esquivo

esquivo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of esquivar

• esguivio, esquío, esquivio

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese esquivo (“harsh”), perhaps from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃 (*skiuhs), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /esˈkiβo̝/

esquivo m (feminine singular esquiva, masculine plural esquivos, feminine plural esquivas)

1. asocial

   Synonyms: arisco, arredío

2. elusive

   Synonym: elusivo

3. rude, cruel
   • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 191:

     Et tã grande foy aly a batalla et tã esquiua que de mayor nõ poderia ome falar

     So large and crude was the battle [fought] there, that none could say that he had seen any larger one

4. scarce, miserly, stingy
   • 1427, José I. Fernández de Viana y Vieites (ed.), Colección diplomática del monasterio de Santa María de Pantón. Lugo: Diputación, page 187:

     Item mando que me teñan triinta clérigos á miña sepultura et ao ... et mays outros quaesquer clérigos que a elo chegaren, que non sejan esquivos

     Item, I order that they should bring thirty priest to my sepulchre [...] and any other priest brought there; they shouldn't be mean.

• esquivamente
• esquivar
• esquiveza

• “esquivo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “esquiu” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “esquivo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “esquivo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

From Old Portuguese esquivo (“cruel”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃 (*skiuhs), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy”).

esquivo m (feminine singular esquiva, masculine plural esquivos, feminine plural esquivas, comparable)

1. asocial (not sociable)
2. elusive (evading capture or comprehension)
   • 2014, Jorge Cruz (lyrics), “Moça Esquiva”, in Diabo na Cruz, performed by Diabo na Cruz:

     Roubo um beijo a correr / Toca a enxotar / Agarrar é às escuras / Navegar só à deriva / Ai Jesus, que moça esquiva

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

3. untamable (incapable of being controlled, subdued, or tamed)

• (asocial): antissocial, arisco, arredio, associal, esquivoso, intratável
• (elusive): elusivo, fugidio
• (untamable): arisco, bravio, indomável

esquivo

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of esquivar

Possibly from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃 (*skiuhs).

esquivo (feminine singular esquiva, masculine plural esquivos, feminine plural esquivas)

1. disdainful

   Synonym: desdeñoso

2. rough

   Synonym: áspero

3. unsociable

   Synonym: huraño

   • 2017, Enrique Rangel (lyrics), “Que No”, in Jei Beibi, performed by Café Tacvba:

     Ella era distinta, era distante / Era esquiva y se ocultaba

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

esquivo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of esquivar.