fugir
Portuguese, verb/fuˈʒi(ʁ)/
fugir is spelled F-U-G-I-R (5 letters) and appears 38 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,420th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fugir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to run away; to flee (to move away from something unpleasant quickly or suddenly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “retirar-se”.
What does fugir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to run away; to flee (to move away from something unpleasant quickly or suddenly)
Os terroristas fugiram da cadeia.
- 2
to be forgotten, to escape
O seu nome me fugiu.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. retirar-se 2. desaparecer 3. debandar
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 fugir
- fujo first-person present singular
- foge present singular third-person
- fugi first-person preterite singular
- fugido participle past
- u-o alternation
- g-j alternation
- fugires infinitive second-person singular
- fugirmos first-person infinitive plural
- fugirdes infinitive plural second-person
- fugirem infinitive plural third-person
- fugindo gerund
- fugidos masculine participle past
- fugida feminine participle past
- fugidas feminine participle past
- foges indicative present second-person
- fugimos first-person indicative plural
- fugis indicative plural present
- fogem indicative plural present
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fugir?
- Brazil /fuˈʒi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [fuˈʒi(h)]
- /fuˈʒi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fugir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fugir in Portuguese?
fugir appears 38 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).