La Palabra Del Día "acechar"
acechar ( ah-seh-CHAHR )
(verb) to stalk; to await
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Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game.
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Examples:
1: La hiena pasó horas acechando a las cebras.
The hyena stalked the zebras for hours.
2: Creo que los soldados no están preparados para los peligros que los acechan.
I don't think the soldiers are prepared for the dangers that await them.
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El francotirador se metió al acecho por el enemigo.
The sniper lay in wait for the enemy.
Nunca acecha aseches a los animales con un arma ,Ve armado sólo con una cámara.
Do not ever stalk animals with a weapon, Go armed only with a camera.
I shot these myself in Borneo.
El acecho es lindo cuando un gatito lo hace, pero cuando un humano lo hace, es aterrador y criminal.
Stalking is cute when a kitten does it, but when a human does it, it is terrifying and criminal.
El enemigo acechaba en la oscuridad. / The enemy lay in wait in the darkness.
La crisis acecha al sector. / Crisis threatens the sector.
El perro acecha con ojos ávidos las galletas y espera que su dueña desaparecería para robarlas.
The dog lurks with greedy eyes the cookies and waits for the owner to disappear to steal.
Me encantaria acechar por la paz en el mundo y no guierra. Quiero ayudar los niños. I would love to wait for the peace in the world and no war. I want to help the children.
La mayoria de la gente nunca escribe comentarios en Facebook, sino simplemente acecha.
The majority of people never write commentaries on Facebook, but simply lurk.
Me acecha a mis hermanos.
I stalked my siblings.
El mal tiene muchos disfraces, y se queda cerca de los más seguros acechando a ellos. Espera un momento de debilidad antes de atacar.
Evil has many disguises, and stays near the over confident stalking them. It waits for a moment of weakness before attacking.
Secret agents spy on a criminal mastermind and its accomplices. Los agentes secretos acechan en un cerebro criminal y sus cómplices.
El halcón arecha a su presa desde arriba, buscando cualquier movimiento en la hierba abajo.
The hawk stalks his prey from above, looking for any movement in the grass below.
Ese hombre me llevaba acechando mucho tiempo.
That man has been stalking me for a long time.
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Decidió acechar al pie grande, con el tiempo, empezó a preguntarse si pie grande lo estaba acechando también.
He decided to stalk bigfoot, with time, he began to wonder if bigfoot was stalking him as well.
In my experience, Acechar does not mean stalk or await separately, but a combination of the two words. It means "to prey" in the way a lion preys on a gazelle.
"El león acecha a su presa." "The lion preys on its prey".
It also means "to threaten", when there is an imminent danger, such as:
"La pobreza acecha a las familias de ese vecindario porque no hay buenos trabajos cerca." "Poverty threatens the families in that neighborhood because there are no jobs nearby."
Yo acecho tu respuesta.
I await your reply.
