evitar

/ebiˈtaɾ/, [e.β̞iˈt̪aɾ]

avoid, to avoid

Gerund: evitando

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	evitado	evitada
Plural	evitados	evitadas

Indicative

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

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	evite	evitara	evitase	evitare
tú	evites	evitaras	evitases	evitares
él/ella/Ud.	evite	evitara	evitase	evitare
nosotros	evitemos	evitáramos	evitásemos	evitáremos
vosotros	evitéis	evitarais	evitaseis	evitareis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	eviten	evitaran	evitasen	evitaren
vos	evités	evitaras	evitases	evitares

Imperative

Examples

No pudimos evitar reirnos del chiste del profesor.

We couldn't help laughing at the teacher's joke.

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De nuevo pude evitar la muerte.

Again I was able to escape death.

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Espero que puedas evitar todos los errores estúpidos que los aficionados comúnmente cometen.

I hope you can avoid all the stupid mistakes that amateurs usually make.

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No podemos evitar extrañarte.

We cannot help missing you badly.

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Creemos firmemente que al componer oraciones, el autor debe evitar caer en el mal hábito consistente en el uso de demasiadas palabras innecesarias, que en realidad son absolutamente superfluas a la luz de lo que se quiere expresar.

We firmly believe that when composing sentences, the author should avoid falling into the bad habit inherent in the use of too many unnecessary words, which are actually absolutely superfluous in light of the intended meaning.

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Sus padres no pueden evitar preocuparse por sus heridas.

Her parents can't help worrying about her injuries.

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Ella no pudo evitar estallar en una carcajada.

She couldn't help bursting into laughter.

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Tom no pudo evitar sonreír.

Tom could not help smiling.

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No pudo evitar sentir lástima por él.

She couldn't help feeling sorry for him.

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No puedo evitar admirar su valor.

I cannot help admiring his courage.

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