esquivo

adj.

shy, bashful, aloof, elusive.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: esquivar.

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esquivo

► adjetivo

1 cold, aloof

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(f. - esquiva)

adj.

1) elusive

2) aloof

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ADJ

1) [persona] (=tímido) shy; (=huraño) unsociable; (=difícil de encontrar) elusive; (=evasivo) evasive

2) (=despreciativo) scornful

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-va adjetivo

a) <persona> (difícil de encontrar) elusive; (huraño) aloof, unsociable; (tímido) shy

se mostró esquivo ante los periodistas — he was very evasive with the journalists

b) <respuesta> elusive, evasive

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= avoiding, evasive.

Ex. There are different styles of handling interpersonal conflict such as integrating, obliging, dominating, avoiding, and compromising.

Ex. It is among such populations that the cynical, evasive, or merely muddled schemes of economic development have produced the greatest social inequity and human suffering.

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-va adjetivo

a) <persona> (difícil de encontrar) elusive; (huraño) aloof, unsociable; (tímido) shy

se mostró esquivo ante los periodistas — he was very evasive with the journalists

b) <respuesta> elusive, evasive

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= avoiding, evasive.

Ex: There are different styles of handling interpersonal conflict such as integrating, obliging, dominating, avoiding, and compromising.

Ex: It is among such populations that the cynical, evasive, or merely muddled schemes of economic development have produced the greatest social inequity and human suffering.

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esquivo -va

adjective

1 ‹persona› (difícil de encontrar) elusive; (huraño) aloof, unsociable; (tímido) shy

se mostró esquivo ante los periodistas he was very evasive with the journalists

2 ‹respuesta› elusive, evasive

nervioso, con una mirada esquiva nervous, with a shifty look in his eyes

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Del verbo esquivar: (conjugate esquivar)

esquivo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

esquivó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
esquivar    
esquivo
esquivar (conjugate esquivar) verbo transitivo ‹persona/problema/dificultad› to avoid;
‹golpe/pregunta› to dodge, evade;
‹responsabilidad› to avoid, evade
esquivo

◊ -va adjetivo

a) ‹persona› (difícil de encontrar) elusive;

(huraño) aloof, unsociable;
(tímido) shy

b) ‹respuesta› elusive, evasive

esquivar verbo transitivo
1 (un obstáculo, golpe) to dodge: menos mal que pudo esquivar el árbol que había caído en la carretera, luckily he was able to dodge the tree that had fallen across the road
2 (a una persona) to avoid, dodge: me está esquivando, he's avoiding me
esquivo,-a adj (persona) aloof, unsociable
'esquivo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
esquiva
English:
elusive
- elusiveness

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esquivo, -a adj

uncommunicative, unsociable;

es algo esquivo he's not very communicative o sociable;

está muy esquivo con todos nosotros he's very unsociable towards us all;

estuvo esquivo con la prensa he didn't give much away to the press

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esquivo

adj

1 (huraño) unsociable

2 (evasivo) shifty, evasive

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esquivo, -va adj

1) huraño: aloof, unsociable

2) : shy

3) : elusive, evasive