May 3, 2012 12:42
12 yrs ago
Catalan term
culivar
Catalan to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
"I encara va tardar gairebé una hora abans que, havent ja trencat les aigües, li demanés d’acompanyar‐la fins a les pedres, entre les quals es va ****culivar****, sostinguda per ell. Havia llegit en un text escrit per un tocòleg que la posició més natural per a parir era ajupida..."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | squatted/crouched |
Andrew Langdon-Davies (X)
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| 3 | settled |
Berni Armstrong
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| 2 | snuggle up |
Veronica Lambert Hall
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Proposed translations
16 hrs
Selected
squatted/crouched
see web reference
Note from asker:
| Actually this is the exact meaning of the verb in that context: thanks a lot! I didn't think there will be an entry for the past participle, while there's none for the infinitive!... |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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Veronica Lambert Hall
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Spain
Social Sciences and the Arts
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Catalan to English, Spanish to English
snuggle up
All I can find is reference to snuggling up in a bed or den. Not sure that it fits your context though. Snuggling into stones doesn't sound too cosy!
Reference:
3 hrs
Berni Armstrong
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Specializes in field
Spain
Never Missed a Deadline in 32 Years
Native in: English 
Works in: English, Spanish to English, Catalan to English
Related KudoZ points
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10
settled
"settled among the stones" - perhaps.
Even if these stones are warmed up, it still sounds a weird way to give birth - like an ostrich laying an egg :-) Birthing pools make so much more sense :-)
Even if these stones are warmed up, it still sounds a weird way to give birth - like an ostrich laying an egg :-) Birthing pools make so much more sense :-)
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