Translation examples
verb
- Quindi ti evitava?
- She's been avoiding you?
Evitava di guardarti negli occhi?
Avoiding eye contact?
Evitavo le sue chiamate.
I was avoiding her calls.
Mary mi evitava totalmente.
MARY WAS COMPLETELY AVOIDING ME.
Evitava l'argomento completamente.
She avoided the subject altogether.
Tu mi evitavi sempre.
You were always avoiding me.
Emily ci evitava.
Emily was avoiding us.
- Non mi evitavi.
- You didn't avoid me.
verb
Nella guerra fredda evitava che l'URSS carpisse segreti militari da aerei abbattuti.
During the Cold War his job was to prevent technologies from downed US aircraft... ..from getting into Soviet hands.
verb
Magari se evitavi di farlo diventare il Patti Show, - riuscivamo a scappare.
Maybe if you let this be something other than The Patti Show, we could escape.
verb
O ci evitavi in un milione di modi.
Or evade us in a million different ways.
verb
Avevo 19 anni, nessuna vita sessuale e ero dipendente dalle pillole St. John. E per questo evitavo la luce del sole come un vampiro.
I was 19, had no sex life and was addicted to St. John's wort capsules which is why I shunned the sunlight like a vampire.
verb
- In che modo? - Saltava gli allenamenti del weekend, evitava gli assegnamenti.
He blew off weekend training, shirked duty on base.
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