Translation for "as elusive" to spanish

As elusive

• tan evasivo
• tan esquiva

Translation examples

tan evasivo

I just talked to your sister, and she said that you are as elusive with her as you are with me.
Acabo de hablar con tu hermana, y dijo que estás tan evasivo con ella como lo estás conmigo.

She was unclassifiable, as remote and clear as mountain water, as elusive as its color.
Era inclasificable: tan remota y clara como el agua de la montaña, tan evasiva como su color.

He stared off into the dark, finding the answers as elusive as the night’s shadows.
Fijó la mirada en la oscuridad, encontrando respuestas tan evasivas como las sombras de la noche.

It was her feeling, however, that he would as soon not hear her confessions: he seemed to want her to be as elusive, as secretive as he was himself.
Sin embargo, tenía la impresión de que a él no le importaría no oír sus confesiones, parecía querer que ella fuera tan evasiva y secreta como él.

‘We’ve been studying you at odd intervals,’ he told Gos­seyn, ‘though you were about as elusive as anyone could be.
—Le hemos estado estudiando a intervalos irregulares —le dijo a Gosseyn—, aunque es usted casi tan evasivo como podría serlo cualquiera.

tan esquiva

By this time the Korean police action had become a 2.5 year nightmare and endless maneuvers for useless hill sides as elusive as the jungles of south Vietnam 15 years later.
En ese momento la acción política en Corea era una pesadilla de 2 años y medio y maniobras sin fin para laderas sin utilidad tan esquivas como las junglas del sur de Vietnam 15 años después.

Profits were as elusive as status.
Los beneficios resultaban tan esquivos como la categoría.

Sleep seemed as elusive as the Wordsworth manuscript.
El sueño le era tan esquivo como el manuscrito de Wordsworth.

The riches of the frontier remained as elusive as ever.
Las riquezas de la frontera seguían tan esquivas como siempre.

the first notes remain as elusive as wisps of smoke.
las primeras notas siguen siendo tan esquivas como las hilachas de humo.

Those details flitted through her mind, as elusive as specters.
Esos pormenores le revoloteaban en la mente, tan esquivos como espectros.

To write about Mexico City is a challenge as elusive as describing vertigo.
Escribir de la Ciudad de México es, a fin de cuentas, un desafío tan esquivo como describir el vértigo.