avoid in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for avoid in the English»Spanish Dictionary

avoid [Am əˈvɔɪd, Brit əˈvɔɪd] VB trans

1. avoid (keep away from):

avoid obstacle/place

evitar

avoid topic/question

evitar

avoid topic/question

eludir

avoid blow

esquivar

avoid blow

eludir

why are you avoiding me?

¿por qué me rehúyes?

why are you avoiding me?

¿por qué intentas eludirme?

she avoided his eyes

evitó mirarlo a los ojos

she avoided his eyes

le eludió la mirada

I'd managed to avoid being noticed until then

había logrado pasar inadvertido hasta entonces

2. avoid (refrain from):

avoid

evitar

to avoid -ing

evitar +  infin

avoid drawing attention to yourself

evita llamar la atención

avoid drawing attention to yourself

procura no llamar la atención

you can't avoid seeing her occasionally

no puedes evitar verla de vez en cuando

3. avoid (save oneself from):

avoid trouble/embarrassment/accident

evitar

I don't pay if I can avoid it

si puedo evitarlo, no pago

to avoid -ing

evitar +  infin

she only just avoided being sent to prison

se salvó de ir a la cárcel por muy poco

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to make/avoid eye contact with sb

mirar/evitar mirar a alguien a los ojos

she tried to avoid any entanglement in his schemes

trató de no verse envuelta en sus enredos or manejos

Translations for avoid in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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soslayar dificultad/obstáculo

to avoid

soslayar pregunta

to avoid

esquivar

to avoid

esquivar pregunta

to avoid

esquivar problema/dificultad

to avoid

esquivar responsabilidad

to avoid

obviar

to avoid

evadir dificultad/peligro/problema

to avoid

evadir responsabilidad

to avoid

evadir pregunta

to avoid

intentando evadir a los periodistas

in an attempt to avoid the journalists

eludir problema

to avoid

eludir pago

to avoid

eludir

to avoid

consiguió eludir a los periodistas

he managed to avoid o elude the reporters

se hacen esfuerzos para evitar los daños colaterales

efforts are made to avoid collateral damage

evitar

to avoid

evita entrar en discusiones con él

avoid getting into arguments with him

para evitar problemas decidí no ir

to avoid problems I decided not to go

evitar

to avoid

haremos lo posible para evitarlo

we'll do everything we can to avoid o prevent it

para evitar que sufran

to avoid o prevent them suffering

por esta ruta evitas tener que pasar por el centro

if you go this way you avoid going through o it saves you going through the center

evítese la molestia de ir a la tienda

avoid the inconvenience of going to the store

avoid in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for avoid in the English»Spanish Dictionary

avoid [əˈvɔɪd] VB trans

avoid

evitar

avoid (when moving)

esquivar

to avoid doing sth

evitar hacer algo

to avoid paying taxes

evadir impuestos

Translations for avoid in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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evadir (evitar: problema, persona)

to avoid

evadir la mirada de alguien

to avoid sb's gaze

soslayar

to avoid

dar esquinazo a alguien (rehuir)

to avoid sb

rehuir

to avoid

rehuir a alguien

to avoid sb

evitar (molestias, disgustos)

to avoid

evitar

to avoid

evitarse

to avoid

evitarse

to avoid each other

rodear

to avoid

sortear

to avoid

esquivar

to avoid

precaver (evitar)

to avoid

avoid Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to avoid sb like the plague

huir de alguien como de la peste

to avoid doing sth

evitar hacer algo

to avoid paying taxes

evadir impuestos

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

While they will run through it, they will usually trail the pack, and try to avoid any hanging paper.

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When exiting, a motorist must look ahead to avoid colliding with another vehicle or with pedestrians on a crosswalk.

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She avoided women's organizations and causes, for the most part.

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The doctrine is grounded in the federal judiciary's desire to avoid inserting itself into conflicts between branches of the federal government.

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Basically, avoid sunlight when the UV index is three or higher.

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Other sectors of the economy wanted to avoid a similar fate.

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Because of his convivial nature, he was careful to avoid the city's rampant literary feuds at the time.

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The self-inflicted wounds tell of the man's struggle to avoid the unendurable images he has been forced to watch.

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Electromagnetic sensors rely on the vehicle moving slowly and smoothly towards the object to be avoided.

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The brittleness of this abrasive coating, and the need to avoid flexure, is why they are made as rings rather than oval bands.

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