Evitamos otro desastre.

Evitamos is the 1st person plural form of evitar (to avoid), so it means we avoid or we avoided, depending on context.

This is one of those Spanish forms that can mean two things:

• present: we avoid
• preterite: we avoided

So Evitamos otro desastre can mean either:

• We avoid another disaster, or
• We avoided another disaster

Usually, the wider context tells you which one is meant.

In Spanish, some -ar verbs have the same form for:

• nosotros present
• nosotros preterite

For evitar:

• present: evitamos
• preterite: evitamos

So the form is identical.

Examples:

• Siempre evitamos problemas. = We always avoid problems.
• Ayer evitamos un problema grave. = Yesterday we avoided a serious problem.

Time words like ayer, siempre, esta vez, etc. usually make the meaning clear.

Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

Here, evitamos already tells you the subject is we.

So:

• Evitamos otro desastre = normal and natural
• Nosotros evitamos otro desastre = also correct, but more emphatic

You might include nosotros if you want contrast, for example:

• Nosotros evitamos otro desastre, pero ellos no. = We avoided another disaster, but they didn’t.

In Spanish, otro normally does not take un before it.

So Spanish says:

• otro desastre = another disaster

Not:

• un otro desastre ❌

This is different from English, where another historically comes from an + other.

More examples:

• otro día = another day
• otra idea = another idea
• otros problemas = other problems

Because desastre is a masculine noun, so the adjective must agree with it.

• otro desastre = masculine singular
• otra catástrofe = feminine singular

Even though desastre ends in -e, it is masculine:

• el desastre
• otro desastre

This is something learners often have to memorize, because noun gender is not always predictable from the ending.

In Spanish, otro normally goes before the noun.

So:

• otro desastre
• otra vez
• otros días

This is just the standard position for otro when it means another or other.

Yes, desastre is the direct Spanish equivalent of disaster.

It is used in very similar ways:

• un desastre natural = a natural disaster
• Fue un desastre. = It was a disaster.

In everyday speech, Spanish also uses it figuratively, just like English:

• La cena fue un desastre. = Dinner was a disaster.

Not usually if you mean another disaster in the normal sense.

The most natural phrase here is:

• otro desastre

Un desastre más usually means one more disaster and can sound slightly different in nuance, often more like adding one to a series.

Compare:

• Evitamos otro desastre. = We avoided another disaster.
• No podemos permitir un desastre más. = We can’t allow one more disaster.

So for this sentence, otro desastre is the best choice.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

eh-bee-TA-mos OH-tro deh-SAS-treh

A few helpful notes for Spain:

• v in evitamos is pronounced like a soft b
• t is a clear dental t
• r in otro is a light tap
• the stress is on:
  • -ta- in evitamos
  • o- in otro
  • -sas- in desastre

More approximate IPA: [eβiˈtamos ˈotɾo deˈsastɾe]

By itself, it is ambiguous, so it can work as either.

Without context, many learners may first read it as present:

• We avoid another disaster

But in real-life usage, a sentence like this often appears in a past-event context:

• Al final, evitamos otro desastre. = In the end, we avoided another disaster.

So both are correct; context decides.

Yes. Evitar commonly takes a direct object with no preposition.

So these are natural:

• evitar un problema = to avoid a problem
• evitar un accidente = to avoid an accident
• evitar otro desastre = to avoid another disaster

Unlike some English verbs, you do not need an extra word like from here.

Yes — you could add the pronoun:

• Nosotros evitamos otro desastre.

This is grammatically correct, but it sounds more emphatic or contrastive.

For example:

• Ellos causaron el problema, pero nosotros evitamos otro desastre. = They caused the problem, but we avoided another disaster.

If there is no special emphasis, the version without nosotros is more natural.

Yes, but the basic order here is the most neutral and natural:

• Evitamos otro desastre.

Other orders are possible for emphasis, but they are less neutral:

• Otro desastre evitamos ❌ very unnatural in normal speech
• Nosotros evitamos otro desastre = possible, with emphasis on we

So for most situations, keep the standard order: verb + object.