evitar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- avoid verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
- 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.
- miss verb To fail to hit, catch, reach, or make contact with something.
- nullify verb To make legally invalid.
- shun verb To deliberately avoid someone or something, often as a form of social rejection.
Senses
evitar is used for these senses in English:
- 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.
- miss (transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
- nullify To prevent from happening.
- shun (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
- steer clear (figuratively, intransitive, often followed by of) To avoid; to dodge; to sidestep.
avoid — full definition
- 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.
escape — full definition
- verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
- verb To avoid something unpleasant, such as punishment or notice.
- noun The act of getting free from a dangerous, confining, or unwanted situation.