tergiversate

Polish translation: wykręcać się; wymigiwać

10:26 Jul 18, 2002
English to Polish translations [PRO]
English term or phrase: tergiversate
To use evasions or ambiguities; equivocate. 2. To change sides; apostatize
Andrzej Lejman
Poland
Local time: 15:49
Polish translation:wykręcać się; wymigiwać
Explanation:
a także
odłączyć się, zdezerterować, zmienić front

tergiversate
1 to desert a cause, party, etc.; become a renegade; apostatize
2 to use evasions or subterfuge; equivocate
[Webster's]


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Local time: 15:49
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4 +2wykręcać się; wymigiwać
leff
5 +1zmienić front / stanowisko
bartek


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
wykręcać się; wymigiwać


Explanation:
a także
odłączyć się, zdezerterować, zmienić front

tergiversate
1 to desert a cause, party, etc.; become a renegade; apostatize
2 to use evasions or subterfuge; equivocate
[Webster's]




leff
Local time: 15:49
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in pair: 11240
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agree  Barbara Szelest-VanDussen
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agree  Piotr Kurek
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
zmienić front / stanowisko


Explanation:
Stanisławski

bartek
Local time: 15:49
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in pair: 24751

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agree  Barbara Szelest-VanDussen
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