squat

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• Received-Pronunciation: /skwɒt/
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• General-American: /skwɑt/
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• Australian: /skwɔt/
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• rhymes with -ɒt
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• CMU ARPABET: S K W AA1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Old French es- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin co- Proto-Indo-European *h2eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h2éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin cōgō Latin coāctusder. Old French quatir Old French esquatirder. Middle English squatten English squat From Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, escatir (“compress, press down, lay flat, crush”), from es- (“ex-”) + quatir (“press down, flatten”), from Vulgar Latin *coactire (“press together, force”), from Latin coāctus, perfect passive participle of cōgō (“force together, compress”). The sense “nothing” is synchronically analyzable as a clipping of diddly-squat, although diachronically the direction of derivation is uncertain.

From Latin squatina.

271 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: صَغِير وَثَخِين (ṣaḡīr waṯaḵīn) — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Bulgarian: тумбест (tumbest) — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Czech: zavalitý — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Czech: podsaditý — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Dutch: gedrongen — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Esperanto: malaltkreska — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Finnish: tanakka — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• French: trapu — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Galician: patelo — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• German: untersetzt — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• German: gedrungen — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• German: kompakt — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Hungarian: tömzsi — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Hungarian: zömök — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Hungarian: lapos — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Kabuverdianu: rokotó — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Māori: hakahaka — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Māori: pāpaku — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Marathi: गिडु (giḍu) — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Marathi: गिड्डा (giḍḍā) — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Portuguese: atarracado — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Portuguese: chato — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Russian: призе́мистый (prizémistyj) — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Russian: корена́стый (korenástyj) — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Spanish: retaco — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Spanish: regordete — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Spanish: rechoncho — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Spanish: cachigordo — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Spanish: chaparro — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Spanish: chaparrete — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Spanish: chaparrudo — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Spanish: achaparrado — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Spanish: aparrado — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Spanish: patango — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Spanish: papujo — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Spanish: repolludo — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Swedish: låg — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Turkish: bodur — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Turkish: bacaksız — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Ottoman Turkish: باجاقسز (bacaksız) — relatively short or low and thick or broad
• Bulgarian: клекнал (kleknal) — sitting low on the heels
• Czech: přikrčený — sitting low on the heels
• Dutch: gehurkt — sitting low on the heels
• Dutch: ineengedoken — sitting low on the heels
• Esperanto: kaŭra — sitting low on the heels
• Finnish: kyykkivä — sitting low on the heels
• Finnish: kyykyssä oleva — sitting low on the heels
• French: accroupi — sitting low on the heels
• German: hockend — sitting low on the heels
• German: kauernd — sitting low on the heels
• German: geduckt — sitting low on the heels
• Greek: ανακούρκουδα (anakoúrkouda) — sitting low on the heels
• Hungarian: kuporgó — sitting low on the heels
• Hungarian: guggoló — sitting low on the heels
• Māori: noho tīneinei — sitting low on the heels
• Māori: noho hītengitengi — sitting low on the heels
• Marathi: बैठे (baiṭhe) — sitting low on the heels
• Slovene: čepenje — sitting low on the heels
• Spanish: en cuclillas — sitting low on the heels
