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huir

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish fuir~foir, from Vulgar Latin *fugīre, from Latin fugere, fugiō, from Proto-Italic *fugiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-. Cognate with French fuir, Portuguese fugir, Galician fuxir, Asturian fugir, Catalan fugir.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /uˈiɾ/ [uˈiɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: hu‧ir

Verb

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huir (first-person singular present huyo, first-person singular preterite hui, past participle huido)

  1. to flee, to run away
    • 2025 November 26, “Juez federal dice que los oficiales de inmigración en Colorado solo pueden arrestar a quienes corren el riesgo de huir”, in CNN en Español[1], sourced from Associated Press:
      Un juez federal dictaminó el martes que los oficiales de inmigración en Colorado solo pueden arrestar a personas sin una orden judicial si creen que es probable que esas personas huyan.
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  2. to escape
    Synonym: escapar
  3. to avoid
    Synonym: evitar

Conjugation

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