avoid

evitar

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avoid(

voyd

)

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

1. (to stay away from)

a. evitar

I avoid her ever since we had that argument.La evito desde que tuvimos esa discusión.

b. eludir

They tried to avoid any responsibility.Intentaron eludir toda responsabilidad.

c. esquivar

The captain changed course to avoid the iceberg.El capitán cambió el rumbo para esquivar el iceberg.

d. sortear

Flash Gordon moves so fast he avoids any bullets fired at him.Flash Gordon se mueve tan rápido que sortea todas las balas que le disparan.

2. (to prevent yourself from doing)

a. evitar

Above all, avoid drawing attention to yourself.Sobre todo, evita llamar la atención.

3. (to prevent something)

a. evitar

The best way to avoid disappointment is to not expect anything from anyone.La mejor forma de evitar la decepción es no esperar nada de nadie.

b. eludir

The mountain lion managed to avoid capture.El puma logró eludir su captura.

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avoid

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

1. (person, thing)

a. evitar

2. (punishment, danger, question)

a. evitar, eludir

to avoid doing somethingevitar hacer algo

to avoid something/somebody like the plaguehuir de algo/alguien como de la peste

avoid [əˈvɔɪd]

transitive verb

[+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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Phrases

how to avoid everything	cómo evitar todo
avoid junk food	evitar la comida basura evita la comida basura
to avoid failures in the future	para evitar fracasos en el futuro
I avoid giving up ownership at all costs	evito ceder la responsabilidad a toda costa

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Conjugations

Participles

Present:	avoiding
Past:	avoided

Indicative

	Present	Past	Future
I	avoid	avoided	will avoid
you	avoid	avoided	will avoid
he/she	avoids	avoided	will avoid
we	avoid	avoided	will avoid
you	avoid	avoided	will avoid
they	avoid	avoided	will avoid