Spanish-English translations for esquivar

• dodge
  I am much more afraid at home, in Prague, where I see tourists barely managing to dodge the cars, and I prefer not to cycle at home anymore. Paso mucho más miedo en mi ciudad, Praga, donde veo cómo los turistas apenas consiguen esquivar los coches, y prefiero no montar ya en bici allí.
  It seeks to dodge the one huge issue that is really exercising heads of government across the EU: this is the elephant in the room, and it is called the European Constitution. Pretende esquivar la única cuestión ingente que realmente está poniendo a prueba a los Jefes de Gobierno de toda la UE: resulta imposible de pasar por alto y se llama Constitución Europea.
  He dodged traffic crossing the street.
• weasel out
• avoid
  Devaluations would have been inevitable and we would not have avoided a currency crisis. Las devaluaciones habrían sido inevitables y no habríamos podido esquivar una crisis monetaria.
  To avoid this iceberg, Mr Alexander, you have to sail in the direction of the Böge report. Para esquivar este iceberg, señor Alexander, deben seguir ustedes el rumbo del informe Böge.
  An Aviation Safety Agency could also be an example of EU integration at its best, provided that the pitfalls of bureaucracy are avoided. La Agencia de Seguridad Aérea bien podría ser el mejor ejemplo de la integración de la UE, siempre que podamos esquivar los escollos de la burocracia.
• duck
  This ducks the difficult issues posed by the need for stock recovery. Esto es esquivar los difíciles problemas planteados por la necesidad de que se recuperen las poblaciones.
  Im just going to duck into the loo for a minute, can you hold my bag?
  A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.
• ward off
  He raised his arms to ward off the attack
  He wore garlic to ward off vampires

Related words

• esquivó
• Esquivias
• esquivar un tema