scansare

Meaning

1. (transitive) to pull
2. (transitive) to dodge, sidestep
3. (transitive) to shirk, avoid (a bad situation, person, etc.)

Concepts

avoid

move aside

dodge

fudge

sidestep

parry

duck

🦆

shirk

ward off

circumvent

elude

evade

hedge

put off

skirt

Synonyms

evitare

schivare

eludere

sottrarsi

sviare

deviare

scanza’

dare buca

abbassarsi

aggirare

astenersi

guardarsi

parare

Translations

éviter

evitar

esquivar

evitar

evitar

esquivar

eludir

esquivar

تفادى

afweren

esquiver

écarter

canard

🦆

ausweichen

déplacer

Hyphenated as

scan‧sà‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/skanˈsa.re/

Etymology

From s- (“intensifying prefix”) + archaic or literary cansare (from Latin campsāre (“to turn or sail around a place”), related to Ancient Greek κάμπτω (kámptō, “I turn”)).