huir

Meaning

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

Concepts

flee

escape

run away

run

fly

shun

retreat

hurry

abscond

eschew

run away from

go fast

rush

evade

avoid

run off

scamper

elope

run about

hide oneself

appear

be completed

come to an end

emerge

free

free oneself

lam

scarper

scat

fight shy

shrink

break loose

get away

take flight

skedaddle

depart

get away from

run for the hills

backward

move away

pull back

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.