Encorvada in english
Hollowed
pronunciation: hɑloʊd part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: hɑloʊd part of speech: adjective
In gestures
encorvado = stooped-over ; humpbacked ; stooped ; hunchbacked ; slumped.
Example: There was an old woman on the sidewalk, stooped-over scrawny and dressed up in nothing but rags.Example: In addition, he parodies romantic conventions by casting one of the story's lovers as a disfigured, humpbacked character reminiscent of Quasimodo in Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame of Paris.Example: A stooped and gangling figure with a long, lugubrious face, clad in flapping trousers and deerstalker hat, he had a stammer which he exaggerated to tremendous comic effect.Example: They came to him whole and left blind, rickety, hunchbacked, pigeon-breasted, or with arms or legs cut off short.Example: Flexion, including driving and sitting in a chair with slumped posture, will make the pain worse; extension may make the pain better.more:
» andar encorvado = slouch ; walk with + a stoop .
Example: He slurps, spills, slouches, talks with his mouth full, and never, ever tucks in his shirt. Example: It is a curious fact of history that the first Neanderthal man to have been discovered did, indeed, walk with a stoop.» puente encorvado = hump bridge ; humpback(ed) bridge .
Example: You should not overtake on the left if there is a bend ahead, a hump bridge or the brow of a hill. Example: This humpback bridge lays claim to being the oldest of Virginia's remaining covered bridges.encorvar = curl ; arch.
Example: Over the last few years I have developed a condition where both of my pinkie toes have become curled inward.Example: In addition to making women taller, high heels force the back to arch, pushing the bosom forward and the buttocks rearward, thus accentuating the female form.more:
» encorvarse = hunch ; slouch ; stoop ; crook ; hump ; arch .
Example: Somewhere out there in the heartland someone is hunched over a typewriter at this moment attempting the ultimate definition. Example: He slurps, spills, slouches, talks with his mouth full, and never, ever tucks in his shirt. Example: In agriculture and construction, workers often resort to stooping because it demands less energy expenditure than kneeling or squatting. Example: Whenever Raymond crooked over to pick something up Fred couldn't help staring at his prat. Example: If your cat cries when it urinates or if it humps over when walking, it may well have some other illness. Example: In addition to making women taller, high heels force the back to arch, pushing the bosom forward and the buttocks rearward, thus accentuating the female form.