Avoid in Different Languages
Discover 'Avoid' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Avoid
Afrikaans verhoed | ||
Albanian shmangni | ||
Amharic አስወግድ | ||
Arabic تجنب | ||
Armenian խուսափել | ||
Assamese এৰাই চলক | ||
Aymara jark'aña | ||
Azerbaijani çəkinin | ||
Bambara fɛngɛ | ||
Basque saihestu | ||
Belarusian пазбягаць | ||
Bengali এড়াতে | ||
Bhojpuri टालल | ||
Bosnian izbjegavajte | ||
Bulgarian да се избегне | ||
Catalan evitar | ||
Cebuano likayan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 避免 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 避免 | ||
Corsican evità | ||
Croatian izbjegavajte | ||
Czech vyhýbat se | ||
Danish undgå | ||
Dhivehi ދުރުކުރުން | ||
Dogri परहेज | ||
Dutch vermijden | ||
English avoid | ||
Esperanto eviti | ||
Estonian vältima | ||
Ewe de axa | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) iwasan | ||
Finnish välttää | ||
French éviter | ||
Frisian mije | ||
Galician evitar | ||
Georgian თავიდან აცილება | ||
German vermeiden | ||
Greek αποφύγει | ||
Guarani jehekýi | ||
Gujarati ટાળો | ||
Haitian Creole evite | ||
Hausa kauce | ||
Hawaiian hōʻalo | ||
Hebrew לְהִמָנַע | ||
Hindi से बचने | ||
Hmong zam | ||
Hungarian elkerül | ||
Icelandic forðast | ||
Igbo zere | ||
Ilocano liklikan | ||
Indonesian menghindari | ||
Irish seachain | ||
Italian evitare | ||
Japanese 避ける | ||
Javanese ngindhari | ||
Kannada ತಪ್ಪಿಸಲು | ||
Kazakh болдырмау | ||
Khmer ជៀសវាង | ||
Kinyarwanda irinde | ||
Konkani टाळप | ||
Korean 기피 | ||
Krio avɔyd | ||
Kurdish bergirtin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەدوورگرتن | ||
Kyrgyz качуу | ||
Lao ຫລີກລ້ຽງ | ||
Latin fugiunt, | ||
Latvian izvairīties | ||
Lingala koboya | ||
Lithuanian venkite | ||
Luganda okweewala | ||
Luxembourgish vermeiden | ||
Macedonian избегнувајте | ||
Maithili टालि दिय | ||
Malagasy aza | ||
Malay elakkan | ||
Malayalam ഒഴിവാക്കുക | ||
Maltese evita | ||
Maori karo | ||
Marathi टाळा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯩꯗꯣꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo hawisan | ||
Mongolian зайлсхийх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကိုရှောင်ကြဉ် | ||
Nepali बेवास्ता गर्नुहोस् | ||
Norwegian unngå | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) pewani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଏଡାନ୍ତୁ | | ||
Oromo dhiisi | ||
Pashto ډډه وکړئ | ||
Persian اجتناب کردن | ||
Polish uniknąć | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) evitar | ||
Punjabi ਬਚੋ | ||
Quechua witiy | ||
Romanian evita | ||
Russian избегать | ||
Samoan aloese | ||
Sanskrit वर्जयतु | ||
Scots Gaelic seachain | ||
Sepedi efoga | ||
Serbian избегавати | ||
Sesotho qoba | ||
Shona nzvenga | ||
Sindhi پاسو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) වළකින්න | ||
Slovak vyhnúť sa | ||
Slovenian izogibajte se | ||
Somali iska ilaali | ||
Spanish evitar | ||
Sundanese nyingkahan | ||
Swahili epuka | ||
Swedish undvika | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) iwasan | ||
Tajik пешгирӣ кардан | ||
Tamil தவிர்க்கவும் | ||
Tatar саклан | ||
Telugu నివారించండి | ||
Thai หลีกเลี่ยง | ||
Tigrinya አወግድ | ||
Tsonga papalata | ||
Turkish önlemek | ||
Turkmen gaça dur | ||
Twi (Akan) po | ||
Ukrainian уникати | ||
Urdu سے بچنا | ||
Uyghur ساقلىنىڭ | ||
Uzbek qochmoq | ||
Vietnamese tránh | ||
Welsh osgoi | ||
Xhosa thintela | ||
Yiddish ויסמיידן | ||
Yoruba yago fun | ||
Zulu gwema |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Verhoed" is derived from the Dutch word "behoeden", which means "to protect" or "to prevent." |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "shmangni" also means "to evade" or "to escape". |
| Amharic | Amharic "አስወግድ" ("avoid") is derived from the Proto-Semitic root "*s-w-g", meaning "to drive away". |
| Arabic | "تجنب" can also mean "to dodge" or "to be cautious" in Arabic. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "çəkinin" comes from the Old Turkic "çək" meaning "to draw" and the infinitive suffix "in" meaning "to." Thus, "çəkinin" originally meant "to withdraw, to shrink back." |
