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fuga

Portuguese, noun/ˈfu.ɡɐ/

fuga is spelled F-U-G-A (4 letters) and appears 24 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,612th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fuga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “escape, flight (act of fleeing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de escapar, fugir”.

What does fuga mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineescape, flight (act of fleeing)

    Sua fuga da prisão foi bem planejada.

  2. 2

    feminineleak (of water, gas, information etc.)

  3. 3

    feminineevasion (of responsibility, tax etc.)

noun

  1. 1

    femininefugue (piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ato ou efeito de escapar, fugir 2. movimento de retirar-se rápida e precipitadamente 3. forma de esquivar-se de algo, de uma situação 4. escape de água ou outros líquidos, gás, etc., num recipiente, encanamento, etc., ou de energia numa rede

noun: 1. composição musical em que uma melodia se torna contraponto de outra melodia, e assim sucessivamente

verb: 1. terceira pessoa do singular do presente do modo indicativo de fugar 2. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo de fugar

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of fuga

  • fugas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fuga?

  • Brazil /ˈfu.ɡɐ/
  • Portugal /ˈfu.ɡɐ/
  • Portugal [ˈfu.ɣɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to fuga

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fuga in Portuguese?

fuga appears 24 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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