endosar

v.

1 to endorse (commerce).

Ellos endosaron su acción They endorsed his behavior.

Ellos endosaron los documentos They endorsed the documents.

2 to be endorsed to.

Se me endosó el documento The document was endorsed to me.

3 to back.

Ellos endosaron la inversión They backed the investment.

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endosar

► verbo transitivo

1 to endorse

■ endosó el cheque he endorsed the cheque

2 familiar figurado to lumber with

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verb

to endorse

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VT

1) [+ cheque] to endorse, back

2) (=confirmar) to confirm

3) *

endosar algo a algn — to lumber sb with sth *

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verbo transitivo

a) <cheque/letra> to endorse

b) (fam) endilgar

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

* endosar una tarea a Alguien = foist + Nombre + on + Alguien + as a duty.

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verbo transitivo

a) <cheque/letra> to endorse

b) (fam) endilgar

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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.

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

* endosar una tarea a Alguien = foist + Nombre + on + Alguien + as a duty.

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endosar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹cheque/letra› to endorse

2 (fam) endilgar

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endosar verbo transitivo
1 (un cheque) to endorse
2 fam (un trabajo) to lumber with: me endosaron la organización del viaje, I was lumbered with the arrangements for the tour
'endosar' also found in these entries:
English:
endorse

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endosar vt

1. Com to endorse

2. Fam [bulto, tarea]

endosar algo a alguien to lumber o Br land sb with sth;

le endosaron a los niños they lumbered her with the children

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endosar

v/t COM endorse;

me lo endosó a mí fam she landed me with it fam

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endosar vt

: to endorse