avoids in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for avoids 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 avoids in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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se aparta de mí como si estuviera sarnoso

she avoids me like the plague

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

huir de algo

to avoid sth

huye de las aglomeraciones

she avoids crowds

huirle a alg.

to avoid sb

me huye como a la peste

he avoids me like the plague

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

avoids in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for avoids 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 avoids in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

rehuir

to avoid

rehuir a alguien

to avoid sb

rehuye decir la verdad

he/she avoids telling the truth

todos se alejan de él

everyone avoids him

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

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

avoids 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