to avoid

Meanings of "to avoid" with other terms in English Spanish Dictionary : 90 result(s)

	Category	English	Spanish
General
1	General	excuse to avoid	evasión [f]
2	General	excuse to avoid	evasiva [f]
3	General	accept a lesser evil to avoid a greater one	encabezarse [v]
4	General	not able to avoid something	no poder evitar [v]
5	General	not able to avoid something	no poder dejar de [v]
6	General	try to avoid something	recatarse de algo [v]
7	General	avoid attracting attention to yourself	evitar llamar la atención hacia uno mismo [v]
8	General	twist of the body to avoid a blow or fall	esguince [m]
9	General	quick movement to avoid a blow	regate [m]
10	General	twisting aside of pursued game to avoid capture	marro [m]
11	General	contrive to avoid	eludir [v]
12	General	rest content with the lesser evil in order to avoid the greater	encabezarse [v]
13	General	person who watches over the process of introducing sugar cane into the shredder to avoid obstructions (sugar industry)	alimentador de caña [m] CU
14	General	fence to avoid the crossing of animals	atajo [m] PRrarerur.
15	General	lie to avoid being arrested	barajo [m] BO
16	General	man who exaggerates in a conversation to avoid feeling inferior to others	cuello [m] BO
17	General	coating for floors with rough surface to avoid slips	fulget (de fulgett®) [m] CL
18	General	hillside reinforced with stones and sticks to avoid erosion	seto muerto [m] HN
19	General	spraying of crops with a disinfectant in order to avoid an infestation	dedetización [f] ARUY
20	General	exaggeration by a person in a conversation to avoid feeling inferior to others	cuelleada [f] BO
21	General	woman who exaggerates in a conversation to avoid feeling inferior to others	cuella [f] BO
22	General	escape by a delinquent to avoid being caught by the police	espiantada [f] BO
23	General	shimmy or rapid movement of a soccer player's body to avoid the opponent	kachaña [f] BO:W
24	General	shimmy or rapid movement of a soccer player's body to avoid the opponent	kachaña [f] CLrare
25	General	hunting or slaughter of animals in order to avoid overpopulation and maintain the ecological balance	saca [f] PE
