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esquivar

/eskiˈbaɾ/

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verb/eskiˈbaɾ/

to dodge, to duck, to evade; to avoid, to bypass, to sidestep, to get around, to circumvent

From esquivo + -ar. Cognate with English eschew, Old High German sciuhen (“to frighten, make fearful”), and Dutch schuwen (“to caution”). More at shy.