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{{also|Squat}}
==English==
{{was wotd|2016|May|19}}

===Etymology 1===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|squatten}}, from {{der|en|fro|esquatir}}, {{m|fro|escatir||compress, press down, lay flat, crush}}, from {{m|fro|es-||ex-}} + {{m|fro|quatir||press down, flatten}}, from {{uder|en|VL.|*coactire||press together, force}}, from {{der|en|la|coāctus}}, perfect passive participle of {{m|la|cogo|cōgō|force together, compress}}.

The sense “nothing” may be the source or a derivation of {{m|en|diddly-squat}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/skwɒt/|a=RP}}
* {{IPA|en|/skwɑt/|a=GA}}
** {{audio|en|en-us-squat.ogg|a=US}}
* {{IPA|en|/skwɔt/|a=AU}}
** {{audio|en|en-au-squat.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɒt|s=1}}

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|squatter}}

# Relatively [[short]] or [[low]], and [[thick]] or [[broad]].
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Nehemiah Grew| chapter=Of Creeping Insects [part I, section VII, chapter III]| title=Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or a Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham College. [...] Whereunto is Subjoyned the Comparative Anatomy of Stomachs and Guts| location=London| publisher=Printed by W. Rawlins, for the Author| year=1681| page=176| pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=9cQ_ZpDrjvEC&pg=PA176|oclc=228732352| passage=The SQUILL-INSECT. {{...}} So called from ſome ſimilitude to the ''Squill-fiſh'': chiefly, in having a long Body cover'd with a Cruſt compoſed of ſeveral Rings or Plates. The Head is broad and '''ſquat'''. He hath a pair of notable ſharp Fangs before, both hooked inward like a ''Bulls'' horns.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Robert Browning|chapter=w:Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came|title=[[w:Men and Women (poetry collection)|Men and Women]]|location=London|publisher=w:Chapman & Hall|year=1855|oclc=1561924|section=stanza XXXI|passage=What in the midst lay but the Tower itself? / The round '''squat''' turret, blind as the fool's heart, / Built of round stone, without a counterpart / In the whole world. {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=[[w:H. P. Lovecraft|H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft]]| title=w:The Colour Out of Space| magazine=w:Amazing Stories| location=New York, N.Y.| publisher=w:Experimenter Publishing| month=March| year=1927| year_published=September 1927| issn=0002-6891| passage=On the gentle slopes there are farms, ancient and rocky, with '''squat''', moss-coated cottages brooding eternally over old New England secrets in the lee of great ledges {{...}}}}
# [[sit#Verb|Sitting]] on one's [[heel]]s; sitting close to the ground; [[cower#Verb|cowering]] or [[crouch#Verb|crouching]].
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=I|lines=799–803|text=[H]im there they found, / '''Squat''' like a toad, cloſe at the ear of Eve, / Aſſaying by his deviliſh art to reach / The organs of her fancy', and with them forge / Illuſions as he liſt, phantaſms and dreams, {{...}}|year=1873}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|relatively short or low and thick or broad}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|[[صَغِير]] وَ[[ثَخِين]]}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|тумбест}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|zavalitý}}, {{t|cs|podsaditý}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gedrongen}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|malaltkreska}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tanakka}}
* French: {{t+|fr|trapu}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|patelo}}
* German: {{t+|de|untersetzt}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tömzsi}}, {{t+|hu|zömök}}, {{t+|hu|lapos}}
* Kabuverdianu: {{t|kea|rokotó}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|hakahaka}}, {{t|mi|pāpaku}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|गिडु}}, {{t|mr|गिड्डा}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|باجاقسز|tr=bacaksız}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|atarracado}}, {{t+|pt|chato}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|призе́мистый}}, {{t+|ru|корена́стый}} {{q|of a person}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|rechoncho}} {{q|of a person}}, {{t+|es|retaco}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|låg}}
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{{trans-top|sitting low on the heels}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|клекнал}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|přikrčený}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gehurkt}}, {{t+|nl|ineengedoken}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|kyykkivä}}, {{t|fi|[[kyykyssä]] [[oleva]]}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ανακούρκουδα}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|[[kuporog|kuporgó]]}}, {{t|hu|[[guggol|guggoló]]}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|noho tīneinei}}, {{t|mi|noho hītengitengi}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|बैठे}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|čepenje|n|impf}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|sitta på huk}}
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{{trans-top|sitting or crouching close to the ground}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tūruru}}
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====Noun====
[[File:Squat.png|thumb|A [[weightlifter]] performing a squat]]
[[File:Squat toilet at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.jpg|thumb|A squat toilet in {{w|Kuala Lumpur International Airport}}, [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]]]]
{{en-noun}}

