välttää — meaning in English

English meaning

avoid verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
cheat verb To break rules in order to gain an unfair advantage.
do verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
escape verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
eschew verb To deliberately avoid or keep away from something, usually on moral or practical grounds.
evade verb To cleverly avoid or escape something, such as a person, question, or duty.
forbear verb To stop yourself from doing something, or to stay away from it.
obviate verb To deal with something early on so that it never becomes a problem at all.
taboo noun A subject, word, or action that is avoided or forbidden because of strong social or cultural disapproval.

välttää is used for these senses in English:

avoid (transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
cheat (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
do (ambitransitive) To suffice.
escape (transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
eschew (transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
evade (transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
evade (transitive) To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
forbear (transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.

verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
verb To prevent something from happening, or to stop yourself from doing something.
verb legal: To make a contract or legal act void; to cancel it.