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sfuggire

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Italian

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Etymology

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    From s- +‎ fuggire.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /sfudˈd͡ʒi.re/
    • Rhymes: -ire
    • Hyphenation: sfug‧gì‧re

    Verb

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    sfuggìre (first-person singular present sfùggo, first-person singular past historic sfuggìi, past participle sfuggìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

    1. (transitive) to evade, to dodge
    2. (intransitive) to escape [with a ‘from’] [auxiliary essere]
    3. (intransitive) to slip out [with da ‘from (e.g. one's hands)’] [auxiliary essere]
    4. (intransitive, figurative) to slip out, to be revealed accidentally [auxiliary essere]
    5. (intransitive, figurative) to escape one's notice [auxiliary essere]
    6. (intransitive, figurative) to escape one's mind, to be forgotten [auxiliary essere]

    Conjugation

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    Further reading

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    • “sfuggire”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026