Spanish-English translations for sacudir

• jolt
  We cannot jolt our governments' consciences. No somos capaces de sacudir las conciencias de nuestros gobiernos.
  The bus jolted its passengers at every turn.
  I jolted her out of complacency.
• shake
  You can shake your head, but that is the reality. Pueden ustedes sacudir la cabeza, pero esa es la realidad.
  And Mr Patijn, we hope you will be able to shake up the European countries. Señor Patijn, esperamos que sepa usted sacudir a todos los gobiernos europeos.
  We are reaching the moment when, as in George Orwell's magnificent metaphor, the people will shake off the system like a horse shaking off flies. Estamos llegando al punto en el que, como en la magnífica metáfora de George Orwell, los ciudadanos se encabritarán y se sacudirán el sistema como un caballo se sacude las moscas.
• beat
  a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse
  to walk the beat
  the beat of him
• flick
  He removed the speck of dust with a flick of his finger.
  She gave a disdainful flick of her hair and marched out of the room.
  My all-time favorite flick is "Gone with the Wind."
• judder
  To judder to a halt
• shake off
  We are reaching the moment when, as in George Orwell's magnificent metaphor, the people will shake off the system like a horse shaking off flies. Estamos llegando al punto en el que, como en la magnífica metáfora de George Orwell, los ciudadanos se encabritarán y se sacudirán el sistema como un caballo se sacude las moscas.
  All of this must be done, Mr President, whilst bearing in mind that often it is more difficult to maintain the balance of freedom than to shake off the yoke of tyranny. Y todo ello, señor Presidente, sin olvidar que muchas veces es más difícil mantener el equilibrio de la libertad que sacudirse el yugo de la tiranía.
  The archaeologists shook off the dust that had fallen from the roof, and promptly continued their work.
• wuther

Related words

• sacudido