evadir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvādĕre, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ə.βəˈði]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.vəˈði]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.vaˈðiɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [e.βaˈði]

Verb

evadir (first-person singular present evadeixo, first-person singular preterite evadí, past participle evadit)

1. (transitive) to evade
2. (reflexive) to escape, to get out of

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of evadir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			evadir
gerund			evadint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		evadit		evadida
		plural		evadits		evadides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	evadeixo	evadeixes	evadeix	evadim	evadiu	evadeixen
	imperfect	evadia	evadies	evadia	evadíem	evadíeu	evadien
	future	evadiré	evadiràs	evadirà	evadirem	evadireu	evadiran
	preterite	evadí	evadires	evadí	evadírem	evadíreu	evadiren
	conditional	evadiria	evadiries	evadiria	evadiríem	evadiríeu	evadirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	evadeixi	evadeixis	evadeixi	evadim	evadiu	evadeixin
	imperfect	evadís	evadissis	evadís	evadíssim	evadíssiu	evadissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	evadeix	evadeixi	evadim	evadiu	evadeixin
	negative (no)	—	no evadeixis	no evadeixi	no evadim	no evadiu	no evadeixin

Related terms

• evasió
• evasiu

Further reading

• “evadir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “evadir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “evadir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “evadir”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin evadĕre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.vaˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [e.vaˈd͡ʒi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.vaˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [e.vaˈd͡ʒi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.vaˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.vaˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [e.vaˈd͡ʒi(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /e.vaˈd͡ʒi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vɐˈdiɾ/ [i.vɐˈðiɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vɐˈdiɾ/ [i.vɐˈðiɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.bɐˈdiɾ/ [i.βɐˈðiɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vɐˈdi.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: e‧va‧dir

Verb

evadir (first-person singular present evado, first-person singular preterite evadi, past participle evadido)

1. (transitive) to evade (to get away from by artifice)

   Synonyms: iludir, eludir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of evadir (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	evadir
Personal	evadir	evadires	evadir	evadirmos	evadirdes	evadirem
Gerund
	evadindo
Past participle
Masculine	evadido			evadidos
Feminine	evadida			evadidas
Indicative
Present	evado	evades	evade	evadimos	evadis	evadem
Imperfect	evadia	evadias	evadia	evadíamos	evadíeis	evadiam
Preterite	evadi	evadiste	evadiu	evadimos	evadistes	evadiram
Pluperfect	evadira	evadiras	evadira	evadíramos	evadíreis	evadiram
Future	evadirei	evadirás	evadirá	evadiremos	evadireis	evadirão
Conditional	evadiria	evadirias	evadiria	evadiríamos	evadiríeis	evadiriam
Subjunctive
Present	evada	evadas	evada	evadamos	evadais	evadam
Imperfect	evadisse	evadisses	evadisse	evadíssemos	evadísseis	evadissem
Future	evadir	evadires	evadir	evadirmos	evadirdes	evadirem
Imperative
Affirmative		evade	evada	evadamos	evadi	evadam
Negative (não)		não evadas	não evada	não evadamos	não evadais	não evadam

Related terms

• evasão
• evasivo

Further reading

• “evadir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “evadir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Latin vadō

Latin ēvādĕrebor.

Spanish evadir

Borrowed from Latin ēvādĕre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ebaˈdiɾ/ [e.β̞aˈð̞iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: e‧va‧dir

Verb

evadir (first-person singular present evado, first-person singular preterite evadí, past participle evadido)

1. (transitive) to evade
2. (reflexive) to flee

Conjugation

    Conjugation of evadir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			evadir
gerund			evadiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		evadido		evadida
		plural		evadidos		evadidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	evado	evadestú evadísvos	evade	evadimos	evadís	evaden
	imperfect	evadía	evadías	evadía	evadíamos	evadíais	evadían
	preterite	evadí	evadiste	evadió	evadimos	evadisteis	evadieron
	future	evadiré	evadirás	evadirá	evadiremos	evadiréis	evadirán
	conditional	evadiría	evadirías	evadiría	evadiríamos	evadiríais	evadirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	evada	evadastú evadásvos2	evada	evadamos	evadáis	evadan
	imperfect (ra)	evadiera	evadieras	evadiera	evadiéramos	evadierais	evadieran
	imperfect (se)	evadiese	evadieses	evadiese	evadiésemos	evadieseis	evadiesen
	future1	evadiere	evadieres	evadiere	evadiéremos	evadiereis	evadieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		evadetú evadívos	evada	evadamos	evadid	evadan
	negative		no evadas	no evada	no evadamos	no evadáis	no evadan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of evadir

