stave off

evitar

stave off

transitive verb phrase

1. (general)

a. evitar

Without Mirta's expertise, we never would have been able to stave off that disaster.

Sin la pericia de Mirta, nunca podríamos haber evitado ese desastre.

b. mantener a raya

Everyone needs to do their part to stave off the virus until we can get everyone vaccinated.

Todo el mundo tiene que aportar su granito de arena para mantener el virus a raya hasta que todos se vacunen.

c. aplazar (temporarily)

It became clear that we wouldn't be able to stave off bankruptcy for much longer.

Quedó claro que ya no podíamos aplazar la quiebra por mucho tiempo más.

d. engañar (hunger)

We staved off our hunger by munching on some peanuts from the vending machine.

Engañamos el hambre picando unos maníes de la máquina expendedora.

e. conjurar

We managed to stave off the crisis through excellent teamwork.

Conseguimos conjurar la cris mediante un trabajo en equipo excelente.

stave off

transitive verb phrase

1. (problem, disaster)

a. aplazar, retrasar

to s off one's hungerespantar el hambre

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stave off

transitive verb

staved off (past) [+attack, crisis, illness] evitar; [+threat etc] evitar; conjurar; (temporarily) aplazar; posponer;