# A [[position]] assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Yael Calhoun; Matthew R. Calhoun|title=Create a Yoga Practice for Kids: Fun, Flexibility, and Focus| location=Santa Fe, N.M.|publisher=Sunstone Press| year=2006| page=72| isbn=978-0-86534-490-7| passage=Sit in a '''squat''', with your feet a comfortable distance apart.}}
# {{lb|en|exercise}} Any of various modes of [[calisthenic|callisthenic]] exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
## {{lb|en|weightlifting}} A specific [[exercise]] in [[weightlifting]] performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising ({{m|en|back squat}}), especially with a [[barbell]] resting across the [[shoulder]]s ({{m|en|barbell back squat}}).
##* {{quote-book|en|author=Robert Wolff|title=Robert Wolff's Book of Great Workouts: Everything You Need to Know to Vary Your Routine and Keep You Motivated| location=Lincolnwood and Chicago, Ill.| publisher=[[w:McGraw Hill Financial|Contemporary Books]]| year=2001| pages=58–59| isbn=978-0-8092-9769-6| passage=The king of all quad exercises, and arguably the best single-weight resistance exercise, is the '''squat'''.}}
# A [[building]] occupied without [[permission]], as practiced by a [[squatter]].
#* {{quote-song|en|title=Born To Die|text=Your dumb self can't appreciate the freedom in my thought / The weak sense of autonomy when I'm flipping in my '''squat'''|year=1996|artist=Choking Victim|album=Squatta's Paradise|publisher=Whattsa Matta U Rekidz}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Chris Smith| title=Live free or die| magazine=[[w:New York (magazine)|New York]]| location=New York, N.Y.| publisher=New York Magazine Co.| date=8 July 1996| page=36| pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=OeECAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36|issn=0028-7369| passage="Keeping your friends warm and dry, that doesn't happen here. If you want to spend a night in a '''squat''', it's all political to get in." Lately, as buildings have filled and become stringent about new admissions, much of the squatters' "My house is your house" rhetoric has become hollow.}}
# A place of [[concealment]] in which a [[hare]] spends time when [[inactive]], especially during the day; a [[form]].
# A [[toilet]] used by [[#Verb|squat]]ting as opposed to sitting; a {{w|squat toilet}}.
# {{senseid|en|diddly-squat}} {{lb|en|slang|North American}} {{clipping of|en|diddly-squat|nodot=1}}; something of no value.
#: {{syn|en|nothing|Thesaurus:nothing}}
#: {{ux|en|I know '''squat''' about nuclear physics.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|title=Dear Dotti: America's Most Outspoken Advice Columnist| newspaper=w:Weekly World News| location=New York, N.Y.| publisher={{w|American Media (publisher)|American Media}}| date=6 May 2003| volume=24| issue=34| page=23| pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=o_IDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA23| issn=0199-574X| passage=We didn't ask for rent, but we assumed they'd help around the house. But they don't do '''squat'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|date=19 October 2022|author=Dan Shive|title=El Goonish Shive|section=Comic for Wednesday, Oct 19, 2022|sectionurl=https://www.egscomics.com/comic/brother-001|format=webcomic|text="Joke's on you.  They're ''used'' to me mostly talking about superficial stuff.  Nobody's going to notice '''''squat'''.''"}}
# {{lb|en|mining}} A [[small]] [[vein]] of [[ore]].
# A [[mineral]] consisting of [[tin]] [[ore]] and [[spar]].
#* {{RQ:Woodward Fossils|tome=II|chapter=Earths and Earthy Substances|page=23|passage=A Mineral, very ponderous, and probably holding Tin. {{...}} 'Twas part of a '''Squat''', at ''Hewas-Work''; not far from ''Polgouth'', in ''St. Stephen''{{'}}s Liberty, ''Cornwall''.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[sudden]] or [[crushing]] [[fall]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1652|author=w:George Herbert|chapter=Treatise of Temperance and Sobriety|title=Herbert's Remains, Or, Sundry Pieces Of that sweet Singer of the Temple
|passage=bruises, and '''squats''', and falls, which often kill others}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col3|en
|Asian squat
|breathing squat
|Bulgarian split squat
|count for squat
|deep squat
|front squat
|goblet squat| jack squat
|hack squat
|hot squat
|pistol squat
|pop a squat
|sissy squat
|split squat
|squat cage
|squat effect
|squat lobster
|squat pad
|squat rack
|squat snipe
|squat sponge
|squat switch
|squat thrust
|squat toilet
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|position}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|قُرْفُصَاء|m}}
* Bikol Central: {{t+|bcl|gadat}}, {{t+|bcl|tukro}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|клякане}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|蹲下|tr=dūnxià}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|dřep|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hurken}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kyykky}}
* German: {{t+|de|Hocke|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|guggolás}}, {{t|hu|kuporgás}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|jongkok}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|hīteki}}, {{t|mi|noho hītengitengi}}, {{t|mi|noho tītengi}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|huk}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|kucki|f-p}}, {{t|pl|przysiad|m}}, {{t|pl|przykuc|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|agachamento|m}}, {{t+|pt|cócoras|f-p}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|присе́д|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|cuclillas|f-p}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|huk}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|присідання|n|sc=Cyrl}}
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{{trans-top|calisthenics exercise}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|قُرْفُصَاء|m}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|dřep|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|knæbøjning|c}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kyykky}}, {{t+|fi|jalkakyykky}}
* German: {{t+|de|Kniebeuge|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|guggolás}}, {{t+|hu|térdhajlítás}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|hnébeygja|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|flessione|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|knebøy}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|knebøyg}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|cuclilla}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|knäböj|c}}
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{{trans-top|weightlifting exercise}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|قُرْفُصَاء|m}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|ağırlıqla oturub-durma}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|клек|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|深蹲|tr=shēndūn}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|dřep|m}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|kükk}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kyykky}}, {{t+|fi|jalkakyykky}}
* German: {{t+|de|Kniebeuge|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|agachamento|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|присе́д|m}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|cuclilla|f}}, {{t|es|sentadilla|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|knäböj|c}}
* Tamil: {{t-needed|ta}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|çömelme}}
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{{trans-top|building occupied without permission}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|незаконно заселване}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|kraakpand}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[vallattu]] [[rakennus]]}}
* French: {{t+|fr|squat}}
* German: {{t|de|[[besetzt]]es [[Haus]]|n}}
* Greek: {{t|el|[[κάνω]] [[κατάληψη]]}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|[[foglalt]] [[ház]]}}, {{t|hu|foglaltház}}
* Italian: {{t|it|[[edificio]] [[occupato]]|m}}, {{t|it|[[casa]] [[occupata]]|f}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|不法占拠|tr=ふほうせんきょ, fuhō senkyo}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|squat|m}}, {{t+|pl|skłot|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ocupação|f}}, {{t|pt|okupa|f}} {{q|colloquial}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|okupación|f}}, {{t|es|[[edificio]] [[okupado]]|m}}, {{t|es|[[casa]] [[okupada]]|f}}, {{t+|es|okupa|f}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|[[ockuperad]] [[byggnad]]|c}}
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{{trans-top|hare's place of concealment}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|piilopaikka}}
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{{trans-top-see|toilet|squat toilet}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|клекало|n}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|kyykkykäymälä}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|ubikacja kucana|f}}, {{t|pl|ubikacja narciarska|f}}
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{{trans-top|slang: something of no value}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|höykäsen pöläys}}, {{t+|fi|rahtu}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ничего́}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|mining: small vein}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|érclencse}}, {{t|hu|[[kis]] [[érc]][[tömzs]]}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|mineral}}
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====Verb====
[[File:Isaiah squatting.jpg|thumb|A young boy squatting in a park]]
{{en-verb}}

