evitar in Spanish: to avoid, to prevent (verb)

Translation

to avoid, to prevent

Word origin

From Latin evitare ('to avoid'), from vitare. The same root gives English inevitable.

Verb type-ar regular

Regular -ar conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Person	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Future	Conditional
yo	evito	evité	evitaba	evitaré	evitaría
tú	evitas	evitaste	evitabas	evitarás	evitarías
él/ella/ud.	evita	evitó	evitaba	evitará	evitaría
nos.	evitamos	evitamos	evitábamos	evitaremos	evitaríamos
vos.	evitáis	evitasteis	evitabais	evitaréis	evitaríais
ellos/uds.	evitan	evitaron	evitaban	evitarán	evitarían

Person	Present	Imperfect (-ra)	Imperfect (-se)
yo	evite	evitara	evitase
tú	evites	evitaras	evitases
él/ella/ud.	evite	evitara	evitase
nos.	evitemos	evitáramos	evitásemos
vos.	evitéis	evitarais	evitaseis
ellos/uds.	eviten	evitaran	evitasen

.

I try to avoid the main streets at this hour.

.

We could not prevent the accident.

azúcar .

Avoid sugar if you want to lose weight.

tráfico, .

To avoid the traffic, we leave before seven.

.

She avoids speaking about that matter in front of her father.

impedir

to prevent, to stop

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