escurrirse

escurrirse

► verbo pronominal

1 (platos etc) to drain

2 (líquido) to drip, trickle

3 (deslizarse) to slip, slide

4 familiar (escapar) to run away, slip away

5 familiar (decir demasiado) to let slip

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to slip away

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VPR

1) [líquido] to drip

2) (=resbalarse) [objeto] to slip, slide

se me escurrió de entre las manos — it slipped out of my hands

3) [comentario] to slip out

4) [persona] to slip away, sneak off

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= slip.

Ex. If someone does slip on your wet floors and the area is marked correctly with warning signs the court will usually side in your favor.

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= slip.

Ex: If someone does slip on your wet floors and the area is marked correctly with warning signs the court will usually side in your favor.

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■escurrirse verbo reflexivo
1 (resbalarse) to slip: se le escurrió de las manos, it slipped out of his hands
2 (soltar el agua) to dry out: deja que el paraguas se escurra en la bañera, let the umbrella dry out in the bath(tub)
'escurrirse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escabullirse
- deslizar
- escurrir
English:
drain
- trickle

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vpr

1. [sujeto: líquido] to drain off, to drain away;

pon la pasta aquí para que se le escurra el agua put the pasta here for the water to drain off

2. [resbalarse] to slip;

me escurrí en el hielo I slipped on the ice;

se me escurrió de las manos it slipped through my fingers

3. Fam [escabullirse] to get away, to escape;

si puedo me escurriré de la reunión I'll slip out of the meeting if I can

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escurrirse

v/r

1 de líquido drain away

2 (deslizarse) slip; (escaparse) slip away

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vr

: to slip away

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escurrirse vb to slip [pt. & pp. slipped]

el suelo estaba mojado y se escurrió the floor was wet and she slipped

se me escurrió de entre las manos it slipped out of my hands