eludir

Borrowed from Latin ēlūdere (“to evade, to elude”), with normal change of conjugation to -ir, from ē- (“out of”), short form of ex-, + lūdō (“to play; to trick”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.luˈði]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.luˈðiɾ]
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

eludir (first-person singular present eludeixo, first-person singular preterite eludí, past participle eludit)

1. to elude, evade

• elusiu

• “eludir”, 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
• “eludir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “eludir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “eludir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin ēlūdere (“evade, elude”), from ē (“out of”), short form of ex, + lūdō (“play; trick”), with change in conjugation.

• Hyphenation: e‧lu‧dir

eludir (first-person singular present eludo, first-person singular preterite eludi, past participle eludido)

1. (transistive) to elude, evade (largely substituted with iludir)

   Synonyms: iludir, evadir

From Latin ēlūdere (“evade, elude”), from ē (“out of”), short form of ex, + lūdō (“play; trick”).

• IPA^(key): /eluˈdiɾ/ [e.luˈð̞iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: e‧lu‧dir

eludir (first-person singular present eludo, first-person singular preterite eludí, past participle eludido)

1. (transitive) to circumvent, to elude, to avoid, to evade, to escape, to get around
2. (transitive) to bypass
3. (transitive) to shirk, to dodge (e.g. a responsibility)

   El presidente intentó eludir su responsibilidad, pero la gente vio a través de sus mentiras.

   The president attempted to shirk his responsibility, but people saw through his lies.

• burlar
• evitar

• “eludir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024