escudarse
Spanish, verb[eskuˈð̞aɾse]
escudarse is spelled E-S-C-U-D-A-R-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 90,681st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escudarse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of escudar combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Valerse uno de algún medio, favor y amparo para salir del riesgo o evitar el peligro de que está amenazado”.
What does escudarse mean in English?
verb
- 1
infinitive of escudar combined with se
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Valerse uno de algún medio, favor y amparo para salir del riesgo o evitar el peligro de que está amenazado. 2. Por extensión utilizar algún recurso o argumento como excusa para justificarse o manipular.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of escudarse
- haberse escudado impersonal infinitive
- escudándose impersonal gerund
- habiéndose escudado impersonal gerund
- escudado impersonal participle
- me escudo first-person singular indicative
- te escudas second-person singular indicative
- te escudás second-person singular vos-form
- se escuda third-person singular indicative
- nos escudamos first-person plural indicative
- os escudáis second-person plural indicative
- se escudan third-person plural indicative
- me escudaba first-person singular indicative
- te escudabas second-person singular indicative
- se escudaba third-person singular indicative
- nos escudábamos first-person plural indicative
- os escudabais second-person plural indicative
- se escudaban third-person plural indicative
- me escudé first-person singular indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escudarse?
- [eskuˈð̞aɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is escudarse in Spanish?
escudarse appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).