How to Say "preventing" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “preventing” is “evitando” — A2 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
Examples
Estoy evitando el tráfico del centro.
I am avoiding the downtown traffic.
Sigue una dieta sana, evitando las grasas.
He follows a healthy diet, avoiding fats.
Están evitando que el problema crezca.
They are preventing the problem from growing.
The '-ando' ending
This is the Spanish equivalent of the English '-ing' form. It is used to describe actions that are currently in progress when paired with words like 'estoy' (I am).
Ongoing descriptions
You can use this word on its own to describe how someone is doing something else, such as 'He walked away, avoiding my eyes' (Se fue, evitando mi mirada).
Using it as a noun
Mistake: “Saying 'Evitando es importante' for 'Avoiding is important'.”
Correction: In Spanish, if you want to use a verb as the subject of a sentence, use the base form: 'Evitar es importante'.
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