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verb

evadere

escape

Definition & meaning

Evadere means:

  • To escape, especially from prison or confinement.
  • To evade or avoid an obligation, tax, or question, often dishonestly or deliberately.
  • To process or fulfill an order, request, or administrative task.

Grammar & Word origin

A verb of the -ere conjugation. It can be transitive, as when evading taxes or fulfilling an order, or intransitive, as when escaping from prison.

It comes from Latin evadere, meaning “to go out” or “escape,” formed from e- (“out”) and vadere (“to go”).

Synonyms & antonyms

  • fuggire — “to flee”; broader than evadere and does not necessarily imply escape from confinement.
  • eludere — “to evade” or “circumvent,” especially a rule or obligation.
  • sbrigare — “to deal with” or “finish” a task; less formal than evadere in administrative contexts.
  • rispettare — “to comply with”; an opposite when evadere means avoiding an obligation.

Common phrases & collocations

  • evadere dal carcere — to escape from prison.
  • evadere le tasse — to evade taxes.
  • evadere un ordine — to fulfill an order.
  • evadere dalla routine — to escape from the daily routine.

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Examples

Lui vuole evadere dalla stanza.verb

He wants to escape from the room.

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