esquiver

  1. (transitive) to dodge (a blow), duck
  2. (transitive) to evade, elude
  3. (transitive) to sidestep, to strafe
  4. (reflexive) to slip away

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛs.ki.ve/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French esquiver (“to escape”), from Spanish esquivar (“to avoid, reject, elude”), itself from Old French eschiver from Proto-West Germanic *skiuhan, if not formed from esquivo.

se soustraire à

esquirer

s’échapper

mettre hors circuit

se cacher

se baisser

s’écarter

s’esquiver

s’incliner

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