# To [[bend]] deeply at the [[knees]] while resting on one's feet.
#* {{RQ:Franklin Brilliant Career|page=10|passage=He was not going to '''squat''' henlike on his place as the cockies around him did.}}
# {{lb|en|exercise}} To perform one or more [[calisthenic|callisthenic]] exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
## {{lb|en|weightlifting}} To [[exercise]] by bending deeply at the knees and then [[rise|rising]], while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back.
##* {{quote-book|en|author=Kurt Brungardt; Mike Brungardt; Brett Brungardt| title=The Complete Book of Butt and Legs| location=New York, N.Y.| publisher=[[w:Villard (imprint)|Villard Books]]| year=1994| page=161| isbn=978-0-679-75481-7| passage=For those who are having, or have had, trouble '''squatting''' we suggest learning how to '''squat''' by performing the front squat {{...}} The front squat allows you almost no alternative but to perform the exercise correctly.}}
# To [[occupy]] or [[reside]] in a place without the [[permission]] of the [[owner]].
#* {{RQ:Riis Other Half|page=77|passage=Huddled together in loathsome files, they '''squat''' there over night, or until an inquisitive policeman breaks up the congregation with his club, which in Mulberry Street has always free swing.}}
# To sit close to the ground; to [[stoop]], or lie close to the ground, for example to escape [[observation]].
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1886|translator=H.L. Br&aelig;kstad| author=w:Peter Christen Asbj&oslash;rnsen| title=Folk and Fairy Tales| page=76| passage="But there seemed to be little satisfaction got out of this run; every moment the hare '''squatted''', and the hounds lost the scent time after time."}}
# {{lb|en|dated}} To bruise or flatten by a fall; to [[squash]].
# {{lb|en|internet}} To [[cybersquat]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2006|author=Paul Wouters; Ken Bantoft|title=Building and Integrating Virtual Private Networks with Openswan
|passage=The old homepage for L2TP, www.l2tpd.org, has been '''squatted''' by a domain squatter. A malicious person could reinstate this domain with malicious code on it.}}
# {{lb|en|slang|board games}} To retire a modeling kit or group of modeling kits.
#: {{ux|en|I can't believe they '''squatted''' my favorite faction!}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col4|en
|squattage
|squatter
|squatting
|squattocracy
}}

