- escabullirse
- pron.v.1 to slip away.El preso se escabulló anoche The prisoner slipped away last night.2 to shirk out, to cop out.María se escabulló de su compromiso Mary shirked out of her commitment.* * *escabullirse► verbo pronominal1 (entre las manos) to slip through2 figurado (persona) to slip away, sneak off, disappear* * *verbto slip away* * *verbo pronominal (escaparse) to escape
logró escabullirse entre la multitud — he managed to slip away o slip off into the crowd
se nos escabulló — he gave us the slip (colloq)
no puedes escabullirte de tus responsabilidades — you can't get away from your responsibilities
trató de escabullirse entre la gente — she tried to slip through the crowd
* * *(v.) = steal away, weasel (on/out of), skulk off, sneak off, sneak out of, sneak away, duck outEx. He had merely stolen away as inconspicuously as possible.Ex. Christians have of course been weaseling on this issue since Jesus himself evasively weaseled on it.Ex. Good attendance with 21 people there though a few skulked off without paying!.Ex. One of the great joys in life is sneaking off.Ex. The temptation will be for the borrower to bypass the issue desk and sneak out of the library with his chosen books = El usuario se sentirá tentado a eludir el mostrador de préstamo y salir inadvertidamente de la biblioteca con los libros que quiere.Ex. So I decided to take my chances and sneak away quietly on a day when Fabiola had a group meeting at her lab.Ex. Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today to be with their nearest and dearest for the long weekend.* * *verbo pronominal (escaparse) to escapelogró escabullirse entre la multitud — he managed to slip away o slip off into the crowd
se nos escabulló — he gave us the slip (colloq)
no puedes escabullirte de tus responsabilidades — you can't get away from your responsibilities
trató de escabullirse entre la gente — she tried to slip through the crowd
* * *(v.) = steal away, weasel (on/out of), skulk off, sneak off, sneak out of, sneak away, duck outEx: He had merely stolen away as inconspicuously as possible.
Ex: Christians have of course been weaseling on this issue since Jesus himself evasively weaseled on it.Ex: Good attendance with 21 people there though a few skulked off without paying!.Ex: One of the great joys in life is sneaking off.Ex: The temptation will be for the borrower to bypass the issue desk and sneak out of the library with his chosen books = El usuario se sentirá tentado a eludir el mostrador de préstamo y salir inadvertidamente de la biblioteca con los libros que quiere.Ex: So I decided to take my chances and sneak away quietly on a day when Fabiola had a group meeting at her lab.Ex: Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today to be with their nearest and dearest for the long weekend.* * *escabullirse [I9 ]v pron1 (escaparse) to escapeel delincuente logró escabullirse entre la multitud the criminal managed to slip away o slip off into the crowddespués del almuerzo trataré de escabullirme I'll try to slip away after lunchse nos escabulló he gave us the slip (colloq)no puedes escabullirte de tus responsabilidades you can't get away from o get out of your responsibilities2 (introducirse) to slip throughtraté de escabullirme entre la gente para ver mejor I tried to slip through the crowd to get a better view* * *
escabullirse (conjugate escabullirse) verbo pronominal (escaparse) to slip away;◊ logró escabullirse entre la multitud he managed to slip away into the crowd;
no puedes escabullirte de tus responsabilidades you can't get away from your responsibilities
escabullirse verbo reflexivo
1 (escurrirse, deslizarse) to slip away: su salud se le escabulló como un puñado de arena, his health slipped away like sand through one's fingers
2 (desaparecer de un sitio) to melt away: se escabulló de la fiesta, he sneaked away from the party
'escabullirse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escurrir
English:
cop out
- dodge
- duck out
- scamper away
- scamper off
- scoot
- scuttle
- skedaddle
- slink
- slip away
- slip out
- sneak
- steal
- slip
* * *escabullirse vpr1. [con disimulo] to slip off o away;siempre que hay trabajo se escabulle he always slips off o away when there's work to be done;se escabulleron de la sala they slipped out of the hall2. [escaparse]el atracador consiguió escabullirse the mugger managed to make his getaway;se me escabulló he slipped out of my hands* * *escabullirsev/r escape, slip away* * *escabullirse {38} vr: to slip away, to escape* * *escabullirse vb1. (irse) to sneak off / to slip away [pt. & pp. slipped]no te escabullas, que hoy te toca fregar los platos don't sneak off, it's your turn to wash up today2. (escaparse de las manos) to slip through [pt. & pp. slipped] / to slip out ofal portero se le escabulló la pelota the ball slipped through the goalkeeper's hands
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.