evitar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- avert verb To prevent something bad from happening.
- avoid verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
- circumvent verb To find a way around an obstacle, rule, or difficulty rather than dealing with it directly.
- deter verb To discourage someone from doing something, usually through fear of a consequence.
- eschew verb To deliberately avoid or keep away from something, usually on moral or practical grounds.
- foreclose verb To take legal action to repossess property when a borrower has failed to keep up mortgage payments.
- miss verb To fail to hit, catch, reach, or make contact with something.
- shun verb To deliberately avoid someone or something, often as a form of social rejection.
- startle verb To give someone a sudden shock or fright, usually without real danger.
Senses
evitar is used for these senses in English:
- avert (transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
- circumvent (transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
- deter (transitive) To prevent something from happening.
- eschew (transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
- miss (transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
- shun (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
- startle (transitive, obsolete) To deter; to cause to deviate.
- stave off (idiomatic) To prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert.
avert — full definition
- verb To prevent something bad from happening.
- verb To turn one's eyes or attention away from something.
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.