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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin ēvītāre.

Verb

evitar (first-person singular indicative present evito, past participle evitáu)

  1. to avoid

Conjugation

Conjugation of evitar
infinitive evitar
gerund evitando
past participle m evitáu, f evitada, n evitao, m pl evitaos, f pl evitaes
person first singular
yo 		second singular
tu 		third singular
él/elli 		first plural
nosotros/nós 		second plural
vosotros/vós 		third plural
ellos
indicative present evito evites evita evitamos evitáis eviten
imperfect evitaba evitabes evitaba evitábemos, evitábamos evitabeis, evitabais evitaben
preterite evité evitasti, evitesti evitó evitemos evitastis, evitestis evitaron
pluperfect evitare, evitara evitares, evitaras evitare, evitara evitáremos, evitáramos evitareis, evitarais evitaren, evitaran
future evitaré evitarás evitará evitaremos evitaréis evitarán
conditional evitaría evitaríes evitaría evitaríemos, evitaríamos evitaríeis, evitaríais evitaríen
subjunctive present evite evites, evitas evite evitemos evitéis eviten, evitan
imperfect evitare, evitara evitares, evitaras evitare, evitara evitáremos, evitáramos evitareis, evitarais evitaren, evitaran
imperative — evita — — evitái —

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvītāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

evitar (first-person singular present evito, first-person singular preterite evití, past participle evitat)

  1. to avoid, prevent from happening or encountering

Conjugation

    Conjugation of evitar (first conjugation)
infinitive evitar
gerund evitant
past participle masculine feminine
singular evitat evitada
plural evitats evitades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present evito evites evita evitem eviteu eviten
imperfect evitava evitaves evitava evitàvem evitàveu evitaven
future evitaré evitaràs evitarà evitarem evitareu evitaran
preterite evití evitares evità evitàrem evitàreu evitaren
conditional evitaria evitaries evitaria evitaríem evitaríeu evitarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present eviti evitis eviti evitem eviteu evitin
imperfect evités evitessis evités evitéssim evitéssiu evitessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — evita eviti evitem eviteu evitin
negative (no) — no evitis no eviti no evitem no eviteu no evitin

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin ēvītāre.

Verb

evitar (first-person singular present evito, first-person singular preterite evitei, past participle evitado)

  1. to avoid

Conjugation

    Conjugation of evitar
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal evitar
Personal evitar evitares evitar evitarmos evitardes evitaren
Gerund
evitando
Past participle
Masculine evitado evitados
Feminine evitada evitadas
Indicative
Present evito evitas evita evitamos evitades evitan
Imperfect evitaba evitabas evitaba evitabamos evitabades evitaban
Preterite evitei evitaches evitou evitamos evitastes evitaron
Pluperfect evitara evitaras evitara evitaramos evitarades evitaran
Future evitarei evitarás evitará evitaremos evitaredes evitarán
Conditional evitaría evitarías evitaría evitariamos evitariades evitarían
Subjunctive
Present evite evites evite evitemos evitedes eviten
Imperfect evitase evitases evitase evitásemos evitásedes evitasen
Future evitar evitares evitar evitarmos evitardes evitaren
Imperative
Affirmative evita evite evitemos evitade eviten
Negative (non) non evites non evite non evitemos non evitedes non eviten
    Reintegrated conjugation of evitar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti / tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal evitar
Personal evitar evitares evitar evitarmos evitardes evitarem
Gerund
evitando
Past participle
Masculine evitado evitados
Feminine evitada evitadas
Indicative
Present evito evitas evita evitamos evitades, evitais evitam
Imperfect evitava evitavas evitava evitávamos evitávades, evitáveis, evitávais1 evitavam
Preterite evitei evitaste, evitache1 evitou evitamos evitastes evitárom, evitaram
Pluperfect evitara evitaras evitara evitáramos evitárades, evitáreis, evitárais1 evitaram
Future evitarei evitarás evitará evitaremos evitaredes, evitareis evitarám, evitarão
Conditional evitaria evitarias evitaria evitaríamos evitaríades, evitaríeis, evitaríais1 evitariam
Subjunctive
Present evite evites evite evitemos evitedes, eviteis evitem
Imperfect evitasse evitasses evitasse evitássemos evitássedes, evitásseis evitassem
Future evitar evitares evitar evitarmos evitardes evitarem
Imperative
Affirmative evita evite evitemos evitade, evitai evitem
Negative (nom) nom evites nom evite nom evitemos nom evitedes, nom eviteis nom evitem

1Less recommended.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ēvītāre.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: e‧vi‧tar

