endilgar

v.

to accuse of.

El fiscal le endilgó un gran crimen The attorney accused him of a big crime

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endilgar

Conjugation model [LLEGAR], like {{link=llegar}}llegar

► verbo transitivo

1 familiar (trabajo etc) to palm off onto, lumber with

■ me endilgó la parte más difícil he lumbered me with the most difficult bit

2 familiar (hacer aguantar) to make sit through, make listen to

■ nos endilgó un concierto de tres horas he made us sit through a concert which lasted three hours

3 familiar (golpe) to land

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verbo transitivo (fam)

nos endilgó un sermón de media hora — he lectured us for half an hour

me endilgaron el trabajito — I got saddled o landed with the job (colloq)

me endilgó a los niños — she dumped the kids on me (colloq)

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= saddle with, dump, pawn off on.

Ex. As information incumbents, large academic libraries are saddled with legacy assets, such as huge stores of books, public service systems, acquisitions, cataloguing, and bricks and mortar.

Ex. The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, 'dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.

Ex. The author discusses methods of ensuring that mere technological change is not pawned off on us as technological progress.

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* endilgar Algo a Alguien = land + Alguien + with + Nombre, offload + Nombre + onto, fob + Algo + off on + Alguien, fob + Alguien + off with + Algo.

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verbo transitivo (fam)

nos endilgó un sermón de media hora — he lectured us for half an hour

me endilgaron el trabajito — I got saddled o landed with the job (colloq)

me endilgó a los niños — she dumped the kids on me (colloq)

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= saddle with, dump, pawn off on.

Ex: As information incumbents, large academic libraries are saddled with legacy assets, such as huge stores of books, public service systems, acquisitions, cataloguing, and bricks and mortar.

Ex: The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, 'dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.

Ex: The author discusses methods of ensuring that mere technological change is not pawned off on us as technological progress.

* endilgar Algo a Alguien = land + Alguien + with + Nombre, offload + Nombre + onto, fob + Algo + off on + Alguien, fob + Alguien + off with + Algo.

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endilgar [A3 ]

vt

(fam):

nos endilgó un sermón de media hora por lo que habíamos hecho he lectured us for half an hour o he gave us a half-hour lecture about what we'd done

al final me endilgaron a mí el trabajito in the end I got saddled o landed o (BrE) lumbered with the job (colloq)

todos los trabajos aburridos me los endilga a mí he foists all the boring jobs on me

como no está aquí le endilgan la culpa de todo he isn't here so they blame him for everything o they shove the blame for everything onto him

me endilgó a los niños y se fue a la playa she dumped the kids on me and went off to the beach (colloq)

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endilgar (conjugate endilgar) verbo transitivo (fam):

◊ nos endilgó un sermón he lectured us;

me endilgaron el trabajito I got saddled o landed with the job (colloq);
me endilgó a los niños she dumped the kids on me (colloq)

'endilgar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
encajar

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endilgar vt

Fam

endilgar algo a alguien [bulto, tarea] to lumber sb with sth;

[sermón, discurso] to dish sth out to sb;

me han endilgado la limpieza de la casa they've lumbered me with (the job of) cleaning the house;

les endilgó una conferencia de dos horas she subjected them to a two hour lecture;

me endilgaron a los niños el sábado por la noche they dumped their kids on me on Saturday evening

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endilgar

v/t

1

:

me lo endilgó a mí fam he landed me with it fam

2

:

endilgar un sermón a alguien fam lecture s.o., give s.o. a lecture

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endilgar {52} vt, fam : to spring, to foist

me endilgó la responsabilidad: he saddled me with the responsibility