English-Portuguese translations for shrug

• dar de ombros
• encolher os ombros
  Limitamo-nos a encolher os ombros?Do we simply shrug our shoulders?
  Em Estrasburgo limitam-se a encolher os ombros: "o que podemos nós fazer?" - e permanecem em silêncio. In Strasbourg they shrug: 'What can we do?' - and remain silent.
  As instituições europeias deviam fazer mais do que encolher os ombros. The European institutions should not simply shrug their shoulders.
• encolhida de ombros

Definition of shrug

• A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference
• A cropped, cardigan-like garment with short or long sleeves, typically knitted
• To raise to express uncertainty, lack of concern, dread, etc

Examples

• He dismissed my comment with a shrug.
• I asked him for an answer and he just shrugged.
• When he saw the problem, he just shrugged and started fixing it.

Related words

• shrugging
• shrug off
• shrug one's shoulders
• shrug your shoulders
• give a shrug