esquivar
Catalan
editEtymology
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editesquivar (first-person singular present esquivo, first-person singular preterite esquiví, past participle esquivat)
- (transitive) to avoid, to dodge, to evade
- (transitive) to scare off, to frighten away
- (reflexive) to shy away, to withdraw
Conjugation
editSynonyms
editFurther reading
edit- “esquivar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Occitan
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Verb
editesquivar (Languedoc)
- (transitive) to dodge (a blow), duck
Further reading
edit- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 280.
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom esquivo (“asocial; elusive; untamable”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: es‧qui‧var
Verb
editesquivar (first-person singular present esquivo, first-person singular preterite esquivei, past participle esquivado)
Conjugation
edit1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Synonyms
edit- (to shun): desdenhar, desprezar, menoscabar, menosprezar
- (to avoid): evitar
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editSpanish
editEtymology
editFrom Old French eschiver (“to dread, shun, avoid”) (modern French esquiver), from Frankish *skiuhan (“to dread, shun, avoid”), from Proto-Germanic *skiuhwaną, *skiwaną (“to frighten”). Cognate with English eschew, Old High German sciuhen (“to frighten, make fearful”), and Dutch schuwen (“to caution”). More at shy.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editesquivar (first-person singular present esquivo, first-person singular preterite esquivé, past participle esquivado)
- to dodge, to duck, to evade
- to avoid, to bypass, to sidestep, to get around, to circumvent
Conjugation
editThese forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “esquivar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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