elude

• Verbo usado para indicar a ação de evitar ou esquivar-se de algo, ou a incapacidade de ser compreendido ou lembrado por alguém.

A verb used to indicate the act of avoiding or escaping from something, or of failing to be understood or remembered by someone.

1. Escape or avoidB2formal

   To avoid being caught, captured, or found by someone or something.

   Escapar

   • The fugitive eluded the police for weeks.
   • The thief eluded capture by hiding in the crowd.
   • The answer to the mystery eluded the detectives.

   Sinônimosavoidcircumventdodgeduckescapeevadefleeshun

   Antônimosapprehendcapturecatchseizetrap

2. Fail to be understoodB2formal

   To be difficult to understand, remember, or achieve.

   Escapar à compreensão

   • The meaning of the poem eludes me.
   • Success has so far eluded the young entrepreneur.
   • The solution to the problem eluded the scientists for years.

   Sinônimosbaffleescapeevadeperplexpuzzle