defugir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēfugere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir. First attested in 1272.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

defugir (first-person singular present defujo, first-person singular preterite defugí, past participle defugit)

1. to avoid, to run away from
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 6, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     La mascota havia encetat una tonada d'ascendència remotament balinesa, una melodia que seria inútil descriure, una música que defugiria qualsevol pentagrama.

     The pet had started a tune of remote whale-like origin, a melody that could not possibly be described, a music that would avoid any staff.

   • 1931, Miquel Llor, Laura a la ciutat dels sants:

     I Laura va per posar-li la mà a l'espatlla; però la cunyada s'enretira, defuig el contacte.

     And Laura put her hand on her shoulder, but her sister-in-law pulls away, fleeing the contact.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of defugir (third conjugation, without -eix-, j-g alternation)

infinitive			defugir
gerund			defugint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		defugit		defugida
		plural		defugits		defugides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	defujo	defuges	defuig	defugim	defugiu	defugen
	imperfect	defugia	defugies	defugia	defugíem	defugíeu	defugien
	future	defugiré	defugiràs	defugirà	defugirem	defugireu	defugiran
	preterite	defugí	defugires	defugí	defugírem	defugíreu	defugiren
	conditional	defugiria	defugiries	defugiria	defugiríem	defugiríeu	defugirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	defugi	defugis	defugi	defugim	defugiu	defugin
	imperfect	defugís	defugissis	defugís	defugíssim	defugíssiu	defugissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	defuig	defugi	defugim	defugiu	defugin
	negative (no)	—	no defugis	no defugi	no defugim	no defugiu	no defugin

Further reading

• “defugir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “defugir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “defugir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin dēfugiō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

defugir

1. to avoid, to run away from

Conjugation

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