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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fuˈʒi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [fuˈd͡ʒiɾ]

• Audio

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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

    Conjugation of fugir (third conjugation, without -eix-, j-g alternation)

infinitive			fugir
gerund			fugint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fugit		fugida
		plural		fugits		fugides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fujo	fuges	fuig	fugim	fugiu	fugen
	imperfect	fugia	fugies	fugia	fugíem	fugíeu	fugien
	future	fugiré	fugiràs	fugirà	fugirem	fugireu	fugiran
	preterite	fugí	fugires	fugí	fugírem	fugíreu	fugiren
	conditional	fugiria	fugiries	fugiria	fugiríem	fugiríeu	fugirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fugi	fugis	fugi	fugim	fugiu	fugin
	imperfect	fugís	fugissis	fugís	fugíssim	fugíssiu	fugissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	fuig	fugi	fugim	fugiu	fugin
	negative (no)	—	no fugis	no fugi	no fugim	no fugiu	no fugin

Derived terms

• color de gos com fuig
• fugida
• fugina

Related terms

• -fug
• fuga
• fugitiu
• fuita

 

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

• Audio (Languedocien)

  (file)

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈʒi(ʁ)/ [fuˈʒi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈʒi(ʁ)/ [fuˈʒi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fuˈʒi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fuˈʒi(ʁ)/ [fuˈʒi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈʒi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈʒiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈʒiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈʒi.ɾi/

• 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

    Conjugation of fugir (u-o alternation in present singular; g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fugir
Personal	fugir	fugires	fugir	fugirmos	fugirdes	fugirem
Gerund
	fugindo
Past participle
Masculine	fugido			fugidos
Feminine	fugida			fugidas
Indicative
Present	fujo	foges	foge	fugimos	fugis	fogem
Imperfect	fugia	fugias	fugia	fugíamos	fugíeis	fugiam
Preterite	fugi	fugiste	fugiu	fugimos	fugistes	fugiram
Pluperfect	fugira	fugiras	fugira	fugíramos	fugíreis	fugiram
Future	fugirei	fugirás	fugirá	fugiremos	fugireis	fugirão
Conditional	fugiria	fugirias	fugiria	fugiríamos	fugiríeis	fugiriam
Subjunctive
Present	fuja	fujas	fuja	fujamos	fujais	fujam
Imperfect	fugisse	fugisses	fugisse	fugíssemos	fugísseis	fugissem
Future	fugir	fugires	fugir	fugirmos	fugirdes	fugirem
Imperative
Affirmative		foge	fuja	fujamos	fugi	fujam
Negative (não)		não fujas	não fuja	não fujamos	não fujais	não fujam

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fugir.

Derived terms

• fugir à memória

Related terms

• afugentar
• fuga
• fugacidade
• fugaz
• fugida
• fugidio
• fugitivo
• fujão