esquiver
- (transitive) to dodge (a blow), duck
- (transitive) to evade, elude
- (transitive) to sidestep, to strafe
- (reflexive) to slip away
Frequency
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.
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