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esquiver

French

Verb

esquiver

(transitive) to dodge (a blow), duck
(transitive) to sidestep, to strafe
(reflexive) to slip away

Conjugation

Conjugation of esquiver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		esquiver			avoir esquivé
gerund		en esquivant			en ayant esquivé
present participle		esquivant /ɛs.ki.vɑ̃/
past participle		esquivé /ɛs.ki.ve/
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	esquive /ɛs.kiv/	esquives /ɛs.kiv/	esquive /ɛs.kiv/	esquivons /ɛs.ki.vɔ̃/	esquivez /ɛs.ki.ve/	esquivent /ɛs.kiv/
	imperfect	esquivais /ɛs.ki.vɛ/	esquivais /ɛs.ki.vɛ/	esquivait /ɛs.ki.vɛ/	esquivions /ɛs.ki.vjɔ̃/	esquiviez /ɛs.ki.vje/	esquivaient /ɛs.ki.vɛ/
	past historic¹	esquivai /ɛs.ki.ve/	esquivas /ɛs.ki.va/	esquiva /ɛs.ki.va/	esquivâmes /ɛs.ki.vam/	esquivâtes /ɛs.ki.vat/	esquivèrent /ɛs.ki.vɛʁ/
	future	esquiverai /ɛs.ki.vʁe/	esquiveras /ɛs.ki.vʁa/	esquivera /ɛs.ki.vʁa/	esquiverons /ɛs.ki.vʁɔ̃/	esquiverez /ɛs.ki.vʁe/	esquiveront /ɛs.ki.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	esquiverais /ɛs.ki.vʁɛ/	esquiverais /ɛs.ki.vʁɛ/	esquiverait /ɛs.ki.vʁɛ/	esquiverions /ɛs.ki.və.ʁjɔ̃/	esquiveriez /ɛs.ki.və.ʁje/	esquiveraient /ɛs.ki.vʁɛ/
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 /ɛs.kiv/	esquives /ɛs.kiv/	esquive /ɛs.kiv/	esquivions /ɛs.ki.vjɔ̃/	esquiviez /ɛs.ki.vje/	esquivent /ɛs.kiv/
simple tenses	imperfect¹	esquivasse /ɛs.ki.vas/	esquivasses /ɛs.ki.vas/	esquivât /ɛs.ki.va/	esquivassions /ɛs.ki.va.sjɔ̃/	esquivassiez /ɛs.ki.va.sje/	esquivassent /ɛs.ki.vas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect¹	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	esquive /ɛs.kiv/	—	esquivons /ɛs.ki.vɔ̃/	esquivez /ɛs.ki.ve/	—
¹literary tenses

Etymology

From Middle French esquiver ‎(“to escape”), from Spanish esquivar ‎(“to avoid, reject, elude”), from Spanish esquivo ‎(“contemptuous, loathsome”), itself from Old French eschiver 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^(key): /ɛs.ki.ve/

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