skew

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈskjuː/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/skju/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(skyo̅o̅)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
skew [sth] vtr often passive (slant)desviar vtr
  sesgar vtr
  inclinar vtr
 Brian's shoulder nudged the painting, skewing it.
 Brian le dio un codazo a la pintura, desviándola.
skew [sth] vtr figurative (distort, bias)distorsionar vtr
  sesgar vtr
  desviar vtr
 Irrational prejudices can skew people's perceptions of others.
 Los prejuicios sin sentido pueden distorsionar la percepción que se tiene de otros.
skew [sth] vtr figurative (statistics: distort)sesgar vtr
  distorsionar vtr
 The researchers chose their research subjects carefully, in order to skew the statistics to give the result they wanted.
 Los investigadores eligieron las muestras con mucho cuidado para sesgar las estadísticas y que estas mostraran el resultado que querían.
skew vi (change direction, slant)desviarse v prnl
  torcer vtr
 The corridor skewed to the right a little way into the house.
 El pasillo se desviaba un poco hacia la derecha de la casa.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
skew adj (askew: slanted)torcido/a adj
 His tie was skew, so he straightened it.
 Tenía la corbata torcida, así que la puso en su sitio.
skew adj (statistics, data: distorted)sesgado/a adj
 These results are very odd; the data you used must be skew.
 Estos resultados son muy raros; los datos que usaste deben estar sesgados.
skew adj (geometry: lines)sesgado/a adj
skew n figurative (distortion, slant)distorsión nf
  inclinación nf
 The sampling technique had produced a skew in the data.
 There was a noticeable skew toward older authors in this year's awards list.
 La técnica de muestreo había producido una distorsión en los datos.
 En los premios de este año, se había producido una inclinación obvia por los autores con mayor trayectoria.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
skew-whiff,
skewwhiff
adj
UK, informal (not straight, crooked)torcido/a adj
  ladeado/a adj
skew-whiff,
skewwhiff
adv
UK, informal (not straight, crookedly)torcidamente adv
 The cap sat skew-whiff on Jody's head.
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Collocations: [hanging, positioned, set, placed] on a skew, a skew toward higher [income, tax, class], a higher- [income] skew, more...

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