shirk

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. (transitive) To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
2. (intransitive) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
3. (transitive) To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.

Noun

One who shirks, who avoids a duty or responsibility.

Noun

The unforgivable sin of association (claiming something or someone can share in the oneness of God).

Conceptos

evitar

rehuir

esquivar

eludir

ornamentar

evadir

adornar

escaquearse

correr

descartarse de

fumarse

rajarse

Sinónimos

avoid

evade

dodge

elude

avert

steer clear of

escape

sidestep

duck

🦆

shrink from

circumvent

run away

sneak

shun

fiddle

eschew

neglect

skate over

idle

cheat

loaf

fear

😨

dread

goldbrick

slack

expel

retreat

shift

skirt

skive

skulk

stalk

stall

stand back

stay away

tergiversate

wriggle

yield

bludge

endeavor not to meet

excuse oneself

hide oneself

keep away from

keep clear of

make excuses

refrain from

shrug off

swing the lead

be off one’s guard

refuse to admit

Traducciones

esquivar

ontwijken

evitare

ausweichen

vermeiden

verhindern

mijden

vermijden

meiden

uit de weg gaan

entgehen

entweichen

aus dem Wege gehen

umgehen

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ʃɜːk/

Etimología (Inglés)

First use appears c. 1633, in the publications of Shackerley Marmion, apparently from association with shark (verb), or otherwise directly from German Schurke (“rogue, knave”).