Polyglot Dictionary

evitar

/eβiˈtaɾ/

verb B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
evito
preterite (yo)
evité
past participle
evitado

Meaning

  1. to avoid

    • Evito el tráfico.

      I avoid the traffic.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

rehuir

rehuir implies avoiding or shying away from something specifically, like a person, a topic or a responsibility, more deliberate avoidance; evitar is the general, everyday word "to avoid."

Similar in other languages

German

vermeiden

vermeiden is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to avoid."

Portuguese

evitar

evitar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to avoid."

Practice

1 What does evitar mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ el tráfico.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches evitar?

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