- obviar
- v.1 to avoid, to get round.2 to circumvent, to dodge, to scrub round, to eschew.Ricardo obvia los comentarios Richard circumvents the comments.3 to obviate, to prevent, to bridge, to preclude.María obvia la evidencia Mary obviates the evidence.* * *obviar► verbo transitivo1 formal to obviate, remove* * *1. VT1) (=evitar) [gen] to obviate, get round, avoid
obviar un problema — to get round a problem
2) (=no mencionar) to leave outobvió los detalles más peliagudos — he left out the more awkward details
2.VI (=estorbar) to stand in the way* * *verbo transitivo to avoid, obviate (frml)* * *= obviate.Ex. The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.* * *verbo transitivo to avoid, obviate (frml)* * *= obviate.Ex: The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.
* * *obviar [A1 ]vtto avoid, get around, obviate (frml)* * *obviar vtto avoid;obviaré en mi exposición los detalles técnicos I shall avoid technical details in my presentation* * *obviarv/t avoid, fmlobviate* * *obviar vt: to get around (a difficulty), to avoid
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.