I won’t mislead you, I won’t betray you, I won't shirk!
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Shirk
//ʃɜːk//
Synonyms for "shirk" (96 found)
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9 entriesTranslations
59 translations across 23 languages.
Azerbaijani
2 entries- boyun qaçırmaq verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- yayınmaq verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
Bulgarian
2 entries- клинча verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- кръшкам verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 逃避 verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
Czech
4 entries- utéct verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- utíkat verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- vyhnout se verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- vyhýbat se verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
Dutch
3 entries- ontduiken verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- zich drukken verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- zijn plicht ontlopen verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
Esperanto
3 entries- eskapeviti verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- eskapi verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- eviti verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
Finnish
1 entries- pinnata verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
French
3 entries- esquiver verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- se défiler verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- éviter verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
Georgian
1 entries- თავს არიდებს verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
German
4 entries- aus dem Weg gehen verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- ausweichen verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- kneifen verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- meiden verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
Greek
1 entries- λουφάω verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
Icelandic
1 entries- koma sér undan verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
Italian
4 entries- dare buca verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- eludere verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- scansare verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- sottrarsi verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
Māori
2 entries- whakataha verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- whakatataha verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- skofte verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- skulke verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- skulka verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- skulke verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
Polish
2 entries- wymigać się verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- wymigiwać się verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
Portuguese
1 entries- esquivar verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
Romanian
2 entries- eschiva verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- fofila verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
Russian
4 entries- безде́льничать verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- ло́дырничать verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- сачкова́ть verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- уви́ливать verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
Spanish
4 entries- correrse verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- escaquearse verb ((intransitive) to evade an obligation)
- escurrir el bulto verb ((intransitive) to evade an obligation)
- evadir verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
Swedish
2 entries- smita från verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
- undvika verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
Vietnamese
1 entries- trốn tránh verb ((transitive) avoid a duty)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
A father shouldn't shirk his responsibilities to his children.
Source: tatoeba (696949)
We can't shirk our responsibility.
Source: tatoeba (9930711)
We won't shirk our responsibilities.
Source: tatoeba (9930807)
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