esquivar — meaning in English

English meaning

• avoid verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
• dodge verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
• duck noun A web-footed water bird, often kept domestically or hunted.
• finesse noun Skilful and delicate handling of a difficult or sensitive situation.

Senses

esquivar is used for these senses in English:

• dodge (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
• dodge (transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
• duck (transitive, figurative) To evade doing something, especially something considered a responsibility.
• finesse (transitive, chiefly, Canada, US, politics) To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or stratagem.
• ward off (transitive) To parry, or turn aside.
• weasel out (idiomatic, intransitive, often followed by of) To shirk, avoid, or fail to fulfill (a task, responsibility, etc.)

avoid — full definition

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

dodge — full definition

1. verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
2. verb To avoid dealing with a question, responsibility, or difficulty.
3. noun A trick or clever way of avoiding something, especially a duty or tax.

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