shoo

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈʃuː/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ʃu/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sho̅o̅)

Inflections of 'shoo' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
shoos
v 3rd person singular
shooing
v pres p
shooed
v past
shooed
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
Shoo! interj informal (go away)fuera interj
  largo interj
 Hey, raccoon, shoo! Go away!
 ¡Oye, mapache, fuera! ¡Vete de aquí!
 ¡Oye, mapache, largo! ¡Fuera de aquí!
shoo⇒ vi informal (go away, leave)irse v prnl
  largarse⇒ v prnl
 Mum told us to shoo when we pestered her for snacks.
 Mamá nos dijo que nos fuéramos cuando la molestamos para pedirle la merienda.
 Mamá nos dijo que nos largáramos cuando la molestamos para pedirle la merienda.
shoo [sth/sb]⇒ vtr informal (chase, drive away)ahuyentar a vtr + prep
  espantar a, echar a vtr + prep
  ahuyentar⇒ vtr
  espantar⇒, echar⇒ vtr
 Aunt Lydia shooed us out of the kitchen while she was cooking dinner.
 La tía Lydia nos ahuyentó de la cocina mientras preparaba la cena.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
shoo [sth/sb] away vtr + adv informal (chase, drive away)ahuyentar⇒ vtr
shoo-in n (person: certain winner)ganador seguro, ganadora segura nm, nf + adj
 The other candidates are so terrible, Samantha is surely a shoo-in.
 Los otros candidatos son terribles, Samantha es una ganadora segura.
shoo-in n (easy-to-win contest) (coloquial, figurado)papa nf
  (coloquial, figurado)pan comido loc nom m
 The pie-eating competition was a shoo-in for Jake, who had won several eating contests already.
 El concurso de comer pasteles fue una papa para Jake, que ya había ganado varios de esos concursos.
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'shoo' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
chase away
Spanish:
ahuyentar - ox - zape - zapear - mosquear - espantar - oxte - tener un pie dentro - tururú


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