English term
Shaggle
And then, in the melancholy rain, the two sisters saw the armadillo shaggle hideously and as if under guilt, dragging its rat-like tail, into the family plot.
Muchas gracias.
| 3 | correr/desplazarse hacia un lado |
Marta Moreno Lobera
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| 2 +2 | estremecerse |
Oliver Romero
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| 3 +1 | andar/entrar estremeciéndose |
Stephen D. Moore
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Nov 13, 2012 23:41: patinba changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): Henry Hinds, Oliver Romero, patinba
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Proposed translations
Spain
Sworn/Legal/Business, +20yrs, APTIJ
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish
correr/desplazarse hacia un lado
"shaggle
Function: verb
Definition: to run or walk sideways
Example Sentence: We shaggled between the two fences."
http://www3.m-w.com/wordcentral/byod/byod_search.php?term=sh...
Saludos cordiales.
Spain
words in motion
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: English to Spanish
estremecerse
shag (third-person singular simple present shags, present participle shagging, simple past and past participle shagged)
1 (intransitive) To shake, wiggle around.
(from wiktionary.org)
Could 'shaggle' be just a way of adding expressiveness to this stem? May I propose:
"vieron al armadillo estremecerse de manera grotesca, como sintiéndose culpable"
| ¡Muchas gracias por el aporte! |
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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Gracias, Bea :)
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Kurt Kruger
: I think this is it. However, although I don't speak Spanish that well, could it be translated as "agitarse"?
3 days 6 hrs
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Thank you, Kurt. I also think that could be an option, as it's the direct translation of "shake".
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United States
Getting the meaning across.
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
andar/entrar estremeciéndose
Perhaps something like this will preserve the emotional atmosphere: "...vieron al armadillo entrar en la propiedad familiar, estremeciéndose cómo si se sentía feo y bajo condenación, arrastrando su cola de rata."
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