fugir

Catalan

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

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

Conjugation

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

infinitive			fugir
gerund			fugint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fugit		fugida
		plural		fugits		fugides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fujo	fuges	fuig	fugim	fugiu	fugen
	imperfect	fugia	fugies	fugia	fugíem	fugíeu	fugien
	future	fugiré	fugiràs	fugirà	fugirem	fugireu	fugiran
	preterite	fugí	fugires	fugí	fugírem	fugíreu	fugiren
	conditional	fugiria	fugiries	fugiria	fugiríem	fugiríeu	fugirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fugi	fugis	fugi	fugim	fugiu	fugin
	imperfect	fugís	fugissis	fugís	fugíssim	fugíssiu	fugissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	fuig	fugi	fugim	fugiu	fugin
	negative (no)	—	no fugis	no fugi	no fugim	no fugiu	no fugin

Derived terms

• color de gos com fuig
• fugida
• fugina

Related terms

• -fug
• fuga
• fugitiu
• fuita

 

Further reading

• “fugir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fugir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

Verb

fugir

1. to flee; to run away

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fogir

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu.ˈd͡ʒiɾ/

Verb

fugir

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

Descendants

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

Portuguese

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈʒi(ʁ)/ [fuˈʒi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈʒi(ʁ)/ [fuˈʒi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fuˈʒi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fuˈʒi(ʁ)/ [fuˈʒi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈʒi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈʒiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈʒiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈʒi.ɾi/

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

Verb

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 (lyrics and music), “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

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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.”)

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fugir (u-o alternation in present singular; g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fugir
Personal	fugir	fugires	fugir	fugirmos	fugirdes	fugirem
Gerund
	fugindo
Past participle
Masculine	fugido			fugidos
Feminine	fugida			fugidas
Indicative
Present	fujo	foges	foge	fugimos	fugis	fogem
Imperfect	fugia	fugias	fugia	fugíamos	fugíeis	fugiam
Preterite	fugi	fugiste	fugiu	fugimos	fugistes	fugiram
Pluperfect	fugira	fugiras	fugira	fugíramos	fugíreis	fugiram
Future	fugirei	fugirás	fugirá	fugiremos	fugireis	fugirão
Conditional	fugiria	fugirias	fugiria	fugiríamos	fugiríeis	fugiriam
Subjunctive
Present	fuja	fujas	fuja	fujamos	fujais	fujam
Imperfect	fugisse	fugisses	fugisse	fugíssemos	fugísseis	fugissem
Future	fugir	fugires	fugir	fugirmos	fugirdes	fugirem
Imperative
Affirmative		foge	fuja	fujamos	fugi	fujam
Negative (não)		não fujas	não fuja	não fujamos	não fujais	não fujam

Derived terms

• fugir à memória

Related terms

• afugentar
• fuga
• fugacidade
• fugaz
• fugida
• fugidio
• fugitivo
• fujão

 

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of fuir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fugir (g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			fugir
gerund			fugiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fugido		fugida
		plural		fugidos		fugidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fujo	fugestú fugísvos	fuge	fugimos	fugís	fugen
	imperfect	fugía	fugías	fugía	fugíamos	fugíais	fugían
	preterite	fugí	fugiste	fugió	fugimos	fugisteis	fugieron
	future	fugiré	fugirás	fugirá	fugiremos	fugiréis	fugirán
	conditional	fugiría	fugirías	fugiría	fugiríamos	fugiríais	fugirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fuja	fujastú fujásvos2	fuja	fujamos	fujáis	fujan
	imperfect (ra)	fugiera	fugieras	fugiera	fugiéramos	fugierais	fugieran
	imperfect (se)	fugiese	fugieses	fugiese	fugiésemos	fugieseis	fugiesen
	future1	fugiere	fugieres	fugiere	fugiéremos	fugiereis	fugieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fugetú fugívos	fuja	fujamos	fugid	fujan
	negative		no fujas	no fuja	no fujamos	no fujáis	no fujan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of fugir (g-j alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive fugir	dative	fugirme	fugirte	fugirle, fugirse	fugirnos	fugiros	fugirles, fugirse
	accusative	fugirme	fugirte	fugirlo, fugirla, fugirse	fugirnos	fugiros	fugirlos, fugirlas, fugirse
with gerund fugiendo	dative	fugiéndome	fugiéndote	fugiéndole, fugiéndose	fugiéndonos	fugiéndoos	fugiéndoles, fugiéndose
	accusative	fugiéndome	fugiéndote	fugiéndolo, fugiéndola, fugiéndose	fugiéndonos	fugiéndoos	fugiéndolos, fugiéndolas, fugiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative fuge	dative	fúgeme	fúgete	fúgele	fúgenos	not used	fúgeles
	accusative	fúgeme	fúgete	fúgelo, fúgela	fúgenos	not used	fúgelos, fúgelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative fugí	dative	fugime	fugite	fugile	fuginos	not used	fugiles
	accusative	fugime	fugite	fugilo, fugila	fuginos	not used	fugilos, fugilas
with formal second-person singular imperative fuja	dative	fújame	not used	fújale, fújase	fújanos	not used	fújales
	accusative	fújame	not used	fújalo, fújala, fújase	fújanos	not used	fújalos, fújalas
with first-person plural imperative fujamos	dative	not used	fujámoste	fujámosle	fujámonos	fujámoos	fujámosles
	accusative	not used	fujámoste	fujámoslo, fujámosla	fujámonos	fujámoos	fujámoslos, fujámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative fugid	dative	fugidme	not used	fugidle	fugidnos	fugíos	fugidles
	accusative	fugidme	not used	fugidlo, fugidla	fugidnos	fugíos	fugidlos, fugidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative fujan	dative	fújanme	not used	fújanle	fújannos	not used	fújanles, fújanse
	accusative	fújanme	not used	fújanlo, fújanla	fújannos	not used	fújanlos, fújanlas, fújanse

Further reading

• “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], 2024 December 10