encolher os ombros
Portuguese, verb
encolher os ombros is spelled E-N-C-O-L-H-E-R-O-S-O-M-B-R-O-S (16 letters). Encolher os ombros is a Portuguese verb meaning “to shrug (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty or lack of concern)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does encolher os ombros mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shrug (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty or lack of concern)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. mostrar-se indiferente
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of encolher os ombros
- encolho os ombros first-person present singular
- encolhi os ombros first-person preterite singular
- encolhido os ombros participle past
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to encolher os ombros
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.