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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

  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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