evasive

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• /ɪˈveɪsɪv/
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From French évasif, from Latin ēvādō.

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: укло́нчив (uklónčiv) — Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself
• Catalan: evasiu — Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself
• Chinese Mandarin: 迴避 /回避 (huíbì) — Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself
• Chinese Mandarin: 閃爍其詞 /闪烁其词 (shǎnshuòqící) — Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself
• Chinese Mandarin: 含糊其辭 /含糊其辞 (hánhú qí cí) — Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself
• Chinese Mandarin: 顧左右而言他 /顾左右而言他 (gù zuǒyòu ér yán tā) — Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself
• Czech: vyhýbavý — Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself
• Esperanto: evitema — Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself
• Finnish: välttelevä — Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself
• Finnish: kiertelevä — Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself
• French: évasif — Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself
• German: vorsichtig — Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself
• German: zugeknöpft — Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself
• German: glatt wie ein Aal sein — Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself
• Māori: whakaperori — Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself
• Norwegian: lukket — Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself
• Norwegian: innesluttet — Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself
• Russian: укло́нчивый (uklónčivyj) — Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself
• Basque: iheskor — Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action
• Catalan: evasiu — Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action
• Finnish: väistö- — Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action
• German: ausweichend — Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action
• Latin: ēvāsīvus — Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action
• Māori: whakaperori — Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action
• Māori: whakatītaha — Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action
• Norwegian: unnvikende — Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action
• Occitan: evasiu — Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action
• Portuguese: esquivo — Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action
• Russian: уклоня́ющийся (uklonjájuščijsja) — Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action
• Spanish: evasivo — Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action