26	General	body movement to avoid falling	gambeta [f] ARUY
27	General	exaggerated in a conversation to avoid feeling inferior to others	cuello [adj] BO
28	General	treated with some chemical to avoid weevil infestations (corn)	curado [adj] GTHNNI
29	General	with a mat over it's penis to avoid impregnating sows	enmantado [adj] HNrur.
30	General	rest content with the lesser evil in order to avoid the greater	encabezonar [v] disused
31	General	avoid a difficulty not to face it	culipandear [v] CUVE
32	General	hide something in order to avoid sharing it with someone	apuñalear [v] DO
33	General	avoid someone (due to mistrust/suspicion)	arisquear [v] NIARUYrur.
34	General	take a detour in order to avoid a problem	bypasear (inglés) [v] VECL
35	General	take a detour in order to avoid a problem	baipasear [v] VECL
36	General	impede progress to avoid a problem	baipasear (inglés) [v] VECLrare
37	General	manage to face and avoid difficulties	campanearse [v] PY
38	General	spray plants to avoid an infestation	dedetizar (de ddt, compuesto orgánico) [v] DOARUY
39	General	exaggerate in a conversation to avoid feeling inferior to others	cuellear [v] BO
40	General	conceal what one is doing to avoid being discovered	culear (del inglés to cool) [v] PR
41	General	move the steering wheel to avoid an obstacle or park a vehicle	cortar [v] CUDO
42	General	place a spell on an amulet to prevent or avoid curses	icarear [v] PE:E
43	General	place a spell on an amulet to prevent or avoid curses,	icarar [v] PE:Erur.
44	General	place a spell on an amulet to prevent or avoid curses,	icarear [v] PE:E
45	General	devious accounting or arithmetic to avoid paying debts or taxes	cuentas de gárinson [f/pl] HN
Idioms
46	Idioms	isolate oneself so as to avoid undesirable thoughts or interactions with people	encerrarse en su caparazón [v]
47	Idioms	retreat into one's mind to avoid undesirable thought or interactions with people	encerrarse en su caparazón [v]
48	Idioms	be able to avoid problems or complicated situations	tener cintura [v]
49	Idioms	have something to hide or keep secret (to avoid embarrassment)	tener cola que le pisen [v]
50	Idioms	have something to hide or keep secret (to avoid embarrassment)	tener un cadáver en el armario [v]
51	Idioms	look to avoid facing responsibility for one's acts	tirarse a muerto [v]
52	Idioms	play sick to avoid work	hacer la de rengo [v]
53	Idioms	try to avoid something/reject it	hacer la cobra [v]
54	Idioms	run away from a place to avoid a compromising situation	decir por aquí es camino [v] CR
55	Idioms	flee a place in order to avoid a compromising situation	decir por aquí es camino [v] CR
56	Idioms	get to know a person well to avoid problems with them or take advantage of them	coger el juego [v] CU
57	Idioms	fake an illness to avoid work	hacer roña [v] CO
58	Idioms	give up on something to avoid risk	irse al mazo [v] ARUY
59	Idioms	skillfully avoid someone to circumvent their vigilance and achieve a certain purpose	jugar cabeza [v] CU
60	Idioms	skillfully deceive someone to avoid having to do something determined	jugar cabeza [v] CU
61	Idioms	carry a heavy load to avoid carrying more loads	llevar la carga del haragán [v] DO
62	Idioms	ride along the edge of the road to avoid potholes and tracks from heavy vehicles	montar huella [v] BO:E
63	Idioms	leave a place to avoid something	pegarse el raje [v] ARUY
64	Idioms	leave to avoid responsibility	parar la manta [v] CR
65	Idioms	try to avoid something unpleasant	quitarle el culo a la jeringa [v] CL
Speaking
66	Speaking	in order to avoid any misunderstanding	para no incurrir en malentendidos
67	Speaking	in order to avoid any misunderstanding	para evitar malentendidos
68	Speaking	to avoid suspicion	para evitar sospechas
Phrasals
69	Phrasals	avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task	recatarse de [v]
Colloquial
70	Colloquial	attempt to avoid	mezquinar el cuerpo [v]
71	Colloquial	avoid or attempt to avoid	hurtar el cuerpo [v]
72	Colloquial	in order to avoid a misunderstanding	a efectos de evitar un malentendido
73	Colloquial	movement of one's body, generally to dodge or avoid a blow	cuerpeo [m] AR:Nw
74	Colloquial	movement of one's body, generally to dodge or avoid a blow	cuerpeada [f] BOPYARUY
75	Colloquial	maneuver to avoid a responsibility, obligation, or task	canchereada [f] AR
76	Colloquial	(a person) with a difficulty to avoid an embarrassing situation	abacorado (de abacorar) [adj] CU
77	Colloquial	moving very quickly, especially to dodge or avoid a blow	cuerpeador [adj] BOAR:N,W
78	Colloquial	talk about anything in order to avoid answering a question	guitarrear [v] AR
79	Colloquial	warn other criminals to avoid being caught	campanear [v] ARUY
80	Colloquial	walking very carefully to avoid falling	como lora en mosaico [adv] CR
81	Colloquial	(a person) with a difficulty to avoid an embarrassing situation	abacorada (de abacorar) [adj/f] CU
Law
82	Law	legal right of certain landowners to buy or sell adjoining land to avoid the excessive division of cultivated land	retracto de aledaños [m]
83	Law	legal right of certain landowners to buy or sell adjoining land to avoid the excessive division of cultivated land	retracto de colindantes [m]
84	Law	removal to avoid tax	traslado con fines de evasión fiscal
Maritime
85	Maritime	abrupt movement of the steering wheel to avoid something in the road	cabrillazo [m] COrare
Mining
86	Mining	reinforce with rock walls to avoid collapse	potear [v] BO:Sw
Sports
87	Sports	action of catching, stopping or redirecting a ball to avoid getting it into the goal (soccer and other sports)	atajada [f] MXGTHNSVNICRCOECARUYPY
88	Sports	action of catching, stopping or redirecting a ball to avoid getting it into the goal (soccer and other sports)	atajar [v] MXHNECPEBOCLPYARUY
Football
89	Football	rapid movement with the body to avoid an opponent	floreo [m] BO:C
90	Football	rapid movement of the player's body to avoid the opponent	guiñada [f] AR