escaquearse

pron.v.

to duck out(informal). (peninsular Spanish)

escaquearse de (hacer) algo to worm one's way out of (doing) something

¡no te escaquees! don't duck out!, don't skive off! (British)

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escaquearse

► verbo pronominal

1 familiar to shirk, skive off, wriggle out of

■ ¡no te escaquees! don't try and wriggle out of it!

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= weasel (on/out of), duck out.

Ex. Christians have of course been weaseling on this issue since Jesus himself evasively weaseled on it.

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.

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* escaquearse de = duck out of.

* escaquearse de una responsabilidad = weasel out of + responsibility.

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= weasel (on/out of), duck out.

Ex: Christians have of course been weaseling on this issue since Jesus himself evasively weaseled on it.

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.

* escaquearse de = duck out of.

* escaquearse de una responsabilidad = weasel out of + responsibility.

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escaquearse [A1 ]

v pron

(Esp fam)

1 (de un lugar) to slope off (colloq)

me escaqueaba de clase I used to play truant o (AmE colloq) hooky, I used to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)

2 (de una obligación) escaquearse DE algo to get OUT OF sth, shirk sth, duck OUT OF sth

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escaquearse vr fam to shirk, skive [de, off]: siempre se escaquea del trabajo, she always skives off work
'escaquearse' also found in these entries:
English:
skive

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escaquearse vpr

Esp Fam to duck out, Br to skive (off);

en el trabajo no para de escaquearse at work he's always ducking out o Br skiving off;

escaquearse de (hacer) algo to worm one's way out of (doing) sth;

nos escaqueamos de fregar los platos we got out of washing the dishes