evasiva

adj.&f.

feminine of EVASIVO.

f.

1 evasive answer.

responder con evasivas not to give a straight answer

2 delaying tactic, hedge, stall.

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evasiva

► nombre femenino

1 evasive answer

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FRASEOLOGÍA

contestar con una evasiva not to give a straight answer, avoid the issue

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noun f.

excuse, pretext

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SF

1) (=pretexto) excuse

viene con sus evasivas — he avoids a straight answer

contestar con evasivas — to avoid the issue, dodge the issue

2) (=escapatoria) loophole, way out

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femenino

me contestó con evasivas — she avoided o dodged the issue

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= stall, avoidance, evasion.

Ex. Getting back to studies, I don't know what you mean by study, but I'm leery of stalls in the name of study.

Ex. This avoidance of unnecessary repetition in the listing of concepts is a feature of CC and of all faceted classification schemes.

Ex. The PNB covers only 30 per cent of the country's total production owing to evasion of deposit laws by publishers.

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* dar evasivas = stonewall, play for + time.

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femenino

me contestó con evasivas — she avoided o dodged the issue

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= stall, avoidance, evasion.

Ex: Getting back to studies, I don't know what you mean by study, but I'm leery of stalls in the name of study.

Ex: This avoidance of unnecessary repetition in the listing of concepts is a feature of CC and of all faceted classification schemes.

Ex: The PNB covers only 30 per cent of the country's total production owing to evasion of deposit laws by publishers.

* dar evasivas = stonewall, play for + time.

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evasiva

feminine

me contestó con evasivas she avoided the issue, she wouldn't give me a straight answer

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evasiva sustantivo femenino:

◊ me contestó con evasivas she avoided o dodged the issue

evasivo,-a adjetivo evasive
evasiva sustantivo femenino evasive answer, excuse, pretext: me dio evasivas por respuesta, she skirted the issue

'evasiva' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
responder
English:
evasion
- noncommittal
- runaround

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evasiva nf

evasive answer;

contestar o [m5]responder con evasivas to give evasive answers, to be evasive;

no me vengas con evasivas don't beat about the bush, give me a straight answer

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evasiva

f evasive reply

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evasiva nf

: excuse, pretext