política de avestruz: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  SpainLatin AmericaGeneral Spanishcolloquialpejorative
  • A deliberate strategy of ignoring problems or refusing to acknowledge unpleasant facts; willful avoidance or denial of reality.

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  • La política de avestruz que adoptó la empresa ante la crisis solo empeoró las cosas.

    The ostrich policy that the company adopted during the crisis only made things worse.

  • No podemos seguir con esta política de avestruz, negando los problemas que enfrentamos.

    We can't keep with this ostrich policy, denying the problems we face.

  • Cuando le preguntaron sobre el escándalo, el político usó la política de avestruz para evadir las preguntas.

    When asked about the scandal, the politician used the ostrich policy to evade questions.

• 2.

  General Spanishneutral
  • A literal reference to the supposed behavior of an ostrich burying its head, used rarely and mainly to explain the figurative sense.

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  • Dicen que la política de avestruz consiste en que estas aves esconden la cabeza bajo tierra cuando tienen miedo.

    They say the ostrich policy consists of these birds hiding their heads underground when they are scared.

  • Aunque es un mito, la política de avestruz se refiere literalmente a cómo el avestruz supuestamente reacciona ante el peligro.

    Although it's a myth, the ostrich policy literally refers to how the ostrich supposedly reacts to danger.

  • Los biólogos explicaron que la política de avestruz no es realmente un comportamiento animal, sino una metáfora.

    The biologists explained that the ostrich policy is not really an animal behavior but a metaphor.

  • En el museo, mostraron un video sobre la política de avestruz y su origen en la observación del ave.

    At the museum, they showed a video about the ostrich policy and its origin in observing the bird.