# evitar
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin ēvītāre.

### Verb

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

#### Conjugation
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvītāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ə.βiˈta]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ə.viˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [e.viˈtaɾ]
* Homophone: habitar (Central)

### Verb

evitar (first-person singular present evito, first-person singular preterite evití, past participle evitat)
* to avoid, prevent from happening or encountering

#### Related terms

* evitable
* evitació

### Further reading

* “evitar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “evitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “evitar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “evitar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin ēvītāre.

### Verb

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

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* evitábel, evitable

### Further reading

* “evitar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “evitar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin ēvītāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /e.viˈta(ʁ)/ [e.viˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /e.viˈta(ʁ)/ [e.viˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /e.viˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /e.viˈta(ʁ)/ [e.viˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /e.viˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.viˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.viˈtaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /i.biˈtaɾ/ [i.βiˈtaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /i.viˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: e‧vi‧tar

### Verb

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

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:evitar.

#### Related terms

* evitável

### Further reading

* “evitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvītāre whence English inevitable.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ebiˈtaɾ/ [e.β̞iˈt̪aɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: e‧vi‧tar

### Verb

evitar (first-person singular present evito, first-person singular preterite evité, past participle evitado)
* 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.
* 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)
    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.
* to spare, to save (to relieve someone having to experience something)
* to guard against, to ward off
* (reflexive) to spare oneself

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* evitar como la plaga

#### Related terms

* evitable
* evitación
* inevitable

### Further reading

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