fugir

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”). Cognates include Occitan fugir, French fuir, Italian fuggire, Spanish huir, Portuguese fugir, Romanian fugi.

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

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

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

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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”).

fugir

1. to flee; to run away

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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

• IPA^(key): /fu.ˈd͡ʒiɾ/

fugir

1. to flee; to run away
   • 13th century, attributed to 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.

• Fala: fuxiil
• Galician: fuxir
• Portuguese: fugir

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

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

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

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.”)

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

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:fugir.

• fugir à memória