remolonear — meaning in English

English meaning

• sandbag noun A sturdy bag filled with sand, used to build barriers against flooding or as protection from bullets and debris.
• shirk verb To avoid a duty or responsibility.

Senses

remolonear is used for these senses in English:

• sandbag (figurative, intransitive, originally, US) To conceal or misrepresent one's true position, potential, or intent in order to gain an advantage; (originally, poker) to pretend to have a weak hand, as a strategy.

sandbag — full definition

1. noun A sturdy bag filled with sand, used to build barriers against flooding or as protection from bullets and debris.
2. verb To deliberately understate one's strength, ability, or intentions in order to gain an advantage.
3. verb To build a barrier of sandbags around something.

shirk — full definition

1. verb To avoid a duty or responsibility.
2. noun Someone who avoids their duties.

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