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University of Vigo

English-Galician CLUVI Dictionary, 2nd edition (revised version 2.2)

(Based on the CLUVI Corpus of the University of Vigo)



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- elongate, elope, elopement, eloquence, eloquent, else, elsewhere, elucidate, elucidation, elude, elusive, Elysium, email, emanate, emancipate, emancipation, embankment, embargo, embark


elude


- transitive verb
- evitar

EN He stretched out his arms in the street to hold fast the frail swooning form that eluded him and incited him: and the cry that he had strangled for so long in his throat issued from his lips.
GL Estendeu os brazos para coller a forma fuxidía e fráxil que andaba, ao tempo, a evitalo e incitalo: e o berro que retivera tanto tempo na gorxa saltou dos seus beizos.
- Fonte: RET (2086)
- esquivar

EN Yet every now and then one would come straight towards me, setting loose a quivering horror that made me quick to elude him.
GL Inda así, de cando en vez, algún deles corría dereito cara min, liberando un tremor dentro de min que me daba axilidade para esquivalo.
- Fonte: TEM (1655)
- escapar

EN He spoke like one who was trying to keep hold of an idea that eluded him.
GL Falaba coma alguén que tenta aferrar unha idea que lle escapaba.
- Fonte: TEM (1949)
- fuxir

EN When he had eluded the flood of temptation many times in this way he grew troubled and wondered whether the grace which he had refused to lose was not being filched from him little by little.
GL Despois de ter fuxido deste xeito moitas veces á corrente da tentación, ficaba aínda máis perturbado preguntándose se a gracia que rexeitara perder non lle estaría sendo roubada pouco a pouco.
- Fonte: RET (3084)