esquiver

French

Etymology

From Middle French esquiver (“to escape”), from Spanish esquivar (“to avoid, reject, elude”) from Spanish esquivo (“contemptuous, loathsome”), of East Germanic origin, from Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃 (skiuhs, “afraid, barefaced”), from Proto-Germanic *skiuhaz (“afraid, frightened”). Cognate with French échiffe and Italian schivo from the same Germanic source. More at shy, eschew.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛs.ki.ve/

Verb

esquiver

1. to dodge (a blow), duck
2. to sidestep, to strafe

Conjugation

   Conjugation of esquiver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		esquiver			avoir esquivé
gerund		en esquivant			en ayant esquivé
present participle		esquivant
past participle		esquivé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	esquive	esquives	esquive	esquivons	esquivez	esquivent
	imperfect	esquivais	esquivais	esquivait	esquivions	esquiviez	esquivaient
	past historic1	esquivai	esquivas	esquiva	esquivâmes	esquivâtes	esquivèrent
	future	esquiverai	esquiveras	esquivera	esquiverons	esquiverez	esquiveront
	conditional	esquiverais	esquiverais	esquiverait	esquiverions	esquiveriez	esquiveraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	esquive	esquives	esquive	esquivions	esquiviez	esquivent
	imperfect1	esquivasse	esquivasses	esquivât	esquivassions	esquivassiez	esquivassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	esquive	—	esquivons	esquivez	—
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