evitaron

Evitaron is a verb form in Spanish. It is the third-person plural in the pretérito indefinido (simple past) of the verb evitar, meaning that it refers to actions completed in the past by ellos, ellas, or ustedes. The form indicates that a group avoided something during a past moment or event.

Grammatical notes: evitar is a regular -ar verb, and its preterite endings are -é, -aste, -ó, -amos, -asteis, -aron. Therefore, evitaron corresponds to the -aron ending with the stem evitar-. The base forms for other subjects are evité, evitaste, evitó, evitamos, evitasteis, and evitaron.

Usage: Evitaron is transitive, taking a direct object. It is used to describe avoiding people, places, events, problems, or dangers in the past. Examples include "Los conductores evitaron la colisión" and "Las autoridades evitaron un incidente mayor." It can also convey the sense of preventing something from happening, as in "evitaron que surgiera un conflicto."

Etymology: Evitar comes from Latin evitar(e), from ex- "out" or "away" plus vita "life" (essentially, to turn away from life or danger). The sense evolved in Spanish to mean staying away from or preventing something.

See also: Conjugación del verbo evitar; pretérito indefinido; español gramatical. Evitaron reflects a specific past action by a plural subject and is commonly used in narrative and reporting to convey past avoidance or prevention.