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Verb
refugio
- first-person singular present indicative of refugiar
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
re- + fugio
Verb
refugiō (present infinitive refugere, perfect active refūgī); third conjugation iō-variant, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive
- to run away, flee or escape
- Synonyms: fugiō, ēvādō, cōnfugiō, aufugiō, prōfugiō, diffugiō, effugiō, perfugiō, āvolō, ēlābor, ēripiō, lābor
- to avoid, shun a thing
- Synonyms: ēvītō, ēvādō, vītō, exeō, ēlūdō, āversor, abstineō, parcō, dēclīnō, fugiō
- Antonyms: dēstinō, intendō, petō, quaerō
Conjugation
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
refugiō
- dative/ablative singular of refugium
References
- “refugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “refugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- refugio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Verb
refugio
- first-person singular present indicative of refugiar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈfuxjo/
- Rhymes: -uxjo
- Syllabification: re‧fu‧gio
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin refugium.
Noun
refugio m (plural refugios)
- refuge
- Synonym: recurso
- safety
- Synonym: seguridad
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
refugio
- first-person singular present indicative of refugiar
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