Shrug in spanish

Encogimiento de hombros

pronunciation: enkoʊximientoʊdeoʊmbɹ̩oʊs part of speech: noun, verb
In gestures

shrug1 = encogimiento de hombros. 

Example: Two recently elected school board members have announced their intention of 'ridding the high school of Mrs Panopoulos' -- to which she replied, with a defiant shrug, 'Let them try'.

shrug2 = encogerse de hombros. 

Example: 'I'm not much to trust any politician,' he shrugs, but 'I just don't believe in changing horses in midstream' = Dijo encogiéndose de hombros: "No soy mucho de confiar en ningún político, pero simplemente no creo en los cambios de opinión a mitad de camino".

more:

» shrug off = deshacerse de, liberarse de, librarse de, sacudirse de encima, quitarse de encima, quitarse de en medio.

Example: Small businesses need to shrug off the preconceived notion that advertising is uber-expensive.

» shrug off = ignorar, restar importancia.

Example: Sometimes when things don't go as you'd wanted you just have to shrug it off and accept it as one of those things.

» shrug + Posesivo + shoulders = encogerse de hombros.

Example: 'That's about it', he shrugged his shoulders indifferently, as if to say 'So what!'.
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