=====Related terms=====
{{col4|en
|cache
|coagulate
|cogent
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to bend at the knees}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|جَثَمَ}}
* Biatah Bidayuh: {{t|bth|guru nyidangak}}
* Bikol Central: {{t+|bcl|gadat}}, {{t+|bcl|tukro}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|клякам}}, {{t|bg|клеча}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|ajupir-se}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|蹲|tr=dūn}}, {{t+|cmn|蹲下|tr=dūnxià}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|dřepnout|pf}}, {{t+|cs|dřepět|impf}}
* Danish: [[sidde]] på [[hug]]
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hurken}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|kaŭriĝi}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|húka}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kyykistyä}}, {{t+|fi|kyyristyä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|s'accroupir}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ჩაბუქნა}}
* German: {{t+|de|hocken}}, {{t+|de|kauern}}
* Greek: {{t|el|κάθομαι σταυροπόδι}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ὀκλάζω}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|guggol}}, {{t+|hu|kuporog}}, {{t+|hu|kucorog}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|jongkok}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|suigh ar do ghogaide}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|accovacciarsi}}, {{t|it|accosciarsi}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|しゃがむ|tr=shagamu|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|蹲る|tr=うずくまる, uzukumaru|sc=Jpan}}
* Kabuverdianu: {{t|kea|djangotô}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ច្រហោង}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|웅크리다}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|tupēt}}
* Latin: {{t|la|conquiniscō}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|tupēt}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|клечи|impf}}, {{t|mk|клекне|pf}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|mencangkung}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|noho hītengitengi}}, {{t|mi|noho tīneinei}}, {{t|mi|tūruru}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|पालखट मारुन बसणे}}, {{t|mr|मांडी घालून बसणे}}, {{t|mr|उकिडवे बसणे}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|accroupir|alt=s'accroupir}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|sitte på huk}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|چمباتمه زدن|tr=čombâtme zadan}}, {{t|fa|سرپا نشستن|tr=sar-pâ nešastan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|kucać}}, {{t|pl|kucnąć}}, {{t|pl|przysiadać|impf}}, {{t|pl|przycupnąć|impf}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|[[agachar]]-[[se]]}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|приседа́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|присе́сть|pf}}, {{t|ru|сади́ться на ко́рточки|impf}}, {{t|ru|сесть на ко́рточки|pf}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|počepniti|pf}}, {{t|sl|čepeti|impf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|agacharse}}, {{t+|es|acuclillarse}}, {{t+|es|acurrucarse}}, {{t+|es|ñangotarse}}, {{t+|es|añangotarse}}, {{t+|es|encuclillarse}}, {{t+|es|apucuyarse}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|sitta på huk}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|หมอบ}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|ngồi xổm}}, {{t+|vi|ngồi chồm hỗm}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|cyrcydu}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|weightlifting: to exercise}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|kniebuigen}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|guggol}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to occupy without permission}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|заселвам се незаконно}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|besætte}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|kraken}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vallata}}
* French: {{t+|fr|squatter}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|უკანონოდ დაკავება}}, {{t|ka|თვითნებურად შესახლება}}, {{t|ka|უკანონოდ შესახლება}}, {{t|ka|უკანონოდ ჩასახლება}}, {{t|ka|შესახლება}}, {{t|ka|ჩასახლება}}
* German: {{t+|de|besetzen}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|[[engedély]] [[nélkül]] [[beköltözik]]/[[elfoglal]]/[[lakik]]/[[megszáll]]/[[megtelepszik]]/[[letelepszik]]}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|occupare}}, {{t|it|[[occupare]] [[abusivamente]]}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|[[不法]][[占拠|占拠する]]|tr=ふほうせんきょする, fuhō senkyo suru}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|noho kōkuhu}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|okupar}}, {{t+|es|ocupar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|ockupera}}
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===Etymology 2===
[[File:FMIB 46047 Monkfish.jpeg|thumb|An 1877 illustration of an angelshark or monkfish ({{taxlink|Squatina squatina|species}}), the [[type species]] for squats or [[angel shark]]s]]

