To lower the body into a low or crouching position, typically by bending the knees and bringing the torso forward.
2.
Neutralidiomaticinformalfigurative
To take shelter or assume a protected position in order to wait out danger, adverse conditions, or an unfolding event.
3.
Neutralidiomaticinformalfigurative
To prepare oneself by concentrating effort and attention on a task or responsibility; to settle in for sustained work or discipline.
4.
Neutralidiomaticinformalfigurative
To remain in a place with someone else for mutual support or shared circumstances, often implying a period of confinement or close association (as in 'hunker down with').
5.
Neutralidiomaticinformalfigurative
To stubbornly hold to a position, opinion, or stance and resist change or persuasion.
Examples:
EN: We better hunker down before somebody sees us.
ES: Escondámonos aquí antes de que nos vean.
EN: We've got to hunker down and pull together, all for one and one for all.
ES: Tendremos que agacharnos y unirnos. Uno para todos y todos para uno.
EN: See, if you surprise 'em in the river, they just hunker down in the water there and get pneumonia.
ES: Si los sorprendes en el río, se tiran y cogen neumonía.
EN: No, no, the three of us hunker down here with a bottle of wine and shoot some pool.
ES: No, mejor nos escondemos con una botella de vino y jugamos al pool.
EN: Why don't you two guys hunker down, shoot some pool, and I'll, uh, take--
ES: Ustedes dos se esconden y juegan al pool, y yo--
EN: You hunker down here.
ES: Acomódese aquí abajo.
EN: Truth tellers just sort of hunker down.
ES: Los que dicen la verdad sólo se acomodan en el piso.
EN: All right, will you just hunker down in that bed of yours and think about old Lance.
ES: Muy bien, ¿podrías acurrucarte en esa cama tuya? y piensa en el viejo Lance.
EN: Tonight we'll turn off the lights and hunker down in the kitchen.
ES: Esta noche apagaremos las luces y nos quedaremos en la cocina.
EN: Let's hunker down until the law dogs leave, then start racking up the merch.
ES: No hagamos ruido hasta que se vayan, luego investigaremos.
EN: Brown, out. Help will be here in 20 minutes, all we have to do is hunker down till then.
ES: La ayuda llegará dentro de 20 minutos, sólo nos queda esperar
EN: The Kromaggs hunker down here, while the humans are fairly nomadic.
ES: Es un milagro que alguien encuentre a otra persona. Los Kromaggs acampan aquí, mientras que los humanos son nómadas.
EN: Grab a bottle, hunker down and pray for daylight!
ES: Agarren una botella, acurrúquense y rueguen que amanezca.
EN: Okay. We'll hunker down.
ES: Aguantaremos.
EN: We'd better hunker down and get ready for a fight.
ES: Deberíamos reunirnos y prepararnos para una buena pelea.