• Spanish: de cuclillas — sitting low on the heels
• Swedish: sitta på huk — sitting low on the heels
• Esperanto: kaŭra — sitting or crouching close to the ground
• German: kriechend — sitting or crouching close to the ground
• German: platt — sitting or crouching close to the ground
• Māori: tūruru — sitting or crouching close to the ground
• Arabic: قُرْفُصَاء (qurfuṣāʔ) — position
• Central Bikol: gadat — position
• Central Bikol: tukro — position
• Bulgarian: клякане (kljakane) — position
• Chinese Mandarin: 蹲下 (dūnxià) — position
• Czech: dřep — position
• Dutch: hurken — position
• Finnish: kyykky — position
• German: Hocke — position
• Hungarian: guggolás — position
• Hungarian: kuporgás — position
• Indonesian: jongkok — position
• Māori: hīteki — position
• Māori: noho hītengitengi — position
• Māori: noho tītengi — position
• Norwegian: huk — position
• Polish: kucki — position
• Polish: przysiad — position
• Polish: przykuc — position
• Portuguese: agachamento — position
• Portuguese: cócoras — position
• Russian: присе́д (priséd) — position
• Spanish: cuclillas — position
• Swedish: huk — position
• Ukrainian: присідання (prysidannja) — position
• Arabic: قُرْفُصَاء (qurfuṣāʔ) — calisthenics exercise
• Chinese Mandarin: 深蹲 (shēndūn) — calisthenics exercise
• Czech: dřep — calisthenics exercise
• Danish: knæbøjning — calisthenics exercise
• Finnish: kyykky — calisthenics exercise
• Finnish: jalkakyykky — calisthenics exercise
• German: Kniebeuge — calisthenics exercise
• German: Freiübungen — calisthenics exercise
• German: Gymnastikübungen ohne Geräte — calisthenics exercise
• German: Kallisthenie — calisthenics exercise
• Hungarian: guggolás — calisthenics exercise
• Hungarian: térdhajlítás — calisthenics exercise
• Icelandic: hnébeygja — calisthenics exercise
• Italian: flessione — calisthenics exercise
• Japanese: スクワット (sukuwatto) — calisthenics exercise
• Korean: 스쿼트 (seukwoteu) — calisthenics exercise
• Norwegian Bokmål: knebøy — calisthenics exercise
• Norwegian Nynorsk: knebøyg — calisthenics exercise
• Serbo-Croatian: čučanj — calisthenics exercise
• Spanish: cuclilla — calisthenics exercise
• Swedish: knäböj — calisthenics exercise
• Arabic: قُرْفُصَاء (qurfuṣāʔ) — weightlifting exercise
• Azerbaijani: ağırlıqla oturub-durma — weightlifting exercise
• Bulgarian: клек (klek) — weightlifting exercise
• Chinese Mandarin: 深蹲 (shēndūn) — weightlifting exercise
• Czech: dřep — weightlifting exercise
• Estonian: kükk — weightlifting exercise
• Finnish: kyykky — weightlifting exercise
• Finnish: jalkakyykky — weightlifting exercise
• German: Kniebeuge — weightlifting exercise
• German: Heben — weightlifting exercise
• Japanese: スクワット (sukuwatto) — weightlifting exercise
• Korean: 스쿼트 (seukwoteu) — weightlifting exercise
• Portuguese: agachamento — weightlifting exercise
• Russian: присе́д (priséd) — weightlifting exercise
• Spanish: cuclilla — weightlifting exercise
• Spanish: sentadilla — weightlifting exercise
• Swedish: knäböj — weightlifting exercise
• Turkish: çömelme — weightlifting exercise
• Turkish: skuat — weightlifting exercise
• Bulgarian: незаконно заселване (nezakonno zaselvane) — building occupied without permission
• Dutch: kraakpand — building occupied without permission
• Finnish: vallattu rakennus — building occupied without permission
• French: squat — building occupied without permission
• German: besetztes Haus — building occupied without permission
• Greek: κάνω κατάληψη (káno katálipsi) — building occupied without permission
• Hungarian: foglalt ház — building occupied without permission
• Hungarian: foglaltház — building occupied without permission
• Italian: edificio occupato — building occupied without permission
• Italian: casa occupata — building occupied without permission
• Japanese: 不法占拠 (fuhō senkyo) — building occupied without permission
• Polish: squat — building occupied without permission
• Polish: skłot — building occupied without permission
• Portuguese: ocupação — building occupied without permission
• Portuguese: okupa — building occupied without permission
• Spanish: okupación — building occupied without permission
• Spanish: edificio okupado — building occupied without permission
• Spanish: casa okupada — building occupied without permission
• Spanish: okupa — building occupied without permission
• Swedish: ockuperad byggnad — building occupied without permission
• Finnish: piilopaikka — hare's place of concealment
• German: Mulde — hare's place of concealment
• Bulgarian: клекало (klekalo) — toilet
• Finnish: kyykkykäymälä — toilet
• German: Hocktoilette — toilet
• German: Hock-WC — toilet
• German: Hockklosett — toilet
• German: Hockklo — toilet
• German: türkisches Klo — toilet
• Polish: ubikacja kucana — toilet
• Polish: ubikacja narciarska — toilet
• Finnish: höykäsen pöläys — slang: something of no value
• Finnish: rahtu — slang: something of no value
• German: nischt — slang: something of no value
• German: nischt — slang: something of no value
• German: so gut wie gar nichts — slang: something of no value
• Russian: ничего́ (ničevó) — slang: something of no value
• German: Ader — mining: small vein
• Hungarian: érclencse — mining: small vein
• Hungarian: kis érctömzs — mining: small vein
