fugir.
to run away; to flee (to move away from something unpleasant quickly or suddenly)
Meaning & usage
to run away; to flee (to move away from something unpleasant quickly or suddenly)
Os terroristas fugiram da cadeia.
Não foge das suas responsabilidades.
to be forgotten, to escape
O seu nome me fugiu.
Where this word comes from
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 afuxir, Catalan fugir, Italian fuggire, French fuir, Spanish huir.
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