shrink [ʃrɪŋk] shrank (past)shrunk (participle:past)
shrink
∗shrink [ʃrɪŋk]
sustantivo
1psiquiatra (sustantivo masculino) (familiar) (psychiatrist)
verbo transitivo (pt shrank [ʃræŋk], pp shrunk [ʃrʌŋk])
2encoger
verbo intransitivo
3encoger(se) (material); reducirse, disminuir (income, budget)
4(move back)
- to shrink from something -> retroceder ante algo
- to shrink from doing something -> no atreverse a hacer algo
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shrink [shrink]
participio pasivo
1SHRUNK, SHRUNKEN, y antiguamente SHRINKED).
2Encogerse, contraerse alguna cosa ocupando menos lugar, estrecharse (contract), angostarse, acortarse (shorten); disminuir.
3Evitar un peligro o huir y apartarse de él; retroceder; temblar, estremecerse (shake, tremble); retirarse.
4Encogerse, apocarse el ánimo (sadden).
- To shrink from danger -> retirarse del peligro
- To shrink for fear -> temblar de miedo
- To shrink in the wash -> encogerse al lavar (clothes)
- To shrink back -> retirarse a la vista de algún peligro o de alguna cosa desagradable; detenerse en la ejecución de alguna cosa por temor a las consecuencias
- To shrink away -> acortarse, angostarse, desaparecer por grados; sustraerse, huir
- To shrink up -> estrechar, estrecharse; encogerse, arrugarse por efecto de la sequedad; temblar, estremecerse
- To shrink on -> asegurar firmemente en su lugar, v
- Shrink-wrap -> envasar al vacío
va. (pret. SHRANK, va. Encoger, contraer. g. la llanta de una rueda.
sustantivo
1Encogimiento, acortamiento, contracción de nervios causada por miedo u horror.
2Psiquiatra. (Estados Unidos)
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Verb Conjugation for "shrink"
Imperative
- shrink
- you shrink
- he/she shrinks
- we shrink
- you shrink
- they shrink
Preterite
- I shrank
- you shrank
- he/she shrank
- we shrank
- you shrank
- they shrank
Present Continuous
- I am shrinking
- you are shrinking
- he/she is shrinking
- we are shrinking
- you are shrinking
- they are shrinking
Present Perfect
- I have shrank
- you have shrank
- he/she has shrank
- we have shrank
- you have shrank
- they have shrank
Past Continuous
- I was shrinking
- you were shrinking
- he/she was shrinking
- we were shrinking
- you were shrinking
- they were shrinking
Past Perfect
- I had shrank
- you had shrank
- he/she had shrank
- we had shrank
- you had shrank
- they had shrank
Future
- I will shrink
- you will shrink
- he/she will shrink
- we will shrink
- you will shrink
- they will shrink
Future Perfect
- I will have shrank
- you will have shrank
- he/she will have shrank
- we will have shrank
- you will have shrank
- they will have shrank
Future Continuous
- I will be shrinking
- you will be shrinking
- he/she will be shrinking
- we will be shrinking
- you will be shrinking
- they will be shrinking
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been shrinking
- you have been shrinking
- he/she has been shrinking
- we have been shrinking
- you have been shrinking
- they have been shrinking
Future Perfect Continuous
- I will have been shrinking
- you will have been shrinking
- he/she will have been shrinking
- we will have been shrinking
- you will have been shrinking
- they will have been shrinking
Past Perfect Continuous
- I had been shrinking
- you had been shrinking
- he/she had been shrinking
- we had been shrinking
- you had been shrinking
- they had been shrinking
