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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieseludir la responsabilidad
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /e.luˈðir la res.pon.sa.βiliˈðað/
"Los políticos suelen eludir la responsabilidad cuando hay una crisis."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The act of shifting responsibility or blame onto another person.
"Management is notorious for playing the pass-the-buck when projects fail."
- 1
To shift blame or responsibility to someone else to avoid dealing with it oneself.
"Instead of fixing the mistake, he tried to pass the buck to his junior colleague."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Originating in the American frontier of the 19th century, the term derives from poker, where a marker or counter (often a buck-knife with a buckhorn handle) was passed to the player whose turn it was to deal. By the late 1800s, the phrase evolved metaphorically to describe the shifting of responsibility or blame onto someone else.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pass-the-buck" is said worldwide
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rejeter la faute
Transliteration: /ʁə.ʒə.te la fot/
"Il essaie toujours de rejeter la faute sur les autres."
die Verantwortung abschieben
Transliteration: /diː fɛɐ̯ˈantwɔʁtʊŋ ˈapˌʃiːbn̩/
"Es ist unfair, die Verantwortung immer auf andere abzuschieben."
scaricare barile
Transliteration: /ska.riˈka.re baˈri.le/
"Invece di risolvere il problema, continuano a scaricare barile."
eludir la responsabilidad
Transliteration: /e.luˈðir la res.pon.sa.βiliˈðað/
"Los políticos suelen eludir la responsabilidad cuando hay una crisis."
empurrar com a barriga
Transliteration: /ẽ.puˈʁaɾ kõ ɐ baˈʁi.ɡɐ/
"Eles tentam empurrar a culpa para os subordinados."
जिम्मेदारी टालना
Transliteration: zimmedari talna
"समस्या का समाधान करने के बजाय वे केवल जिम्मेदारी टाल रहे हैं।"
推卸责任
Transliteration: tuīxiè zérèn
"遇到问题时，我们不应该互相推卸责任。"
책임 전가
Transliteration: chaekim jeong-ga
"그들은 문제의 원인을 남에게 책임 전가하기 바쁘다."
責任転嫁
Transliteration: sekinin tenka
"失敗したときに他人に責任転嫁するのは良くない。"
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