# esquivar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From esquiu +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [əs.kiˈβa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [əs.kiˈva]
* IPA: (Valencia) [es.kiˈvaɾ]

### Verb

esquivar (first-person singular present esquivo, first-person singular preterite esquiví, past participle esquivat)
* (transitive) to avoid, to dodge, to evade
* (transitive) to scare off, to frighten away
* (reflexive) to shy away, to withdraw

#### Synonyms

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

#### Further reading

* “esquivar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* eschivar (Languedoc, Limousin)

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

esquivar (Languedoc)
* (transitive) to dodge (a blow), duck

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /is.kiˈva(ʁ)/ [is.kiˈva(h)], /es.kiˈva(ʁ)/ [es.kiˈva(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /is.kiˈva(ʁ)/ [is.kiˈva(h)], /es.kiˈva(ʁ)/ [es.kiˈva(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /is.kiˈva(ɾ)/, /es.kiˈva(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃ.kiˈva(ʁ)/ [iʃ.kiˈva(χ)], /eʃ.kiˈva(ʁ)/ [eʃ.kiˈva(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /es.kiˈva(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kiˈvaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kiˈvaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kiˈbaɾ/ [(i)ʃ.kiˈβaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kiˈva.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: es‧qui‧var

### Verb

esquivar (first-person singular present esquivo, first-person singular preterite esquivei, past participle esquivado)
* to eschew, to shun
* to avoid (to keep away from)
* to swerve (turn aside or deviate to avoid impact)

#### Conjugation

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

#### Synonyms

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

#### Related terms

* esquiva
* esquivamente
* esquivamento
* esquivança
* esquivante
* esquivez
* esquiveza
* esquivo
* esquivoso

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Old French eschiver (“to dread, shun, avoid”) (modern French esquiver), from Frankish *skiuhan (“to dread, shun, avoid”), from Proto-Germanic *skiuhwaną, *skiwaną (“to frighten”). Cognate with English eschew, Old High German sciuhen (“to frighten, make fearful”), and Dutch schuwen (“to caution”). More at shy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eskiˈbaɾ/ [es.kiˈβ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: es‧qui‧var

### Verb

esquivar (first-person singular present esquivo, first-person singular preterite esquivé, past participle esquivado)
* to dodge, to duck, to evade
* to avoid, to bypass, to sidestep, to get around, to circumvent

#### 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.

#### Related terms

* esquivo

#### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10