting, drawing together or shortening; constriction, corrugation. (m)
2Pusillanimity, want of resolution. (m)
3Lowness of spirits. (m)
4Humility, submission, resignation. (m)
  • Encogimiento de los costados -> (Naut.) the tumbling home or housing in of the sides of a ship

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encogimiento
sustantivo:masculino
1 [de tejidos] shrinking
2
encogimiento de hombros shrug of the shoulders; (of the shoulders)
3 (timidez) shyness; bashfulness

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hearty laughter, raucous laughter, guffaw