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encogerse (verb) — to shrink. Look up encogerse in the dictionary

La lana y la piel se encojen al mojarse.
Wool and leather shrink when they get wet.
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Old October 22, 2009, 07:51 PM
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This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for October 21, 2009

encogerse (verb) — to shrink. Look up encogerse in the dictionary

La lana y la piel se encojen al mojarse.
Wool and leather shrink when they get wet.

To me leather is cuero and piel is skin.
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encogerse (verb) — to shrink. Look up encogerse in the dictionary

La lana y la piel se encojen al mojarse.
Wool and leather shrink when they get wet.
I think it should be "se encogen".
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Old October 23, 2009, 11:09 AM
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I think it should be "se encogen".
I agree (coger y derivados: encoger, recoger, etc.)
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Y encogerse de hombros = shrug
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The word Leather is Piel, this word can be used with the Piel Humana?
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Y encogerse de hombros = shrug
Chileno, you always leave such nice jewels for us to add to our collections. U duh best, mahn!
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Old October 24, 2009, 12:18 AM
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The word Leather is Piel, this word can be used with the Piel Humana?
Para la piel humana: skin

Pero la piel humana no se encoge, se arruga...
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The word Leather is Piel, this word can be used with the Piel Humana?
Piel viva es skin. Leather es cuero, pero (raramente - e.g. en algunos textos de antropología) se puede hablar de "leather made from/with human skin".
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