fugir

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fugīre, from Latin fugere, from Proto-Italic *fugiō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to flee”). Cognates include Occitan fugir, French fuir, Italian fuggire, Spanish huir, Portuguese fugir, Romanian fugi.

Pronunciation

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Verb

fugir (first-person singular present fujo, first-person singular preterite fugí, past participle fugit)

1. (intransitive) to flee
2. (intransitive) to run away

   Synonym: allunyar-se

3. (intransitive) to escape

   Synonym: escapar-se

Conjugation

Derived terms

• color de gos com fuig
• fugida
• fugina

Related terms

Further reading

• “fugir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fugir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “fugir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fugir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *fugīre, from Latin fugere, present active infinitive of fugiō, from Proto-Italic *fugiō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to flee”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

fugir

1. to flee; to run away

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fogir

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fugīre, from Latin fugere, present active infinitive of fugiō, from Proto-Italic *fugiō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to flee”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu.ˈd͡ʒiɾ/

Verb

fugir

1. to flee; to run away
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 14 (facsimile):

     fugiu con el a Egipto. terra de Reẏ Faraon.

     ran away with him to Egypt, land of the Pharaoh king.

Descendants

• Fala: fuixhil, fuxil
• Galician: fuxir
• Portuguese: fugir

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fugir, from Vulgar Latin *fugīre, from Latin fugere, from Proto-Italic *fugiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: fugi (Brazil, with dropped -r)
• Hyphenation: fu‧gir

Verb

fugir (first-person singular present fujo, third-person singular present foge, first-person singular preterite fugi, past participle fugido)

1. (intransitive, or transitive with de) to run away; to flee (to move away from something unpleasant quickly or suddenly)

   Synonyms: debandar, desaparecer, desertar, escapar, escapulir, retirar-se

   Os terroristas fugiram da cadeia. ― The terrorists ran away from jail.

   Não foge das suas responsabilidades. ― Don’t run from your responsibilities.

   • 1982, António Variações (lyrics and music), “É P’ra Amanhã”, in Anjo da Guarda:

     É p'ra amanhã
     Bem podias fazer hoje
     Porque amanhã sei que voltas a adiar
     E tu bem sabes como o tempo foge

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (transitive with an indirect objective pronoun) to be forgotten, to escape

   O seu nome me fugiu. ― I’ve forgotten your name. (literally, “Your name escaped me.”)

Usage notes

The sense of to be forgotten is usually used with à memória, da mente or similar.

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fugir.

Derived terms

• fugir à memória

Related terms