fugir

Catalan

Etymology

From , from Vulgar Latin *fugīre, from Latin fugere, present active infinitive of fugiō, 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): (Valencia) [fuˈd͡ʒiɾ]

Verb

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

1. to flee
2. to run away
3. to escape

Related terms

• -fug
• fuga
• fugida
• fugina
• 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.

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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”).

Verb

fugir

1. to flee; to run away

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Old Portuguese

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, Códice de los músicos, 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: fuxiil
• Galician: fuxir
• Portuguese: fugir

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu.ˈʒi(ʁ)/
  • IPA^(key): [fu.ˈʒi(ɹ)]
  • IPA^(key): [fu.ˈʒi(ɻ)]
  • Homophone: fugi (with the dropped -r)
• IPA^(key): /fu.ˈʒiɾ/

Verb

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

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

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

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

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

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

Usage notes

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fugir.

Derived terms

• fugir à memória

Related terms

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