• German: Erzfall — mineral
• Arabic: جَثَمَ (jaṯama) — to bend at the knees
• Azerbaijani: çöməlmək — to bend at the knees
• Azerbaijani: çömbəlmək — to bend at the knees
• Biatah Bidayuh: guru nyidangak — to bend at the knees
• Central Bikol: gadat — to bend at the knees
• Central Bikol: tukro — to bend at the knees
• Bulgarian: клякам (kljakam) — to bend at the knees
• Bulgarian: клеча (kleča) — to bend at the knees
• Catalan: ajupir-se — to bend at the knees
• Chinese Mandarin: 蹲 (dūn) — to bend at the knees
• Chinese Mandarin: 蹲下 (dūnxià) — to bend at the knees
• Czech: dřepnout — to bend at the knees
• Czech: dřepět — to bend at the knees
• Danish: sidde på hug — to bend at the knees
• Dutch: hurken — to bend at the knees
• Esperanto: kaŭriĝi — to bend at the knees
• Faroese: húka — to bend at the knees
• Finnish: kyykistyä — to bend at the knees
• Finnish: kyyristyä — to bend at the knees
• French: s'accroupir — to bend at the knees
• Georgian: ჩაბუქნა (čabukna) — to bend at the knees
• German: hocken — to bend at the knees
• German: kauern — to bend at the knees
• German: (Knie) beugen — to bend at the knees
• Greek: κάθομαι σταυροπόδι (káthomai stavropódi) — to bend at the knees
• Ancient Greek: ὀκλάζω (oklázō) — to bend at the knees
• Hungarian: guggol — to bend at the knees
• Hungarian: kuporog — to bend at the knees
• Hungarian: kucorog — to bend at the knees
• Indonesian: jongkok — to bend at the knees
• Irish: suigh ar do ghogaide — to bend at the knees
• Italian: accovacciarsi — to bend at the knees
• Italian: accosciarsi — to bend at the knees
• Japanese: しゃがむ (shagamu) — to bend at the knees
• Japanese: 蹲る (uzukumaru) — to bend at the knees
• Kabuverdianu: djangotô — to bend at the knees
• Khmer: ច្រហោង (crɑɑhaong) — to bend at the knees
• Korean: 웅크리다 (ungkeurida) — to bend at the knees
• Latgalian: tupēt — to bend at the knees
• Latin: conquiniscō — to bend at the knees
• Latvian: tupēt — to bend at the knees
• Macedonian: клечи (kleči) — to bend at the knees
• Macedonian: клекне (klekne) — to bend at the knees
• Malay: mencangkung — to bend at the knees
• Māori: noho hītengitengi — to bend at the knees
• Māori: noho tīneinei — to bend at the knees
• Māori: tūruru — to bend at the knees
• Marathi: पालखट मारुन बसणे (pālkhaṭ mārun basṇe) — to bend at the knees
• Marathi: मांडी घालून बसणे (māṇḍī ghālūn basṇe) — to bend at the knees
• Marathi: उकिडवे बसणे (ukiḍve basṇe) — to bend at the knees
• Norman: s'accroupir — to bend at the knees
• Norwegian Bokmål: sitte på huk — to bend at the knees
• Persian: چمباتمه زدن (čombâtme zadan) — to bend at the knees
• Persian: سرپا نشستن (sar-pâ nešastan) — to bend at the knees
• Polish: kucać — to bend at the knees
• Polish: kucnąć — to bend at the knees
• Polish: przysiadać — to bend at the knees
• Polish: przycupnąć — to bend at the knees
• Portuguese: agachar-se — to bend at the knees
• Russian: приседа́ть (prisedátʹ) — to bend at the knees
• Russian: присе́сть (priséstʹ) — to bend at the knees
• Russian: сади́ться на ко́рточки (sadítʹsja na kórtočki) — to bend at the knees
• Russian: сесть на ко́рточки (sestʹ na kórtočki) — to bend at the knees
• Slovene: počepniti — to bend at the knees
• Slovene: čepeti — to bend at the knees
• Spanish: agacharse — to bend at the knees
• Spanish: acuclillarse — to bend at the knees
• Spanish: acurrucarse — to bend at the knees
• Spanish: ñangotarse — to bend at the knees
• Spanish: añangotarse — to bend at the knees
• Spanish: encuclillarse — to bend at the knees
• Spanish: apucuyarse — to bend at the knees
• Swedish: sitta på huk — to bend at the knees
• Thai: หมอบ (mɔ̀ɔp) — to bend at the knees
• Vietnamese: ngồi xổm — to bend at the knees
• Vietnamese: ngồi chồm hỗm — to bend at the knees
• Welsh: cyrcydu — to bend at the knees
• Dutch: kniebuigen — weightlifting: to exercise
• German: heben (Gewicht) — weightlifting: to exercise
• German: Gewichtheben (n.) — weightlifting: to exercise
• Hungarian: guggol — weightlifting: to exercise
• Bulgarian: заселвам се незаконно (zaselvam se nezakonno) — to occupy without permission
• Danish: besætte — to occupy without permission
• Dutch: kraken — to occupy without permission
• Finnish: vallata — to occupy without permission
• French: squatter — to occupy without permission
• Georgian: უკანონოდ დაკავება (uḳanonod daḳaveba) — to occupy without permission
• Georgian: თვითნებურად შესახლება (tvitneburad šesaxleba) — to occupy without permission
• Georgian: უკანონოდ შესახლება (uḳanonod šesaxleba) — to occupy without permission
• Georgian: უკანონოდ ჩასახლება (uḳanonod časaxleba) — to occupy without permission
• Georgian: შესახლება (šesaxleba) — to occupy without permission
• Georgian: ჩასახლება (časaxleba) — to occupy without permission
• German: besetzen — to occupy without permission
• Italian: occupare — to occupy without permission
• Italian: occupare abusivamente — to occupy without permission
• Japanese: 不法占拠する (fuhō senkyo suru) — to occupy without permission
• Māori: noho kōkuhu — to occupy without permission
• Spanish: okupar — to occupy without permission
• Spanish: ocupar — to occupy without permission
• Swedish: ockupera — to occupy without permission