English-Spanish translations for shrug

• encogimiento de hombros
  Por lo tanto, se ha prescindido del Parlamento con un encogimiento de hombros. Parliament was therefore bypassed with a shrug of the shoulders.
• encogerse de hombros
  Las instituciones europeas no deberían limitarse a encogerse de hombros. The European institutions should not simply shrug their shoulders.
  Puede encogerse de hombros, aunque sería interesante escuchar su perspectiva al respecto. You can shrug, but it will be interesting to hear your perspective on this.
  Sin embargo, cada año esta Cámara se limita a encogerse de hombros, suspirar y mirar para otra parte. Yet every year this House just shrugs its shoulders, sighs and looks the other way.

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