evade

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• /ɪˈveɪd/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 V EY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: IY0 V EY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French évader, from Latin ēvādō (“to pass or go over; flee”), from ē (“out of, from”) + vādō (“to go; walk”). See also wade.

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: yayınmaq — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Basque: itzuri — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Bulgarian: отбя́гвам (otbjágvam) — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Bulgarian: отбя́гна (otbjágna) — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Catalan: evadir — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Catalan: eludir — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Chinese Cantonese: 閃 /闪 (sim2) — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Chinese Mandarin: 閃 /闪 (shǎn) — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Chinese Mandarin: 逃脫 /逃脱 (táotuō) — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Chinese Mandarin: 躲開 /躲开 (duǒkai) — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Czech: vyhnout se — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Dutch: ontlopen — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Esperanto: eviti — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Finnish: väistää — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Finnish: välttää — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Finnish: livistää — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Finnish: laistaa — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• French: esquiver — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• German: ausweichen — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Hungarian: elkerül — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Italian: schivare — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Italian: evitare — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Italian: eludere — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Khmer: គេច (kɨc) — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Latin: evado — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Latin: eludo — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Latin: subterfugio — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Māori: karo — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Māori: papare — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Māori: whakatītaha — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Mongolian: бултах (bultax) — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Old English: forbūgan — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Russian: уклоня́ться (uklonjátʹsja) — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Russian: уклони́ться (uklonítʹsja) — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Spanish: evadir — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Spanish: soslayar — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Spanish: dar esquinazo — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Ottoman Turkish: قاچمق (kaçmak) — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Ukrainian: ухиля́тися (uxyljátysja) — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Vietnamese: tránh — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Vietnamese: trốn — to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
• Bulgarian: изплъзвам се (izplǎzvam se) — to escape or slip away
• Catalan: evadir — to escape or slip away
• Chinese Mandarin: 溜走 (liūzǒu) — to escape or slip away
• Chinese Mandarin: 脫身 /脱身 (tuōshēn) — to escape or slip away
• Finnish: paeta — to escape or slip away
• Finnish: livistää — to escape or slip away
• Finnish: välttää — to escape or slip away
• Finnish: väistää — to escape or slip away
• French: s'évader — to escape or slip away
• German: meiden — to escape or slip away
• Italian: evadere — to escape or slip away
• Italian: eludere — to escape or slip away
• Latin: evado — to escape or slip away
• Latin: subtefugio — to escape or slip away
• Latin: subterfugio — to escape or slip away
• Middle English: schonten — to escape or slip away
• Russian: ускольза́ть (uskolʹzátʹ) — to escape or slip away
• Russian: ускользну́ть (uskolʹznútʹ) — to escape or slip away
• Spanish: evadir — to escape or slip away
• Bulgarian: избя́гвам (izbjágvam) — to attempt to escape
• Bulgarian: избя́гам (izbjágam) — to attempt to escape
• Finnish: yrittää paeta — to attempt to escape
• German: sich entziehen — to attempt to escape
• Italian: evadere — to attempt to escape
• Latin: evado — to attempt to escape
• Russian: избега́ть (izbegátʹ) — to attempt to escape
• Russian: избежа́ть (izbežátʹ) — to attempt to escape
• Spanish: evadir — to attempt to escape