evitar

Meaning

  1. to avoid, to bypass, to evade, to circumvent, to dodge, to shun, to eschew (to steer clear of)
  2. to avoid, to prevent, to keep from, to stop from, to avert, to obviate, to deter
  3. to help (abstain from doing) (always in the negative)
  4. to spare, to save (to relieve someone having to experience something)
  5. to guard against, to ward off
  6. (reflexive) to spare oneself

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
e‧vi‧tar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ebiˈtaɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Latin ēvītāre whence English inevitable.

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