esquivar

From esquiu +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əs.kiˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əs.kiˈva]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.kiˈvaɾ]

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esquivar (first-person singular present esquivo, first-person singular preterite esquiví, past participle esquivat)

1. (transitive) to avoid, to dodge, to evade
2. (transitive) to scare off, to frighten away
3. (reflexive) to shy away, to withdraw

• (avoid): eludir, evitar
• (frighten): espantar
• (escape): evadir-se

• “esquivar”, 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

• eschivar (Languedoc, Limousin)

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esquivar (Languedoc)

1. (transitive) to dodge (a blow), duck

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 280.

From esquivo (“asocial; elusive; untamable”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: es‧qui‧var

esquivar (first-person singular present esquivo, first-person singular preterite esquivei, past participle esquivado)

1. to eschew, to shun
2. to avoid (to keep away from)
3. to swerve (turn aside or deviate to avoid impact)

• (to shun): desdenhar, desprezar, menoscabar, menosprezar
• (to avoid): evitar

From esquivo +‎ -ar. Cognate with English eschew, Old High German sciuhen (“to frighten, make fearful”), and Dutch schuwen (“to caution”). More at shy.

• IPA^(key): /eskiˈbaɾ/ [es.kiˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧qui‧var

esquivar (first-person singular present esquivo, first-person singular preterite esquivé, past participle esquivado)

1. to dodge, to duck, to evade
2. to avoid, to bypass, to sidestep, to get around, to circumvent

• “esquivar”, 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