Spanish word
evitar
/ebiˈtaɾ/
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- Part of speech
- verb
- Level
- A2
- Taught in
- Latin America, Spain
Meanings
- to avoid
- to avoid, to bypass, to evade, to circumvent, to dodge, to shun, to eschew (to steer clear of)
- to avoid, to prevent, to keep from, to stop from, to avert, to obviate, to deter
- to help (abstain from doing) (always in the negative)
- to spare, to save (to relieve someone having to experience something)
- to guard against, to ward off
- to spare oneselfreflexive
- avert(to ward off)
- avoid(to keep away from)
- deter(to prevent something from happening)
- eschew(avoid, shun)
- foreclose(to prevent from doing something)
- shun(to avoid, ostracize)
- startle(to deter; to cause to deviate)
- stave off(prevent something from happening)
- ward off(to parry, or turn aside)
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