evadir — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abscond verb To leave secretly and hurriedly, usually to escape custody or having taken something that is not yours.
- dodge verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
- duck noun A web-footed water bird, often kept domestically or hunted.
- escape verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
- evade verb To cleverly avoid or escape something, such as a person, question, or duty.
- finesse noun Skilful and delicate handling of a difficult or sensitive situation.
- miss verb To fail to hit, catch, reach, or make contact with something.
- shirk verb To avoid a duty or responsibility.
Senses
evadir is used for these senses in English:
- abscond (intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away. [From mid 16th century.]
- 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.
- escape (intransitive) To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
- evade (transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
- finesse (transitive, chiefly, Canada, US, politics) To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or stratagem.
- miss (transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
dodge — full definition
- verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
- verb To avoid dealing with a question, responsibility, or difficulty.
- noun A trick or clever way of avoiding something, especially a duty or tax.