evitar
Portuguese, verb/e.viˈta(ʁ)/
evitar is spelled E-V-I-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears 83 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,168th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Evitar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to avoid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “procurar não fazer ou dizer (algo)”.
What does evitar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to avoid
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. procurar não fazer ou dizer (algo) 2. evadir; desviar-se de, fugir a, fazer o que puder para não ver, não encontrar, não se expor a 3. eximir-se ao encontro, ao trato ou à convivência de (alguém) 4. fazer com que algo não ocorra; impedir
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of evitar
- evito first-person present singular
- evitei first-person preterite singular
- evitado participle past
- evitares infinitive second-person singular
- evitarmos first-person infinitive plural
- evitardes infinitive plural second-person
- evitarem infinitive plural third-person
- evitando gerund
- evitados masculine participle past
- evitada feminine participle past
- evitadas feminine participle past
- evitas indicative present second-person
- evita indicative present singular
- evitamos first-person indicative plural
- evitais indicative plural present
- evitam indicative plural present
- evitava first-person imperfect indicative
- evitavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce evitar?
- Brazil /e.viˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [e.viˈta(h)]
- /e.viˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to evitar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is evitar in Portuguese?
evitar appears 83 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).