| Basque | The Basque word "saihestu" originated from "saioa" (trial) and "hutsu" (empty), meaning "to make an empty trial." |
| Belarusian | "Пазбягаць" (avoid) derives from the Proto-Slavic verb *bęgati (to run), and its prefix "па-" may have been used to indicate an opposite or negative action, thus "to avoid." |
| Bengali | The verb 'এড়াতে' ('avoid') also implies taking physical steps to steer clear of someone or something. |
| Bosnian | The word "izbjegavajte" in Bosnian originates from the Proto-Slavic word "*izbēgati" meaning "to run away" or "to escape". |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "да се избегне" also means to spare, save or prevent something from happening. |
| Catalan | "Evitar" in Catalan comes from Latin "evitare" which means "to get out of the way". Its alternate meaning is "to shun". |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, "likayan" can also refer to a person who is easily startled or one who is often ill. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 避免 can also mean 'exempt' or 'avoid paying taxes or duty'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 在中文中，“避免”也可以表示“躲避”或“逃避”。 |
| Corsican | Corsican "evità" derives from Latin "evitare," meaning "to shun" or "to get out of the way of." |
| Croatian | The word "Izbjegavajte" comes from the Proto-Slavic *izbēgati, meaning "to escape or avoid." |
| Czech | The Czech word "vyhýbat se" can also refer to "to dodge". This meaning may be more common in informal contexts. |
| Danish | The word "undgå" can also mean "to escape" or "to evade" in Danish. |
| Dutch | "Vermijden" literally means "to leave far" in Old Dutch. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word 'eviti' derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁ey- 'to go', also the origin of English 'avoid'. |
| Estonian | Vältima, the Estonian verb for "avoid," can also mean to endure or to survive. |
| Finnish | ‘Välttää’ can mean both ‘avoid’ and ‘need’ in Finnish, and is linked to the words ‘lack’ (‘puute’) and ‘fault’ (‘vähä’). |
| French | The word 'éviter' is derived from the Latin verb 'vitare,' which means 'to shun' or 'to keep away from'. |
| Frisian | The verb "mije" also means "to hesitate" and is rooted in the Old Frisian word "mijia", meaning "to miss". |
| Galician | The Galician word "evitar" can also mean "to prevent". |
| German | "Vermeiden" also means "vermeiden" (to worm away, to decay, to destroy)", meaning that it can have the connotation of "to get rid of something". |
| Greek | The Greek word "αποφύγει" derives from the prefix "από" meaning "away" and the verb "φύγω" meaning "to escape", hence "to avoid". |
| Gujarati | The word "ટાળો" originates from the Sanskrit word "त्राण" (trāṇa), meaning "protection" or "shelter", indicating its role in safeguarding against harm or danger. |
| Haitian Creole | The French word 'éviter' means 'evade' or 'elude' something which can be used to infer the Creole word 'evite.' |
| Hausa | 'Kauce', besides meaning 'avoid', can also mean to escape from danger, or to save someone from danger. |
| Hawaiian | The word hōʻalo can also mean 'to conceal' |
| Hebrew | The verb "לְהִמָנַע" comes from the root "מנע" which also means "to prevent", "to stop" or "to hold back". |
| Hindi | The word "से बचने" ("avoid") in Hindi literally means "to get away from" or "to escape." |
| Hmong | "Zam" is not a Hmong word for "avoid". But in the Hmong dialect of Guizhou, China, "zam" means "to hide, cover". |
| Hungarian | The word "elkerül" derives from the verb "kerül", meaning "to circle, go around, surround", and adds the prefix "el-" (away). |
| Icelandic | "Forðast" is a verb that originally meant "stay away from" or "refrain from". |
| Igbo | "Zere" can also mean "to turn away" or "to shun" in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | Menghindari can also refer to 'prevent' or 'refrain' from doing something. |
