escudar

v.

to shield.

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escudar

► verbo transitivo

1 to shield

2 figurado to shield, protect, defend

► verbo pronominal escudarse

1 figurado (ampararse) to hide behind, use as an excuse

■ se escuda en su enfermedad para no ir he uses his illness as an excuse for not going

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1.

VT to shield

2.

See:

escudarse

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1.

verbo transitivo to shield

2.

escudarse v pron

escudarse en algo: quiso escudarse en su inmunidad diplomática he tried to hide behind his diplomatic immunity; se escuda en sus compromisos familiares — he uses his family commitments as an excuse

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1.

verbo transitivo to shield

2.

escudarse v pron

escudarse en algo: quiso escudarse en su inmunidad diplomática he tried to hide behind his diplomatic immunity; se escuda en sus compromisos familiares — he uses his family commitments as an excuse

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escudar [A1 ]

vt

to shield

■ escudarse

v pron

escudarse EN algo:

quiso escudarse en su inmunidad diplomática he tried to hide behind his diplomatic immunity

siempre se escuda en sus compromisos familiares he always uses his family commitments as an excuse

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escudar

♦ vt

to shield

♦ See also the pronominal verb escudarse

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escudar

v/t shield

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escudar vt

: to shield

♦ See also the reflexive verb escudarse