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive evadir	dative	evadirme	evadirte	evadirle, evadirse	evadirnos	evadiros	evadirles, evadirse
	accusative	evadirme	evadirte	evadirlo, evadirla, evadirse	evadirnos	evadiros	evadirlos, evadirlas, evadirse
with gerund evadiendo	dative	evadiéndome	evadiéndote	evadiéndole, evadiéndose	evadiéndonos	evadiéndoos	evadiéndoles, evadiéndose
	accusative	evadiéndome	evadiéndote	evadiéndolo, evadiéndola, evadiéndose	evadiéndonos	evadiéndoos	evadiéndolos, evadiéndolas, evadiéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative evade	dative	evádeme	evádete	evádele	evádenos	not used	evádeles
	accusative	evádeme	evádete	evádelo, evádela	evádenos	not used	evádelos, evádelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative evadí	dative	evadime	evadite	evadile	evadinos	not used	evadiles
	accusative	evadime	evadite	evadilo, evadila	evadinos	not used	evadilos, evadilas
with formal second-person singular imperative evada	dative	evádame	not used	evádale, evádase	evádanos	not used	evádales
	accusative	evádame	not used	evádalo, evádala, evádase	evádanos	not used	evádalos, evádalas
with first-person plural imperative evadamos	dative	not used	evadámoste	evadámosle	evadámonos	evadámoos	evadámosles
	accusative	not used	evadámoste	evadámoslo, evadámosla	evadámonos	evadámoos	evadámoslos, evadámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative evadid	dative	evadidme	not used	evadidle	evadidnos	evadíos	evadidles
	accusative	evadidme	not used	evadidlo, evadidla	evadidnos	evadíos	evadidlos, evadidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative evadan	dative	evádanme	not used	evádanle	evádannos	not used	evádanles, evádanse
	accusative	evádanme	not used	evádanlo, evádanla	evádannos	not used	evádanlos, evádanlas, evádanse

    Conjugation of evadirse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			evadirse
gerund			evadiéndose
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		evadido		evadida
		plural		evadidos		evadidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
personal non-finite		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	infinitive	evadirme	evadirte	evadirse	evadirnos	evadiros	evadirse
	gerund	evadiéndome	evadiéndote	evadiéndose	evadiéndonos	evadiéndoos	evadiéndose
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me evado	te evadestú te evadísvos	se evade	nos evadimos	os evadís	se evaden
	imperfect	me evadía	te evadías	se evadía	nos evadíamos	os evadíais	se evadían
	preterite	me evadí	te evadiste	se evadió	nos evadimos	os evadisteis	se evadieron
	future	me evadiré	te evadirás	se evadirá	nos evadiremos	os evadiréis	se evadirán
	conditional	me evadiría	te evadirías	se evadiría	nos evadiríamos	os evadiríais	se evadirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me evada	te evadastú te evadásvos2	se evada	nos evadamos	os evadáis	se evadan
	imperfect (ra)	me evadiera	te evadieras	se evadiera	nos evadiéramos	os evadierais	se evadieran
	imperfect (se)	me evadiese	te evadieses	se evadiese	nos evadiésemos	os evadieseis	se evadiesen
	future1	me evadiere	te evadieres	se evadiere	nos evadiéremos	os evadiereis	se evadieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		evádetetú evaditevos	evádase	evadámonos	evadíos	evádanse
	negative		no te evadas	no se evada	no nos evadamos	no os evadáis	no se evadan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• evasión
• evasivo
• evasor

Further reading

• “evadir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025