| Irish | The word "seachain" is derived from the Old Irish word "sech", meaning "past", and often implies avoiding something for a specific period of time. |
| Italian | The word 'evitare' derives from the Latin 'evitare,' which originally meant to go out of one's way or to shun. |
| Japanese | '避ける' also means 'to abstain' in some contexts. |
| Javanese | The word 'ngindhari' has a similar form with 'ingindheri' (to remember), but they have a different meaning. |
| Kannada | "ತಪ್ಪಿಸಲು" is a derivation from "ತಪ್ಪು" meaning "mistake", signifying "to keep clear or away from a mistake." |
| Kazakh | Болдырмау also means "to leave" or "to abandon" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | ជៀសវាង also means to escape, evade, get out of, shun, and steer clear of. |
| Korean | The word "기피" originally meant "to dislike or fear something."} |
| Kurdish | The word "bergirtin" in Kurdish means "avoid", and it shares an etymology with the Persian word "parheez" (to abstain, to avoid). |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "качуу" can also mean "to run away" or "to escape". |
| Lao | "ຫລີກລ້ຽງ" can also mean to evade, eschew, escape, get around, get out of, keep clear of, keep away from, shirk, skirt, slide away from, steer clear of, or duck. |
| Latin | The Latin word "fugiunt" also means "run away" or "flee". |
| Latvian | The word "izvairīties" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wei- "to bend, turn," also found in the English word "to avoid" and the Sanskrit word "vijati" "to weave, turn." |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "venkite" may also refer to a type of small boat used for recreational purposes. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "vermeiden" is derived from the Middle High German word "vermeiden," which also means "to avoid." However, in Luxembourgish, "vermeiden" can also mean "to forget" or "to ignore." |
| Macedonian | The word "избегнувајте" comes from the Old Church Slavonic word "ізбѣгати", which means "to flee" or "to escape". |
| Malagasy | The term 'Aza' also implies a sense of escape, refuge, or safe haven in Malagasy tradition. |
| Malay | The word "elakkan" in Malay is derived from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian word "*ilik" meaning "to turn away". It also has the alternate meaning of "to evade". |
| Malayalam | The word "ഒഴിവാക്കുക" is derived from the Old Malayalam word "ഒഴിവ്" meaning "empty space" or "gap". It has come to mean "to avoid" as in "to leave an empty space". |
| Maltese | The word "evita" in Maltese has Latin origins, coming from the word "evitare" which means to escape or withdraw from something. |
| Maori | The word "karo" in Maori can also refer to a "fence" or "enclosure". |
| Marathi | टाळा, "to avoid" in Marathi, can also mean "a small piece of wood used to fasten a knot" |
| Mongolian | "Зайлсхийх" also means "get rid of" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | The word "बेवास्ता गर्नुहोस्" can also be used to mean "to ignore" or "to disregard" |
| Norwegian | The word "unngå" originally meant to make a sharp turn or tack, as with a sailboat. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Pewani can also mean to 'deny' or 'refuse' something. |
| Pashto | ډډه وکړئ can also refer to fleeing, escaping, abstaining, or withdrawing. |
| Persian | اجتناب کردن (ejtenâb kardan) is derived from the Arabic root ج-ن-ب (j-n-b), which means "to turn aside" or "to shun." |
| Polish | "Uniknąć" in Polish also means "to escape" or "to run away". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The verb "evitar" comes from the Latin "evitare", meaning "to shun, to keep away from" and can also mean "to prevent". |
| Punjabi | The word "bacho" may also refer to the act of saving or rescuing someone or something from danger or harm. |
| Romanian | "Evita" derives from the verb "a evita" (to avoid) and originally meant "avoidance". Now, it also refers to the act of avoiding responsibility or effort. |
| Russian | Derived from the Slavic word 'begati' ('run'), it originally meant not to run into or toward someone or something. |
