esquivar
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [əs.kiˈβa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əs.kiˈva]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.kiˈvaɾ]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Verb
[edit]esquivar (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
[edit] Conjugation of esquivar (first conjugation)
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “esquivar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Occitan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]esquivar (Languedoc)
- (transitive) to dodge (a blow), duck
Further reading
[edit]- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 280
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From esquivo (“asocial; elusive; untamable”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: es‧qui‧var
Verb
[edit]esquivar (first-person singular present esquivo, first-person singular preterite esquivei, past participle esquivado)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of esquivar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Synonyms
[edit]- (to shun): desdenhar, desprezar, menoscabar, menosprezar
- (to avoid): evitar
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “esquivar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “esquivar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From esquivo + -ar. Cognate with English eschew, Old High German sciuhen (“to frighten, make fearful”), and Dutch schuwen (“to caution”). More at shy.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]esquivar (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
[edit] Conjugation of esquivar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of esquivar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “esquivar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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