avoid [əˈvɔɪd] verbo transitivoevitar (person, thing);
evitar, eludir (punishment, danger, question)- to avoid doing something -> evitar hacer algo
- to avoid something/somebody like the plague -> huir de algo/alguien como de la peste
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avoid [a-void]Evitar, escapar, huir (to shun), esquivar, eludir (duty), dejar.- I can’t avoid asking him to stay to dinner -> no puedo evitar pedirle que se quede a cenar
anular. (Foro; Forense)
verbo neutro (intransitivo)Retirarse. (n)
Zafarse, escaparse. (n)
va.
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avoid [əˈvɔɪd]
verb:transitive
[+obstacle] evitar; esquivar; [+argument, question, subject] evitar; eludir; [+duty] eludir; [+danger] salvarse de are you trying to avoid me? ¿me estás evitando or esquivando?
I'm trying to avoid Lesley
I try to avoid him procuro no tener nada que ver con él; he avoids all his friends huye de todos sus amigos; this way we avoid London por esta ruta evitamos pasar por Londres; to avoid sb's eye esquivar la mirada de algn; to avoid tax (legally) evitar pagar impuestos; (illegally) defraudar al fisco; to avoid doing sth evitar hacer algo; he managed to avoid (hitting) the tree logró esquivar el árbol; I'm trying to avoid being seen by Jeremy estoy intentando evitar que me vea Jeremy; estoy intentando que Jeremy no me vea
to avoid being seen
it's to be avoided like the plague de esto hay que huir como de la peste
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Verb Conjugation for "avoid"
(go to evitar)
Imperative
- avoid
- you avoid
- he/she avoids
- we avoid
- you avoid
- they avoid
Preterite
- I avoided
- you avoided
- he/she avoided
- we avoided
- you avoided
- they avoided
Present Continuous
- I am avoiding
- you are avoiding
- he/she is avoiding
- we are avoiding
- you are avoiding
- they are avoiding
Present Perfect
- I have avoided
- you have avoided
- he/she has avoided
- we have avoided
- you have avoided
- they have avoided
Past Continuous
- I was avoiding
- you were avoiding
- he/she was avoiding
- we were avoiding
- you were avoiding
- they were avoiding
Past Perfect
- I had avoided
- you had avoided
- he/she had avoided
- we had avoided
- you had avoided
- they had avoided
Future
- I will avoid
- you will avoid
- he/she will avoid
- we will avoid
- you will avoid
- they will avoid
Future Perfect
- I will have avoided
- you will have avoided
- he/she will have avoided
- we will have avoided
- you will have avoided
- they will have avoided
Future Continuous
- I will be avoiding
- you will be avoiding
- he/she will be avoiding
- we will be avoiding
- you will be avoiding
- they will be avoiding
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been avoiding
- you have been avoiding
- he/she has been avoiding
- we have been avoiding
- you have been avoiding
- they have been avoiding
Future Perfect Continuous
- I will have been avoiding
- you will have been avoiding
- he/she will have been avoiding
- we will have been avoiding
- you will have been avoiding
- they will have been avoiding
Past Perfect Continuous
- I had been avoiding
- you had been avoiding
- he/she had been avoiding
- we had been avoiding
- you had been avoiding
- they had been avoiding