From {{der|en|la|squatina}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# The [[angel shark]] (genus {{taxfmt|Squatina|genus}}).

===References===
* {{R:Webster 1913}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aqstu|Quast|quats}}

{{C|en|Sharks}}

==French==
{{wikipedia|lang=fr}}
{{attention|fr|needs proof reading by a native English speaker}}

===Etymology===
From {{derived|fr|en|squat}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA|skwate}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-squat.wav}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# [[#English|Squat]] (building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter)
#: {{ux|fr|taper un '''squat'''|to squat an apartment; do stupid and useless things}}
# [[uninvited]] [[presence]] in a building or place (the result of which can be welcomed)
#: {{ux|fr|on va taper un '''squat''' chez Jérôme ?|let's crash at Jérôme's place?}}
# [[squat effect]]
#: {{ux|fr|Parmi les inconvénients du '''squat''', la modification de l'écoulement des filets d'eau, perturbé par la proximité du fond, provoque des difficultés de gouverne, des vibrations, et une diminution de la vitesse.}}
# {{lb|fr|weightlifting}} {{l|en|squat|Squat}}
#: {{ux|fr|C'est Vlad Alhazov qui détient le record du monde au '''squat''', avec 1250lbs (566,99 kilo).}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|fr|squattage}}
* {{l|fr|squatter}}
* {{l|fr|squattériser}}
* {{l|fr|squatteur}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Polish==
{{wp|lang=pl}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|pl|skłot}}

===Etymology===
{{dercat|pl|enm|fro|VL.|la}}
{{ubor|pl|en|squat}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|skłat|a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-squat.wav|hh=skład|h=squat}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|m-in}}

# {{l|en|squat}} {{gl|building occupied without permission by squatters}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-m-in}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|pl|title=noun|squatter}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

{{C|pl|Buildings}}

==Spanish==

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr|scuat,escuat}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|squat}} {{gl|exercise}}