| Samoan | The word "aloese" in Samoan, which often means "avoid", is derived from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian root "*caluŋ"} |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word 'seachain' comes from 'seach,' meaning past or beyond, and 'achaidh,' meaning field, so it can also mean to go past a field. |
| Serbian | The word "избегавати" derives from the Old Slavic "begati", which means "to run" or "to escape." |
| Sesotho | The word "qoba" in Sesotho also means "beware" or "watch out" in English. |
| Shona | The Shona word 'nzvenga' also means 'to be careful' or 'to prevent something from happening'. |
| Sindhi | The word "پاسو" is derived from the Sanskrit word "पास" which means "to protect" or "to keep away". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The term "වළකින්න" is derived from the Sanskrit root "Vartaka" meaning "to turn away" or "to keep away from". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "vyhnúť sa" also means "to recover" in the context of illness, as "vyhnúť sa chorobe" ("to recover from illness"). |
| Slovenian | Izogibati se comes from the Slavic word ogibati and means to prevent, escape, or dodge. |
| Somali | 'Isk ilaali' also literally translates to 'don't guard' |
| Spanish | The word "evitar" derives from the Latin "evitare", meaning "to shun or withdraw from", and can also mean "to prevent or hinder". |
| Sundanese | "Nyingkahan" is a Sundanese word that can also mean "hide" or "dodge". |
| Swahili | The word "epuka" in Swahili derives from the Proto-Bantu root "-puk-" meaning "to flee" or "to escape". |
| Swedish | Undvika, a verb in Swedish that directly translates to "avoid", is also semantically identical to "undgå" in Norwegian and "unngå" in Bokmål. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "iwasan" in Tagalog also means "to shun," "to steer clear of," or "to keep away from." |
| Tajik | "Пешгирӣ кардан" is a Tajik phrase meaning "to avoid," but it also has the alternate meaning of "to prevent". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'தவிர்க்கவும்' originally meant 'to abstain from' and also has the meaning of 'to escape'. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word “నివారించండి” is derived from the Sanskrit word “nivR^it”, which means “to turn away” or “to avert”. Alternatively, it can be used to express the idea of “keeping something at a distance”. |
| Thai | The word "หลีกเลี่ยง" is derived from the Sanskrit word "लिक्ष", meaning to move out of the way, and the Thai suffix "-ง", indicating an action. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "önlemek" can also refer to preventing someone from moving forward in a political or social context. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "уникати" also means to elude, escape, dodge, evade, or decline something. |
| Urdu | It comes from the Sanskrit word 'bhay', meaning fear. |
| Uzbek | "Qochmoq" is also used to mean "to pass by," "to get past," "to let pass," "to let go," "to release," "to forgive," "to overlook," "to ignore," "to neglect," "to omit," "to leave out," and "to skip." |
| Vietnamese | "Tránh" also carries the meanings of "dodge," "dodge the rain," and "prevent." |
| Welsh | The word "osgoi" in Welsh is derived from the Old Welsh word "oscoi," which means "to keep away from" or "to escape." |
| Xhosa | In the Nguni Bantu language group, 'thintela' also means 'to keep away from' or 'to be careful'. |
| Yiddish | "Vismeydn" is likely related to the German word "vermeiden" which also means "to avoid" or "to evade" |
| Yoruba | The word "yago fun" in Yoruba, meaning "avoid", also has the connotation of "to steer clear of trouble or harm". |
| Zulu | 'Gwema' is a variant of 'gqwema', which means not only 'avoiding' someone or something but often specifically avoiding a taboo. |
| English | "Avoid" derives from Middle French "esvoidier" (“to empty”) and shares roots with the Latin word "văcuus" (“empty"). |