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evitar

Pronunciation: /ebiˈtaɾ/

“evitar” is a Spanish word. Its 6 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to avoid, to bypass, to evade, to circumvent, to dodge, to shun, to eschew (to steer clear of)
  2. to avoid, to prevent, to keep from, to stop from, to avert, to obviate, to deter
  3. to help (abstain from doing) (always in the negative)
  4. to spare, to save (to relieve someone having to experience something)
  5. to guard against, to ward off
  6. to spare oneself

In Spanish

  1. Precaver que suceda una cosa.
  2. Librarse uno con prudencia y previsión del daño o perjuicio que le amenazaba, o de cualquier lance ruidoso u ocasión en que preveía peligro.
  3. Excusar, huir de incurrir en algo.
  4. Huir de tratar a uno; apartarse de su comunicación.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvītāre whence English inevitable.

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