evitarConjugation
evitar means to avoid.
Complete Conjugation Tables
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Indicative
Present
The present tense of evitar (evito, evitas, evita, etc.) is regular and used for habitual actions, current actions, and general truths.
Future
The future tense of evitar (evitaré, evitarás, evitará, etc.) is regular and used for actions that will happen or to express probability.
Imperfect
The imperfect of evitar (evitaba, evitabas, evitaba, etc.) is regular and used for ongoing or habitual past actions and descriptions.
Conditional
The conditional of evitar (evitaría, evitarías, evitaría, etc.) is regular and used for hypotheticals, polite requests, and future-in-the-past.
Preterite
The preterite of evitar (evité, evitaste, evitó, etc.) is regular and used for completed actions in the past.
Imperative
Negative Imperative
Negative commands use 'no' plus the present subjunctive: 'no evites' (tú), 'no evite' (usted), 'no evitemos' (nosotros), 'no eviten' (ustedes), 'no evitéis' (vosotros).
Imperative
Use 'evita' for direct commands to tú, 'evite' for usted, 'evitemos' for nosotros, 'eviten' for ustedes, and 'evitad' for vosotros.
Subjunctive
Present Subjunctive
The present subjunctive of evitar (evite, evites, evitemos, eviten) is used for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after impersonal expressions.
Imperfect Subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive of evitar (e.g., 'evitara', 'evitaras', 'evitara', 'evitaramos', 'evitaran') is used for past hypotheticals, wishes, or doubts.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does evitar mean in Spanish?
evitar means "to avoid".
Is evitar a regular or irregular verb?
evitar is a regular -ar verb in Spanish.
How do you conjugate evitar in the present tense?
The present tense of evitar is: yo evito, tú evitas, él/ella/usted evita, nosotros evitamos, vosotros evitáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes evitan.
How do you conjugate evitar in the preterite (past tense)?
The preterite of evitar is: yo evité, tú evitaste, él/ella/usted evitó, nosotros evitamos, vosotros evitasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes evitaron.
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