izbeći

избећи

/ǐzbet͡ɕi/ · perfective · impf.: izbegavati

VERB

(+ acc.) to avoid

Za dlaku smo izbegli sudar. — We narrowly avoided a crash.

Krenuli smo ranije da izbegnemo gužvu. — We left earlier to avoid the traffic.
to escape; to evade

Nije uspeo da izbegne kaznu. — He didn't manage to escape punishment.
(from war, danger) to flee

Njegova porodica je izbegla iz Bosne devedesetih. — His family fled Bosnia in the nineties.

The imperfective is izbegavati; a refugee is izbeglica.

Synonyms:

umaći pobeći izmaći

Forms

Past (masc.): izbegao

Imperative: izbegni