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sacudir

/sakuˈdiɾ/

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verb/sakuˈdiɾ/

to shake off, dust; to shake; to shake (the head, to give a negative response); to nod (the head, to give a positive response); to jolt

Para sacudirse una visita importuna, se barre el suelo con una rama de palqui, y después de amontonar la basura en un rincón, se le tapa con la rama ya dicha; con lo la visita perdurable no tarda en despedirse.

Inherited from Old Spanish sacudir, from earlier sacodir, with dissimilation from socodir, from Latin succutere, whence English succussion.