fugir

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.

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

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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

• color de gos com fuig
• fugida
• fugina

• “fugir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “fugir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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.

From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *fugīre, from Latin fugere, from Proto-Italic *fugiō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to flee”).

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fugir

1. to flee; to run away

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• fogir

From Vulgar Latin *fugīre, from Latin fugere, from Proto-Italic *fugiō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to flee”).

• IPA^(key): /fu.ˈd͡ʒiɾ/

fugir

1. to flee; to run away
   • a. 1284, 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.

• Fala: fuixhil, fuxil
• Galician: fuxir
• Portuguese: fugir

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

• Homophone: fugi (Brazil, with dropped -r)
• Hyphenation: fu‧gir

fugir (first-person singular present fujo, third-person singular present foge, first-person singular preterite fugi, past participle fugido)

1. (intransitive) to run away; to flee (to move away from something unpleasant quickly or suddenly) [with de ‘from someone/something/somewhere’]

   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, “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

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   • 2007, Júlio César Pereira, Duas Vidas para Amar, Clube de Autores, page 328:

     Das duas uma, ou eu parava e me deixava ser capturado, ou eu continuava fugindo até encontrar algum buraco para me esconder.

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2. (intransitive) to be forgotten, to escape [with a or indirect object pronoun ‘someone’]

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

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

• fugir à memória

• IPA^(key): /fuˈxiɾ/ [fuˈxiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: fu‧gir

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

1. alternative form of fuir

• “fugir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024