evitar

to avoid, to bypass, to evade, to…

501–1,000 #679

Meanings

verb

to avoid, to bypass, to evade, to circumvent, to dodge, to shun, to eschew (to steer clear of)
to avoid, to prevent, to keep from, to stop from, to avert, to obviate, to deter
to help (abstain from doing) (always in the negative)
to spare, to save (to relieve someone having to experience something)
to guard against, to ward off
reflexive to spare oneself

Conjugation

Gerund evitando · past participle evitado

Indicative

	present	imperfect	preterite	future	conditional
yo	evito	evitaba	evité	evitaré	evitaría
tú	evitas	evitabas	evitaste	evitarás	evitarías
vos	evitás	evitabas	evitaste	evitarás	evitarías
él, ella, usted	evita	evitaba	evitó	evitará	evitaría
nosotros	evitamos	evitábamos	evitamos	evitaremos	evitaríamos
vosotros	evitáis	evitabais	evitasteis	evitaréis	evitaríais
ellos, ellas, ustedes	evitan	evitaban	evitaron	evitarán	evitarían

Subjunctive

	present	imperfect (-ra)	imperfect (-se)	future
yo	evite	evitara	evitase	evitare
tú	evites	evitaras	evitases	evitares
vos	evités	evitaras	evitases	evitares
él, ella, usted	evite	evitara	evitase	evitare
nosotros	evitemos	evitáramos	evitásemos	evitáremos
vosotros	evitéis	evitarais	evitaseis	evitareis
ellos, ellas, ustedes	eviten	evitaran	evitasen	evitaren

Imperative

	affirmative	negative
tú	evita	no evites
vos	evitá
usted	evite	no evite
nosotros	evitemos	no evitemos
vosotros	evitad	no evitéis
ustedes	eviten	no eviten

In sentences

Él me evita. He avoids me. #3272929

Me evitaban. I was shunned. #10268258

Evito a Tom. I avoid Tom. #13651544

Ella me evita. She avoids me. #1268860

Deja de evitarme. Stop avoiding me. #3170843

No puedo evitarlo. I can't help it. #704304

Me estás evitando. You're avoiding me. #2228346

No se puede evitar. It can't be helped. #728496