Verb

evitar (first-person singular present evito, first-person singular preterite evitei, past participle evitado)

  1. to avoid

Conjugation

    Conjugation of evitar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal evitar
Personal evitar evitares evitar evitarmos evitardes evitarem
Gerund
evitando
Past participle
Masculine evitado evitados
Feminine evitada evitadas
Indicative
Present evito evitas evita evitamos evitais evitam
Imperfect evitava evitavas evitava evitávamos evitáveis evitavam
Preterite evitei evitaste evitou evitamos1, evitámos2 evitastes evitaram
Pluperfect evitara evitaras evitara evitáramos evitáreis evitaram
Future evitarei evitarás evitará evitaremos evitareis evitarão
Conditional evitaria evitarias evitaria evitaríamos evitaríeis evitariam
Subjunctive
Present evite evites evite evitemos eviteis evitem
Imperfect evitasse evitasses evitasse evitássemos evitásseis evitassem
Future evitar evitares evitar evitarmos evitardes evitarem
Imperative
Affirmative evita evite evitemos evitai evitem
Negative (não) não evites não evite não evitemos não eviteis não evitem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvītāre whence English inevitable.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ebiˈtaɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: e‧vi‧tar

Verb

evitar (first-person singular present evito, first-person singular preterite evité, past participle evitado)

  1. to avoid, to bypass, to evade, to circumvent, to dodge, to shun, to eschew (to steer clear of)
    Synonyms: rehuir, esquivar
    Después de haberlo evitado muchas horas, acabó por decirnos la verdad.
    After having avoided it for several hours, he ended up telling us the truth.
  2. to avoid, to prevent, to keep from, to stop from, to avert, to obviate, to deter
  3. to help (abstain from doing) (always in the negative)
    No puedo evitar pensar en lo que podría haber sido si yo simplemente hubiera tomado el riesgo.
    I can't help but wonder what could have been if I had just taken the risk.
  4. to spare, to save (to relieve someone having to experience something)
  5. to guard against, to ward off
  6. (reflexive) to spare oneself

Conjugation

    Conjugation of evitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive evitar
gerund evitando
past participle masculine feminine
singular evitado evitada
plural evitados evitadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present evito evitastú
evitásvos 		evita evitamos evitáis evitan
imperfect evitaba evitabas evitaba evitábamos evitabais evitaban
preterite evité evitaste evitó evitamos evitasteis evitaron
future evitaré evitarás evitará evitaremos evitaréis evitarán
conditional evitaría evitarías evitaría evitaríamos evitaríais evitarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present evite evitestú
evitésvos2 		evite evitemos evitéis eviten
imperfect
(ra) 		evitara evitaras evitara evitáramos evitarais evitaran
imperfect
(se) 		evitase evitases evitase evitásemos evitaseis evitasen
future1 evitare evitares evitare evitáremos evitareis evitaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative evitatú
evitávos 		evite evitemos evitad eviten
negative no evites no evite no evitemos no evitéis no eviten

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of evitar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive evitar
dative evitarme evitarte evitarle, evitarse evitarnos evitaros evitarles, evitarse
accusative evitarme evitarte evitarlo, evitarla, evitarse evitarnos evitaros evitarlos, evitarlas, evitarse
with gerund evitando
dative evitándome evitándote evitándole, evitándose evitándonos evitándoos evitándoles, evitándose
accusative evitándome evitándote evitándolo, evitándola, evitándose evitándonos evitándoos evitándolos, evitándolas, evitándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative evita
dative evítame evítate evítale evítanos not used evítales
accusative evítame evítate evítalo, evítala evítanos not used evítalos, evítalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative evitá
dative evitame evitate evitale evitanos not used evitales
accusative evitame evitate evitalo, evitala evitanos not used evitalos, evitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative evite
dative evíteme not used evítele, evítese evítenos not used evíteles
accusative evíteme not used evítelo, evítela, evítese evítenos not used evítelos, evítelas
with first-person plural imperative evitemos
dative not used evitémoste evitémosle evitémonos evitémoos evitémosles
accusative not used evitémoste evitémoslo, evitémosla evitémonos evitémoos evitémoslos, evitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative evitad
dative evitadme not used evitadle evitadnos evitaos evitadles
accusative evitadme not used evitadlo, evitadla evitadnos evitaos evitadlos, evitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative eviten
dative evítenme not used evítenle evítennos not used evítenles, evítense
accusative evítenme not used evítenlo, evítenla evítennos not used evítenlos, evítenlas, evítense

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