evasive

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪˈveɪsɪv/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɪˈveɪsɪv/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(i vā′siv)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
evasive adj (avoiding, evading)evasivo/a adj
 Robert's answers to the policeman's questions were evasive.
 Las respuestas de Robert hacia las preguntas del policía fueron evasivas.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
evasive action n ([sth] done to avert or avoid)maniobra evasiva nf + adj
 Luckily, the alert taxi driver saw the old woman trying to cross the street and took evasive action to avoid hitting her.
 Tuvo que hacer una maniobra evasiva para no atropellarlo.
  Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

'evasive' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
cagey - coy - dodger - double talk - elusory - equivocator - give the runaround - hedge - indirect - put off - shifty - shuffling - slippery - slippery as an eel - stall - stonewalling - tergiversate - twist and turn - weasely
Spanish:
evasivo - elusivo - escurridizo - esquivo - huidizo - solapado


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