huir

Meaning

1. to flee, to run away
2. to escape
3. to avoid

Concepts

flee

escape

run away

run

shun

fly

✈️

retreat

abscond

hurry

eschew

free

🆓

get away

lam

move away

pull back

run off

rush

scamper

scarper

scat

shrink

skedaddle

free oneself

get away from

go fast

hide oneself

run about

run away from

take flight

be completed

fight shy

run for the hills

appear

avoid

backward

break loose

come to an end

depart

elope

emerge

evade

Synonyms

escapar

fugarse

escaparse

retirarse

fugar

rehuir

evadir

librarse

trotar

volar

✈️

desatarse

desbocarse

eludir

huír

zafarse

libertarse

hacerse montaraz

escapar de las manos

salvarse de un peligro

salvarse huyendo

volverse acabado

irse a la verga

echarse el pollo

zafar

pelarse

pícale

correr

huyir

safarse

escabuir

aparecer

tener miendo

correr

emerger

es

esconderse

parecer

perdonar

terminar

Hyphenated as

hu‧ir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/uˈiɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fuir~foir, from Vulgar Latin *fugīre, from Latin fugere, fugiō, from Proto-Italic *fugiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-. Cognate with French fuir, Portuguese fugir, Galician fuxir, Asturian fugir, Catalan fugir.

Sentences

Lo importante es huir de la rutina y de la sociedad industrial .

The important thing is to escape from routine and industrial society.

Aunque el asedio terminó en victoria , Estanislao consiguió huir .

Although the siege ended in victory, Stanislaus managed to flee.